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

WDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10254-10187

RECORD_SERIES: NY

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-38431-328

Released under the John

Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Aet of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NT 53025 Date:

05-22-2017

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:

STATUS

PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

11/18/1996

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

02/14/2001

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

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Cover Sheer for Informant Report

"Material

FD-306 (3-21-58)

Date recelved

Received from (name or symbol number)

12/16/63

CI 104-S

Method of delivery (check appropriate blocks)

Cd in person

by telephone

It orally furnished and reduced to writing by Agent:

Date

Received by

SA EMIL E. HOPKINS

Jby mail.

It orally

recording device

Date of Report

Li written by Informant

12/8/63

Dictated

to

Datels) of activity

Transcribed

Authenticated

by Informant

12/8/63

Brief description of activity or material

Report of CI 104-S re Communist Party meeting

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

6105

File where.orfginal. is located if not attached

Front

St., Wheeling, West Virginla

134-8A-557

Remarks:

Utmost care should be taken that any information taken from

this report 1s paraphrased to protect informant, since only

seven individuals attended the meeting.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

11 - Cleveland (RM)

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIEI

100-17257 (CP 0rg.)

DATE..

- BY 9503200/fl

100-0

(ARNOLD JOHNSON)

(ПК)

02-

(Assassination of President KENNEDY)

(JACK LEON RUBY,

Aka,)

105-

LEE HARVY OSWALD)

165-38431

1328

65-721

100-17255

(ANTHONY KRCHMAREK)

SEARCHED

_INDEXED -

(Membership"

SERIALIZED

100-16463 (Political Aétivities)

100-17797 (Factionalism)

JANTIC 4

FORK

100-23484 (Mass Organisations)

0) laki

100-17947 (Strategy in Industr

3

Dallas (RM)

62°

(Assassination of President

105•

(JACK LEON RUBY)

NEDY)

Block Stamp

(LEE HARVEY OSWALD)

New York (RM)

100-

(CP Org.)

6620

(Assassination of Pres. KENNEDY)

SEARCHED..

SURANZED,

ANDRED

(JACK LEON RUBY)

V105-

100-16021

WW 5302 FEB.AF 63780753

8964

(LEE HARVEY OSWALD)

PAM:

(ARNOLD JOHNSON

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HH. 53025

134-8A-557

(Copies Continued)

100-145835. (CP, USA, Public Appearances of Party Laaders.

• 414)

13- Pittsburgh (RM)

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

100-8572

(CP, Ohio Valley Section)

100-8664

(CP,

Membership)

100 g

(ARNOLD. JOHNSON):

62-

440

(Assassination of President KENNEDY)

105-

(JACK LEON RUBY)

(LEE HARVEY OSWALD)

100-8549

100g

(GENNE./ KUHN)

(Factionalism)

100-

(Political Affairs)

157-

(LEE M. JOHNSON):

• $

100-

(Mass Organisations)

100-14821 (HUGH GILMORE CROCKARD, Jr.)

240

Cincinnati

100-3500

(CF Organization):

134÷8A

62-2758

(Assassination of President KENNEDY)

44-456 (JACK. LEON RUBY)

105-2505 (LEE HARVEY OSWALD)

100-7964

(CP Membership)

100-8227

(Political Activities)

100-8481 (Factionalien

100-12701 (Cominfil, Mass Organisations)

100-8359 (Strategy in Industry)

100-12483 (CHARLES PALMER)

100-12408

(RANDALI 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):

100-12707 (Cominfil, Labor Unions)

2. 0

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CI: 134-8A-557

Informant's report set forth below:

"Steubenville, Ohio.

December 8, 1963

"On 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:

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 41190 U.S.W.A. C.I.O. A.F.L.

3 • Randal Gorby: from the Wheeling Steel Corpa and a

former shop stewart is a Member of Local Union #1190

the

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

4. Arnold Johnson: A

former state chairman of the

Communist Party of Ohio and who now is a sort of public

relations man for the Communist 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 smiling Slovak.

6 Mrs. John Fabrey his Wife

7 • Genne (Crockard) Kuhn the hostess is a long time C.

party worker former wife of Hugh Crockard Now deceased

and she since Married Emil Kuhn who now resides at her

home

Genne has three children two to her first

husband and the other to the latter. She has a son

about 19yrs old who is being schooled and worked

over by the c. party in New York.

Genne 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 G1ll recently, a few 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 special field suchas youth.

At the start of the Meeting Genne brought out

her brief case full of clippyngs (Newspaper) ete she

also had a lot of penciled 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.

But the first discussion by A. Johnson centered around

the late Pres. Kennedy.

Arnold explained that since Oswald was Considered a

Conmumist then a wave of hysteria was about to explode

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 like the

extreme E

Fight 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,

Texas.

Arnold stated he was asked by C.B.S. News about this

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

told them he gets lans of letters of enquiry about the

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

of othors and even sent him literature if he requested

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

statement but he

stated to them he would have to dig the

letter.out. and.be.sure. before he Made any statement.

Randal Gorby asked Arnold Johnson if when he got back to

New York to look in the files 1f he had a letter from d

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asked Johnson to compare the letter of pokey's with

Oswald's to see if they didn't have

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 B111

Moore,M Edgar Evers and others In the south going

by without punishment had set the stage for the

Assassination of Pres. Kennedy. Everyone rsadily

agreed.

Arnold Johnson further stated that no real Marxist

Could do such a thing.. There 1s not Much doubt that

since the

soviet Union had expelled him by not

giving him a Citisenship in the Soviet Union because

they thought him to be an Agent of Fascist. Genne

Meanwhile was Chomping at the bit trying to get her

story told about the N.A.A.C.P. and CORE.

She finally got her Chance

to unload.

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

party Member, which brought about her expolsion from

the N.A.A.C.P., but since has been restored to

Membership.

Then lately a Man (Negro) by name of Johnson

head of

the local ColE group

was

bus driver in Steubenville,

indicted for sobbing a

Gemne had got In

taunt with A Gorby an stue thought Ichson 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

by doing it.

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"Palmer stated that it was News to him as the 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.

everyone Knew about

It and then he got more help and was successful in

defeating the reactionaries.

You have to always work

together on these Matters If you will be guccessful.

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

steuberville delegation had to work that Nite.

Lunch was furnished by each and everyone with the

exception of A Johnson and he put away plenty.

Johnson stated that he had been down this way about one

ago and had Contacted some of his old friends by

phone,

one in particular was Adolph Pacifico he

wanted to talk to him on a so called Applachian Coal project

which has been going on for some time Atolph wanted to

meet with hin if he could find time later

Was unable 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 Next time he could make it.

No Literature

No Collections

During the time tenne Kuhn was belly aching about not

getting help fron the valley group it was polnted out

by A Johnson that some years back when the wheeling group

was a part of l. Virginia group that difficulties existed

and now with the wheeling group

In with Ohio valley the

trouble still exists. He also pointed out that distance

has a lot to do with it too. Gene 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"

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