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[13]RECORDS SERIES ': DOD-AFFILIATED PERSONNEL AND INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS
[14]AGENCY FILE NUMBER : PAGES 963-1008
[16]DOCUMENT INFORMATION
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[22]TITLE : [ RESTRICTED ]
[23]DATE : 05/24/66
[24]PAGES : 46
[26]SUBJECTS : SCHEER, ROBERT
[28]VIETNAM DAY COMMITTEE
[29]SEDITION _ . 6
[30]UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
[31]IVEY, RICHARD CLAYTON.
[32]ANTI-WAR LEAFLETS
[33]BAY AREA PROGRESSIVE LABOR PARTY
[34]YOUTH FOR JOBS
[35]REPORT ’
[37]DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[39]CLASSIFICATION. : UNCLASSIFIED
[41]RESTRICTIONS : 3
[42]CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED WITH DELETIONS
[43]DATE OF LAST REVIEW -:: 11/02/97
[44]OPENING CRITERIA : COMPLETION OF ‘REVIEW BY FBI
[46]~ COMMENTS : COORDINATION WITH FBI HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND
[47]° DETERMINED TO BE RELEASABLE, PER MEMO DTD 5 NOV 97
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[52]© OL
[54]UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[56]Fagee tye. 3- 6
[58]FEDERAL BUREAU OF;!NVESTIGATION _
[60]1 - USA, San Francisco (RH)
[61]SD: G-2, 6th Army, San Francisco (RM)
[62]Copy to: ~ NISO, San Francisco(i*))
[63]a 1 - OSI, Travis Air Force Base (Ri) s
[64]d Report of: FRANK S. PERRONE | Office: SAN FRANCISCO
[65]. -Date;s 5/24/66 : .
[66]i Field Office File A: 14-207 Bureau File 4: ° 14-2943 4
[67]| Tiles VIETNAM DAY COMMITTEE REVIEWED pula Oo o | a
[68]. ae eretts i
[69]Character: SEDITION c) RELEASE IN PART °
[71]= TOTAL DENIAL ;
[72]Synopsis: _ . , ;
[73]Source present at Berkeley Free Press during preparation of .
[74]; .- "soldier's leaflet". FBI Laboratory has determined that eight
[75]8 (8) additional copies of the “soldier's leaflet" were sent to ;
[76]‘4 military servicemen serving overseas by RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY. .
[77]Witnessed handwriting, specimens of IVEY obtained.
[79]Llp. | |
[80]DETAILS:
[82]The Vietnam Day Committee (VDC), 2407 Fulton Street,
[83]Berkeley, California, distributed: a leaflet captioned, “ATTENTION
[84]ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL. The contents of this leaflet are
[85]. essentially the same as the Xerox copies of the leaflet which
[86]follows, and the first paragraph begins, "The following is
[87]proposed text for a 4-page 8-1/2 X 11 leaflet." A Xerox copy
[88]of the "PROPOSAL" which refers to the leaflet also follows.
[90]The above~mentioned leaflet will dso be referred to as
[91]the “soldier's leaflet". ; :
[93]; In the "PROPOSAL", 0.A.T. refers to the Oakland. Army
[94]4 “Terminal, Oakland, California.
[96]elalte ae 68 Sub eax,
[98]sa |
[100]This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the FBI an
[101]your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
[103]d is loaned to
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[111]i
[113]as
[115]a
[116]: : clear that at the O. A. T. we will go beyond merely staling that we urge soldiers and
[120]PROPOSAL:
[122]7, The DC puliigh a similiar leaflet aimed al prospective draftecs which includes a
[124]SP14°207 af
[126]The VC pa blish the attached leaflet or one similiar to if specifieatly aimed at
[127]nolders, .
[129]_-seetion en ways of gelling out of the draft, andC. O. information etc.
[131]‘ One. of the major themes of the 15-16 demonstration will be a position by the VD
[133]“neging soliEers and potential inductees to individually and collectively oppose the War's, |
[135]~The the vvc, through its publicity. and through at Jeast one public speaker make il
[137].. potential inductees to oppose the war, but that we shall lauech an active campaign of 7
[138]o ullempling sto communicate with soldiers and potential inductees, trying to inforn:
[139]: ihem or the criminal nature of the war and the reasons why we urge them to oppose it.
[141]. That the VDC publically inform intellectuals, liberals etc. that we are urging soldiers
[142]“to io “pes *he war’, why we are doing so, and urging them also to oppose the war by —
[144]: o vet using ww we sHelpate. in government programs, rejecting government research
[146] prauuts, ales
[148]ot is undex stood that the above program does not rule out stressing other major themes |
[150]. on ‘he 15. 16, ¢ or of launching other programs on that day.
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[156]_ allown any election there until we were sure we could win. Diem set up a political police
[158]1.SF4'4°207 oe
[160]C
[162]“he folowing is proposed tu.. fora 4 page 3! x lb leaflet. t.. leaflet will alse include
[164]pictures. andat least 2 informational boxss. One of these will be divided into 2 colunms.
[165]The lett giving definitions of war crimes and Ue right giving examples ofwar crimes.
[167]The otfier box will give information on the soldiers who have already refused to fight in
[168]Wietnai. Other material will be added if Space’ permits. The layout will be large print -
[170]2 columns with frequent subtitles.
[172]_ You may soon be sent to Vietnam. You have heard about the war in the news; your
[173]‘officers will give you pep talks about it. But you probably feel as confused and uncertain
[174]about it as most Americans do. Many people will tell you to just follow orders and leave
[175]the thinking to others. But you have the right to know as much about this war a: anyone
[176]else. After all, it's you---not your congres sman---who might get killed.
[178]‘WHY ARE WE. FIGHTING IN VIETNAM ?
[180]We are supposed to be fighting to protect democracy in Vietnam, and yet our own
[181]government admits that South Vietnam is a dictatorship. General Ky, the latest military
[182]dictator. is as bad as they come. ‘- Insert here quote about Ky admiring Hitler etc. -
[184]wr ew me wt wm me te we te ewe we ee mew eee mene ee we wee we ee eee ee ee eee ee ee ee ee
[186]- General Ky doesn't mean much to us; we're not even sure how to pronounce his name.
[187]‘ Gut the South Vietnamese have lived under him and men like him for ten years. As far
[188]’ as they are concerned, we are fighting on the side of Hitlerism; and they hope we lose.
[190]WHO IS THE ENEMY ?
[192]U.S. military spokesmen have often said that their greatest problem : is finding the.
[194]“enemy. '"The enemy" they say, "is everywhere." The old woman feeding her chickens -
[196]may have a stock of hand grenades in her hut. The little boy who trails after the America
[198]~ soldiers during the day slips out to give information to the guerillas at night. The
[200]washerwoman at the American air base brings a bomb to work one day. "It is impossible
[202]. Says the military. "to tell who is the Viet Cong and who is the people."
[204]And so, because the whole Vietnamese people seems to be the enemy, the military
[206]. is taking no chances. They use tear gas---a weapon only used against civilian populations:
[207]‘never against soldiers. They order American troops to fire at women and children---
[209]because women and children, after all, are firing at American troops. American fighter
[210]planes destroy civilian villages with napalm; American B52s are flattening whole regions.
[211]That is why the war in Vietnam is so often called a "dirty war."
[213]When the South Vietnamese people see you in your foreign uniform, they will think of
[214]you as theirenemy. You are the ones bombing their towns. They don't know whether
[216]_ yor're a draftee or.a volunteer, whether you're for the war or against it; but they're not
[218]taking any chances either.
[220]FREE ELECTIONS
[222]The Vietnamese would dearly like to vote the foreigners out of their country, but
[223]they have never had the chance. According to the Geneva Agreement of 1954, there were
[224]supposed to be elections throughout Vietnam in 1956, But the U.S. government was
[225]afraid that our man in Vietnam, Pre mien Diem, would lose. In fact, President Fiseniow
[226]himself admitted that "Ho Chi Minh... .80%"' (Fisenhower quote). So we decided not to
[228]ps . —) :
[230](O65.
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[238]foree and put all political opp. .cion---Communist and anticc&. nunist---in fiuil. 3y 1959
[239]it was clear that there weren't going to be any elections, and the cuerillas known as the
[240]Viel Cong began to fight back. By 1963 our eovermment.was fed up with Diem, but still
[241]wasn't willing to risk elections. Our CLA helped a group of Victnamese generals to over-
[242]throw Diem: and kill him. Since then there have been a series of ''better” military
[243]dictators. General Ky---the man who admires Hitler---is the latest onc.
[245]SFL 4-207 7 agg PN
[247]LIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY ;
[249]Your job as a soldier is supposed to be "to win the people of South Vietnam." Win
[250]ther to what? Not democracy. We keep democracy for ourselves---they get, mititary
[251]dictators. What then? The American way of life ? But why should they care say more
[253]about that than we care about the Vietnamese way of life? Wie can't speak their. language
[255]or even pronounce their names. We don't know anything about theiy religion or even what
[257]‘it ig. We never even heard of Vietnam until Washington decided to run it.
[259]You are supposed to: be fighting to "save the Vietnamese people from Communism. ''-
[260]Certainly Communist influence is very strong in the National Liberation Front, the rebel
[261]government. Yet most of the people support the NLF. Why? Many of the same people
[262]who now lead the NLF led the Vietnamese independence movement against the Japanese
[264]_ during World War II and then went on to fight against French colonial rule. Most Vietname:
[266]think of the NLF leaders as their country's outstanding patriots. In fact, many anti-
[267]Communists have joined the guerilla forces in the belief that the most important thing is
[269]‘to get rid of foreign domination and military dictators. On the other hand, very few
[271]Vietnamese support the official government of General Ky. His army has low morale and
[273]-a high desertion rate.
[275]THE TOUGH GUERILLAS . —_ .
[276]' The newspapers and television have told us again and agian what a brave, tough fighter
[278]_ the Vietnamese guerilla is. Short of ammunition and without any air cover, he can beat
[279]"forces that outnumber him five or ten to one. . Why do they fave such high morale? They
[280]i are not draftees; no draftees ever fight like that. They are not high-paid, professional |.
[282]soldiers; most of them are peasants who work their fields. ‘They are not well-trained;
[284]they can't even spare the ammunition for target practice.
[286]"Their secret is that they know why they are fighting. ‘They didn't hear about Vietnam
[287]in the newspapers; they've lived there all their lives. While we were in high school,
[288]they were living under the Diem regime and hating it. Now American planes are bombing
[289]their towns and strafing their fields; American troops have occupied their country; and if
[290]they complain out loud, an American-supported dictator sentences them to jail or the
[291]firing squad. .Is it any wonder that they fight so fiercely?
[293]CRUSHING THE RESISTANCE _ :
[295]The war in Vietnam is not being fought according to the rules. Civilians are gassed.
