f Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/13/201 . ) Identification Form Agency Information ° AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90143-10144 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  100-370750-NR > | Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 01/21/1942 PAGES: 13 | SUBJECTS : | HERBERT BIBERMAN JOHN HOWARD LAWSON DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 10/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT Docld: 323387276 Page 1
——— i of 1992 (4 UST ZIUT notes. Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act” : Sl utetar as PLEa 2 ON DATE: 11-14-2017 CO CO) , - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION THis CASE ORIGINATED a7 LOS ANGELES cae soe FILE NO. 100=6769 DATE WHEN MADE 1fel/i2 PERIOD FOR REPORT MADE BY WH H MADE /12/26-53 b | de Re VrcARS LH | REPORT MADE AT | Los ANGELES | HERBERT BIBBRMANs a | JOHN HOWARDULAWSON. TNTERNAL SECURITY = R ROE arden one _ | SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: - STRICTLY cow PIAL - Be ve (\ BIBERMAN in important 4onference with leader of san Francises Russien War kelief and ae MEADE afer is at Los eles home on December 28, 191). Cone. Vv Nt CONTA TIRED fidential-eontors 16 Of BIBERNAN(with Kussfan: ( seu wake suomy Consul at. Conaulate disclosed. LAWSON and BrBeRe< NO MAN in many joint conferences and attend various meetings st LAWSON'S homes Helease of iussian propoganda film in which RIAERMAN participated, cited and his. ettendance and enthusiaem at another Ho 740 wunaien made film "Wings of Victory” described. . Os Directive of National Board, League of. American: . fr Writers to LAWSON and losal Chapter LoA.We commands LeAaWs to svoperate. with TeLede, ‘TeW.O. open -foruing | Gaclasslly dn: GAD and refugee groups Confidential information re- TS AGNOONONO eoived re Communist courier activities of GALE eco { AWA sonvexGaarp and JOHN HOWARD LARSON and one KATHRYN ; mi sor)> ie BURKE of Mexiao City and erroneous portions thereof as disclosed by aurrent investigation noteds*) ) SIBERVAN'S approval soneerning the discharge of. the oeal treasurer of the Huseian: War Nelief Agsooia- tion sought by JANE MrApr. Confidential. memorandum Prepared for CORLISS LAMONT, National Chairman. $.C.SeRe by National Secretary thereof, nenes BISERMAN and LAWSON es proper sontacts in. Los. fingeles area. Laboratory examination: set out. Fars  eyoRpe “Ps Gi hl? cats ede 2 Sunursipszergs, jee Beclassily on: oaaR(J? 7 - a ORIGINAL Friuy, | APPROVED AND ; SPECIAL AGENT |___ FORWARDED; IN CHARGE COPIES OF THIS REPORT DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES .5_> Bureau 2 New York 1 San Franeiseo (Inf.) 2 Los Angeles. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Docld: 323387276 Page 2?
rRet ased ander the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 210¥-Hote}): ATE: P -14-2017 fs eo ye . 2 “~ toe . Mw : A exists eonsiderable » opportunity for activity in Hollywood. Our payments per month, aside fron overhead, sont to over 9650.00 and the help of Hollywood is decidedly needed in raising this quota. I indicated that discussion was still going on con~ cerning baaic pointe of the Hollywood report end Tf ‘think I can propheay that basic points of the Holly- wood report will be adepted as our policy. it coincides with much that was already said here that was nob reflected in any officiel communication. One misgiving about the repert is thet some of the members are not entirely convinced that Hollywood intends to — continue activity in a serious way. the basis for. this belief is that so far we have seen no dues from Hollywood. What is Hollywood doing about that problem? In your letter of December 22nd you asked what our policy was of collaboration with other refugee com- mittses. Wo are not at present engaged in any joint projeot. We were considering taking part in a joint project at the outbreak of the war but withdrew on the following ground: (1) that the collaboration tended to inerease our obligations to a great extent and without any sertainty that income would keep pace with our obligations. (2) that collaboration in the past had had the effeoet of eutting down the amount of money wo might have had had we run them alone. (3) that the possibility of using funds for the transportation of refugee writers from France has practically ceased to exist.” It would appear that this letter was in the neture of a directive and statement ofthe continuing policy of the League of: American Writers, since it is noted that FRED RINALNO, member of the Hollywood Chapter, appeared at the Communist Party Sponsor World Forum, 2200 West 7th Street, Los Angeles on “unday, January 18, 192 and lestured on the subject "Hollywood and the World." 7 4 this is the first sereen writer to appear on this forum since it started some months ago. Further cooperation of the local ehapter — . . and the relation of subject LAWSON to the I.1.D., the I.%.0,. and the Refugee | Writer Groups will be followed in this investigation Wy , ' The attention of the Bureau 4s further invited to the _ report of CNDI'LA #201 dated January 3, 19,2, which advises thet ars  thte informant has received information from a confidential reliable | a - «Source te the effect that there is a steady flow of subversive data I and information from Mexico City to New York and return. This ine forment further navies fhed SDaerna hendled by a oguricr system BRU PS igh, os “AS NATE AGS aK | ; Docld: 32338726 Page 3