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Index card for this subject. "
In view of the pest activities reported concernim; this subject :1
security index card is being prepared and youwill be advised of this byseparate letter. However, in view of the limited infomation obtained con-
cerning; this subject's membership in the Communist karty you are requested
to conduct further investigation in an effort to obtain additional information
Y concerning this subject's membership in the Communist Party or concerning
. his activities in behalf of the gnrty. Particular emphasis should be placed
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BE: SECURITY MATTER
Dear Sir:
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the information contained in your files, and the Bureau should be informed of
any discrepancies. You will prepare without delay a 5" x 8" white card cap-
tioned as above and reflecting your investigative case file number for fiIing
in your Confidential Security Index Card File. In the event the above caption
is not correct, the card you prepare should be correctly captioned, and the
Bureau should be informed of the correct caption.
The caption of the card prepared and filed in your Office must be
kept current at all times and the Bureau immediately advised of any changes
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Dear Sir-
It is recommended that a Security Index card be prepared
relative to the individual named below:
Name: HOWARD ZINN
Aliases:
Residence Address: 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Business Address: American Labor Party Headquarters
207 Hart Street, Brooklyn, New Yvrk
__lL__ Native Born "_i_ll Alien l___i. Naturalized
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Chaimzan of Kings County Committee of American U!
Veterans Committee in November, 1946 issue of
Vets' Voice". ZINE served in U.-3. Army from 6/9/43
to ll/30/45. Army Serial -7} 0'78%2515, readjustment
claim #7-405642. ZINE! presently employed at ALP
Headquarters, 207 Hart Street, Brooklyn, New York.
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He is working with an organisation to assist the WALIACE Third Barty
liovement. On the night oi liarch 2'7, 1948, he intended to attend a
rally in Brooklyn sponsoring the T.IAll-ACE Lfovement, at which time he was
supposed to give a report on the picketing of the White House in A
Washington. ZHTN expressed his interest with regard. to the Third Party
Eiovement, indicating that the Communist Party was 100?; behind this Iiovement. L,
. The records of the Bureau of Special Services and Investiga-
tions, Hevr York City Police Department, reflect the following information
H ?i'IAP.D ZIITN, 1023 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, I-Few York,
was a delegate to the American Peace Mobilization in Chicago, Illinois,
representing the Ridgewood Peace Council.
HOIIARD ZINII and twentyicur members of the Ans rican
Veterans Committee assisted in piclceting butcher shops on Delialb Avenue
from Throop to Sumner Avenues, and Ifarcy and Hart Streets, Brooklyn,
on July J18, 1946.
HCTJARD ZIHWS name appears on letterhead of Brooklyn
Citizens Committee for Right of Bani: Workers to Organize, formed in
connection with strike of employees of the Brooklyn Trust Company, on
July 23, 1947.
HUsT.éLRD ZIi921I I, President of Tiilliaznshurg Veterans Committee,
spoke at mass meeting on March 10, 1946, and at City Council Hearing
in 1948. .
' HQTARD KEEN, of the Kings County Committee, American
Veterans Committee, advised an ersployee of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee
Committee on February ll, 1947, that the American Veterans Committee was
sending as delegates to the conference oi the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee
Committee on February 16, 1947, BC15}*,CCLDI2ER, 30 ocean Parkway, and
HCYTMRD ZINE, 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brobklyn, I-Ievr York .,
ZINN1>was listed as a delegate to the American Veterans
Committee National Convention to be held June 19-22, 194.7, at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. This information was contained in a letter from the 13:ll~¢:aul<ee
Office to the Atlanta Office dated June 14, 1947, regarding Coznrmnist
Infiltration into the American Veterans Committee.
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.132On November 21, 1947, Confidential. In:E'ormant|:| MDadvised that the name of I-IEXTARD ZIITN, 926 Lafayette Avenue, Bro oklyn,New Yorlc, appeared on a list of addressogranh stencils at Corr? ' tD 3'_|_ - J1.larty deadquarters, 35 East 12th Street, New York it? U
The ovember, 1946 issue of the-Qfets Voice , an MericanVeterans Coznmittee blication set o t th-t 1 C 7 "" , u a E ."»A.:¢D Zllu had. beenelec-Jeo. to me office of Vice-Chairman of the Kings County Committee 14of the American Veterans Committee.
