JFK Assassination System Date: 4/10/201 Identification Form a eeSeSeSeSeSSeSeSeSeSSSSSSSSSeeeeeeeeeee Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10320-10176 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 100-409763-15 Eee Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: HQ TO: TITLE : DATE: 06/18/1963 ‘PAGES: 21 SUBJECTS : MARK LANE | - DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 04/20/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC NOTE, COVER PAGE ee v9.1 19 Docld: 32311859 Page 1
CORRELATION SUMMARY , Main File No: 100=409763 Date: June 18, 1963 - Subjects: Nark“Lane Date Searched: 2/27/63 All logical variations of subject's name and aliases were searched and identical references were found as: rian “Lane This is a summary of information obtained from a review of all "see" references to the subject in Bureau files. under the names and aliases listed above, All references under the above names containing data identical with the subject have been included | except those listed at the end of this summary as not having been. reviewed,or those determined to contain the same information as the main file. This summary is designed to furnish a synopsis of the information set out in each reference. In many cases the original serial will contain the information in much more detail. THIS SUMMARY HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR USE AT THE SEAT OF __ GOVERNMENT AND 1S NOY SOLTABLE FOR DISSEMINATION. Analyst. Coordinator . Approved . , Florence C. Quick Mary H. Elgin Norman 3, Stultz - a de Perth fo» enemas ay JUN 18 1963 of 7 ca yo fos ra 7 ' / ENCLOSURE . . Ence, Eh hen be ale — . . tot by 2 & ty PR 7 jam 2 Ang tee eet te We SS le iathe Docld:32311859 Page 2°
— rc. aN vo BS-627-S advised that during December, 1949, Mark Lane, Chairman of the Placement Committee for the National Organization of the NLG, Student Div., was in communication with Herbert Zonderman (77-52095) 16 Mellen St., Cambridge, Mass., requesting him, in connection with his position on the Placement Service Committee of the Harvard Chapter of the NLG, to communicate with Lane regarding progress of the Committee. (No further information. ) 77-52095-17 p..2 Pr, 52095-29 p. 2 -_ p. (3)/7 — A mail cover on the office and residence of Theodore Bayer (100-310008) during Oct. and Nov., 1954, revealed that he was in contact with the International Folk Ways, 113 W. 42nd St:, NYC, on 11/5/54. ‘CS NY-1 advised on 12/3/54 that the above mentioned concern ! listed as its principal, Mark Lane, 1339 E. 27th St., Brooklyn, NY. Add. info. | | 100-310008-92 encl. p. 3,11,12,50 Asst. US Attorney Julio E. Nunez, Southern Dist. of NY, advised that the sentencing of Juan Hernandez Valle (100-161159) — was postponed until 4/22/55, at the request of Defense Attorney Mark Lane. On 4/22/55, Federal Dist. Judge John F. X. McGohey, Southern Dist. of NY sentenced Valle to serve six years, such sentence to run concurrent with his sentence of three to ten years imposed by the Insular Court, San Juan, for violation of Commonwealth Puerto Rico Subversive Activities Law 53. 100-161159-61 p. 2 6) brh ~3- Docld: 32311859 Page 3
: NY 2705-S and NY 2816-S advised that at a meeting held by HELP on 12/1/60, at 55 Washington Square South, NYC, Mark Lane, State Assemblyman, Elected - 10th District, was among those present. PSI Max Salomon made available on 1/5/61, a handbill issued by HELP which listed Mark Lane, 211 E. 116th St., NYC, as Chairman. (This address appeared to be Lane's law office). Above information was set out in a NY letter captioned "Cominfil Housing Emergency Legislative Program" (HELP) (100-434687). 100-434687-1 p. 2,5 (9) NY 2849-S advised that on 2/12/61, at a meeting of Advance held at 11A Clinton St., NYC, it was announced that Susan Brownmiller (100-434082) had dropped out of Advance. It was further announced that in the future she would work with the Committee of Racial Equality, an organization which was then active in promoting the "Freedom Riders" in the South. It was also announced that Brownmiller would work with Mark Lane, a politician -in East Harlem. NY 2359-S* advised (no date) that the Declaration of Principle of Advance was believed by the CP, USA Secretariat to be essentially the line of the National CP leadership. NY 2226-PSI advised that on 4/25/61, Brownmiller was doing some writing for the East Harlem Reform Democratic Club (not described) and wanted a leaflet designed for a manuscript she had on Mark Lane and the Club. 100-434082-5 cover page a,b,f%6 (9) brh -5- Docld: 32311859 Page 4
( i NY 2305-C advised on 2/1/62, that he had been approached that week by Assemblyman Mark Lane,who made the conflict of interest charges involving NY State Senate Speaker Joseph Carlino in Lancer . Industries, a bomb shelter building concern. Lane asked the informant . to contact Carlino on his behalf since he had been "ostracized" by members of the NY Assembly since making the charges. Informant contacted Carlino who wanted no part of a deal with Lane and told the informant that the Queen's County Dist. Atty. was investigating Lane at his request and that he was going to cause trouble for Lane. 63-5327-2108 pol,2 (2)/4 NY 3134-S advised that a meeting of the Lower Manhattan Youth Club of the CP was held on 3/5/62, at 620 B. 6th St., NYC, at Which the campaign for Mark Lane was discussed, Mike Stein reported to the meeting that portions of the Progressive Youth Organizing Committee's (PYOC) National Youth Act were encompassed in the petition to draft Lane, and that the petition was to be distributed by the members of Advance and Burning Issues (100-435442) under the name of the 4th A.D. Reform Democrats. Above informant advised that on 3/28/62, Stein, Chairman of Advance, was a member of the NY Youth Coordinating Committee of the CP. CG 5824-S* advised that the PYOC was established at a national socialist-oriented youth conference held in Chicago, J11., on 12/30/60 thru 1/1/61. This conference was the result of a mandate issued by the National Executive Committee, CP, USA, calling for a youth conference to establish an organizing committee whose objective would be to set up a national socialist-oriented youth organization, Add. info. according to NY 3288-PST and duplicate informants, - 100-435442-10 p.d,18=20 (10) , Docld: 32311859 Page 5 ~
