JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 5/13/201 “Agency Information AGENCY: FBI ; RECORD NUMBER:  124-90143-10017 “RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 100-370750-2 14 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 03/23/1953 ‘PAGES: 95 SUBJECTS : JOHN HOWARD LAWSON DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 10/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT “ri -“——“—-_-O———_Keqqoq—————— v9.1 NW 45838 DocId:32338599 Page i
coy ? BUREAU oF inves. © rib © JOHN gaiernerfi a playerient and screen SUSE write: LA UI Vj cerning ‘the Communist Party Vig as a result he was later voted a contempt HE gk on-by the United States Congress. He We oi as subsequently indicted and convicted for ‘yy ~e Cah tof Congress.” His conviction was LE 9 ins on appeal’ and upon:the United States _ Bee Ny '8-refusal to: grant certiorari, he S2OER on bearers the Federal Correctional 7 pk arora Kentucky. from June 9, . ’ San Fernando, ‘California, however odic trips to New York City. LAWSON | fe ‘derives his ‘Livelihood from lectures given under lL’ 1e auspices of. the Hollywood ASP which are based - it aaa "tistines ‘of fifteen & a, .; : before:the House advice’ on Un-Ameri ? ana agency.to which loaned. WRB BSS i ‘page 2
- AdDsik LA 100~21198 INFORMANTS ~~ ~~ ~~ “pate” of Activity Date Informant and/or Description. Received T-1:, . | LAWSON's employment -4/7/51.- DAVID KLEIN, and residence 3485 Vionderview a oe ‘Dr., Hollywood 7/16/51 2/10/53 a2: 6 /21,22/52 6/16/52 TA-3512-S - 8/3/51 8/6/51 8/17/51: 8/21/51. 8/30/51 9/7/51 Septenber and 10/27/51 October, 1951 1/30/82 2/4 /s2 2/5/82 2/1 /se 2/7/52 - 2/11/52 " 2/20/52 2723/52 fk /s2 2/1/52 3/7/52 > 6/y/s2 | - h/9/s2 6/4/52 | b/s/se 8/15/82 | 8/1/52 - 6/4/52 6/1/52 6/16/82. . 1/10/52" 7/1L/52 | ;: 72 - i. on i ; NW 45838 DociId:32338599 Page 3 ADMINISTRATIVE (cont.) | Agent BERNARR M, PTACEK ft on “ANDREW JOSEPH DECKER, JR. -BERNARR M. PACE wo. non mi iow: hoo mt ot " ton . Oo ‘ = - = - > - 66~3289A-166 | - 66-3289A=173 ~ 66-32894-170 . 100-21198-781 ~  66-32894-252 Location Orally " 100-21198-795 66~3289A-63 66=3289A-73 — - 66-32898-92 66-3289-11 | 66-3289A-171 66-3289A-171 66~3289A-22) 66-3289A-224 66-3289A-22), 66~3289A-239
wba la seim LA 100-21198 | ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE Date and/or Identity Description Date Agent to of Source of Activity Received Whom Furnished Location T-2 (cont.) 8/6/52 9/12/52  BERNARR M, .-. 66-3289A -279 PTACEK - 9/11/52 10/28/52 " 134-115A-15 | - 9/30/52 10/16/52 " 66-3289A -328 11/5/52 11/10/52 " 134-115A-31 11/25/52 11/28/52 " 134~-115A-47 1/5/53 12/8/52 " 100-21198-915 Subject's posi- 1/5/53 " 100-21198-928 tion Vice- Chairman HASPC, 1953. Subject 's 2/4/52 " 100 -21198-742 lecture series, 1952. 10/52 12/8/52 " 100-21198-917 12/17/52 12/30/52 " 134-115A-78 T-3 MORRIS CP membership 3/30/49 THEODORE NY 100-18130-78 LOUIS 1930's, KIRSCHNER & (orally) APPLEMAN JOHN P, DALY T- JOHN L. - LAWSON's member- 2/2/51 DAVID K, Orally LEECH, ship Cultural MITCHELSON & Vancouver, Wash. Commission, CP. MACK M, CAMP {-5 PAUL CROUCH LAWSON's CP 9/12/51 CRAWFORD F. Orally membership. WILLIAMS T-6 LA-3505-S  Subject's CP 5/3/51 MARCUS M, Orally membership. BRIGHT T-7 LA-3437-S  Subject's CP 10/17/50 JOHN M, CASHEL Orally | membership. ; | - 73 - — \_ | | | NW 45838 DociId:32338599 Page 4
