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 : v9.1 Docld: 32313329 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form - Agency Information FBI 124-10328-10003 HQ CR 62-9-26-359 Document Information FBI TOWNSEND . HQ 03/01/1962 190 EARL SCHEIB PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified - 4 Redact 05/11/1998 INDEFINITE INC RS, RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES la-lc, INDEX PAGES a-i Date: 4/15/201
LA 94-250 FHT/seb * LA T-1 ve CLA BHD | LA T=3 Sel oS LA T-5 LA T-6 LA T-7 = - LA T-8 LA T-9 4 LA T-10 LA T-12 LA. T-13 LA T-14 Docld: 32313329 Page 2? INFORMANTS ‘Careful consideratinn has been given to each gource concealed and T-symbols were utilized only in those instances where the identities of the infarmants must be concealed, ~ LV 39-C* ca 6486-cC* ROBERT VREELAND, Studio Manager, Hal Roach. Studios, Culver City, California CG 6343-c* CG 5973-C CSLA 3718-¢ - GSLA 3923-¢ JULIAN BLODGETT, former Special Agent and former Chief, Los Angeles County District ’ Attorney's Office, Bureau of Investigation JOHN HUNT, ex-Los Angeles Mirror reporter PETE AHLFIELD, Senior Examiner, California . Division of Savings and Loan Associations Los Angeles. JOHN H, HAINES, Federal Home Loan Bank Examiner Los Angeles LOREN STIFFLER, Supervisor, California Division of Corporations, Los Angeles LA 3948-c - of Former LA 33997-+C
on these occasions. ' - them together on numerous LA 94-250 © FHT:SCM 4n May, 1951, commented that the relationship between’ GLASSER and-U. S. Commissioner THEODOREAHOCKE is very. friendly, although this source had no information to — indicate GLASSER asserts any influence over the Commissioner... / ~ .. $7), a-disgruntied former Federal employee, - in May, 1961, spoke of frequent parties which he maintained are held in the Federal press room during thé noon hour -and-after-5:00 p.m. -He said alcoholic beverages and oo food are available, and that often poker games are played ‘ , Present: almost every day, he said, ‘are GLASSER, U. S. Commissioner -HOCKE and the newsmen . ‘assigned to the Federal beat, and an assortment TAY . practicing attorneys, including well known MORRISALAVINE. _ GLASSER allegedly picks up the tab for the cost of these - parties. oo De - according to T-22%, a.Civic Center figure who has known ~ GLASSER for years. . ‘eonnections of GLASSER but. recalls unverifiable rumors. -4in past years that GLASSER has had connections in the - ‘.office of the U..S.°.Marshal, .the Los Angeles County - Sheriff's Department, the Los Angeles District Attorney's — office and the Los Angeles Police Department, all in a “position to supply him with the names of persons arrested. and booked. - . . | This man. believes GLASSER is the only bail . pondsman with the capability of seeking out Commissioner . HOCKE .»... at his residence at night to sign a release - er to set a bail, He knows GLASSER to be extremely -ma- friendly. with Commissioner -HOCKE, and he has observed ! ‘occasions in restaurants and - - public places. He knows of no gratuities furnished by _, GLASSER to the Commissioner. Se - stall another scarce who commented on this’ _ gituation.is T-2%3, formerly in the bail. bond business. ' According to him, GLASSER and U. S. Commissioner HOCKE. ‘work closely together, and. ‘Again in furtherance of FBI investigation, T-2°,. | eee . @LASSER has always operated through. "connections," This source could not name any present close woe CALIF ” “ f y GLASSER has several times been observed visiting at GLASSER's residence socially, They. have been seen together «t lunch o: numerous occasions. a) BG -f ee DoclIad 1323133529 Page 7
x ° . ob. ff . . : Ny . @ . ‘ J ‘ - - hy. 4 . . . *. ’ ime LA ‘94-250 | WBN: par ~ SANDA MARIA ‘3 _ (mais portion prepared by SA WILLIAM BS * NOLAN s Ire) 7 “Major operating Rackets ~ . Northern Santa Barbara: County | Chief. of Police HAROLD. L. ENGLISH NA; Santa - - Lo Maria Police Department; Captain A. L. OXFORD, Senta Maria. seg on, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's office; 7 ' . LA T- Gand LA. 1G all advised that nothing.has -come. to their attention indicating that any type of rackets are operating in Santa Maria, California, or elsewhere in” ma Northern Santa - Barbara County.’ In a “recent contact. with Te be, the informant: stated that his ex-brother-in-law, FRAN? JRNELLO , | also -— “known as, "Thé Shiek,' is an old time: member ‘of the “‘organization" from Manhattan, ~ New. York. He stated: that not. too long ago,’ TORNELLO:. came to Santa Maria, Cal ifornia, and contacted him for ass istance. TORNELLO was bayke and beseing for a. job Lo of any.kind. Informant stated that due to: TORNELLO 's’ _vreputation and long criminal record, he did-not encourage . , ~« TORNELLO to-~ remain in Santa Maria. Informant, stated that he 7 offered this information. as his biggest ‘reason | to think -that there. is no “organization,” "syndicate," "major: - -./'. operating rackets" .or whatever it might be called, presently” operating in Santa Maria or vicinity, because TORNELLO would have contacted someone other than ‘himself. He informed that after TORNELLO left Santa Maria, he was "identified and’. arrested for‘ the: armed robbery of a liquor store in the Fresno or Bakersfield, California acea, and . is pres ently incarcerated - in a* “California State’ Prison. ; : ae - obo recently. Advised that LEON. samntvson, 935. South - Conception, Santa_Maria,_Califiornia, .a long established gambling fi figure in Santa Maria, has been “pooking | s bets on a small scale, from his residence telephone. The Ny . an : : ” Docld: 32313329 Page &
