Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LA
To: HQ
Document date: 8/7/45
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/13/201

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90143-10239

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 100-370750-75

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 0SC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NT 54460 Date:

10-04-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

LA

TO :

HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 08/07/1945

'PAGES:

16

SUBJECTS : -

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

v9.1

HH 54460

DocId: 32338821

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CONFMENTIAL

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Form No. 1

THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT

LOS ANGELES

FILE NO.

100-21198

REPORT MADE AT

LOS ANGELES

DATE WHEN MADE

8/7/45

PERIOD FOR

REPORT MADE BY

WHICH MADE

6/10,16,30,

JOHN R. VICARS

KH

7/8-10,17,19,

CHARACTER OF CASE

TITLE CHANGED

21,23,31,

JOHN HOWARD LAWSON, I2

118/1,2/45

INTERNAL SECURITY - C

with aliases 3g

Lawson, Jacob

HEYALL INFORMA

TION CONTAINED

SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Declassity

GABR

7 HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED:

DATE -1b.AbBY 9145.56/oglag

Subject continues as leader of CPA in motion picture

industry and allied cultural fields, but his leader-

AINED

ASSIFIED

MAAOHS

ship is being questioned as a result of the change in

Communist line. He has been a regular attendant at

Radio and Motion Picture Comnission meetings and has

attended other functionary meetings with county Com-

munist functionaries. CPA policy in motion picture

strike changed to support the strike, although in-

formant indicates LAWSON not heartily in accord with

this change and desired continuation of the policy he

St

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d30x3

developed, which was the CPA policy prior to the change

in line.

Subject elected member of Executive Council

of Hollywood Independent Citizens' Committee of the Arts

Sciences and Professions (formerly the Hollywood Demo-

cratio Committee). He attempted to organize an FDR

Caravan for this Committee, which was to tour the

western states

in an attempt to put pressure on Presi-

dent Iruman and the State Department to return to the

policies of the late President Roosevelt. Subject

sponsored New Masses art auction and appeared at invi-

tational New Masses benefit at the home of FRANK TUTTLE

DROLA

DEOLASSIE.

28

MAR 23

APPROVED AND

FORWARDED:

on June 9, 1945.

He had an argument with RICHARD BRANSTEN,

with aliases, over BRANSTEN's discussion of Duclos article

at non-CPA meeting and threatened to have BRANSTEN ex-

pelled.

Conmunication from BRANSTEN to LAWSON reflects

LAWSON's leadership in

the

Honywood CPA movement. Bank

COLIES DESTRUYRDaccount reflects LAWSON has paid or loaned close to $2,000

to an alleged Communist dominated organization of Connunists.

1963

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CONTENT

I A 100-21198

CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES

- CNDI LA EE-1

* A

C. - CNDI LA 2900

(A memorandun on the motion picture strike referred to,

which was furnished by this office, is contained in

CONE. INFT

100-18874-1-A-60-B.)

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- [CNDI LA MX-2

- A highly confidential source

BOONE

CNDI

G - Mrs. GLADYS CARISON, who was employed as second maid

by the subject at 454 North Bristol, Los Angeles.

PONE. INF

CNDI LA-1357 0 4/

-MANUEL SEFF,

605 North Arden Road, Beverly Hills,

Califorgia,

a screen writer

CONE. INFT.

- CNDI LA-28

* - (ONDE 2A-130 (NU)

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