The name of HUTTARD ZIIJN, County Commander, AmericanVeterans Committee, appeared on a list oi panel speakers to speak atthe Brooklyn Conference of Progressives, Hotel Saint George, Brooklyn, L4 New York, on February 8, 1947.
The January 12, 1948 issue of the "New York Times"reflects that HCWAPJJ ZIHH, Kings County Committee, American VeteransCommittee, was a signer in support of position taken by '1.'~.1ILLIZ£.£ JATZf'923GHIEEFLIIJin his" SCIiT.ElYFIII>I'S! letter to the Editor oi the New York Times carriedin this issue. Enis letter requested that ai Communist, 8112011 1F.*~f;I13B.SCI'J ,be seated in place vacated by Councilman, PETE V;;~92.CAC }IICNE_, Brooldyn,
Corrmunist. -
The June 4, 1948 issue of the "Daily Worker , reflects [/that HOZTARD ZINN was a member of the Steering Committee of the VeteransCommittee against the Liundt-Nixon Bill. ZIIQN was among the group ofthe National Veterans Caravan to Washington, D. ., on the anniversary
oi D-day, June 6, 1918.
The Daily Worker of June 6, 1948, reflects that HOWARD ZII~1I~I"/as a member oi the Steering Committee of the National Veterans Caravan toWashington, was to remain in Washington to lobby against the I£undtI¬:ixon Bill.;,
Ihe records of the New York I-Taval Shipyard, Brooklyn, Iiew York,reflect that Z3111 was employed as a Shipfitter from September 18, 1940to Hay 6, 1946. These records also reflect that ZII~TH was on military leaveduring which time he served in the United States Army Air Corps from_ - L/ -2£ay$, 1943 to liovember 30, 1945.
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81? Park Street, Brooklyn
549 Bushwiclc Avenue, Brooklyn
1023 Lafayette Avenue , Brooklyn /L-v"
An inquiry was made of the subject's sister, DC'B.IS&:_ZII92E-I,
926 Lafayette Avenue, under suitable prextext, at which time she advised
that the subject presently resides at 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, and Z
is employed at the American Labor Party Headquarters, Brooklyn, New York.
The subject's employment was verified through. an inquiry, under suitable
pretext, made of the receptionist at the American labor Party, 207 Hart L/Q,
Street, Brooklyn, New York.-
The subject's Personnel File at New York Navy Yard,
Brooklyn, New York, set out that ZINE? served in the United States Army
Air Forces from June 9, 1943 to November 30, 1945, being discharged with the
rm}: of Second Lieutenant; his Army Serial linmber is O-788515; and his L,/.___
readjustment claim number is C7-405642,
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The subject's readjustment claim file at Veterans Administra--
tion, New York City, refle cts the following information;
Name
Date of BirthHOFIARD ZEHTI
August 24, 1922, Brooklyn, New York
6:211
170 lbs.
Dark Brown
Dark Brown
Marital Status Married on Ootober 30, 1944~ Wife - ROSLY£§§:SIiECHTEi>:/l§_i, 1- r J M ¢<____,1!» Eyes
The following Confidential Informants advised mej
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To : Director, FBI DATE: August 2, 1950
SAC, Ii w York e "mo _ @ / _, /
SUBJECT: HOWARD ZINE, W8.SECURITY NATTEE - c *4? '4 " 1Bufile #100-560217 K-<-" '57 7-ID51 -£74 ~..$ a ALL IZb1EOB.?'.-TATIOTIOONTAIbIED
HE3I'5.EZ"IT L3 UiTGLIu9EiIt'DATE q§|g§gqI3'<_{Logg,j1m,sEP[It is recommended that S ' ' Q0 ['6 a ecurity Index Card be prepared on the D9 L!
above captioned individual.
