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[66]SCHEER, ROBERT
[68]FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE
[69]PROGRESSIVE LABOR PARTY
[71]W. E. B. DU BOIS CLUBS OF AMERICA
[72]STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
[73]YOUNG SOCIALIST ALLIANCE
[75]VIETNAM DAY COMMITTEE
[77]PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY
[79]REPORT
[81]PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[82]SECRET
[84]3, 4, REFERRED, SECTION 11 (a)
[86]RELEASED WITH DELETIONS
[88]05/17/98
[90]COMPLETION OF REVIEW BY FBI
[92]COORDINATION WITH FBI HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND
[93]DETERMINED.TO BE RELEASABLE WITH RESTRICTIONS,
[94]MEMO DTD 05 JUNE 98.
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[98]| Ties ; ae | "ROBERT SCHEER
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[108]oo . oo UNITED: STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, _
[109]Doe ne FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ,
[113]Goyer a "SECRET SERVICE , SAN FRANCISCO (CLASS 3) (RM) _
[115]Report of == WELLTAM E. HUGHES  Oftiee SAN FRANGISODy CALTFORNIA =
[117]7 Dates he April 22, 1969"
[119]“Field Office File Be —100- 46832. oe : - _ a - - Bureau File #: 105- -106720
[121]Choracte: = SECURITY MATTER - MISCELLANEOUS — [y
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[125]- ROBERT SCHEER, _ white “male, date of birth 4/4/36 at New York, .
[126]- New York, “resides. at 6468 Benvenue. Avenue , Oakland, .
[127]California, with his wife ANNE and infant son. He is. employed
[129]as Editor- in-Chief of "Ramparts" magazine , 495 Beach Street,
[130]. San Francisco, California. SCHEER's affiliation with the
[131]following groups set out: Fair Play For Cuba Committee , oe
[132]. Progressive Labor. Party, W. E. B. Du Bois ‘Clubs of America,
[133]Students For a Democratic. “Society, Young. Socialist Alliance, —
[134]Vietnam Day Committee, Communist Party, Community For New: —
[135]Politics, Peace and Freedom Party and Black Panther Party.
[136]- Foreign travel, writings, speeches | and television appearances -
[137]oF SCHEER set out.
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[141]| ‘DETAILS:
[143][GIA HAS NO OBIECTION TO) _ 8988
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[161]This’ document contains nelther recommendatior: nor Gonclusions of the FBI. It is the property, of the FBI and is loaned: to : .
[162]your agency; it and its contents are not to be di tributed outside your agency. ‘
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[177]Bw Residence
[179]son at 6468 Benvenue- Avenue » Oakland, California. — a
[181]oe Cu Marriage Record a
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[185]-.T. BACKGROUND
[187]oe Me Employment —
[189]ROBERT SCHEER is’ “employed as. “Editor- -in- _chief of
[191]"Ramparts" magazine, 495 Beach Street , ‘San Francisco,
[192]California. . ; ; .
[194]ay 1080 dgeue of “Ramparts”
[196]ROBERT “SCHEER resides with his. wife ANNE and toto
[198]Mrs. GEORGIA GWILLTAM..
[199]. .6480 Benvenue Avenue,
[200]- Oakland, California .
[202]April 1h, 1969
[204]The San Francisco "Examiner" newspaper, issue of
[206]Oetober 23, 1965, contained a marriage notice for ROBERT
[208]SCHEER, age 29, 2546 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco,. and _
[210]for ANNE WEILLS , age 23, Berkeley, California.
[212]Records of: the ‘County: Clerk’ S Office, City Hall
[213]of San Francisco, reflect that suit #539250 was filed _
[214]January 7,:°1964 in.behalf of ROBERT SCHEER, who was. bring-
[215]ing’ suit for divorce. against SERENA SCHEER, to whom he was.
[216]married September 14, 1957 at Brooklyn, New "York. The :
[217]Plaintiff alleged that he and his wife were separated about —
[218]December 1, 1961 and that they had no community property.
[220]- SCHEER charged his wife with extreme eruelty and grievous -
[221]“mental suffering. SERENA. SCHEER was served with notice of.
[222]divorce proceedings. February. 7, (1964 and failed to appear —
[224]to answer charges. ROBERT SCHEFR was granted an inter-
[226]_locutory judgmen® of divorce September 14, 1964 and decree
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[238]was made final September 23, 1965. by LELAND J. LAZARUS,
[239]Judge of the. Superior Court » for the City and County of San =
[240]Francisco. - co
[241]V ‘Marriage: license records maintained at the Recorder! s-
[242]Office, city Hall, San Francisco, reflect that Book #1433,
[243]' page 250, shows that ROBERT SCHEER was married to ANNE B.
[244]. WEILLS on October 22, 1965. . In the application, SCHEER —
[246]' stated he was born April uy. 1936 at New York,had been pre-. .
[247]viously married once , which was ended by divorce. His |
[248]residence was listed as 2546 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco
[250]and his occupation as Foreign Editor in the publishing |
[251]business. ; His father was listed as FREDERICK SCHEER, born
[252]in Germany, and his. mother was IDA KURAN, born in. Russia.
[254]. The bride furnished her full name as “ANNE. BUTTERFIELD WEILLS ,
[255]-..- bern March 14, 1942, in. California; and was not previously —
[256]married. She listed her residence as 108 El Camino. Real,
[258]- Berkeley; occupation - student. Her father was listed as
[259]JOHN C. S. WEILLS , III; born in Nebraska, and her mother was _
[260]AUDREY DAVIS,: born. in Nevada. Marriage license #5213 was ©
[262]- issued October 21, 1965 and the marriage was performed .
[264]-. October 22, 1965. by the Honorable LENORE D. UNDERWOOD,
[265]Judge , San. Francisco Municipal Court .
[267]ANNE WEILLS SCHEER was the recipient of
[269]a yearly subscription to the "People's
[270]World": (PW) newspaper under her maiden _
[272]name ANNE WEILLS, 2828 Milvia Street,
[274]Berkeley, California. This subscription
[275]was due to expire July 31, 1966.
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[280]The PW is a west coast Conimunist weekly
[281]newspaper published in: San Francisco.
[283]“IDA KURAN, born April 26, 1900 in Russia, a a
[284]joined the Yaternational Workers Order (IWO).- ae
[285]‘in March 19:7 ‘and was a member of, Lodge 500,
[287]IWO, as of. jate 1953. - a 7 ee .
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[310]‘. The IWO. has been designated
[311]by the Attorney General of.
[312]the United States pursuant
[313]ae Executive Order 10450.
[315]FRED SCHEER, who was ‘born. May 28, “1s98- in.
[316]. Germany , joined the IWO. in November 1941)
[317]- and was a member of | Lodge 500, holding |
[318]- Certificate #288936, - as . late as 1953.
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[321]_ June: 22, 1954
[323]‘The name PRED SCHEER, 653 Britton Street,
[324]> Bronx, New York, appeared on -an original’ a
[325].. petition. to Judge H. R. MEDINA, protesting
[326]the trial of members of the. National en
[328]| Committee . of the Communist Party (cP),
[329]. USA. . .
[331]De Education
[333]. _ Records | of the University. of. California, Berkeley,
[334]~ ues) contain. information that ROBERT SCHEER was born
[335]April 4, 1936 at Bronx, New York. He applied for admission
[336]to the graduate division at UCB, ‘Berkeley, California on
[337]~ May 20, 1959, at which time he was residing at 2915...
[338]Wheeler Street, Berkeley. He listed his former residence
[339]as 205 Ollis Court , Syracuse, New York. He received'a |
[340]BA de gree in political science at the City College of New a
[341]York in June. 1960.. The Student Directory for the Fall
[342]_ Semester 1960 at UCB, reflected that ROBERT SCHEER, 1916. A
[343]' Francisco Street, Berkeley , California, was registered for.
[344]_ the fall term: as. a graduate student in economics. — -
[346]Ee. "Root And Branch Press"
[348]. Root: and Branch Press" was being orgainzed by
[349]BOB SCHEER, a student at UCB, where it was planned that —
[350]' SCHEER. would: head this organization which was to be a _
[351]magazine published for: and by ultra- liberal students at UCB.
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[359]| arrested, and that he considers he owes his allegiance to.
[360]the United States, but does not believe in. the philosophy |
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[366]AD leaflet was ‘issued by the "Root and Branch Press" which -
[367]‘reflected that it was- planning to publish a book. by MAURICE
[368]ZEITLIN. and ROBERT SCHEER entitled "The Cuban ‘Revolution —
[369]“An American Tragedy.’
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[372]September | 6, “1961
[374]Another: Government agency ‘that. conducts. ‘security. .
[376]- investigations interviewed ROBERT SCHEER July 11, 1958,
[377]‘August 10, 1961. and. August 16, 1961, the last interview
[379]being under oath. . During the. interviews, SCHEER. stated .
[381]that while in college he attended a few meetings which he
[383]felt were run by someone who could Have been in the Labor 7
[384]Youth League (LYL). and had attended one social event - .
[385]which he felt was definitely. sponsored by LYL, but explained
[387]that he had. gone to this affair to meet a girl. “He said he ©
[389]never attended a political meetings of LYL and added that
[391]7 he has never been a member of the CP or any organization
[393]cited by the Attorney General. SCHEER admitted: having.
[394]read the "Communist Manifesto" frequently and studied it:
[396]as an- example of) ideological development «
[398]SCHEER said under oath that he did. not ‘consider.
[400]the CP, USA to be a threat to the United States and had no |
[401]-peason to believe. ‘that a person who joins the CP swears.
[403]allegiance to a foreign power or advocates the overthrow of |
[405]the United States Government. . He said he believes that the
[406]CP is not subversive because it claims to be interested in.
[408]bringing about its -program through democratic process.
[410]_ SCHEER refused to discuss his trip to Cuba in. 1960 and_
[412]-pefused to discuss his membership, activities or associations
[414]. with the Student Fair Play for Cuba Committee | (SFPCC) under
[415]protection of the First. and Fifth Amendments . — ee ;
[417]SCHEER stated under oath that he has never been -
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[427]My. Country Right or Wrong.' | SCHEER also stated that he. was
[428]' qualified and fit for ri tetary, service and had never. done
[430]| anything. to vender himself ineligible for military service.
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[433]Co a | October 315 1961
[435]The’ LYL. has. ‘been. designated
[436]. by the Attorney General of
[437]-.the United States Pursuant
[439]to Executive Order LO4SO. .
[441]The. Fair Play’ for Cuba
[442]Committee (FPCC) is |
[443]‘characterized in the.
[445]Appendix. a
[447]“Records” of the: Department of Health, Alameda |
[449]County Courthouse, Oakland, were. checked on April 2935 1968
[450]by IC ROBERT L. GIBSON and a record was found of a birth.
[452]of ‘a son named CHRISTOPHER WARREN SCHEER, born September _
[454]8, 1967 at Berkeley, ‘California.to ANNE BUTTERFIELD WEILLS
[456]SCHEER and ROBERT SCHEER, - 6468 Benvenue: Avenue 5 Oakland,
[458]oe California. cn,
[460]He Marital Discord
[462]ROBERT SCHEER has been. “living ‘at his home 5 6468
[464]Benvenue Avenue ,- Oakland, California, since about September
[465]7, 1968. On September 26, 1968, Mrs. ANNE SCHEER told,some .
[466]- ef the neighbors that she and ROBERT SCHEER were. separating —
[467]because they live. different kinds of lives. ANNE SCHEER _
[469]said she was moving to an apartment somewhere near the
[471]Oakland- Berkeley: border where she planned to live with a .
[473]man named TOM, not further identified, whom she. expected to.
[475]marry eventually. Mrs. SCHEER was. busy removing her
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[502]‘ROBERT SCHEER was at his “residence, 6468 Benvenue
[503]Avenue, Oakland, on October 19, 1968 and-had his infant son |
[505]with him. He. also: has a new. girl friend who looks like a:
[507]"hippie" who. has been at this residence quite a lot in.
[509]recent weeks. It is understpod that SCHEER's son has been
[510]residing | with his mother at a different. location. .
[512]Mrs. JOHN C. GWILLIAM,
[514]-6480 Benvenue Avenue,
[515]. Oakland, California
[517]| October” 21, (1968 .
[519]. oo . Mrs. GEORGIA SWILLIAM, 6480 Benvenue ‘Avenue, Oakland,
[520]California, reported October. 14,.1968 that ANNE SCHEER had. -
[522]been living with THOMAS HAYDEN while ROBERT SCHEER was away |
[523]on trips for "Ramparts" magazine and now appears to have.
[524]taken their child and both are residing with HAYDEN full
[526]time at HAYDEN'S apartment. /The SCHEERs reportedly - had
[527]reached a mutual agreement ‘to get a divorce. os
[529]ROBERT and ANNE SCHEER reside at 6468 Benvenue
[531]emotion or warmth exhibited between them. When THOMAS HAYDEN
[533]arrived) in early September 1968, it became very evident that =
[534]ANNE SCHEER was very strongly attracted to him ina physical 7
[536]way. ANNE is believed to have met HAYDEN in Hanoi, North:
[538]Vietnam during the summer of 1968. When ROBERT SCHEER. made a
[539]trips ‘away from home, HAYDEN would move into the SCHEER __
[540]‘residence. During October 1968, ANNE SCHEER. indicated she
[542]intended to seek a divorce from ROBERT SCHEER and would move —
[544]into the apartment .of THOMAS HAYDEN. Beginning about. -
[545]Christmas, 1968, ANNE SCHEER returned home with the SCHEER »
[547]baby and has remained with ROBERT: SCHERR for the past month. a
[548]or more. THOMAS HAYDEN has not been observed in the ~company .
[550]-..of ANNE SCHEER or visiting the SCHEER residence in more than
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[554]one month. There are numerous visitors to the SCHEER -
[556]résidence. and it would’ appear that several men were. living
[558]at this residence regularly in addition to the SCHEERS.
[559]While ANNE SCHEER was in Hanoi, ROBERT. SCHEER received a
[560]threat to his: life that frightened him greatly. He. moved se
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[572]out of ‘the: house immediately and “hired a orivate ‘investigator
[573]“who moved into the house "armed to the teeth". It> appears
[574]‘that ROBERT SCHEER has been somewhat | frightened ever. since ~
[576]this: threat. . =
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[578]‘January 16, 1969
[580]THOMAS EMMET HAYDEN was the original
[581]‘organizer of the Students for a _
[582]Democratic Society (SDS) and, according
[583]to the "New York Daily News" of January.
[584]10, 1968, was one of a party of three .
[586]who travelled to North Vietnam in. > POE Se Ue 7 a
[587]defiance of US Department of State ban. a pO
[589]on such travel. om
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[592]_ SDS is. contained in the :
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[614]RAMPARTS" MAGAZINE
[616]"Pamparts". in a ‘letter. ‘to subscribers dated
[617]- May 1, 1968, _announced that beginning June 1,
[618]1968, it. would be. published biweekly at a
[619]yearly. subscription price of $15. In this
[620]letter "Ramparts" described itself ‘as follows:
[621]Oo", ..the first national. publication to consis--
[622]tently. reveal the ribbon of lies supporting
[623]America's involvement in Vietnam; we stripped .
[624]- the curtain from America's ‘invisible. government!
[625]- by. exposing CIA' S unlicensed intrusion into our
[626]domestic lives; we dared to write about. ‘the |
[627]applications of the. Catholic Church's political
[628]- power; we warned, vears: before the Kerner
[629]report, that. white racism was the base of
[630]America's racial problems; we blasted awav at oe
[631]_ the corroded institutions of Cold War liberalism.
[633]" Ramparts! is now. the ‘largest. left- of- center
[634]commercial magazine in. the history. of. the United
[636]States. oh
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[644]cog Burning of Draft Card :
[646]. . ‘The. cover of the December 1967 issue. oF "Ramparts" .
[648]magazine contains a photograph of four right hands. each |
[650]holding. a burning Selective Service card. One. of. the. cards -
[651]is a duplicate issued December 3,°1958 of the "Selective |
[652]Service Registration. Certificate" for ROBERT SCHEER, 653
[653]‘Britton Street, New York 67, Bronx. — Se
[655]| .. The San. Francisco "Examiner," daily: newspaper |
[656]~ published in San. Francisco, California, in.its issue of |
[657]November 16, 1967, carried an article headlined "Ramparts
[658]. Editors Burn Draft Cards" which quoted "Publisher MARC.” -
[659]. STONE" of "Ramparts" as saying the magazine cover is"a
[660]very serious editorial. statement," addin g "there is a very. .
[661]serious political crisis in this country and. we want to:
[662]show: that the bureaucracy of the Selective Service System .
[663]; is unfaip." a a . 4
[665]‘The San Francisco Examiner" daily newspaper,
[666]issue of June 13, 1968, carried a news. article "3 Ramparts 8
[667]Officers Before Jury in NY." This article stated that ‘three |
[668]top officers of "Ramparts" magazine. were called to appear -
[669]before a Federal Grand Jury in New York. City, June 13, 1968
[670]to: testify at an inquiry deseribed only as "having to do with —
[671]Selective Service." The article continued by stating that.
[672]there. was. ‘speculation that the investigation dealt with the
[673]cover photograph of the December 1967 issue of "Ramparts". we
[674]which pictured the flaming draft cards of 3. top. officials...
[675](Should, be ‘four officials. ) . | _
[677]‘The August. 24, 1968 issue. of Ramparts" magazine
[678]carried a column ‘entitled; "Apologia," which carried a_
[679]_ reprint of a news article from the "New York Times" news -.
[680]~paper,. issue of. July 18, 1968. The article. stated tHat_
[681]_ WARREN HINCKLE,. III, ROBERT SCHEER, _-DUGALD STERMER, and
[682]SOL STEIN, all officials. of "Ramparts" > appeared before a
[683]Grand Jury. in New York City on June 17, 1968, as a result .
[684]of the December 1967 cover of "Ramparts" containing a photo-_
[685]_ graph of four hands holding burning draft cards containing _
[686]_ the names of these. four | men . .
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[699]Je Threat to. Sub ect! s Life
[701]. ROBERT SCHEER telephoned ‘the San Francisco. FBI
[702]Office on July 8, 1968, to state the veceptionist cat
[703]"Ramparts" magazine, San Francisco, received the_ following
[705]_ telephone message from an anonymous male” at Us 45 pm that oe
[706]days a ,
[708]ony. just want to. inform you that we.
[709]plan to destroy the Managing Editor, |
[710]BOB SCHEER, tomorrow night at 9: 00. on
[712]. SCHEER. stated that the New York ‘City Office of
[713]"Ramparts" had received a threat about July 3, 1968 and
[714]he felt that this call resulted from a recent article in.
[715]"Ramparts" regarding Cuban refugees. ‘He said. he chad no
[716]_ indication that the call was. interstate. Lo
[718]“The. San Francisco. "Examiner" newspaper, San
[719]- Francisco, California, ~ in its issue of July 9, 1968,
[720] earried a news article headlined, "Ramparts Threatened
[721]By Bombs." The article stated. that both the San Francisco:
[722]and New York City offices of "Ramparts" had been threatened
[723]by bombs and "Associate: Editor ROBERT. SCHEER, had received
[724]Oo calls threatening his. life."
[726]SCHEER advised SA. ‘CHARLES E; GALVIN on guly 10,
[727]- 1968, that no-one had carried out the threat and that
[728]~ he would immediately contact. the FBI if any future threats
[729]were’ made.
[731]Records of the Bureau of Criminal Identification
[732]and Investigation (CII), Sacramento, California, reveal
[733]“that a .25 calibre Beretta automatic pistol, serial number
[734]- 415984, was sold to ROBERT SCHEER; 6468 Benvenue Avenue, —
[735]Oakland, California, on. January 27, 1968, and that this’ gun.
[736]was - purchased in Oakland. my es
[738]. ce. Records of the Oakland Police Department were |
[739]“searched October 17, 1968 by. IC ROBERT L. GIBSON and it oo
[740]was determined that ROBERT SCHEER did not possess a permit :
[741]to carry ay gun. a
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[753]a . “Records of the San Francisco: Police Department ,
[755]- San Francisco, California, were searched by JOHN VANNUCCT, .
[756]- Intelligence Unit, San Francisco. Police Department (SFPD)
[757]. on, October 17, 1968 and no permit has been issued. by the
[758]SFPD for ROBERT SCHEER to. carry | a. gone _
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[783]. “The. Conleze’ Avenue Branch, “Bank of America, 6201
[784]; “college Avenue, Oakland, California, maintains a- commerial
[785]checking account. for ANNE W. SCHEER or ROBERT SCHEER,
[786]6468 Benvenue Avenue, Oakland, California. | This account —
[787]_ bears Account Number 5440 03178, and was opened on.
[788]_ September 18, (1967. © . oe
[790]On March | 19, 1968, an examination of bank records -
[791]“pertaining to items deposited in this account . during the |
[792]_ period September 18, 1967 through March 5, 1968, was made.
[793]. Among the checks deposited | during this period were the.
[794]_. following (All these. checks. were. written ‘Payable to ROBERT
[795]SCHEER.) ':. 7 .
[797]“nate Dagosited |” Payae's A ‘Ksoisine fo  xeumig |
[799]oe 301 Broadway, San . —
[800].... Franeisco, California ~
[801]oe (Payroll Account) _
[802]10/2/67 (Ss Ramparts Magazine === 50755
[803]10/12/67 °- ~=~.—=, Associated Students —~S~SOUOs—C=*s
[804]ae ee California Western |
[805]oe —- _ University = ae
[806]. 10/18/67, 7 _ "Ramparts" Magazine = ——S—s«S 7S
[807]1/1/67 we "Ramparts" Magazine. | : 807.55 —
[808]12/18/67 = ss Ramparts" Magazine = 507685
[809]“11/20/67 Stanford University, 300.00 |
[810]. _ eo , Student Organization Se an
[811]_ Fund .
[813]3/19/68 - Oakland, California =~ SF 100- 46832
[815]On —________ at ee | le H
[817]SA LAWRENCE J. NEIZON:cm re 3/20/68
[818]by : —_—Date dictated
[820]This document contains neither recommendations nor ¢ conclusions « of the FBI. -It is the property of the FBI apd is loa d to
[821]your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed (785 your. geency. _ _ Cony... of Copies ;
[822]| OS 7 =
[824]d R fe e a Page... ee ocue Of. Be Pages, oe
[826]1 NW 68613
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[830]—- §F. 100- 46832
[831]_WEH: cm
[833]~~ Date Deposited :
[835]11/20/67
[837]12/6/67.
[840]12/18/67
[842]12/18/67
[844]ug/ie/67
[846]the above check vas nerked "refund". —
[850]1/2/68
[851]1/3/68
[852]1/16/68
[853]1/26/68
[855]1/26/68.
[856]1/26/68
[858]2/3/68.
[860]NW 88613
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[863]"Payee's Account
[864]"University. of California
[865]Santa Cruz
[866]"Ramparts" Magazine
[868]| "pamparts" Magazine
[869]"Brandeis University |
[871]_ Fordham University
[873]Agenzia Fugazi, Ine.,
[875]Travel Agency, San
[876]“Francisco, California
[878]Associated Students, -
[879]Los. Angeles. Valley conlege,
[881]"Ramparts" Magazine -
[883]“Ramparts” Magazine _
[887](largely illecible)
[889]but "McGill University"
[891]appears on the check
[893]University of Manitoba
[895](largely illegible) but
[897]"Manitoba" appears on >
[898]the check =
[900]"Ramparts" Magazine |
[902]“Amount
[906]507. 55
[907]507. 55
[908]300, 00
[909]300.00
[911]168.95 |
[913]507.55 -
[915]13c,00 |
[916]41L.O5
[917]“458.75
[919]257425
[922]| 473,80.
[924]Copy nnn saviaeessmeegage Copies
[925]- Page. 14 a L aie
[927]anonsececefusacgnds
[929]SF 100-46832
[930]. WEH:cm —
[932]_ Date oe Payee's Account 7
[933]2/20/68. Sos "Ramparts" Magazine ——
[934]2/20/68. a - ‘University of Idaho
[936]3/8/68 fs Albion College
[937]oS Albion, Michigan
[939]“$473.80, a
[942]The ‘above information is confidential and ‘éannot ;
[943]be ‘made public except in the usual procedure. following |
[945]“the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, directed to Me.
[946]AARON C. ORTON, Operations’ Officer, | College Avenue .
[947]Branch, Bank. of Americas 6202 College~Avenue Oaklands
[949]California.
[951]. ‘The. original documents listed above | are no longer
[953]in possession. of. the bank.
[957]NW 88613
[958]| Docld:34517445 Page 16
[960]Bank € Trust Co. ’ Albion, Pk
[962]3/29/68 =... California Intercollegiate — oo
[963]= os Pyess Association, Hayward, a
[964]be California a $350.00
[965]3/29/68 .. ~———. ,s *RRamparts" Magazine | $423.80 |
[966]4/1/68 ss Cheek (from IDA SCHEER, =
[967]oe oo 2868 Bronx Park. East,
[968]New York City, drawn on. —
[969]_ .Manufacturers Hanover Trust...
[970]oe COn 5g New York City . 8 15.00...
[971]4/10/68 . University of California, oo
[972]os mo ' Trvine, Calif., drawn on. Oo
[973]ee ss United California Bank _ $336.00.
[974]illegible §.  . ~—_Bank of Province, city $700.00
[975]se -- unknown, Canada, account # ~  — -
[976]00059-010-00-02003 (check
[977]BC -. believed issued to "Ramparts" a
[978]Ne . Magazine) —_ . 7 Cexchangerate.
[979]me a [ $644.00)
[980]U/L7/68. 0 Ramparts" Magazine $350.00 -
[981]a | | 16 7 .
[983]On 6/27/68 ‘at Cakiand, California Pile #. ee
[984]by — SA WILLIAM E. HUGHES /men oe Date dictated 1/8768 cain
[985]This document contains ‘neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI: Te is the property of ‘the FBI and i is loaned to ;
[987]_ your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside YOUr, BEERS a san ges OE a ; FP
[988]Se _ aae UE. . Copy seseacsegecescesssees OE secarponrennevnsee Copies
[989]YD, oes a Page. h Gan Ot p LE e060
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[993]“FID-302 (Rev. de83-64) 008 OS a
[995]. .
[997]AER Mate)
[998]Asa a ra
[999]ae Winraren a Sages . .
[1000]5 . ee Tnsis ann . “ roe
[1002]. FEDERAL BUREAU OF. INVESTIGATION.
[1004]| ‘Date —_ “1 toree
[1006]‘The College Avenue. Branch of Bank of: America, 6201
[1008]College Avenue, Oakland, California, maintains a Commercial
[1009]checking account. for ANNE. W. SCHEER or ROBERT. SCHEER, 6468
[1011]_ Benvenue_ Avenue, Oakland. This account bears account. number |.
[1012]Sano’ 03178 and was opened September 18, 1967. a So
[1014]: q
[1016]| “On June ‘19- 1, (1968, an. examination of bank records»
[1018]_ pertaining to items deposited in this account during the period —
[1019]-. March 6, 1968 to. June 21, 1968, were made available. Among.
[1020]. the checks deposited during this: period were the following
[1021]checks. payable to" ROBERT. ‘SCHEER: .
[1023]pate aa mg BS | “Maker a ks Amount
[1024]| 2/29/68 _ tRamparts® Magazine 423.80
[1025]8/18/68 "Ramparts" Magazine = $423.80.
[1026]3/8/68 = =i ss—sé=“—s AGN. COL Lege ,~AlbioOn, rs
[1028]. ee Michigan, drawn on City —
[1030]| Docld:34517445 Page 1f
[1032]SF 100- 46832
[1033]WEH: :men
[1035]4/16/68 = ©. Towa State University of . a
[1036]re on Science & Technology, Ames,
[1038]Iowa, drawn on 1st National. . on
[1039]oe” Bank, Ames, Iowa | $500.00 —
[1040]Unreadable - — ~Towa State University of. a
[1042]7 oo.  Sedence € Technology  $2ur. 00.
[1043]4/30/68 = "Ramparts" Magazine  . ° $473.80-
[1044]| 5/15/68 = "Ramparts" Magazine $473. 80 ;
[1045]_ 5/21/68 =... | DAVID KOLODNEY, 6468 . :
[1046]a ne , Benevue Avenue, Oakland,
[1047]drawn on Wells Fargo Bank,
[1048]a University Branch, Berkeley, -
[1049]Soe os California. $170. 00
[1050]5/16/68 = ss State University of New York at
[1051]es Buffalo, drawn on Marine Midland
[1052]. Rank, ‘University. Office, — . a
[1053]re Buffalo, New York «| $196.90
[1054]5/24/68 "Ramparts Magazine  §° § 79.81 |
[1055]- 5/24/68 "Ramparts" Magazine > $100.00 ”
[1056]-§/31/68 "Ramparts" Magazine — $473.80 -
[1057]6/3/68...  =—s "Ramparts" Magazine: $170. 00
[1058]6/11/68 CHRISTOPHER. D. “YEILLS, - ,
[1059]re a ~ 108 El Camino Real, Berkeley,
[1060]California, drawn on Sumitomo =
[1061]oe Bank of California, Oakland $250. 00 7
[1062]6/7/68 - “Ramparts" Magazine check | 2
[1063]. _.to Berlitz School of Languages: $261. 87
[1064]6/7/68 - "Ramparts Magazine $227.45 .
[1065]6/7/68... . "Ramparts" Magazine $205.00
[1066]6/10/68. a "Ramparts" Magazine - . - $400.00
[1067]oe “on June 10, 1968, a Bank of America money order, no.
[1068]~ 52423, was purchased by ANNE WEILLS SCHEER made out to Berlitz
[1069]School of Languages” in the amount of $295. 00%.
[1070]6/21/68 - ou. Ss. “Government check from gue2.08
[1071]deposited — OU. 8. Marshal, New York City. a
[1072]Copy. a SL oe. P Copi e3-
[1073], Page. LE se eat Pages |
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[1080]3p 100-46832 ge
[1081]WEH: men re ae ee So fo Ce
[1083]“One personal check “igsuead by ROBERT. SCHEER to Berlitz.
[1085]~ School of Languages in the amount of $150.00, was. refused by.
[1087]this bank because of insufficient funds” in the S CHEER” account
[1089]during June, 1968.
[1091]- The above information is’ confidential and. cannot be-
[1093]made public except in a usual proceeding following. issuance of
[1095]a subpoena duces. tecum, directed to Mr. AARON C. ORTON. “Operations —
[1097]NW 88613
[1099]%fficer, Bank of America, 6201 . College Avenue » Oakland, ‘California.
[1101]Each of the ‘wRamparts” Magazine. ‘checks were “drawn on
[1103]che Commonwealth National Bank of San_ | Francisco.
[1105]“e
[1107]| Copy... seeeeectiegs fot. J Copies: ;
[1108]“Faas ASL. Pages
[1110]Dochi:34517445 Page 19
[1112]| SF 100- 46832 a
[1113]WEH: jb ce
[1115], "ROBERT. SCHEER, eyes Benvenue Avenue , ‘Oakland,
[1116]“California, applied for a loan June 10, 1968, at which time
[1117]_ he furnished the following financial information:
[1119]He has. a. ‘savings account at “united California.
[1120]Bank, San Francisco, opened July 1966, with a: low three
[1121]- figure: balance. © He maintains a ‘checking ; account. at Bank’:
[1122]of America, — 6201 College Avenue, Oakland...He has.a salary
[1123]of "1,000 per month and an additional income. From. lectures.
[1124]and writings amounting to $8, 000 yearly. .He owns a .1958_
[1125]Mercedes 220 sedan with no. mort page. against. t.. He owns.
[1126]a 1967 Saab stationwagon, -which is- being financed through ©
[1127]the First State. Bank, San. Leandro ,_ California, with a.
[1128]~ balance of $1,560. “His mother .is IDA. KURAN SCHEER, 2868.
[1129]~ Bronx Park. West; Bronx, New York. His father-in- _ Taw is
[1130]~ JOHN. WEILLS , 108. ‘El Camino Real, Bebkeley, California.
[1131]His home -is “mort gaged through American Savings . -and Loan
[1132]' Association, San Jose, with a balance of $23, 000 on which —
[1133]monthly | payments are made of $214. “Second home mortgage ~~
[1134]is carried through Central Realty, Telegraph Avenue, Oakland,
[1135]with a balance of.$2,000 and monthly payments of $uo.. He |
[1136]has Bankamericard 180-763-484 on which there is a ‘balance: of |
[1137]_ $209 owing. He has a Master Charge Card. 3017-802-921,
[1138]on. which there is a $300 balance. The loan requested was
[1139]refused when- SCHEER was asked for a copy of his latest ==
[1140]ancome > tax return to be furnished, and SCHEER: vefused to do
[1141]SO. ‘The purpose - of the loan was_ not | stated. : . —
[1143]SF Tt 7 a coe
[1144]June ig, (1968 -
[1146]‘ROBERT SCHEER had a total income in 1966 of about:
[1147]He had a total. income in 1967 of. ab.
[1148]salary from his m at "Ramparts ©
[1149]0 from his writings” and
[1151]_ IRS [JFK Law 11(a)] — oe oe CS August 29, 1968 ©
[1153]28D Fons Wot. = Copies
[1154]_ Page. vowed hg asofevsreens of. Bens
[1156]NW 88673
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[1160]-- SF 100- 46832.
[1163]a Mr. and Mrs ROBERT SCHEER have maintained a
[1164]| joint checking account at the College Avenue Branch, Bank
[1165]of America, 6201. College Avenue, Oakland, California. It
[1166]was. learned this. account was. transferred. about September
[1167]20, 1968 to a checking account in. the name of ANNE W. SCHEER.
[1168]‘only. Deposits. to this account have shown that. ROBERT. a
[1169]“SCHEER received -a check for $100. from the University Of |
[1170]California. at Berkeley dated July 19, 1968, which. was -
[1171]deposited “to this: account. = a
[1173]ca On August | 25 “1968, he “deposited three small
[1174]checks made out to IDA KURAN SCHEER; one dated July 10, 9.0.
