HW 54463 o ae DL 134+44-377 paid dues . for the LANDINS and the LOWERYS up to February 1961. ° AUGUSTIN explained that STANFORD was on his’ way to” New York amd could not méét with anyone but him for he was. ‘pressed for time. For that reason, he, (AUGUSTIN) had paid their dues. JOE LAND IN ewed him $6. 00, BILL. ‘LOWERY $7. 00. ESTRADA had.with him @ “Box. of. itersture. that he had gotten from JONN, STANFORD about a month. age. -. BYLL, LOWERY and..JGE. LANDIN. looked ‘through it and beught some. BILL LOWERY. explained that he was almost sure he. eould sell vwhat: he” purchased to the ROSSES.and°“to DAVE.FREED. JOE. LANDIN suggested that seme ef the literature should be .. ‘mailed.eut to peeple that. belonged. ‘tothe. Forum: or. to the NAACP , - “that is, to people whe have shown some’ interest. in “politics. The idéa was to let.as many people as pessible. read some.of the literature. We also remarked that. most @ex- Party members knew what~ was happening locally and nationally. “ESTRADA thought the idea was a good ene and he suggested that two. good. persons. that-sheould receive some -of-the-. literature. were. Reverend | ‘RHETT: JAMES: and. IDA: MORENO ; “BILL LOWERY. said .that im the very hear future they. would do. just ‘that: They would . spend a ‘meeting mailing literature. to influeatal figures. -He- ‘suggested that.PAULIA. WEAVER be: “@né of them. He reported: that the LAWRENCES (JOE ‘LAWRENCE and his wife) were se. preeccupied making money that they ne longer cared to talk t® him abeut -pelitics. ‘They have a Schedule of their daily social activities. always ahead | of time and it dees not imclude pelitics. NATALIE ROSS,. according to BILL LOWERY, had..described the” “LAWRENCES as” two unhappy companions, that JOE LAWRENCE had admitted. he married his wife | Lor her | money. ae 4 m Ynfornant? 8 repert reflected that BILL. LOWERY seemed concerned about the newspaper.articles that dwelt with communists in Texas. Hé remembered that one of them had named AUGUSTIN ESTRADA, another had given JOHN. STANFORD’s “name and. his efficial, ‘position, None: of the three. present , he. said, Knew. what. positiena. JON STANFORD or. AUGUSTIN ‘ESTRADA held. -Then, the number of Dallas. members had been given, the number. had been. six, white. actually there are Only..five,..aécording to LOWERY. He said-he was sure. that. JOE LANDIN- was innocent, but that. he suspected. the two other-fellews (besides. TORN STANFORD) that made up the State ‘Committee. JOE LANDIN said he was under the impression _. that: only BILL LOWERY, AUGUSTIN ESTRADA and the mew recruit += XC KINNEY were aware that ‘the membership had increased by ‘ ome.‘ LANDIN raised the question "Didn't BILL récruit MC KINNEY ami asked him to meet with the Dallas group?” = Qa DoclId: 323273102 Page 3
i. ; re DL 134-44-377 -BILL LOWERY said that he had not and that they (the State Committee) had instructed. him to, recruit MC. KINNEY and have | him meet with the Dallas group. (MC KINNEY, according te | ' informant, is ‘a CP Negro nénber who lives in Fert Worth.) - LOWERY. “Badd he suspected | the members. of -the State. Committee “for the above réagon, He urged AUGUSTIN ESTRADA to set a trap for them by giving - them, at: “the coming State’ Committee ‘meeting ;.. some false. information and then wait to see what happeus. AUGUSTIN | ESTRADA was. not too. enthusiastic. ‘about. this .and said that they might - ‘do. it sometime “in the | future. _ SOE ‘LANDIN. said‘that he. suspected MC KINNEY as being the one * piving- out. ‘information. — He remembered that BILL LOWERY . had recently | ‘told. him how strange and suspicieus MCKINNEY had | acted once. when BILL and AUGUSTIN: were suppesed te meet him. - JOE LANDIN said ‘he also did net. believe that. HC" KINNEY did net know that hé was not Marrying a Negro woman. He seemed, JOE LANDIN added, by his. actions .to be. dishonest. , BILL. LOWERY said that in” ‘spite of the fact that MC KINNEY had “acted mysterious, he still believed that one of the ‘two State. Commit tee members was the agent. According toe informant, BILL LOWERY and. AUGUSTIN ‘ESTRADA are tm meet sometime this week to finish up. their repert on the Mexican-American Question in Texas. ESTRADA agsigned JOE LANDIN to write a report on the . ‘Cuban, situation. Informant had no additional information. 2 Se HW 54463 Docld:32323102 Page 4