[296]Prisoners are tortured. Our planes drop incendiary bombs on civilian villages. Our
[297]soldiers shoot at women and children. Your officers will tell you that it is all necessary, ©
[298]that we couldn't win the war any other way. And they are right. Americans are no more |
[299]cruel than any other people; American soldiers don't enjoy this kind of war. But if you
[300]are going to wage war against an entire people, you have to become cruel. The ordinary
[301]German soldier in occupied Europe wasn't especially cruel, either. But as the resistance
[302]movements grew, he became cruel. He shot at women and children because they were
[303]shooting at him; he never asked himself why they were shooting at him. When a certain |
[305]a
[307]B PF oy GGG
[309]town became a center of resistance activity, he followed his orders and destroyed the
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[317]whole town. He knew that SS men were torturing captured resistance fighters, but it
[318]wasn't his business to interfere. ; 2"
[319].
[320]FOLLOWING ORDERS
[321]As a soldier you have been trained to obey orders, but as a human being you must
[322]take responsibility for your own acts. International and American law recognize that
[323]_an individual soldier, even if acting under orders, must bear final legal and moral re-
[324].sponsibility for what he does. This principle became a part of law after World War I,
[325]_when the Allied nations, meeting in London, decided that German war criminals must
[326]be punished even if they committed war crimes under orders. This principle was the
[327]basis of the Nuremberg trials. We believe that the entire war in Viet:nam is criminal
[328]‘and immoral. We believe that the atrocities which are necessary to wage this v war
[329]against the people of Vietnam are inexcusable.
[331]OPPOSE THE WAR
[333]Sve hope that you too find yourself, as a human being, unable to tolerate this night-
[334]_'ma.'» war—we hope that you will oppose it. We don't know what kind of risks we are
[335]_ taki:.g in giving you this leaflet; you won't know what risk you will be taking in opposing -
[336]1 the war. Several GIs have already refused to fight in Vietnam and have been court-
[337]- martialed.’ They have shown great courage. We believe that they, together with other
[338]-*.eourageous men who will join them, will have influence far out of proportion to their
[339]numbers.
[341]There may be many other things you can do; since you are in the service, you know
[342]better than civilians what sorts of opposition are possible. But whatever you do, keep
[343]your eyes open. Draw your own conclusions from the things you see, read and hear.
[345]. ‘At orientations sessions, don't be afraid to ask questions, and if you're not
[346]satistied with the answer, keep asking. Take every chance you get to talk to your fellow
[348]’ soldiers about the war. Demand to hear civilian speakers who oppose the war debate
[350]military spokesmen. :
[352]You may feel the war is.,wrong, and still decide not to face a courtmartial. You may
[353]. then find yourself in Vietnam under orders. You will have to do some fighting——-but don't
[354]’ do any more than you have to. Good luck. _ ;
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[361]FSP: jal . - ota
[363]SF T-l furnished a copy ¢ the "PROPOSAL" and the
[364]proposed text for the four page leaflet which would be
[365]"specifically aimed at soldiers."
[367]SF T-1 informed on May 3, 1966, that he obtained the
[368]"PROPOSAL" and the proposed text for the leaflet from a table
[369]during the VDC membership meeting in Room 204, Engineering Hall,
[370]University of California, Berkeley, California, (UCB), on
[371]October 5, 1965. SF T-l remarked he did not know who wrote or
[372]assisted in the preparation of the proposed text for the leaflet;
[373]however, recalled the proposed text for the leaflet was read
[374]aloud at the meeting by STEVE CHERKOSS, SF T-1 was unable to
[375]recall any comments made by CHERKOSS during his reading of the
[376]proposed text,
[378]SF T-1 went on to say there were from 85 to 105
[379]individuals also present at the meeting on October 5, 1965;
[380]. howevexy', since this was the first meeting of this type that
[382]he had attended, he only knew CHERKOSS who was introduced.
[384]SF T-2 on October 10, 1965, furnished in-
[386]formation which identified STEVE CHERKOSS |
[387]as a current active member of the Bay Area
[388]Progressive Labor Party (BAPLP).
[390]A characterization for the BAPLP is contained
[391]in the Appendix Section. -
[393]SF T-3 reported on October 8, 1965, that on October
[394]5, 1965, a VDC meeting was held at UCB, and among topics dis-
[395]cussed at the meeting was the distribution a@handbils for
[396]Soldiers. Decision was made at the meeting, that the hand-
[397]pills would be given to soldiers at bus stations, at airports,
[398]and also, if possible, at the Oakland Army Terminal.
[400]SF T-3 related on May 6, 1966, that the above-
[401]mentioned VDC meeting was a VDC general membership meetings
[402]and the meeting place was held in Room 204, Engineering Hall,
[403]UCB; SF T-3 informed he did not recall if the proposed text
[404]for the leaflet was read by anyone, or who had knowledge of
[406]- the contents of-the proposed text. SF T-3 stated he recalled
[407]the following individuals whom he described as members of the
[408]VDC were present at the VDC meeting on October 5, 1965.
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[420]> S STEVE CHERKOSS
[421]DAVID FRIEDMAN
[422]«. FRED GIBSON
[423]‘HOWARD HARAWITZ
[424]__. MORRIS HIRSCH
[425]~ LARRY LOUGHLIN
[426]~ MARILYN MILLIGAN
[427]“~JOANNE PEYTON
[428]~~ JANET PUGH
[429]JERRY RUBIN
[430]- VALERIE SILVA
[431]“~ STEPHEN SMALE
[432]“WINDY SMITH
[433]“SNLOUISE STAPLETON
[434]SYD STAPLETON
[435]— JACK WEINBERG
[436]“STEVE WELSSMAN
[440]; ‘ Continuing, SF T-3 remarked that what he had prev-
[441]fously referred to as handbills were identical with the leaflet,
[443]"ATTENTION ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL."
[445]SF T-3 also remarked he could not recall any specific
[446]comments made by anyone during the meeting on October 5, 1965.
[448]Inspector CHARLES O!MEARA, Intelligence
[450]Unit, Berkeley, Police Department, Berkeley;
[451]informed on October 12, 1965, that according
[453]to information furnished to him, DAVID
[455]FRIEDMAN was a member of the Steering Com-
[456]mittee of the VDC. A protest demonstration
[457]was conducted at the Sea Wolf Restaurant,
[458]Jack London Square, Oakland, on February
[459]12, 1965.- This demonstration was sponsored
[460]py the Congress of Racial Equality. During
[461]the demonstration, DAVID FRIEDMAN was one
[463]of five individuals arrested by the Oakland ~
[465]Police Department. He was charged with in-
[466]terfering with a police officer. The
[467]charge was subsequently dismissed.
[469]SF T-3 reported on October 25, 1965, that
[470]on October 23, 1965, one FRED GIBSON at-
[471]tended a Youth For Jobs (Y¥FJ) meeting at —
[473]T
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[484]59th Street and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland.
[486]A characterization for YFJ is contained in
[487]the Appendix Section.
[489]SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified
[490]FRED GIBSON as a member of the Community
[491]Work Committee of the VDC and also a mem-
[492]ber of the VDC Steering Committee.
[494]SF T-4 reported in 1963 and 1964 that
[495]during 1963 and 1964, HOWARD HARAWITZ
[496]was a member of the Communist Party
[497]Youth Off-Campus Club, Berkeley.
[499]SF T-5 on November 15, 1965, furnished a
[500]copy of a printed "Dear Friend" letter
[501]issued by the VDC which called for funds
[502]from the recipient. The letter identified
[503]MORRIS HIRSCH as a Professor of Mathematics,
[504]UCB, and also a member of the Finance
[505]Committee of the VDC.
[507]The name of MORRIS HIRSCH appeared as a
[508]signer of a 1962 petition which urged
[509]non-enforcement and repeal of the Internal °
[510]Security Act of 1950, which petition had
[511]been circulated by the Committee for Con-
[512]stitutional Liberties (CCL), San Francisco,
[513]and had been submitted to the White House.
[515]A characterization for the CCL is contained
[516]in the Appendix Section,
[518]SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified
[519]LARRY LOUGHLIN as a member of the Finance
[520]Committee and Staff Member of the VDC. :
[522]A review of the records of the San Francisco
[523]Police Department, San Francisco, revealed
[524]that LARRY. LOUGHLIN, also known as LAWRENCE
[526]RORERT LOUGHLIN (true name), was arrested
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[535]by the San Francisco Police Department |
[537]on August 24, 1965, and charged with’ tres-
[538]passing and resisting arrest. The charges
[539]arose from a demonstration against General
[540]MAXWELL TAYLOR at the Fairmont Hotel, San
[542]Francisco. ,
[544]After LOUGHLIN had pled nole contendere,
[545]he was sentenced on February 16, 1966,
[547]to six months in the San Francisco
[548]County Jail, Sentence was suspended
[550]and he was placed on one year probation.
[552]SF T-3 on September 9, 1965 identified
[553]MARILYN MILLIGAN as a member of the Commun-
[554]ity Work Committee and Staff Member of the
[555]‘vac,
[557]A review of the records of the Alameda
[558]County Sheriff's Office, Oakland, revealed ©
[559]that MARILYN MILLIGAN was arrested on
[560]December 3, 1964, under Sheriff's Office
[561]Number 641125 in connection with a sit-in
[562]demonstration at Sproul Hall, UCB. She
[564]was charged with resisting arrest, fail-
[565]ure to disperse and trespassing. On
[567]June 28, 1965, she was found guilty
[569]of the trespassing and resisting arrest
[570]charges and the failure to disperse charge
[571]was dismissed. On July 29, 1965, she
[572]refused probation and was sentenced to
[573]$100,00 or ten days in jail on the tres-
[574]passing charge, and $150.00 or fifteen
[576]days in jail on the resisting arrest charge.
[577]She has appealed the convictions.
[579]SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified
[580]JOANNE PEYTON as a member of the Community
[581]Work Committee of the VDC,
[583]A review of the records of the Registrar's
[584]Office, UCB, revealed the following in-
[585]formation for JOANNE PEYTON, nee JOANNE
[586]BARKER WARD, ,
[588]White
[589]Female
[590]Born August 8, 1936, Cleveland, Chio.
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[603]SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified
[604]‘JANET PUGH as Chairman of the Publicity
[605]Committee of the VDC.
[607]A review of the records of the Registrar's
[608]Office, UCB, revealed the following des-
[609]cription for JANET MARILYN PUGH,
[610]White.
[611]Female ;
[612]Born December 24, 1939, Red Bluff,
[613]California
[614]Permanent Residence: 200 Cedar
[615]Street, Red Bluff
[617]In the August 9, 1965, issue of the "San
[618]Francisco Chronicle", a San Francisco,
[619]California, daily newspaper, information
[620]was set forth that in the summer of 1964,
[621]JERRY RUBIN traveled to Cuba in defiance
[622]of a United States Department of State
[623]travel ban, The trip was sponsored by
[624]the Student Committee for Travel to
[626]Cuba (SCTC).