[1175]_.1968-in the amount of $65 from the TLGWU National Retire-
[1176]- ment Fund, drawn on the Royal National Bank of New. York.
[1177]-. Another. check dated May 20, 1968 in the amount of $30 to.
[1178]“IDA SCHEER was. issued by the Health™and Welfare Fund, “Knit:
[1179]| Goods - Workers. Union, drawn on the Chemical Bank of. New
[1180]~~ York. On August 23, 1968, a check for’ $111.60.from the _
[1181]~ US Treasury Department to IDA KURAN SCHEER marked. Social .
[1182]Security” check was deposited.
[1184]a ao On August 18, 1968, a ‘deposit: was ‘made for.a_
[1185]Check. of $110. from the ‘United States National Student | .
[1186]- Association, 21st. Congress. account , ‘drawn on the Union oe.
[1187]“National Bank, “Manhattan, Kansas. ‘On August 30, 1968, a
[1188]_ payroll ‘check in the amount of $496. 35 from. "Ramparts" _ _
[1189]magazine was deposited. .On September 17,.1968, the
[1190]"Ramparts" check issued to Subject in the “amount: of.
[1191]$254.44 was deposited. On September 16, 1968, a check in.
[1192]the amount of 3500 from NBC, drawn’ on. the Morgan Trust |.
[1193].. Company, New York City,. and issued to THOMAS HAYDEN care of
[1194]. Liberation Publications, 5. Beeckman Place, New: York, was.
[1195]_. deposited. On September 12, 1968, a payroll check in the_
[1196]amount of $496.35 was deposited. On September 23, 1968,
[1197]a check in the amount of $400 issued to ANNE. SCHEER, “drawn
[1198]on the’ Fisherman's Wharf Branch, Bank. of Ameria, by ROBERT
[1199]~ SCHEER was - deposited. - On October. 18, 1968, a.$100 check:
[1200]from "Ramparts" magazine was: deposited : in the account of |
[1201]_ ANNE. SCHEER. ,
[1203]spevsnenvesene OE vasceceneraastoneccss Covtes
[1205]Page.. "0: “of a -
[1207]Cor Serepyeny
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[1213]WEH:3b
[1215]SF T~9 |
[1216]July.29,°1968  .
[1217]August 9, 1968.
[1218]September 26, 1968
[1219]October 14, 1968.
[1220]October | 22, 1968.
[1222]- . . "The above ‘information. may not. ‘be made public except.
[1224]ain a ‘usual proceeding. following issuance of a subpoena duces ©
[1225]-.tecum addressed to Mr. AARON C. ORTON, Operations Manager,
[1227]_ Bank of “America, 6201 College Avenue , Oakland, California..
[1229]‘ROBERT. SCHEER peeeived a check From "Ramparts"
[1231]“hatganine. July 31, 1968, in the amount of $200 drawn.
[1233]on. the Commonwealth. National Bank of San Francisco. - He
[1235]also received a payroll check dated July 31, 1968 in
[1236]the amount of $517.90 from "Ramparts" magazine. He
[1237]received a check August 13, 1968 in the amount of $300.
[1239]from "Ramparts" magazine. "Each of these checks was drawn
[1241]| on. ‘the Commonwealth National Bank , San Francisco.
[1243]SP. T- 10. _
[1244]August | 27, A968 |
[1246]a The’ above information may ‘not be made public.
[1247]except in a usual proceeding following issuance of a |
[1248]subpoena duces tecum addressed to. Mr. DON ‘FAZACKERELY ,
[1250]Commonwealth National Bank, Montgomery and Sacramento: ae
[1252]Streets, san. Francisco.
[1254]1263
[1258]eeceeedeensnacaacvees
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[1265]FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION —
[1267]Lo eS . a oe a + Bile MOBIL pe
[1269]at Records of: Bank of. America, Fisherman! s Wharf
[1270]Branch, 330 Bay Street, San Francisco, California,
[1271]reflect. that account number 06780- 00074 was opened
[1272]~in the name of ROBERT SCHEER, 495 Beach. Street, San -
[1273]_ Francisco, on September 20, 1968, Deposits to "this
[1274]account are as. follows: Da
[1275]‘September, 20, 1968 1 check for $100. dated .
[1276]. September 17, 1968, from >
[1277]U.S National Student
[1278]- ‘Association, Washington,
[1279]- -D...C., to ROBERT - SCHEER
[1280]_ drawn on Riggs National
[1281]; Bank, Washington, D. Cee
[1283]- September 20, 1968 1 check for $446, 35. to oo _
[1284]a _ ROBERT SCHEER from "Ramparts" oe
[1285]Magazine drawn on First a
[1286]-Western Bank, Main Office,”
[1287]San Francisco, California |
[1289]- September 27, 1968. Deposit of $350. 00 ‘composed —
[1290]eT - of cheek for $750.00 drawn
[1291]on First Western Bank and
[1292]Trust Company, University _
[1293]Park Office, Irvine, California, _
[1294]Oe oo ee to ROBERT SCHEER, less cash oe
[1295]a 4 Co ‘of $400.00. ae
[1296]ae a, _. (Recordak film unreadable so
[1297]“maker: unknown )- my
[1299]October 3, 1968 “Deposit of $275.00. of a cashier" Ss.
[1300]~ gheek number 1543672 from _
[1301]Crocker-Citizens. National. Bank,
[1302]Golden Gateway - - Jackson Square
[1303]‘Branch, 625 Battery. Street,
[1304], San Francisco. -
[1306]on 20/28, 27/56 Sar Francisco, California pite # SF 1090-16892
[1308]by __SA_WILLIAM E. _HUGHES/rb. _ _Date dictated — 10/22/68
[1310]This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It.is the property of the Fel and is loaned to
[1311]. your agency; it: and its. contents are not to be distribut, echoutsidenyou BABeENC Ya . asd
[1312]_ ; ee fn Copy.. Copies
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[1320]SF 100-46832
[1323]~ October 9,.-1968 | Deposit of $555.08 composed
[1324]of check for $655.08 less
[1325]$106 cash; drawn on First
[1326]Western Bank, San Francisco
[1327](film has not. yet been
[1328]developed).
[1330]The above. information: may not be jhade public.
[1331]-  exeept in a usual. proceeding, following issuance of a Z
[1332]_. subpoena duces. tecum addressed to Mr. . RICHARD D. FULLER,
[1334]Bank of. America, 330. Bay Street, San Francisco, -
[1335]California.
[1337]re a
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[1355]It was leanred ‘that ! during October 1968, SCHEER
[1357]wrote a check for $300 and another check for. $40, e€ach of.
[1359]which was refused by his. bank because of insufficient
[1361]. funds to. cover these checks. SCHEER also wrote a- check
[1363]for $45.30 on November 21, (1968, ‘to the Hotel Chelsea,
[1365]New York City, which was. deposited in the National City —
[1367]Bank, 23rd Street and Avenue of the Americas ‘Branch.
[1368]‘SCHEER reportedly was having trouble because some of his.»
[1369]pay ‘Checks from "Ramparts'' magazine were not honored’ when
[1371]presented for payment. SCHEER also reportedly wrote a check .
[1372]for $25. on December 22, 1968,made out to the Hilton Inn.
[1373]New York City. ‘SCHEER wrote a check to United Airlines
[1374](UAL) for $30, dated December 14, 1968 at New York City.
[1375]He also issued a check to American Airlines, Houston, Texas
[1377]for, $25 on December 30, 1968. He issued a check to the |
[1378]' Continental Hilton, Mexico City, Mexico in the . amount of
[1380]2 $35, dated December 30, 1968.
[1382]SCHEER. made only one deposit of Suna. on. January -
[1384]3, 1969, which was a check from. "Ramparts" magazine drawn
[1386]on. the Commonwealth National Bank, san: Francisco.
[1388]: SF T= 11 : .
[1389]- October 31, “1968, .
[1390]- - November 23, 1968
[1391]_. - December 31, 1968
[1392]January 28, 1969
[1394]‘None of the above information| may. be: ‘made public
[1396]except in a usual proceeding following issuance of a
[1397]subpoena duces tecum directed to RICHARD. D. FULLER,
[1398]Operations Officer, Fisherman's Wharf Branch, Bank of
[1400]America, 330 Bay Street, San Francisco.
[1402]‘ROBERT SCHEER's checking account at Bank of”.
[1404]‘Anierica, 330 Bay Street, San Francisco, California, showed —
[1406]— only three small deposits. during , April 1969 as follows:
[1408]March 4, 1969 - $50.00 —
[1409]March 18, 1969 ~ $68.00 |
[1410]March 27, 1969 - $180.00.
[1412]Be foe COP gy
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[1427]SF100-4683200
[1428]WEH:}b0 re 7
[1430]1G Ot This account has ‘been. quite inactive during February
[1431]‘and March. 1969. There was a deposit of $2500.76 on April |
[1433]ll, (1969 resulting from a telegraphic. transfer of funds
[1435]. £rom: the Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City .to. ROBERT SCHEER
[1436]from CYRELLY ABEL. As noted above, these bank records are
[1438]confidential and cannot be made public without a “subpoena.
[1439]a, . oo . SF T-96 . .
[1440]_ April 17, “1969
[1442]Passport Information
[1444]Files of ‘the Passport Office, US Department of”
[1446]- State, Washington ,_ D. C., were reviewed by SA DOUGLAS M.
[1447]BROWN. on. January: 26, 1968 and. reflected. ‘the- following.
[1449]On January 28, 1966, Passport number Te 41559 was”
[1451]igsued at the San Francisco Passport Agency to. ROBERT SCHEER,
[1453]based on his. application , January 27, 1966.. SCHEER stated
[1455]he was born April 4, 1936 at Bronx, New ‘York, was a writer
[1456]by occupation, “residing & 228 Milvia Street; “Berkeley, :
[1457]Californa. . : .
[1459]His last passport, number D 163804, was issued
[1460]February 5, 1963. It was cancelled and returned to SCHEER .
[1461]when the above application was submitted. His parents.
[1462]were identified as FRED SCHEER, born in Germany, May 5,
[1464]1898, and IDA KURAN, born in Russia, April 24, 1900. His
[1466]father was. a United States citizen, but his mother was not.
[1468]ae citizen.. He was last married in 1965 to. ANNE. BUTTERFIELD
[1470]WEILLS, born Eureka, California, March 14, 1942. She was.
[1472]designated as the person to be notified in an emergency at
[1474]the above address. SCHEER stated in the application that he
[1476]planned to depart San Francisco via Japan Airlines for a trip
[1477]of one month to- Japan, Cambodia. and Hong Kong for journalistie
[1479]purposes.
[1481]On November 29, 1967, SCHEER ‘wrote a! letter | on
[1483]the. letterhead of "Ramparts" magazine and signed the letter _.
[1484]as Managing Editor of that publication, which he. sent to the.
[1485]Visa Department, US Department of State, Washington, D. Coy)
[1487]stating he had been invited to attend a cultural conference
[1488]in Havana, Cuba» in. January 1968, by the. ‘Cuban Commission to
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[1502]the United Nations. He stated he. “found it necessary. in: his -
[1503]position to accept this invitation and requested a visa for Oe
[1504]‘this purpose « oo ~
[1506]The Department of State: advised SCHEER by. letter -
[1508]‘ated December 18, 1967 that provided he would execute. the
[1510]: enclosed affidavit stating that He desired to attend the
[1512]‘conference: as. a professional revorter and would not par- |
[1513]‘ticipate in the conference in anv manner, his application
[1514]“would appear to qualify under existing regulations.
[1516]On December 20, 1967, ‘SCHEER returned the affidavit .
[1517]which ‘was executed on that ‘date. before a notary public in
[1518]San Francisco. On December 27, (1967, ‘the San Francisco
[1519]Passport Office was authorized “by the. State Department to |
[1521]validate SCHEER's passport. for one Pound trip to Cuba. |
[1523]The State Department files reflect that the passport was”
[1524]Te) validated at San. Francisco: on. December. 29, 1967.
[1526]Miss MADELINE EBINGER, Clerk, Passport. Office,
[1528]US. Department of State, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco,
[1529]advised March 20, 1968 that her office received . authoriza—
[1531]tion from. the State Department ; Washington, | D. C. on March -
[1532]19, 1968 to validate the passport of ROBERT SCHEER, DUGALD
[1534]STERMER and FREDERICK C. MITCHELL, all of "Ramparts" magazine-
[1536]for one round trip to Cuba, each for journalistic purposes.
[1537]STERMER is art director of "Ramparts" magazine and MITCHELL»
[1538]a senior editor of "Ramparts", Miss EBINGER expected SCHEER
[1539]to appear in the immediate future for this validation. since
[1540]she stated he has been telephoning the passport office
[1541]daily for the past week to determine if the validation of his.
[1543]", Passport. had been authorized.
[1545]On. April 16, 1968, ROBERT. SCHEER was observed by.
[1547]a Special Agent of the FBI. to visit. the Passport Office of
[1549]the State Department in San Francisco, where he had his.
[1551]passport validated for one round trip to Cuba. This was
[1553]of § State CUSDS) , ‘Washington, D. Ces stated. on August 23,
[1555]_ confirmed by MADELINE. EBINGER the same day.
[1557]Mrs. DOROTHY GIBBS, Passport Office, | US Department oe
[1559]“Copy. snccemetetgeeie Of A. ac OopLes
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[1572]“1968 +t to SE ROBERT P, LYNCH that the. State Department wired a
[1574]the San Francisco Passport Agency instructing, "You are.
[1576]_ authorzied to validate. passport G 041559, issued to ROBERT
[1578]_ SCHEER of ‘Ramparts } valid for one - ‘round trip to. Cuba.
[1580]Miss. MADELINE EBINGER advised on September 18, “i968
[1582]that records of that. office reflect that the passport of
[1584]ROBERT SCHEER was validated for one round trip to Cuba on
[1586]‘August 22, 1968. She said she recalled that an unknown man
[1588]appeared at the Passport Office a few minutes before.
[1590]~ closing time on August 22, 1968 and insisted: that the ..
[1591]“passport be validated that evening since ROBERT SCHEER intended.
[1593]to depart that evening. —
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[1607]IT. AFFILIATION WITH SUBVERSIVE |
[1608]_AND . OTHER. GROUPS
[1610]“Contact | with Cuban Consulate
[1612]. SERENA and ROBERT: SCHEER were among the individuals
[1613]» who had contacted the Cuban Consulate in. New York City re- |
[1614]7 garding ¢ a trip to. Cuba. : ca
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[1619]A. Fair. Play For Cuba
[1620]____ Committee (FPCC) -
[1622]A characterization of the
[1623]FPCC. is corained in the
[1624]Appendix of this: report.
[1626]a "The Daily Californian," a daily newspaper ‘of the.
[1627]- Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley, -
[1628](UCB), issue of September 22, 1960, identified ROBERT SCHEER
[1629]as - Research. Director of the Student Fair. Play. for Cuba Com-
[1630]mittee (SFPCC) on the Berkeley Campus » oo
[1632]ee “The National. Office of. the Socialist Workers Party
[1633]“(SWE maintained a quantity of. corre spondence dealing with ......-
[1634]efforts of the SWP to infiltrate and dominate the FPCC. This.
[1635]material included the. following notation: BOB SCHEER, oe
[1636]originally from N. Y.- CCNY, was in SDA. Led: Fight to expel
[1637]YSL and told me that. they called him a Stalinist. Ina _
[1638]political discussion he gave me that impression too, though
[1639]he. can attack Soviet Union before a liberal audience™ Either -
[1641]in periphery of CP or thereabouts (influenced, etc. ).
[1643]SF Tp 13 _
[1644]November 18, 1960.
[1646]The SWP has been designated |
[1647]by the Attorney General: of ©
[1648]the United States. pursuant to
[1649]Executive Order 10450.
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[1661]- "The Daily Californian," issue. of . ‘December. 22,
[1663]. 1960, reflected that the SFPCC was formed at a meeting. in
[1664]Berkeley, September 21, 1960. This article: stated. that .
[1665]amond: the officers elected at this meeting was ROBERT: SCHEER,
[1667]"and MAURICE ZEITLIN, Secretary.
[1669]. > The publication "Student Council," Volume. a, “Number _
[1670]1, dated. November 4, 1960, declared that this publication |
[1671]- constituted ‘the first issue of the "Student Council," FPCC
[1672]newsletter, and that this publication would be a bi-monthly  .
[1673]report concerning Cuba and the. activities of. the newly organized.
[1674]-, Student Cotincil chapters. ‘The publication on page one.
[1675]- reported that under the leadership of RICHARD CURRIER: and ©
[1676]- ROBERT SCHEER, the Berkeley Chapter had- enlisted 90 members -
[1677]and had held. several. successful meetings. _
[1679]A source advised November 18, 1960, “that
[1681]an associate of RICHARD CURRIER described
[1682]_. CURRIER as new to politics and - as. being very _
[1683]* close: to MAURICE. ZEITLIN. . .
[1685]a SF ‘T- 130 . -_ ria
[1687]The: same source ‘reported that an associate ©
[1689]of MAURICE ZEITLIN described him as an in-_
[1691]dividual: who formerly called himself.a.-
[1693]Stalinist and who has expressed himself as.
[1694]‘supporting Russia and. Red China. -
[1696]SFT-13000° 000007
[1697]November 18, (1960.
[1699]Another source related February 12, 1957,
[1700]that .in September 1956, MAURICE ZEITLIN = ~-
[1701]evidenced interest in joining the Labor.
[1702]Youth League (LYL) in Detroit, ‘Michigan, -
[1704]but did not become active in LYL and, in .-
[1706]fact, repulsed LYL efforts totake over a
[1708]discussion group at Wayne University
[1709]which ZEITLIN led.
[1711]SFT-le
[1712]February’ 12, 1957
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[1720]who was elected Research Director; RICHARD | CURRIER, ‘President; pokes
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[1725]- The LYL has been designated
[1726]by the Attorney General ‘OF |
[1727]the United States. pursuant >
[1728]to Executive. Order LOuSO.
[1730]eae a ‘The. "Stanford Daily” newspaper, issue of February
[1731]_ 9,.1961, contained an article entitled "Bay Area Students:
[1732] ‘Deseribe Progress of Revolutionary Cuba. This. article
[1733]-explained that on February 8, 1961, there were a number of
[1734]persons who spoke.on the campus of Stanford University,
[1735]Palo Alto, California, favoring "progress" in Cuba since.
[1736]the revolution.. One of these speakers was identified | as.
[1737]2, ROBERT SCHEER, from ‘UCB. : 7
[1739]An. FPCC faction meeting ‘gpongored™ by the SWP was.
[1741]. held March 21, 1961, at 5931. Whitney - Street, Oakland, a
[1742]' California. ROBERT. SCHEER was not present at this meeting,
[1743]but was described as one of the 14 students on the campus.
[1744]of UCB who had signed a petition. for” a elub of ‘the FPCC to.
[1746]be = active on the» campus . a oo
[1748]SF T- 15- oe
[1749]March: ‘22, (1961
[1751]| | a meeting of the. Ray Area -FPRCC (BAFPCC) was held - :
[1752]at the Unitarian Church, Bancroft and. Dana- Street, Berkeley,
[1753]at which ROBERT SCHEER was not present; however, it was | :
[1754]' announced that a forum on Cuba was taking place ‘on. the UCB.
[1755]campus, at the same time as this meeting was. taking. place
[1756]and that Mr. SCHEER was one of two people responsible. for. _
[1757]- this Cuba forum. It was stated that SCHFER was also weiting
[1758]a book about Cuba in cooperation with another | author,
[1760]SF T- 15 a
[1761]. March 29, 19621 | TO
[1762]— A meeting. of BAFPCC. was held. May. 3, “1961, at 150 _
[1763]Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco. This’ meeting was not _
[1764]attended by ROBERT. SCHEER, but_an announcement ‘was made
[1766]_ during this meeting that the Student Ad Hoc Committee ©
[1767]Against Intervention ain Cuba, which is also known as the
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[1782]Bay Area. Student Committee to. Oppose Intervention . in ‘Cuba,
[1783]was formed'on April 17, 1961. This new group was said to have
[1784]a 7-man executive committee , of whom six are members of. the
[1785]FPCC. ROBERT SCHEER was listed as oné of the members of -
[1786]_. the executive committee. The secretary of the BAFPCC announced.
[1787]_. that two members of the executive committee of the Student.
[1789]_ Ad Hoe. Committee Against Intervention in Cuba had contacted
[1790]the > executive committee of. BAFPCC executive committee, | a
[1791]because they. wanted to work with and coordinate activities.
[1793]~ with. BAFPCC. It was. recommended and voted that the entire.
[1794]7-man executive committee of the Student Ad-Hoc: Committee
[1796]_. Against Intervention in: Cuba be added to. the executive oe
[1797]committee of BAFPCC. :
[1799]SF T- -15 . .
[1800]Observation. of Special Agent:
[1801]of the FBI on May 3, 1961 =
[1803]oo The name: of ROBERT SCHEER, ‘Berkeley, California,
[1804]was maintained on the mailing list of FPCC, Room 329;
[1805]799 Broadway 5 New York , New York.
[1808]‘September 24 and 25, 1961.
[1810]Bo The Daily Californian," issue of. December 12, Lo
[1811]‘1961, contained a letter. to the editor which upheld FIDEL |
[1812]CASTRO and was signed "BOB SCHEER, Grad., Student Econ.
[1814]Member Fair Play Exec. Comm. 1960, 1. and by. the name of
[1815]“one other person. _ |
[1817]B. Progressive Labor Party (PLP)
[1818]| cA characterization of the an
[1819]‘PLP is contained in the | ae
[1820]_ Appendix of this report. —
[1822]: Cos. A Free University party. was held June- 26, 1965,
[1823]. at.20 East 14th Street, New York. City, attended by a number
[1824]. of people including. PLP members. Also in attendance was
[1826]- gape. Ww ——
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[1839]one. BOB SCHEER, who ‘stated. he had just returned from Vietnam.
[1840]‘and had been ‘the only American at the conference held in...
[1841]Indonesia. SCHEER added’ that. he had Just, written an article
[1842]for "Ramparts" magazine.
[1843]- SF T-17 0...
[1844]June 28, :1965
[1846]Cc. W. Ee B. Du Bois of
[1847]_ _ America (DCA) ce
[1849]- A characterization of. the
[1850]DCA. is contained in the
[1851]Appendix of this report. —
[1853]: A demonstration calling for an end of. the war in.
[1854]Vietnam was sponsored jointly by DCA and Women for Peace.
[1855]- and was held April 17, 1965, at the Civic. Center, San |
[1856]. Francisco.. The principal speaker at this affair was
[1857]ROBERT | SCHEER. — of,
[1859]7 SF T-15
[1860]April 22, 1965 —
[1862]SPF T-18 . oo ae
[1863]i a April 19, 1965.
[1864]‘Du, Bois Clubs | Suppor rt
[1865]A meeting of the San Francisco W. -E. B. DU Bois |
[1866]Club was held at 250 Page Street, San Francisco, on May 22,
[1867]1966.- This meeting was concerned principally with the
[1868]~ ROBERT SCHEER campaign for U..S. Congress. It was. agreed
[1869]that the Du Bois Clubs would support SCHEER and actively
[1870]campaign in his behalf. SCHEER - was not present - at. ‘the |
[1871]meeting. _ a
[1873]SF T-19 —
[1874]May: 27, 1966
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[1892]San Francisco W.E.B. Du “Rois Club members travelled _
[1894]‘to Bast oakiana, California, June 4, 1966, where they ecan=—
[1896]vassed the persons. who were registered Democratic. in the.
[1897]various precincts and. requested them to. vote for. - ROBERT -
[1899]_» SCHEER for Congress.
[1902]June. 7, 1966
[1904]De “Students for: a. Democratic
[1906]Societ (SDS).
[1908]A characterization ‘of the
[1909]SDS is. contained. in the.
[1910]Appendix of this® report.
[1912]| The November ll, 1964. issue of: "SPUR" ‘eontains-
[1914]on page 10 a news item from Berkeley, California, which ©
[1916]- reports a panel discussion featuring ROBERT SCHEER, des- |
[1917]'. . epibed as _"...arthor, correspondent | for The Realist and a
[1918]_. member of the New School.. The topic: ‘What is to Be Done _
[1920](After the Elections)' was described as the fourth in a.
[1921]series of such forums co- sponsored by the W. BE. B. Du Bois,
[1922]Clubs, SDS and the New. School. Te ;
[1924]"SPUR" is.a self- described newsletter of |
[1925]the W. E.B. Du Bois Clubs_ of America.
[1927]A characterization of the
[1928]DCA is contained in the
[1929]7 "Appendix of. this report.
[1931]On December 23, 1964, a Special Agent of the FBI
[1932]obtained a handbill at the UCR announcing that the SDS, —
[1934]. the San Francisco New School and the W.E. B. “Du Bois Clb
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[1938]part. in this discussion.
[1940]would present a discussion on November. 10, 1964, at ‘Stiles
[1941]Hall, ‘Berkeley, at 8:00 pm. BOB. ‘SCHEER: was: named as taking
[1943]-PRANK MORSMAN, who is “employed at the. headquarters
[1945]of SDS, 924° Howard Street , San: Francisco, stated: ‘January 6,
[1947]1966, that SDS holds a weekly class which is a combination
[1948]lecture- discussion session on. the ramifications of the cold.
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[1955]war, with. special: emphasis on ‘the ‘role of Red. China as it.
[1956]politically divergent from the Marxism of the Soviet. Union.
[1957]‘ MORSMAN stated BOB SCHEER is one Of those who: regularly
[1959]. attends these classes. .
[1961]. SF T-21. ae
[1962]“ - January” 21, 1966
[1963]. An undated letter: From the Chicago Peace Couneil
[1965]advertises ‘a meeting to be held May 11, 1967, as well as
[1967]a flyer. regarding -a speech to be made in Chicago May ll, |
[1969]1967, by ROBERT SCHEER under the sponsorship of the Studen
[1970]“for a Democratic Society. (SDS) was. receivéd in. Mav 1967.
[1971]This speech by SCHEER was to be made on the “subject of
[1973]"Us S.- Involvement. in Vietnam.
[1974]a SF T-22_
[1975]May 18, 1967
[1977]A leaflet advertising. a "teach Int on the topic
[1979]is”
[1981]ts
[1983]of "The Multiversity and the Empire" was.scheduled to be ~
[1985]held at Mc Millin Auditoriun, 116th Street and. Broadway, -
[1987]New York City on (11/22/68 under sponsorship — of Columbia”. * |
[1989]~ SDS. . ae
[1990]gp nibs
[1991]November 30, 1968
[1992]E.. Young Socialist npadgnee (sa)
[1994]_ _Neeting» May 24, 1966
[1996]_ The Bay Area YSA and SUP sponsored. an “open meeting
[1998]“which: was held. May 24, 1966, at Stiles Hall, Bancroft and
[1999]Dana Streets,. Berkeley, California, to protest against the
[2000]. shooting of LEO BERNARD at the Detroit SWP office. ROBERT
[2001]SCHEER was one of the speakers. at this meeting. ‘During: hi
[2003]Ss
[2005]-. speech, SCHEER stated that. unity of the left is- essential to a
[2006]protect its. members | and. to bring, an end ‘to the hysteria
[2007]sweeping the. country . .
[2009]| Sr T2680
[2010]- May 27, 1966.
[2011]SECRE™ .
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[2027]ROBERT SCHEER participate in meetings 5 demonstrations, .
[2029]OQ
[2031]Vietnam Da
[2033]SP T-25°
[2035]June 2, 1966 —
[2037]O
[2039]A: characterization of the
[2040]_ Bay Area YSA is contained |
[2041]in the Appendix of this.
[2043]report .
[2045]Committee cype).
[2047]A characterization of. ‘the |
[2049]VDC is. contained in the
[2051]Appendix of this report.
[2053]etcetera. sponsored by the VDC opposing US participation in
[2055](the: Vietnam war as follows:
[2057]“Funetion §
[2058]Location
[2060]Demonstration |
[2061]UCB, Berkeley,
[2062]California.
[2064]| Meeting, UCB
[2066]“Demonstration
[2067]Berkeley _
[2069]- Demonstration
[2070]Oakland
[2072]Demonstration. —
[2073]San Francisco |
[2075]: Meeting, UCB
[2077]Date of
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[2081]8/12/65
[2083]- B/21/65-
[2085]. 8/31/65
[2087]‘Source
[2089]8/25/65
[2091]“Date.
[2093]San _ (8/22/68
[2095]- Francisco
[2098]SF T-32 8/9/65
[2100]SF T-33; 8/23/65
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[2103]Observation ,
[2104]SA of. FBI 8/25/65
[2106]Observation —
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[2141]Meeting -
[2142]“Berkeley |
[2143]Meeting, UCB -
[2145]Meeting
[2147]San Francisco
[2149]. | Demonstration _
[2150].. San Francisco
[2152]“Meeting
[2154]| Berkeley
[2156]“Meeting
[2157]Berkeley
[2158]Social a
[2159]Berkeley |
[2160]Meeting ©
[2161]Berkeley —
[2163]Demonstration
[2165]UCB
[2167]“Demonstration
[2168]San Francisco
[2170]Meeting —
[2171]UCB >
[2173]- Meeting
[2174]Berkeley
[2176]Teach- -In -
[2178]~- UCLA, Los.
[2179]“Angeles
[2182]_ Oakland :
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[2189]9/21/68
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[2198]10/15-
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[2253]‘Participant.
[2255]Participant
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[2317]Convention, .—
[2318]Washington , _
[2320]OD. Cc.
[2322]= Demonstration
[2324]NAS, Moffett.
[2326]Meeting, UCB
[2328]Meeting, UCB
[2332]. Meeting
[2333]San Francisco
[2335]| Meeting; UCB”
[2337]- March and.
[2339]‘Demonstration
[2347]octal, ”
[2348]Berke lev
[2350]Rally, UCB.
[2352]“The VDC held an ‘emergency. meeting October 4, 1965 __
[2353]to discuss whether. .to violate the Mc Carran Act,
[2355]ry:
[2357]|4L/25-
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[2362]12/14/65.
[2364]“1/4/66.
[2365]“1/14/66
[2366]1/19/66
[2367]1/31/66
[2368]2/4/66
[2369]2/5/66
[2371]5/21/66
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[2375]“SF aa"
[2377]SF T-38..
[2378]SF T-40_
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[2382]SF T-40
[2384]SF T-4l-
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[2388]SF P-42
[2390] SAs of |
[2391]Observation ~
[2393]12/4/65
[2395] SASOF. FBI. “12/5/65
[2397]1/27/66
[2398]2/15/66
[2399]1/13/66,
[2400]1/20/66
[2402]Uy ous66
[2404]1/24/66
[2406] SAsof FBI 1/31/66
[2407]_. Observation:
[2409]2/4/66
[2411]2/8/66
[2412]218/66
[2414]5/23/66
[2415]8/23/66 |
[2417]: Speaker '
[2419]Speaker -
[2420]| Speaker
[2422]Participant
[2424]Speaker —
[2428]participant
[2430]‘Speaker
[2431]Participant .—
[2433]Speaker _
[2435]Participant —
[2437]the Espionape _
[2439]Act of 1917 and other espionage: laws, at Room 155 Dwinelle.
[2441]-. Hall, UCB.. There. were about > 200. persons in attendance oO
[2443]”. Gneluding ROBERT SCHEER. | During, the meeting, SCHEER read
[2444]Sections (2387 and 2388 of the Espionage Act. of 1917, “defining,
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[2461]‘the elements of the violations. - SCHEER then ‘stated, Jit
[2462]is time to risk treason. We must totally disassociate
[2463]ourselves with the US: Government."
[2465]SF T. 38
[2466]February Lu, 1966
[2468]A large cardboard | poster was: observed at VDC.
[2470]Headquarters, 2407 Fulton Street, Berkeley, California,
[2472]which bore the notation across its top, "VDC Defendants |
[2474]Committee - I will commit civil disobediance on October oh
[2476]15-16 with the Vietnam Day Committee. and I am prepared to.
[2477]be arrested in opposition to United States intervention in
[2479]Vietnam. I-am joining this committee to organize. my.
[2481]political defense." There: were a large number. of names.
[2482]handwritten below this caption. including "BOB SCHEER, 2546, 7
[2484]_ Geary Street, san Francisco.
[2486]SF T- 37 . oN
[2487]September 28, 1965.
[2489]A demonstration in opposition to United States
[2491]_ participation in the Vietnam war was held October ‘17, (1965,
[2493]at the Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco, sponsored by 12
[2495]groups and having. about 3000 persons. participating. — The
[2497]concluding speaker at this program was ROBERT SCHEER, who —
[2498]was introduced. as a reporter for "Ramparts" magazine. i
[2500]SCHEER vehemently. denounced the United States action in.
[2502]Vietnam and stated that it was a problem for the’ Vietnamese
[2503]people to decide. SCHEER stated that the United States.
[2505]rationalized its killing of Vietnamese civilians by. saying
[2507]that the Viet Cong commit horrible atrocities. SCHEER
[2508]said that although the Viet. Cong may kill some: civilians,
[2510]the United States Government ! Ss statements on. ‘their atrocities oe
[2512]are y on the whole 5 a lie. — : ; eo! ae!
[2514]Observation by Special Agent
[2515]of the FBI mo, _
[2517]. The University Committee on Vietnam of the University.
[2518]of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) held a _teach- -in at the: .
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[2531]. Grand. Ballroom, student Union Building, UCLA, “Los Angeles, « on”
[2532]- “November. 12, 1965. ROBERT SCHEER was one of the. speakers —
[2533]who talked in- opposition to United States foreign policv -
[2534]"regarding Vietnam. | During. his talk, SCHEER stated "The
[2536]Viet Cong is a party of peace and. if I was in Vietnam I.
[2538]B would be on the side of the Viet Cong. Woo ee.
