i v9.1 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 124-90062-10024 HQ CR SEE TITLE Document Information FBI NK HQ [Restricted] 10/19/1954 5 MARVIN KANTOR NATHALIE COX LILLY PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 06/16/1998 INDEFINITE MEMO 17 HW 53074. DoclId: 32327326 Page 1 Date: 5/5/2015 Released under the John Kennedy Wssassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase# iN S3s074 Date: mS-25-2017
. ae STANDARD FORM NO. 64 | 4 ‘Office Memorandum . onrrep staTES GOVERNMENT DATE: | TO : DIRECTOR, FBI October 19, 195) | FROM yp AC, NEWARK X ya}, 5 f | ! ee BO NVR feel SUBJECT: NATHALT#COX. LILLY bee" ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED y 2, ! nee Nathalie Cox,/}~ "HEREIN, IS UNCLASSIFIED peg! aka: Mrs. Alfred\filly DATELA=1- 7 ef BY.  ]kSE- 2 PSI Ce (Fie) INTERVIEW WITH ALFRED AND NATHALIE LILLY | | On September 20, 1954, ALFRED LILLY, 32 West Sth a Street, Plainfield, New Jersey, Phone Plainfield 6-7767, tele- ~~ phonically contacted SA BILL WILLIAMS and advised that he had some information concerning a person whom. he suspected of beingé\ a Communiste wy _ On September 20, 195, SA BILL WILLIAMS interviewed 5 re ALFRED LILLY and his wife, NATHALIE LILLY, nee COX. ; re ef a ALFRED stated that for six months or more, LENORE. ~ e ie REND, whe works at UNITED PLUMBING AND SUPPLY COMPANY, 35 | or (/Niest Front Street, Plainfield, N.J., asa secretary, has - Ble f ). been visiting their home and is very friendly with NATHALIE. Aj He said that KANTOR is very good to his children and often’ fi brings them books and gifts, but he believes that she is a Communist. He feels this way because of literature whieh. 2, _she distributes, which literature is written by CP leaders, se and some of which concerns race and labor agitation...He — , Said KANTOR does not believe in God and often argues this co point with his wife, who firmly believes in God. He advised (m., that KANTOR drops into their home on almost any occasion to Q' see his wife. He stated that he would be interested in ~ =n fet | fa stopping these visits if at all possible. gl . . NATHALIE LILLY advised that she first met KANTOR at a civic function of some sort and since then KANTOR has | tried to make herself a friend of NATHALIE. She stated that. - ; she believes KANTOR is a Communist for the same reasons as - —~ does her husband. . Shegsgs 4 (tae WNTOR apparently confides a A 134 of, Zo L— ; | REGISTERED MAIL ue * a *. : 97 SE-15 I: BW/ajm  liley-y. = Jf , 20033423. (COMINFIL NAACP)/ | eee iS fo i _ 134=50¢/ ~< (CONTROL FILE) . 8 = 1954 / a= / 134-508 (CONTROL FILE) mo, ay, i 6 a 1 | Ran 1 7 ‘bigs EGON. EE Lo /r§, ‘em \V 4 . 53074 Docld:32327326 Page 2? 5
CH LETTER TO DIRECTOR, FBI ~2- October 19, 195k NK 134-41 . 5 in her on many matters, with the exception of KANTOR's possible Communist. activities. NATHALIE..also knows of the KANTOR family. NATHALIE.furnished the following information regarding KANTOR: LENORE KANTOR's family are well aware that LENORE is a Communist, and they are bitterly against Communism but their love for LENORE keeps them from making her leave home. They -— ‘often speak of how bad it is that LENORE, think rs" she does, ; Infoae according to LENORE. LENORE's father; RAHAMAKANTOR, owns LM the HD PLUMBING.AND SUPPLY COMPANY. + “LENORETSs mother, is \ POSE (ANTOR. _LENORE's two brothers are MARVINKANTOR and NORMAN, MARVIN is partially paralysed and NGAMAN~ ence ran “for “Plainfield City Council. LENORE was in love with a man who lives in Mexico, but a girl from ‘the New York-New Jersey area was going to marry him, names unknown. LENORE spends much of her time distributing ‘the literature and booklets described by ALFRED LILLY. In the Fall of 1953, Mrs. LILLY told LENORE that she (Mrs. LILLY) was going to. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a visit. LENORE gave her $50. 