v9.1 HW 45945 DocId:32293504 Page 1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES : SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10211-10280 . HQ 92-3267-10, 11 Document Information FBI DODGE, HAROLD F. DIRECTOR, FBI 03/28/1958 90 JRO, ASSOC, REL, ACT, TRA, BKG, CRIMINAL ACT, FINANCES, LEGITIMATE ENTERPRISES PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 04/16/1998 INDEFINITE Date.  4/30/201 RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES Ib,lc, INDEX PAGES 75-77, INC MEMO, 2 ADMIN PAGES
"Office Meme. ‘ydum » - UNITED @ 3 GOVERNMENT TO : , "DATE: | DIRECTOR, FBI - 3/28/58 : _ SAC, LOS ANGELES (92-113) SUBJECT: “| | ‘Vo Yf- / JOHN ROSELLI, Was. LO, ANTI-RACKETEERING 4 00: LOS ANGELES Attached hereto for. the Bureau are two copies of the report of SA HAROLD F. DODGE dated ‘as above at Los Angeles, california, The records of Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. in Los Angeles, set out in this report, were obtained by IC JOHN E, SANTOS. The records of the Retail Merchants Credit Associa- tion of Los Angeles were obtained by SE JAMES L, MAHAN. The records of the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Qffice were obtained by SE LLOYD H. DUDLEY. ‘ Records of the Illinois State Bureau of Vital Statistics, Car CaBOs Illinois, were checked by IC FRANCIS Gq, KAHL on 1/6/58. . a5 The identities ofthe Special Agents who ‘conducted physical surveillances on ROSELLI in Los Angeles on 2/17; 3/5,6/58, are located in the 1A Section of this file, Mrs. DILLARD WILLIAMS, ROSELLI's maid, will not be _recontacted in view of her expressed loyalty to ROSELLI.. ROSELLI SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS, BECAUSE Hi HAS CARRIED A GUN IN THE PAST, CoBureau (Encls. 22) ~Chicago (227398 {nels 2) 2-Cincinnati (92-1 Encls.2 ——- 2-Indianapolis (92-152)(Encls.2) @ 32 _ . @=-New York (92- er ieee fe ) REC: 13 T2_=_2 32.67 y 2-Salt Lake City (94-252) (Encls.2 3-Los Angeles (2 - ek) - 98-250), 12 APR 4 1958 HFD: DLR ror & gb c nr exe Covey DESTRO ee — 11-5? RO (ar Ae He i EX-128 . oe HW 45945 DocIda: 32293504 Page 2
LA 92-113 LOS ANGELES OFFICE oe AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (1) Will maintain contact with the California Bank, Santa Monica - Highland Branch, for the purpose of monitoring ROSELLI's bank account. (2) Will maintain contact with the Bank of America, Sunset - Wetherly Branch, for the purpose of monitoring the account of Nevada Concessions, Inc. (3) Will maintain contact with the Bank of America, Wilshive - Vermont Branch, for the purpose of moni‘joring the account of Monte Pproser Productions. (4) Will maintain contact with[L___] PCI, telephone PR 2-6828, for information concerning ROSELLI's activity. (5) Will maintain contact with Mrs. RALPH GORMAN, OTHER 4 Manager, Crescent Heights Apartments, 1251 North Crescent Heights Boulevard, for information concerning ROSELLI's activities. (6) Will maintain sorttact with ee P c/o Family Theater, 7201 Sunset Boulevard, for information concerning ROSELLI's activity. : (7) Will interview JUNE LANG, 79273 Norton Avenue, Los Angeles, California, telephone OL 6-4874, former wife of ROSELLI, to determine if she can furnish any pertinent information concerning ROSELLI's activities. (8) Will interview ISADORE A. RUMAN, insurance broker, 3222 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, who has known ROSELLI for many years concerning ROSELLI's activities, — —_— —_— (9) Will consider interviewing HERMAN SPITZEL, 6211 Olympic Boulevard, a real estate broker, a long-time acquaintance of ROSELLI, for information he might furnish concerning ROSELLI's current activity. HW 45945 DocId:32293504 Page 3
| | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION / wrens rn orriceoronicin [pare | ePIFSBCRS7'927,10-14,17- “8 cant "REPORT MADE BY i7- ls \trsev : CHANGED: JOHN ROSELLI, was. |__HAROLD F. DODGE | pac John nosselli, John Rasselli, | CHARACTER OF CASE | Jchn Russelli, John F. Stewart, Rand Fleld, Giovanni Roselli ANTI -RACKETEERING Mrs. HELEN WOODS JOHONS, 4364 West Fifth, Dayton, Ohio, an { authorized correspondent of ROSELLI in 1944 and described as his sister, not locate*. HELEN WOODS JONES, a Negro, resided at this address in 1944. She denied knowing ROSELLI. ROSELLI continues to spend most of time in Las Vegas, Nevada. He visited Los