7 “ . / ‘ ? t bo “. : NN Lk wa ‘ LA 94-250 WEN: par ; “informant: stated that there, is apparently no wire “service | involved in HENSON's bookmaking activities inasmuch as - . HENSON recently contacted informant in regard to the possible - purchase of a short wave radio to-be used ‘in obtaining race . results from the Los Angeles area. Informant advised that he was of the opinion HENSON had been paying off bets on the following day, based on ‘race. results published.in the newspapers. Further, that HENSON indicated he was being backed by, the "group in Santa Barbara," but that HENSON also. indicated that he would not stand: large Losses, . which ‘aid not’ indicate that he was a part. of a solid bookmaking ~ “organization. Informant is continuing to follow the activities of HENSON ‘in. vegard to bookmaking .. Pact ‘has advised ‘on- several oéeasitons that FRANK A, | Mg swon, 736_East—Cook-Street.,Santa_Maria, California, the “Owner and: operator of the®{wiss Chalet. Restaurant and- Bar, ‘516. North: Broadway, Santa Maria, isa, ‘contact of pimps who enter the Santa Maria area. “Informant advised that - LIBBON is a close friend of ERLEWAVY,' who formerly oy operated houses of . prostitution. at. Pismo. Beach and Grover City, | California, and that when ‘IVY. was operat ing the. houses , _. \LIBBON ‘sent. many "tricks" to the houses ftom his- bar in Sante, Marla... as well as frequenting. thehouses himself. . Chief ‘of Police. HAROLD. De ENGLISH, NA, Santa Maria Police. Department, ‘advised: that there has ,been a ' large increase in all. types.of. crimes* in: Santa: Maria. during: the “past threee years, which has ~ undoubtedly. been caused: by the great increase in population: resulting: from. the ‘proximity of Vandenberg Air: Force Base, andthe. ‘large - number. of construction workers. who have moved into,.the area. He stated that. the ereatest inerease has. been in homicides, there haying been:five since August, 1961, 411 of which ~~ have been solved. He informed, that there has.been no _ particular | problem insofar as prostitution | and gambling ~ are’ concerned, Further, that there does. not appear’ to have: ’-been any great “increase - in narcotics - traffic: in. the. area, “and that the’ Califor nia Bureau -of ‘Narcotics sends an Cy undercover man into ‘the area’ occa sionally to. check ‘the | local situation, a ¢ ~ rt ‘ Docld: 32313329 Page 93
N LA ‘94.250 FHT: "SCM To the Kefauver Committee, one interest that GREENBERG revealed was real estate at San Bernardinoy California, owned by "Store Properties, Inc." This was named as part of a larger complex of real estate sroperties in which GREENBERG "and other unsavory characters" were — involved, and figuring in Store Properties was/again, PAUL ZIFFREN\, Heading Store Properties, Inc. as president . was SAMUEL GENIS;, now dead, who had been involved in four bankruptcies and ‘had been arrested for passing bad checks. He had vaulted "with curious ease" into control of multi- million-dollar hotél and office-building holdings. When he died in 1955 in an accident, "his’estimated four-million- dollar estate dwindled mysteriously." ZIFFREN, said VELIE, had supplied cash to GENIS/for Store Properties, Inc., getting his money back in Awo years with five per cent interest and soon after\,receiving title to a portion of the property at San Bernardtno. When VELIE asked, ZIFFREN about his business : ' association with men like Aanderworld figure ALEX GREENBERG, ZIFFREN reportedly said, "T\don'!t believe in character assassination. | GREENBEF G was honorable in all the dealings I had with him." VELIE's comment on this retort is, "This tolerant attitude toward, a man who, while associated . with ZIFFREN, was algo doing work for ruthiess criminal , gangs, poses a big Question... \Even if he wants 9s can a man shed associations such as @UBFREN has had?" T~ det the researcher who provided material from which the"Rea ets Digest" piece wag drawn, has written . of ZIFFREN: jie is a man of power with deep. roots in the a hoodlum world, socializing on the highest level for the benefit of press and public, with call girls and gamblers and the other denizens of the lower 1ével when the camera is closed /" This source credits ZIFFREN with building a lasting’ bridge between the underworld\and the overworld, linking /"the outright criminal with his billions of illicit dollars to the acceptable businessman whose needs for investment capital recognizes no moral or\physical boundaries.’ Docld: 32313329 Page 10