ée The Security Index Card on the captioned individual should be
changed as follows: -Speciiy_change only!
NAME p '
ALIASES ,, /1/
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RAGE I J SEX NATIVE BORN NATURALIZED ALIEN
COMMUNIST SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST LEAGUE
MISCELLANEOUS Specify! I
TAB FOR DETCOM . . TABEFOR comsa
DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIR@
Lillian W-4-Id H011SiIlg PI0j6Ob, 5G,
seo East em Street, New York 01%;; New I§;'kV 1 J
BUSINESS ADDRESS Show name of employing concern and address _/L,
Student Full-time!, Washington Square College, New gork University, '
Washington Square, New York City, New York /7___ .
NATURE OF INDUSTRY OR BUSINESS Specify from Strategic and Vital Industry List.!. 4
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DA'I:B: August 21 1950 : Director, FBI
FROM SAC, NZ§ York
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SECURITY MATTER
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54 4th Ave, N6, I-TY shipping clerk
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FROM SAC, New York
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SUBJEC HOWARD. Z-INN, vra.,
Howie 'Zinn
SECURITY MATTER C /Ii
Reference is made B au letter to New York dated March 30,
1949 and to the report of SA dated August 21, 1953 at New
York, captioned as above.
Please be advised that investigation was completed in the above
case before it was ascertained that ZINN was attending New York University,
Washington Square, New York.
It is to be noted that no further investigation was conducted
at the above University after it was ascertained through the Registrar's
office that the subject was in attendance at that institution, and it
is felt that no further investigation is necessary at New York University-
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Brooklyn, New York. Besides
890 East 6th Street, Apt. 5-G,
New York City. Currently at-
tending Washington Square
College, New York University,
under the G.I. Bill. Comi-
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July lb, l9h8 ZINN believed
to be selected as a delegate
to the New York State Com-
munist Party Convention, 8'16.
reported to be a Communist
Party member in l9,-l9. Sub-ject active in New York Council,American Veterans Committee, g _M_,_ ~33 A sa ~ ' r V;--ql_ ~' "'§l9h8. ZINN filed claim for '_,§.*;J§f 1;»; -, ~11 ,2 A ' ¢dLnproperty damage" against the M-* :2"92&.»,; State of New York, resulting
from "Peekskill riots." Sub-
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to New York State Communist
Party Nominating Petitions, in
19346. ZINN and wife members of
International Workers Order,
Brooklyn, New York, l9lL9.
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DEIAILS: The title of this report is being changed so as to include thename of HOWE ZINN, inasmuch as the subject is known by that
name to Confidential Informant T-2.
Citizenship
The records of the Bureau of Vital Statistics, Brooklyn, NewYork, reflect on Certificate number 34.407 that ncweazo ZINN was born on August24,, l922,at Brooklyn, New York. These records disclosed that the subject'sfatEe¥§' EWT N, was born in Austria and that his mother, J§ NN,_
neetRi§BBINQNl@Z, was born in Russia.
Residence
The current 1950 telephone directory ior Manhattan reflectsthat HOWARD ZINN, 890 East 6th Street, Manhattan, New York, subscribes to
telephone number Algonquin 4-8325.
Confidential Informant T-l, oi known reliability, advisedthat the subject and his family, who formerly resided at 926 Lafayette Ave-nue,- Brooklyn, New York, now reside in Apartment 5"G, 890 East 6th Street:
Manhattan, New York.
Mr. M. STUTMAN, Assistant Manager, Lillian Wald HousingProject, New York City Housing Authority, 54 Avenue D, Manhattan, New York,made available records reflecting that HCWARD ZINN has resided in Apartment5-G at 890 East 6th Street, Manhattan, New York, the Lillian Wald Housing
Project, New York City Housing Authority, since August 22, 1949.
Enploygent
Miss M. SMYTHE, Recording Department, Registrar's Office,New York University, Washington Square, Manhattan, New York, made availablerecords which disclosed that HOWARD ZINN of 890 East 6th Street, New YorkCity, is currently enrolled as a full-time student, under the G.I- Bill,at the Washington Square College oi rts and Sciences and is a first
semester senior.