[628]A characterization for the SCTC is contained
[629]in the Appendix Section.
[631]SF T-6 reported on February 19, 1965, that
[632]JERRY RUBIN had enrolled for the fall, 1964,
[633]Semester of the San Francisco School of
[634]Social Sciences (SFSSS).
[636]A characterization for the SFSSS is contained
[637]in the Appendix Section.
[639]SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified
[640]_ JERRY RUBIN as a Staff Member of the VDC
[641]and also a member of the Steering Com-
[643]mittee of the VDC,
[645]SF T-3 reported on November 1, 1965, that
[646]on October 30, 1965, VALERIE SILVA attended
[647]a meeting of Youth For Jobs, 59 4th Street
[648]and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland,
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[659]‘ SS
[661]SF T-7 in February, 1952, identified
[662]STEPHEN SMALE as a member of the Labor
[663]Youth League (LYL) at the University
[664]of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
[666]The LYL has been designated by the Attorney -
[667]General of the United States pursuant to
[668]Executive Order 10450,
[670]The LYL became defunct in February, 1957.
[672]SF'T-8 in January, 1961, identified
[673]STEPHEN SMALE as the Faculty Advisor of
[674]the Students Committee Fair Play for Cuba
[675]Committee (FPCC), at UCB.
[677]A characterization for the FPCC is contained
[678]in the Appendix Section.
[680]STEPHEN SMALE has been publicly identified
[681]as a Mathematics professor at UCB.
[683]SF T-3 on September. 9, 1965 identified.
[684]STEVE SMALE . |. as a Staff Member of the.
[685]VDC and also a member of the Steering Com-
[686]mittee of the VDC,
[688]SF T-9 informed on November 15, 1963 and
[689]March 27, 1964, that in 1963 and 1964,
[690]WINDY SMITH was a member of the Southern
[691]California District Communist Party.
[693]SF T-10 reported on February 25, 1966,
[694]that WINDY SMITH also known as JOHN
[695]WINDRIM SMITH, JR. (TN) was a transfer
[697]to the Marin County, California, Communist
[698]Party Club; however, had not attended any
[699]meetings of the club.
[701]SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified
[702]WINDY SMITH as a member of the Strategic
[703]Research Organization Committee of the
[704]VDC, and also a member of the Steering
[706]Committee,
[708]el
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[718]SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified
[719]LOUISE STAPLETON as a member of the Com-
[720]munity Work Committee of the VDC.
[722]SF T-3 related on August 17, 1965, that
[723]in his opinion, LOUISE STAPLETON was not
[724]in sympathy with the VDC but was simply
[725]looking for some excitement and likes to
[726]demonstrate. SF T-3 added that LOUISE
[727]STAPLETON was an employee of the Child
[728]Care Center in Oakland and resided at
[730]419 63rd Street, Oakland.
[732]SF T-11 in October, 1965, identified
[733]SYDNEY STAPLETON as a member of the Young
[734]Socialist Alliance, Berkeley, and the
[736]‘Oakland-Berkeley Branch ofthe Socialist
[738]Workers Party.
[740]Characterizations for the Young Socialist
[741]Alliance, Berkeley and the Oakland-Berkeley
[742]Branch of the Socialist Workers Party are
[743]contained in the Appendix Section.
[745]SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified
[746]SYDNEY STAPLETON as a member of the
[747]Speaker's Bureau of the VDC and also
[749]a member of the Steering Committee of
[750]the VDC.
[752]SF T-12 reported on October 11, 1964, that
[753]on October 11, 1964, JACK WEINBERG attended
[754]a general membersnip meeting of the W,E, B,
[755]Du Bois Clubs of America, Berkeley Branch.
[757]A characterization of the W,E.B. Du Bois
[758]Clubs of America, Berkeley Branch is contained -
[759]in the Appendix Section. \
[761]WEINBERG was arrested at UCB in connection
[762]with a sit-in demonstration at Sproul Hall
[763]on Décember 3, 1964. He was charged with
[764]trespassing, and resisting arrest; convicted,
[765]and on July 30, 1965, he was sentenced to
[766]serve 120 days in jail.
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[777]SF T-3 on September 9, 1965, identified
[778]STEVE WEISSMAN as Chairman of the Strategic
[779]Research Organization Committee of the VDC,
[781]SF T-8 has informed that STEVE WEISSMAN,
[782]also known as STEPHEN MARK WEISSMAN (true
[783]name), held a Bachelor of Arts Degree from
[784]the University of Tampa and a Master of
[785]Arts Degree from the University of Michigan.
[786]He enrolled at UCB as a graduate student
[787]for the fall semester, 1964, He was a
[788]strategist for the Free Speech Movement
[789](FSM) demonstrations during the latter part
[790]of 1964 on the UCB Campus. He organized
[792]a strike of teaching assistants at UCB in
[793]support of the FSM. ™
[795]The FSM was an organization whica evolved
[797]at UCB out of a disagreement between students
[798]and UCB administration of UCB policy regard-
[799]ing campus organizations.
[801]WEISSMAN, according to his academic file
[802]at Tampa University, December 9, 1964,
[803]had a history of self~admitted emotional
[804]instability for which he had been under
[805]psycho-therapy treatment fro October, 1958
[806]to January, 1960. His father informed
[807]in April, 1965, that his son was not a
[808]Marxist; had no Communist leanings what-
[809]soever and considered the United States
[810]the best country in-.the world, but one
[811]which still needed improvement.
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[824]SF T-13 reported on November 1, 1965, that at a general
[825]membership meeting of the VDC on October 26, 1965, in Room 204,
[826]Engineering Building, UCB, there was a vote which was
[827]subsequently set aside to distribute the leaflet, “ATTENTION
[828]ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL. ?
[830]A review of all information furnished by SF T-13 failed
[831]to reveal any information indicating who conducted the above-
[832]‘described meeting, or when, where or to whom the leaflets would
[833]be distributed.
[835]SF T-13 is currently employed ina foreign country, and
[836]there is no information indicating whether he will return to the
[837]United States in the near future.
[839]SF T-14 reported on May 8, 1966, he was unable to
[840]recall who conducted the VDC general membership meeting in Room
[841]204, Engineering Building, UCB, on October 26, 1965, or if mention
[842]was "nade when, where, or to whom the "soldier's leaflet' would be
[843]‘distributed.
[845]SF T-3 informed on May 6, 1966, that the VDC general
[846]membershp meeting which was held in Room 204, Engineering Building,
[847]UCB, was chaired by SYDNEY STAPLETON. SF 7-3 recalled that the
[848]persons attending the meeting voted on a decision to distribute
[849]the “soldier's leaflet"; however, the majority vote postponed
[850]action on the leaflets until a later meeting. SF T-3 also
[851]recalled that JACK KURZWEIL, BOB KAUFMAN, and (CONN) RINGO
[852]HALLINAN informed those present that the leaflets should be
[853]distributed to civilians rather than to soldiers.
[855]SF T-3 commented he had no knowledge as to when, where,
[856]or to whom the leaflets, may have been distributed.
[858]SF T-15 reported in October 1965, that as of
[859]September 1965, JACK WEINBERG was a member of
[860]the Steering Committee Af the VDC.
[862]SF T-12 informed on October 9, 1964, that on
[863]October 11, 1964, JACK WEINBERG attended a
[864]general membership meeting of the W.E.B. Du
[865]| Bois Club of America, Berkeley Branch.
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[880]with a sit-in demonstration at Sproul Hail
[881]on December 3, 1964. He was charged with
[882]trespassing and resisting arrest; convicted,
[883]and on July 30, 1965, he was sentenced to
[884]serve 120 days in jail. ;
[886]SF T-16 reported on July 19, 1965, that on
[887]July 10, 1965, ROBERT KAUFMAN attended a
[888]Northern California District Communist Party
[889]meeting in San Francisco, :
[891]SF T-17 reported on April 19, 1366, that as
[892]of November 1965, CONN "RINGO" HALLINAN was
[893]a member of a Communist Party (CP) Club in
[894]San Francisco...
[896]Sergeant DAHL informed on January 10, 1966, that he had
[897]received a report from his previously described source that at
[899]_‘the VDC general membership meeting in Room 204, Engineering Hall,
[901]UCB, on October 26, 1965, WINDY SMITH gave the majority report
[902]and recommended the VDC approve and distribute the “soldier's
[903]leaflet" to anyone, but mainly to U.S. servicemen preparing to
[904]go to Vietnam. In addition, SMITH commented at the meeting that
[905]4,000 of the"soldier's leaflets" had been sent to the National
[906]Liberation Front, 6,000 had been distributed at Fort Ord, Cali-
[907]fornia, 2,000 at a military installation at Point Mugu, Cali-
[909]fornia, and many at the Army Intelligence School in Monterey,
[910]California.
[912]SF T-14 related on May 6, 1966, that at the VDC general
[913]membership meeting in Room 204, Engineering Hall, UCB, on,
[914]October 26, 1965, WINDY SMITH, who delivered the Majority report,
[915]recommended that the leaflets be distributed, and MIKE O'HANLON ,
[917]‘STEVE WEISSMAN and STEVE SMALE opposed the distribution, SF T~14
[919]could furnish no additional information.
[921]On January 5, 1966, Deputy Sheriff JOHN CRISAN,
[922]Monterey. County, California Sheriff's Office,
[923]furnished some membership cards issued to
[924]MICHAEL J. O'HANLON, which he had obtained from
[925]a forest ranger at the Big Sur Park in December
[926]1965. CRISAN stated he had no further
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[940]information concerning O'HANLON, and assumed
[941]the cards were membership cards signed by.
[942]O'HANLON for the Industrial Workers of the
[943]World (IWW), Students for a Democratic Society
[944](SDS), and the VDC.
[946]The IWW has been designated by the Attorney
[947]General of the United States pursuant to
[948]Executive Order 10450.
[950]“STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY is an
[951]association of young people on the left...;
[952]one bringing together liberals and radicals,
[953]activists and scholars, students and
[954]faculty. It feels the urgency to put forth
[955]a radical, democratic program counterposed
[956]to authoritian movements both of Communism
[957]and the domestic Right.
[959]Posamble,. SDS Constitution’!
[961]During the 1965 National Convention of the
[962]SDS, the Preamble of the Constitution was
[963]amended. to eliminate “counterposed to
[964]authoritarian movements both of Communism
[965]and the domestic Right."
[967]SDS Worklist No. 14,
[968]£28/65
[970]When O'HANLON was stopped by a Highway Patrol
[971]Officer on February 18, 1966, in Ocala, Florida,
[972]O'HANLON had a membership card for the W.E.B.
[973]DuBois Clubs of America (DCA).
