AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John . Eennedy AGENCY: _— FBI WSsassination Records RECORD_NUMBER: — 124-10268-10280 AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-2931-63 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: HOPKINS. EMILE. TO: TITLE: DATE: 12/08/1963 PAGES: 6 SUBJECT: SEE FBI 100-10461-2438 DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: 11/18/1996 UPDATE DATE: STATUS Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) ‘COMMENTS: HW 53025 DBocld:32197439 Page 1 oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). RECORD_SERIES: PG ase#:NU 53025 Date: HS-22-2017 02/14/2001
; e. ‘{ : 1” we : ® “ Cover Shieet- *for informant Report or 5 ‘Material ~ FD-306 (3-21.58) HW ARS Mi efB rood ge 194\ [dtnaaaen Pst mado , Received by SA EMILE. HOPKINS Date received Received from (name or symbo] number) 12/16/63 CI 104-s Method of delivery (check appropriate blocks) Calin person CJpy telephone Co by mail (7) orally [recording device Cz written by Informant Date .of Report 12/8/63 Date(s) of activity = | If orally furnished and reduced to writing by Agent: Date Dictated ——$ to ‘Transcribed —_—_ a, Authenticated by Informant 12/8/63. Brief description of activity or’ material Report of. cr 104¢8. re Communist Party: meeting held 12/8/63, at home ‘of GENNE KUEN, 6105 “ener Utmost care. should be. ‘taken that. any. information ‘taken, from _ this report. is paraphrased to protect: informgat since’ only seven individuals. attended ‘the: meeting. _ 11 - Cleveland (RM). . . . 100-17257 (CP.Org.) 100-_——- (ARNOLD. JOHNSON): 62- oO iturin of President. KENNEDY) — ° JACK LEON: R Aka; > 105- (LEE HARVY OSwal) ALL INFO a 2 okt 65-721 | (ANTHONY. ERCHMARER) = HERE io ~ “SUASSIF alk 100-17255 (Membership). . HERE ASS | 03 KSC 100-1646 3 (Political Activities) © 100=17797: (Factionalism) |: 100-23484 (Mass. Organizations) - re . a ; , 100217947 (Strategy. in Industry) @2- ZY 3/ - re 3 @ Dallas eM) — SEARCHED __....... INDEXED 625 (Assassination of President KE} oy oY} pee = Fico Ss. 4he (JACK | LEON RUBY) ——— yi 1904 ~2105- (LEE HARVEY: OSWALD) Pai PITTSBURGH 6 - New York (RM) - - . IL ; 100- (CP Org.):. onl | séancHeo ito DEXED. =] 626 (Assassination of: Pres, Kenny) | mi eee 44e — (JACK ‘LEON RUBY) | er N 105- - (LEE HARVEY. OSWALD)’ 7 a ee is 7 100= 16021 (ARNOLD JOHNSON).