[2540]SF T-39 -..
[2541]November 29, “1965,
[2543]"The Daily Californian" newspapers: which is
[2545]“published daily by ‘the Associated Students of -UCB, in. its
[2546]issue of February 2, 1966, contained a news article which
[2547]described the. march by Vietnam Day. Committee on Congressman
[2549]COHELAN 's. office on January 31,-1966, in ‘which ROBERT SCHEER .
[2551]_. participated. This article. stated in part, "According to -
[2552]_-- SCHEER, the primary. goal of his campaign is not to defeat
[2554]~~ his opponent. but rather to engender support for : the anti-—
[2555]| Vietnam war movement ." aa , . . Be
[2557]vg ‘Communist Party «cp)
[2559]__Affiliation
[2561]‘SCHEER. for. Congress issued a press. “release January.
[2563]“ye 1966, stating that ROBERT SCHEER: announced. his candidacy’
[2565]for the. Democratic Party nomination for Congressman in the.
[2567]. 7th Congressional District of California. .In his. opening :
[2568]speech, SCHEER called for negotiations with the National
[2570]Liberation Front leading to the: withdrawal of American
[2572]troops. from Vietnam. | SCHEER said, "The . United States “iowa”
[2573]‘never have gone into Vietnam, should not have stayed. in. and.
[2575]should now get. out." SCHEER added, "The Johnson Administration
[2577]is waging an increasingly vicious war against the Vietnamese
[2578]people and this campaign will be aimed at. halting ite" a
[2580]“The ‘SCHEER. for Congress office, 2214 Grove Street,
[2582]Berkeley, California, issued a letter on the letterhead |
[2584]of this group pointing out that ROBERT SCHEER was running in.
[2586]the Democratic Party primary election in June 1966, for the .
[2588]- eongressional seat presently held by JEFFREY COHELAN. The
[2589]letter stated this challenge was being undertaken because _
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[2601]coe |
[2603]‘Conaressman COHELAN "has. been completely unresponsive to
[2605]the concern of: East. Bay citizens. who are: opposed to
[2607]~~ Administration policy. in Vietnam." It added that in addition .
[2609]- to the Vietnam issue, SCHEER intended to put forward a "Radical.
[2611]critique. of the. Great Society.! It also. _requested contributions:
[2613]of time and money to help in this campaign. _"Endorsers" |
[2614]of SCHEER for Congress were. listed on this letterhead as.
[2616]a follows: Co - oe
[2618]CARL BLOICE, Reporter ees
[2619].., “People! Ss World" ae
[2621]MARK COMFORT Oe
[2622]Oakland. Diréct
[2623]Action. Committee -
[2625]“Te 2
[2627]"MIRIAM CONNELLY
[2628]President 7
[2629]Bettermade Foods
[2631]Dr. J. _ RAYMOND. COPE
[2633]CASSANDRA’ DAVIS. an
[2634]— oe East Bay Organizing oa
[2635]. oe eet Committee ——
[2637]RONNIE. DAVIS”
[2638]_ Director, | -
[2639]5. 2. Mime Troupe
[2641]DON DUNCAN ce ;
[2642]_ Master Sergeant, Ret.
[2643]US Special Forces
[2645]“LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI |
[2646]Poet oe . . 7 |
[2647]BILL PINN | 00
[2648]Building Contractor ae
[2650]JOHN: GEORGE
[2651]Attorney =
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[2667]“Dr. CARLTON GOODLETT.
[2668]Publisher, ~~
[2669]Sun Reporter _
[2671]_- BARBARA GULLAHORN |
[2672]_ Organizer, oe
[2673]- Vietnam-Day |=
[2675]_ Committee.
[2677]ELLY HARAWITZ AS ug
[2678]. Caseworker, Co a
[2679]. Welfare Rights ~ Oe ee a EEE
[2680]Organization . ce a es ee
[2681]“MORRIS HIRSCH
[2683]a Professor of: Mathematics
[2684]. University of California’ oo
[2686]PAUL JACOBS a
[2687]Writer
[2689]| EPHRATM K KAHN -
[2690]Me De
[2692]-. ANN MARTIN,
[2693]- Secretary ,.
[2694]Welfare - Rights -
[2695]. “Organization
[2697]ae  MARTLYN MILLIGAN.
[2698]o - ~ . < Postdoetoral Fellow | os
[2699]University of. California .
[2701]ALAN MYERSON ,
[2702]-Director,
[2703]The Committee _
[2705]ROSCOE PROCTOR
[2706]ELWuU, Warehousemen' Ss
[2707]Union, Local #6
[2709]me,
[2711]bop, - Lot sees Copies _
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[2726]SERA ROSENFIELD
[2727]M.D. |
[2729]7 HARRY RUBIN.
[2731]- . Professor of Molecular
[2733]_ Biology, oo
[2734]University of California
[2736]JERRY RUBIN,
[2737]_. Organizer een
[2738]_ Vietnam Day Committee
[2740]Rev. SAM SMITH,
[2742]Chairman ,
[2744]| Welfare Rights Organization
[2746]"RICHARD STROHMAN
[2747]_. Professor of Zoology. 9°. >
[2748]University. of. California:
[2750]: JESSICA MITFORD TREUHAFT
[2751]: Writer
[2753]_ STEVE WEISSMAN,
[2754]Organizer. :
[2755]Free Speech Movement .
[2757]TOM WINNETT
[2759]—- Owner. _ -
[2760] Pybate Lecture Notes.
[2762]REGINALD ZELNICK
[2763]-. Professor of History | _ -
[2764]University of. Califorria Es
[2766]ROBERT EVANS ~
[2767]Teacher re
[2769]‘HOWARD JETER.
[2770]Teacher vs
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[2787]SF T-25 09
[2788]January 28, 1966
[2790]CARL. BLOICE attended a cP National Youth
[2791]Cadre. Conference which was held September. —
[2792]9-12, 1965, on a farm located in Northern: _
[2793]Indiana. . re
[2795]| SF T-43) oe 7
[2796]. September 15, (1965°
[2798]He. also. is a. staff writer for the PW 7
[2799]newspaper. — oo
[2801]-- Special Agents of the FBI observed MARK
[2802]_ COMFORT as he. actively participated in
[2803]nine demonstrations sponsored by the Ad ae
[2804]_ Hoe Committee to End Discrimination: (AHCED)
[2805]--at the Oakland Tribune Building, 13th. and
[2806]Franklin. Streets, Oakland, California, - —
[2807]- during the period. November 21, (1964 through:
[2808]January 30, 1965. ;
[2810]with MORT SCHEER, West Coast Organizer
[2811]of Progressive | Labor Movement (PLM),
[2813]attend the PLM Convention which was to 7
[2815]be held. in New York City, April 15-18, |
[2816]1965, as a guest of. the West. Coast PLM. _
[2818]SF. T- ve
[2819]April 35 1965
[2821]Characterizations- of the Bae,
[2822]-  AHCED and Progressive | Labor
[2823]> Party (PLP), formerly known
[2824]as PLM, are. contained in the oO
[2825]Appendix.
[2827]- 43 =
[2829]MARK COMFORT: left San Francisco, for Nee
[2830]York City, April 8, 1965, by automobile .
[2832]we ee Ee
[2835]N
[2837]SF 100- 46832, |
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[2840]CASSANDRA DAVIS and ELLEN HARAWITZ. “attended - _
[2841]a meeting of the Bay Area CP Youth Clubs, .
[2842]which was held January 29, 1966, at 1005
[2843]53rd Street, Oakland, California. This
[2845]_ meeting WAS - addressed by GUS:- HALL, National ©
[2846]_ header of the cP, / USA from New ‘York (City. -
[2848]SF T- us te,
[2849]‘January 31, 1966 ;
[2851]A. meeting of the. Dewey. Davis” Branch’ of the
[2852]Professional Section, San Francisco County ce
[2853]- CP (SFCCP), was held January. 15, .1947, during ~
[2854]- which Dr. CARLTON. GOODLETT was. discussed, a
[2855]. The discussion ended with the ‘conclusion that.
[2856]even though Dr. GOODLETT tid not attend many =. |
[2857]_ meetings of this_ branch, he would be con-
[2858]tinued on the rolls of the CP because of the”
[2859]amount of work’ he did on the ‘outside.
[2861]SF T-46 . : a
[2862]January: 24, 1947
[2864]San Francisco "Examiner" newspaper | issue of
[2866]_ June 13, 1963, set forth information that -_
[2868]that California State Senate Sub-Committee on
[2869]Un-American Activities had released a report...
[2870]stating that Dr. CARLTON GOODLETT had visited
[2872]_ Moscow, Russia as a guest of the Kremlin. and |
[2873]that his support of Communist causes was well
[2874]~known.
[2876]FRANCES We HERRING, Berkeley, California,
[2878]Women for Peace, was listed as.a sponsor . .
[2879]of the National Committee. to Abolish the =.
[2880]. House Un -Ame rican. Activities Committee .
[2882]“SF T-47 So
[2883]- Qetober 24, 1963 ©
[2885]A characterization of ‘the.
[2886]National. Committee to Abolish. the
[2887]House Un-American Activities: Committee
[2888]-is contained in the. Appendix.
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[2899]: Records of the Board of Elections, HOO”
[2901]~ Broome Street, New York City, reflect™ that
[2903]_ EPHRAIM KAHN, 255 West 9th Street, ...
[2904]New York City, registered as a communist
[2905]'. in 1936, for the 9th Assembly District _
[2906]and the 47th Election Districts New York
[2908]City. . :
[2910]SF T- 4B advised on August 1s, “1949, that :
[2911]he had been informed by. RICHARD NUSSER,
[2913]- leader. of the CP. at Tucson, Arizona, that
[2914]_ EPHRAIM KAHN, 522 East Tucson Boulevard,
[2915]_ Tueson,: Arizona, was a CP member... NUSSER
[2916]“told the informant that the CP membership:
[2917]of KAHN must be kept secret. and not even
[2918]made” known to. other party members .
[2920]When SIDNEY STEINBERG and: ROBERT. THOMPSON,
[2921]fugitive National CP functionaries, were Pee
[2922]arrested near Twain Harte, California, —
[2923]August 27, 1953,.a’search of their effects.
[2925]. revealed that STEINBERG had the telephone _
[2927]“number of Dr. EPHRAIM. KAHN in his possession,
[2928]together with instructions regarding the -
[2929]code name to be used in making. contact. with
[2931]- this party.. When Dr. KAHN was Angerviewed
[2932]. about this matter, September 3, 1953, by.
[2933]- Special Agents of the FBI, he. jeciinga to .
[2935]‘cooperate stating, "Generally. speaking T do.
[2937]not approve (Of FBI investigations. "oe
[2939]The” "Berkeley Daily Gazette" newspaper y issue a
[2940]of November 16, 1965, contained a news article
[2941]headlined "Court Decision Brings Joy to
[2942]Communists Here." This article stated in-. .
[2943]part that ROSCOE PROCTOR at a press conference.
[2944]November 15 » 1965, admitted that he. had been a
[2945]member of the CP 5. USA. since 1941, and was. at
[2947]this time a member of the’ cP, “USA National us
[2948]‘Committee. _
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[2964]JESSICA TREUHAFT was first reported as a CP _
[2965]member in California in 1948, having an a
[2966]understanding of. Marxism and ‘helping shape. oe
[2970]sk te ug -
[2971]April 1s 1953 —
[2973]eSsteA ‘TREUHAFT was. identified in 1956,
[2974]-at hearings of the ‘Subversive Activities
[2975]Control Board, as Financial Director of.
[2976]the California Labor School and as a cP.
[2977]-functionary, ‘by witnesses. WILLIAM FOARD, _ a
[2978]DOROTHY. | SEFFERS , ‘TIMOTHY EVANS and others.
[2980]‘The California “Labor School. .
[2981]: has been designated by the oe
[2982]- Attorney General of the
[2983]. United States pursuant’ to
[2984]Executive ‘Order’ 10450.
[2986]WSCHEER For Congress". issued a leaflet headed "The.
[2988]"Following People Were Present at a Press Conference -Announc-.
[2989]- ing. The Candidacy of Robert Scheer for. Congress , 7th Congress —
[2990]- ional. District": Beneath this heading were listed the names.
[2992]of those listed on. the Scheer For Congress letterhead,
[2994]except for ANN MARTIN, ROBERT EVANS and HOWARD JETER. ” The —
[2996]following. additions were noted:
[2998]FRANCES HERRING = Member, Women For. Peace”
[3000]ELIJAH. TURNER Congress: of Racial Equality oo,
[3001]SF T-33. February 4, 1966 —
[3002]A meeting of the ‘Santa Barbara Club, “Southern
[3004]California District: CP (SCDCP), was held February Wy: “1966,
[3006]at 1015: North Milpas, Santa Barbara, California. | During
[3008]this meeting a statement was made by: WILLIAM TAYLOR, a .
[3009]Tunetionary | of the SCDCP, that: IRVIN: LAUCKS | of the Center.
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[3018]for the “Study of Democratic Institutions,
[3019]Santa Barbara, was going to donate $10,000"
[3020]_ for a peace” candidate. and it was expected
[3021]that this: “money would-be. given to the =...
[3022]“campaign run by” ‘SCHEER - of Berkeley. » TAYLOR
[3023]felt thet some of this. money should go to. | a
[3024]ee. candidate in Southern California, if possible. . ee
[3026]SF Te 50. -
[3027]February 8, 1966.
[3028]a The Pw issue of February 12, 1966, , contained an.
[3029]article headlined"A New Campaign Tackles Old Issuesj"
[3030].. written by CARL BLOICE. This article gives. historical mE a
[3031]_ background. of the City of Oakland, California and the. |
[3032]problems: faced. by the poor people “in that city. .It then’ . -
[3033]‘cites how DANIEL SIMON, M. D. had sent hundreds. of letters >
[3034]© to Berkeley, | California during the wekk of June 22, 1965,
[3036]pointing out that Congressman JEFFREY COHELAN. had failed .
[3038]to take a. stand in. opposition to United States. participation oe
[3040]in the war in Vietnam, and. enclosed cards addressed to :
[3042]Congressman (COHELAN appealing to COHELAN, to. speak out.
[3044]~ strongly in Congress for a cease fire and international
[3046]hegotiations through ‘the United Nations. The cards also —
[3047]stated that unless COHELAN took such action, he would be —
[3048]opposed for re-election. By August 1965, there had been.
[3049]750. cards processed and returned to Dr. SIMON. “When —
[3051]- Congressman COHELAN failed to. speak out in. Congress: ‘opposing
[3053]“US involvement. in Vietnan,. certain people began. searching °
[3055]. for a candidate to oppose him. ROBERT SCHEER agreed to-
[3057]Oppose COHELAN. .Some of hi. supporters left. the organization.
[3059]' because SCHEER refused to-shave off his beard and others oy
[3060]~ left the organization. because SCHEER refused to exclude Communists fror
[3061]his campaign committee. ‘Vhe. article stated ROBERT SCHEER .
[3063]had the endorsement of the VDC as well as a sizeable portion
[3064]of the community , and was not centered amon g the college
[3065]students. . . .
[3067]oe In early ‘1966, two functionaries of the cP discussed ne
[3068]the ‘fortheoming trip by SCHEER to Southeast Asia and his
[3069]desire to gO to North Vietnam;. Both functionaries agreed
[3071]co
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[3084]that ‘an effort should be ‘made: to ‘assist ‘SCHEER in ‘gaining.
[3086]oo
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[3090]~ admission. to: North Vietnam, oY, at least. to arrange for. me
[3091]to have an interview at. the. North Vietnam Embassy while fhe
[3092]is in Cambodia. oO — .
[3094]sr TS) 0
[3095]February, 8, 1966
[3097]A meeting of: the San ‘Francisco CP’ Community.
[3099]“Youth Club was held December 18, 1965, at 2504 Sacramento
[3100]Street, Sari Francisco, ‘during which it was. announced. that. a
[3102]in the Bay Area primary election campaign | the party will
[3103]support ROBERT SCHEER for. Congressman in Berkeley. It. was ..
[3105]-also- announced that CARL BLOICE, a member of this CP club, -. .-°.
[3106]-and ROSCOE PROCTOR were serving on SCHEER's campaign. committee.
[3108]It was stated that -BLOICE, PROCTOR: @nd MICKEY LIMA, Chairman
[3109]of the. Northern California District CP, are functioning. as:
[3111]sr’ T- 4B
[3112]_ December 20, 1965
[3114]A meeting of the East. Bay cP Industrial Club
[3116]was held January 10, 1966, at 2716 77th Avenue, Oakland,
[3118]California. During this meeting, it. was announced that a.
[3120]SF T-52
[3121]“January, 20, 1966.
[3123]A meeting of the Bay Area CP Youth: Clubs. was held
[3125]. January 29, 1966, at 1005 53rd Street, Oakland, California.
[3126].- The: principal speaker at this meéting was GUS HALL from'the
[3127]National Office of the CP, USA. In his. talk, GUS HALL -
[3128]stated that the Party had made a decision in this ‘district
[3130]that their chief emphasis would be on the BOB SCHEER for
[3132]. Congress campaign, and as many youths | as possible fron. all
[3134]a y
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[3140]a committee: to. plan ‘Strate sy for the Party’ S- Ole - in this
[3141]campaign -
[3143].. Mr. SHEA, who is-going to oppose ‘Congressman JEFFREY COHELAN
[3144]in the 7th Congressional District, favors peace and not: |
[3145]a continuation of the Vietnam war. ~All members: present were
[3147]asked to |Support ‘Mr. SHEA. .
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[3152]“SF. 100-46 832
[3153]WEH : a b.
[3155]over the. district would ‘be: involved. in this campaign.
[3157]SP T+ LS ; -
[3158]January 31, “1966”
[3160]A meeting - was | ‘scheduled to be. held February, 4,
[3162]1966. at 6115 Dover. Street, Oakland, California, of the’ ee
[3163]East Bay communists who were to work on BOB SCHEER" s election a
[3164]a campaign. — a . 7
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[3167]January. 3l, (1966,
[3169]A source advised that CARL BLOICE ‘had ‘been released.
[3171]from his job on the editorial staff of the PW to work full
[3173]time , on. instructions of the CP. ledderships in the campaign
[3175]_ of ROBERT SCHEER for the’ 7th Congressional. District.
[3177]oa political movement in this’ District and this campaign was:
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[3183]_March 2s (1966
[3185]‘The “Berkeley Daily Gazette" r navenaisen), Perkeley, | oe
[3187]California, issue of June 9, 1966, carried a news article Bo ee
[3188]_ regarding the defeat of ROBERT SCHEER in his campaign as Democratic
[3189]- candidate for U. S. Congressman ‘from the 7th Congressional.
[3191]District Of California. ‘This article stated SCHEER received ...
[3193]a. total of 28,751 votes, while his Democratic opponent, JEFFREY
[3195]COHELAN, received 35,270 votes. This indicates SCHEER. captured
[3196]45 per. cent of the votes in this primary election. The newspaper
[3198]- quoted SCHEER as stating "From now.on I'm the shadow Congressman 7
[3199]in this District." He added that he would be a write-in candidate »
[3200]for U. .S. Congressman. in the November, 1966 election unless
[3202]Congressman JEFFREY COHELAN. stopped supporting the Vietnam war
[3204]/- and- unless -COHELAN faced up to the serious social problems
[3206]in the U; Ss. SCHEER added. that. he and his backers. were "building
[3208]“During. the interviews. “SCHEER ‘said the cost of. punning
[3210]his campaign had been $35,000 to $40,000, most of it being
[3212]donated by "students ,. housewives, longshoremen and what- ~have-you,"
[3213]and none of it coming from his own pocket. He said, _ "When I.
[3215]Started this © campaign I didn! t have ‘a dime.
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[3224]. The "PW" issue of June 18, 1966, carried a. news es
[3225]article headlined, "Scheer, Forces to Stay in Business.
[3226]“This article pointed ‘out ‘that in the Democratic primary
[3227]election held June 7, 1966, ROBERT. SCHEER: captured 44.9.
[3228]per cent of. the vote “against the incumbent Congressman |
[3229]- JEFFREY COHELAN in the. 7th. Congressional: District ne
[3230].-of California. The article quoted SCHEER as stating he bs.
[3231]and his supporters. would continue the community battle on.
[3232]-. issues: and stated they planned to enter candidates in the
[3233]Race. for: municipal and - county offices, in 1967. a
[3235]| “SHARON GOLD and JUDY DUNLAP were “members of. whe
[3236]Fillmore Du Bois Club of San Francisco who were. working
[3237]vin the ROBERT SCHEER campaign ‘as. of February % 27, 2966.
[3239]SF pl “30 Oa
[3240]March 3, (1966,
[3242]. A social “affair to benefit the. SCHEER for Conpress |
[3243]‘campaign was held March 19, 1966, at the residence of ROSCOE
[3244]PROCTOR iin. Berkeley, california, with ROBERT and ANNE SCHERER 90
[3245]in attendance. | Pe, ro
[3247]. oe ~ “March. 22, 1966 — ee
[3249]ROSCOE PROCTOR is a member of ‘the. ‘National
[3251]Committee, CP,. USA, “and attended a. meeting.
[3253]of this body held hécenber 3-7, 1966, in:
[3255]“New. York City,. during which time he was also.
[3257]selected a member of the National | _
[3258]Executive Committee ,. CP, USA.
[3260]SF t Sy ;
[3261]“De ember 95 1966. °
[3262]A ‘meeting of the Marin County. ‘Communis t Party |
[3263]Club was held March 23, 1966 , at 315 Rydal Street, Mill ~
[3264]-~ “Valley,. California: . At this necting it was “announced ‘that .
[3265]. CARL BLOICE had been released from his job at the "PW".
[3266]since he is ‘acting as publicity man for ROBE RE SCHEER © in
[3267]the. SCHEER for Congress campaign.
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[3283]A meeting “of the San Francisco Du Bois Club was
[3285]held March 28, 1966, at 1830 Fell Street, San Francisco, |
[3287]_ during which it was announced that ‘the. ‘Club ‘would hold a.
[3288]mobilization. April 2 1966. to work on ROBERT. SCHEER" 'S.
[3290]yo
[3292]NW 88613
[3296]Maren 29.5 1966.
[3298]A CP Youth. Commission: meeting was held. March ing
[3300](29, “1966 » at 2504 Sacramento Street, San Francis SCOg during
[3301]which there was a ‘discussion of youth work.  -It- was stated:
[3302]“that the work of ‘the youths in the: ROBERT. SCHEER campaign _
[3303]-, shouldhave’ been. and should now be pointed” towards building .
[3305]a Du Bois Club in Oakland.
[3309]oF co , _
[3310]March 30: 1966 o
[3312]‘The "py ssue of May 21, “1966 carried an editorial |
[3314]which stated. that in the 7th Congressional. District the big.
[3316]ssues of the. time were "for peace, for freedom, for labor' S|
[3318]‘Liphts, ‘fora serious war on the grinding poverty. that”
[3319]blights.the lives of so many. people ‘in. this District." The -
[3320]editorial then told that ROBERT SCHEER has joined. all these
[3321]issues in his campaign’to win the Democratic nomination: for
[3323]Congress. It concludes by urging the readers to vote for -
[3325]ending the war in Vietnam, for seriously beginning the. war
[3326]on poverty, ‘for Negro representation and for. labor's. rights...
[3328]Y
[3330]ROBERT KAUFMAN , a member of - ‘the. East Bay cp
[3332]Industrial - Club, stated August 8, 1966, that he had- served
[3334]as ‘labor relations man for. "ROBERT SCHEER. during SCHEER"s
[3336]. campaign for Congres 5S from the- 7th Congressional District
[3337]of California.
[3339]oO SF Te 52 August 19, 1966
[3340]CARL. BLOICE gave a party on ‘Christmas Eve,- Decenbér
[3342]24, 1966, at the. residence of ROBERT SCHEER, Milvia and Ore pon
[3343]Streets, Berkeley, California, which. was attended (by about: ee
[3344](60 persons , including ROBERT and ANNE SCHEER Me fe
[3346]t
[3348]“SF T-57_
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[3361]ae 7 meeting of ‘the East Bay cP Industrial Club: was
[3362]held January 17, 1968, at Oakland, California » which was
[3363]‘not attended by ROBERT SCHERR. . During this meeting’, at.
[3364]was announced that ROBERT . SCHEER was. poing to run for. the
[3365]US. Senate. on the Peace and Freedom (PFP). ticket in = |:
[3366]opposition. to the incumbent Senator THOMAS KUCHEL. ~All:
[3367]CP members: were urged to support the PFP slate of candidates .
[3369]SF T- 52 a 7
[3370]January 24, (1968 |
[3372]aa OA meeting of the Northern California District cP
[3374]~ qteper) Committee was held January 20,.1968, in-San. =
[3376]~ Franeciseo, which was not attended by the Subject. During
[3377]this meeting, there was a discussion of the CP political | .
[3378]activities during which it was statéd that BOB SCHEER |
[3379]had indicated a willingness to run for: the US Senate, but
[3381]‘he wanted a definite commitment from. the CP and other
[3382]organizations. in the State, such as Black Panther | BrOUpS
[3384]and PEP, that. they would support him. .
[3386]"January 29, 1968
[3388]SF T-58 eg eo
[3389]Ganuary 26, 1968,
[3391]A meeting of the. NCDCP Committee was. held February |
[3392]1968 in San Francisco, during which MICKIE LIMA, CP ao
[3394]istrict ‘Chairman, announced that he and ROSCOE PROCTOR, a
[3396]District Negro Organizer, had met. with ROBERT SCHEER and both _ oe
[3398]falt that the. Party :should support ROBERT SCHEER in: his.
[3400]candidacy. , for the Us Senate on’ the PFP- ticket. ce ;
[3402]Spves8
[3403], February 5 Jy, “1968
[3405]ON meeting of the Campus’ op Chub was. “held February
[3406]1968 at Berkeley, California, during, which. it was.
[3407]announced that ROBERT SCHEER had decided to run for. the
[3408]Senate and HUEY NEWTON from the Black Panther Party had: been.
[3409]drafted to run for Congress. There were indications that
[3410]the CP. would support both candidates.
[3412]OF T-35
[3414]February 5, 1968. . : er
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[3431]-
[3433]A characterization. of the .
[3434]Black Panther Party (BPP).
[3436]is contained in the “Appendix
[3437]of this report.
[3439]on ‘February 21, 1968, ‘there was a. discussion: ‘led
[3441]py t TERENCE W. GREENE in Oakland, California, regarding a.
[3443]recent meeting of the East Bay CP. Regional ‘Committee. ~
[3445]_ At this regional meeting, there was a discussion of whether —
[3446]- the CP should support the PFP candidates It. was. stated a
[3447]that the youths on the CP Regional Committee. favored the cP
[3449]supporting certain PFP- candidates ‘such. as ROBERT SCHEER. (The
[3451]_ matter was “not resolved at this meeting.
[3453]SF TH 52 ae
[3454]Marche 4 1968
[3456]“The "PW 3 issue of March. ‘16, 1968, carried a news ‘
[3458]article entitled "PFP, New Party to Set Aims." In this:
[3460]article it was stated "Author ROBERT SCHEER announced. last
[3462]_week he was withdrawing From contention, although some
[3463]political observers say he may be courting a possible draft .
[3464]movement" for the US Senate on the PFP. ticket. The article.
[3466]told of. plans of the PFP to have a state-wide conference,
[3468]“The "Berkeley Barb", a weekly underground newspaper
[3470]article headlined "Differs But Will Fight. for Party." This.
[3472]article dealt with the decision of. ROBERT SCHEER not to
[3473]. pun. for the US Senate on the PFP ticket. . SCHEER was auoted
[3474]as @ying, "I can be more helpful without being a- candidate.
[3475]I want to work hard for PFP. without Peing: aceused of. doing
[3476]it for personal. advantage «
[3478]"TD will also be free’ of the petty in- fighting that.
[3480]March 16-18, 1968, at Richmond,. California, to pass a state- |
[3481]ment of. basic principles: and to vefine planks for a platform.
[3483]” ene. features. news of left wing groups; published. in Berkeley, —
[3484]California, in its issue of March 15-21, °1968; carried a news —
[3486]foes on too much in PPP. ~ I am talking about. PFP in. Berkeley.
[3488]. This does: not “apply to. the. rest of the state. Woe
[3490]- 53 oe mo
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[3504]“SCHEER was also quoted as peing critical of his”
[3506]- eritis es in the. 1966 Congressional campaign as_ follows: oo SY
[3508]. “Without | ‘those 1966 peace campaigns, there would |
[3509]be ro PFP today. In this area, - my campaign gave rise
[3510]“to CNP (Community for New Politics) and. CNP. formed the ©
[3512]base. for PFP here. ft made the motion din ae CNP met
[3514]te form PFP.
[3516]co "That Congressional campaign did give rise to.
[3517]organization on the left and its ‘continuity is visibly .
[3519]~ demenstrated_ by the fact. that we turned our main office © |
[3520]at. 2214 Grove. (Berkeley) into the: “headquarters. of PEP." oe
[3524]OPV as b of. — Copies .
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[3531]al
[3533]SF 100- 46832,
[3534]WER:
[3536]He Community for New Politics
[3537]' -. also known as
[3539]published
[3541]Committee for New. Politics
[3543]“Communique. for New. Politics, Left- Out: News", .
[3544]bi-weekly by the. Community . for ew: Politics,
[3546]2214 Greve Street, Berkeley, California, 347034 in volume
[3548]Supported
[3550]number one, carried. an ar-icle captioned, "T> ALL Wo -
[3552]Scheer for Congvess". ‘This article ‘stated:
[3554]‘our campaign we “3 founded _ on. ‘assumpe:
[3556]tions which are at odds with mainstream
[3558].. issues and not. personalities. ces Og
[3560]American politics. We are concerned with
[3564]Me ‘were “committed. to development. of
[3565]community dialogue and involvement and not
[3566]merely to electoral victory. The fact.
[3568]that we obtained. an unexpectedly large: vote ~
[3570]does not. change this commitment but. rather.
[3571]reinforces it. 'The Community for New |:
[3572]Politics' was formed to carry out this
[3574]commitment. “Ye are, in fact, ina very
[3576]‘favorable position to implement | a ‘new
[3578]- .politics'. The campaign produced strong |
[3579]community. ties and the beginnings of a
[3580]. serious program. If we succeed in new | oo,
[3581]- politics it will serve as a much neaded- model | ot
[3583]for American political life. If we. fail
[3585]to seriously. attempt it we betray’not (—
[3587]only the larger community but our most
[3589]significant hopes: as well.
[3591]“nehis will be a more: aifficult: periad
[3593]than) that which preceded. the: e1 ection--it.
[3594]; requires all Of our. “Support. a .
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[3608]SF 100- 46832.
[3610]WEH: yb
[3612]Source’ ‘Advised that the "SCHEER For. Congress
[3614] Comni-tte’ was an organization formed in early 1966, for ~~
[3615]the purpose of. supporting ROBERT. SCHEER as.a candidate for
[3616]a seat in the United States. House of Representatives, —
[3618]United States ‘Congress, from the 7th: Congressional District
[3620]of California in the primary election of. June (1966.
[3622]“This committee was a group of diverse: people formed
[3624]“ton ‘the specific purpose of. supporting: and working. for.
[3625]“ROBERT. SCHEER in’ his bid for, a seat in ‘the. United States
[3626]: Congress.
[3628]‘The: primary , plank in: ‘this committee! g , platform —
[3630]was opposition, to the US involvement in the. Vietnam. War
[3632]- cand with a further and continuing involvement. by. the US”
[3634]; Government | in the War | on. Poverty ang civil crights.
[3636]Sp pe oh
[3637]July 31, 1967,
[3639]OA ‘closed membership meeting of the Socialist -
[3641]‘Workers Party (SWP) was held at 873 Broadway, New York,
[3643]New York, June 30, 1966. ‘During this meeting one. of the i
[3644]members gaia he -had. attended. a National Conference for New
[3646]Politics and this organization. has: a: $100, 000 fund.
[3648]-. Contributions from. this fund were described as having oo
[3650]_ including: $i, 000. to. ROBERT. SCHEER. for nis: election campaign. | :
[3652]NW 88613
[3654]been made to different organizations and individuals,
[3656]“SF -T- 59° |
[3657]July iy (1966
[3659]ROBERT SCHEER has” particpated in. vagtivitied:
[3661]ation 8 by the Community For: ‘New Politics. as. follows:
[3663]an, 429g
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[3672]Function § “Date of. a — Date . ne
[3673]“Location. Activity. Source _ Furnished _ Activity
[3674]“Meeting, 8/26/66 _ SF Tr 25 ~ 9/6/66 _ Speaker
[3675]-. Berkeley, 00 003.7 _ PON
[3676]-. California a Sn pe, ee
[3677]Meeting, «9/21/66 = SF. T-35. 9/23/66 ~— Participant.
[3678]Berkeley, |. oe a we Fo
[3679]California . ae | _ 7 |
[3680]“Meeting, | "20/8/66 © SF T-60.- 10/11/66. Speaker
[3681]San Francisco - a oe ar oe i
[3682]| ‘Meeting, 10/15/66 SF T-81 10/24/66°  Speaker=
[3683]“" Neettng, 49/67 SP T-5S 1/9/67. Speaker
[3684]Santa. Rosa, ae ae oo
[3685]California
[3687]‘Meeting, -——~—=«2/21/67 «SF T-61 2/23/67 Speaker _
[3688]‘Berkeley = wo ET
[3690]‘Meeting, 8/28/67 SF 7-25 6/26/67 Participant.
[3691]Berkeley a
[3693]‘National Oo 8/29- > SF T-62 9/11/67: Speaker, 9/1,2/67
[3695]Convention, © «. «- 9/4/7_ SF T-63 9/11/67 oe a
[3696]jo Chicago,» | 7 Dt Ss i
[3697]— Tllinois.