[975]A characterization for the DCA is contained :
[976]in the Appendix. ‘
[978]The FBI Laboratory informed on February 17,
[979]1966, that fingerprint examinations revealed
[980]MICHAEL J. O'HANLON was identical with
[981]FRANCIS GEORGE MEDAILLE, FBI Number 874 775C.
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[995]In the March 20, 1966, issue of the “San
[997]- Prancisco Examiner", a San Francisco,
[998]California, daily newspaper, information
[999]was set forth that FRANCIS GEORGE MEDAILLE
[1000]was arrested in 1958 on a homicide charge
[1001]in New York for throwing a six-year old
[1002]girl from the roof of a building,
[1003]‘MEDAILLE was sent to a mental institution
[1004]until May 5, 1963, when he pled guilty to
[1005]a manslaughter charge, first degree. He
[1006]received a five-to-ten year suspended
[1007]sentence and was placed on five years
[1008]probation.
[1010]RICHARD D. CALLAHAN, Special Agent, Chief of Special
[1011]Operations Section, 115th INTC, Presidio, California, on
[1012]January 7, 1966, made available a file pertaining to the appear-
[1013]ance of the leaflet in the Vicinity of Fort Ord. A review of
[1014]‘the file revealed a report concerning an interview with A. C.
[1015]COULAPIELES, Lieutenant, U. S. Navy 6364", Security Officer,
[1016]U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (USNPS), Me:.terey. Lieutenant
[1017]COULAPIELES informed on October 26, 1965, that during the morning
[1018]hours of October 23, 1965, members of his cleanup detail at USNPS
[1019]informed him that a number of VDC leaflets addressed, “ATTENTION
[1020]ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL‘ had been scattered at various ‘points within
[1021]the USNPS area. The report related a subsequent inspection of the
[1022]area by the cleanup detail indicated leaflets had been dropped —
[1023]from outside the fence line at various points. The report further
[1024]informed that the number of leaflets dropped was small.
[1026]a Mr. CALLAHAN related inasmuch as the investigation
[1027]revealed the leaflets were dropped from outside the fence on
[1028]military property, no further investigation was conducted by the
[1029]military authorities. USNPS is approximately three miles from
[1030]Fort Ord, , cs
[1032]In addition, Mr. CALLAHAN recalled information 4
[1033]indicating copies of the leaflet had been reported as appearing
[1034]on the cement divider on the main highway between Marina and
[1035]Monterey, California. Mr. CALLAHAN added that part of this
[1036]‘highway runs adjacent to Fort Ord.
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[1052]informed on February 2, 1966, he had received no information
[1053]indicating that the “soldier's leaflet" had been distributed at
[1054]Point Mugu. He added if the leaflet had been distributed at
[1056]Point Mugu, he was certain his office would have received informa-
[1057]tion concerning the distribution.
[1059]SF T-18 informed on May 16, 1966, that he remembered on
[1060]one occasion during a discussion of the leaflet at VDC headquarters
[1061]2407 Fulton Street, Berkeley, JOHN SELTZ remarked that he, SELTZ,
[1062]was one of the passengers in a speeding automobile from which
[1063]leaflets were thrown at Fort Ord and the Presidio at Monterey.
[1065]SF T-18 commented he had no knowledge as to whether any of the
[1066]leaflets were actually picked up by soldiers. SF T-18 believed
[1067]the discussion took place during the last quarter of 1965.
[1069]JOHN CLIFFORD NORDEEN, 9125 Marmora Avenue ,
[1070]Morton Grove, Illinois, a self-described friend
[1071]of JOHN PETER SELTZ, had informed that SELTZ
[1072]served under one ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ, leader of
[1073]an anti-Somoza Nicaraguan revolutionary group,
[1074]on the Honduras-Nicaraguan border during May
[1075]and June 1960.
[1077]SF T-3 related on May 6, 1966, he recalled. there was a
[1078]discusson regarding leaflets which were supposedly distributed
[1079]to soldiers at Fort Ord; however, he could furnish no specifics.
[1081]Sergeant CARL DAHL had related on January 10, 1966, .
[1082]that according to his previously described source, at the VDC
[1083]meeting on October 26, 1965, in Room 204, Engineering Building,
[1084]UCB, STEVE WEISSMAN made the following remark:
[1086]“Our lawyers have informed us if we stop now
[1087]distributing this leaflet it is less likely
[1088]any of us would be prosecuted, but if we
[1089]continue, we are asking for arrest for
[1090]sedition."
[1092]SF T-14 related on May 6, 1966, that he recalled STEVE
[1094]WEISSMAN making the above-quoted statement at the VDC meeting on
[1095]October 26, 1965,
[1097]SF T-3 informed on May 6, 1966, that he could not recall
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[1117]STEVE WEISSMAN making the above-quoted statement at the VDC
[1118]meeting on October 26, 1965.
[1120]SP T-18 related on October 25, 1965, that on October 23,
[1121]1965, the VDC Anti-Draft Committee held a meeting at VDC
[1122]headquarters, 2407 Fulton Street, Berkeley. SF T-18 related that
[1124]at the meeting, STEVE CHERKOSS admitted being a "Communist" and
[1126]stated those active in the organization should face up to the
[1127]fact and accept that Communists were in the anti-draft movement
[1128]on a national scale.
[1130]SF T-18 related on May 16, 1966, that he recalled WINDY
[1131]SMITH and JOHN SELTZ were also present at the above-mentioned
[1132]meeting. SF T-18 went on to say that SMITH left the meeting
[1133]early. SF T-18 did not recall that anyone at the meeting of
[1134]October 23, 1965 mentioned the Oakland Induction Center
[1135]specifically as a distribution point: for the “soldier's leaflet.*
[1136]SF T-18 was unable to recall the names of anyone known to him
[1138]. at the meeting of October 23, 1965, who ted and/or took part in
[1140]any discussion concerning the undermining cf the morale of U.S.
[1141]troops or anything said by any individual at the meeting in this
[1142]regard. ;
[1144]SF T-18 did recall that the “soldier's leaflet" was
[1145]distributed at the Oakland Induction Center one morning. He
[1146]believed this occurred in October 1965, but was unable to recall
[1147]the exact date. SF T-18 recalled STEVE CHERKOSS was present and
[1148]was distributing the leaflets at the Oakland Induction Center on
[1149]the morning in question. SF T-18 added he was also present at
[1150]the Oakland Induction Center on the particular morning; however,
[1151]he did not distribute any of the leaflets.
[1153]A review of the printed leaflet, “ATTENTION ALL MILITARY
[1154]PERSONNEL” indicated it was printed by the Berkeley Free Press.
[1156]SF T-18 informed on May 16, 1966, that the Berkeley Free
[1157]Press did, in fact, print the leaflet, “ATTENTION ALL MILITARY
[1158]PERSONNEL." SF T-18 went on to say he was present at the
[1159]Berkeley Free Press, along with two other individuals and 4
[1160]couple of printers from the Berkeley Free Press who were unknown
[1161]to him when approximately 30,000 copies of the leaflets were
[1162]printed. SF T-18 added that he helped cut the paper at the
[1163]Berkeley Free Press for the leaflets.
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[1176]Sergeant CARL DAHL had related on January 10, 1966,
[1177]that according to his previously described source in the voc,
[1178]the “soldier's leaflet" was primarily the work of MARVIN GARSON
[1179]and JACK WEINBERG, and had been proofread by ROBERT SCHEER.
[1183]SF T-1l reported during April 1863, that
[1185]MARVIN THOMAS GARSON had been active in the
[1187]Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) in Berkeley,
[1189]while attending UCB, and had served as-an
[1191]officer of the organization.
[1193]SF T-11 further reported that GARSON had
[1194]become dissatisfied with the YSA over a
[1195]factionalist dispute and had resigned from
[1196]the YSA in Berkeley in February, 1963.
[1198]The December 12, 1961, issue-of “The Daily
[1199]Californian", UCB Campus Publication, con-
[1200]tained an article captioned, ‘Fair Play For.
[1201]Cuba," which was signed by two individuals,
[1203]one of whom was “Bob Scheer, Grad Student, Econ.,
[1204]member, Fair Play Exec. Comm.”
[1206]In the May 22, 1965, issue of the “San Francisco
[1207]Examiner", a San Francisco, California, daily
[1208]newspaper, there appeared an article captioned,
[1209]‘The 'Camp' Meeting at Cal.“ Among other
[1210]things, the article identified ROBERT SCHEER
[1212]as Research Director for the FPCC and ©
[1214]informed SCHEER had visited Cuba in the summer
[1215]of 1964 in defiance of a U.S. State Department
[1216]ban.
[1218]ROBERT SCHEER is the Foreign News Editor for
[1219]"Ramparts" .magazine.
[1221]“Ramparts” is self-described as the "“cathalic
[1222]journal of political opinion." ;
[1224]The February 23, 1966, issue of the "Berkeley
[1225]Daily Gazette", a Berkeley, California, daily
[1226]newspaper, informed among other things, that
[1227]"SCHEER, an outspoken critic of the JOHNSON
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[1240]Administration policies in Viet Nam” was
[1241]“presently” touring South Vietnam and
[1242]Cambodia, the latter country at the
[1243]invitation of Prince SHIANOUK.
[1245]SF T-18 related on May 16, 1966, he could not recall who
[1246]told him, but he had the distinct impression he was told that : |
[1247]MARVIN GARSON was the main author of the ‘soldier's leaflet.‘
[1248]SF T-18 added he had not heard anything linking JACK WEINBERG -
[1249]with the preparation of the leaflet or that ROBERT SCHEER had
[1250]proofread the leaflet.
[1252]SF T~3 reported on May 6, 1966, “hat he had no
[1253]knowledge of who actually prepared the “soldier's leaflet";
[1254]however, he vaguely recalled that the leaflet was at least in
[1255]part the work of SIDNEY CHERPITEL. He could furnish no specifics.
[1257]SF T-13 reported on November 4, 1965, that:
[1258]SIDNEY WILLIAM CHERPITEL on November 3,
[1259]1965, considered himself a Communist, but
[1260]was not a member of the CP.
[1262]SF T-14 reported on May 6, 1966, he
[1263]possessed no information concerning who
[1264]prepared or assisted in the preparation
[1265]of the “soldier's leaflet"...
[1267]SF T-13 related on October 13, 1965, that on October ll,
[1268]1965, at approximately 7:30 PM, MIKE O'HANLON and his girl
[1269]friend, MIRIAM GOLOMB, described by SF T-13 as very active in
[1270]the VDC, went to the Greyhound Bus Depot, 7th and Mission
[1271]Streets, San Francisco. SF T-13 commented their purpose for —
[1272]visiting the Greyhound Bus Depot was to ship three (3) parcels
[1273]of leaflets to be distributed to soldiers. The leaflets were
[1274]captioned, ‘ATTENTION ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL", and were
[1275]addressed to J. PARISOT, C/O Department of Literature, University
[1276]of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California.