“134-8A-557 _ (Copies Continued) 13- 100145835. (CP, USA, Public Appearances « of Party Leaders = 418) Pittsburgh | (RM) 100-8571 (CP, ‘State of, West: Virginia) -100-8572 (CP, Ohio. Valley. Section) 100-8664 (CP, .Membership). 100-'.. (ARNOLD JOHNSON) 62=° (Assassination of President ‘KENNEDY)"~ LT «(JACK ‘LEON | RUBY). 105-.-.° (LEE HARVEY. OsHALD) 10028549 . (GENNE: KUHN): 1o0<-. (Factionalism)- 100-9 (Political Affairs) . 1s7e - (LEE M. JOHNSON) ~ 100- (Mass. Organizations) . 100 -14821 (HUGH GILMORE’ ‘CROCKARD, Jt. » Cincinnati. 24 HW 53025 _ Rock 92497439. Page 3. 100< 23500. (cP Organtzaticn) 134584" » 6222758. (Assassination: of President KENNEDY)" a 442456 (JACK. LEON: RUBY) ©. 105-2505 ‘(LEE HARVEY OSWALD) 100-7964. _(€P Membership) «. 100-8227" (Political: Activities) : 100-8481 (Factionalism) 100212701 (Cominfil, Mass‘ Organizations) . 100-8359 (Strategy: in. Industry) . 100212483 (CHARLES. PALMER) » . 1060-12408 (RANDALL. GORBY) 100-9142. (FLOYD: WELLS) . 100-7006. © (GENNE: KUHN) “> 100212474 (JOHN FABRY) 100212475. (SHIRLEY. FABRY) - 100- -6386 (FRED WALCHLTI)- 100=1910.. (ARNOLD JOHNSON) . 100- 1083 (ANTHONY KRCHMAREK) 157-195. (LEE M.- JOHNSON) °: 100- 14096. (HUGH. GILMORE CROCKARD, JR.). 100-8402 - (Youth Matters) . 134-142 (ADOLPH PACIFICO)... pny27d7 (Cominfil, ‘Labor F Unions)
_ CI. HW 53025 134<84-557 Informant 'e 8 report set forth | below: “Steubenville, Ohio. "December. 8, 1963 Non the above date a group from: . Steubenville, Met at. 610.S. Front St.. Wheeling;.: W. Va. the home of a Genne . -(Crockard) Kuby. This: was a? Communist. Party Meeting .* The persons. who. wer in. attendance who were recognized Were: Mer 1 - ‘Floyd Wells: = A Carpenter and treafurer of his - * local Union. from: Steubenville. . - 2 « CHARLES PALMER: = A steel worker .and former: ¢ grievance | Committeman from the Wheeling - ‘Steel Corpn. : and Member". of Local Union: #1190, U.S. We A. C. I. 0. As F, Le 3 + Randal Gorby: from the Wheeling. Steel coxpa ‘anda former. shop stewart is a Member of Local. Union: #1190 U. S.W. A. C. 1.0. AF. L. « 4 = Armold Johnson: ... A. forasr. state. chairman of. the — ‘Gcmmnist Party of Ohio and who now is a sortyOf jpublic : relations man for..the Communist. party- working. out 6£:. New. York City, New York. | He secures: speakers - for. ° any engagements such as Colleges. and ‘Campus: ‘lectures . 5.- Johm Fabrey a Miner: from Smithfield... . He - is 3 know : as the emt ling Slovak. | 6° Mrs.. John Fabrey his. Wife - a ar 7 = Genmme (Crockard) Kuhn the hostess is.a-long time C.. party worker former wifes of Hugh Crockard, Now deceased and she since Married ‘Emil Kuhn: who’ now: resides: at her — home. Genne has three children two to. her first. husband aid the other to. the. latter. She.has..a son. about. L9 yiks old who is being schooled and. worked over by che Cc. party. in New York. - Gennes. Kuhn Continued; . The..C party wanted to. take her. gon : Gill Crockard out of: her influence so he could. be- ‘taught ; -3- DoclId: 327197439 Page 4
GL 134-8A-557 something Constructive. This Gill recently, ¢ a ‘few years - or less ago Made a trip to the- Soviet Union ete on: ‘the . Youth Conference Know as the ‘World ‘Youth Conference." He will probably emerge from the New York thing as a™ full time. organizer in some special field suchias. ‘youth, At the start of the Meeting Genne: brought out f ‘her brief case full of cliphitiigs (Newspaper) etc she . also had a lot of penciled notes which she was undoubtedly going to use to show what she was doing i and to give others: hell for not co-operating with her. But the first discussion by A. Johnson centered around . the late Pres. Kennedy. ' Arnold. explained that since Oswald was. considered: a” Communist then a wave of hysteria was about to explode against the C. party of America but by the time the eeeactionaries were getting started it was announced > that it had been disclosed that it seemed like the extreme Fight had been' active. This was boré out by the declaration of Russia that it was not the C. party that had dome it because Kennedy was a friend of the Working class but the work of the extreme right or almost a fascist act. This seemed to sober the masses that it was the same caliber of people who had insulted Stevenson only Weeks before in Dallas, Texas, Arnold