Mr. M. STUTMAN, Assistant Manager, Lillian Wald HousingProject, New York City Housing Authority, 54 Avenue D, Manhattan, New York,advised that records at this office revealed that the subject was employed
part time at the Lerner Warehouse, 354 4th Avenue, New York City.
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Kr. W L. BOEGE, Personnel lfanager, Lerner Shops, 35!.; nthlt'~V¢11111> iiew York City, made available records "which revealed that the sub-ject i5;I'ese11"c-ly employed on a part-tizae basis with this company and hasbeen employed with the Lerner Shops since August 17, 191,9, as 3 Shipping clerk
Communist Party Activities
On July lb, 19b8, Confidential Informant T-2, of knownreliability, advised that HOWIE ZINN was believed to be one of a group of
individuals selected from the 6th A.D., Kings County Communist Party as afraternal delegate to the New York State Gonvention of the Communist Party.
011 Hwcmber 29, 19143, Confidential Informant T-3, of knownreliability, advised that HOKYAEH! ZINN of the New York Council, AmericanVeterans Committee, 139 East 57th Street, New York City, had written anarticle entitled, "Se]J:--Supporting Public Housing -- Plan to Ease the
Housing Crisis in New York -- Now."
The above article discusses in detail the housing problem
and what should be done to supply adequate, low-rent housing for veterans
and non-veterans in New York City.
It is to be noted that Confidential Informant T- , oi knownreliability, stated on November , 19116 that the Steering Committee oi theMetropolitan Area. Council oi the American Veterans Committee, which iscomposed oi all the chapters in the New York City area, has been dominated
by Communists.
On December l9, 19b9, Confidential Informant T-5, of knownreliability, advised that HOWARD ZINN, 890 East 6th Street, New York City,was one of a group of individuals who filed notice of intention to file aclaim against the State oi New York as a result of the "riots" on August27, l9!i9 and on September Li, 19149 at Peekskill, New York, at the so-called
PAUL ROBESON concerts.
It should be noted that Confidential Informant T--6, oi knownreliability, advised that the "Peekskill disorders" of August 27, 19!-L9 andSeptember 11,, 19349 in the vicinity of Peekskill, New York, resulted as anoutgrowth of concerts planned by PAUL ROBESON in that area. This Informantstated that the above concerts were held. under the auspices oi the Harlem
Division of the Civil Rights Congress.
It is further to be noted that the Civil Rights Congress hasbeen designated a Coxmunist organization by the Attorney General and comes
within the purview of Executive Order 9635.
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Goniidential Infomant T-'7, of known reliability, advised
that EOSLIT ;3INN of 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, was one of a
group of i nividuals who had solicited signatures to the New York State
Communist Party Nominating Petitions in l9h6, in Lewis, Oneida, and Otsego
Counties»
On April 5, 1950, Confidential Informant T-3 stated thatno"»:ng>4f1m, 890 East sen Street, new Iork City, was on the 191;; - 19119
Mailing List of the Workers Book: Shop, S0 East 13th Street, Manhattan,
New York.
On March 29, 19117, Confidential Informant T-8, of known
reliability, advised that the Workers Book Shop is an outlet for Communist
Party literature. According to this Informant, it is a self-supporting
establishment, operated by a Communist Party member, and an integral part
of the Communist Party.
On October 21, l9h9, Confidential Informant T-9, oi known
reliability, stated that the subject and his wife, ROSI-ZN ZIITN, are cur-
rently members of Lodge 1450 of the International Workers Order and have
been members since May 19746-
It is to be noted that the International Workers Order
has been designated a Commur1ist organization by the Attorney General and
comes within the purview of Executive Order 9335.
Confidential Informant T-<3 advised on March 31, l9h9 that
HOWARD ZI192I92I, telephone number GLenmore 2-19214, was one oi a group of
individuals who was believed by this Informant to be a Communist Party
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It is to be noted that the 19h9 "Brooklyn telephone director
reflected that HOWARD ZINN of 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York,
at that time subscribed to telephone number GLenmore 2-l9Eh.
