AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John ; » Kennedy Assassination Records AGENCY: FBI ollection Act of 1992 . (44 U5 2107 Note). RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10141-10023 ase#:NiW 53025 Date: RECORD SERIES:- CJ n5-23-2017 AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 44-456-138 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: HOPKINS. EMILE. TO: TITLE: DATE: 12/08/1963 7 PAGES: 6 SUBJECT: — SEE FBI 44-1639-3870A DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: : REVIEW _DATE: 11/15/1996 UPDATE DATE: 02/09/2001 | STATUS  Redact | RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: HW 53025 Docld:32160662 Page 1
y — A oak, Re f L - . fester ‘Sheet for tnformant Report or v ; . © Motertal FD-306 (3- 21-58) | 4, Received by SA EMI | Eo HOPKINS | Date received Received from (name or symbol number) 12/16/63 CI 104=s Method of delivery (check appropriate blocks) Ca in person CI by telephone Co by mail C7) orally Co recording device Cz written by Informant 4 If orally furnished and reduced to writing by Agent: Date ‘ } Date of Report 12/8/63 Date(s) of activity Dictated —— to Transcribed — Authenticated by Informant 12/8/63 Brief description of activity or’ material Report | of cr 104¢8. re Communist Party meeting File where original is located if not attached” - Remarks: Utmost. care. should be taken’ that any information ‘taken: from this report is paraphrased to protect: informant, since only seven individuals: attended the. meeting. - 11 ~ Cleveland (RM) .. 100217257 (CP. org. >. 100-.- (ARNOLD: JOHNSON) (G2-- (Assassination of President: KENNEDY) (f4= (SACK LEON, ROBE, Aka. > 105< (LEE HARVY OSWALD) ~ 65-721 (ANTHONY. BRCHMARER) | i 100-17255 (Membership). |e 100-16463 (Political Activities) - | ver 100217797 (Factionalism) . 100-23484 (Mass. Organisations) 100217947 (Strategy. in Industry) 3 + Dallas GM) 62- (Assassination of President. KENWED' bho ‘(JACK LEON RUBY) 105-2. (LEE HARVEY OSWALD) .. a 6 - New York (RM) L00- (CP Org.) - ‘ 626 (Assassination of. Pres. - 4a - (JACK LEON RUBY) . 105 (LEE HARVEY | OSWALD): 100-16021 (ARNOLD JOHNSON) EEH/ jr. ON Yet yy - 76 HW 53025 Docld:32160662 Page 2?
4 a) an "'134-8A0557 _ (Copies Continued) 100- 145835. (CP, ‘USA, ‘Public Appearances of Party Leaders» = 4) 13- Pittsburgh (RM) © ~ 100-8571 (CP, ‘State of, West. Virginia). 100-8572. (CP, Ohio. Valley. Section) 100-8664. (CP, Membership). 100-°.- (ARNOLD’ JOHNSON). - 622. (Assassination of. President KENNEDY) 44—. |. ,QJACK: LEON RUBY). 105-.-. °° (LEE HARVEY. OSWALD) 10028549 (GENNE: KUHN): : 100=. \(Factionalism) | 100- (Political. Affairs) . 157- _- '. (LEE M,. JOHNSON) <> 100-. - (Mass. Organizations) _ 100 14821 ° (HUGH GTLMORE . ‘CROCKARD, Jr. ) 24- Cincinnati. 100=3500. (CP. Organizatién) | 134<8A - 6222758 ‘(Assassination of President KENNEDY) . “ 44-456 (JACK. LEON RUBY) | 105-2505 (LEE HARVEY OSWALD) 100-7964. (CP Membership) a 100-8227 (Political: Activities) © . 100-8481 (Factionalism) . , 100+12701 ' (Cominfil, Mass: organizations) (10028359 (Strategy in Industry) 100212483: (CHARLES PALMER) i: 100- -12408. ‘(RANDALL | GOREY) (100-9142: (FLOYD: WELLS) |. 100-7006 : 100-12475 (SHIRLEY. FABRY) | (100-6386 - (FRED WALCHLI) 100-2 1910... (ARNOLD JOHNSON) 100- -1083 (ANTHONY KRCHMARER). 157-195. (LEE M, JOHNSON). a 100< 14096. ‘(HUGH GILMORE CROCKARD, SR. )- ‘v 100-8402 - {Youth Matters). 5 (1342142) (ADOLPH. PACIFICO). 10 32707 (Cominfil, Labor: Unions). HW 53025 Docld:32160662 Page 3
