Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: HQ
To: CG
Document date: 07/31/1945
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/29/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90033-10116

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 100-71906-108.

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Note) .

Case#:NW 53074 Date:

05-25-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: CG

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE:

07/31/1945

PAGES:

4

SUBJECTS:

JOHN MARTINO

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

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COMMUNIST ACTIVITY IN LOCAL 108

This Local has jurisdiction in the McCormick works of the International Harvester

Company

On May 22g: 1945) 0G0-56, who is familiar with the membership of the Communist

Folitical Association in the Chicago Area, named the following members of Loca

108 as 1945 members of the Communist Poltuical Association

letter "V"

following the name indicates that the member is a negros

Name

Address

Position

CPA CLUb

BRUNO. BARONICK

I531 N. Maplewood

Pub.& Educ. Dir.

32nd Ward

TONY MATUZAK

Recording Sec.

Back-of-the-Yards

JOHN COOKE: (N.

4547 Prairie Ave.

Co-Chair Griev.Com. Washington Park

JOHN MARTINO

4159 S. throop

Member Griev.Com. Back-of-the Jards

BOOK ERY WHÍTE (N):

3600 S: Wabashi

2nd Ward

ROY RAMSEY. (N)

315 N. Dámen

28th Ward

CURTIS SASSER (N)

5130 Calumet

3rd Hard

ELLIS, CARPENTER EN

5923 Wabash

Washington Park

HUSTON STANLEY (N

4609 Calumet

3rd Ward;

GLADYS MADDOX - (N)

5627 Indiana

Mashington Park

PRUD MOORE (N)

311 E. 60th Str

Washington Park

KENNETHE

WAUGH OND

5732 Indiana

Washington

Park

JANTS MIPLET N

:352 E. 60th St.

Washington Park

WEL BOR

APORRYMAN I

6134 Prairie Ave.

Washington Park

FREMANS

PERRY (N)

348. E. 6lst St.

Washington Park

JAMES A

AMAN (N

5600 Cal unet Ave.

Washington Park

BELTA FISHER

1348 E. 6ist St.

6th Ward

GIVE GOT TGRENI

Cicero

Confidential, Informant C0O-5496 recently reported that a group of right wing

Leadecs In the UrinA were

ce involved in a fight at the headquarters of Local 108

of thế UniVA on V-t Day, May 8, 1945.

This. Informant made available a copy ot

a Leaflet published by Local 108 which severely criticized the members of the

right wing faction involved in this incident

This Informant stated that the

Communist element in Local 108 had taken advantage of this fight to publish

slanderous remarks concerning, the character of certain right wing leaders in an

effort to prevent these leaders from possibly being elected to office if and

when' the law takes over Local 108. l

This Informant further reported that it has been apparent recently that Communists

win Local 108 had toned down in their attacks on aM but had concentrated their

attacks on the right wing leaders in this local for the purpose as set out above.

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point, this Informant stated that it was his understanding that in discussing

merger proposals with the UAW, International Officials of the UFEMWA had demanded

as one of their points that all members expelled from various Locals of the

UFEMA would remain expelled subsequent to any merger that might be consummated.

It was the belief of this Informant that JOSEPH WEBER, Urganizational Director

of: the Farm Equipment laten, was behind this strategy.

CG0-5097 reported that he recently. overheard an official of the McCormick Works

call BRUNO BARINICK a Communist traitor to his face and, according to the Infor-

mant, BARTNiCK dia not dony this charge. U

On June 2, 1945, Confidential Informant I-l made available a pamphlet published

by the Committee for thé UAW-CIO' affiliation which indicated that the Inter.

national Harvester Company was attempting to cut wages in the plant and the

Farm Equipment Union was doing nothing about it.

On July 5, 1945, CGO-5496 made available a leaflet issued by the Executive

Board of Local 108 in which it was admitted that the company was attempting

to cut; the wages of employees in the MeCormick Works Plant and a strike threat

was made in this pamphlet in the following words:

iwe are serving notice on the company and their stooges that' no one

is going to bust our union and cut our wages."

It will be noted that a strike in the MeCormick Works immediately followed the

publication of this threat.

On June 19, 1945, CG0-5053 reported that a sitrike was started un June 18, 1945

at the McCormick Works, Lucil 108 and that this strike had been instigated by

the following individuals.k

CLARENCE STOCKER, Firancial Secretary

TONY MATURAK, Recording Secretary

JOHN MARCINO, Menher of Grievance Committee

MOORE (colored)

All of the above namel individuals have been reported by Informants of the

Chicago Field Division as active Communists in Local 108. According to CG0-5051,

these individuals went from one department to another in the McCormick works,

telling the people to stop work but not to leave the

shop and by so-doing, they

would be paid for their time,

even though they were not working.

This Informant,

stated that the Communists in Local 108 definitely instigated this strike and

it was the belief of this Informant that the strike was called in order to

impress UAW sympathizers in Local 108 with the strength'of the Farm Eauipmer

Union.

This Informant stated that while the official attitude of the treM

copies made "

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