Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
To: HOPKINS, EMIL E.
Document date: 12/8/63
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10077-10152

RECORD_SERIES: CV

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 44-265-51

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Aet of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 53025 Date:

05-18-2017

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: HOPKINS. EMIL E.

TO:

TITLE:

DATE: 12/08/1963

PAGES:

6

SUBJECT:

SEE FBI 100-10461-2438

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

REVIEW DATE:

11/15/1996

STATUS

Redact

PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

01/22/2001

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

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Cover Sheet for Informant Report or

aytorial

FD-306 (3-21-58)

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Date received

Recelved from (name or symbol numbes

12/16/63

CI 104-S

Method of delivery (check appropriate blocks)

in person

_by telephone

by mall

Received by

SA EMIL, E. HOPKINS

-orally

recording device

EX written by Informant

If orally furnished and reduced to writing by Agent:

Date

DECLASSTFIED BY IS O3 CON

ON / 3/92

Dictated

ALL INTORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIMES UNCLASSIFIEL

Transcribed

Authenticated

by Informant

EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

Date of Report

12/8/63

Date(s) of activity

12/8/63

Brief description of activity or' material

Report of CI 104-5 re Conmunist Party meeting

held 12/8/63, at home of GENNE KUHN, 6105

File where original la located if not attached

Front

St., Wheeling, West Virginia

134-8A-557

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

2/4/921

Cleveland (RM)

100-17257 (CP Org.)

(4)

Cusstter

9843 RUDGAT

100-

(ARNOLD JOHNSON)

Declassify of:

OADR

62-

(Assassination of President KENNEDY)M

(JACK LEON RUBY,

Aka.)

105

(LEE HARVY OSWAID

65-721

100-17255

(ANTHONY KRCHMAREK)

(Membership)

100-16463

(Political Activities)

100-17797 (Factionalism)

100-23484 (Mass Organizations)

44-265-51

SEARCHED PRET

_INDEXED

SERIALIZED -

I FILED _

JAN1 0 1964•

FBI - CLEVELAND

chur

100-17947 (Strategy in Industry)

3...

Dallas (RM)

62-

(Assassination of President KENMIDY)

Block Stamp

(JACK LEON RUBY)

105-

(LEE HARVEY OSWALD)

6 - New York (RM)

100-

62-

(Cr org.)

(Assassination of Pres. KENNEDY)

4440

(JACK LEON RUBY)

SEARCHED MESSING

ĐUW781200

105-

(LEE HARVEY OSWALD)

1964

MTI

100-16021 (ARNOLD JOHNSON)

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134-84-557

(Copies Continued)

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100-145835 (CP, USA, Public Appearances of Party Leaders - 414)

13- Pittsburgh (RM)

100-8571 (CP, State of, West Virginia)

100-8572

(CP, Ohio Valley Section)

100-8664

(Cro

Membership)

100-

(ARNOLD JOHNSON"

62-

(Assassination of President KENNEDY)

440

(JACK' LEON RUBY)

105-

(LEE HARVEY OSWALD)

100-8549

(GENNE: KUHN)

100-

(Factionalism)

100-

(Political Affairs)

157-

(LEE M. JOHNSON)

100-

(Mass Organisations)

100-14821 (HUGH GILMORE CROCKARD, JF.)

24 Cincinnati

100-3500

(CP

Organization)

134-8A

62-2758 (Assassination of President KENNEDY)

440456

"JACK. LEON RUBY)

105-2505 (LEE HARVEY OSWALD)

100-7964

(CP Membership

100-8227

(Political Activities)

100-8481 (Factionalism

100-12701 (Cominfil, Mass Organizations):

100-8359 (Strategy in Industry)

100-12483 (CHARLES PALMER)

100-12408

(RANDALL GORBY)

100-9142

(FLOYD WELLS)

100-7006

(GENNE KUHN)

100-12474

(JOHN FABRY)

100-12475

( SHIRLEY FABRY)

100-6386

(FRED WALCHLI)

100-1910

(ARNOLD JOHNSON

100-1083

(ANTHONY KRCHMAREK).

157-195

(LEE M. JOHNSON)

100-14096 (HUGH GILMORE CROCKARD, JR.)

100-8402 (Youth Matters)

134-142

(ADOLPH PACIFICO)

100-12767 (Copinfil, Labor Unions)-

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CI

134-8A-557

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CONTIDANTIAL

Informant's

i report set forth below: (dU)

"Steubenville, Ohio.