stated he was asked by C.B.S. News about this Oswald as to a letter he had written to the party, he told them he gets Logs of letters of enquiry about the Cc. party and he probably answered it as he does hundreds of others and even sent him literature if he requested it, They (C.B.S.) wanted him to go on the air with 4 i statement but he, stated to them he would have to dig the’ letter out and“be sure before he Made any statement. Randal Gorby asked Arnold Johnson if when he got back. to New York to look in the files if he had a letter from @ Wm Pokas, formerly from Bellaire, Ohio, and also an in immate of Cambridge Asylum for a period of time, Gorby o & oe HW 53025 Docld:32197439 Page 5
CL 134-84-557 HW 53025 asked Johnson to coitipare the letter of Pokey's with: Oswald's ‘to -see if they didn't have a lot:in Common. Palmer stated that he thought the statement’ by the Methodist Minister Covered ‘the situation very good when he stated that the fact that the Murder of Bill Moore, M Edgar Evers and others in- tha. south: going by without punishment had set the stage for the © Assassination of Pres. Kennedy. Everyone readily agreed. Arnold Johnson further stated that. no real Marxist - Could do such a thing. - There is not Much doubt that since the Soviet Union had expelled him by not giving him a Citizenship in the Soviet: Umion because they thought him to be an Agent of Fascism. Genne Meanwhile was Chomping at the bit trying to get her story told about the N.A.A.C.P. and CORE. She finally got her Chance to unload. She stated that about the time of the Civil Righits . March on Washington a few days before she had been working with CORE and NAACP the reporter from the Wheeling paper Intelligemcer had Called and wanted to talk about her, She gave him answers on the phome and finally hung up on him. frow the time this phone conversation was completed She had been quoted in the newspaper and exposed as a Communist party Member, which brought-about her. expglsion from thé N.A.A.C.P., but simce has been restored to Membership. Then lately a Man (Negro) by name of Johnson head of the local CORE group was indicted for robbing a bus driver in Steubenville, Ohio.. Genne had got in touch with R. Gorby as she thought Johnson was being framed. Gorby found out and told her at this Meeting that he had did the robbing and was Not being framed. The best thing to do stated Gorby was to give him | help but do not put :CORE.and the NAACP out. om a limb by doing it. . 2 5 2 DoclIda: 327197439 Page 6
Cl 134-8A~557 ‘t "palmer stated that it was: News to. him as. ‘the: only. thing he. Knew about it Was the’ articles in the paper and. the, first one looked as if Genne had stayed on’ the phone - too long should have hung up‘quick: He also ‘stated that in 1948 when he had this trouble everyone Knew about _ it. and then he got more help and was- successful» in’ defeating the reactionaries, You have to always: work together on these Matters if you: will be - guccess 1 The hour was drawing Near ten o'clock P.M, and the’ Steubenville delegation: had to work that. ‘Nite, Lunch. was: furnished, by each and everyone. with: the ‘exception of A Johnson and he put away plenty. ; ‘Johnson stated that. he had been down this way. about one _ week ago and had Contacted some of his old friends by phone, one in particular was Adolph Pacifico he oo wanted to talk to him om a so called Applachian Coal project | which hag been going on for some time’: ‘Bdolph- wanted to ~ meet with him if he could find time later - Was. unable to see him at this time. Everyone present asked A. Johnson When he was: coining -back but he would not state exactly only he would notify | the Next time he could make it. No Literature No Collections During the time Genme Kuhn was. belly aching about not - getting help from the Valley group it was pointed out . by A Johmson that some years back when the Wheeling grou was a part of W. Virginia group that difficulties existe - and now with the Wheeling group: in with Ohio. Valley..the trouble still exists. .He also poimted out that..distance has a lot to do with it. too. Genme stated that Fred _ Walchli was supposed to show up with the Beer. She was urged to call him against her wishes . but she got — no answer on the phone" HW 53025 Docld: 32197439 Page 7