[3699]Meeting, | «9/13/67. ~—s« SF. T-35 ©. 9/14/67 ~~ =Speaker
[3700]Berkeley oe 7 _ _ RE
[3702]Long Beach, ee, ~ wo Pa
[3703]‘Califorma = ce | —
[3705]| Meeting, —UsLL/68 - tiBerke ley 4/12/68 | ‘Speaker
[3706]Berkeley = Dally ees
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[3721]A meeting of the CNP was. held February” 22, (1967,
[3722]- at Le Conte School, Berkeley, California. During this
[3723]- meeting, ROBERT ‘SCHEER reported he had recently. visited-
[3724]-- Europe where he had talked with BERTRAND RUSSELL and
[3725]_Bepresente tives of the National Liberation Front . (of. North
[3726]Vietnam). He mentioned that. BERTRAND: RUSSELL. was: trying—
[3727]- to set up a war crimes tribunal, possibly leading to.
[3728]agreeable sglutions to the conflict in Vietnam. | SCHEER.
[3729]. gaid, in reference: to the representatives of the National _
[3730]“Liberation Front, that. they were of one mind’ in their deter- a
[3731]- mination to. ‘rid themselves of the yoke. of colonialism once =
[3732]and for alle pe ea
[3733]‘SF T-61 0°
[3734]February 23, 1967,
[3735]. OA meeting sponsored by. ‘the CNP . was. held at Berkeley =
[3736]‘Community Theater, Berkeley, California, on June .23, 1967, ve
[3737]attended by about. 2000 people including ROBERT. SCHEER, who.
[3738]was introduced but did not speak... The: only speaker was
[3739]-- FELIX GREENE. GREENE. spoke of his recent trips: to Red _
[3740]_ China and to North Vietnam. GRFEENE's remarks were favorable
[3741]to the communists in both China and North Vietnam.. ‘He. 9
[3742]| eriticized. American efforts, belitted United States activities
[3743]-and.did all he could to emphasize that the United States _
[3744]_ should. get. out of Vietnam. He ‘also showed pictures of North .
[3745]Vietnam, pointing out that the United States was | bombing ©
[3746]hospitals, churches , women and children.
[3748]SF T- 25. :
[3749]June 26, 1967
[3751]‘The first issue. of “New Politics News", published |
[3752]by the Convention Center, 1517 West Howard Street, Chicazo,
[3753]_ Illinois, contained .a call for a national convention -of
[3754]the National Conference for New Politics: (NCNP) entitled,
[3755]"New Politics Convention | on 1968 and. Beyond,. "to be held —
[3756]August 29, 1967, through. September 4, 1967, at the Palmer
[3757]. House, Stae and. Monroe Streets, Chicago, Illinois.» This.
[3758]mo publication identified .the NCNP Convention Steering.
[3759]: _ Committee as consisting of twenty- -~five individuals including a
[3763]I , oar fe SF. 7
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[3772]acne
[3774]-WROBERT. SCHEER; ‘Berkeley, Committee ‘for ‘New Politics." This |
[3776]-. publication: stated that. during: the convention, a four- iad
[3778]_ panel would hold a discussion on "Perspective for™ 1968!
[3780]“ROBERT SCHEER was scheduled to be one of these panelists
[3781]and’ was also scheduled to address the convention on the .
[3782]“--topie of "Perspective for 1968" on ‘the -evering of September
[3784]2,5 1967. oe, . ee
[3786]Sr T-65. Tee
[3787]suny 20, 1967 Po
[3789]ok syndicated article by BLUCE BIOSSAT was”
[3790]carried in the Berkeley Daily Cazette newspar or, porkeley,
[3791]- California, issue of Seprember 12, 1967 lealing oriy.
[3792]-with the NCNP. Convention which was™held. “August 31, 1967.
[3793]through September Wee 1967. in.Chicago. The. only person.
[3794]mentioned by name in. this article was “FOBERT SCHEER.”
[3795]_ The remarks related to. SCHEED are as follows:
[3797]_ “Perhaps the. strangest performance
[3798]of ‘the whole incredible drama was that
[3799]of Fobert > Sheer, managing.editor of.
[3801]. Ramparts magazine who last year ran a
[3802]strong, though losing, primary race in
[3803]- California's: Berkeley district as a peace —
[3804]_ candidate against an. incumbent Democratic
[3806]"Congressman.
[3808]. ~. “On one ‘convention day, Sheer
[3810]_. stood before the assembled delegates | and»
[3812]- @loquently Pleaded with the whites to:
[3813]purge. themselves. of self-contempt and
[3815]_- self-hate. He called on them. to find ways
[3816]to build bridges to other whites whose oo
[3817]sympathies — must be won if white radicals
[3818]are ever to. bring any real power. to a
[3819]coalition. with Negroes. Said ‘Sheen:
[3821]“Youre helping ‘the black neople and .
[3823]7 the poor, but. you can't talk to vour own co
[3824]parents. or to. tre ‘kids. you erew 1p with
[3826]on “your block, ag ;
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[3839]“Has CNP
[3840]: Begun to |
[3841]| Grow ‘Up?
[3843]‘Robert Scheer has) his» I
[3844]-diderences with fellow members
[3845]‘of the New- Left, che’ Said here!
[3846]Friday. -
[3847]cp In his talk - to the City Com-;
[3849]‘mons Club, he ‘said the nation
[3851]for. years: had operated undér
[3853]a Scheer continued: “Our form ° -
[3854]‘of dress, s&xUal trores, many © -
[3856]- Jaspects of middle class society
[3858]are. -boring.. We go in for -
[3860]artificial purstiits such as
[3862]watching . television and. fixing. _
[3863]up our. homes. I find every
[3864]restaurant I eat in in’San Fren-—
[3866]cisco. boring: °
[3868]“The hippies: force us 5 to reais oe
[3870]amine these things —.even the
[3872]iNew Left. can cleana_from the,
[3874]hippies." sane So
[3876]oa theory which ‘blamed com:
[3878]“jmunism. as “the devil’’
[3879]jresponsible for all world
[3881]tturmoil. -A listener askeil:|
[3883]|*Desn't the New ; Left. ‘have
[3885]its own devil theory —-agairst| ©
[3887]_» odibstals and Democrats?” 3
[3888]' Scheer replic
[3889]= ow1 differences” with the New
[3891]:. “I have my}.
[3893]+ ‘. Le!t because of the fact thatl -
[3895]‘I wear suits and-have a job.”
[3897]He wore a ‘suit of gmuted :
[3898]_ plaid -pattern with a. vest,!
[3899]_. striped, button-down shirt with
[3901]“a long collar and figured tie.
[3903]He continued: “Here ’- in -
[3905]- Berkeley the Community: for
[3907]New Politics. is generally beyond -
[3909]the student stage, over 30.1
[3911]traditional politics: When. IT ran
[3913]for Congress I received the CIC}
[3914]‘(California Democratic Council)}. _
[3916]enjorsement, though I didn't
[3917] revognize . many faces at’ the
[3918]meeting. ”
[3919]~~ Scheer added: ey. got the sup-
[3920], port from liberal people because
[3921]. they -were disillusioned . with
[3922]_ liberal policies. I don’t like stop-
[3923]‘iping- troop trains or picketing.
[3925]‘But I did not come. to the}. |
[3926]‘New. Left without coming}.
[3928]: th rough liberal politics.
[3929]““T went to the Democrétic OR a
[3930]Party convention of 1956. I vias a Classification: |
[3932]‘once on the national board. of .
[3933].ADA : (Americans. tor}:
[3935]‘Democratic Action). There is
[3936]a great danger- in . symbols.’
[3937]There | is a great. number of
[3938]‘symbols that: ate~atiacked and
[3939]ideserve to be: attacked.”
[3941]: * (Mount Clipping in Space Below)
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[3957]Daily.
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[3964]Title:
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[3972]|
[3974]|
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[3980]' -eame to the New Left ‘throvzh
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[3990]_ WER: ay
[3992]be Peace and. Preddom Party and
[3994]Black Panther Party _
[3996]‘The "San Francisco Examiner," a daily newspaper Sg En
[3998]‘published at. San Francisco, California, — ‘in its issue of |
[3999]October 3, 1967, carried a news article. headlined “New
[4001]Peace’ Party’ s Aim - Beat LBJ." The article explained that.
[4003]“the newly formed Peace and. Freedom Party. is out to beat
[4005]President Johnson in 1968 even at. the expense of electing
[4006]| _ bis. Republican opponent. oo .
[4008]‘The article continued by saying that the new po
[4010]“peace and Freedom Party was recertly formed in an effort .
[4012]- stated” his. position with "Ramparts" ‘Magazine also creates demands:
[4013]one his: time, ow
[4015]Party candidate on the ballot. ROBERT SCHEER was listed as”
[4016]one’ of. ‘the founders of the Peace and Freedom Party. .
[4018]-abee. published at Berkeley, California, in its issue of
[4020]- but Will Fight for Party." This article explained that Co
[4022]_. ROBERT SCHEER's. decision to withdraw as a Peace. and Freédom rs
[4023]- Party (PFP) candidate for nomination as U.S. Senator, was: ne
[4025]_ based primarily on differences with the PFP leadership |
[4026]over how to conduct the campaign. SCHEER was quoted as.
[4028]and at the same time reach out to bring ‘people in. I don't.
[4029]agree’ that there is a conflict between educating people and
[4031]will be talking only to small meetings of convinced people. ee os
[4033]> yegetarian-type party." SCHEER also objected to being asked
[4034]_ for loyalty to the PFP program before it had been adopted.
[4036]to promote peace candidates and had initiated a. drive. for.
[4037]the 67,000 ‘Signatures needed to put a Peace and. Freedom
[4039]ee ; The “Berkeley Barb," a weekly newspaper of the ans
[4041]March 15-21, 1968, carried an article. headlined, “Differs
[4043]saying, "I think it is possible to conduct a. radical. campaign
[4045]running a. principled: campaign. There are purists in PFP who
[4047]Some of the purists seem to want a small, left wing,
[4049]SCHEER said he expects to campaign very actively for PFP, but
[4051]| - 7 a ey
[4052]The article added that SCHEER said he wanted. to ane
[4053]7 ‘ |
[4055]work hard for PFP without being accused of doing it for
[4057]NW 88613
[4059]_ pergonal advantage. SCHEER also said he wanted to be. free
[4060]of the petty” in-Fighting- that goes on _ too much in the Berkeley PEP.
[4062]a a ane tes L.. of beeen Copies”
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[4072]"SCHEER also claimed that his unsuccessful campaign | ‘for.
[4073]nomination as U. S. Congressman from the 7th Congressional
[4074]‘District of California gave rise to the Community for New »
[4076]Politics (CNP) and the CNP formed the base for PFP P locally. —
[4078]oP “Supt ort. for PFP_
[4080]A meeting. of the Campus cP Club was. “hela February a, ce
[4082]1968, at 3048 Deakin Street, Berkeley, California, ‘during :
[4084]' which there was a discussion of political activities. One
[4085]Of the members. noted that ROBERT SCHEER had. decided to. run
[4086]for the Senate and HUEY. NEWTON had been drafted to run for.
[4088]Congress, each on the PFP ticket and he suggested that. all
[4090]Communist Party ACE). ‘group members work for the PFP.-
[4092]SF T=35. -
[4093]February re 1968
[4095]Aw characterization of HUEY NEWTON and.
[4096]the Black Panther Party (BPP) of which |
[4097]he is a leader, are contained in the
[4098]_ Appendix of this. report.
[4102]A meeting of the Southern california District cP.
[4104]“Committee was held March 2, 1968, at Hungarian Hall, 1251.
[4106]--. South Andrews Place, Los Angeles, California.. During’ this.
[4108]Free Huey 3 Newton Fund
[4110]' meeting, there was a discussion of political activities and
[4111]the PFP, The CP's position was that the PFP is an. independent
[4113]party with a radical potential and that. CP members. in PFP
[4115]would be fighting for that position. — It was stated that there
[4116]were three PFP candidates running for the U.S. Senate in the.
[4117]primary election and the CP would support ROBERT SCHEER and |
[4119]would urge people = to vote for him’ in the. primary election. ~
[4121]7 SF T-30
[4122]“March, 1968.
[4124]A ‘mailing. of a letter was ‘gent during May, 1968,
[4126]requesting moral and financial support for Free Huey Newton
[4128]NW 88613
[4130]Fund, The letter explained that an effort was being made
[4132]to circularize this letter door-to-door by volunteer Oakland _
[4134]youths to gain community support in the effort. to free HUEY
[4136]NEWTON (from his charge of murder of an Oakland Policeman,
[4137]and the attempted murder of ao second Oakland Police Officer. y
[4139]oe re Copy a seaees ofy opi es
[4140]gop wan | Page. Zo 7 OP O8,
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[4146]Oakland § Seven. Defense Fund
[4148]~~ gupy ort of BEY. NEWTON
[4150]ye
[4152]SF 100-46832 _
[4154]The letter stated fifty percent of the ‘funds
[4156]‘raised would be used for the legal defense of HUEY NEWTON
[4158]and fifty percent would be used to mobilize. the people of
[4160]. Oakland, in. support of the effort to free HUEY. NEWTON , and Pees,
[4161]-, to stop police harassment. This letter was. signed by eleven ore
[4162], individuals. sanelyding ROBERT and | ANN SCHEER. ee ns !
[4165]May. 31, 1968
[4166]“The: "People! 8 world". (ew) ‘newspaper in its “daeue
[4168]of May ll, (1968, carried a half pagé article consisting of
[4170]an “interview with BOB MANDEL, who had been arrested twice
[4172]for his leadership in anti-draft activities. The. article ~
[4173]_ stated that funds were being raised to defray legal costs. So
[4174]Of MANDEL and six others arrested in the anti-draft. activities, —
[4175]and that contributions to the Oakland Seven Defense. Fund =. a
[4176]_-.ghould be sent to 6468 Benvenue. Avenue, Oakland, California
[4177](residence of ROBERT and ANNE_ SCHEER) « .
[4179]The “Berkeley Barb'an underground : newspaper
[4181]_ publishea weekly. in Berkeley, California, in its issue .
[4182]< Of October 25-31, 1968, carried a newspaper article head- —
[4183]lined "Scheer. supports Newton." This article stated "Bob
[4184]S@HSSE endorsed Huey Newton for Congress last week.” It
[4185]_. quoted Scheer as Saying, "I. ran against Cohelan in 1966
[4186]-' because the. assumptions that he shared with the: democratic
[4187]- establishment and the powerful interests behind it led him:
[4188]‘to support the war in Vietnam and to ignore the increasingly |
[4190]desperate crisis in our. cities, including the. miserable Sonditions: _
[4192] Fdght here in Oakland. uo
[4194]The article pointed | out that HUEY Pe NEWTON was
[4196]“running aged JEFFREY COHELAN as the PFP candidate in the
[4198]- California 7th Congressional. District, COHELAN being. the Democratic
[4200]NW 88613
[4202]_ Party candidate and the incumbent. | The article continued by
[4203]quoting ROBERT SCHEER as saying, "I. have come to know and |
[4204]_ respect. HUEY over the past two. years, and I am. \ very pleased »
[4206]to - “support | him for | Congress .*
[4208]“bosy oS Covies
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[4217]- Rally October 26, 1968.
[4219]A rally was held at 30th Street and Oceanview Blvd.,
[4221]San. Diego, California, on October 26, (1968, attended by about
[4222]3500 persons, including ROBERT SCHEER of "Ramparts" magazine.
[4224]The principal speaker at this rally was STOKELY CARMICHAEL, |
[4226]who stated that black people should arm themselves and stop:
[4227]. worrying about the law of this country, since this country
[4229]is not interested in black people. CARMICHAEL said that
[4231]‘when a black boy reaches 18 years of age, the government.
[4233]‘would put a gun in his hand and send him off to fight the
[4235]. yellow people who had never called him a nigger or abused —
[4236]him in any way. Other matters discussed related to alleged
[4238]police brutality against Negroes.
[4240]1-67 co
[4241]october 28, 1968.
[4243]- STOKELY CARMICHAEL has’ been publicly an
[4244]identified as Prime Minister of the BPP.
[4246]Forum, November 1, _1968
[4248]A Forum sponsored by the ‘PFP was ‘scheduled to be
[4250]‘hee - November 1, 1968, at Whittier School, Milvia and Virginia |
[4252]Streets, ‘Berkeley, California. This forum was to feature.
[4254]BOBBY SEALE, Chairman. of the BPP, and ROBERT SCHEER, "Editor.
[4256]- of Ramparts. magazine and 1966 peace candidate’ in the Democratic .
[4257]‘primary in Oakland-Berkeley' s Seventh Congressional District."
[4259]| "people! s World" (Pw). ‘newspaper issue
[4260]of October 26, 1968 .
[4262]. ‘Valley 1 New _Communi ty Movement 7
[4264]A ineeting of the valley New. Community Moveniant
[4265]was “held November 2, 1968, at 13164 Burbank Blvd., Van Nuys Se
[4266]District, Los Angeles, California with about 300 to 325 people >
[4268]in. attendance. ‘ROBERT SCHEER was one of the speakers at this
[4269]meeting. SCHEER! s statements were ‘summarized as follows:
[4271]NW 88613
[4274]a fel ECRET .
[4276]| ‘Copy. soesaetenbaveesgues OE Zz sestsi COpies
[4278]- mvai®) woe Se : os Fase. Liebe ot |
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[4286]. America| must pull out. of Vietnam becauge: it . is oo
[4287]- essentially wrong. The dominant political institutions» are.
[4289]. Yesponsible for the U. S. involvement in Vietnam. We must.
[4291].. Yeject. the. emotion. of racial evil by studying the war. in
[4292]Vietnam. America is fundamentally racist and must come to OTS
[4293]: gxips with itself about racism, Relations are unwholesome between
[4294]white radicals and black panthers. The Panthers are. becoming —
[4296]- better organized and can reach more people than white people -
[4298]-.. Can reach, The Panthers wrote a book to obtain money with -
[4299]which to ‘purchase guns.
[4301]At the same meeting ,. GEORGE MURRAY , Minister of
[4302]‘Education. of BPP also spoke condemning the institutions in
[4303]the U.S. as all being. racist and working to keep the black
[4304]people enslaved. MURRAY. stated. that if the black. people . oo.
[4305]wanted anything they had. to get it with guns. and forces. a
[4307]Sn ge egg
[4308]re = November 5, _ 1968.
[4310]Benefit for ELDRIDGE CLEAVER arn
[4312]A benefit: for ELDRIDGE CLEAVER, which was described
[4314]as “an evening with the Defense Committee" was held November 21, ,
[4316]- 1968, under sponsorship of the International Committee to Defend ©
[4317]Eldridge Cleaver, at California Hall, Polk and Turk Streets, =
[4318]San Francisco, California, with about 400 people present. Ad- .
[4319]- mission to the affair was. $3 per person and it was held. _to. eS
[4320]_ Yaise money to help prevent ‘ELDRIDGE CLEAVER from. being ‘returned ce
[4321]- to jail. ROBERT. SCHEER was listed on the letterhead of this .
[4322]- organization as. ‘Director. |: SCHEER opened the meeting with a
[4323]few introductory remarks to the effect that CLEAVER was. being
[4324]incarcerated. for his political. views and activities. The _
[4325]_ principal speaker at this affair was CHARLES GARRY, Attorney
[4326]for the BPP, who described the CLEAVER case as. political and.
[4327]said every effort must be. made ‘to prevent. CLEAVER from being»
[4328]- xeturned to jail. He made a strong plea for contributions —
[4329]of money to assist CLEAVER. SO . a
[4331]SF g- 69, November 255 1968
[4332]_ SF T-70, November 26, 1968 -
[4333]SF T-15, November aed (1968
[4335]NW 88613
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[4338]CODY caninens, OF samiacaguge Copies
[4342]WEE; say
[4344]100- 46832.
[4346]vigil at Cleaver Residence
[4348]‘The ‘International Committee of Defend Eldridge
[4350]“eudeier. issued a press release November 25, 1968, calling.
[4352]on the public to support a vigil. at the residence of ELDRIDGE
[4354]‘CLEAVER at 2777 Pine Street, San Francisco, 24 hours each day
[4356]until CLEAVER was returned to jail November 27, 1968. The
[4357]purpose of the vigil was to allegedly stop the San Francisco |
[4359]- Police Department. from "murdering" CLEAVER when they came to 7
[4361]arrest him to return him to jail. This press— release was —
[4363]on the letterhead of the International Committee to Defend |
[4365]Eldridge Cleaver, which listed ROBERT SCHEER as the Director,
[4366]one of three listed officials, (Rather than return to jail
[4368]ELDRIDGE CLEAVER went into hiding November 26, 1968; and is
[4370]Presently being. sought as a fugitive from justice).
[4372]SFT-71
[4373]. December 2, 1968
[4375]| Meeting | December 6, 1968
[4377]‘The "Berkeley. Barb" newspaper, issue of November. 29-
[4379]December 5, ‘1968, carried an advertisement of a meeting entitled
[4381]"Perspectives on the Left" to be held December 6, 1968, at.
[4383]-Columbus. Elementary School, 1541 12th Avenue, San Francisco,
[4385]California, under sponsorship of the Bay Area PFP. ROBERT
[4387]_. SCHEER” was listed as one of the five. speakers: advertised.
[4389]ANN SCHEER attempted to contact ‘KATHLEEN: CLEAVER »
[4391]at. Black. Panther Party Headquarters, 3106. Shattuck Avenue, |
[4393]NW 88613
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[4396]Berkeley, California, on March 4, 1969, in an effort to have
[4397]- KATHLEEN CLEAVER immediately telephone ROBERT SCHEER in. New .
[4398]‘York. City. It was not known’ ‘whether. this contact was “made
[4400]SF T-72 |
[4401]March 4, 1969,
[4404]NW 88613
[4406]SF 1900-46832,
[4407]MEH: ay -_
[4409]. Trip to Indonesia, February
[4413]III” _FOREIGN TRAVEL
[4417]1965.
[4419]An. American by the name of SHEA tphonetic), a
[4421]: who claims that he is an ex-professor of a California |
[4422]_.' University, visited Japan about February ‘ll, 1965. He |
[4423]~ went to visit the office of the National Harbor and Ports:
[4424]Labor Union in Tokyo. The Japan labor. union put up SHEA —
[4425]an one of their. dormitories and had him live there until
[4426]three days ago, when he left Japan and went to Indonesia
[4428]on.a ten-day trip. Before he left Japan for Indonesia,
[4430]he claimed that he strongly desired to go to Communist
[4431]. China. — He was complaining to the Japanese labor union
[4432]officials about the discrimination problem in the U. SS...
[4434]and made derogatory remarks about the U.S... The Japanese
[4436]‘labor union official, after. listening to his desire to go =
[4437]to Communist China, asked the Chinese Communists now staying
[4439]in Tokyo about the possibility of SHEA's trip to the Chinese
[4441]-. Mainland.” The Chinese did not give a decisive answer. Although —
[4442]SHEA is’ expected to return to Japan after his trip from. Indo-. .
[4443]--nesia, he may go to China directly from Indonesia. It is
[4444]_. said that SHEA had to quit his university. job due to an .
[4445]~ article he wrote after he came back from. a trip to Cuba.
[4446]_ Phe article contained some derogatory remarks - about the -
[4447]Ue s. Government. C$) a | oo
[4449]. SF 7-73
[4450]‘February 25, 1965.
[4452]i . “The same source advised March 5, 1965, ‘that the:
[4453]correst name of the. individual was: SCHEER rather than SHEA. )
[4455]"Contact with North Vietnamese:
[4457]"Myr ROBERT | SCHERR, 2821 “pwight way, Berkeley,
[4459]California," was described as being a correspondent: of » -
[4460]“NGUYEN VAN SAO. and CU DINH BA. SAO and BA are representatives
[4461]-in London of the North Vietnamese Communist weekly newspaper |
[4462]“Cuu Quoc," which is published in Hanoi. SAO and BA live ~
[4463]and maintain their office at 38 ‘Netherhall ‘Gardens, Hampstead, —
[4464]_ London NW. 3. (Sy nn
[4466]SP 9-74 0 °° ae
[4467]September 14, 1965.
[4469]PP enemacsereuteessnens opi es.
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[4485]a ‘The “Berkeley Daily Gazette" newspaper,
[4486]issue of February 23, 1966, carried a news article head-- _
[4487]- lined "Peace Group Slates Scheer." This article states
[4488]ROBERT SCHEER, candidate for. Congressman, 7th Congressional |
[4489]_ District, would speak under: the -sponsorhsip of the Berkeley
[4490]Women for Peace on February 24, 1966, at Friends ‘Meeting _—
[4491]House, Berkeley. It added that SCHEER, "an outspoken |
[4492]_ eritic of the Johnson Administration policies in Viet Nam, a
[4493]is presently touring South Viet Nam and Cambodia, the latter |
[4494]- country at the invitation of Prince SIHANOUK." It continued
[4495]by stating, “Foreign Editor of Ramparts, author of ‘Cuba -
[4496]Tragedy ina Hemisphere ' and 'How the United States Got. Meh,
[4497]Involved in Viet Nam.' SCHEER is also known for his ‘associa- vy
[4498]tion with the Center for Study of Democratic Institutions = =|
[4499]at Santa Barbara." The article concluded by stating that.
[4500]_ Women £or Peace would vote on endonging SCHEER's candidacy
[4501]at. this: meeting.
[4503]An: article appeared in “~The Daily Californian,"
[4504]. issue of March 1, 1966, which stated that ROBERT SCHEER.
[4505]“would .give | “an: eyewitness report from Southeast Asia" at .
[4506]-. 8:00 p.m. at the Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, .. _
[4507]' California. The article added, "SCHEER is a candidate _
[4508]_ for Congress in the 7th. Congressional District and an vee
[4509]authority on U. S. policy in Vietnam.”
[4511]_ The "Berkeley Daily Gazette" newspaper, issue: - of
[4513]' March 1, (1966, Garried a news article advertising the above —
[4514]‘speech. It also contained information to the effect that ™ .
[4515]SCHEER's travels during February, 1966, took him to Cambodia, a
[4516]‘Thailand and South Vietnam. . . i ne rn
[4518]7 “The Daily Californian," issue of. March 4, 196, re
[4520]- carried an article reporting the. results of an interview oo
[4521]by this newspaper on March 3, 1966, with ROBERT. SCHEER, —
[4522]“who was scheduled to speak March 4, 1966, on the campus
[4524]~ of UC, Berkeley. This article quoted SCHEER as stating ‘that ae Oo
[4526]Oakland, California might be the next Watts and explode 2!
[4528](into race riots) because of ‘the "miserable conditions which ~ 7 |
[4530]have persisted | there for the last. 25 years." : The article.
[4532]SF
[4533]COD seen Copies.
[4535]7 Page. ee of. BSP 2ac00
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[4543]“SF 100-46832°
[4544]a ‘WEH: ay
[4546]- then ‘stated that SCHEER described a recent trip he had .
[4547]taken to Cambodia, which he described as "one of the few
[4548]. neutral governments ‘in the world, very jealous of its.
[4549]prerogatives." SCHEER said he visited Cambodia at the
[4550]invitation of its government and was sent there by “Ramparts”
[4551]. Magazine, of which he is. Foreign Editor, — He said he was.
[4552]accompanied by STANLEY SCHEINBAUM, "an adviser to the Diem
[4553]Government in Vietnam. from 1955 to 1961." SCHEER asserted
[4554]that after exploring the entire frontier between Cambodia |
[4555]~. and South. Vietnam, he concluded that. "Cambodia was: not being
[4556]used in any significant way, to support the fighting in. South:
[4557] Wietnam." He. explained that by any significant wey he meant | co
[4558]oo) that. Cambodia was not a "major staging area for the Viet Cong."
[4560]7 , _ A CP contact class was held February 4, 1966; at
[4561]631. Redwood. Street, San. Francisco, .during. which it. was: stated.
[4562]- that ROBERT SCHEER had left. San Francisco February 4, 1966,.
[4564]' for Cambodia-and there was a very good possibility | that nn
[4566]— SCHEER would also visit North. Vietnam. 5s :
[4568]SF T-75
[4569]‘February a (1966
[4571]oe “ROBERT SCHEER was. invited: to visit Cambodia by oo
[4572]_ its ruler, Prince | SIHANOUK, . and planned to leave for ,
[4573]: Cambodia with his: wife, ANNE, about February 7, 1966.
[4574]SCHEER intended to report on this trip for “Ramparts”
[4575]Magazine upon. his return. An unidentified member of the
[4576]VDC received a cablegram. indicating. that. ROBERT SCHEER |
[4577]was din Cambodia on February 8, +1966. . .
[4579]Officer CHARLES HARRISON”
[4580]Berkeley Police Department ee
[4581]Berkeley,. California a Co
[4582](2/11/66 — . |
[4584]oo An item in the column of JACK ROSENBAUM: | appeared oe
[4585]in the "San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle" newspaper —_
[4586]“ issue of February 13, 1966, reading: "Federal. authorities
[4587]hear that ROBERT. SCHEER, candidate. for Congress. in. the. East
[4588]Bay opposing JEFFREY COHELAN, is in Cambodia, presumably
[4589]headed for Vietnam. If so,, they gan' t wait to. > Pick up his’
[4590]Passport." °
[4592]PoP
[4594]Copy. vetardeeeseanse co ere Conk ies.
[4596]eB hdl see Of, a Pages”
[4598]NW 88613
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[4602]SF 100- 46832
[4603]WEH: ay”
[4605]a ZYGMUNT BRONIAREK , the ‘Washington, ‘D. Cc. re
[4606]correspondent. for "Trybuna Ludu, * Polish daily newspaper —
[4607]- and official organ of the Polish United Workers (Communist)
[4608]Party (PZPR) met on April 13, 1966, with ROBERT SCHEER, >
[4609]_ Democratic candidate for Congress from the Tth Congressional
[4610]; District of California. es a
[4612]SF T-76 |
[4613]april 14, 1966
[4615]Trip. to London and Pra ue, 1967
[4617]; ROBERT SCHEER was in London, England, January 26,
[4618]-1967,. and claimed that he was engaged in writing an article
[4619]about the International Student Conference (ISC) for the
[4620]magazine "Ramparts" of which he is Editor. The article was
[4621]intended to be an exposure of the ISC and, in order to obtain
[4622]_.. Material for it, SCHEER was planning a two. day visit to the ©
[4623]_ headquarters of. the International Union of Students (IUS) in.
[4624]. Prague. SCHEER was seeking information on. the’ passing. of . _
[4625]financial assistance from the TSC to student unions in Africa: |.
[4626]~ and Latin America. (Ss) |
[4628]Bo While in London, SCHEER met with FERGUS ; NICHOLSON, .
[4629]National Student . Organizer of the Communist - Party of great -.
[4630]Britain, and with DAVID. HOROWITZ,-an American postgraduate
[4632]_ student at the London School of Economics, who has. been closely
[4633]_. connected with the Bertrand Russell. ‘Peace Foundation. ©) —
[4635]SCHEER ‘planned to leave London for Ameterdam on’
[4636]| ‘January 27, 1967, and then to ‘Paris before. travelling to.
[4637]Prague: January | 29, (1967, GC)
[4639]SF. T~- 74 ’ a forei source | abroad
[4640]“February 1, See
[4642]Pri ip to Prague — a
[4644]. | ‘Phe: "San Francisco’ Examiner" newspaper, issue of.
[4645]"February. 24, 1967, carried a page 1 news article headlined,
[4647]_ “Ramparts. Editor at Prague Meet" by CARL ROWAN. This article
[4649]explained that "a few days» ago a brief, cryptic report out of. .
[4650]Prague, Czechoslovakia, \ was Passed among a. handful (of fOp. officials
[4652]Cony
[4653]“Page. WS ae ‘Pages
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[4661]| WEE: say
[4663]in Washington." ‘The wport said that an editor of Ramparts" |
[4664]magazine had visited Prague and held "a long, secret session”
[4666]with officers of the Communist controlled. Tntexnational. Union.» bse
[4668]: of Students (IBS) ..
[4670]“The article continued by stating that. "Ramparts" oS
[4672]is the ‘magazine. that exposed the fact that the Central
[4674]Intelligence Agency (CIA) had been financing the National |
[4675]Student Association (NSA), which in turn had worked for
[4677]_ several years to prevent IUS from dominating the youth of the on
[4679]‘world. The article questioned what relationship: there’ was
[4681]_ between, "Ramparts" and the WS.
[4683]‘ROWAN telephoned ROBERT SCHEER, ‘Managing Editor of
[4685]: “Ramparts” in San Francisco and SCHEER admitted that he had
[4687]met with representatives of the National Liberation Front, - ok,
[4689]political arm of the. Communist Viet Cong, in South Vietnam,
[4690]and also with IUS officers in Prague “several weeks ago"
[4692]for two. days. In response to a question as to who controlled.
[4694]IUS, SCHEER replied, “It is essentially an organ of the
[4696]: “foreign policy of the Soviet Union." SCHEER emphasized De
[4697]that he had visited IUS headquarters strictly for journalistic
[4698]_ reasons and that he was in Europe. writing a story for. "Ramparts"
[4700]‘on Bertrand Russell, "(94 year old British philosopher who
[4702]plans a Vietnam 'war crimes trial’ of President Johnson)", so.
[4704]he continued on to Prague to check the international implications. :
[4705]of the “Ramparts" article on the NSA. SCHEER volunteered, "We.
[4706]don't truck with Communism in Ramparts. © We cempare the U.S.
[4707]position in Vietnam with the actions of the Soviet Union. in- -
[4708]Hungary. ._ Both are intolerable and-we make no-bones about: it.
[4710]Any attempt to smear us at Ramparts is libelous and we'll mute
[4712]I warned the same thing when. they were muttering about me.
[4714]a being a. Communist. when I ran: for Congress."
[4716]‘ROBERT SCHEER traveled to Prague, ‘Czechoslovakia
[4718]- - during the: first week of February , 1967, to contact the Inter-.
