Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: 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: 124-10176-10082

RECORD SERIES: DL

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 100-10461-2438

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: HOPKINS, EMIL E.

TO:

TITLE:

Released under the John

Assassination Recorda

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel .

Case#:NW 54463 Date:

10-12-2017

DATE: 12/08/1963

PAGES: 6

SUBJECT:

LHO, POST-RP, CP

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

11/18/1996

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE: 02/12/2001

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

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Covär Sheet for informant Report or

Matorial

FD-306 (3-21-58)

CLASS.

* 81SON

EXT, BY

- FOIM 11,

DATE OF REVLOW

CONEIP

Date received

Recelved from (name or symbol number)

12/16/63

CI 104S

Moshod of dellvery (check appropriate blocke)

Cil in person

_by telephono

_by mall

ET orally

Received by

SA EMIL E. HOPKINS

a recording device

=* wiltten by Informant

If orally furnished and reduced to writing by Agent:

Date

Dictated

Date of Report

(12/8/637

Date(s) of activity

Transcribed

Authenticated

by Informant

12/8/637

Brief description of activity or' material

Report of CI 104-S re Communist Party meeting

4)

HH

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

6105

Flly where.origlnal is located lf not attached

Front Ste Wneeling, West Virginia.

4734-81-557

Remarks:

Utmost care should be taken that any information taken from

this report is paraphrased to protect informnt, since only

seven individuals attended the meeting

(И)

11 • Cleveland (RM)

CONFDENTIAL

CLASS.

do /EXT,

BY 3908

100-17257 (CP Org.)

REASON-FCIM I

1-2.4.2 2

100-

62-

(ARNOLD JOHNSON)

DATE OF

ROV LEW

(Assassination of President KENNEDY)

5423192.23.86

105-

(JACK ARON PERATO

Aka,

65-721

(ANTHONY KRC-MAREK)

2 t0100-1046)

100-17255

(Membership

1 66 44-1639

100-10 461-24389

"CHED

IRIALIZED

...INDEXED

„FILED...

100-16463

(Political Activities)

100-17797

(Factionalism)

100-23484 (Mass Organisations)

DECLASSIFIED BY

10803 ADDI

100-17947 (Strategy in Industry) 0M-5-25'

Dallas (RM)

4.3 TEX

(Assassination of President KENNEDY)

(JACK LEON RUBY)

Classified by $2.59

Block Stamp

105-

LEE HARVEY OSWALD) Exempt from CDS, Categor!

6 - New York (RM)

assification indefinite

100-

(CP Org.)

JOPINA 6/ 13/7 BEARCHED

INDEEDS

62-

(Assassination of Pres.

KENNEDY

(JACK LEON RUBY)

SFRIALIETD

FAMO

JAN 2.

8964

105-

(LEE HARVEY OSWALD)

PBI:

100-16021 (ARNOLD JOHNSON):

SITI

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{134-8A-557}

• (U)

CUNT

(Copies Continued)

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

(CP

• Membership)

100-

(ARNOLD JOHNSON)

62-

(Assassination of President KENNEDY)

4400

(JACK LEON RUBY)

105-

(LEE HARVEY OSWALD)

100-8549

(GENNE KUHN)

100-

(Factionalism)

100-

(Political Affairs)

157-

(LEE M. JOHNSON)

100-

(Mass Organizations)

100-14821 (HUGH GILMORE CROCKARD, JI. )

24°

Cincinnati

100-3500 (CP 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

(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

157-195

(ANTHONY KRCHMAREK)

(LEE M. JOHNSON)

100-14096

(HUGH GILMORE CROCKARD, JR.)

100-8402

(Youth Matters)

[134-142

(ADOLPH PACIFICO)] * (U)

100-12707 (Cominfil, Labor Unions)

CONFIDENTIAL

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CI

134-8A-557

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Informant"s esport set forth below. (V!

TAL

"Steubenville, Ohio

December 8, 1963 X

"On

the above

date a group from Steubenville,

Met at

610

S. Front St. Weeling,

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:

Local inion from

A Carpenter and treasurer of his

Steubenville.