“LA 100-21198 _—~ AJD:ik Date of Activity Informant _. and/or Description V8: Subject's CP “4.-3438-S membership: — ‘ NW 45838 DociId:32338599 Page 5 . ADMINISTRATLVE- (cont. ) Date: Received 10/17/50 2-93 Duclos Letter 4/17/51 TA-3503-S i 10: | _ ‘Subjects CP 12/4/50 “A-3UK7-S ‘membership 19h _ T-11: Subject's CP 4/12/50 JOHN ALLEN membership. 19h, . DUNKEL, Radio - os liriter ad T-12:. ‘JOHN HOWARD LawWSON Vere 20 & EARNEST | activities 4/5/5 PHILLIP COHEN, Psychologist, ; Beverly Hills 2 Calif. . 1-13: ? LAWSON's CP member- Unable to - ~ HERMAN VAN . - ship,. 1936-1937 _ Locate _ GELVER, former - CP member, , Hollywood, Calif. a, Ths “Subject 's CP 11/26/51 JUDITH membership mo RAYMOND, 90) N. Ogden Pl., Hollywood, Calif. T-15; . Subjects cP 9/25/51 HOWARD L. _ membership Ighl-1948 - DIMSDALE, | Publicist, 358 N. Bowling Green, West Los. Angeles, calif. TH16: . subject's CP 3/8/51 EDWARD membership, 19h4h & 19L5 DMYTRYK, Sereen Director, ; Hollywood, Calif. Do, h - , -7h- Agent JOHN M. CASHEL — “MARCUS Mi. BRIGHT ROBERT F. RYAN: MERLE L. PARKER .< MARCUS M. BRIGHT Unknown MARCUS Ml. BRIGHT a ANDREW J OSEPH ‘DECKER, JR., et al. MARCUS M. BRIGHT, ' et al. Location “Qrally Orally 1.00-1763-1838 & Orally Unable to locate orally » 4 orally Orally , yo. a. womens ame: cere wn ©
MMB: ein LA 2100-21198 Identity of Source , 7-17 Executive testimony of SYLVIA RICHARDS , radio‘and screen writer, Hollywood, Calif., before HCUA, Los Angeles, 9/12/51 furnished by W. A. WHEELER, Special Investigator, HCUA. 5) 3. T-18 LA-3555-S T-19 DAVID LANG, motion picture writer, Holly- wood, Calif. T-20 [1A-3265-8 T-21 Bos -21-S T-22 Not used. T-23 | NY-267-S ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE Date and/or Description Date Agent: to of Activity  § Received Whom Furnished Subject's CP 9/1551 ANDREW JOSEPH membership, DECKER, JR. Subject 's CP 3/31/51 JOSEPH T, membership, | JALBERT 1943-1944, Subject 's CP 11/7/52. MARCUS M, membership, BRIGHT, et al 1942-1947, Telegram to 11/14/49 VERNON D. Attorney General JENSEN of U.S. re CP leaders, 8/3/51 8/16/51. EMMETT B, DOHERTY 11/23/49 2/1/50 FREDERICK M. CONNORS May Day Unknown FRANK J. parade 5/1/51.- SMITH - 75 - | NW 45838 DociId:32338599 Page 6 Orally . 66-2937A-76 Location 100-15732-1B38, p. 2h 100 -21198-1461 100-18888GG-29 —— Bos 134-354 (written) wu NY 100-80918-99 (orally)