[4720]national Union of Students (IUS)-.and was an official guest of »
[4722]_ the Czechoslovakian Government with his lodging. being. furnished |
[4723]at the best hotel in Prague. — SCHEER | requested and- received
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[4737]massive documentation for his article in "Ramparts" =
[4738]_. ¥egarding Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contributions
[4739]to the National Student Association, a United States ss
[4740]affiliate of IUS. SCHEER's trip from West Germany to |.
[4741]_ Czechoslovakia was fiaanced by the Czecosolvakian Government .
[4742]| and WLODOMIERZ KONARSKI, Vice President of IUS, was in
[4743]charge of this visit.(g\ See oo
[4745]oe _ SCHEER had a wide range of interviews with Ius
[4746].. executives and was provided with some internal IUS documents..
[4747]_ While in Prague, SCHEER wrote an article based on material
[4749]which he obtained while in Europe and this article was later
[4751]. published in "Rude. Pravo" datelined New York. (4)
[4752]SF T-73 © |
[4753]- August 1, 1967.
[4754]Bowl - The "California Jewish Record" newspaper, an
[4755]_ English language weekly newspaper published at Oakland, ©
[4756]“California, in its issue of September 1, 1967, contained
[4757]_ an editorial captioned, "Is BOB SCHEER An Anti-Semite?" |
[4758]This editorial described SCHEER as Managing Editor of — ee
[4759]_ “Ramparts"“ magazine and an unsuccessful candidate in the
[4760]- primary election of 1966, = Be
[4762]oa - The editorial stated SCHEER had recently returned
[4763]from a trip to Cairo and Israel and then spoke at a meeting.
[4764]in Berkeley, California, August 25, 1967, when he told his | —
[4765]_ audience about his trip. ‘In his speech, SCHEER claimed he had
[4766]_ been accused of being an anti-Semite and an anti-Arab because
[4767]of what he said on the matter of Arab-Israel relations. ° The a
[4768]editorial said that SCHEER referred constantly to the people
[4769]of Israel and the American Jews as the “Zionists” and uses
[4770]this term constantly when criticizing action of the Israelis. _
[4772]re The editorial continued by stating that SCHEER ss
[4773]accused the Zionists of being imperialistic, of being excess-
[4774]ively hard on the poor Arabs they defeated, of provoking the
[4775]. war - in short, of doing everything the Arabs and the Soviets
[4776]- accused them of and SCHEER attributed these lies to Israel's
[4777]'. subservience to the United States." In his speech, SCHEER —_
[4778]was further accused of using. the term, "American Grand Concourse
[4779]Zionists," the “Anti-Semites favorite euphemism for Jew." —_
[4781]oe Cony. séassen eseedeniescOL sesnesensgpcarsesees Copies
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[4794]1, o.  The editorial concluded by stating SCHEER . re
[4796]_ advised Israel and the Arab states to move to the left  __
[4798]~-and to seek to selve their economic and social problems =
[4800]_ in a joint effort. The editorial adds, “He apparently  —-
[4802]_. forgets that the most left of the Arab states is Syria,
[4803]' the country most responsible for the recent war. in which...
[4804]\the Arabs were defeated." ene
[4806]8 _..., ROBERT SCHEER, editor of "Ramparts" magazine, ae
[4807]San Francisco, California, was issued an invitation to attend
[4808]. the ‘Cultural Congress to be held in Havana, Cuba. January 4-12,
[4809]_ 1968. The invitation was issued by JOSE VIERA LINARES, First -
[4810]_ Secretary, Cuban Mission to the United Nations, New York City, .
[4811]during November, 1967. (It was not known whether SCHEER would
[4812]attend this congress... = pe Sa
[4816]7 _. |. November 24, 1967)...
[4818]the Copan wine, Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations instructed
[4819]the Cuban Mission to the United Nations. to extend an | invitation =
[4821]to ROBERT SCHEER of "Ramparts" to attend the Havana Cultural
[4823]Congress as a reporter.
[4825]SP T7800
[4826]November 16, 1967 |
[4828]A source who maintains contact with ——-
[4829]_ numerous Cuban news media and is =
[4830]' Lamiliar with Cuban political matters, ©.
[4831]| advised the Cultural Congress of Havana
[4832]_was scheduled for January 4-11, 1968, at- 0
[4833]Havana, Cuba. It was held at the Havana Libre _ oe
[4834]_ Hotel, Havana, under the auspices of the FS
[4835]_. . National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, the
[4836]_ Afro-Asian-Latin American Peoples' Solidarity.
[4837]Organization and the Cuban Preparatory Committee.
[4838]_The. purpose of the congress was to obtain unity
[4839]_ of action in the anti-imperialist fight and in oe,
[4840]_ the defense of thé cultural nucleus of each
[4841]_, SF T-79 Se
[4842]- January, 1968 =.”
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[4857]oe On January 16, ‘1968, “7-80 ‘reported ‘the
[4858]passenger Manifest of Cuban Aviation Company flight $465_
[4859]from Mexico, D.F. to Havana, Cuba, on January 5, 1968,
[4860]_ listed ROBERT SCHEER as. passenger #35. He was the bearer |
[4861]Of U.S. Passport #0041559, and had a Cuban. courtesy tourist .
[4862]visa. He was destined to. the Hotel Nacional, Havana, Cuba.
[4864]co . on January 16, 1968, T-80 advised. the passenger oe
[4865]| manifest of Cuban ‘Aviation Company Flight 464 from Havana,
[4866]Cuba, to Mexico, D.F. on’ ‘January 15, 1968, listed ROBERT SCHEER |
[4867]- aS passenger #57, He was the bearer of U.S. passport #0041559,
[4868]_ His destination in Mexico, D. Fe was. the Hotel Hilton, described.
[4869]as "in transit." oe . — oo
[4871]= On. March 19, (1968, g-81 advised. the ‘records. of
[4872]the. Mexican Department of ‘Immigration. reveal ROBERT SCHEER
[4873]was issued migratory form FM-17, #2839698. He was described
[4874]-. aS a 31 year old male of North American - nationality, married,
[4875]- occupation. journalist. He left Mexico, D.P. for Cuba on |
[4876]“January 5,°1968 and returned January - 15, (1968. (His departure-
[4877]re-entry permit was A350 0 a oe
[4879]a ; ROBERT SCHEER arrived in Mexico city from Cuba
[4880]January 15, 1968, accompanied by two other persons who: had | |
[4882]_ - traveled to. Cuba to film a documentary on Cuban life for = >
[4884]_ . educational television station KQED, San Francisco... SCHEER
[4885]had traveled from Los’ Angeles to Cuba on an unspecified date.
[4886]SCHEER was scheduled to depart Mexico for Los Angeles | ganuary |
[4887]15, “1968 on Western (Airlines, Flight 696.(DL - 7
[4889]SF 7-73 | _ .
[4890]January 3il, 1968
[4892]. ROBERT ‘SCHEER traveled to Mexico city, Mexico’, - Coe
[4893]. February 5, 1968, via Western Airlines and had accomodations
[4894]cat the Hilton Hotel, “Mexico Bete eA) © | . -
[4896]SF T-73: oe,
[4897]|Fepruary, %, “1968
[4899]Copy. cf. a _ Copies:
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[4916]ce, JOSE ‘VIERA LINARES, First Secretary, Cuban
[4917]Mission to the United Nations, contacted an un-named. ee
[4918]_.. secretary to ROBERT SCHEER, editor of. "Ramparts" “magazine, - . a
[4919]_. San Francisco, California, on January 29, 1968. During = |
[4920]_ this contact, it was stated that VIERA had. obtained an
[4921]. _ appointment with FIDEL CASTRO in Cuba for SCHEER and _
[4922]' SCHEER was then seeking State Department permission to |
[4923]have his passport validated for journalistic travel to
[4924]Cuba. Since SCHEER allegedly | had been delayed by the _
[4925]State. Department and since SCHEER had political appoint-.
[4926]ments running to March,. 1968, -he was attempting to make...
[4927]an appointment with FIDEL CASTRO for March 15 or 16, 1968. =
[4928]- VIERA Promised to help expedite this. arrangement, ue :
[4930]SF T-77_
[4931]February 29, 1968
[4933]ae Records of Air. France, New York, “New: York, revealed
[4934]that a man named SCHEER was travelling to Paris, France on  — _ mo :
[4935]Air. France’ Flight No. 042, departing New York City at 11:00 p.m.,
[4936]“July 13, 1967, in the company of a man named ANSARE, (probably -
[4937]identical with JAMES MICHAEL ANSARA). The records did not =
[4938]furnish the first names of either SCHEER or ANSARE nor any.
[4939]. information about a connecting: flight out of Paris. for these
[4940]individuals. re ar
[4942]SF T-82_
[4943]duly 14, 1967,
[4945]‘on August | 13, 1947, "MAURICE JOYCE;
[4946]member of the Professional Staff,
[4947]Committee on Appropriations, United
[4948]States Senate, provided information that
[4949]JAMES MICHAEL ANSARA was included among.
[4951]' the group of ten persons whose employment _.
[4952]had been terminated by the State Department |
[4953]under the. provisions of the McCarran Rider to:
[4955]" the State Department's appropriation bill = _
[4956]which permitted summary dismissals of employees oe
[4957]considered to be security risks. However, ANSARA's
[4959]. Department of State personnel file contains a copy
[4961]ofa letter dated December 8, 1947, directed to
[4963]- ANSARA which reads, "Your. resignation from the
[4965]Department of State effective June 23, (1947, .
[4967]hereby accepted."
[4969]“Copy.
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[4979]- WEH: ay
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[4985]“ calttornia.
[4987]California.
[4989]soneet SCHEER has recently traveled as
[4991]‘april 4, 1968, San. Francisco to sence,
[4993]. Washington, Vancouver and Edmonton, Canada.
[4995]“April. 6, 1968, Edmonton, Canada, via a Vancouver
[4997]to San Francisco, California.
[4999]April 17, 1968, San Francisco to chicago, via omaha,
[5001]"Nebraska and. Des Moines, Towa.
[5003]= april, 18, 1968, ‘chicago to. Buffalo, via “New York
[5004]April 19, 1968, Buffalo, New York to San “Francisco,
[5006]April: ai, 1968, ‘San Francisco to Mexico city. oo
[5007]| April 23, 1968, Mexico city to Havana, Cuba.
[5009]May’ 10, 1968, ‘Havana, ‘Cuba to Mexico city, to
[5011]Los Angeles, California.
[5013]‘May 10, 1968, ‘Los Angeles california, to. Salt
[5015]Lake City, Utah.
[5017]_ May: 12, 1968, salt Lake City | to San 1 Francisco,
[5019]SF p-33
[5020]“April - 23, “1968 and
[5021]. May 27, 1968. cs
[5023]SCHEER bought an ‘open round trip: ticket ‘to Los s
[5025]“angeies on June 3, 1968.
[5027]“SF 7-83 _ a
[5028]- June ll, ‘1968
[5030]ROBERT. SCHEER was observed by a special agent of
[5032]‘the FBI to arrive at San Francisco International Airport on |
[5034]the late evening of April 6, 1968, and is believed to have a
[5036]arrived on am United: Airline flight from Seattle, Washington.
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[5046]| WEH:ay
[5048]’ ROBERT SCHEER was reported - to have contacted. .
[5049]JOSE VIERA. LINARES, First. Secretary of the Cuban Mission.
[5050]- to. the United Nations, New York City, April 16, 1968, and
[5051]arranged to meet with VIERA April 18, 1968... SCHEER then —
[5052]planned to leave New York City by plane, the afternoon of.
[5053]- April 18, 1968. SCHEER was expected to fly from Mexico City
[5054]to: Havana, Cuba,. April. -23,.1968, and expected to remain in 7
[5055]Cuba about nine days. SCHEER reportedly requested that. . ;
[5056]_. Havana be notified so that interviews could be arranged. a
[5057]_ VIERA: ‘reportedly answered that SCHEER should have no problems, 7
[5058]and. Havana would: be notified of SCHEER' 8 travel ‘plans.
[5060]‘SFT- 77...
[5061]Bp 16, 1968
[5063]: ‘The passenger manifest of “cuban Aviation Company
[5064]Plight) 465, from Mexico, DF, Mexico, to Havana, Cuba,. one -
[5065].. April. 23, 1968, listed ROBERT _CHEER as passenger 84.
[5066]-- was the bearer ‘of. United States Passport. G041559 with a
[5067]- Cuban courtesy visa. He was destined to the Hotel Habana. Libre
[5068]and carried one. Piece” of luggage weighing | 30° kilos. (66 pounds).
[5070]SF T=84 ee oe
[5071]es May 3, 1968 a
[5073]-_ The passenger ‘manifest: of Cuban Aviation Company ©
[5074]Flight 464, from Havana, | Cuba to Mexico, ‘DF, Mexico, on. May =
[5075]- 10, 1968, listed. ROBERT SCHEER as passenger 51. He was the
[5077]>. bearer. of United States ‘Passport G041559 and. was. shown to. be.
[5078]in-transit to W.A. (possibly Western Airlines). He. carried
[5079]_ two pieces of luggage weighing 30. ‘kilos (66 pounds) . a
[5081]SF T-84 ie eS
[5082]- May” 14, 1968 juke:
[5083]The ‘records of the © Mexican Department of Immigration.
[5084]. raveal that ROBERT CHEER, a United States citizen, was
[5085]issued departure-re-entry permit 1450 with which he. departed _
[5087]Mexico. for Cuba on April 23, (1968. His passport | number was
[5088]shown as G041559. mee
[5090]___ May 28, 1968 |
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[5102]ne on March 30, 1968, HEDWIG ‘URBACH YAMPOLSKY, _
[5104]Calle Rio ‘Tigris 30-B, Mexico, DF, Mexico, remarked that — |
[5105]she had heard that ROBERT SCHEER, Editor of" Ramparts’ magazine,
[5106]‘was visiting Mexico and she hoped he would contact her before
[5108]_ he returned to the United States. YAMPOLSKY commented that.
[5109]"Ramparts" was. one of the few leftist. periodicals she. still
[5111]subscribed to and enjoys reading. . :
[5113]sp t-85
[5114]“April 1, 1968.
[5116]HEDWIG URBACH 'YAMPOLSKY is” in. contact . —
[5117]with: associates of. the American Communist —
[5118]_ Group in Mexico (ACGM) . 7
[5120]SF 7-85. |
[5121]_ April. 1, 1968
[5123]_ : necé¥aing to SF. 7-86, the ACGM is a ‘leose a 2
[5124]association of a predominantly. social wo ae TY
[5125]I -*-- nature, of present and/or past members of odes SC
[5126]a the Communist Party, USA, ‘and their. ‘friends. _ Corer td
[5127]oo and associates who share a common sympathy
[5128]© for. the international communist movement.
[5130]: oe The "San Francisco Chronicle" ‘daily newspaper, 7 ce
[5131]San Francisco, California, in its issue of duly 10, 1968, ss
[5132]carried an item in the gossip. column. ‘written by. HERB CAEN, . rs
[5133]reading, "'Ramparts' Editor BOB SCHEER, in New York to
[5134]negotiate for the CHE GUEVARA Diaries (successfully) was ne
[5135]_. surprised to find his wife, ANNE, there. too. She was en. a:
[5136]~ route to Paris, France, and Hanoi at the. invitation of . an
[5137]the North Vietnamese to — ‘observe’ _ the prisoner exchange."
[5139]. ROBERT. SCHEER. contacted JOSE VIERA LINARES , Pirst |
[5140]Secretary, Cuban Mission to the United Nations (CMUN) , New
[5141]York City, on August 5, 1968, and told VIERA that SCHEER's _
[5142]wife was then at the: Hotel Algonquin in New York City. SCHEER
[5143]_. asked VIERA to contact. Mrs. SCHEER and VIERA agreed to do so.
[5144]-.VIERA also. said he had a copy of the original publication of Oo
[5145]_ .CHE GUEVARA's. diary for SCHEER and. would give it to Mrs. |
[5146]_ _ SCHEER, — ROBERT SCHEER said he would be in New. York City =...)
[5147]in about two: weeks and Letadetaha again contact. VIERA, res
[5149]spT-770 en |
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[5161]ROBERT SCHEER, Editor in Chief of. “Ramparts”.
[5162]‘Magazine, San Francisco, California, contacted. JOSE VIERA
[5163]LINARES August 22, 1968, . and stated they had obtained his ~—
[5164]approval from the State Department (for a round trip to
[5165]_ Cuba). VIERA suggested that SCHEER travel to Mexico City
[5166]to. catch the plane on Monday, August 26, 1968, to Havana,
[5167]Cuba. SCHEER replied he thought it. would be taking. too |
[5168]- big a risk to leave for Mexico without having avisa. ©
[5169]_ SCHEER recontacted VIERA later the same day to state that
[5170]-. the only plane to Mexico. City was on Sunday, August 25, 1968.
[5171]He inquired if he <would have any trouble getting the = = =~
[5172]abana 2 Airlines plane and was told he- would have’ no trouble.
[5174]SF .-77 a
[5175]August, 22, (1968
[5177]_ an on September’. 7, 1968, ROBERT SCHEER contacted -
[5178]"JOSE VIERA LINARES to state he had not received the - cas, ot
[5179]- Material VIERA had promised to get him and he wanted to = ©. ,
[5180]meet with VIERA that evening. SCHEER said he planned to get a
[5181]a plane from New York City that evening en route home. |
[5182]od _. SCHEER added. that he hoped to get a Czechoslovak visa with | :
[5183]---.- the purpose of eventually visiting Prague. VIERA apologized
[5184]for not having delivered the promised material and_ agreed to
[5185]meet with SCHEER for. drinks and” dinner that evenings,“ 7
[5187]Se Pere Sn) I Sy
[5188]pF A Ee a September - 7, 1968
[5190]a re
[5192]7 an ROBERT SCHEER visited the Passport Office, vu. s.
[5193]‘Department: of State, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco,
[5194]ee California, during) the week of December 29, 1968, and stated -
[5196]he did not travel. to Cuba in. August, 1968, as he had planned. —
[5198]He said he had lost the letter he received from the State —
[5200]_. Department telling. him how to make his travel arrangements
[5201]and how to get his Cuban visa in Mexico. ‘City. Another letter
[5202].. ‘was given to SCHEER at this time. ‘SCHEER said he now plans
[5203]_ to make the trip to Cuba. Oo Ue
[5204]ao Miss MADELINE EBINGER -
[5205]Clerk, “Passport Office,. a
[5206]~U. S. Department of State,
[5207]San Francisco, January | a 1969
[5209]4 294 se 79 - | :
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[5220]WEH: ay a
[5222]“The Militant”, | a weekly. newspaper of the
[5224]| Socialist Workers ‘Party (SWP), in its. issue of January 24, :
[5225]-. 1969, carried an article by PAUL MC KNIGHT entitled. “Report
[5227]| from Havana; Fidel's Speech on January 2." In this article oe
[5228]_.the author described the celebration of. the 10th anniversary -
[5230]of the Cuban | revolution which was: held» in. Havana, Cuba.
[5232]~ January 2, 1969. In describing some of the. people who. were.
[5234]_ present, it was stated ‘that ROBERT SCHEER of “Ramparts”
[5235]«Was in attendance. — -
[5237]‘The passenger manifest: of. Cuban Aviation Company _
[5239]flight 465A. from Mexico, D.F.,. Mexico,. to Havana, Cuba, on von
[5241]- December 31, 1968, listed Robert Scher as passenger #33000
[5243]- G9. 6. Pounds). —
[5245]He was the bearer of United States. passport. -041550 with
[5246]a Cuban tourist: visa. He was destined to the Hotel” “Habana.
[5248]Libre and. carried. one piece of luggage weighing 18 kilograms - ane
[5250]_ January 7, 1969
[5252]“the passenger manifest. of Cuban Aviation Company _
[5254]flight: 464 from. Havana. ‘Cuba, to Mexico, D. F., ‘Mexico, on.
[5255]January 13, 1969, listed ROBERT SCHEER as passenger. #109.
[5256]_ He was. the bearer of ‘United States Passport o- PARR eS
[5258]SF T-80 a a
[5259]_ January is, 1969
[5261]| ROBERT SCHEER “reportedly made’ a “speech ‘at the
[5263]Hemispheric Conference to End. the War in Vietnam held recently _
[5264]in Montreal, Canada, oe vas BO
[5266]a pew oe ; ae SF 1-87.
[5268]NW 88613
[5270]“February a, 1969,
[5272]. ROBERT SCHEER made appointment to. have lunch
[5274]“with JOSE VIERA’ LINARES at 2:00 p.m., March 12, 1969 at
[5275]the! Delegates Dining Room, United. Nations, New “York City. -
[5277]‘SF T-77
[5278]_ March: 12, 1969,
[5280]_ ROBERT ‘SCHEER visited the Cuban Mission to the :
[5281]united Nations, New York City, on March | 20,.1969 in an effort
[5283]to meet with JOSE. VIERA LINARES, He is ‘not believed. to have .
[5284]. been successful in meeting with VIERA. -
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[5306]. . ROBERT. SCHEER is. the author of a pamphlet + written
[5308]“for the Center for. the ‘Study. 6f Democratic Institutions, «=
[5310]which he later condensed into an. article for "Ramparts" ee
[5311]magazine entitled, "The Vietnam Lobby." The article ‘purports
[5313]- to-show- how various Americans worked to misinform the public —
[5315]- about Vietnam. The persons whom SCHEER holds responsible
[5316]for’ misleading the American people are JOSEPH KENNEDY, Cardinal |
[5317]_. SPELLMAN, ARTHUR SCHLESINGER, JR., NORMAN THOMAS, J. BRACKEN
[5318]~. LEE,» ‘General EDWARD LANSDALE» MARVIN LIEBMAN, and others...”
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[5322]er. feature article datelined cairo, July” Bl,
[5323]1967, entitled, "Egypt" which is described as "A. Special
[5324]- Report from Managing Editor ROBERT SCHEER . in Cairo", was -
[5325]- published in the September 1967. issue of "Ramparts" |
[5326]Magazine. ‘In this article, SCHEER tried to. explain the:
[5327]_- current situation in. Egypt. He laid the blame for the. Arabs
[5328]‘losing the six-day war tothe Israelis on. "cowardly 7
[5329]or. traitorous officers" in. the ‘Arab Army. a
[5331]: The. article ‘also. stated. that many in the “NASSER.
[5332]_» @evertient say that most of the blame for starting. the
[5333]- Arab-Israel .war should be charged to the Syrians for.
[5334]+: having provided ‘the | Israelis with a pretext for: attack...
[5335]“The article stated the Egyptian people were not. at this
[5336]--time in a warlike mood and NASSER was doing his best. ©
[5337]to: discourage his: people- from warlike aspirations and
[5338]to encourage continuance - of the Social» Fevolution ine
[5339]~~ Egypts. | .
[5341]a SCHEER “concluded that MASSER must. break: with
[5342]the. rightists. in the Arab world and make his primary.
[5343]commitment to the Arab social ‘revolution in order to
[5344]survive. He concluded also that NASSER's most dangerous
[5346]- enemy is the "Moslem Brotherhood" who could. take control .
[5348]of Egypt. and ‘become embroiled in another» war in: as little
[5350]“as. one year’ Ss time. = :
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[5371]“The ‘November. 1967. issue. of "Ramparts" ; magazine
[5372]- €ontains a 13-page article entitled, "A NASSER
[5373]Thesis" by ROBERT SCHEEP. . In this article, SCHEER Lo
[5374]> analyzes. the Middle East. situation from 1952 to. the:
[5375]present, giving his recital of the relationship of: the’
[5376]_ various countries to each: other, the rise to power by -
[5377]-GAMAL ABDUL: NASSEPR, the Suez war in the. middle 1950's,
[5378]and: the six-day Arab- ‘Israel war in June, 1967.
[5380]we The article lays. great stress on NASSEP being”
[5381]unsuccessful in some. of his ventures because while he aa
[5382]nationalized many businesses and industries and distributed |
[5383].. the proceeds to the poor, he allowed the Army to remain
[5384]an elite, privileged class which was not loyal to either .
[5385]-NASSER or Egypt. SCHEER also blamed NASSER's failure _
[5386]to develop a political party with its own aims. set forth | ;
[5387]for his lack. of Success in coomunieating with his People oe
[5388]—) and: obtaining” ‘their full Support. . : ;
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[5403]The January; 1968 issue of “vRanparts* “Magazine contains. .
[5404]an article entitled “Oil and the Arabs (The Nasser Thesis: Part. [2h
[5405]This article states ‘Researchers for. this article and Part I>
[5406]-. (fRamparts", November, 1967). include BOB. AVAKIAN,, vt HAWLEY
[5407]_ DAVID KOLODNEY. and JOHN SPITZER." oe aa
[5409]The. article states the thesis that the: Midale- East. .
[5410]is Jof ‘paramount strategic importance to this Country". because — .
[5411]the Persian Gulf. produces 27% of the world's petroleum and has - CoS
[5412].. proved. global reserves of 60%. In addition the Mideast. is: the ee
[5413]‘trade crossroads between Asia and Europe and an important cultural
[5414]bridge between Africa and Asia and the center of the Islam: world.
[5416]. The article. explains that 27% of the oil used. through- ooo
[5417]out the world comes from the Middle East and; since oil is in- _ os
[5418]dispensable to industrial and military potential it is no wonder.
[5419]~ that continued control of this’ resource is a major focus of the-
[5420]. Western. powers. | It adds that if control of this oil is important”
[5421]to the West it is absolutely eritical to the Arabs, since it is
[5422]the only source of the cash needed to break out of the cycle oF.
[5423]underdevelopment and poverty in which their countries are trapped.
[5424]It pointed out that the profits from the oil go to the "wrong"
[5425]states, those. with the least population. (12%. of. the Arab population)
[5426]and therefore the least need. The. article stated. the Arabs could
[5427]-yepay, the total investment of Western powers of $5 billion in. .
[5428]two years with the oil removed. from ‘Arab wells except ior the.
[5429].. faet that. Western Countries are in a position, to force the. Apabs —
[5430]to deal with them or to have no market. whatever fcxr “his ofl.
[5431]The article. cited how Iranian Prime Minister MOSSADEGH nationaliz-
[5432]ed his country' s oil production May 1, 1951 and the U. S. Pro
[5433]- ceeded to crush him so totally that. the. example has. served as
[5434]chilling — model for other would-be. nationalists - no major oil”
[5435]producing country in. the Mideast has ‘dared to: repeat MOSSADEGH's
[5436]attempt.” The Western ‘Powers: were said to have accomplished
[5437]this by imposing a tots AL boycott of Iranian oil. a
[5438]Ss 7 The article ‘explained: that ‘the ‘Bagh¢ead Pact was’ ‘an in-
[5439]tegral’ part of a global containment. policy which was put’ into. -
[5440]effect by the U.S. in the early 1950s but NASSER pefused to a-
[5441]lien himself with. it. NASSER was said to be a threat to. the.
[5442]. Western “powers by being consciously and arrogantly . expansionist ,
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[5460]and by. holding the position ‘that oil in the underpopulated oil a
[5461]- producing: countries must be the basis of the development. of the —
[5462]- entire region. It stated that.the U.S. response to NASSER was ..
[5463]principally by. propping up the economy and military machines of |
[5464]the monarchies while alternately mollifying through. grants. or. the
[5465]withholding of grants: to the more leftist tendencies ‘as they appear-.
[5466]ed in Egypt. and. other Arab regimes. -The article added. “Intensivs.
[5467]CIA operations even involved founding the American Friends. of the.
[5468]Middle East -.a-pro-Arab Organization in the U. Ss - as well as
[5469]“widespread meddling in internal. Arab politics.! eS "
[5471]~The article continued that. Soviet support of ‘the Arabs
[5472]beran in 1955, which caused the U. S. to be more careful not to. |
[5473]“cause an. anti-Western ‘Arab union to be formed that might topple
[5474]America's pight- -wing Arab allies. NASSER was. said to have steered
[5475]. clear of any major direct confrontation with the U.S. and "the U.S.
[5476]has never attempted. to really clamp down on him." Thus. the Arab
[5477]revolutionary impulse, fearful of challenging the West, turned to
[5478]‘challenging Israel as a Western tool" and condemned ‘Israeli im-
[5479]_ ‘perialism.” . This hostility to. Israel provided a kind of anti-
[5480]imperialism that was able -to appeal to both progressive leftists:
[5482]oo and traditional monarchies inthe Arab world. fn. 1955. Israel].
[5484]joined. the British and French attempt to reestablish by force |
[5485]Western control over the Suez Canal after NASSER nationalized it,
[5486]and Israel also supported the French in the Algerian war. ‘To the
[5488]Arabs it seemed that Israel had aligned herself with the exploiters ae
[5490]This’ signalled the Russians to begin helping the Arabs to get as
[5492]many friends as. possible among ‘the non-aligned ; countries even while ~
[5494]local communists in Egypt, Algeria and Syria were being jailed. Rusgsis |
[5495]fert that the Arabs. were moving to the ‘left. to. justify. Pusctan _
[5497]_ Suppor eo ae a
[5499]The article. said the soefal changesin . Algeria and “Eeypt
[5500]were: Significant but also inadequate because "they, destroyed the -
[5502]power of the. traditional | upper class without. in anv significant sense |
[5504]passing power on to that very broad: base of the Arab pyramid. The —
[5505]reforms in Syria and Egypt came about. as a result of military coups:
[5506]déetat which placed. men. in. power who were willing to introduce re-
[5507]forms.
[5509]“The. article continued by stating “The identification of
[5510]Israel -vather than the oil companies and their monarchies- -as the
[5512]-. serious extension of imperialism has allowed Arab progressives to
[5514]play at revolution, ‘through periodic anti- Israel tirades, without
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[5528]taking essential ‘pevolutionary action." In reference to: the:
[5530].gix day Arab-Israel war the article stated ‘the Soviets were clearly
[5532]- unprepared to assess its implications," in veference to. with- 9 —
[5534]drawal of UN troops from Gaza and Agoba. It added "The Soviets
[5535]‘continuously underestimated the emotional depth: and. political
[5536]‘intensity of the Arab- ‘Israeli conflict.” It added that. Russia
[5537]began immediately to rearm Eghpt and Syria after the def eat,
[5539]_ specifying only that ‘their weapons be better used.
[5541]“The. article ‘stated. The Central Thesis of. this essay”
[5542]is that the: Great Powers cannot be expected to be concerned, on any
[5544]. .consistent basis, with the interests. and needs of the-Arabs and
[5545]_ Jews who live in the. Mideast,” but are preoccupied. with their
[5547]own prestige and ‘security needs. It added. that both the Arabs. and
[5549]the Jews. identify their opposition. with the. Nation of inperialisa
[5550]supported by the: American oil companies, . .
[5552]The’ article added that ‘The Arab denial of legitimate’
[5554]“gewish nationhood as the basis of Israel is the subject. of. a ea
[5555]‘ridicule. . But that the mainstream of Zionism has, in like fashion,
[5557]denied the existence of a legitimate Arab quest for nationhood is
[5558]_ not commonly admitted. This factor has been of great significance.
[5560]in the formation and sustaining of Arab hostility towards: Israel.
[5562]The Arabs will never be able to turn their energies from opposing
[5563]Israel to the development of an Arab nation so long as the Israelis
[5565]hold. the existence of an Arab nation to-be a. threat." The’ Teraelis”
[5567]_ viewed’ the drive tovard Arab. unity and independence as a threat
[5568]to them. ABBA EBAN. conferred upon Israel the very nationhood. that
[5570]Israel. denied to the Arabe. The Arabs. find - this pos: ‘tion most
[5572]difficult to accept when the Jewe deny them the’ same position.
[5574]The article stated th. “7sraelis must come. to accept the fact that.
[5575]nationhood is ‘an aspiration which some Arabs ‘hold without beinz .
[5576]conned into it by NASSER; and that an Arab State - if it became a
[5577]reality (as a confederation or a nation) - is not necessarily a
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[5584]Jewish: Nation are both - legitimate concepts. which can survive to
[5585]gether only if. they exist as part of the same social revolution »
[5587]to meet the needs of the people’ of the Mideast."
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[5595]“the ‘April - May, 1968, issue of “Ramparts Magazine, —
[5596]lists ROBERT SCHEER as Editor in Chief and carried a two pase
[5597]article entitled. "The ‘peace' Candidates by ROSEPT SCHEER. -
[5598]. In. this: article, SCHEER discussed the Vietnam “Yar and Damocratic
[5599]_. presidential candidates ROBERT F. KENNEDY (now deceased) and .
[5600] EUGENS MeCARTHY (SCHES R was critical of each | of these candidates”
[5602]U. ‘Ss. participation in “the Vietnam Vape ha pe Rn, a
[5604]The une 1s. i962, issue of. "Remparts” Ma agazine stated.
[5605]that. this issue marked the beginning of "Ramparts aS. a fortnightly
[5606]acazine which will appear in the same format as it has previously
[5608]appeared. It stated that features planned for the first few .
[5609]editions inelude (in part) several articles on the problems of .
[5610]-. today's Cuba. including an interview with. FIDEL CASTRO Py ROBERT
[5611]SCHEER. Mo oe
[5613]ne The “August: 10, 1968, issue. of "Ramparts". .
[5614]carried .a two-page article entitled, "The. Night BOBBY __.
[5615]. Died, " by ROBERT . “SCHEER. In this. article, SCHEER, stated.
[5616]he was present. at: the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles,:
[5617]- California with ROBERT F. KENNEDY. on the evening of
[5618]_ Primary Election Day, June 4, 1968, in the Royal.
[5619]_ Suite, while the ‘KENNEDY campaign workers. were - waiting
[5620]_. for the returns to come in... He wrote. that he was also
[5621]» in the Empire Ballroom while. ROBERT KENNEDY. was giving |
[5622]his: victory speech and while . KENNEDY. was shot about:
[5623]12: 2a AM. a
[5625]: ~ The September 28, 1968, ~ issue of "Ramparts"
[5626]carried a feature-length article dealing with the |
[5627]Democrati¢ National Convention in Chicago, which. was-.
