| Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System ; Date: 6/15/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10284-10130 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: — 100-30067-44 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: WALTERS, JOSEPH V. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: 02/09/1948 PAGES: 11 SUBJECTS : JOP, EMP, DAILY WORKER, TRA, B/F INT, CP ACT, SPEAKING TOUR DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 01/07/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 16 Docld: 32303615 Page 1
' Released; under ‘the ohn F > Kennedy Aezassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 use &. 2107 Hote}. J DATE: “11-14-2017 ~ la . a \ woe we oar | ; ae yy’ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION , | 5 * orm No.1 ORIGINATED AT SAN FRANOISCO - - CONFI (ENTIAL c NY.eiwe no... 100~88368._ _sus. oe oh REPORT MADE AT DATE WHEN MADE PERIOD OR” ; REPORT MADE BY - ia . NEW YORK---——""— 2/9/48 Ve oy 255 JOSEPH V. WATERS i “| re ; : CHARACTER OF CASE , | JOHN PITTMAN INTERNAL SECURITY = C JOHN PITTMAN is presently employed by the DAILY WORKER at NYC as a writer and ‘he resides at 370 Manhattan Ave., NYC. PITTMAN has written a,series of articles on his 1946-47 European tour. These articles appeared in the DAILY WORKER and -“PRHOPLES VOICE in the first part of 1947. ‘In April and May, 1947 PITTMAN made a speaking tour of Indiana and Chicago on behalf of the Educetional~Crganizational € Dept. of the CPUSA. & SEL VS . DECLASSIFIED BY yo Yt - ~ RUC tM ele7 / REFERENCE: Report of SA Cecil James Fleming, San Francisco, % 11/17/47 DETAILS: In a report dated July ll, lose Confidential Taformant..ND=183 advised that JOHN PITTMAN was going overseas shortly as a correspondent for the DAILY WORKER, and on September 13, 1946 he advised that PITTMAN was going to travel to Africa via Moscow. In efurther report dated November 14, 1946, this informant advised that PITTMAN was then in ~ | 7 Paris, France and had requested” money of the DAILY WORKER in order to go Ry Ne to Roumania to report on the elections in that country. > & van OO eM, pw dy oh = ZFC, hit a APPROVED AND OF oa ae . p} Pie SEES ARGE DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES iQ — TARE S, 7 =p BL Gow ay JOO 3006 7- = _| BROoRe 2 / 5) Bure er Ne REPORT . : 3 San Francisco (200=1465) | 3 New York a by & 3 ect. Oh, gore ma 6-H Gedy | nk RS . a Pen “AI ae , 4 og af a “i 7-11 -27—900M—4e25 "ee “Ge > Doclda: 32303615 Page 2?
i 44 USC 2107 Hote). r i i ds Collection Act of 1992 { 5 Tht ‘the 1 dy Assassination Recor ! "Released under the John F. Kenne DATE: 11-14-2017 NY 100mg8368, discrimination against Jews and other minorities in those countries, The general tenor of his articles was to the effect that these "new democracies" { had been quite successful in eliminating that evil. a , In his article in the PEOPLES VOICE of June 21, 1947 on Page 17, PITTMAN relates his interview with VASTLEVEUGA, Roumanian leader. Accord« ing to LUCA, American military and press representatives in Roumania tried to create hostility between Roumanians and Hungarians in order that ; a Transilvania would not be kept by Roumania. PITTMAN reported that LUCA said there was a tendency of nationalities to form alliances among them- selves and suggested that idea as a possible solution for minorities in the United States, a Veg Confidential Informant ND“183 in a report dated April 24, 1947 advised that JOHN PITTMAN from the Pacific Coast had returned from Europe with his wife, the former PAUL FOX, and according to this informant PITTMAN was to replace ROBERT MINOR on a mid-west speaking tour and following this } would return to the Pacific Coast, ; 1947. He reported on his attendance at Communist meetings in Indianapolis, Evansville, Fort Wayne, South Bend Gary, and Chi i i on each mecting, > : Yo *0280s giving a few details . In & paragraph entitled "OVERALL OBSERVATIONS" he gaia that his impression was that the Comrades in Indiana are still hampered by left sectarianism and that they lack bold approach to any -persong but the - Doclda: 32303615 Page 3