AJD:ik ~ IA 100-21198 poy _ | ADMINISTRATIVE (cont.) . Date of activity Date a Informant ‘ ' Received Agent . Location Tel?t . . Subjégt's CP.member- 9/15/51 ANDREW JOSEPH .  100-15732- ecutive  -ship 195-196 DECKER, JRé . 1B38,p.2h | Sestimony of ‘ . a SYLVIA RICHARDS, . radio & screen writer, Hollywood, Calif., before . aOUA, Los Angeles, 9/12/5) furnished by Wea. ¥ PELER, Special Investigator, - T=18: _ Subject's CP ember = 3/31/51 JOSEPH T. JALBERT 100-21196-1461 LA~3555-S ship 1943-194 \, : T-19: Subject's CP member- u/s 52 MARCUS if. BRIGHT, Orally et al. - motion picture writer, Hollywood, - Calif. . DAVID LANG, ~ ship,, 192-1947 “/ 6 7-20: "VERNON D. JENSEN 100=1888806-29 LA=3265<S General of U.S. . 1 _ - CP leaders . - 8/16/51 EMMETT B. DOHERTY 66~2937A-76 .T-213 - FREDERICK M. CONNORS, “reflected BOS-21-S in report SA RICHARD G. HUNSINGER, 6/16/50, at Boston, entitled "JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, wass, IS-C," Boston‘file 100-337. Further documentation to be supplied by: Boston. oer (222 wg “CLEMENT A. \Q'BRIEN, Information BOS-559-S - , reflected ,in\above report of oe , ' $A RICHARD ‘G.\HUNSINGER, Further documentation to be supplied by Boston. ‘Reflected in report SA FRANCIS J.. - SANDIN, 2/20/52, New York City, — a * entitled "JOHN HOWARD LAWSON,. was. he SK Ss IS-C," NY file 100-80918. Further documentation to be. furnished by New York. ~23: 5/1/s.. eal i ‘NW 45838 DociId:32338599 Page i7
ew AJD:ik LA 100~21198 ADMINISTRATIVE (cont. ) ' Date of Activity ’ Date: ce and/or Description Received - Agent Co Location 8/é/2 8/21/52. THOMAS W.' CRAWFORD 66-36034-3 9/12/se ) ss fhS@ 6 AG 03A-16 8/6/82 8/8/52 ROBERT W. HOUSEAL, 10/13/S2 DONALD Be BOY 134~195a-h 9/18/52 a M "66-Li7bA=179 Reflected in San Francisco letter to Los #ngeles, 7/28/52, entitled "JOHN AOWARD LaWwSON, was.; IS-C," SF fife 100-25192. Further docynentation to be furnished - \ by, San Francisco. 10/8/52. 9/12/52 Beg OA m2: 12/S/u9 | flected in report SA GEORGE Je ° }  - NY~)09=S SULLIVAN, 3/27/50, at New York, ‘entitled "COMPIC; IS-C." Further } ° documentation to be furnished , . by New York. | T-53:. Documentation re So. 5/; /s1\.. BERNARR M. PTACEK ‘orenty ; GENE HAGBERG, Calif. Council of ™~ ; ‘ I West Coast  American-Soviet Frien hip: \ | representative . _. magazine "Counterattack," 6404 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. | T-Shis. 2/5/50 2/8/50 " wow 200-30866-1, — *1A=3287-S SO oo, .  DH553 4/12/50 Reflected in report SA JOSEPH F. NY-361-S - McCORRY, 7/11/50, New York City, “~~  . entitled "JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, was. IS-C," NY file 100-80918. - Further documentation to be = eein\ furnished by New York. ae WRAY . : \ : ae ‘ - . ._ _ : . ye : NW 45838 DocId:32338599 Page 18
‘ ? . pica yey Naa eee f AJD:ik pe th AL IA 1100-21198 me : ' ADMINISTRATIVE (cont. ‘Date of Activity Date = Informant and/or Description Received Agent Location | TH56; 5/23/52 6/16/52 A. EDWARDS WHITE 66-29664-I TA~3378-S~ -  J-57: 4/12/50, affected in report SA W. ny-388-8 | (\\ BUCKLEY, 4/12/50, New York, | entitled "COMPIC; IS-C." Further - documentation to *be furnished a © by. New York 3/4/52 -& 0/19/65 2. Reflected in San Francisco (ei je" teletype to’ Bureau~10/22/52, ; / captioned "CP, USA; IS=C" - - daylet. Further documentation. ; to. be furnished by San Francisco T-59; .. “J10/5/s.