[5628]' described as “a Ramparts special report" by staff members —
[5629]and it named 23. persons including. ROBERT. SCHEER as
[5630]“responsible, for this. report.
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[5645]. The San Francisco Chronicle daily newspaper
[5646]published in San Francis¢o, California, in its issue of
[5647]March 3, .1969, carried the column of WILLIAM HOGAN entitled,
[5649]“World. of Books: Eldridge Cleaver, Written on the Run.” _
[5650]- In this article HOGAN discussed a new book “Eldridge Cleaver:
[5651]- Post-Prison Writings and Speeches," which was edited by.
[5652]_. ROBERT SCHEER: published by the book. publishing branch of
[5653]Ramparts magazine. The article continued by. stating that
[5654]' SCHEER compiled this book. from pieces. that appeared previously |
[5655]_in Ramparts magazine and from speeches delivered by CLEAVER |
[5656]~ . at various times. . The article- concluded by stating that a a
[5657]- book entitled "Berkeley On 0 Dollars a. Day," by- ROBERT SCHEER»
[5658]- and his. Ramparts colleague. PETER COLLIER is presently under
[5659]negotiation with. publishers. SO
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[5665], A protest | ‘pally for persons. jailed as. a result of
[5666]Auto Row and Sheraton-Palace Hotel sit-in demonstrations | oe
[5667]‘was held at San Francisco. City Hall. plaza July 17, 1966. “The: a
[5668] growd at the rally was estimated at from 400 to 1,000. people.
[5669]_ ROBERT SCHEER was one of the speakers and said that if. _
[5670]Governor BROWN had not freed these sit-in) demonstrators” ‘by
[5671]election day, SCHEER would tell the people to march to the ©
[5672]a jail housing these demonstrators, ‘rather than going. to the
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[5680], ‘The August 6- 9 ‘Committee ‘sponsored the Third. ‘Inter- .
[5681]national Days of Protest, August 6-9, 1966, at San Francisco |
[5682]Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco. This demonstration numbered
[5683]about 2,500 people on August 6, 1966. One of the speakers was
[5684]ROBERT SCHEER, who stated that the demonstrators. should not: get .
[5685]discouraged, but should continue their picketing and demonstrating.
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[5707]‘September 1 1966 .
[5708]_ The “Stockton Record" newspaper, ‘Stockton, |
[5709]. California, issue of September 8, 1966, carried a news =
[5710]article headlined, "Editor Attacks U. S.. Policy in Vietnam;
[5711]Sees National Peril." In this article it was stated that —
[5712]- ROBERT SCHEER had delivered a speech at the Raymond College
[5713]High Table, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California,
[5714]on September 7, 1966. SCHEER maintained that the concept
[5715]of an international communist. conspiracy was. false and the.
[5717]_.U. S. is mistaken in considering it a unified, ever-growing
[5719]force that. can only) be: contained by force. He stated that
[5720]. . the communist conspiracy is a movement that does not. hold.
[5721]-.. together because of nationalistic interests... He cited
[5723]the Sino-Soviet dispute and the international squabbling
[5725]between satellite countries and the major communist powers.
[5727]_ He said. the Vietnam conflict began as an internal dispute: .
[5728]and if the U. S. withdrew from the conflict this. withdrawal -
[5729]-. would reaffirm the communists! confidence — in- ‘the: possibility |
[5731]OF peaceful co-existence. Ce
[5733]a . He concluded. that. af anyone is "genuinely. concerned. .
[5734]- about American security, he is going to. have to work to -
[5735]reverse American foreign Policy, . _
[5737]October 18, 1966
[5739]“The. Guardsman," weekly student: newspaper’ at City
[5740]college of San. Francisco, in its issue of October 19, 1966,
[5741]carried a news article headlined, . “Scheer Lectures on Involvement .
[5742]in Southeast Asia." The article stated ROBERT SCHEER spoke at.
[5743]the College Theater to a capacity audience. He was reported |
[5744]to have reviewed the historical changes in Vietnam, the French
[5745]vole in Vietnam affairs, and. the limited policy set by. President —
[5746]_ ° KENNEDY of only sending 30, 000 advisors as’ "technical: aid only |.
[5747]_for'a limited period of time to prevent.a colonial posture."
[5748]' The article stated. further, “In a summary conclusion. SCHEER o
[5749]. gaid that if there is an international. ‘communist movement, it
[5750]should cease to exist, that there are hardly two communist —
[5751]countries that. eoexist, that communism is in truth a form of.
[5752]nationalism and ‘that practically speaking, ‘it does not (exist. m0
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[5764]_ December 25 1966
[5766]Discussion Unlimited, Incorporated (DU), sponsored
[5767]oa meeting December 2, 1966, in the auditorium of Los Angeles ==
[5768]- * “Trade College, 700 block, Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles,
[5769]with from 1,000 to 1,500 people in attendance. The topic of
[5770]the discussion was “What Will the New Development on the Left =
[5771]. Be?" ROBERT SCHEER from "Ramparts" magazine, EUGENE GENOVESE.
[5772].. . from Rutgers College in New Jersey, and DOROTHY HEALEY from
[5773]Southern California District CP were the speakers. HEALEY —
[5774]spoke first, stating that the most important things. for the |
[5775]_ groups on the left to do today were to unite on common. grounds
[5776]and to. be critical on grounds where they cannot agree, as well |
[5777]as to give allegiance to the other 14 socialist countries in) .
[5778]the world. She described these countries as the hope of the . ar
[5779]future. ROBERT SCHEER attacked her bitterly, his. main contention
[5780]being that he felt he could not even say he was a socialist. oO
[5781]" beeause of all-the crimes that are committed in the name of
[5782]- -gocialism. He said he could not align himself with other
[5783]countries in. the socialist world because of the barbaric
[5784]deeds committed by some of. these countries. _
[5786]oa He. led a vicious attack against’ ‘the Soviet “Union,
[5787]- against ‘the STALIN @ra, against the crimes that were committed —
[5788]in the Soviet Union against Jewish people. and Jewish culture, .
[5789]and against other religious people and intellectuals in the —
[5790]Soviet Union: He made reference to the two writers who had
[5791]been. recently jailed in Russia. In a rebuttal and question
[5792]‘and answer period the attack went back and forth, mainly 7 oe
[5793]_.. between GENOVESE and HEALEY against. SCHEER for his. anti- Soviet =
[5794]- Union. position. SCHEER constantly: brought. up: Hungary, stating ~
[5795]. that the. oppression that went on in Hungary is no different —
[5796]than the oppression of. ‘the Untted States in Vietnam. He also
[5797]said the Soviet Union — is a sick society just as the U. S. is. .
[5798]_a sick society, and he is quite sure that the workers ‘in. each ©.
[5799]society are not much aware of or care about the relative -
[5800]difference. of the’ sickness. ~ PS
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[5816]. “The PW issue of ‘December’ ‘10, 1966, and: December ce
[5818]i966, also carried news articles on the. ‘above describe d forum. ~
[5819]SCHEER! s. remarks are reported in the. December 10, 2986. issue”
[5820]as follows: ee a
[5822]. "Scheer, who ran asa “peace candidate ‘ain. othe: - oe
[5823]“Democratic. ‘primary in the Seventh ‘Coneressional. District,
[5824]. winning nearly. 45% of the vote, spoke of the kind of.
[5826]“revolution he. would like to see. "Revolution is better
[5827]than rebellion,’ he said, ‘but I am:interested in’ _
[5829]_ what a revolution will lead to... .Soviet society is.
[5831]. vicious... -I want.a revolution. that ‘means the: vight
[5833]Of a oman to control . his own, life. :
[5834]cs Referring: to Narxism, Scheer. said, ‘The theories _
[5835]aon" t work. The. working class — is. not. getting poorer”
[5836]_and- Poorer, a .
[5838]a MITt is true,’ he said, “that the ‘New Left?
[5840]vo has_ no “ideology, (but. because. of that) it does not
[5841]. follow that it should accept the ‘old ones. + Why is” So!
[5842]there a New Left? - .
[5844]‘The: old. Left was tired, -eynical, ‘frightened,
[5845]: ae LSD is more important than: (considered } by the’ 'Old- .
[5846]Si 0 Leftt)...The young people who have looked at the American
[5847]_ “Dream and said it isn't so great have made a statement
[5848]. more profound than anything: the Old Left | has ever.
[5849].- made". " . . . .
[5851]A. characterization of: DU is contained “in _
[5852]— the appendix.
[5854]"February a, 1967 | | — oF
[5855]. ae The Daily Cardinal," student newspaper of the
[5856]University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, in its. issue. of.
[5858]_. February 10, 1967, carried an article headlined, "Scheer Hits
[5859]"Mythology' of U. Se Anti-Communism." This article stated faa
[5861]follows: _— | |
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[5882]“tanti- Comminism is “what holds the American “people
[5884]“together, not the Judaeo-Christian ethic,’ radical —
[5886]author Robert Scheer told 500 people in the | Social.
[5888]-, Setence | building Thursday.
[5890]— SHe argued that the United States is. ‘attempting
[5891]to impose on the Southeast Asian crisis the ‘myth!
[5893]of a monolithic Communism and the. policy of ‘Soneain=
[5894]_ ment! that developed out of the post- ‘World | War Il ~
[5895]» Eastern, European situation 20. years ago.
[5897]“He ‘said that “America. has. become "so. imbued:
[5899]with. the anti-Communist mythology* that it has Become
[5900]-. the over-riding criteria for all, and: especially.
[5901]-. foreign policy decision- ~making .
[5903]‘He cited the investigations. of. philosopher ;
[5905]Bertrand Russell's. Vietnam ‘War Crimes Tribunal’. i”
[5906]_ which. purports to show American use of "fragmentation
[5908]bombs! that are not effective militarily, -buc which ©
[5909]demoralize the population. ‘.'And these bombs. are -
[5911]designed not SO much to kill as to torture.”
[5913]“Wtwhat is : frighteningly horrible. about | this. whole ea
[5915]policy," he said, ‘is that it works. It succeeds
[5916]_ militarily even. where, it fails politically.
[5918]"He urged his listeners to! support ‘the Vietcong,
[5920]or National Liberation Front. -given the fact that ©
[5921]. they are the only- ones standing up to the American’
[5923]‘intrusion! over there.
[5925]“He said ‘that it is. not. the: North Vietnamese
[5927]who: have shown ‘bad faith’ in efforts to negotiate,
[5929]‘but us.' They have already offered concessions,.
[5930]he said, 'even. though it is we who are bombing them.
[5932]. -iRugeien and - Chinese ‘foreign policiés, pefore -
[5933]and after the death of Stalin, he said, "have been
[5934]essentially conservative, and not aggressive.’ He.
[5936]cited as evidence the Trotsky-Stalin conflict and
[5937]Mao Tse-tung's early differences with the regular
[5938]Chinese Communist: Party apparatus over this. issue.
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[5951]March_ 16. 1967_
[5953]. ces A ‘meeting - was held at ‘Hospitality | House, Balboa
[5954]Park, California, March 16, 1967, to-hear ROBERT SCHEER. talk —
[5955]on the CIA (Central. Intelligence Agency). He was. introduced | .
[5956]as editor of "Ramparts" magazine. _ His only comments. concerning:
[5957]- the CIA were that the CIA was the "whipping boy" for high
[5958]. officials of the U. S: Government. He indicated that if anything |
[5959]went wrong with the policy of the high government officials,
[5960]they could always blame (CIA for their failures.” oo :
[5962]. . In discussing the Vietnam war, SCHEER stated the
[5963]. president of the U. S.,; along with other government officials,
[5964]were guilty of murder of innocent women and children. SCHEER
[5965]then spoke of a trip he had taken to France and Belgium. | ‘He
[5966]. said he had talked to. important offieials in these countries
[5967]2 and gained the impression that these officials were opposed to
[5968]-. the war policy of. President JOHNSON, particularly the bombing .
[5969]_of North Vietnam. SCHEER alleged that there were more bombs
[5970]dropped | in. Vietnam than were dropped during World War II. He
[5971]_ ¢laimed that the reason the U. S. was using anti-personnel bombs -
[5972]- against the people of North Vietnam was because they did not a
[5973]_.-. agree with the U. S. and the use of anti-personnel bomb was. (of
[5974]et punitive natures . Oe,
[5976]— | _ SCHEER ‘took: the position of an | independent. criticizing
[5977]both the "Commie" and "Bipeher"- elements.
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[5981]Apri | Hy 1967,
[5983]oe ‘The: "Yale Daily News", student newspaper of Yale.
[5984]University, New Haven, Connecticut; issue of April 5, 1967, —
[5986]carried an article relating that ROBERT SCHEER spoke at the Law |
[5987]- School Auditorium of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, —
[5989]on. April 4, 1967, explaining the principles of "New Politics."
[5991]SCHEER described the "New Politics" as a movement which seeks”
[5993]to bring about — a substantial change in American ‘society.
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[6008]ROBERT SCHEER spoke at ‘the rally of the Spring -
[6009]Mobilization Committee Against the War in Vietnam which | was”
[6010]. held April 15,. 1967, at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, —
[6011]. ~ California, with about 55,000 people in attendance. _ SCHEER
[6012] pemarked that General “WESTMORELAND had stated that the  _
[6013]. Vietnamese people would have to "bleed more" to learn they.
[6014]had met their match in this war. SCHEER commented ‘that |
[6016]despite United States' "intervention" in Vietnam, there would
[6017]be “other Vietnams" as other rights, groups and countries had.
[6019]their own nationalist expressions. SCHEER went on to say that
[6020]“other people will make revolutions" and, thus, the U..S. .
[6021]would have to go into other countries. "If other people want
[6022]communist. revolutions, so be it" added SCHEER. Other speakers
[6023]at this” ‘rally urged . immediate. withdrawal of U. s. ‘troops: from:
[6025]/. Vietnam.
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[6032]. “tho Spring Mobilization Committee ‘bo nd
[6033]the War in Vietnam (SMGRYV) was an ad hoc
[6034]_ orgathzation coniposed of several antie 90}
[6035]_ Vietnam war end peace ‘groups, which. organized
[6036]mass rallies and marches in New York and. er
[6037]San Francisco on April 1S» 1957, to pootest.
[6038]United States involvement in the Vietnam Wave
[6039]The. SMCEVV is now known as the Mtional | |
[6040]Mobilization Committee to End the War in mo
[6041]“Vietnam (NMGEYV). Whe Western Mobilization ——
[6042]Committoo Against tho: War ws tho Vest Coast oe
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[6055]“The “Daily Utah Chronicle," University. of Utah, a
[6057]Salt Lake City, Utah, in its issue of October 6, 1967,.
[6059]carried a news article entitled, "National Perspective on
[6060]Vietnam issues," which announced that a program entitled,
[6062]Spectrum Vietnam, would be held in the main ballroom of the ~~
[6064]Union Building, Saturday, October 7,.1967, at noon. ‘This.
[6065]would be a panel discussion with CARL OGLESBY of the Students
[6067]for a Democratic Society and others. The article. provided ©
[6069]- the following background data:
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[6073]con - “Scheer, a | Political Science ‘graduate’
[6074] . « -- .@f City College of New York, was...
[6075].appointed Maxwell Fellow in Public
[6076]Administration at Syracuse. University. —
[6077]Two additional years of graduate. study
[6078]as @. Teaching Assistant in Economics —
[6079]-. and-as a fellow in the Center for —
[6080]- Chinese Studies at the University. of
[6081]“California, Berkeley, followed. He. ‘then
[6082]_. taught American Government at city”
[6083]a College of New York. . -
[6085]Mr. Scheer. ‘visited Castro! s cuba in. 1960°
[6086]-. and co-authored with Professor Maurice a
[6087]. Zeitlin, CUBA: TRAGEDY IN OUR HEMISPHERE.
[6089]"He was. appointed foreign editor of
[6090]‘Ramparts: Magazine’ in '65, managing.
[6092]. editor in '66, and vice president of
[6093]the. corporation in: "67. |
[6095]Tn spring of 1965 and again in. 1966 he eG
[6096]_ traveled to. Southeast Asia, touring Laos oe
[6097]and Vietnam. - Findings of his trips were _
[6098]-. published in the report HOW THE. UNITED .
[6099]STATES (GOT INVOLVED IN VIETNAM.
[6101]“Scheer. has been. active in ‘the New. Politics
[6102]- movement and is a member of the Board of the
[6103]National Committee: for New. Politics." oo
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[6115]The. same. paper stated ‘that at re 00 PM, october
[6117]9, “1967, Utah Senator WALLACE ‘F.. BENNETT and GALE. MCGHEE , ©
[6118]"Senator from ‘Wyoming, would ‘speak on. Vietnam. a
[6120]. The "Daily Utah Chronicle," issue of October 18,
[6122]1967, carried a news article headlined, "Spectrum Chronicle __
[6123]Debate," which stated that ROBERT SCHEER of. “Ramparts Magazine".
[6125]was looking into the possibility of. bringing a libel suit.
[6127]ae against the "Daily Utah Chronicle" for using slanderous misquotes —
[6128]-.. attributed to him in the. coverage in the Spectrum Vietnam, ._
[6129]October 7; 1967. This article explained that the night editor ~
[6131]of this paper rewrote ‘the story at a time when he could not .
[6132]contact ; any sources, hence the inaccuracy.
[6134]“The. "Deseret. Mews" “Salt. bake City, Utah, 1 newspaper,
[6136]. issue: be October 4, 1987, carried a news article, "Spectrum »
[6138]a Vietnam, Ouestion Unresolved. This article. velatad that. ROBERT | oe
[6140]SCHEER deseribed as. Editor of "Ramparts * Magazine, attacked
[6141]the arrogant. American myth that "we are always good guys.
[6143]fighting on. the> side with angels with amonopoly on, aeinoeracy ».
[6144]_ Peace and freedom.' So a co,
[6146]‘The article. said “the contended the mood of communism
[6148]as. now nationalism, not world expansion. and ‘that the Communists.
[6149]_ are now more concerned with internal problems than presenting
[6151]a united front to defeat ‘democracy.’ ‘The article added "Mr.
[6152]Scheer and Mr. Oglesby: charged that. the U.S. is. supporting the |
[6154]“wrong side in Vietnam because of its economic interest. - The
[6156]- veal issue in Vietnam and other troubled areas of the world is
[6158]‘poverty, according to. Scheer ‘and Oglesby."
[6160]AU symposium on: Vietnam was. “held. October, 1, 1967
[6162]at the University of. Utah, Student Union Building Ballroom,
[6164]Salt Lake City, Utah. The panel of speakers included a senator
[6166]from Utah, - a. senator from Wyoming, CARL OGLESBY, former President
[6168]of Students for a Democratic Society, and. ROBERT SCHEER, Editor...
[6170]of Ramparts magazine. There were about 150-200 people: present
[6171]at this meeting. including at least seven CP. members. This:
[6173]‘function was. called Spectrum - Vietnam. |
[6175]Following this meeting a social. party and discussion
[6177]was” held at. the residence of one SUE GOODRICK in Salt Lake. “City”
[6178]on ‘October 7, 1967.
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[6197]. ‘Both: CARL OGLESBY and ROBERT SCHEER were present.”
[6198]The time was spent generally in. questioning OGLESBY. and SCHEER -
[6200]by youths of the New Left who were attempting to find .
[6202]-. themselves. There were about 50 persons present at this:
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[6209]oo - ROBERT SCHEER was ‘introduced | ‘as Editor of Ramparts —
[6210]and as spokesman for the New Left when he appeared as a guest
[6211]on the. LES CRANE Show. on. television. station KTTV, Channel 115, -
[6212]- Los Angeles, California, : on October 11, 1967. “SCHEER - stated —
[6213]on this. program that due to electoral procedure. it would be.
[6214]_ impossible to place a candidate on the ballot - that the «=.
[6215]... industralist and monied interests controlled the ballot system.
[6216]. SCHEER said "we" had no money and because of time and other.
[6217]- factors, it would be impossible to obtain the thousands of
[6218]“names to place an eligible candidate on the ballot. He added
[6219]"we" would have to take over the polls. He claimed that in...
[6220]order to. make necessary changes in the present political
[6221]-structures— "we" would. have to “take over" the establishment —
[6222]in 1 Washington. a
[6224]November 20,1967
[6226]ea "The. Fairfield Fepublican" newspaper. published
[6227]ate Fairfield, California, in its issue of. November. 21,
[6228]1967, carried an article headlined, "Leftist Calls_U. S.:
[6229]Bought | Out Society’ in J. C, Talk." This article stated
[6230]_ that ROBERT SCFEER, editor of Ramparts. magazine, spoke —
[6231]. November. 20, 1967, at.the Solano College. Gymnasium: and —
[6232]. _- - delivered a blistering attack on what he termed the |
[6233]“bought off society." -He decried what. he termed an.
[6234]"exploitive corrupt war economy, fostered by a | profiteering
[6235]business community ."
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[6247]ae The article said ‘SCHEER stated "Ye: invoke. ‘the
[6248]devil theory of communism to explain the reality of.
[6249]-». desperate. social revolution." SCHEER- concluded "Vietnam
[6250].. is only the extension. of this unhealthy American character-.
[6251]istic, not an isolated example of mistaken policy. It is)
[6252]- an integral part of a. policy of corrupt. self- -seeking -
[6253]deception." After. explaining that “OBERT SCHEER ‘visited
[6254]South Vietnam twice, the article quoted SCHEER as saying,
[6255]- "T. think we have to realize that the Vietnamese are. indeed
[6256]fighting for their freedom - but their freedom from us.
[6257]. They. are nationalists trying to. create a national. revolution,
[6258]and they can! t be explained | avay with @ label. no :
[6260]oe a SCHEER alleged that the united States. was. in
[6261]the. Vietnam war to make a profit. He called for. staged
[6262]withdrawal of U.S. troops over. a period of years.
[6264]. In reference to ‘the domestic. scene, SCHREY warned
[6266]that sterner msasures ‘against dissent were coming. and that.
[6267]President JOHNSON's > ‘talk about. peace was a "con job." -
[6268]SCHEER said. people were rioting in America because "they
[6270]_ have no legitimate avenue of dissent." In summary, SCHEEP
[6271]urged concerned youth not to become. complacent. but to .
[6273]_ remain aware of the problems and refuse to conspire with
[6275]- liberal politicians who try. to make dissent’ irrelevant,
[6277]_ SCHEER told the group, "Block the h#lls and ‘block the”
[6278]airports. This may be one of the. times. when to behave
[6279]reasonably is to behave irresponsibly. " . en
[6281]November 2h, 2367 -
[6282]- “The “University | of ‘Washington Daily" newspaper,
[6283]Seattle, “Washington ,_ issue of November 21, 1967, carried ar.
[6284]article announcing that ROBERT SCHEER, editor of "Ramparts" —
[6285]Magazine, would speak. at the Hub. Auditorium, November 21,"
[6286]1967, under sponsorship of the Political Union. The’ = ©
[6287]article said that SCHEER , who is leading proponent of the
[6288]New Left, served on the Board of Directors of the National.
[6289]Conference for New: Politics, which held its convention in = |
[6290]Chicago. It stated that SCHEE® was currently cdlaborating 7
[6291]with WARREN HINCKLE, also on the "Ramparts" arin
[6292]writing | a book about the "Vietnam Lobby". .
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[6308]“The "Seattle Post. ‘Intelligencer" newspaper, ‘Seattle,
[6310]‘Washington, in its issue of November 22, 1967, reported that.
[6311]ROBERT. SCHEER spake to. an overflow audience: at the: University
[6313]Of "lashington, Hub Auditorium, November 21, 1967: The article |
[6315]. stated that SCHEER said it was ‘arrogant for Americans to.
[6316]decide what is best for the Vietnam people. | SCHEER said
[6317]it-was an "obscene argument that withdrawal .of American
[6318]forces. from Vietnam. would result inva blood bath... He.
[6320]claimed the United States. was operating on a war. economy.
[6321]and suggested that our loss of. pre-eminence in. world
[6322]trade as well as in. jobs which rely on military. contracts"
[6323]aecounts for much of our reluctance to pull: out of Asia.
[6324]_ SCHEER predicted that 1968 may be the "last democratic
[6325]election" for this nation. He predicted that the far
[6326]left and the far right would grow: as_ Americans seek ..
[6327]alternatives... SCHEER advocated taking the billions spent”
[6328]on the Vietnam war. and applying them to. domestic preblens.''
[6329]He alleged that unless this is done, there would be more
[6330]violence and more. ‘riots. in American cities. - ns
[6332]December 8, 1967
[6334]“The Ram! newspaper oF Fordham University,
[6335]Bronx, New York, in its issue of December 12, 1967,
[6336]_ earried a news article reflecting that ROBERT. SCHEER. gave
[6337]a speech December 8, 1967 at the Fordham University) Campus
[6338]Center Ballroom before a crowd of 250. The article stated
[6340]that SCHEER said the United ‘States. should. withdraw. from
[6341]_ Vietnam and not worry about the fate of that country.
[6342]In speaking about the means of demonstration, SCHEB? was —
[6343]~ . quoted as sdying "Use your ‘bodies: imaginatively, - Block >
[6344]- railway tracks and. government buildings. Violence is ‘the
[6345]only serious alternative." “With regard to opposition to |
[6346]the war, SCHEER blamed the rowdy character of recent |
[6347]'.demonstrations which have been: blocked by the economic
[6348]and political. power structure. He said "I support these
[6349]tactics out of desperation, though I would like to see
[6350]the growth of a serious left to challenge the people in
[6352]power."
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[6375]rps Daly Californian" newspaper, which” is seli-
[6377] Faentiriea as being published daily by the Associated Students —
[6379]of UCB, on. January 29, 1968, carried 2 news article» .
[6380]entitled "Radical Groups Emphasize Need. for Mutual Self-
[6381]Protection". This article. described a rally sponsored by
[6383]. MAPS held at. noon on -the UCB campus January 26, 1968, in 7”
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[6390]mathematics faculty and political activists addressed the
[6391] erowd in drizzling: rain. The article carries summaries of -
[6393]the speeches of numerous pople, including BETTINA APTHEXER.
[6395]“ KURZWEIL, a self-admitted Communist Party member, and RIBERT .
[6396]SCHEER. | The. articls. contained ‘the following regarding
[6398]SCHEER |
[6400]Doel “wo SCHEER Wemaging: Editor of Ramparts co
[6401]magazine , algo spoke. He bezan with. a. comment on
[6402]the carnival mood of the rally. -
[6404]“Roman, 1 Carns ival
[6406]wethere: is. ‘sorething obscene or bizarre .
[6407]- about the Roman cernival attitude when seven people |
[6408]are in jail,’ he commented, referring to the fact
[6409]a Phat. Martha's Laundry was. Dlaying. on the lower
[6410]- "plaza and evangelists were ‘Singing and. ‘preaching
[6411]on the corner. —
[6413]nn "IThe United. States. is now ‘fighting - a war. of
[6414]~ examples,’ he said. "They! re saying "there are
[6416]_ certain things which we will not tolerate and we oe
[6417]- will make examples: of those who attempt them," he. _
[6419]. continued. . .
[6421]“and the war of ‘examples in Vietnam
[6422]has been brought home 5" he added. .
[6424]He | igstrongly emphasized the fact that. the _
[6425]“government Will permit a type of. false liberty SO oe
[6427]- that one feels free--as lone as it does. not intrude”
[6428]on government Policies.
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[6442]. ne "Marines won! 't go to jail and the people 7
[6443]“Who sent them won't go to jail. but we will.s' Nevers _
[6445]‘theless, he said, "We must: engage in | struggles that
[6447]intrude." . a . .
[6449]ae “Wiest of us were not born to. be ‘yevelis”
[6450]tionary. | But. one becomes a revolutionary not out :
[6451]of choice but when the ‘situation: demands it,' he.
[6452]- . stated. 'The time ealls for it now and we must fina
[6453]_ Solidarity in asp ivit of CHE GUEVARA , ‘ he concluded".
[6455]: AD leaflet issued by ‘campus Stop. the Draft. Week . .
[6457]a Committee" advertised a-noon rally to be held Friday,’ (January .
[6458]-.. 26, 1968) at UCB with six + speakers, including ROBERT ‘SCHEER |
[6459]“and BETTINA APTHEKER.
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[6464]oS ‘The "Rerkeley Daily Gazette". newspaper, issue of —
[6465]January 27, 1968, reported on the rally at UCB, which was
[6466]held January, 26s. (1968, attended by about 700 ‘persons. —
[6468]This, article quoted ROBERT SCHEER as ‘follows;
[6470]oe OMe must switch to tactics which intrude,
[6471]which are effective. ‘“e must act in the spirit of —
[6472]...a CHE GUEVARA because. this is the: time for the —_
[6474]- spirit of a ‘CHE GUEVARA. ' : a
[6476]tye must start to plan. now: for the next”
[6478]stop the Draft Week,’ the editor of Ramparts Maga-~.
[6480]- zine urged. We must seriously ‘think of filling oo:
[6481]~ "the jails because Stop. the Draft Weeks must go. ony
[6482]- cand if jail is the price to Pays ‘we- must: pay. it.!
[6484]"tUnless protest is. effective, it is a
[6485]charade," he said. " . .
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[6502]On” February uy 1968, POBEPT. ‘SCHEER. appeared as a
[6504]“guest on a OP. Bact televised "Firing Line" television —
[6506]show at 6:30 PM, Pacifie Standard Time, where he was)
[6508]-- involved in a type. of debate with MI LLIAM F. BUCKLEY,
[6510]- Editor of: "National Réview", BUCKLEY. stated ‘ROBERT:
[6512]SCHEER was. invited to appear on. this program to. explain. .
[6513]the un-American attitude of SCHEER and also of. "Ramparts"
[6514]Magazine, SCHEER said he was not previously. apprised of -
[6516]the: exact. topic but.in any case could not. speak for =
[6517]"Ramparts". since hé is only one. member of the editorial
[6518]board. SCHEER then became evasive ,~claiming he wanted
[6520]a definition of "un-American" before he could. answer 00 oy
[6522]BUCKLEY. During thir show, SCIEER stated. that "National.
[6524]~ Review" Magazine had maligned SCHEER when it stated he...
[6525]_. traveled to Cuba in violation of State Department. regu=
[6526]lations and SCHEER requested a> retraction. be printed. ~
[6528]SCHEER did not state that he had traveled to CUBA illegally
[6530]in 1960 and. legally in 1968, but. such is the case. SCHEER
[6531]was very glib but was very evasive in answering BUCKLEY! 3:-
[6532]questions and statements. _ ‘SCHEER's statements |. showed hin
[6534]‘Stongly, in opposition to the Vietnam Ware.
[6536]‘Television, Februar | 1968 a a
[6538]ROBERT SCHEER appeared on the Pat Michaels
[6540]television ‘show at 10: 30 p.m. on KTVU, Channel 25. Oakland
[6541]on. February . 7, 1968. During this appearance, ‘SCHEER stated
[6542]he attended. the Cultural Congress held in Havana, Cuba in
[6544]_ Magazine. mo
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[6552]early January,’ 1968. Hesaid he traveled in Cuba via Mexico.
[6553]City as an accredited correspondent with the approval of. ‘the
[6554]State Department and that he traveled alone. The interview
[6555]‘related to. SCHEER's. work as" managing | editor of "Ramparts
[6557]OBS ue ry sates
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[6570]a : “ROBERT SCHEER was interviewed by. BRANT RAYNE -
[6571]and PAUL SALTZMAN at the Expo '67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
[6572]in June, 1967,. and the results of. this. interview were. shown _
[6573]: on Canadian Broadcasting Company television. network. on. February . 7
[6574]. 23, 1968. Some of the points emphasized by SCHEER in this inter
[6575]view are as. follows: i . a .
[6577]: “Ramparts” magazine, “of which SCHEER is Editor, tries
[6578]9) xO. be exciting and to fill a void in American life. It tries
[6579]-. .to handle the stories the other magazines do. not. have the guts. _
[6580]to handle and to give some diversity of opinion. in the mass: media Tl
[6581]of America. It is’an experiment in seeing whether American. . ee
[6582]freedom and democracy really works. Other magazines are locked.
[6583]., into the establishment because of the funding required to start a
[6584]Magazine and the income received from advertisers, while "Ramparts"
[6585]- .. is’ probably the only large circulation magazine in America that :
[6586]does not depend. on. advertising. ee ae oS
[6588]oe Ramparts" made a ‘decision to. challenge the: big”
[6589]magazines and to turn to a. secular monthly magazine two and a+:
[6590]half years ago (about January, 1965) and it no longer has any.
[6591]connection with or particular interest in the Catholie Church. |
[6592]It. is aimed a . challenging the. establishment and its readers >
[6593]_- who are. primarily in the 15 to: 40 year age group. Bs
[6595]oo “Ramparts” has been called a muckraker and ee
[6596]_. left- wing. It is on the left of the political. spectrum since |
[6597]~ it: opposes - the war in Vietnam and is interested in vemoving the —
[6598]ghettos: in American life. "Ramperts" is based as a left- -wing
[6599]. opposition to "Time" magazine but "Time" is biased toward the |
[6600]establishment. and toward maintaining the status quo. “Ramparts”.
[6601]has never been ‘sued for libel or had a serious’ challenge to. its
[6602]factual accuracy. Ramparts" has a: small staff of only 30 and ~
[6603]has. successfully challenged the other big magazines with exten-
[6604]sive advertising revenue and has done a more: factual reporting |
[6605]_ job on the Vietnam War, its. casualties, civil rights. stories oo
[6606]_. and stories on such topics as the children of. suburbia ‘rebelling | .
[6607]against suburban community and its” values. . ae
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[6619]_ “Remparts" Magazine is ‘largely staff produced ahd hag
[6620]nothing: to offer but the guts and freedom of its reporters. to
[6622]report facts as they see them. Ramparts" does not edit the oo
[6624]-reporters' articles for opinion or value of concept. These .
[6625]articles are. ‘only edited for. size and possible emphasis for a
[6627]- particular issue so that there would not be four articles on.