[1278]On May 4, 1966, C. A. TELFER, Greyhound Terminal _
[1279]Manager, San Diego, Califernia, informed that the bus bill fr
[1280]the shipment of leaflets to J. PARISOT on October 11, 1965, if
[1281]such shipment were made, would be located at the Accounting
[1282]Department of the Greyhound General Office, Market and Fremont
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[1297]Streets, San Francisco. Mr. TELFER'commented all bus bills were
[1298]furnished to San Francisco at the end of the month and they
[1299]would contain the name of the person accepting delivery of the
[1300]package.
[1302]EDWARD J. ° BASILE, Greyhound Bus Lines, 371 Market
[1303]Street, San Franciseo, furnished the following information to
[1304]SA JOSEPH T. QIGLEY on May 6, 1966.
[1306]Collect Bus Bill Number 520851, dated October 11, 1965,
[1307]revealed three (3) boxes weighing sixty-five (65) pounds were
[1308]Sent to J. PARISOT, University of California, Department of
[1309]Literature, La Jolla, California. The contents of the boxes
[1310]were described as books and leaflets. The shipper was listed
[1311]as the VDC, 2407 Fulton Street, Berkeley. Express charges were
[1312]$4.40. No signature was shown on the bus bill to record the
[1313]name of the recipient.
[1315]DISTRIBUTION OF LEAFLET TO MILITARY SERVICEMEN SERVING
[1317]OVERSEAS
[1320]As of April 10, 1966, the FBI Laboratory, Washington,
[1321]D.C., had determined from handwriting comparisons, twenty-seven
[1322](27) leaflets sent to military personnel serving overseas lad
[1323]been sent by RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY.
[1325]“Y PATRICK MH. AYMAR, EM 3 E Division
[1326]_ USS KITTYHAWK (CVA)
[1327]FPO San Francisco
[1328]™~ wWrILLiam BAGLEY, 9142979
[1329]B Division, USS OKLAHOMA CITY (CLG 5)
[1330]FPO San Francisco -
[1332]KEN CRAIGIE :
[1333]USS PAUL REVERE APA 248
[1334]FPO San Francisco
[1336]y
[1338]NO A 3/c WARREN E. HANSEN, AF 19791037 c
[1339]_ 481 TFS (Rote), 33 Tactical Group, Box P ‘
[1340]APO San Francisco, 96601
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[1353]M Division, USS DUNCAN 874
[1354]FPO San Francisco, 96601
[1356]SS G. L. RAPALEE
[1357]MM 2 A Div.
[1358]USS KITTYHAWK (CVA-53)
[1359]FPO San Francisco, 96601
[1361]“PAUL J. THOMAS
[1362]“USS MOUNT MC KINLEY
[1363](A6c-7) COMPHIBGRJ-1
[1364]FPO San Francisco, 96601
[1366]curtis R. WESTLAKE, 7782535
[1367]USS MONTROSE (APA 212) B.C.
[1368]FPO San Francisco, 96601
[1369]Sergeant CARL DAHL's highly placed source in the VDC,
[1370]SF T-14, SF T-3, and SP T-18 on May 4, 6, 5 and 16, 1966,
[1371]respectively, were shown photographs of IVEY, and they informed
[1372]they did not know him nor had they seen him at ypc headquarters,
[1373]Berkeley, nor at any VpC activities. They commented that if an
[1374]individual desired copies of the leaflet, they were available to
[1375]anyone at VDC headquarters 5 2407 Fulton Street, Berkeley.
[1377]Inasmuch as investigation to date had revealed that
[1378]RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY had sent thirty-five (35) of. the :
[1379]“goldier's leaflet" to military personnel serving overseas, the
[1380]following investigation was conducted for the purpose of
[1381]‘obtaining witnesses who could testify to IVEY's handwriting.
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[1399]MR. ROBERT F, LEVERONI, Chief Clerk, Exchange Bank,
[1400]Main Office, 4th and Mendecino Avenue, Santa Bosa, California,
[1401]advised that he personally checked the open and closed acctunts
[1402]of the main Exchange Bank's master itkiices on the name RICHARD
[1403]CLAYTON IVEY, and },e could not locate this name in the records.
[1405]- MR, LEVERONI also checked the followings branches of the
[1406]Exchange Bank, for an open or closed account in the name of
[1407]IVEY, without results:
[1409]Montgomery Village Branch, Santa Rosa
[1410]Roseland Branch, Santa Rosa
[1411]College Avenue Branch, Santa Rosa
[1413]MR, LEVERONI advised that when he checked the Rohnert
[1414]Park Branch, Rohnert Park, Califurnia, he was advised by JAMES
[1415]W. HARRIS, Manager, that he personally opened up a savings
[1416]account in the name of RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY and DORINDA D, IVEY,
[1417]The account number is 28-O4474, HARRIS further advised that
[1418]he was personally acquainted with RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY and was
[1419]the person who witnessed IVEY's signature.
[1421]5/13/66 Santa Rosa, Califernia
[1422]no) att File #
[1424]SF 14-207
[1426]7 386
[1427]y SA MERLE R, ADANS/pae “7? ate dictated 2/23/68
[1429]This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusiéys of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
[1430]your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. :
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[1447]. 5/20/66
[1449].» Date
[1451]JAMES W. HARRIS, Manager, Exchange Bank, Rohnert
[1452]Park Branch, Post Office Box 1008, Rehnert Park, Califernia, -
[1453]advised he personally opened a savings account, number 28-ohu7e4,
[1454]on September 14, 1965, in the name of RICKARD CLAYTON IVEY
[1455]and DORINDA D, IVEY. He said he personally witnessed the
[1456]Signature card and this card carried Social Security Number
[1457]- 62-50-8925, which number was given te him by RICHARD IVEY
[1459]and was for the purpose of identifying this individual with his -
[1460]signature card.
[1462]MR. HARRIS was exhibited a photograph of RICHARD IVEY,
[1463]which was taken March 18, 1963. This photograph is an excellent
[1464]likeness of IVEY as determined by SA ADAMS when IVEY was con-
[1465]tacted for interview on March 24, 1966, MR. HARRIS advised
[1466]that the person in the photograph was RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY
[1467]and identical with the RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY who had savings
[1468]account number 28-O0447-4, MR, HARRIS said he also had three
[1469]withdrawal slips from the savings account, and these slips
[1471]carry the signature of RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY. MR. HARRIS advised
[1472]that he could testify to IVEY's signature as it appeared on the
[1473]signature slip and on the three withdrawal slips. MR. HARRIS.
[1474]made available cepies of the following items;
[1476]1. Signature card number 28-0447-4 in the name
[1477]of RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY and-DORINDA D, IVEY.
[1479]2. Savings Account withdrawal receipt dated
[1480]March 1, 1966, in the amount of $25.00,
[1481]with customer's signature RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY.
[1483]3. Savings withdrawal slip dated January 10,
[1484]1966, in the amount of $54.66, with customer's
[1485]Signature RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY, ;
[1487]4, Savings withdrawal slip, dated January 3, 1965,
[1488]. ‘in the amount of $150.00, with custemer's” -
[1489]Signature RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY, c
[1493]On 5/13/66 at Rohnert Park, California File # © 14-207
[1495]| 387 |
[1496]SA MERLE R. ADAMS/pae ‘Date dictated 5/16/66
[1498]25 . .
[1499]This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusiéng of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
[1500]your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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[1510]MR. HARRIS further advised that the records of his
[1511]bank revealed that RICHARD IVEY, 7314 Lynch Road, Sebastopol,
[1512]California, was issued a bank draft in the amount of $10.00,
[1513]drawn on the Chase National Bank of New York City. This draft
[1514]was issued on October 25, 1965.
[1516]The above-listed records of the Rohnert Park Branch,
[1517]Exchange Bank, are confidential and can only be produced through
[1518]the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, addressed to MR. JAMES
[1519]W. HARRIS, Manager, Rohnert Park Branch, Exchange Bank, Post
[1520]Office Box 1008, Rohnert Park, California.
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[1527]. . a . —_
[1531]FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
[1533]- Date —— 5/20/66 ____
[1535]1
[1537]RICHARD CLAYTON IVEY, 1955 Chestnut Street, Berkeley,
[1538]California, on March 18, 1963, applied for a California Driver's
[1539]License at the Berkeley Office of the Department of Motor
[1540]Vehicles. This individual was described as born April 13,
[1542]1941, and he. received driver's license number G645401,
[1544]MR, MARSHALL TURNER, Manager of the Department of
[1546]Motor Vehicles, 999 South A Street, Santa Rosa, California,
[1547]advised that on March 18, 1963, he was the Manager of the
[1548]Berkeley Office of the Department of Motor Vehicles, He stated
[1549]that he can testify that it is departmental policy and strictly
[1550]adhered to by him, that when aferson applies for a driver's
[1551]license background data such as-full name and address and date
[1552]of birth is typed in on Form DLe-l, by a clerk, The applicant
[1553]is then given examination questions. When applicant completes
[1554]the examination, he takes it to an Examiner. The applicant |
[1555]is then photographed. The Examiner then witnesses the applicant's
[1556]Signature and the identity ef the Examiner appears on the
[1558]' veverse side of form DL=1. MR. TURNER stated that the Department
[1559]of Motor Vehicles, Sacramento, California, could supply a
[1560]certified, true copy of the driver's application with the name
[1561]of the Examiner who witnessed the signature.
[1563]MR, TURNER advised that the proper person to produce
[1564]this record in court 1s MR. THOMAS BRIGHT, Director, Department
[1565]of Motor Vehicles, Sacramento, California. ‘
[1567]On 5/13/66 at ____ Santa Rosa,-Califormifile #__S$P 1uo07
[1568]389
[1570]by ___SA_MERLE-R, ADAMS /pae— Date dictated 5/16/66
[1572]This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusiarg of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
[1573]your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
[1575]NW 60613 Docid:34530152 Page 20
[1577]' oe ™ or
[1578]* FD-302' (Rev. 4-15-64) (Ga ‘Ga ;
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[1582]FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
[1584]-» Date 5/49 /466————_—_
[1586]MRS. ANN BEACH, Deputy Registrar of Voters, Sonoma
[1587]County Court House, 2555 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, California,
[1588]advised that according to the records of her office she registered
[1589]a RICHARD C, IVEY, 7314 Lynch Road, Sebastopol, California, on |
[1590]November 3, 1965, for voting purposes,
[1592]She stated that she can testify that her signature
[1593]appears on the Affidavit of Registration, No. B75888, and that
[1594]she personally witnessed the Affiant's signature,
[1596]' She stated that the usual and accepted practice in
[1597]registering an individual is as follows:
[1599]The registrant comes to the counter in the Office of
[1600]Registrar of Voters. He asks to be registered. He is questioned
[1601]about his former registration, which in this case: was Alameda
[1602]County. He is then asked for his height, birth gh ace and birth
[1603]date. In this case the height was listed as 5'8", birth place
[1604]' as California, and birth date as April 13, 1941. ‘The next
[1605]question he is asked is, "Can you read the constitution in
[1606]the English language?" If the Affiant states in the affirmative,
[1607]he is then asked for his full name, address, occupation, ©
[1608]and the name of the party with which he would like to affiliate.