CI . 134-8A~557 Informant 's report set forth below: "Steubenville, Ohio. December 8, 1963 "Om the above date a group from Steubenville, Met at 610 S. Front St. Wheeling, _ W. Va. the hema of a Genne (Crockard) Kuk. This was a Communist Party Meeting. The persons who were in attendance who were recognized Were: 1 = Floyd Wells: - A Carpenter and treaburer of his | a + Tocal 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.W.A. C.1.0. A.F. Le. 3 - Randal Gorby: from the Wheeling Steel Corpa and a formar shop stewart is a Member of Local Union #1190 U. S.W. A. €.I.0. A.F.L. 4& = Armold Johnson: . A former state chaizman of the Communist Party of Ohio and who now is a ‘sortyot @ublic relations man for. the Communist party working out Sf. New York City, New York. He secures speakers for. any engagements such as Colleges and Campus lectures 5 - John Fabrey a Miner from Smithfield. He is know . as the smiling Slovak. co 6 - Mrs. John Fabrey his Wife - 7 - Genne (Crockard) Kuhn the hostess is a ‘Long’ time C. ' party worker former wife 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 and the other to the. latter, She.has a son about. 19 yrs old who is being schooled and worked » over by the Cc. party: ‘in New Fork. woe Genne Kuhn Continued: The C party wanted to take her son a Gill Crockard out of her influence so he could be taught. HW 53025 DoclId:32160662 Page 4
GI 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 suchas . .youth. At the start of the Meeting Genne brought out her brief case full of clipbitigs (Newspaper) etc she also had a lot of pemciled notes which she was undoubtedly going to use to show what she was doing ~ _ 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 re-actionaries were getting started it was announced that it had been disclosed that it seemed like the extreme ight had been active. This was bore out by the declaration of Russia that it was not the C¢. party that had done 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 Lots of letters of enquiry about the GC. 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. 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 4 Wm Pokas, formerly from Bellaire, Ohio, and also an | inmate of Cambridge Asylum for a period of time, Gorby a HW 53025 Docld:32160662 Page 5
of OS CL 134=8A=557 HW 53025 asked Johnson to compare the letter of Pokey's with: Oswald's to see if they didn't have a lot: im Common. | Palmer stated that he thought the statement by the Methodist Minister Covered the situation very good when he stated thatthe fact that the Murder of Bill Moore, M Edgar Evers and others in the. 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 Union 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 Rights March on Washington a few days before she had been working with CORE amd NAACP the reporter from the | Wheeling paper Intelligencer had Called and wanted to talk about her. She gave him answers on the phone and finally hung up on him. from 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 expalsion. from the 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. on a limb by doing it. . - = 5 « DoclId: 37160662 Page 6
| @o 2-9 © | . @ Cl = 134-8A4-557 "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’ elways. work together on these Matters if you will be successful. The hour was drawimg Near ten o'clock P.M, and the” Steubenville. delegation had to work that Nite, Launch 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 - es wanted to talk to him on a so called 4pplachian ‘Coal project . which has been going om for some time” ‘Adolph wanted to meet with him £f he could. find time later Was unable to see him at this time. Everyone present asked. A. Johnson When he was: coning back but he would not state exactly only he. would notify the Next time he could maka it. n No_ Leerature fe Gollections During the time Gemme Kuhn was belly aching about not getting help from the Valley group it was pointed out by A Johnson that some years back ‘when the Wheeling grou was @ part of W. Virginia group that difficulties existed: and now with the Wheeling. group in with Ohio Valley. the trouble still exists. He also pointed out thet. distance has a lot to do with it too. Genne 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 DoclId:32160662 Page 7