Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: WALLA, EDWARD E.
Document date: 12/19/1944
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

6/15/201

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

FBI

124-10284-10110

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

100-30067-20

Released under the John

f. Kennedy

Assassination Records

collection act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel .

Case#:NU 53130 Date:

05-31-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

TO :

TITLE :

FBI

WALLA, EDWARD E.

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE: 12/19/1944

PAGES :

5

SUBJECTS :

JOP, AFFIL, COMMUNIST POLIT ASSOC, CONVENTION

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

4

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DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 01/07/1998

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FEDERAL BUREAU OR INVESTIGATION

Form NO. 1

THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT SAN FRANCISCO

FILE NO. 100-1465

REPORT MADE AT

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

DATE WHEN MADE

12/19/44

PERIOD FOR

12/245,30012/1/44

REPORT MADE BY

EDWARD E. WALLA

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TITLE

JOHN'

PITTMAN

CHARACTER OF CASE

INTERNAL SECURITY - C

SYNOPSIS OF FACTS:

Subject continues to reside at 67 Pleasant Street and

retains his position as Managing Editor of the PEOPLE'S

WORLD newspaper.

He is a member of the State Committee

-of the Communist Political Association and was elected

Vice-president of the San Francisco County CPA.

He is

assigned

as a member of the Fillmore Club and is active

in speaking before various other clubs of the Party.

-P-

REFERENCE:

DETAILS:

Report of Special Agent Raymond Richard Brackelsberg

dated July 1, 1944 at San Francisco, California.

Subject is considred

a Key Figure in activities of the

Communist Political Association in the San Francisco

Field Division.

Mr.

SAL CERELLI,

Francisco,

Chief Clerk, Local Draft Board 1100,

advised that the subject resides at 67 Pleasant Street, San

Francisco, and is still employed by the PEOPLE'S WORLD newspaper, 590 Folsom

Street,

paper.

San Irancisco, California, which is a Communist controlled daily

APPROVED AND

FORWARDED:

article in the June 14, 1911 issue of the Daily Peoplé's

"orld roflects that at the first convention of the newly forned Califomia

State Communist Political issociation, the subject was elected to the State

Committee.

The September 19, 1944 issue reflects that the subject was also

elected Vice-president of the San Francisco County organization of the

Communist Political issociation along with RUDIE LuMBERI, State CPA Labor

Director, at the San Francisco County CPA Convention.

fuL. Pisper

It was ascertained through SOURCE i that the subject

IN CHARGE

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San Francisco File 7100-1465

attended the State Communist Party Convention as a Fraternal Delegate.

couvention was held at San Francisco, May 7, 1941:

SOURCE B, who is very close to the subject, advised that

tho Subject's editorial policy in the PEOPLE'S WORLD was dictated by

nificials of the State CPA.

SOURCE B related that shortly after Senator

"RJAN'S nomination for Vice-president, the subject was contacted by BILL

CENEIDERMAN, State CPA President who demanded that an editorial appear.

arisdictely in the PEOPLE'S WORLD explaining that' IRUMAN

is a compromise

candidate to got unity in the Party and that MALLACE was not betrayed.

SCURCE B added that when Governor DEWEY was making campaign speeches,

SCINBIDERMAN agsin demanded that the subject attack every DEVilY speech in

an editorial.

onfidential Informant SE 595 advised that the subject

spoke it the meeting of the Richmond Victory Club in August, 1944.

topic of his speech was "The COMMUNIST MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE. WORID."

It was ascertained through SOURCE C that the subject

received an invitation to spenk at Wills Collego, a prominent girls' colloge

at Oaklond, California. SOURCE C rolated that STEVE WALSON, President

of the Alameda County CP' obtained this invitation for the Subject and

instructed him that he should speal on the reasons for Red-Baiting in the

Presidential campaign and show that it is a method of propaganda identical

with that employed by HITLER. This informant stated that STEVE NELSON

was in close contect with PITTiN and at various times, suggested events

which PITTMAN might use as a basis for his editorials.

SOURCE D advised that HARRY. BRIDGES, West Coast CIO

Labor. Leader, requested the subject to assist him in drafting an inquiry

of the Port Chicago Negro Mutiny case. BRIDGES requested the subject to

write an editorial on this case so that pressure might be brought upon

the Naval authorities.

SOURCE D related that RUDID LuMBERI, State Communist

Political issociation Labor Director also requested the subject to write

an editorial concerning this Negro Mutiny Case.

It should be noted that

during this Negro Mutiny Trial, the PEOPLE'S WORLD devoted a portion of

its editorial page to editorials which denounced the Navy action taken

the Mutiny.

It was learned through SOURCE E that the Subject's

NANC

PIMAN

left the Subject and is presently residing at the

LOUISE*CRATSTaN, well Inown Conmunist.

This informant stated the

roason for soparation is that tho subject was "running aroundi

Poople's World reporter.

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