[1609]He is. then asked, "Do you swear that all statements are true
[1610]to the best of your knowledge?" If the Affiant. states in the
[1611]positive, he then has placed before him the Affidavit of Regis-
[1612]tration, which he must sign in the. Deputy 's presence, and in
[1613]‘this matter the Affiant- se rgned the name "RICHARD C. IVEY, 7314
[1614]Lynch Road, Sebastopol,
[1616]MRS. BEACH, after witnessing the signature, in the
[1617]proper column entitled, "Subscribed and Sworn Before Me," she
[1618]affixes the date, signs her name in full and enters the precinct
[1619]number,
[1621]MRS, BEACH stated that the proper person to testify
[1622]to this long and accepted voting procedure in Sonoma County,
[1623]California, is the Clerk of the County Court,
[1625]On 5/13/66 at____ Santa Rosa, California pij,ey SF 14-207
[1626]by SA MERLE R. ADAMS/pae_ _ 299 Date dictated _ 2/23/66
[1628]This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusiérds of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
[1629]your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. :
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[1634]2 .
[1635]SF 14.207
[1636]MRA/pae
[1638]In this matter, the persori who ean so testify and
[1639]produce the original Affidavit of Registration, is MR. EUGENE
[1640]D. WILLIAMS, County Clerk, Sonoma County Court House, 2555.
[1641]Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, California.
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[1650]1
[1654]BAY AREA PROGRESSIVE LABOR PARTY, aka
[1655]Bay Area Progressive Labor Movement,
[1656]Bay Area Progressive Labor,
[1658]"Progressive Labor"
[1660]The masthead in the February 8, 1965, issue of "Spark"
[1662]‘reflects it is published by the Progressive Labor Movement of the
[1664]Bay Area, P.O, Box 73, Station A, Berkeley.... page 4 of this
[1666]-issue of "Spark" carries an. article describing MORT SCHEER as the
[1668]"West Coast organizer" of the Progressive Labor Movement (PLM).
[1670]_ A source, advised on January 7, 1965, that MORTIMER
[1671]SCHEER, following a press conference in San Francisco, California,
[1672]on January 7, 1965, related that he was the West Coast Organizer
[1673]for the PLM and National Vice Chairman. PLM was started about
[1674]three years ago as a national organization located mainly in the
[1675]New York and Buffalo areas, and he has been here since last July
[1676]striving to organize PLM. He stated RIM has several publications,
[1678]including "Progressive Labor", a monthly, and the "Marxist-Leninist
[1679]Quarterly,"
[1681]The April 19, 1965, issue of the "San Francisco Chron-
[1682]icle", a daily San Francisco newspaper, carried an article which
[1683]related that the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) was officially
[1684]formed April 18, 1965, after a four-day convention in New York.
[1685]PLP was formerly known as the Progressive Labor Movement and MORT
[1686]SCHEER was elected as one of the vice-presidents of PLP,
[1688]; A second source advised on May 6, 1965, that the Bay
[1689]Area Progressive Labor Party (BAPLP) has no headquarters,
[1691]MORTIMER SCHEER, organizer for BAPLP operates out of his residence.
[1693]‘ APPENDIX
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[1708]S
[1710]~ PROGRESSIVE LABOR PARTY (PLP)
[1711]PROGRESSIVE LABOR MOVEMENT (PLM) -
[1713]A source advised on April: 20, 1965, that the PLP,
[1714]formerly known as the PLM, held its first national convention
[1715]April 15-18, 1965, at New York City, to organize the PLM into a
[1716]PLP. The PLP will have as its ultimate objective the establish-
[1717]ment of a militant working class movement based on Marxism-Leninism,
[1719]"The New York Times," City Edition, Tuesday, April 20,
[1720]1965, page 27, reported that a new party of "revolutionary
[1721]socialism" was formally founded on April 18, 1965, under the name
[1722]of the PLP. The PLP was described as an outgrowth of the PLM,
[1723]Its officers were identified as MILTON ‘ROSEN, New York, President,
[1724]and WILLIAM EPTON of New York and MORT SCHEER of San Francisco,
[1725]Vice Presidents. A 20-member National Committee was elected
[1726]to direct the party until the next convention,
[1728]According to the article, "The Progressive Labor Movement
[1729]was founded in 1962 by Mr. ROSEN and Mr. SCHEER after they were
[1730]expelled from the Communist Party of the United States for asserted-
[1731]ly following the Chinese Communist tine."
[1733]The PLP publishes the "Marxist-Leninist Quarterly," a
[1734]theoretical magazine; "Progressive Labor," a monthly magazine;
[1735]"Challenge," a New York City newspaper; and "Spark," a West Coast
[1736]newspaper,
[1738]The June 1, 1965, issue of "Challenge," page 6, states
[1739]that "This paper is dedicated to fight for a new way of life -
[1740]where the working men and women own and control their homes,
[1741]factories, the police, courts, and the entire government on every
[1742]level,"
[1744]The source advised that the PLP utilizes the address of
[1745]General Post Office Box 808, Brooklyn 1, New York, but also utilizes
[1746]an office in Room 622, 132 Nassau Street, New York City, where
[1747]PLP publications are prepared.
[1749]APPENDIX
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[1758]COMMITTEE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES
[1759](CCL), aka Citizens Committee for
[1760]Constitutional Liberties - San Franciseo
[1761]et es san Francisco
[1763]_ A source advised on June 19, 1861, that MICKEY LIMA,
[1764]Chairman, Northern California District, Communist Party (CP),
[1765]reported on June 15, 19€1, that the CP, USA, in response to
[1766]the Supreme Court decision of June 5, 1961, relating to the
[1767]Internal Security Act of 1350, had decided to creste a committee
[1769].known as Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties €CCCL),
[1770]22 East 17th Street, New York City, and that a local committee
[1771]would be organized for Northern California.
[1773]This source advised on June 26, 1961, that a meeting
[1774]was held on June 18, 1961, at the home of ROSCOE PROCTOR,
[1775]member of the National Committee, CP, USA, for the purpose of
[1776]formulating plans for the CCCL in Northern California,
[1778]: A second source advised on September 14, 1961, that
[1779]the CCCL had opened an office at 9u2 Market Street, Room 401,
[1780]San Francisco, California, end that some of the furniture for
[1781]this office had come from the CP office on the same floor.
[1783]A third source advised June 22, 1962, that Dr.
[1784]HERBERT PHILLIPS announced that he had closed down the head-
[1785]quarters of the CCL at 942 Market Street, San Francisco,
[1787]A fourth source in November, 1962, advised that CP
[1788]fficials in Nerthern California have been active in promoting
[1789]the CCL.
[1791]This same source advised in November, 1962, that the
[1792]CCL was active in.the fight against the Internal Security Act
[1793]-of 1950, under which. the CP and its officials were being
[1794]prosecuted, : -
[1796]A fifth source on May 2, 1963, furnished the names
[1797]of the officers of the CCL in San Francisco as Dr. HERBERT J.
[1798]PHILLIPS, Chairmen, and WALTER STACK, Treasurer,
[1800]Dr. HERBERT PHILLIPS testified in- open
[1801]court in 1953 to CP membership since
[1802]1935,
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[1814]A sixth scurce advised in April, 1963,
[1815]‘that WALTSR STACK is a current CP member
[1816]in San Francisen.
[1818]“ne of these sources advised Fevruary 13, 1963,
[1819]WALTTR ETACK stated on vebrvary 6, 1963, that the nificers of
[1820]the CCL were holding arr temorrarily on further activity
[1821]en the advice of MICKIN UGia, District CP Chairnan,
[1823]A seventh sevrce advised that Dr. HSRBSRT OHTLLTPS
[1824]stated in Aurust, 1963, that the CCL is defunct in the San
[1825]“ranciscen area,
[1827]The fifth snurce avove arlvised that the CCL oank
[1829]account at the Jank of Aserica, ;/1 Powell Street, San Francisco,
[1830]was cinsed Au-ust 16, 1963, cecarsé*it was "n- loner needed''.:
[1832]ADOERDTX
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[1846]CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
[1847]LIBERTIES (NEW YORK CITY)
[1849]The Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications,
[1850]revised and published December 1, 1961, prepared and released
[1851]by the Committee on Un-American Activities, United States
[1852]House of Representatives, contains the following on Page 42
[1853]concerning "Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties
[1854](New York City)":
[1856]1. "On the basis of its investigations and
[1857]hearings to date, the committee concludes that the
[1858]National Assembly for Democratic Rights and a co-
[1859]ordinating and organizing group in support thereof,
[1860]titled the ‘Citizens Committee for Constitutional —
[1861]Liberties, are communist fronts. Created, dominated
[1862]and controlled by members and officials of the Communist
[1863]Party, the National Assembly for Democratic Rights and
[1864]the Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties were
[1865]organized as propaganda devices for the conduct of
[1866]‘mass activity’ in support of the avowed objectives
[1867]of 'reversal or nonapplication' of the Supreme Court
[1868]decisions of June 5, 1961, which upheld the constitution-
[1869]ality of the registration and disclosure provisions of
[1870]the Internal Security Act of 1950 as applied to the
[1871]Communist Party, and the Smith Act membership clause
[1872]making punishable active and purposive membership in
[1873]the Communist Party."
[1875]wker The Lonc-pance objective of the Citizens
[1876]Committee for Constitutional Liberties is to serve as
[1877]the vehicle for concealed communist participation in,
[1878]and direction of, propaganda and acitational activities
[1879]aimed to nullify the Internal Security and Smith Acts."
[1881]"e%% Committee investigation disclosed that the.
[1882]Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties was
[1883]formed on or about June 12, 1961 *#%,"
[1887](Committee on Un-American Activities, Report and
[1888]Hearings on Manipulation of Public Opinion by
[1889]Organizations Under Concealed Control of the Communist
[1890]Party (National Assembly for Democratic Rights and
[1891]Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties), House
[1892]Report 1282, Part 1, October 2 and 3, 1961, pp 137,
[1894]143 and 144.)
[1896]APPENDIX
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[1904]FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE,
[1905]BAY AREA CHAPTER, also known .
[1906]as Bay Area Fair Play for Cuba
[1908]Committee (BAFPCC)
[1910]The “New York Times" newspaper on: November 20,..1:960.
