JFK Assassination System ; Date: 6/15/20] Identification Form 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 : Agency Information FBI Peleased under the John 124-10284-10110 . Kennedy Assassination Records HQ ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). 100-30067-20 asef#:iNW 53150 Date: 5-31-2017 Document Information FBI WALLA, EDWARD E. DIRECTOR, FBI 12/19/1944 5 JOP, AFFIL, COMMUNIST POLIT ASSOC, CONVENTION PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 01/07/1998 INDEFINITE : v9.1 AW 55130) Doocld: 32303598 wn Page 1
FEDERAL BUREAU OK INVESTIGATION Form No. 1 \ THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT SAN FRANCISCO \ FILE No, 100-1465 REPORT MADE AT DATE WHEN MADE PERIOD FOR REPORT MADE BY SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 12/19/44 1D PRPS 2/1/24 EDWARD BE. WALLA bg TITLE . 3 CHARACTER OF CASE . JOHN ” PITTMAN INTERNAL SECURITY - C SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Subject continues to reside at 67 Pleasant Street and retains his position as Managing Editor of the PEOPLE'S WORLD newspaper. He is a member of the State Committee ~of the Communist Political Association and was elected x Vice-president of the San Francisco County CPA. He is “ 4 A assigned as a member of the Fillmore Club and is active ped nf 9.9 in speaking before various other clubs of! the Party. ‘ wv . . in at ~Pe vee te ~ : ms . REPSRENCE: Report of Special Agent Raymond Richard Brackelsberg dated July 1, 1944 at San Francisco, California. DETAILS; Subject is considred a Key Figure in activities of the Communist Political Association in the San Francisco Field Division. Mire SAt CERELLI, Chief Clerk, Local Draft Board 2100, San Francisco, advised that the subject resides at 67 Pleasant Street, San a Prancisco, and is still employed by the PEOPLE'S WORLD newspaper, 590 Folsom \e Street, San Francisco, California, which is a Communist controlled daily paper. va An article in the dime 14, 1944 issue of the Daily Peopla's’_ orld reflects that at the first convention cf the newly formed California A. State Communist Political Association, the subject was elected to the State o Committee. The September 19, 1944 issue reflects that the subject was also , elected Vice-president of the San Francisco County organization of the \ObG Communist Political Association slong with RUDIE” LAMBERT, State CPA Labor fit. Directer, et tne San Francisco Coumty CPA Convention. Boor through SOURCE was ascertained ; » SPECIAL AGENT 4, thet the subject APPROVED AND FORWARDED: “he fs Fa 4 IN CHARG; DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES td = (foe eo ORB ED 7l 5 = BUREAU (encl.) meets op MAE —_ sd ‘ o 9 pop a roe Ok PS k o “ 2 « SID, SAN FRaicrsco a : pees ——f—+___ ‘ i , é- ONI, Si FRgcIScO oe ; ; : So - SAN FRANCISCO Laps > | ce a Te SY i ae U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE  16—37952-1 z a: HW 53130 DBocld:32303596 Page 2?
San Frencisco File 200-1465 oo atteided the State Communist Party Convention as a Fraternal Delegate. This convention Was held. at San Francisco, May 7, 1944. SOURCE 5, who is very close to the subject, advised that editorial policy in the PEOPLE'S WORLD was dictated by i SOURCE B related that. shortly after Senator , iAN'tS nomination for Vice-president, the subject was contacted by BILL SVEIDERLINT , State CPA President who demanded that an editorial appear=- iSdis ‘tely in the PEOPLE'S VIOF BLD explaining that’ TRUMAN is a compromise Party.and that WALLACE was not betrayed.” || EXEY was making campaign speeches, ‘ RCE B B “added thet when Governor DEE the subject attack every DEWEY speech in a Subject's Loials of the State CPh. a ace aay \ \ onfidential Informant SF 595 advised that the subject spoke at the. meéting of” the Richmond Victofy Club in August, 1944. The -opic of his speech was "The COMMUNIST MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE, WORLD." ' It was ascertained through SOURCE C that the subject received an invitetion to speak at Ills College, a prominent girlst colloge ‘ at Oakland, ’California.- SOURCE C related that STEVESLULSON, President ' of the  tanede Coumty CP. obteined this invitation for the Subject and instructed him thet he should speak on the reasons for Red- ~Baiting in the Presidential campaign and show that it is a method of propagenda identical _ with thet employed by HITLER. This informant stated that STEVE NELSON was in close contect’ with PITTMAN and et various times, suggested events which PITTMAN might use as a basis for his editorials. SOURCE D advised that HARRY..BRIDGES, West Coast CIO Lebor. Leader, requested the subject to asefvSe him in drafting an inquiry ‘BRIDGES requested the subject -to. ssure might be brought upon LAMBERT, State Communist of the Port Chicago Negro Mutiny case. write an editorial on this case so that pres ‘the Haval Authorities. SOURCE D related that RUDIZ ER Political Association Labor Director also requested the subject to write rial concerning this Negro Mutiny Case. It should be noted that iny Trial, the PSOPLE'S WORLD devoted a portion of action taken dr J. aut edit during this Negro but (its editorial page to editorials which denounced the Navy a 4 the Mubinye ZZ It was learned through SOURCE B that the Subject's { - 4 wneNey MAM, left the Subject and is presently residing at the f ; LOUISE Sra STAN, well lnown Commmist. This informant stated the reason for separation is that the subject was “running ‘around" ROX, People's World reporter. i ; ; , Oem Qe HW 53130 DBocld:32303596 Page 3