[6629]Vietnam in a single issue, for instance. When "Ramparts" sends _
[6631]oa reporter to do a story it prints what the reporter writes:
[6633]even though the Editor does not necessarily agree with that.
[6635]_ ‘Reporter’ s. viewpoint.
[6637]“SCHEER feels ‘that ‘the United States. is nore:
[6639]afflicted with an-extremely biased press because in the United
[6641]States we have the illusion of freedom and Americans are raised
[6643]to believe that we have a free press while in fact the press is.
[6645]controlled through “an interlocking directorate of big business,
[6646]big military and big government" that effectively manages. the. oe
[6647]os news ‘so that it is not, troubling or upsetting to their interests.
[6649]‘SCHEER believes that. ‘the honest reporting oF news by"
[6651]“pamparen" is doing "an awful lot of good" because a generation -
[6652]is being raised in the United States that knows: how to be free
[6654]for a change and "is not going to buy) ‘the. nonsense. that comes
[6656]- raised to believe that their country always does right and have
[6657]an implicit racism. They realize that the Vietnamese do not
[6659]out of Washington". .The youths are asking some very searching
[6660]questions about American society. and are not. satisfied with ‘the
[6661]usual glibness so they are willing to go on marches. because
[6663]they do not buy these answers. This. is. a. very large minority
[6665]oF youths. —
[6667]Most of. the American. soldiers ‘in Vietnam have ‘been
[6669]really share United States objectives. For instance "There.
[6671]‘is a 650,000 man Vietnamese army that never does any fighting".
[6673]| "It is’ very clear that the Viet Cong has considerable support: /
[6675]from the countryside © and has. done. some very ‘fine things in the.
[6677]"countryside. ue
[6679]a aisiiiueiot ens with the war in- Vietnam. even among American trospe.
[6680]re I peopte. have refused to fight and more people an: the army
[6682]There are some ‘eracks” in ‘the brainwashing | and some
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[6703]have t taken. those oritical steps vather than go along with the
[6704]. Fighting. It is not a significant number yet, but SCHEER
[6706]‘believes it is growing. "We have to figure. out. whether the
[6708]ao ‘United States is. Rome on the rise or Rome in decay. and hopefully
[6709]: America! Ss empire: is on the verge of "racking up. .
[6711]‘When asked if he could make a “generalization about ‘the
[6713]american housewife and American married life, SCHEER stated,
[6714]“The average American.is drunk most of the time." SCHEER Me
[6715]explained that the average American has a couple of drinks. before
[6717]starting home and several more when: he arrives at home. The |
[6719]cocktail hour is all about getting "yourself numb enough that.
[6720]you. can take your wife and kids and then. you usually fall asleep
[6721]ne front (of the television." ~ .
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[6725]| March 3 i, 1968 7
[6727]: The "Albion Pleiad;" Albion college weekly “aewapapesy
[6729]“Albion, Michigan, in its issue of March 1, 1968, carried an = |
[6730]article headlined, "SCHEER Rips NORRIS, College." The article |
[6731]|. stated SCHEER was scheduled to speak on the "relevance of
[6733]academe in response to cultural needs," but abandoned this.
[6735]topic and instead dissected the speech given by Albion College. °
[6737]-President. LOUIS W. NORRIS to freshmen at this school in the fall
[6739]- of 1967. ~ SCHEER said Dr.. NORRIS' speech stressed the importance ~
[6741]of -vicarious learning and the central role of the. "great re
[6743]conversation." ~SCHEER said the "great conversation is-a. bore."
[6745]_ SCHEER. stated:that:.white: middle class Americans want’ to make a
[6747]revolution without doing anything revolutionary. _ SCHEER said
[6749]Dr. NORRIS stated in his speech "hippies" did not belong on
[6750]Albion's campus. SCHEER replied to this "with these ideas he
[6752]_ shouldn't be president of a university, and I wouldn't have to.
[6753]make these statements if he hadn't given such a speech to the.
[6755]freshmen." He said that America can no longer engage in foreign
[6757]. aggression in the guise of extending freedom." _SCHEER concluded _
[6759]his speech by stating that to alleviate these crises America __
[6760]should dismantle the defense apparatus, turn to a peace ‘economy
[6762]a and get out of Vietnam.
[6764]One of the critics of SCHEER's speech | was quoted in
[6766]this article as saying; "Some of what he said was admirable, me
[6768]he was so irrational and so boorish and. had excruciati Pe ag
[6769]taste. " ben, Spe —
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[6780]ROBERT SCHEER was. one of many persons who. was
[6782]_ present” and spoke at the University of California, Irvine,
[6783]California (UCI), on April 3, 1968, when an anti-Vietnam -
[6785]program was held. No publicity was afforded this activity.
[6787]in the local metropolitan newspapers | ‘and the "Anthill",
[6789]campus newspaper, published at UCI, did not publish any of =
[6790]the: speeches delivered nor any. quotes taken out of context, mee
[6792]- but. merely \ contained an outline of the program.
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[6796]“S
[6798]"Iowa. State Daily," which isa. ‘student newspaper” a
[6799]published at Iowa State University (ISU), Ames, Iowa,
[6801]. earried an article in its issue of April 17, 1968,
[6803]headlined, "'Ramparts' Editor SCHEER Keynotes ‘Dissent’
[6805]Series." This: article stated that ROBERT. SCHEER, editor
[6807]of "Ramparts" Magazine, would speak on "dissent, revolution
[6809]and. the Democratic process" on April-17, 1968, in the.
[6811]Great Hall, Memorial Union, ISU, as part of a. "series. of
[6812]talks sponsored by the National Affairs Institute (NAI).. ~
[6813]- The article included background information to the effect
[6815]that ROBERT SCHEER received a B.A. Degree in Economics.
[6817]and’ Political Science. from the City College of New York,
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[6825]and then served as.a Maxwell Fellow in |. Public ‘Administration —
[6827]at ‘Syracuse University. |
[6829]The "Ames Daily Tribune," Ames, towa” newspaper, :
[6831] dssue. of April 18, .1968, carried a news article headlined,
[6833]"ISU. Dissenters Knock System." This article reported that
[6835]_ ROBERT SCHEER was the first speaker at ISU's "dissent"
[6837]-series.and spoke: April. 17, 1968. The article reported |
[6838]that SCHEER. stated America did not need BOBBY. KENNEDY.
[6840]_ “or GENE MC CARTHY, but needed a whole new political
[6841]- ideology. SCHEER stated “if.liberals can't: come up.
[6843]with some alternative to the prevailing political .
[6844]thought, the right wing is likely to do it instead."
[6845]SCHEER said "our basic ideologies’ are going to have ‘to.
[6846]‘be challenged if we are going to face and solve our.
[6847]problems.’ He called particularly for critical |
[6848]examination of the philosophies on which the United
[6849]States foreign policy | is based, the attitudes behind
[6851]its welfare program, and the whole. basis. of its
[6853]political system. He stated this nation is ripe for
[6855]. political change and the right wing has frighten. $ ond. a Copies |
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[6870]"The: Spectrum," weekly newspaper of | the. State |
[6872]“University of New York at Buffalo, New York, in its issue of.
[6873]April 23, 1968, . carried an article: announcing that a series of
[6874]talks by new leftists on the. central issues of. the day, would
[6875]begin April 23, 1968... ROBERT SCHEER was listed as one of: the
[6876]. speakers, noting that. he had spoken at ‘the University in 1967,
[6878]and was | very well received, So
[6880]“The. Spectrum" did not. carry a follow up news. story
[6882]“concerning SCHEER's. talk, and there was no reference to SCHEER's
[6883]plans” in. the Buffalo, New York, area. in ‘the local. daily ‘papers:
[6885]‘The: “Bozeman Daily Chronicle," newspaper, Bozeman,
[6887]7 “Nenana. issue of May 12, 1968, carried an article relating to.
[6888]- the speech of’ ROBERT SCHEER at Montana State University, May 11,
[6890]- 1968.. The. portion of the article ‘relating, to ROBERT SCHEER’ ee
[6892]= as follows:
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[6897] fRobert. Scheer, 31-vearsold editor of the Hew .
[6898].. Left ‘Ramparts Magazine, who flew here directly from
[6899]~. Havana, Cuba, said our simplistic. reason for
[6900]. “intervention in Vietnam, was the- "myth of the
[6901]international communist conspiracy also called .
[6903]_ the: "Devil Theorv.' The. Devil Theorv has. dis-.
[6905]-. integrated, whether, our state. denartment will
[6906]| admit it. or. not ; he said. ~ ;
[6908]This peality plavs. havoc with the most
[6909]_ cherished tenant of our forei¢n policy,!' he. ; oy
[6910]said. ‘cheer cited the. squabbling between Russia a
[6911]and Red China, and more recently. hetween _ .
[6912]Czechoslovakia and Russia, as evidence of
[6913]. the’ disintegration of the international con-
[6914]-  spiraev. . He said that. our foreign policy :
[6915]- should be humanistic rather than jingoistie
[6916]-  Americanization of the rest. of the world should |
[6917]/ not be our goal, he. added.
[6919]Scheer said ‘the United States should swallow oe
[6920]“its pride and get out of Vietnam. He said -
[6921]ait might be. good for the U.S. to lose a little.
[6922]_ faee in: Vietnam. Maybe it would be he lthy f r. us
[6923]| to admit we made a mistake, that we caf’
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[6945]“The: Exponent, student newspaper, Montana State -
[6946]. University, Bozeman, Montana, issue. of May 17, 1968, carried
[6947]a news article bearing the. headline , "Ramparts Editor - Var is
[6948]not U.S..vs Commies. This article stated that a Vietnam symposium —
[6950]_ was held’on Saturday, May. 11, 1968, during which ROEERT SCHEER | a
[6951]“stated “no peace or negotiations are possible unless” the United a
[6952]States. is willing to admit that the war in Vietnam is not. primarily.
[6954]— a struggle between. communism and. democracy." SCHEER reportedly ee
[6956]_ alleged. that the state department's monolithic concept of . Ce,
[6958]~~ eommunism is the main reason that we are. in that war. SCHEER Bo
[6960]stated. “that. the Viet Minh. forerunner to the Viet Cong was as’ 0-0 >
[6962]- serious struggle for independence and fought the French who. they
[6964]- eonsidered as foreign aggressors. Both Diem and Ky, South oe
[6966]-. Vietnamese leaders, worked for the French and thus the Viet Cong: _
[6967]consider them traitors to their. reople. Since the U.S. supports
[6969]> Kv and ‘formerly supported Diem, it was natural for the Viet Cong =.
[6971]to fight against the U.S." SCHEER said "the U.S. should settle — an
[6973]...for something along the line of the 1954 Geneva ‘accords to get =,
[6975]out of Vietnam, © SCHEER added that he thought it would be ‘good for |
[6977].. the U.S. - to lose face because we have become too arrogant. _
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[6981]a Television, Jane 3, 1968
[6983]The “wBerkeley Daily Gazette! “newspaper issue of June —
[6985]1968, carried an article by MIKE CULBERT, Executive Editor, Se
[6987]- hach related that KTVU, Channel 2; Oakland, California, - taped =
[6988]a television show June 3, 1968, “for. viewing on that station at
[6990]10:30 p.m., June 5, 1968, in which PAT MICHAELS, host, questioned
[6992]- ROBERT. SCHEER, "A new left: leader and editor of ‘Ramparts’ ——
[6993]Magazine" and SCOTT STANLEY, JR. “Editor of . ‘american ea pee
[6994]magazine, major organ of the John. Birch Society.’ .The article .
[6995]stated that a surprise. questioner. from the audience during this.
[6996]ghow was DAVID GUMAER, a 29 year old Chicagoan who infiltrated.
[6998]_ the Du Bois Clubs of America for the Chicago Police. Intelligence
[6999]Division and served on the registration committee of the National :
[7000]-Convention for New Politics, which was held. in ‘Chicago, Illinois, |
[7002]during Labor Day weekend of 1967. - The article stated GUMAER ©
[7003]~also testified before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
[7004]in Executive Session in December, 1967.. GUMAER stated ROBERT. . _
[7005]SCHEER was "completely surrounded by communists" at. the New Politics
[7006]Convention. SCHEER is reported as replying, “If you 're saying - )
[7007]I'm a communist, go ahead and say it. and I'll sue." | SCHEER :
[7009]galled GUMAER a "fink". - SCHEER said he is nota communist and —
[7011]the communists he has known are "too conservative” for. hin.
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[7024]| This newspaper ‘account of. the. “PAT MICHAEL's television
[7025]show on KTVU, Channel. 2, was. verified by former SA-MARVIN © — are
[7026]BUCHANAN , 2180 Franklin Street, Oakland, California, | on vune 19, “1968,
[7028]August 19, 1968 |
[7030]a | _ The agenda for the National ‘Student ‘Association
[7031]. (NSA) ‘Convention which was held at Kansas State University we,
[7032]. (KSU), Manhattan, Kansas, August 17-26,- 1968, stated that: ae
[7034]- there was scheduled a "discussion of the movement for social,
[7036]'. change in America on both a theoretical and a practical levaL'
[7037]conducted. by four. individuals including | ROBERT SCHEER.
[7039]a = An. “article in the “August 21, 1968, issue of.
[7041]- the "Kansas. City Star" newspaper stated that TOM HAYDEN,
[7042]former President of Students for a Democratic Society.
[7044](SDS), and. ROBERT SCHEER,. editor of: "Ramparts" Magazine,
[7046]had both spoken at the NSA Convention. In this
[7048]-- pegard, the. article stated. "despite the militancy
[7050]Of their demands and aggressiveness. or their charges"
[7052]. of the JOHNSON-HUMPHREY Administration, at no time has
[7053]HAYDEN or SCHEER called explicitly for violence. The
[7055]. printed material appearing here maintains. the same 7 .
[7056]guarded | stance. We . _ . ee at
[7058](fae An ‘article. ‘in the "Manhattan Mercury". newspaper, :
[7059]“Manhattan, Kansas, issue of August 20,.1968, stated,
[7060]-"In an open forum, ‘ROBERT. SCHEER, editor of: ‘Ramparts!
[7061]_ Magazine, said 'If studentsdon't act at the (Democratic.
[7062]_. National) Convention, they must decide what. their -
[7063]- peaction is going to be when all their efforts for |
[7064]-.. EUGENE. MC. CARTHY are swallowed up by a HUMPHREY machine.
[7065]If the American people are not left with a vote against
[7066]the war in Vietnam after. this Convention, all the work
[7067]of the students and middle class, ali the. efforts. in the
[7068]primaries, all. the fund-raising will have been in vain
[7069]. and - the Democratic process: will have failed. "
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[7081]we “on August. 23, “1968, NICK DELLERE, “Del Mar. a
[7082]Rental Company, Municipal ‘Airport, Manhattan, Kansas,
[7083]advised that on the late afternoon of August 19, 1968,
[7085]_ ROBERT. SCHEER was picked up by charter. aircraft at-
[7087].» Municipal Airport, Kansas City, Missouri, and was. flown
[7089]to Manhattan, Kansas... On. the morning of August 20, 1968,
[7090]- SCHEER was returned to the airport at Kansas City,
[7092]Missouri, by charter aircraft which charter flights.
[7093]were arranged for and paid for by a representative of
[7095]. NSA.
[7096]“September 26, 1968
[7098]me A ‘meeting billed as "America as. a. Racist .
[7100]Culture", sponsored by. the Associated Students of. the UCI,
[7102]was held on September 26, 1968, with about 2,000 pérsons in. -
[7103]- attendance, mainly students. ROBERT SCHEER was one of the —
[7104]main speakers. talking.on. American imperialism, stating it
[7106]was exhibited. through the history of this. country and was’ a
[7107]how being shown in Vietnam. SCHEER criticized the California a
[7109]. Board of Regents. for having refused ELDRIDGE CLEAVER -the-
[7111]-- opportunity to lecture at a class at the University of —
[7112]California, Berkeley, California (UCB). °° SCHEER: defended —
[7114]HUEY P. NEWTON, Founder of the Black Panther Party (BPP)
[7116]. (characterization to be fourd in the appendix), and stated
[7117]that becuase of all of the. problems. there had evolved a=
[7118]close coalition between the BPP and the Peace and Freedom
[7119]Party (PFP).. SCHEER praised ELDRIDGE CLEAVER as the best
[7121]. choice among. ‘the presidential candidates. (running on the PFP .
[7123]_. ticket). SCHEER said this is a racist. society in which we
[7124]live and the government ' s efforts to "control" the. black man
[7125]is causing opposition to the. government. He said we were. 7
[7126]forced into the streets in: Chicago and society blocked our.
[7128]demands. — SCHEER. claimed "we must. oppose that force. " a
[7130]At the same meeting, ELDRIDGE” CLEAVER, Minister of
[7132]_. Information of the BPP. and PFP presidential candidate, also.
[7133]Spoke, ‘condemning the racist pee ‘the police, the courts,
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[7161]gun control laws and the racist power structure. CLEAVER
[7162]- recommended that everyone obtain guns and hidethem so that ws
[7164]‘they would be available when needed.
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[7168]|The PFP was legally qualified as a
[7170]political party on the California  -
[7171]ballot through the obtaining of — —.
[7172]approximately 67,000 signatures of
[7174]registered voters. .
[7175]November 14,1968
[7176]rr, "The Dartmouth", Dartmouth College daily newspaper,
[7177]printed at Hanover, New Hampshire, in its issue of November 15,. |
[7178]: 1968, carried an article headlined "Scheer provides sharp contrast
[7180]in symposia focus". This article reported: that a senior — we
[7181]symposium was held at Dartmouth College on November 14, 1968, |
[7183]_.with five speakers participating. The article began by quoting
[7185]“ROBERT SCHEER, Editor in Chief of "Ramparts" magazine, as.
[7186]_ stating "you must use the means at hand, which might mean
[7187]butting your ROTC building to challenge the institution". The
[7188]article said “the program climaxed with Scheer's. appeal for
[7190]_ the students of the college to assert themselves "by. —
[7191]challenging the institution that is manipulating your life™", |
[7192]’. SCHEER reportedly added, "the. spots closest at heart are where
[7193]you can best challenge the manipulators. I suggest you get
[7194]busy at task". He added, “even in the woods at Dartmouth, _.
[7195]where there aran't any girls, the elements for a confrontation |
[7196]exist. ° I told a similar group at Columbia this, but -they |
[7197]wouldn't believe it. But look what happened". The article
[7198]_.. Stated that the audience applaused loudly at the conclusion. ——
[7199]Of SCHEER's plea. ee,
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[7214]WE. WRITINGS ABOUT SCHEER
[7216]md “Human ‘Events’ publication, Washington, D. Cc. ain-its ~
[7218]issue’ of April 8, 1967, carried a story headlined, Phe. Inside _
[7219]“Story. of’. 'Ramparts' Magazine". A portion of this story, 8
[7220]“Scheer! Ss Radicalism” 7 ‘reads as follows: . . .
[7222]. “Probably the best ‘known nationally of: Ramparta’
[7224]staffers is Managing Editor Robert. Scheer, who,. at we
[7225].» 30, has. made a career of New Leftism. A -former.member
[7226]of the pro-Castro Fair Play for Cuba. Committee, he
[7228]tends” that he. is. an canti- Communist «
[7230]fe “Last. year Scheer yan. for ‘the Democratic nomi-
[7231]. nation for U. S. Congress in Berkeley, hinging his =
[7232]entire campaign on getting out. of the war. in Viet.
[7233].... Nam and getting into the ‘War. on. Poverty.!. Several —
[7234]- weeks ago, Scheer traveled to. Prague, Oy iokosiveekian”
[7235]to meet with the Communist-controlled International |
[7236]Union of Students and representatives of the National
[7237]Liberation Front, the political. arm of the Communist |
[7238]ao “Viet Cong in South | Viet Nan. a
[7240]- Not publicized in his race. “for. Congress but.
[7242]“pevealed later was the. fact that Scheer's campaign... -
[7243]coordinator was Carl Bloice, a 28-year- -old Communist:
[7244]-- party member. Bloice's CP. membership was hardly ao.
[7246]secret, for several years he had been a by-lined staff.
[7248]’ writer. for People! s World, the Communist: weekly on.
[7249]. the West Coast, and then he was publications director
[7251]of the Communist- controlled Ww. .E. Be DuBois Clubs. =,
[7253]is the most: articulate of the Ramparts crew and ccon- fe Sos
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[7266]“Phon Berkeley 0 D.¢.
[7268]"At. last summer! “Communis t. party convention ain.
[7269]New York City, Bloice | yas elected to the cP! s National.
[7270]_— Committee and the requirements: for serving on that es
[7271]policy board make. ait ciear Bloice. has been a CP member a
[7272]_ since at least January “1964. » although intelligence a
[7273]agencies place’ it many years earlier... re
[7275]oe "Just two ‘months: ago the. newsletter of ‘the Robert.
[7276]Scheer campaign. = he is. keeping his organization intact
[7277]under the name of Community for New Politics (CNP) = |
[7278]Carried a so¢ial note: "Carl. Bloice, heretofore co
[7279]_ .eoordinator for CNP, has left Berkeley for the larger.
[7280]battlefield in- Washington, D.C., where he will be a
[7281]-. “correspondent: for People's World-~and The Worker... Atv oe ce
[7282]..a farewell party December 23 at.the home of Mr. and. 0 0. 0.4
[7283]~ Mrs... Robert Scheer, Carl was presented with several . es
[7284]- going-away gifts, including a larger. than’ life. poster” -
[7285]of Mao-Tse Tung....Carl has indicated he will be an_
[7286]- occasional. correspondent [for the Scheer newslettery. 00°
[7287]We all wish him’the best of-luck in Washington and | ~~
[7288]we feel. fully comforted by. the. fact that we are not a
[7289]losing ae coordinator; but gaining a Spy:
[7291]"Tax ‘Money Helped |
[7293]“Phe portrait of Mao probably brought a gust ~
[7294]of. laughter. when it was: ‘unveiled and presented ‘to the
[7295] .Moscow= ‘line Bloice, and the ‘gaining a spy' phrase was:
[7296]+ simply New Left. humor. The story makes two important.
[7297]- points: 1).. Scheer's campaign manager was a Communist ;
[7298]. and. 2)- The Capital correspondent. for two. Communist -
[7299]newspapers will contribute occasional articles to.
[7300]Scheer’ Ss campaign organization. . a a o Poe
[7302]Ce, "Scheer has told Human Events that he hired: Bloicee
[7303]- "for his technical. competence’; ‘that he likes him as.) oo
[7304]as person , but violently. disagrees ‘with his” politics.
[7306]. "Communist. Bloice, however, was only one of ‘Scheer’ Ss”
[7307]supporters. Another backer was the | U. 8. Treasury,
[7309]on Conve sects: of... 001 ,
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[7321]which channeled funds into Scheer" Ss campaign. Tt
[7322]_ worked this way. During his campaign one of his
[7323]workers was Mrs. Phyllis Haberman: O'Donnell, who. has-
[7324]been. chairman of. the East Bay DuPois. Club. Mrs. 0! Donnell
[7325]-. worked on a work-study program | directed by the
[7326]_ University of California's Department | of Criminology
[7327]~ (which is now practically another Sociology Department) ©
[7328] and-was_ assigned to-a leftist group Called Welfare’ |
[7329]‘Rights. Organization as a case worker. .in truth,. she.
[7330]- worked for the Scheer. campaign and reported on at
[7332]at WRO meetings. ae vee - oe _ ne eae :
[7334]_ The work- study program was originally funded ee
[7336]- through: the Office of Economic Oppertunity; . ‘receives.
[7337]its funds through ‘the National Defense. Education Act.
[7339]and is overseen. by the Department of Health, ‘Education a rae
[7340]and Welfare. a ee! Be
[7342]An. article by IVAN SHARPE appeared in “the San
[7344]Francisco Bay Guardian daily newspaper published at. San Francisco,
[7345]- California, in its issue of March 27, 1969, entitled "Ramparts -
[7346]revolution with limousine service." This article reflects a
[7348]numerous interviews with present and former officials. of Ramparts ©
[7350]- magazine and analyzes factors that: led to this magazine's financial
[7352]- difficulties. ‘The article places primary blame for the bankruptcy
[7353]on WARREN HINCKLE and ROBERT SCHEER for their extragavant spending,
[7355]--guch as taking their wives on trips for Ramparts and spending huge?
[7357]sums of money. Most of the blame was placed on WARREN HINCKLE~
[7359]‘because frequently his. expense account would be more than the
[7360]-.. money he raised on promotional trips. The article. gave most of
[7361]“the credit for the sensational stories and exposes to ROBERT ©
[7363]SCHEER, who obtained them from his new left contacts. It reported:
[7364]that HINCKLE had destroyed Ramparts. and SCHEER was angry: about
[7366]- this... ‘SCHEER decided to stay on as Editor-In-Chief of Ramparts |
[7368]and his salary has been reduced from $15,000 to $10,000 per year-
[7370]ina an effort to help the magazine out of. its financial problems.
[7372]. aB5 7 - pe EET os 7 - Gon a Seep Copios
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[7383]van PHYSTCAL DESCRIPTION
[7385]subject: |
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[7389]“Name
[7390]Address
[7391]Sex.
[7392]~ Race oo
[7393]“Date of Birth
[7395]Place of Birth ee
[7397]Married —
[7399]- Remarried =~
[7401]Height) a
[7402]Hair
[7403]~ Byes. .
[7405]- Occupation.
[7407]Father
[7409]; “Méthen
[7411]Employment
[7413]"Wife's 3. U. So . Passport #
[7415]‘Education
[7419]Neh Ot
[7421]4 355 Jaramry Seg Hon oe Libs Pages
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[7425]‘U.S. Passport Number
[7427]The: following is a physical: description of the.
[7429] ROdERE 8 SCHEER oe oe
[7430]6468 Benvenue Avenue,
[7431]- Oakland, California. Foaree
[7433]Male |
[7434]White
[7436]Bronx, ‘New York - ; oe
[7437]September 15, 1957,. ‘to ‘SERENA
[7439]TUREN SCHEER, date of birth
[7441]_ October 16, 1939, at New. York.
[7442]- Divorced, September” 23 1965,
[7443]in San Francisco. —
[7444]--. October 22, 1965, to ANNE
[7446]_ BUTTERFIELD WEILLS: SCHEER, ae
[7447]date of birth March aan 12, eS
[7448]at California.
[7450] §*10 1/2" | .
[7452]- Light Brown .
[7454]- Brown, wears dark rimmed glasses” .
[7455]~ Writer. o . _
[7457]'Wears Van Dyke ‘beard o
[7458]_. FREDERICK JACOB SCHEER; . born”
[7459]May 5, 1898, in Germany,
[7460]U.S. Citizen —
[7462]IDA KURAN, born April 24, 1900,
[7464]din Russia, not a U.S. citizen, |
[7465]ANNE BUTTERFIELD WEILLS SCHEER, |
[7467]6468 Benvenue. Avenue, Oakland
[7468]California. — .
[7470].. Editor in Chief, >Ramparts _
[7471]. Magazine, San Francisco, California
[7473]D163804,. issued February Sy
[7475]1963 + turned in and new. Zaseport we
[7476]a number G041559 issued January oe
[7477]28, 1966 .
[7479]p167218, issued February 25, 1963
[7481]_ - renewed January - 28, 1966
[7482]City College, New York - BA
[7483] . Degree in Political Science,
[7484]June, 19538 .
[7485]-.. Syracuse University, Syracuse,
[7486]- New. York 5 MA University of
[7488]cs are
[7490]avooeaasnongeeesense
[7494]—  WEH/dp.
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[7501]California, Berkeley,
[7502]- California, 1960-61
[7504]“351 115 COPY. nsenreptinn of
[7505]on . Page LL. eve of
[7507]NN eae
[7508],
[7510]“sFi0 on teise
[7512]~ AD HOC. COMMUTER TO END ) DISCRINENATON
[7514]Ba According ‘to an article in the March 8, 1961, ‘48sue.
[7516]of the "san Francisco Examiner," a San Francisco daily morning.
[7518]- newspaper, TRACY SIMS stated among other. things that following
[7519]“a. sit-in demonstration in San, Francisco-during: October 1963 by
[7520]-yarious. civil rights groups, ‘the groups realized that. a central,
[7522]_ coordinating committee was needed... The formation of AD HOC. 7
[7524]-. COMMITTEE TO END: DISCRIMINATION “(AHCED)- was | the. result and SIMS.
[7526]became ats shairman. . .
[7528]-h source paporteda on ‘December 9, 1963, that. in
[7529]-. December 1963 TRACY SIMS attended a joint .
[7530]‘meeting of the San Francisco. Communist. Party
[7531]Youth Club and. the. Communist Party. Be rkele oy
[7532]: — OFF Campus Youth Club.
[7534]oe “A second sourde,’ on May | 12, “1964, described ‘AHCED: aso
[7535]re central ‘pody of representatives - from militant youth oreanizae eos
[7536]— tions: whose purpose was to work for. equal civil rights ‘and to -
[7538]“put pressure on. establishments. and: employers ‘to hire more people —
[7540]| Prom the minority races,. especially Negroes. - . _
[7542]a A third source ‘reported on Maren 13, 1964, ‘that: at. Ss
[7543]Oe meeting of the San Francisco Branch of the Soclalist Workers. |
[7544].. Party on March 211, 1964, KIPP DAWSON; a representative of | ne
[7546]-“AHCED, rélated among other things that AHCED was directed and oj
[7547]» controlled. by the W.E, B. DuBois Clubs. of the Bay Area. ae oe
[7549]_ A fourth source reported on January” 30, 1964, ‘that
[7550]on January 29, 1964, KIPP DAWSON attended a ‘San -
[7552]_. Francisco Branch membership. meeting of the
[7554](i) Soedalist | Workers Party. .
[7556]Second source related on May 12, “1964, ‘that ‘the :
[7557]_W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of the. Bay Area consisted.
[7558]-of the W.E.B, DuBois: Clubs of San. Francisco, © on
[7559]Berkeley, and San Franciseo State College... Accord= 7
[7560]- ing-to source,. any member of the W.E.B. DuBois
[7561]Club of San’ Franeisco-who- attends San Francisco
[7562]. State College is automatically _ a member of. the
[7563]~-elub at San Francisco State College. are
[7565]7 A eifth source reported on February. 3, 1965, that. on.
[7566]. ‘Bebruary, 3, 1965, a press conference was held at 1365 Turk
[7567]. Street, San Francisco,: California. — At this press conference, an. -
[7568]Official of AHCED announced and passed out press releases that .
[7570]as of Rebruary 3 1965, AHCED . was no tonger in existence. - be
[7572]Yop TB Bex " abrewitg i
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[7580]- BLACK PANTHER PARTY, aka
[7581]Black Panther Party for
[7582]) Seif Defense 2
[7584]A source advised that the Black ‘Panther. Party for
[7585]- Self ‘Defense (BPPSD) was. formed by. HULY PERCY NEVTON, Minister
[7586]of Defense, and BOBBY GEORGE SEALE, | Chairman,» in December, . 1966,
[7587]as a militant: black nationalist political organization to combat
[7588]. “police brutality,” to unite militant black youth, and to |
[7589]... determine the destiny of black commnunities., The political =
[7590]-« philosophy was taken from. writings of | ‘Chairman MAO Tse- tung” of
[7591]| Communist. China and black. militant writers. — .
[7593]. . ; “In March, 1968, the. name% of the ‘organization was,
[7594]changed to ‘Black Panther. Party (BPP).
[7596]oo The official BPP publication,” ‘The. Black Panther
[7598]Party. =. Black Community News Service,” states that the BPP.
[7599]_. advocates use of guns and guerrilla tactics in their: violent:
[7600]nevolusionary program to end oppression of black people. —
[7602]oe On February ‘17, 1962, ‘ELDRIU: CLEAVER, Minister of.
[7603]"Information, - announced. merger of the. BPP ‘and Student Nonviolent.
[7604]' Coordinating Committee (Sh cc). end. bestowed title Of: vinister of
[7605]Justice ,. BPP, “upon. EH. RAP BROWH 5 Chairman of SNCC.
[7607]. “suce” is a militant - Mepro. organization
[7609]- which preaches black supremacy.
[7611]pee 4 “inewros, aforementioned, is. incarcerated: in “the ‘Alameda
[7612]County Jeil, “Oakland, California, awaiting trial on: charge. of ,
[7613]murder of an Oakland police officer.’ . oe
[7615]. Headquarters ‘of: BPP. and Huey Py Newton Defense. Fond
[7616]are located at 44210 Grove Street, Oekland, (California. —
[7618]; pp i x : a ; . : : ¥ : f .
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[7630]- pisoussren: UNT, INETED, INC INC.
[7632]"Records of she Division of Corporations, California.
[7634]‘State Department. of Investments, ‘Los Angeles;. California,
[7636]indicate that. Discussion Unlimited filed its Articles of”
[7637]Tneorporation as 2 nonprofit corporation, with: the Secretary
[7639]of State; § acramento, California, on or pout dune 4,..1°63,
[7641]noting its principe 1 site of office as. Los Angeles County,
[7643]1 tad
[7645]_ California, The aims and purposes of the organization, as |
[7646]-Jisted. in. the Articles or Incorporation, are Moe CO promote
[7647]fail and cpen discuss] on on our Soe iety and problems"
[7649]A. source advised o lay 8... 1963, that: Diseus sion
[7651]Unlimited, Ine, actually vas. ori sinated in Los Angeles, ”°
[7653]California, in May, 1962, and was composed: largely of a> number
[7654]of present and former Cec ommanist | Party members who assis’ in
[7656]staging panel : forums and in promoting: such events, Oviginal |
[7657]coong ane tor ef the groun.was BERNARD LUSUER, who in. Lo51,.
[7659]as educeticnal director of the So uthern California Dist bri Let
[7661]Command se Party.