[1911]carried an article captioned "Pro-Castro -Body Reports. U.S. '
[1912]Gain," which reported that the Fair Play for-Cuba Committee
[1913](FPCC) had 5,000 paid-up members: in the United States. The:
[1914]article declared that the FPCC.had headquarters-.at 799.Broad-
[1915]way, New York City, New York,..and.had- chapters .in-other -cities,
[1916]including one in San Erancisco.. ~
[1918]A source advised in March, 1961,” that: the Bay ‘“Avea
[1919]Chapter of the FPCC (BAFPCC)-began to.be formed-in San. Fran-.
[1920]cisco in November, 1960, under the direct guidance .and leader
[1921]ship of ASHER HARER, who the source-identified as a member
[1922]of the San Francisco Branch of the-Socialist Workers Party-
[1923](SWP) and a member of the National-Committee-of the: SWP.
[1925]The SWP has-been designated-by the “Attorney
[1926]General of the United, States. pursuant to
[1927]_ Executive Order 10450...
[1929]- This source advised in March, 1963, thatin the
[1930]recent election of the BAPPCC the SWP continued-its influence
[1931].by having SWP members elected to. the. executive committee
[1933]This source advised in. May.,..1963,.-that™ the BAFPCC”
[1934]. included members in San Francisco..and. surrounding~ coumties.-
[1936]He advised that the BAFPCC has no-headquarters .but.received:
[1937]‘mall through Post Office Box .2615,..San-. Franeiseco.26, California,
[1938]‘which is a box maintained by-ASHER HARER. He stated that™the—-
[1939]- announced aims and purposes of the BAFPCC..are to "spread “the
[1941]|. truth about Cuba and to prevent U.S. intervention._in.Cuba.":
[1943]A second source advised on January 10. 1964, that
[1944]at a BAFPCC meeting in Berkeley.,..California,.in. December, ¢
[1945]1963, it was decided to dissolve the BAFPCC. :
[1947]. APPENDIX -
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[1956].
[1957]AIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMI‘
[1960]me
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[1964]15
[1969]The April 6, 1960, edition of "The New York Times"
[1970]newspaper contained a full-page advertisement captioned
[1971]“What Is Really Happening in Cuba," placed by the Fair Play
[1972]for Cuba Committee (FPCC). This advertisement announced
[1973]the formation of the FPCC in New York City and declared the
[1974]FPCC intended to promulgate "the truth about revolutionary
[1975]Cuba" to neutralize the distorted American press.
[1977]"The New York Times" edition of January 11, 1961,
[1978]reported that at a hearing conducted before the United S+ates
[1979]Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on January 10, 1961,
[1981]' Dr. CHARLES A. SANTOS-BUCH identified himself and ROBERT TABER
[1982]as organizers of the FPCC. He also testified he and TABER
[1983]obtained funds from the Cuban Government which were applied
[1984]toward the cost of the aforementioned advertisement.
[1986]On May 16, 1963, a Source-.advised that during the
[1988]irst two years of the FPCC's existence there was a struggle
[1989]between Communist Party (CP) and Socialist Workers Party (SWP)
[1990]elements to exert their power within the FPCC and thereby
[1991]influence FPCC policy. This source added that during the
[1992]past year there had been a successful effort by FPCC leadership
[1993]to minimize the role of these and other organizations in the
[1994]FPCC so that their influence as of May, 1963, was negligible.
[1996]The SWP has been designated by the Attorney
[1997]General of the United States pursuant to
[1998]Executive Order 10450,
[2000]On May 20, 1963, a second source advised that
[2001]VINCENT "TED" LEE, FPCC National Office Director, was then
[2002]formulating FPCC policy and had indicated that he had no
[2003]intention of permitting FPCC policy to be determined by any
[2004]other organization. This source stated that LEE believed
[2005]that the FPCC should advocate resumption of diplomatic
[2006]relations between Cuba and the United States and shouid
[2007]Support the right of Cubans to manage their revolution without
[2008]interference from other nations. LEE did not advocate  ;
[2009]Supporting the Cuban revolution per se.
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[2022]FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA cox a1 REE Cecnt'd.)
[2024]The November 22, 1963, edition of "The New York
[2025]Times" reported that Senator THOMAS J. DGDD of Connecticut
[2026]had called FPCC “the chief public relaticns instrunent of
[2027]tthe Castro network in tne United States." It is to be noted
[2028]that Senator DODD wes a member of the Snanate Internal
[2029]Security Subcommittee which twice conducted hearings on the
[2030]FPCC.
[2032]The December 27, 1963, edition of "The New York
[2033]World Telegram and Sun" newspaper stated that the pro-Castro
[2034]FPCC was seeking to go out of business and that its prime
[2035]activity during its lifetime had been sponsorship of pro-
[2036]Castro street rallies and mass picket lines, and the direction
[2037]of an active propaganda mill highlighting illegal travel-to-
[2038]Cuba campaigns. Its comparatively brief span of life was
[2039]attributed to mounting anti-Castro American public opinion,
[2040]the 1962 Congressional hearings which disclosed FPCC financing
[2041]by Castro's United Nations Delegation, md ultimately, the
[2042]bad publicity which the FPCC received from disclosure of
[2043]activities on its behalf by Suspected Presidential assassin
[2044]-LEE H. OSWALD.
[2046]On February 6, 1964, the previously mentioned
[2047]second source advised that V. T. LEE had recently remarked
[2048]that the FPCC was dead and that there were no plans to
[2049]organize another similar organization.
[2051]On April 13, 1964, a third source advised that
[2052]there had not been any FPCC activity in many months and that
[2053]the FPCC had been dissolved.
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[2067]1.
[2069]SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCTENCES, aka
[2070]San Francisco School of Social Science,
[2071]San Francisco Marxist Study Group,
[2073]San Francisco School of Marxism-Leninism,
[2074]San Francisco School of Marxism
[2076]A-source advised on February 6, 1962, that the first
[2077]class of the San Francisco Marxist Study Group (SFMSG) was held on
[2078]February 5, 1962, at 345 Franklin Street, San Francisco, California,
[2079]and that the instructor of this class stated that the main purpose
[2080]of the SFMSG was to train young people for leadership of the
[2081]people in the event the U, 5S. wakes up to the advantages of
[2082]communism.
[2084]A second source advised on April 23, 1964, that the San
[2085]Francisco School of Social Sciences (SFSSS), has been known as the
[2086]"San Francisco School of. Social Science," "San Francisco Marxist
[2087]Study Group," "San Francisco School of Marxism-Leninism," and "San
[2088]Francisco School of Marxism,"
[2090]A third source furnished the Spring, 1964, Bulletin of
[2091]the SFSSS on October 14, 1964, which reflected that TERENCE
[2092]HALLINAN and J. P. MORRAY were Co-Directors of the SFSSS,.
[2094]‘A fourth source advised on April 9,
[2095]1965, that in April, 1965, TERENCE
[2097]HALLINAN advised that he was not a
[2099]member of the Communist Party (CP),
[2100]but considered himself a communist
[2102]and intended to join the CP as soon
[2103]as he passed his bar exams.
[2105]A fifth source advised March 1, 1963,
[2107]that HERBERT APTHEKER, a member of the
[2109]CP, USA, National Committee, advised in
[2111]February, 1963, that he was tc be the
[2113]East Coast Chairman and JOSEPH P. MORRAY~
[2115]the West Coast Director of a new organi- -
[2116]‘gation being promoted by the CP, USA, to 4
[2118]teach and propagate Marxist theories.
[2120]The third source further advised on January 26, 1966,
[2121]that due to the failure of the SFSSS during its Spring, 1965,
[2122]term to raise support sufficient to continue all of its scheduled
[2123]classes, no classes were organized for a Fall, 1965, term. The .
[2124]SFSSS no longer exists. ,
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[2141]SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY
[2142]SAN FRANCISCO DIVISTON
[2143]LON
[2145]A sourcé advised on August 1, 1960, that the San
[2146]Francisco Branch of the Socialist. Workers Party (SWP) was formed
[2147]approximately in the early part of 1938 and the Oakland Branch of
[2148]the SWP was formed in the latter part of 1938, ;
[2150]A second source advised on October 26, 1959, that the
[2151]name of the Oakland Branch of the SWP was changea to the Oakland-
[2152]Berkeley Branch of the Swp, :
[2154]A third source advised on April 2, 1955, that the San
[2155]Francisco Branch and the Oakland~Berkeley Branch of the SWP follow
[2156]the policies and directives of the National SWP with which they are
[2157]affiliated, .
[2159]‘The SWP has been designated by the Attorney
[2160]General of the United States pursuant to:
[2161]Executive Order 10450,
[2163]APPENDIX .
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[2177]STUDENT COMMITTEE FOR TRAVEL TO. CUBA
[2179]"The Columbia Owl," weekly student newspaper of Columbia
[2180]University, New York City, December 12, 1962, issue, page one,
[2181]contained an article entitled "Students to Visit Cuba During
[2182]Holidays." This article stated in part that the Ad Hoc Student
[2183]Committee for Travel to Cuba was formed October 14, 1962, by a
[2184]group of students from New York City universities, the University
[2185]of Wisconsin, Oberlin College and the University of North Carolina,
[2186]who stated that as students they would like a chance to see and
[2187]evaluate the situation in Cuba for themselves and had received an
[2188]offer of transportation and two weeks stay in Cuba from the
[2189]Federation of University Students in Havana, as guests of the
[2190]Federation. The Committee accepted the offer and applied to the
[2191]State Department of the United States for passport validation
[2192]which was refused; however, cover fifty students pianned to defy
[2193]the State Department ban and go to Cuba.
[2195]A source advised on December 6, 1962, it was learned the
[2196]Ad Hoc Student Committee for Travel to Cuba had recently been
[2197]formed by the Progressive Labor Group.
[2199]A second source advised on September 13, 1963, that during
[2200]the Summer of 1963, fifty-nine individuals traveled to Cuba; the
[2201]leaders of the group were members of the Progressive Labor Movement;
[2202]and the trip was planned and organized by Progressive Labor Movement
[2203]members,
[2205]A third source advised on October 9, 1963, the Student
[2206]Committee for Travel to Cuba was utilizing Post Office Box 2178,
[2207]New York, New. York, as its mailing address.
[2209]On March 12, 1965, Philip Abbott Luce, 504 West 55th Street,
[2210]New York, New York, a self-admitted member of the Student Committee
[2211]for Travel to Cuba Executive Committee and the Progressive Labor
[2212]Movement National Coordinating Committee, advised as follows:
[2214]| . The Student Committee for Travel to Cuba (iCTC) was formerly
[2215]known as the Ad Hoe Student Committee for Travel. to Cuha and the
[2216]Permanent Student Committee for Travel to Cuba.
[2218]‘ Luce was a leader and participant of the 1963 trip to Cuba
[2219]and an organizer of the 1964 trip to Cuba and both trips were
[2220]sponsored by the SCTC.