—s 10/18/51 SIDNEY M. WOLF 66-18508-Lh ; cae ‘ — ee ; | (G) |eeu/se 8/29/52 Ht - 66=10508-228 | Ww) | 3-60: \h, 22/16/49 § ao/erhs Reflected in New York letter to _ | NY-418-S Director, captioned "COuPIC; \ . | IS-C," 1/6/50, NY file 100-. an Loe . 50870. Further- documentation. , ~ _ to be furnished by Now York. . ee ~61: 0/97 /U9 & 4/12/50 oe ‘Reflected in report SA JOSEPHF. | aw /\, MeCORRY, 7/1L/50,. New York, | so 7 *, ~ \captioned "JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, : yO ' Wase, IS-C." Further documenta- - . rm, thon to be furnished’ by Hew: York. : 1-62, oF f/i2/50 . . a pur her documentation to be _ _ NY=507-S ; “rniened by New York. | . . 632) . UAe/s0& LAs/so Report Sik JOSEPH F. MeCORRY ny-490-s / . . . 7/14/50, New York City, at teied oo | : : os. . NJOHN HOWARD LAWSON, was., - } | . ne . IS-C." Further documentation i oe — c | ~ a to be furnished by New York. : ’ . 7 . . - 80 ~ ~ ie a cae a 4 . : . . . ‘ \ . NW 45838 DocId:32338599 Page 19 ,
AD: ik | IA 100-21198 oo i | ADMINISTRATIVE (cont.) _ i Date of Activity ‘Date = = Informant and/or Description Received Agent - Tbh: 4/29/50 | NY~525-S T-65: 4/9/51 in report SA JOSEPH A. NY=;26-S ‘entitled "NATIONAL L OF ASP, IN.," 12/19/50, c Further documentation ‘4 f be supplied by New York. _ 3/5/82 EB. K. DEANE, = 100=21198- . et al. - ~~ 1a58 T-66: ~~ 8/5/L9 MARCUS Mi. BRIGHT Orally . Co 8/3/51 /23/S51  -SIDNEY M. WOLF 66~2251-1418 T-67: _ —- LAWSON's HASPC 195 TA-SUE9-S- - membership — oO nboe 11/29/50 GEORGE THOMSON — 100-16355= : os rn 1B18-1,v.19, /19/51. JOHN H. DONEY, JR. 100-18355- we a 130° | Subject 4 ASP member-'7/26/S1 "0 1--m - 100+1966A-7)° 1. . , Pe , | 8/6/51  MERLE-L. PARKER  66+3316A~28 PS ED Re oe, : WRIGHT . \| 70: 8/8/51 \ VINCENT J. ASCHERL e6-326-3 Vf ‘IA~3515-S | | Do _ 7 71: 8/3/51: - 7 8/9/61. - \¥. EDWARD WHITE  66=2916A-16 172: 6/3/81 ~=—si“(ts*és*~S:*S «8/30/52: ROBERT BURKE == 66~30814-27 ' ~~ — . . . , . “ . . ; ; | NW 45838 DocId:32338599 Page 20
AdJDeik : | TA 100-21196 Date of Activity Informant aie Description 8/3/5L 0” T-73: IA-3451-S Rohs ' RUTH DRADER 615 Rexford Dr.,. ‘Beverly Hills, Ca T-75: - LA-86-S% eat —o ——,. Boulder ave. / Los Angeles, Calyf. 8/30/51 if, 2h (518/52 ADMINISTRATIVE (cont. ) Location Agent WILLIAM Je eCAULEY 66-213bh-52 9/11/$1 ROY ANDREN vatens 100-21198-653 2/25/52 Further documentation: to be y oy furnished 1 by San Francisco 5/12/52 RICHARD Je STILLING 100-21198-75 my ; OTHER 4s aa 100~18355~2602 | 6/3/52 SOHN EB. COYNE "ROYCE CARTER 13h-200a-2 - | PULLIAM « . : . ‘ . : 780s, 10/8/52 \ THOMAS Wi. CRAWFORD 66-W2158-12 8s | ACKERLY _ 9/2/52 : 9/16/s2 . ‘ How) 66.),215846 a | T-81: 2/5/52 3/ll/52 HARVEY G. BERKEY 66-3619A~13 W | 3/12/52 4/3/52" \." M  66-3619A~17 : 1-02; . 3/5/52 "3/9/52 | THAT CRAWFORD 66-3677A-17 4/30/52" 5/8/52 SIDNEY li, WOLF 66-36774-29 . NU He AL ——P an 45838 DocId:32338599 Page 2i