“ / a , ame Ot \ : oo ! 1 NY 1460-S and NY 3390-S advised that a meeting of the Young Adult Club of Advance (100-432563) was held at 82nd Ave., NYC, on 1/4/62. One of the points discussed at this meeting was the congress- ional nomination of Mark Lane. NY 3134-S stated that on 3/3/62, a meeting of certain members of the Lower Manhattan CP Youth Club was held at Advance headquarters to write a petition to draft Lane for Congress. NY 1897-PSI advised that the Young Adult Club of Advance met at its headquarters on 3/29/62 to discuss the progress of the Lane petition. Add. info. according to NY 1897-PSI and duplicate informants. 100-432563-135 p. 18,24,26,27 | (8)/7 9 9 9 Lane W. Roosa, 29 Reid Place, Hawthorne, N.J., advised on 4/3/62. that a brochure was received by him from an organization known as the Student Peace Union (100-434591). Mark Lane, member of the NY State Legislature, was listed as a speaker at a rally to be held by above organization at Columbia University, according to this brochure. (no date) 100-434591-31 p. 1 (9) On 4/5/62, NY 1286-S* advised that Isidore Needleman (not identified) on that date was in contact with Si Gerson (100-52537) and on this occasion, Needleman stated that he almost decided not to attend a dinner for Mark Lane, (no date) but he had learned that Bentley Casales (Lane's opponent) had made a speech in favor of nuclear testing. 100-52537-268 cover page b (5) brh -9=- a a Docld: 32311859 Page 6 ~
a : c AL 2955-S made available a letter bearing the return address of John Boardman (100-434795), 166-25 89th Ave., Jamaica 32, NY, which was addressed to Lillian Reiner, 1009 Cumberland Ave., Syracuse, NY, dated 7/27/62. Boardman's letter revealed that in his estimation the Reformed Democrats were putting on a good campaign with many of them, like Mark Lane, being strong peace workers. He stated that Lane was retiring temporarily from active politics in order to teach and study for the next few years and then believed that Lane would try to obtain a seat in Congress in either 1964 or 1966. It was Board- man's hopes that he would make it, adding that Lane had cut his eye teeth politically in Vito Marcantonio's organizations. He stated that one of Lane's proteges, Carlos Rios, would run for Lane's assembly seat in the fall. a 100-434795-2 p. 5 (10) P NY 3635-PSI advised that the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (ECLC) (100-384660) held a protest meeting under the slogan "Stop Vigilantism in New York" on 10/21/62, at the Hotel New Yorker. Corliss Lamont was chairman of this affair, according to informant. . Dr. James F. Slevin (protect identity) advised that Lamont stated that the ECLC was concerned with the rights of individuals and not their political beliefs and that the purpose of the meeting happened to be with the side of “pro-Castro" in Cuba only because of their rights. ; Slevin advised that NY State Assemblyman Mark Lane spoke at above mentioned affair. (Exceprts of: speech set out.) < 100- 384660-733 encl. p. 2 (7) SI 100=384660-734 p. 16 (7)(Dr. James F. Slevin, protect identity) brh -1l1- Docld: 32311859 Page fF ~
. Adrian Michael Schnall1, PSI, (protect idenitty) advised that the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights (100-433419) held a meeting on 10/21/62, at 32 West Randolph St., Chicago, Ill. Informant stated that Mark Lane, a former member of the NY State Legislature who recently lost the race for the Democratic nomination to Congress, was the final speaker, (Excerpts of speech set out.) 100=433419-70 p.1; encl.p.3 (\” Ru NY 2705-S made available the Dec., 1962 issue of "Tenant News," published by MCOH. This issue set forth a report on the fourth annual MCOH conference held on Nov.. 16-17, 1962, at the McBurney YNCA, 215 W. 23rd St., NYC. Among the individuals who took part in the.conference was Mark Lane. "The Worker" dated 11/20/62. contained an article captioned "Housing 'Public Utility’ Approach Urged." This article reported on above mentioned conference and also revealed that Former Assemblyman Lane was among the civic leaders who joined the tenant organizations in support of the conference theme. Lane voiced his opinion on the causes of the housing situation, Above information was set out in a NY report captioned "Communist Infiltration of the Metropolitan Council On Housing" (MCOH) (100-432851). 100-432851-9 p.17,18 (8), , A clipping from "The Worker," captioned "Meeting Called on "Peace and Politics'," revealed that meetings were to be held under the auspices of the NY Committee for Peace Candidates, The meetings were: to mark the first effort by the NY peace.movertent to:enter the political field, and were to be held at the Textile Workers Union Hall, 34 East 12th St., NY. Mark Lane, former Assemblyman from East Harlem, was to open the meeting on 1/21/63. 100=439899=-1 encl.p.1 (10) -12- Docld: 32311859 Page & ~