[2222]By the Spring of 1964 the Executive Committee of the SCTC
[2223]was considered to be members of the Progressive Labor Movement.
[2225]No trip to Cuba or China was being planned by the sere
[2226]for 1965.
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[2241]Wl, E. B. DU BOTS CLUBS OF AMERICA (DCA)
[2243]A source has advised that on October 26-27, 1963, a
[2244]conference of members of the Communist Party (CP), including national
[2245]functionaries, met in Chicago, Illinois, for the purpose of setting
[2246]in motion forces for the establishment of a new national Marxist-
[2247]oriented youth organization which would hunt for the most peaceful
[2248]transition to socialism. The delegates to this meeting were
[2249]cautioned against the germ of anti-Soviet and anti-CP ideologies,
[2250]These delegates were also told that it would be reasonable to assume
[2251]that the young socialists attracted into this new organization
[2252]would eventually pass into the CP itself.
[2254]A second conference of over 20 persons met in Chicago
[2255]on December 28-29, 1963, for the purpose of initiating. a "call"
[2256]to the new youth organization and planning for a founding convention
[2257]to be held in June, 1964, .
[2259]A second source has advised that the founding convention
[2260]for the new youth organization was held from June 19-21, 1964,
[2261]at 150 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisci, California, at which
[2262]time the name W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America (DCA) was adopted.
[2263]Approximately 500 delegates from throughout the United States
[2264]attended this convention. The aims of this organization, as ‘set
[2265]forth in the preamble to the constitution are, "It is our belief
[2266]that this nation can best solve its problems in an atmosphere of
[2267]peaceful coexistence, complete disarmament and true freedom for all
[2268]peoples of the world, and that these solutions will be reached
[2269]mainly through the united efforts of all democratic elements in
[2270]our country, composed essentially of the working people allied in
[2271]the unity of Negroes and other minorities with whites. We further
[2272]fully recognize that the greatest threat to American democracy
[2273]comes from the racist and right wing forces in coalition with the
[2274]most reactionary sections of the economic power structure, using the
[2275]' tool of anti-Communism to divide and destroy the unified struggle
[2276]of the working people. As young people in the forces struggling
[2277]for democracy, we shall actively strive to defeat these reactionary
[2278]and neo-fascist elements and to achieve complete freedom and
[2279]democracy for all Americans, thus enabling each individual to freely
[2280]choose and build the society he would wish to live in. Through
[2281]these struggles we feel the American people will realize the
[2282]viability of the socialist alternative."
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[2295]The constitution further states that this new
[2296]organization shall be a membership organization cpen to individuals,
[2297]or if five or more people so desire, a.chapter can be formed which
[2298]shall in turn be guided by the policies and ‘principles of the parent
[2299]organization,
[2301]As of October, 1965, the headquarters of the DCA was
[2302]located at 954 McAllister Street, San Francisco, California.
[2304]Over the Labor Day weekend, 1965, the DCA held a conference
[2305]in Chicago, Illinois. According to a third source, a new slate
[2306]of national officers was elected at this conference, which included
[2307]Chairman HUGH STERLING FOWLER, II (who, according to the third
[2308]source, attended a CP cadre encampment held at Camp Midvale, New
[2309]Jersey, in June, 1965, and following his election as Chairman
[2310]of the DCA, attended another national CP cadre youth conference
[2311]held on September 9-12, 1965, on a farm located in Northern
[2312]Indiana, according to a fourth source); Director of Publicity
[2313]CARL ELLENGER BLOICE (who was elected to the San Francisco County
[2314]Committee CP in April, 1964, according to a fifth source);
[2315]Educational Director MATTHEW "DYNAMITE" HALLINAN (who in June, 1964,
[2316]was stated to be the Youth Representative on the Northern California
[2317]CP District Board, according to a sixth source); Organizational
[2318]Secretary TERENCE "KAYO" HALLINAN (who, according to a seventh
[2319]source, met in June, 1965, with the District Staff of the Illinois
[2320]CP to discuss the proposed DCA Midwest Summer Project), and
[2321]Treasurer SUSAN PHYLLIS BORENSTEIN (who, according to an eighth
[2322]source, has attended meetings of the Youth Club of the CP of
[2323]Illinois during 1965 in connection with the DCA Summer Project).
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[2330]YOUNG SOCTALIST ALLIANCE (known in
[2332]the San Francisco S2y a¥éa-as the
[2334]Bay Area Young Socialist Alliance, aka
[2335]the Bay Arca Committee of-the Young
[2336]Socialist ,Alliance,' Bay. Area Committee
[2337]for the Young Socialist)
[2339]A source advised on May 16, 1960, that the Bay Area
[2341]_ Young. Socialist Ailiance (BAYSA) was formed in February, 1958,
[2342]as the Bay Area Committee for the Young Socialist (BACYS). At
[2343]a later stage in its development prior to adoption of the name —
[2344]BAYSA, the organization was known as the Bay Area Committee of
[2345]the Young Socialist Alliance (BACYSA).
[2347]The source advised that as a result of a naticnal .
[2348]convention held April 15-17, 1960, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
[2349]the BAYSA became a branch of the national organization to be
[2350]known as the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) and will carry out
[2351]in the Northern California area the policies of the YSA.
[2353]The source advised August 19, 1965, that the BAYSA is
[2354]currently active and is composed of three locals, the San
[2355]Francisco YSA, the Berkeley YSA, and the San Jose YSA.
[2357]The source advised that the BAYSA, -although ostensibly
[2358]an independent organization, is in reality controlled by the
[2359]San Francisco Branch, Socialist. Workers Party (SWP) and Oakland
[2360]Branch SWP, ;
[2362]The SWP has been’ designated by the
[2364]Attorney General of the United States
[2365]pursuant to Executive Order 10450,
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[2375]VOUS SOCTALIST ALLEAICE
[2377]7
[2379]The tiay,1960 issue of the "Youns Socialist" ("ys")
[2380]page 1, column 3, disclosed that during April 15-17, 1969, a
[2381]national orvanization entitled "Young Socialist flliarnce" (¥SA)
[2382]was established at Philadeinhia, Pennsylvania. ‘Tiis issue stated
[2383]this organization was formed by the nationwide susporter clubs
[2384]of the publication "YS".
[2386]The above issue, paze 6, set forth the Foundinz Declaration
[2387]of YSA. This declaration stated YSA’recosnizes the Socialist
[2388]Jorkers Party (SYP) as the only existing political leadersiip on
[2389]class struggle principles, and that the sutporters of the "ys"-
[2390]have cone into basic political solidarity with the SIP on the
[2391]principles of revolutionary socialisn.
[2393]A source advised on May 7, 1965, that the original YSA
[2394]was an organization formed during October 1957 in ew York City,
[2395]by youth of various left- socialist tendencies, particularly
[2396]members and followers of the ©JP. The leaders of this group were
[2397]the guidinz forces in the establishnent of the national orzanization
[2399]The source further advised on May 7, 1965, YSA is dominated
[2400]and controlled on a national basis by the SUP through having SIP
[2401]members comprise exclusively the ational Executive Committee (NEC)
[2402]and through an official S!P representative at all YSA ‘IEC
[2403]meetings. The YSA, in reality, is the youth and training section
[2404]of the S''P and the main source of new S:I? meabers.
[2406]The neadquartens of the YSA is located in Room 631, 4l
[2407]Union Square West, “ew York City.
[2409]The S:\iP has been designated pursuant to Executive
[2410]Order 10450.
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[2421]YOUTH FOR JOBS (YFJ), aka
[2422]Youth for Jobs Committee
[2424]A source advised in July 1963, that several recent .
[2425]graduates and dropouts of high schools in Oakland and Berkeley,
[2426]California, had on April 17, 1963, attended the organizing meeting
[2427]of Youth for Jobs (YFJ) in Oakland, California, in response to:
[2428]letters prepared by ROSCOE PROCTOR and DOUGLAS WACHTER, At this
[2429]meeting, WACHTER gave reports on the unemployment problem among
[2430]youth and the need for an organization of this type. PROCTOR also
[2431]‘spoke at this meeting.
[2433]In May 1963, a second source advised that
[2434]ROSCOE PROCTOR attended meetings of the
[2435]National Executive Committee of the Communist
[2436]Party (CP), USA, during May 1963, in New
[2437]York City.
[2439]In January 1963, a;:third source identified
[2440]DOUGLAS WACHTER as the Chairman of a CP re-
[2441]cruiting class held in January 1963, in
[2442]Berkeley, California,
[2444]In May 1963, the first source advise that in May 1963,
[2445]é& 12-page pamohlet entitled "Youth for Jobs2fims and Purposés"
[2446]was distributed, This pamphiet ceseribed YFI as én independent
[2447]organization of young people working together to find soluSions to
[2448]current vocational, social and recreational problems; it specified
[2449]that YFJ is not affiliated with any other organizations, but would
[2450]fully. support the labor movement and any other organizations strive
[2451]ing to combat unemployment end to inerease dcb security for all
[2452]employees.
[2454]In June 1963, the third source advised that at a meeting of
[2455]the Political Committee of the CP of the East Bay Regicn (Alameda
[2456]and Contra Costa Counties, California’ held in June 1963, VIRGINIA
[2457]PROCTOR, member of that Committee, gave a report on a Graft docu-
[2458]‘ment read before the National Committee, CP, USA, by GUS HALL, mem=
[2459]ber of tne Nactioral Committee, CP, USA. In connection -with the
[2460]portion of the report cealing with youth, PROCTOR said "A report
[2462]! from this area on the activity around Youth for Jabs organiged by
[2463]| ROSCOE PROCTOR will be included in the final document, as one of
[2464]_ the signs of the Party work in organizing the unemployed."
[2466]On May 3, 1965, a fourth source advised that ROSCOE
[2467]PROCTOR has promcted and guided VFI since its inception and contin-
[2468]ues to do so, The source stated that meetings of YFI are held at
[2469]the YFJ Club House, 1095 - 59th Street, Oaklana, California, and-
[2470]at homes of individual members,
[2472]- PPrN ,
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[2481]a
[2483],
[2484]UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[2486]a
[2487])
[2489]FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION —
[2490]San Francisco, .California
[2492]In Reply, Please Refer ta
[2494]File Ney 14-2943 7 May 24, 1966
[2495]SF 14-207
[2497]Title VIETNAM DAY COMMITTEE
[2499]Character SEDITION
[2501]Reference Report of FRANK 8. PERRONE,
[2502]dated and captioned as above,
[2503]at San Francisco, California
[2505]All sources (except any listed below) whose identities
[2506]are concealed in referenced communication have furnished reliable
[2507]information in the past. .
[2509]This document contains neither recommendations nor conelusions
[2510]of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
[2511]your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed
[2512]outside your agency. ,
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