Angeles, California, 2/13-17/58, and attended a Catholic retreat from 2/13/58 through 2/16/58. He also visited Los Angeles from 3/3/58 to 3/0/58, when he was endeavor-— ing to obtain contract for Monte Proser Productions, Inc. to put on floor show at Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, Cali- fornia. ROSELLI receives weekly salary of just under $300.00 from both Nevada Concessions, Inc. and Monte Proser Productions, Ine. Informant T-1 stated ROSELLI was individual who obtained contract with Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Nevada Concessions to act as its reservation agent and also for Monte Proser Productions, Inc. to put on its floor shows. ALEXANDER. --PERINO stated ROSELLI. made arrangements in 1957 for PERINO to manage restaurants in Tropicana Hotel at salary of $3,000.00 per month. ROSELLI has been promised a ,commission of several a thousand dollars by Ajax West Coast Corporation if he can get we - Chicago (02399) , GR+ BROT [Me 2 - Cincin % (92-140 — care Oe Vorieeitse-121) 2) 12 APR 4 1958 2 goal Take City (94-252) | —— 3 = Los Angeles (2 - 92-113) = = (1 - 94-250) . g Be ei aka Sls “ae BR lee ROS ANRLEG yo ie \ 4-\K-9 8 VAS RAE \Ay & As : i ’ ur ee), a Aj oe Mts 76 APK 241958 * a 4 OS “T¥ CF F&l—This report is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside the agency to.wn'ch loane?: “ENP eRer, ae U, t. COvanmmenT PRINTING OFFICE 16-6 ST HW 45945 DocId:32293504 Page 4
& & 45945 DocId:32293504 Page 5 LA 92-113 It is noted that HARRY COHN has denied that ROSELLI was ever employed by him. MUIR stated that BRYAN FOY (a movie producer) was ROSELLI'S sponsor when he came out of the penitentiary, and FOY and ROSELLI produced several pictures together and made quite a bit of morey. She added that ROSELLI is no longer in the picture business and now has several concessions at Ias Vegas casinos. She said he has had vo give these concessions up since the shake up of the Tropicana Hotel following the finding of a casino "taxe" on a slip of paper on FRANK COSTELLO when he was shot. MUIR could furnish no information as to why ROSELLI could lose these concessions. She said ROSZLLI used to be mixed up in a lot of things but had "gone straight" since his release from prison. Informant T-1 advised on February 26, 1958 that he first met ROSELLI in the office of WILLIE SHEAN at Twentieth Century-Fox Studios in about 1932; that he was impressed at the time because ROSELLI then had the reputation for being a gangster and it was the informant's first impression of meeting a gangster, He knew nothing about ROSELLI'S activities at that time and knew him only very casually until after the war, when he met ROSELLI again at Eagle Lion Studios ' where informant, who was a writer, worked on some films in which ROSELLI had an interest. Informant said that ROSELLI has frequently mentioned what a terrible thing it was to have to be incarcerated in 4 prison and has stated that he never wants to go to prison again. Informant stated that in his opinion, ROSELLI is "sex crazy", that women play a very important part in his life, and he is "always looking for women", Informant said that he honestly believes that ROSELLI has reformed in recent years; that he, informant, knows nothing wrong concerning ROSELLI'S activities at the present time. He has never heard any information which would indicate to him that ROSELLI is engaged in gambling Or bookmaking activities in the Los Angeles area. He said - 18 -
mes le Ae LA 92-113 as HFD:pas ot ‘INFORMANTS Careful consideration has been given to each source conceal ed, and T-symbols were utilized in this report only in those instances where the identity of the source must be concealed, Agent to 1rd punven whom where — Téentity of Source Furnished ' Located -1: HAROLD F, DODGE This report ubao Avenue, Woodland Hills, Calif. OTHER 4 T-2: PCL, cere of Ajax West Coast Corpora- tion, 9453 Santa Monica Bivd., Beverly Hills, Calif T-3: : ROSERT WESLEY, - HAROLD F, DODGE This report Assistant Operations “ Officer,’ “Main Branch, Bank of -America, 5 Beverly Hills, Calif. : oO. . MAMPELL, " i W * tt " Operations Officer, Bank of America, Sunset-wWetherly Branch, Los Angeles, Calif. T-53 Mr. Js ECKLES, HAROLD F, DODGE This report Clerk, U. S. Post Office, Terminal Annex, Los Angeles, Calif. NW 45945 DocId: 32293504 Page 6