( 1)

2 - CHARLES PI

Man:

A steel worker and former grievance

Comitteman fron the wheeling Steel Corpn and Member

of Local Union #1190 U.S.W.A. C.I.O. A.FI.

A(U)

3 • Randal GorDY

from the wheeling Steel Corpa and a

Lorer Thốp stewart Is a

Member of Local Union #1190

U.S.W.A. C.I.0. AI.

Arnold Johnson:

former state chairman of the

Consist/Party

of hio and who now is a sort.of public

relations man for the Commist party rorking out of

New York CIty, New York.. He secures speakers for

ary

engagements

such as Colleges and Campus lectures

5 - John Fa

brey a Miner from smithfield.

He is know

Ling

Slovak

1 U

6 -

Mrs.. John Fabrey

his Wife

* (4),

chard)

in the hostess 1s

long time C.

former wife of High Crockard Now deceased

since Married Emil

who now resides at her

Genre

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

Genne Kuhn

Continued: The C party wanted to take her son

GilL

Croc

kard out of her influence so he could be taught

•3.0

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4(4)

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something Constructive. This Gill recently, a few years

or less ago Made a trip to the

Soviet Union

etc on the

Youth Conference Know as the 'World Youth Conference.'

He wild probably emerge from the New York thing as'a

full time organizer in some special field suchas youth.

At the start of the Meeting Genne brought out

her brief

case full of cliphings. (Newspaper) etc 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.

1(4)

Arnold explained that since Oswald was Considered a

Conmunist 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

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 Inulted Stevenson only Weeks before In Dallas, (X(u)

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

lots 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

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

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 if he had a letter from a

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

Inmate

ate of Cambridge Asylum for a period of time, Gordy

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134-81-5573 4(4)

Lilies

XMIA

aSked Johnson to

Oswald's to see if they didn't have

compare the letter of pokey's with

a lot In Common.

Palner stated that

he thought the statement by the

ethodist Minister

situation very good

when he stated that the fact that the Murder of Bill

moore, maccar Evers and others

sy without punishent had set the

In the south going

stage for the

Assassination of pres. Kennedy. Evoryone readily

agreed.

(X(4)

Arnold Johnson further stated that no real Marxist

Could do such a thing. There 18 not Much doubt

that

since the Soviet Union had expelled him by not

givine hin a Citisenship In the Soviet Union because

they thought him to

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 Linally got her

ance to unload.

*(U)

stated that about the time of the civil Rights

march on washington a

few days before

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 answets on the

phone and Einally hung up on hiw.

from the time

this phone corversation was completed she had been

quoted in the newspaper

exposed as a Communist

party Member, which brought about her expolsion from

the NA.AGI., but since has been restored to

Membership.

Then lately & Man

(Negro) by name of Johnson

head of the local CORE group

bus deiver in Steubenwille,

was indicted for robbing a

Ohio.

Genne had got in

touch with R. Gorby as she thought Johnson was being

franed. Gorby found out

and told her at this Meeting

that he had did the robbing and was Not being framed.

The best thing to

stated Gorby was to give him

help but do not put core and the NAACP out on a 1imb

by doing it.

(u)

CONF

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CONFIDE

NITIAL'

"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 1f 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

cogether on these Matters if you will be successful.

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.

(1)

Johnson stated that he had been down this way about one

week ago and had Contacted some of his old friends

phone,

one In particular was

Adolph Pacifico. he

by

wanted to talk to him on

called Applachian Coal project

which has been going on for some time Acciph wanted to

moot with him if he could find time later Was unable to

see him at this time.

Evetyone present asked A. Johnson When he was coning

back but he would not state exactly only he would notify.

the Newt time he could make it.

MU)

No Alterature

No Collections

A u)

During the time Genne Kuhn was belly

aching about not

getting help fron the Valley group It was pointed out

by A Johnson that some years back when the wheeling group

was a part of w. Virginla 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.

Genne stated that Fred

walchli was supposed to show up with the Beer.

she

was urged to call him agalnst her wishes but

she got

no answer on the phone"

CONFIDANTIAL

WUNXUENTIAL

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