(toa-tor19-102221,: _ Reference is rade to your nemorandun dated 16. Subject, > - “ 3e During recent. , investigation of Subje AX wes developed which appears to. reflect adversely ' upon his charactar}” professional activities and associates. This information, in addition to checks of the Office of Security indices, is summarized as follovs : Subject vis fined $45 for a 1954 traffic’ violetion and his , subsequent failure to appear at the hearing. One informant’ advised Subject, had recently been the object of ing iries by local police officers The inforsant believed this action resulted fron unpaid parking _ tf Co Subjects nane ‘appears numerous tines in subversive ‘files on the West Coast. These items contain information about Subject! activities in the Denocratic Minority Conference’ and lists his” fessional associates. In 1949 he was listed as @ member of the) committee against loyalty oaths for lawyers.: He vas show as associate of Vaite SPENCER, described by the files asa leftist, and nat his activities vere primarily concerned with local minor. ty groups eee Thess activities were extensively reported in the Communist ® Sadly Paailata He a de “Mes. Vanto SPE BNCER ‘represented ‘Tassia FREED, 1 a. _non-éooperative witness before the HCUA, Tassia FREED is the wife of Exdl FREED; ano adnitted Communist nenbore _Seourity Office indices also reflect that. ‘ "ie P: opery al soe ey . i i diez 4 ‘ckeeat ba “venved ius pe sey. Be eMeney t. ers hae nde be. ai Alone cept fen oh Stasi be, oy reduced to CIA Sal Oicoes “ieee ered Hine & : “not * Pr is apy thanfict witas eaves were cad steam ge ee eatehiee den ces ee
- Ball "FREED 48 on adnitted Conaunist b Party nenber and ‘took part 2 n various front act ‘vaties 4n California over the ysara,. . 2 7 7 Tha Subject roportadly assaistad Ralph H HOTTER during ‘the | trial of “Anthany 'P, RIOG and Alfred ULLOA, renbers of the Cemmity Ser- vica Organisations . NUITER, according to Security Office indices, was a. eo: lose ‘Person ricnd of Harrison Scott. BROWN, seourity Gisapproved | in 2955 a and favorably reco-zomied him. NUTTER is also shown as a. mesber of ‘th i Les Anceles ‘County Conference on Committee Relations (LACCR) as of October 1953. .ihis’ organization, although not regarded as Commnist-doninated stici:s close to the Coxcunist line and has spoken out against los Angeles : Police Dspartzent brutality, teacher firing, loyalty oaths, book-t . | and witch-hunting Md ECUA, thought control and UNESCO. NUITER was also a. L nenbar of the Cornunity Service Organization, which was regarded as infll- : unist Party in 1954-55 and 4s influenced but not dominated So a : 5e In view of the certification set forth | in your request, no Cia. . a files other than those of the Office of Security have been searched in< | : conisction with this case. It is assumed that all pertinont infornation concerning Subject has bean furnished pursuant to the provisions of Clandes- tins Sorvices’. truction n Hoe 10-5 and Gi jandestine Services Instruction - ~ Field Noe 105 feat OD a pk oO: ®@. _— - | £0R HS DIRECTOR oF SSCURITL: a °2 closureat : Teed ee rome “Ts "asker yy (23 ‘August 1959)... Bn Fe BD. ears Fy ta acid | 195) duly a