December 8, 1963

"Or

the above

date a group from Steubenville, Met at

610 S. Front St. Wheeling, W. Va. the home of a Genne

(Crockard) Kuhn

This was a Communist Party Meeting.

The persons who were in attendance who were recognized

Were: (4) (U)

1 • Floyd Wells:

• A Carpenter and treasurer of his

local 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.I.O. AF•I

3 • Randal Gorby:

from the wheeling Steel Corpa and a

former shop stewart i8 a Member of Local Union #1190

U.S.W.A. C.I.D. : A.E.I

& • Arnold Johnson: A former state chairman of the

Commnist Party of Ohio and who now 'is a sort of public

relations man for the Comnist party: working out of

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 siling Slovak.

6. Mrs. John Fabrey his Wife

y • Gene (Crockard) Kuhn the hostess 1s a long. tIme C.

party worker former wife of Hugh Crockard Now deceased

and she since Married Enil Kuhn who now resides at her

home.

Gene 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 c. party in New York.

Gene Kuhn Continued: The C party wanted to take her son

GilL Crockard out of her influence

so he could be taught

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something Constructive. This Gill recently, a few years

or-less ago Made a trip to the Soviet Unlon etc on the

Youth Conference Krow as the World Youth Conference.'

He will probably emerge from the New York thing as a

At the start of the Mesting Genne brought out

her bries

case Eull of clippings (Newspaper) ete

she

also had a lot of penciled notes which she

undoubtedly going e une to show what sha vas doing

md to give othere holl for not co-operating with borde (W

But the first discussion by A. Johnson centered around

the late pres. Kennedy.

Arnold explained that sines Oswald was Considered a

Commist then a wave of hysteria was about to axplode

against the C. party of America but by the time the

reactionaries were getting started it was announced

that it had been disclosed that it seemed Ilke the

excrane

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,

Arnold stated

ag was

asked by C.B.S. News about this

Oswald as to a letter he had written to the party, he

told then he gets lots of letters of enquiry about the

C. party and he probably answered it as he does hundreds

Of othors and even sent him Ilterature if he requested

1t.

They (C.B.S.) wanted him to go on the air with a

statement but ha

stated to them he would have to dig th

letter out and be sure before he Made any statement.

Randal Gorby asked Arnold Johnson 1f when he got back to

New York to look in the files if he had a letter fron

Wn Polas, formerly from Bellaire, Ohio, and also an

Innate

of Cambridge Asylum for a period of tims, Gorby

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CI

134-81-557 (4XU)

CONFIDENTIAL

Palver 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 soutn going

by without punishment had set the stage for the

Assassination of Fres. Kennedy.

Everyone readily

agreed. (E) (U)

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 hin a Citirenship 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 801d about the 18. A.A. G.P. and CORE. (U)

she finally got her Chance to mnload.

() (4)

she

stated that

about the time of the

Civil Rights

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 in the newspaper and

exposed as a Communist

parcy Member, which brought about her expolsion from

Eng N.A.A.G.P., but since has been restored to

Menbership.

Then lately a Man. (Negro) by name of Johnson

head of

bus

the local coll group was indicted for robbing a

driver in Steubenville,

Onio. Gene 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

Dy doing it.

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CI

134-81-357 (4XU)

CONFIDENTIAL

"Palmer

stated that it was

News to him as

the only thing

he Knew

about it was the articles in the paper and the

IIrst one looked as 1£ Gene had stayed

too

on the phone

long should have hung up quick.

He also stated that

In 1948 when ho had this trouble everyone Knew

It end then is got sort hip and was writ

defeating the reactionaries.

You have to aways work

together on these Matters If you will be successful.

The hour was drawing Near ten o'clock P.M. and the

struberville delegation had to work that Nts. (E)(V)

Lunch was furnished by each and everyone with

the

exception of A Johneon and he put away plenty. (4XU)

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

wanted to talk to hin on

so called Applachian Coal project

which has been going on for some time: Adoiph wanted to

meet with him ir he could tind time Later

Was mable to

see him at this time.

Everyone present asked A.

Johnson when he was coming

back but he would not state exactly only he would notify

the Nert time he could rake it.

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Literature

NO

Collections

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During the time Gene Waln was belly ching about not

by A Johnson that some years back when the wheeling group

was a part of " Virginia group that difficulties existed

and now with the weeling group In with Onio Valley the

trouble still exists.

He also pointed out that aistance

has a

I lot to do with it too Genne stated that Fred

Waichli 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"

(4)(4)

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