00 and told her to stop at - Chicago, Illinois, and attend a conference of the National Negro Congress, which was being held there. Mrs. LILLY registered at the conference but did not stay for the meetings. Apparently, LENORE seems to have all the money she needs. The Bureau's jurisdiction in Internal Security matters was explained to the LILLYs. Mrs. LILLY said that she would continue friendly. relations with LENORE and would see © if she could determine any of LENORE's activities in the field of Communism, and would advise the Newark Office. It is noted that LENORE KANTOR is the subject of an SM-C investigation in the Newark Office, Bureau file 100-367098, Newark file 100-31013. KANTOR's file reflects that she was a member of the CP as late as 1950, at which time the informant left the Party, and LENORE has been a member of the CP since about 1945. The file also shows, that-she has recently been in Mexico, where she met WALT » alleged agent of the Ch: nese Communist Governmen' e- -_ STS NRE YR EUR EIS, ST A RR SA SR eos gees ed The information in the file coproberated the information furnished by Mrs. LILLY. Mrs. LILLY appears to be a high type Negro woman, has a high school education, and appears to be very intelligent and sincere in cooperating with the FBI. Ce een ! I, } SST WIS SE { SOUR ae et { t HW 53074 Docld:32327326 Page 3
: cf ( ae LETTER. TO DIRECTOR, FBI -3- | October 19, 195) | NK 13h-by2 “Background information regarding the LILLYs is as follows: , _ ; Name: ALFREBYLILLY Date of Birth: Lb ZLS ‘Place of Birth: wersey Cit: City, ‘N.d. Race: Negro Education: Plainfield High School . - , (one year only) Military Services U.S.Army 1942-4 Employment: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, . 605 West Front Street, Plainfield, N.J. (past 8 years) In Produce Department from. 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.. Telephone PL'- 6 = 9828. Heights. 612" ‘Weight: '190.1bs. Name 3 NATHALIE LILLY Date of Birth: 4719715 Place of Birth: Plainfield, N.J. Race; Negro Education: — ggg Plainfield High School, 193 Employments . Cornell--Dublier, South Plainfield, N.J. In Winding Department from 42:30 P.M. to 12:00 midnight Previous Eup roymentss Art Color Printers, Washington Avenue, Dunellen, N.J. _ (about 3’months during World War II); Camp Kilmer, Stelton, N.J. (in Post Exchange, during World War II); Frederick Douglas Hospital, Lombard Street, Philadelphia (now merged with Mercy ' Hospital, Philadelphia) (Student dietician during World War II) Height: . Sy Weights. 1.0 Lbs. Build: Stocky | Complexion: Medium [nn we ee ee ee _. | HW 53074 Docld:32327326 Page 4
a C C’ LETTER TO DIRECTOR, FBI -h= October 19, 195k, NK 13h-4ht : : | CHECK OF NEWARK FILES ~ No identifiable information was contained in the files ' of the Newark Office re NATHALIE or ALFRED LILLY. BIRTH DATA -The records of the Bureau of Vital Statistics for the State of New Jersey, State House, Trenton, New Jersey, as checked on September 22, 1954, by SA JOSEPH W. LUCCA, reflected the following information regarding NATHALIE COX: Birth: ‘4/19/15, Plainfield, N.J. to FITZMERALEYEOX, orn British West | and REBECCAMSMITH sigue “ born Furmah, Alabama _ NATHALIE. COX's mother was age 29 at the time and was a housewife. NATHALIE's father was age 31 at the time and was employed as a tailor. CREDIT. AND CRIMINAL | The records of the Plainfield. Credit Bureau, Plainfield, N.J., were checked on September 29, 1951, by SE CLIFFORD M. WERNER, and the records contained a report dated April 8, 198, reflecting that NATHALIE. LILLY.was then employed at Art Color Printing Company in. the Bindery Department, and that credit accounts at Plainfield banks. and financial. companies were satisfactory. There was no derogatory information. Sergeant E. FLYNN checked the records in the Plainfield Police Department on September 29, 195, and advised SE CLIFFORD M. WERNER that there was no information regarding NATHALIE LILLY or ALFRED LILLY. Form FD-9 requesting an Identification Record for NATHALIE LILLY and ALFRED LILLY has been submitted to the Identification Division. INFORMANT CHECKS _ The following informants reported that NATHALIE LILLY and ALFRED LILLY are unknown to thems | t ‘MW 53074 Docld: 323273276 Page 3