JFK Assassination System Date: 5/13/201 Identification Form “Agency Information Peleased under the John . AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: —124-90143-10045 Assassination Records ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES : HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). , ase#:NWU 54460 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: _ 100-370750-232 pO-O4-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 05/08/1956 ‘PAGES: 14 SUBJECTS : JOHN HOWARD LAWSON DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: Redact >» DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 10/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: RPT v9.1 HW 54460 DBocld:32336627 Page 1 £
ee FEDERA_ "REAU (OF. INVA, THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT | LOS ANGELES REPORT MADE AT oO DATE WHEN PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE a ap ONT MADE BY ws / |. LOS ANGELES re A B/14; BH/18; 4/23- MARCUS M BRIGHT f TITLE CHARACTER OF CASE.. a ALL 1 IRPORMATION CONTATR | JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, Was. nimeeis UNCLASSIFIED Pszounrey MATTER | OR Fe as DACLYT WHERE SHORN | SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: vAHE ~ : LAWSON reported.to have recruited his wife: ‘SUE thto: the: imu": nist Party (CP) in 1936. Also recruited T-5 into the-CP:-in, 1938. On 3/14/56 ALBERT GLASSER, musician and. composer, ‘an his wife KATHERINE recalled LAWSON as an pore. {FA figure. in: theCP in 1943 when the GLASSERs were members, | LAWSON recently expressed himself as feeling that the actions o the ‘USSR=in all cases cannot be completely defended. | During 1955: Lawson BAY has been reported connected with a number of Communist—dominated- organizations, including California Emergency Defense. ‘Committee American=Russian Institute, and the Hollywood arts,. Sciences - and Professions Council. He was the foremost policymaking :: ” igure in the last-named..organization until it: dissolved in: 1/56 It was tion who drafted the HASP statement announcing dts issolution.| [The last public function of the ‘HASP of. any importance ffias a testimonial din er qo LAWSON. held at Los Angeles on 11/12/55. REQ. REC'D’ -- rw. pate PORWR Let ‘ROW: FORW. = ae APPROVED AND WA ae: SPECIAL AGENT FORWARDED: * IN CHARGE COPIES OF THIS REPORT o | (4g- Bureau (100-370750) (REGIST 3 ~ Los Angeles (100-21198) PROPERTY. OF FBI—
LA 10021198 Identity of Source 271; - | Ney ce Thumbnail HASP HASP Executive Board. meeting, 8/16/55 HASP testimonial dinner 9/55 HASP dinner for LAWSON HASP Executive | Board meeting, 12/13/55 HASP Executive Board meeting 12/14/55 HASP dissolution CEDC letter, 12/12/55 T2, - 11/12/55 [La-3402-s go HASP dissolution ASP correspondence LAWSON in New York, i is | HW 54460 Docld: 323368627 Page 3 INFORMANTS Date of Activity and/or Description © of Information Date Received 1/4/56 8/26/55 9/26/55 9/26/55 10/4/55 10/26/55 11/2/55 12/7/55 12/22/55 1/6/56 12/29/55 | 11/15/55 1/6/56 ~12- Agent to whom Furnished “MARCUS M, BRIGHT "! tt " JOHN S. TEMPLE MARCUS M, BRIGHT ELLIOTT W. AMON CLAUDE FE, WILLIS, Jr. ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE File Number where Located 100-18355 134=@115A 134-115B-286, 289 134-115a-724 701,702 . 134-115-724 " ~753 Orally 134-115B-303 134-21A-570 | Instant file)
og BT : 3 } 7 oo. . COREE Ny LA 100-2119 Date of Activity Agent to File Number Identity and/or Deseription Date whom where of Source of Information Received Furnished - Located ~2 Residence and 4/25/56 CLAUDE E, 134-21A (con't) employment . WILLIS, ul (wy . Recent LAWSON 4/16/56 =" " . statements 73, cs: 11/12/55 _ 11/16/55 CS LA- 134+302A-359 LA-3661-S 3184S to SE EVERETT ; M, DUCHARME =i, CS | Re SARAJO LORD 5/25/47 JACK S. 100-23933-Al LA- ~3200-s] KEMPTON, et al , T=5, 1938 4/18/56 CLAUDE 10020293 SANORA BABB WILLIS, HOWE, 1562 Queens Road, et al . Los Angeles, member CP, | 1938-45, whose identity - is concealed by request _T- 6, cS hotographic 3/1/55 JOHN KEANE 134-696-1B10, | | [ta- 3824-S4 copies CP docu- et al vol.8, p.705, G ents . 707, #10712. ay 713, 715 | ar _ LAWSON's position 8/2/55 . ARNOLD L, NY 100-67469; | ABRAHAM re CP. for the US PARHAM, LA 100-21198- LIEBERMAN, | et al 1581 wa, Abe Davis, 610 Monroe Road, Long Beach, New York; member of CP, New York, early 1930's = 1942, and from 1945- 1950. Identity concealed by request, TH8, “CEDC letter, | 2/28/56 ALBERT N. 134-374B-114 LA-3762=S 12/12/55 . CARLBLOM _ ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE -13- | AW 54460 Docld:32336627 Page 4
LA 100#2119¢ Date of Activity Agent to File Number Identity . and/or Deseription Date whom where of Source of Information . Received Furnished Located T9 Anonymous 11/4/55 (100-23603- ! 1B11(1), Vol.2, Dp. 73-74) -10, fesson and CRC 7/25/55 JOHN K, °  134-— meso] YU) LA=3507- 4 a ANDERSON Thumbnail May Day 4/21/55 ° H.RAWLINS 100-1763 Cin Ta-255i-9 Committee OVERTON Documen&tion h/e2t/56—" Instant case Yd WILLIAM SCHNEIDERMAN and BEN DOBBS Te12, May Day rally, 5/6/55 CLIFFORD 134+306A-209 former LA= 5/1/55 PUCKETT 3 5-S, KATHLEEN HART STOCKWELL, Topanga, California, identity concealed by request -13, CS —|Photographic 11/9/55 AL FREI 134-866-1B1l- [ra~3519-99 copies of CP ~ et al p.837, 844 Oyu coounents Oe ~14, C8 1/31/56 LEO 134-534-137, GX Coed | | | BAILEY p.75 : et al 11/3/55 11/3/55 GEORGE --- Gy al D. WATT ) J (4) | REFERENCE Report of SA MARCUS M, BRIGHT, Jr., Los Angeles, dated 4/22/55. | | - ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE oe . | HW 4460 Docld:32338627 Page 5