AGENCY: RECORD NUMBER: RECORD_SERIES: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: AGENCY INFORMATION FBI 124-10006-10368 CV 105-7674-70 Peleased under the John . Eennedy WSsassination Records ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:iNW 53025 Date: 5-18-2017 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: . FBI FROM: TO: HOPKINS. EMIL E. TITLE: DATE: PAGES: ~ SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: STATUS COMMENTS: HW 53025 Docld: 32115576 12/08/1963 6 SEE FBI 100-10461-2438 PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ‘Unclassified 11/15/1996 Redact , RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) Page 1 NEW CLASSIFICATION: UPDATE DATE: — 11/16/2000
\ . rr &y Covef ASheet for Informant Report or 4 % Matet Tal FD-306 (3-21-58) Ws Date received 12/16/63 cI j04-s J Method of delivery (check appropriate blocks) Received by SA EMIL E, HOPKINS | , Caan person Clby telephone aa by mail C7] orally Cy recording device CE written by Informant. If orally furnished and reduced to writing by Agent; ' Date of Report Dictated = carores ) G Date(s) of activity Transcribed _ a - eet ery io 9403 bd us ; Pabenidid ae i dy tnd 13 sate cess a 1 Authenticated ‘ON i “GF esinesisied . by Informant erence —_ [TPE i | penny (ui Brief description of aetivity or’ material Goes of cr 104s re Communist. Party: meeting Front St. “ . Wheeling 25 We St. Ving LOG. L) u) 4 p= 8 Az5 7 NG Remerkss Utmost care should be. taken ‘that. any information taken, from _ this report: is paraphrased to protect info me) since only seven individuals attended the. ‘meeting. Quy “ (ths Cleveland (RM) ‘100-17257' (cP org.) - 100-.- ~~ (ARNOLD. JOHNSON) - : 6220 _ (Assassination of President KENNEDY) ; aha (JACK LEON: ROBY, Aka : “LO05- = (LEE HARVY. OSWALD): : ; 65-721 | (ANTHONY. ERCHMARER) - | ia 100217255 (Membership)... an * “g (100-1646 3 ‘(Political Activietes) af : * 100217797. (Factionalism gm) ©. ON a = - 1100-23484" (Mass. Orgeninatione) iy 3.2 Dallas coy 622 (Assassination of President, rennaty) . y bho (JACK LEON RUBY) : ‘1L05= — (LEE. HARVEY OSWALD) . 6 = New York (RM) ah T00- (cP Org. > E “ 622 (Assassination of. Pree, KENNED : Ade | (JACK LEON RUBY) 105- - (LEE HARVEY - OSWALD): EER) jr (57) HW 53025 DocId: 32115526 Page 2 o ; “Tt 2 FAL 100-1621 (ARNOLD TOHNSOH)
13= “(copise Continued): -84-587} G9.) Gsnssr]y PETA 100-145835. (CP, USA, Public. Appearances « of Party Leaders - “ey Pittsburgh | cM) 100-8571 (CP,. State of, West: virginia): 100-8572. (CP, Ohio. ‘val ley. Section) 100-8664: (CP... Membership). 1002" (ARNOLD JOHNSON). . +. 622. (Assassination of. President ENNEDY).- fhe. (SACK: LEON : RUBY). a 1052.5." (LEE HARVEY. OSWALD) (10028549 . (GENNE KUHN): . L002... \(Pactionalism) 100-° “(Political Affaire) 1S7o" (LEE M," ‘ JOHNSON) ~ 100- ss (Mass. Grganiaetions) 100214821: (HUGH GILMORE. ‘CROCKARD, Je.) 2h Cincinnati . HW 53025 - 100212474 (JOHN FABRY) 00¢ 3500, mig organizatiga):. 134284] 6262758 1 santnacton f etéune KENNEDY). 442456: (JACK LEON. RUBY) 105-2505 (LEE. HARVEY: OSWALD) © 100- 7964, (CP. Membership): 100-8227" (Political: Activities) 10028481. (Factionalism)” 100212701 : (Cominfil,;: “Mass: Organizations) - 100-8359 (Strategy in’ industry) . 1600-12483 (CHARLES PALMER) - 100- 12408. “CRANDALL . GORBY) 100-9142 °° “(FLOYD: WELLS) 100- 2006, . (GENNE KUEN 100-12475. (SHIRLEY PABRY) 100-6386 “(FRED WALCHLI). 100-1910.. (ARNOLD JOHNSON) - 100-1083 CANTHONY. KRCHMAREK). 157*195. (LEE M. JOHNSON) - 100-14096. (HUGH. GILMORE. CROCKARD, JR. D: 100- 8402 : (Youth Matters) | 1342142 (ADOLPH. PACIFICO). 100212767 (Comintit, ‘Labor - Unions) . 2 aiNCuriay
_ CL . fise-80-s57]¢) ) con a ne ne Informant ' 8 report set forth | below: va “Steubenville, Ohio.) , /u\ _ December. 8, (1963 ) "On the above date a group from. Steubenville, Met at 610 S. Front’ St. Wheeling;: W. Va. the hone” of «a Genne . (Crockard) Kishor. This was" a: Communist: Party Meeting.” {he persons. who were in. attendance who were: recognized | Wexe : )U _ ee ie L =. Floyd Wells: - A Carpenter and treasurer of his’ : Tocal Union from Steubenville. (2) Cle 2 = CHARLES PALMER: _ A steel worker and. former: erievance | Committeman from the Wheeling Steel Corpn.. and Member’: of Local Union #1190'U.S.W.A. C.I.0. A.F.Le Qe 3 + Randal Gorby:. from the Wheeling. Steel coxpa’ ‘and..a_ former shop stewart is a Z) (ol of Local. ‘Union: #1190, U.S.W.A. C.1.0. APL) (Ud | 4& = Arnold Johngon: | _A former state chairman of. the’ Communist Party “of Ohio and who mow. is a sorts ' gelations man for. the Communist. party- working out New. York City, New York. He ‘S6CUFES. speakers for. °. aly engagements such as Colleges. and Campus ‘Lecturés/o//t) gblic 3.2 John Fabrey a Miner from Smithfield... He ts know ~ as the emi ling’ Slovak. CANC a 6.2 Mrs. John Fabrey: his Wife om) 7 - Genne (Crockard) Kuk the. hostess ‘isa. ‘long time.Cc. party worker former wife of Hugh - Crockard, Now deceased : and she since Married Emil Kuhn: who now: ‘xésides at her home. Genne has three children two to her first. husband and the other to. the, latter. She-has.a son about 19 yts old who is. bein, Oe \" worked - over by the C. party. in New ork. GA) Kt) Genne. Kuhn continued: —he..C party wanted to take her son - GLil Crockard out of: her: influence so he could, be ae DocId:321155296 Page 4 AU PLANES 6