[7663]ee ‘Tais source was recontact tec on April .9, 1965, and
[7664]indica ated that. the basic concept © of: ‘Discussion. Unlimited, ‘Ine,
[7666]has not) changed, It continues to precent "Vert. ideas" to> at.
[7668]least pertially non- committed audiences, It propnses to. |.
[7669]develop. special activities around various issues on an irregular
[7670]basis. It is not a membership organization, and does not hold
[7671]resular meetings as. ‘Such, but. rather is strictly a forum-type |
[7672]organization, — co ;
[7674]On May Lo, 1066, another source réported that
[7676]Discussion Unlimited, Ine. continues to operate as a forum~
[7678]type org ganization.
[7680]APPENDIY
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[7691]ao woo : vit i
[7692]. : . 7 2)
[7693]pee . sa
[7695]w. E. B, DU BOIS CLUBS. OF AMERICA - PERKEIEY. ‘BRANCH;
[7696][.E.B, DuBois Youth Club. - Berkeley Chapter;
[7698]_ Berkeley W.E.B. DuBois. Club, Berkeley | Dubois Club;
[7700]East Ba DuBois Club . .
[7702]oe we source advised on ‘April. 1D, 1963, that ‘the We. CE, 3. -
[7703]DuBois Youth. Club. + Berkeley. Chapter, | was originated in Cetober
[7704]| Agee, principally through’ the efforts. of MATHEW HALLINAN,
[7706]this. same source advised in Octover 1963,
[7707]that ‘MATHEW HALLINAN was elected. as. Chairman.
[7708]"and Communist Party (CP) Youth. Commission
[7709]“Representative of the Berkeley CP. On-Campus —
[7710]_ Youth Club during September 1963. wo ,
[7712]arene a. S ‘second source advised that. a leaflet distributed by. mo
[7714]the Berkeley” DuBois Club in Spetember 1964,. reflected the name of |
[7715] -that organization to be the “We EB, DuBois. Clubs of America ae
[7716]7 Berkeley Branch. rr . . oe So
[7718]7 Te
[7720]‘This same ‘leat ‘let, “ander the heading “the DuBois Clubs of)
[7722]a nation-wide . socialist youth organization founded in. June of. this |
[7724]year. | It attempts to bring together those. action-oriented youth . :
[7725]who. consider socialism to" be | a visible. alternative. to the ilts of
[7726]this: society.’ . 7
[7728]As of April 23, 1968, ‘the ‘Berkeley W. E, Be “DuBois. Club. |
[7729]Was. registered with the. University. of California. BS an "“off- ~campus"
[7730]~ membership organization. As such, it could present lectures on _
[7731]. > campus: with prior University permission and. was. all owed to set up :
[7732]and maintain a literature table on campus. .
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[7743]America" reads as follows: "The Berkeley © DuBsis Club is 4a ‘part oe
[7745]OB eg z, 3B. ‘pu BOIS. CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO, .
[7746]aka, DuBois Youth Group, San - Prancissé 0
[7748]. DuBois Club, San Francisco DuBois
[7750]— Youth Grou Student- ‘Labor Alliance a
[7752]oa ae A source advised that on: January 31, 1963, the W. Ee Be
[7753]Se DuBois Club. of San Francisco held its first. general meeting. at 7
[7754]California Hall, Polk and Turk. Streets, » San Francisco, California,
[7755]oo. “atcwhich time. the aims of: the. club were > ut forth as. follows by .
[7756]i TRERENCE NKAYO". HALLINAN: _ os . fe
[7758]a (2) “Alleviate ‘the Negro problen ‘in ‘the United oa
[7759]States, _
[7760]a - (2) Promote peaceful co-existence between, the
[7761]“United States and Russia...
[7762]' (3) Promote and encourage Marxist. ‘doctrines and. .
[7763]to bring about a socialistic government in.
[7764]_ the ‘United States. . _
[7766]OA second pource advised. in March 1963, that the pilots
[7768]7 Club > was both conceived and originated~by ‘TERENCE HALLINAN,
[7770]OR ‘third. gource advised on April 95. 1965, ‘that - 7
[7771]in April 1965, TERENCE HALLINAN advised he. was
[7772]-*-not a member of the Communist Party (CP) but
[7773]-. considered himself a@ communist and intended.
[7774]te join the CP as. soon. as che passed his bar
[7775]exams. a |
[7777]woh A fourth source. advised on gune 29, 196, that at. a
[7778]‘peneral membership. meeting held on June 28, 1964, the DuBois Club .
[7779]voted to affiliate with the Parent organization, “the W.E.B. “Dubois |
[7780]- Clubs of America (DCA). | -
[7782]= The fourth: source advised on hort. 26, “4965, that. the
[7783]DuBois Club is currently active as a membership organization,: has
[7785]its headquarters at. 1007 McAllister Street, San Erancisco, and...
[7787]_ continues to follow the: line and Polley of the DCA.
[7789]# oes Og TH AN ey 3H
[7791]SY Seopa eae 7
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[7799]fF _AMEPICA (DCA)
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[7815]7
[7817]. A source has advised ‘thet. on. October | 26- 27, “1963,
[7818]‘ccnference of members cf the Communist Party (CP), ideludine
[7819]national functionaries met in Chicago, Illinois, for the. ‘purpose
[7820]of setting in motion Forces for the establishment: of a new
[7821]national Mapyist- criented youth orgenization which. would hunt
[7822]for the most peaceful transition te socialism, The: delegates.
[7823]to this meeting were cautioned egainst.the perm of anti-Soviet —
[7824]and anti-CP ideologies. These celecates were also told that. it.
[7825]twould be reasonable . to assume that the voung socialists. = | |
[7826]ettrected into this new organization would eventually pass into
[7828]the cr. itself, nn Ss
[7832]es second. conference oF over 20 ‘persons. met. in Chicago —
[7833]“on. “Necember: 28-29, 1963, for the. purpose of | initiating a "cell".
[7834]to the new youth Graani zation and Dilenning for 2. founding -
[7835]convention to be held in June, ‘1964,
[7837]“A second source. has. ‘advised that ‘the Founding convention
[7838]for the new youth organization was. held from June 19-21, “1g64, .
[7839]at 150 Colden Cate Avenue, San. Francisco, - California,’ at which- ;
[7840]time the name Y,-E. B. PuBois Clubs of America. (DCA) was adopted.
[7841]_fooroximately shar delegates: from’ throughout the United States ._
[7843]. attende dad. this. ‘convention. The aims of this. organization, as. set
[7844]forth in the preamble to the constitution, are, "It is our:
[7845]belief that this’ nation can best solve its problers in an. ee
[7846]atmosvhere of peaceful coexistence y complete disarmament anc true
[7847]freedom forall peovles of the world, and that these solutions a
[7848]will he reached. mainly throurh. the united. efforts of ail democratic.
[7849]elements in. our country, comnosed.essertially of the workine people -
[7850]ellied in the unity. of Neorces and. other minorities with. whites.
[7852]We Further fully recognize that the ereatest threat to American -
[7853]democracy cones. from. the racist ane right. wing forces in’
[7854]coalition. .with | the most reectionary sections. of the. economic: power
[7856]_ structure ,. using the tool,of anti-Communism to divide and destroy
[7857]the unified struegle. of the working neople. As. young: people. in.
[7858]the forces strusgling | for democracy . we shall actively strive to.
[7859]‘defeat ‘these reactionary.and neo-fascist elements: arid to achieve >
[7860]complete freedom and democracy for all Americans, thus enabling.
[7861]-each. individual to freely. choose and build the society he would _
[7862]wish to Jive in. Through these strucsles we feel the American _
[7863]peonle will realize the viability of. the socialist alternative."
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[7873]. The ‘constitution further states. thet. this: new.
[7874]organi zation shall be a membership. organization open. to.
[7876]individuals, or if five or. more people so desire, a. chapter can
[7878]be formed which. shall in turn be ruided by. the policies and =
[7879]_orinciples. of the parent organization,
[7881]4
[7883]As of Oetober, 1965, “the: headquarters of the DCA. vas
[7885]: located at 954 McAllister | Street, San Francisco, California.
[7887]“over” the ‘Labor ‘Dav. weekend, 1965, the. Dos ‘hela a
[7889]conference ain Chicago, Illinois. “According to % third source, =
[7890]Ja new slate. of national. officers was. elected at. “this | cenference
[7892]which included Chairman HUGH STERLING FOULER., IT (who, according
[7894]ta the: third source:, attended. a CP cadre - encampment heid at:
[7895]Camp Midvale, Mew Jersey, in June , 1965, and following his
[7897]election as ‘Chairmen of the. NCA, attenced another. national |
[7899]CP cadre youth | conference held on September 9-12, 1965, on a
[7900]farm located in Northern. Indiana, according to a fourth source) ;
[7901]‘Director: ‘OF © Publicity CARL ELLENGER | BLOICE (who- was elected: to
[7902]the San Francisco County Committee “CP in. April, 1964. » according
[7904]toa fifth source ) ; Educational Nireetor MA T THEW “DYNAMITE” |
[7906]/ HALLINAN- (who in June , 1964, was stated to. be the Youth |
[7907]- Pepresentative on the Northern California CP District Board, -
[7909]accordins to a sixth source); Organizational Secretary
[7911]| PEPEMCE "KAYOM HALLINAN (who, according to a seventh source, met
[7913]in June, 1965, with athe District Staff of the Illinois CP to
[7915]_ dise s the proposed DCA Midwest Summer Project), and Treasurer
[7916]-StSAN “PHYLLIS. SORPNSTETN (who, according to en. ‘eiehth | source,
[7917]-: has attended meetines of the Youth Club. of. the CP of Illinois
[7919]_ during A865 in connection with the. DCe Sumer Project).
[7921]APPENDIX.
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[7938]‘FAIR PLAY. FOR CUBA COMMITTEE,
[7939]. BAY AREA CHAPTER, also known | .
[7940]as Bay Area Fair weed for Cuba » _
[7941]— Committee (BAFPCC)_ o
[7943]The. "New York Times’ ' newspaper on: November 20,2960.
[7945]carried an article captioned "Pro-Castro -Body | Reports U.S.
[7946]. Gain," which reported that the Fair Play for-Cuba. Committee
[7948](FPCC). had 5,000 paid-up: members in the United States. ‘The
[7949]article declared that the. FPCC-had headquarters. at 799..Broad-
[7950]way,. New. York City, New York rand. -had- chapters » in” other cities,
[7952]» including one in San Francisco.
[7954]A source advised in” Mareh “196T, ‘that the Bay. ‘pea ee
[7956]: Chapter of the FPCC (BAFPCC)- ‘began. to. be Formed: ‘in San. Fran--
[7957]cisco in November, 1960, under the direct. guidance. and leader. |
[7959]ship of. ASHER HARER, who the - source, identified as a member —
[7960]cof the San. Francisco’ Branch of the Socialist. Workers’ Party:
[7961]CSWP) and a member of the National Committee: of ‘the: SWP.
[7963]; The SWP has. been designated: by “the” ‘Attorney
[7964]Genéral of the United. States: pursuant to. .
[7965]Executive Order 104s. .
[7969]this. ‘source. advised in March , 1963, that in the.
[7971]recent election of the BAFPCC the SWP- continued: -its influence
[7972]by having ‘SWP members elected to. the executive committee. .
[7974]This. source. advised. in: May... 19635. -that"the BAFPCC”
[7976]| included members in. San. Francisco: and. surrounding counties.-
[7978]He advised that the BAFPCC’ has no. headquarters -but.received
[7980]“mail through Post Office. Box. 2615, _San- Francisco...26, California,-
[7981]' which: is a box: “maintained -by - -ASHER HARER.- He ‘stated that the--
[7983]_ announced aims and. purposes of the BAFPCC.are to "spread-the
[7985]_ truth about Cuba and to. prevent U.~ S. _intervention-in Cuba."
[7987]A second source - advised ‘Or January 19., 1964. ‘that
[7989]at a -BAPPCC meeting in Berkeley.,. -California,.in: ‘December...
[7990]1963, it was decided to dissolve the > BAFPCC.. :
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[7996]APPENDIX.
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[8006]FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA CONT TTEE
[8008]‘The | April: 6, 1960, ‘edition: of “the New. York Times"
[8009]_neWspaber contained a full- -page: advertisement. captioned
[8010]What Is. Really. Happening - in Cuba," placed by the Fair Play.
[8011]for Cuba Committee (FPCC). “This advertisement ‘announced .
[8013]-  ° the formation of the. FPCC in New York City and. declared the.
[8014]~.  PPCC) intended “to promulgate “the truth. about revolutionary =
[8015]Cuba” to neutralize ‘the distorted American press. “ .
[8017]tthe New York Times" ‘edition of January 1 1961, a
[8018]reported that at a hearing conducted before the. United | States
[8019]Senate. Internal Security: Subcommittee on January 10, 1961, -
[8021]Dr. CHARLES A. SANTOS-BUCH identified ‘himself. and ROBERT TABER
[8023]as organizers of the FPCC.. ' de also testified he and TABER: wee
[8024]_. obtained funds from the Cuban Government which were. applied
[8025]toward the cost OF. the aforementioned advertisement. | .
[8027]. “On ‘Hay. ‘is, 1963, a. sources advised that during. the —
[8028]first two years of. the FPCC! s existence there was a struggle |
[8029]' between Communist Party (CP) and Socialist Workers” Party (SWP)
[8030]elements to exert their power within. the FPCC and: ther reby oe
[8031]. influence FPCC policy. This. source added that during the.
[8032]past year there had been a successful effort. by PCC. leadership .
[8033]. to minimize. the: role of these and. other. organizations inthe.
[8034]SPREE SO. that their influence as of May, 1963, was negligible.
[8036]“The SWP has” been designated by the Attorney
[8037]General of the United States ‘pursuant, to
[8038]Executive Order 10450.
[8040]- On May” 20, 1963, a second. source advised that.
[8041]VINCENT "PED" LEE, FPCC National Office Di rector, was then:
[8042]Formulating FPCC policy and had indicated that he had no.
[8043]intention of permitting FPCC. policy to be determined by any
[8044]other organization. This source. stated that LEE believed |
[8045]that the -FPCC. should advocate resumption .of diplomatic
[8046]“-pelations between Cuba and the United States and should |
[8047]support the. Yight of Cubans to manage. their. revolution. without.
[8048]interference from other nations. LEE did not. “advocate | 7
[8049]_ supporting the Cuban revolution per se. a 7
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[8062]| FAIA PLAY POR CUBA COMMITTEE (onet@.)
[8064]The. Novenber 23 “1963, edition | of “The. Hew: York.
[8066]Ti imes® reported thet “Senator THOMAS J. DODD of Connecticut .
[8068]had calied FPCC the: chief public relaticns. instrument of -
[8069]the Castro- network in. the United. States.!) It is to be noted
[8071]that Senator. DODD was a member of: ‘the Senate Tnte»nal.
[8073]Security. Subcommittee which twice conducted | hearings 3 on the
[8075]FCC.
[8077]“the December 27;.1963, edition of “The. slew Yor
[8079]World Te legram and Sun" newspaper stated that the pro-Castro. -
[8081]- FPCC was seeking to go out of. business and that. its prime.
[8083]~. activity. during its Lifetime. had been sponsorship of pro-- aoe
[8084]~ Castro. street rallies and mass picket lines, and the direction —
[8086]of: an active propaganda mill highlighting illegal. travel-to--
[8087]Cuba. campaigns. Its comparatively brief span of . life was
[8089]; attributed to mounting anti-Castro. American public opinion, .
[8090]the 1962° Congressional hearings which disclosed FPCC: financing
[8091]by: Castro's. United Nations - Delegation, md. ultimately, the
[8092]“bad. publi city. which the FPCC received from disclosure of
[8093]- activities on its. behalf by suspected Presidential assassin
[8094]LEE. He OSWALD. . on. oa
[8096]on. February 6, -ig64, the previously mentioned
[8098]second source advised that V. T. LEE had recently: pemarked .
[8100]that the FPCC was dead and that there weré no Plans tO
[8102]organize another similar organization.
[8104]On. April 13, 1964, a third. source advised that
[8106]there. had 1 not. been any FPCC. activity in. many months. and. that | oe
[8107]the FPCC had been dissolved. a pe
[8109]APPENDIX ~~
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[8125]32
[8127]“INTE PRAT ge OPAL. rgon OF STUDER “Ss -
[8129]1. "The Vorld Federation of Nemocratic. Youtis.
[8131]‘breugiit. into. being, ‘the International Union of Students
[8133]which held. a meeting in. Prague on August 17-31, 1946.
[8135]. The ‘administration and: Girection of this project was
[8136]a, entrusted to a 17-man executive committee, of whom 12
[8137]=. were. known Communists." Also cited as one of. the "long- —
[8138]-- -established. Soviet=controlled international organizations" |
[8140]which speak identical. lines of. propatanda and stand to-
[8142]. gether on all. phases of Soviet forein policy and which
[8143]has. "affiliated oreanizations: in the United States, which
[8144]_ consequently have also been turned. into instruments in the |
[8145]"peace! campaign.
[8147](ooame ttee on ‘Un-American fotivities,
[8149]House jeport 271 on American ‘ Youth for _
[8150]--Temocracy, April 17, 1247, p. 133 5 and
[8151]House Feport 378 on the Communist: ‘peace!
[8152]Offensive, Apri i1 25, 1951, oviginally
[8153]“Feleased. fpril i, 1851, Ps 77 ) =
[8155]oe Ba ‘Cited. as ‘being arong. "international Communist
[8157]fronts * * _ a
[8158]ols (Internal Security Subcommittee.of the —
[8159]Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook for.
[8161]functioning at’ the present tire."
[8163]Americans, 8. Poe. 117, fyril 23, is sé,
[8165]Pe 93, also pe 59.)
[8168]Th
[8172]yt
[8174]ep
[8176]a)
[8177]i
[8179]OO repo BR
[8181]“NATIONAL COMMITTEE. TO “ABOLISH THE | HOUSE
[8182]UN- AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE
[8184]| “the "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications”
[8185]_ issued December Ls 1961, by the House Committee .on. Un- American:
[8187]Activities, page 215, contains the following ‘citation regarding
[8188]the National Committee to Abolish: the Un-American Activities —_
[8190]Committee (NCAUAC) +
[8192]ifort ted as a ‘new. organization" set up in. ‘the Summer of —
[8194]960 to lead and direct the Comm unist Party's ‘Operation Abolition" ;
[8196]Sampaigns Seven of the national leaders. of. ‘this. group have :
[8197]Oe been identified as Communists. . cae . .
[8199]: A source has advised ‘that the NCAUAC ‘changed its name
[8200]on March 35° 1962, to include the word. "House" in its name,
[8201]thereby. becoming. known as the. National. Committee to Abolish
[8203]+. the House Un-American Activities Committee CHCAHUAC) + .
[8205]. a A second. source “advised on June. 28, 1965, that as “of that -
[8206]date” “the NCAHUAC continued to. function with. the- headquarters
[8207]oat 535 North Western Avenues Los” Angeles, California. Pe
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[8215]SE SE ETS SRA UREN ST al Se OT Tr RT SE ta
[8217]_ "PROGRESSIVE LABOR PARTY (PLP) os
[8218]_-EROGRESSIVE. LA3OR MOVEMENT eu
[8220]A source advised on fortd 20, 1965, that ‘the PLP,
[8222]“Tse 18, "1965, at New "York City, to organize ¢ the PLM into.a
[8223]‘the “PLP will have as its ultimate objective the estabiish-" o
[8224]7 amilitant working. class movement based on Marxism. ne
[8226]ee tte Hew York Times,’ ' City Edition, Tursday y April. 20, Bn
[8228]- 1965, page 27, reported that a new party of "revolutionary ne 4
[8229]| Soci diisn" was formally founded on April 18, 1965,. under the - ae
[8230]- Rame of the- PLP. The ‘PLP was described as an outgrowth (of the |
[8232]-. PLM, Its. officers. were identified as MILTON. ROSEN, | New York, ne oe
[8233]“President, and WILLIAM EPTON of New York and MOR? SCHEER of. Sane ry
[8234]. Francisco, Vice Presidénts. -A 20-member National Committee was” a
[8235]elected to direct the. party, until the next convention, rn
[8237]a 2 ‘According to the articie whe Progressive ‘Labor Novement
[8238]owas “founded in 1962 by Mr. ROSEN and Mr. SCHEER efter they were
[8239]expelled from the Communist Party of the United States For. .
[8241]_ assertedly Following: the ‘Chinese Comnunist ine. wo .
[8243]ae . The. PL P publishes the "Marxist- Leninist Quarterly,"
[8244]-- theoretical magazine; "Progressive Labor," 8 monthly magazine;
[8245]_. "Challenge," a New. York city newspaper; and “Spark , "a West coast
[8246]newspaper. ——- ao Mo oor
[8248]on ele The June l, 1965, issue of "Chall enge," page. 6, states |
[8250]: the "this paper is ‘dedicated to fight for a new way. ‘of. life =
[8252]ghere the working men and. women own and control. their homes, .
[8253]_ devel the police, courts, and the: entire government | on pevery
[8254]7 evel os . 7 os -
[8256]a ‘the source advised that ‘the PLP ‘utilizes the address of.
[8257]‘General Post. Office Box. 808, Brooklyn ly, New. York, but ‘also. oc
[8258]‘utilizes an. office in. Room 622, 132 ‘Nassau ‘Street, New York Citys
[8260]_ where PLP publications are. | prepared, ee :
[8262]. Se ne -
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[8273]SOCIALIST 1 WORKERS PARTY 7
[8274]/SAN_ FRANCISCO DIVISION
[8276]2 source advised on ‘August r, 1960, ‘that the ‘san —_
[8278]Francisco Branch of the Socialist Workers ‘Party. (SWP) was. ‘pbrned
[8280]approximately in the early part of 1938 and the Oak1 and Branch. of
[8281]«the WP was formed in the latter part of. 1938.
[8283]ok second: source advised: on October 26, 1959, that. the
[8285]nam of the Oakland Branch of the SUP was changed to the ‘Oaklend-
[8286]Berkeley Branch of the. SUP,
[8288]A third. source advised on April 2, 1965, chat ‘the ‘San
[8290]‘peanetued Branch and the Oakland-Berkeley Branch of the SUP follow
[8292]- the policies and directives of the. ‘Yetional ‘SWE wit th which they ares
[8293]affiliated, . | : ce | we -
[8295]7
[8297]a The swe has. been. des ignated by the At stoiney os
[8298]General of the United States. } Pursuant: to” -
[8299]ooh Executive Order 10450. .
[8301]ne oe boby cmd of ccoadiap ape Contes oO
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[8306]a eae ee Nee cme
[8308]a STUDENTS FoR A DEMOCRATIC SOCTETY gel
[8310]rrr The: Students For. a Democratic Society. (SDs), as. it ee
[8311]. is. known. today, came into. being at a. founding convention. held. =.
[8312]~ at Port Huron, Michigan, in June, 1962. (The SDS is an aseociation |
[8313]Of. young. people on the left and has a ‘Surrent program of Pro- |
[8314]. testing the draft, promoting a. campaign. for youth to develop .
[8315]a conscientious. objector status, denouncing United States in-
[8316]-tervention in the war in Vietnam and. to "radically transform"
[8317]— the university. community, and provide for its complete control »
[8318]by students. GUS HALL, General : Secretary, Conmunist Party, USA,. ——
[8319]_when interviewed bya representative of United | ‘Press International _
[8320]in San Francisco, California, on May 14, 1965, described the — .
[8321]SDS as a part of the. "pesponsible. left". which the Party has
[8322]"going. for us." At. the June, 1965 SDS National Convention,. an
[8323]‘anti-communist. proviso: was. removed from the SDS constitution.
[8324]In the October 7, 1966 issue of "New Left Notes," the official -
[8325]publication of ‘SDS, an SDS spokesman stated that there are some
[8326]communists in SDS. and they are welcome. The National Head-
[8327]quarters: of this organization as of April .18, ,1967, was. located .
[8328]in Room, 206, 1608 West Madison Street, Chicago, titanots,
[8330]- Be a ae APPENDIX . y; a,
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[8337]Fi00- 46 8 Es 2. _ VIETNAM DAY COMMITTEE (wpe)
[8339]- AL source advised. in May, 1965, that. ‘the: VDC was “founded in
[8340]May, 1965, to. organize » ‘the. May 21- 22, 1965, community “teach-in* on
[8341]the. ‘University of. California, Berkeley, California (UCB) Campus. —
[8343]ee Public literature distributed by. the vpc reveals that the
[8344]purpose of the VDC is to mold public opinion to force withdrawal of .
[8346]_ the United States from Vietnam, and ‘to utilize. dramatic,. ‘large-scale
[8347]demonstrations in increasing public alarm about. the Vietnam. war. _
[8349]me A second. source advised on June 24, “1966, that at. a “meeting ced
[8350]of the San Francisco Branch of the ‘Socialist “Yorkers Party (SWP) in.
[8351]' San Francisco, California, on June 22, -1966, -KIPP DAWSON, whom source.
[8352]identified as a member of the Branch, commented, among other things,
[8353]_ that ‘with our help" the VDC was Finally recognized : as a political
[8354]‘Power and was under. “our control. aa _ oe ney
[8356]~The: SUP has been designated by ‘the.
[8357]Attorney” General of the United States
[8358]- pursuant. to: Executive Order 10450. .
[8360]a During the period from ‘August 18, 1966 to. October 7, 1966, the
[8361]VDC was publicly. ‘announced as. having been expelled from: the UCB aS
[8362]a recognized. on- ~campus organization. | . . . _—
[8364]A thira source advised on September 29, 1966, that PETE CAMESO
[8366]was the chief spokesman for the VDC. in its. attempts for reinstate- =.
[8367]ment as a recognized UCB on- -campus organization. | Following the re- © .
[8369]_ instatement of the VDC in October, 1966, CAMEJO decided to disband ©
[8371]the . Campus Chapter of the United Committee. Against. “Yar- (CUCAW), which ©
[8372]. he had organized to replace the VDC on the UCB campus when it was . Se
[8373]expelled. The UCAW. Chapter was disbanded and the Woe + subsequently
[8375]became an “affiliate" of UCAW. : . ty!
[8377]. she. third » ‘source ‘further advised that as: of “Septenber + 29, 1966,
[8378]the VDC was controlled and dominated by PETE. CAMEJO. Source added
[8379]that the VDC is no longer ‘under the control of the old stalwarts of.
[8381]the original VDC. and there is. no continuity between ‘the. original and
[8382]current VDC. . 7 my
[8383]A fourth source on. October 27, 1966, identified
[8385]_ PETE. CAMEJO. as a’ ‘current. member of the. SWPP.
[8387]‘The. fourth and a fifth source. ‘in. September and
[8388]oN, October, 1966, identified UCAY! as an: organization ~~
[8389]- in the San Francisco. and East Bay. areas. whose —
[8391]activities were directed toward protesting: United
[8393]. §tates. foreign policy in Vietnam, and is controlled |
[8394]and dominated. by the SWP and the Young Socialist”
[8395]Aldine, OSA 3734, .
[8397]C. of. SY. ees Copies -
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[8416]_» Washington, D. C. started Women Strike for Peace. ne
[8418]--. The idea spread rapidly throughout the country SO
[8419]and now embraces 900 groups, including Women For ae
[8420]Peace ErOUpS in the San Francisco Bay area. | : a,
[8422]“These. groups. support programs to achieve goals
[8424]D “Continued disarmament negotiations.
[8425]. QQ) 8 strong and flexible United Nations.
[8427](3) Planning now: “at state and “National: levels
[8429]The women: act as individuals and as a group, with.
[8430]specific. actions suggested by individuals and
[8432]“groups from all over the world. “Decision to —
[8433]participate. jointly on any given suggestion is.
[8435]-democratly arrived at by. members of the
[8437]with other peace groups is encouraged... “Monthly .
[8438]meetings, as. warranted, are open to all and |
[8439]- announced in mailings. to members. - ‘There are no
[8441]dues or: ‘membership forms nor, conditions for. Se .
[8442]memberships ee | a - oie . | |
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[8446]“46882 “women For PEACE, aka
[8448]“Women Strike for. Peace
[8450]The "Berkeley. Daily. Gazette, ne a daily newspaper of .
[8452]general circulation. published ‘in Berkeley, california,
[8454]- contained: an article. in the Movember 19, 1965,
[8455]‘evening edition. reflecting that in November, ‘gel,
[8456]when concern. mounted over radioactive: fallout
[8458]from nuclear testing, a. group of women in
[8460]such. asi. ae ae
[8462]_ for conversion to. peace-time economy: and
[8463]. positive: efforts to ease world tensions »
[8465]Coordinating» Committee. Effective cooperation
[8467]Coordinating. Committee meetings and general |
[8469]To stir an awareness of the need for peace, —
[8471]_ Women For Peace . encourage public education. in 2.
[8472]/ peace obiectives at local schools and. sponsor. .
[8473]. peace~ -oriented demonstrations and public meetings , 7
[8475]newspaper ads, billboards, and candidates for
[8477]public office. On the national. level the group
[8478]attempts. to influence government officials by
[8479]letters. and conferences. .
[8481]"APPENDIX
[8483]: oo A, Re e a ca
[8484].  SECRE
[8485]ee - Copy. Of ep Copies
[8486](1320 rt Page. mi ZA ae ~of LB. _ Pages.
[8491]Oy
[8493]. | -°- YOUNG. SOCIALIST ALLIANCE (known in |
[8494]— the San Francisco Bay area as the
[8495]BFLO0- 4050 Bay Area Young Socialist ‘Alliance, aka..
[8496]po - the Bay Area Committee of the Young ;
[8497]Socialist Alliance, Bay Area Committee
[8498]for. the - Young Socialist) oe
[8500]oe : A source advised on “May 16, 1960, “that the Bay ‘Area
[8501]Young Socialist Alliance (BAYSA) was formed in. February 1958.
[8502]as the Bay Area Committee for the Young Socialist (BACYS).
[8503]- a later state in its development prior to adoption of. the sian
[8504]_ BAYSA, the organization was known as. the Bay: Area Committee of
[8505]“the Young Socialist Alliance (PACYSA). | : . oo
[8507]ae The source advised ‘that as a. ‘result ‘of a qlational-
[8508]- .eonvent ion held’ April: ‘15-17, 1960, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ms
[8509]the. BAYSA became’ ‘a branch of the national organization to be ~—
[8510]_ known.as the- Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) and will. carry. out
[8511]in the Northern California area the policies of the YSA. — 7
[8512]—— OA ‘second source advised April 28, 1966, that ‘the
[8513]- BAYSA is currently active and is composed: of. three locals:
[8514]The San. Francisco YSA, the. Berkeley YSA, and: the San. Jose ‘YSA.
[8516]Be Bee
[8518]The first source “advised on April. 28, 1966, ‘that the
[8519]-BAYSA, although ostensibly an. independent organization, is.
[8521]in reality controlled by the San Francisco Branch, ‘Socialist |
[8523]Workers: Party (SUP). and the Oakland Branch SWP. pee oO
[8525]The SWP ‘has been designated by. the
[8527]“Attorney General of the United States
[8528]pursuant . to Executive Order (10450.
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[8543]ee “1 SERReL
[8547]ee | YOUNG SOCTALTST ALLTANCE
[8549]oo” The May, 1960 issue of. the "Young Socialist* (YS),
[8550]- page ay column '3, disclosed that during April. 15-17, "1960, a
[8551]; . national organization entitled "The Young Socialist. "Alliance" .
[8552]_ CYSA) was established at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This issue
[8553]. - stated that this organization was formed by | the nat ion- wide -
[8554]/ Supporter clubs of the. publication YS. So
[8556]So The above issue, page. 6, set forth the Founding Declara-
[8557]~ ¢don of YSA. This declaration stated that the YSA. recognizes the |
[8558]Socialist Workers Party (SWP) as the only. existing: political
[8560]ieadership on class. struggle principles, and that the supporters
[8561]of the YS have come into basic political solidarity with: the SWP-
[8562]a on the principles of revolutionary socialism, - .
[8564]oe . A source advised on. May: 23, 1966, that ‘the , original YSA”
[8565]_ Was: an organization formed. during October, 1957,. in New York City
[8566]-- by youth of various left socialist tendencies, particularly. members.
[8567]and) followers of the SWP. The leaders of this group were the. _
[8568]guiding - forces in. the: establishment of the national organization.
[8570]_ — The source. further advised on: May 23, 1966, ‘that the -YSA a
[8571]is dominated and. controlled on a national basis by the. SWP through
[8572]having SWP members comprise exclusively the National Executive |
[8573]_. Committee (NEC). The YSA,. in reality, is the youth and training ne
[8574]» Section: of the ‘SWP. and the main source of new SWP members . ee
[8576]oo The headquarters of the YSA are located in Room 535, . a
[8577]AL Union | Square West, New York ‘City. pad ee ee Pee, OG
[8579]The. Swe has been designated pursuant to ee _ ue oe |
[8580]Executive Order 10450. a ae a |
[8582]SECREI
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[8602]. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE a |
[8603]| FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION i
[8605]ali ce ni San Francisco, california
[8607]Fil No. April 22, 1969 Oe ra |
[8609]mitre “ROBERT SCHEER
[8611]~ ) Oharécter.. "SECURITY MATTER | - “MISCELLANEOUS -
[8612]See ce -. (KEY ACTIVIST)
[8613]Reference Report of ‘SA WILLIAM E. HUGHES
[8614]os dated and captioned as above at
[8615]: San Franciseo, California. aa
[8617]an sources (except § any ‘listed below) | whose identities
[8619]- “are ‘concealed: in referenced | communication have furnished reliable’
[8620]ee information in the past.
[8622]gr. 7-23 with whom ‘contact has. been. ineufficient to.
[8623]establish, his reliability. Lo
[8625]It isthe property - , -
[8626]ibuted outside
[8628]‘This document contains neither recommendations. nor conclusions of the F BL,
[8630]‘of the FBI and is loaned to. your agency; it: and its: contents are not to be distr
[8631]your agency, . a .
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