= 1 oes oi b> something. Constructive: This Gai. recently, a: ‘ew: ‘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. organiser in ‘sone. spacial: ‘field suchyas. youth. eu i At the start of the’ Meeting Genne : brought out . ‘| her brief case full of cliphiiigs . (Newspaper) etc she F ‘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. wu): But the first discussion by A. Johnson centered around the late Pres. Kennedy (7) (U) . Arnold: explained that since Oswald was: Considered: a” ‘Communist then a wave of. hysteria’ was ‘about ‘to explode against the C. party of Amarica but by’ the time’ the re-actionaries. were getting started’ it was announced that it had been disclosed that it. seemed like the extreme - Sight. had been' active. This was bore. out by the declaration. of Russia that it was not the C. party that had dome it because Kennedy was a i 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. (o) (u\ | Arnold. stated he was: asked by: ¢.B.S. News : about: this - Oswald as to a letter he had written to the party, he told them he gets Les of letters.of enquiry about the — C. party and he probably answered it as he does hundreds of others and even sent.him literature if he requested r _ it. ‘They (C.B.S.) wanted him to go.on.the air with’ a which statement. but he stated to them he would have to dig. the"? F letter out andibel;auge before he Made any. statement. = [| - Randal Gorby asked. Arnold Johnson if when he. got back. to *. ‘Wew York to look in the files ff he had a letter from a Wm Pokas, formerly . from. Bellaire, Ohio, ‘andalso ax. - -inmate of Cambridge | Asylum. for a period. of time, » Gorby (u) 7 4 ° peer HW 53025 DBocld:321155276 Page 5
cr (is4-sa-ss7qZ (A LONE DeNTIAL WW 53025 DoclId: 327115576 Page 6 asked Johnson to coitpare the letter of Pokey's with: Oswald's to see Lf they didn't haye 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 the. south going by without punishment had set the stage for the Assassination of Pres. Kennedy. Everyone readily agreed. yf) (A : | Arnold Johnson further stated that. no real Marxist: Could do euch a thing. There is not Much doubt that. since the Soviet Union had expelled him by not giving him a Citizenship im the Soviet Union because they thought him to be am 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, CAN She finally got her Chance to unload. & )(U) She stated that about the time of: the Cival Right's March on Washington a few days before she had been working with CORE and 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 im the newspaper and exposed as a Communist party Member, which brought-about her expglsion from the W.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, Obito.. Genne had got in touch with R. Gorby as she thought. Johnson was being Evamed. Gorby found out and told her at this Meeting that he had did the robbing amd 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 tt. (Ai
ot Goeenss]G(% CONF FIBENTIAL HW 53025 - getting help from the Valley group it was poimted out i "palmer stated that it was News to him as, the o 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. everyous Knew about it and then he got more: help and- was successful in defeating the reactionaries! You have to always. wo together on these Matters if you will be gucceasful. The hour was drawing Near ten o'clock P.M... and the” Steubenville delegation had to work that Nite. G(A Launch was. furnished, by each and everyone. with the — exception of A Johngon and he put. away plenty. D(A - Johnson stated that he had been down this way about one week ago and had Contacted some of his old friends by - phone, one im particular was Adolph Pacifico he ~~ wanted to talk to him on a so called 4pplachian- Coal project | which has been going on for some time’. “Adolph wanted to” meet with him Lf he could find time later - Was unable to ses him at this time. GY) )(ul : Everyone present asked A, Johnson When he was: eoning back but he would mot state exactly only he. would notify: the Next time he could make it. H(u) (Be. literature No Collections Iu During the time Gemae Kubn was. belly aching about not by 4 Johnson that some years back when the Wheeling group. was a part of W. Virgimia group that difficulties existed ‘1. and now with the Wheeling group in with Ohio Valley..the trouble etill exists. He also pofimted out that. 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" ) (\ - 6 one ENTIAL DoclId:327115576 Page fF