Mr. "ti. STUTKEAN, Assistant Manager, Lillian Wald HousingIY
Project, New York City Housing Authority, 574 Avenue D, Manhattan, New York,
advised that he had no knowledge of Communistic activities or interest in
Communism on the part of the subject,
The following
had no information regarding the subject:
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Mr. M. S iUTUAI92I, Assistant Erfanager, Lillian Wald Housing KProject, New York City Housing Authority, 5!.; Avenue D, Eianhattan, New York,advised that records reflected that HO?fé.RD ZINN, Apartment S-G, 890 East
6th Street, New York City, has resided in the above apartment since August '
22', 1914.9. According to these records, th gibigz and his wit OSLYN
It was further disclosed that the subject was formerly en-
ployed as a clerk at a grocery store at 936 I-Eadison Street, New York City.
l.ss.S. S?iYlI~E, Recording Department, egistrars Office,
ew Yorl: University, nashingiton Square College, tier; York. City, advised that
records reflected that EDWARD Z1231; has been attending New York University
since February 19b9, that he was born on August 214, 1922, and that he former-
ly resided at 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, lieu York.
These records further disclosed that the subject attended
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, from June 1939 to June 19141 and that
he _1.ormerly attended the Thomas Jefferson High School. These records also
disclosed that the subject was a Second Lieutenant in the United States
Army Air Corps in World, War I, frny serial number 0786515, and that he was
issued United States Veterans Administration claim number G-T-3405-61.12.
According to Ziiss SEZYTBE, if the subject continued at the
nomal rate ~:>;f.' advanceient, he woulc complete the requirements of the
Jiachelor of Arts degree by June 1951.
151'. Ya. L. BOEGE, Personnel Manager, Lerner Shops, 35!; hth
Avenue, New York City, advised that records reflect that HOWAILD ZINE, who
has been employed with this company since August 17, l9h9, and on a part-
time basis since January 16, 1950, resides at 890 6th Avenue, Manhattan,
I-for: York.
According; to lir. , the subject was born on August 2&4,
1922, is married, formerly resided at 578 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New
York and was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Corps from Yrfay
19113 to December 1945. Lir. EOEGE advised that Z1211? has been issued iocial
Security number 06$-16-SE65.
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1-fr. .i. L. EOEGE advised that the above records reflect that
the subject was formerly empl yed ty the following concerns: o
Transport, 612.; '.'iashing;ton Street, Her; Yorl:
July 19L-,3 to July 19b9, in the position of
clerk<1. Associated
City, from
a shipping
2. New York City Housing Authority, 63 Park Row, New York
City, from Aug1st l9h6 to July 19148.
3. Stutz Textile Company, Leonard Street, Manhattan, New
York, from October 19hO to Kay 19343, in the position of
a shipping clerk.
The records of the Board of Elections, Manhattan, New York
reflect that H0'NAT.D ZIIIH, 890 East 6th Street, Manhattan, lieu York, registered
for the 19349 elections indicating a preference for the American Labor Party.
According to these records, the subject indicated that he was
27 years of age, married, that he resided 27 years in the state, 27 years
in the county, that he was employed at Lerner's Warehouse, hth Avenue and
26th Street, Manhattan, New York, and that he had last registered in the 19h8
elections from 369 Vernon Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.
i The subject's wife, BOSLYN ZINN, registered for the 191,9
elections and, according to the above records, also indicated a preference
for the American Labor Party.
She stated on these records that she was 2? years of age,
married, that she resided 27 years in the state, 27 years in the county, and
that she had last registered in l9h8 from 369 Vernon Avenue, Brooklyn, New
York. She stated that her occupation was "housewife."
No record of the subject could be located at the Credit Bureau
of Greater New York.
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The Confidential Informants mentioned in the report of
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Te?A pretext call made by
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East 6th Street, New York
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Algonquin 4-8325.
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1946 New York State CommunistParty Nominatin ' 'obtained b Y .
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On 12/19/#9, ZINE was reported to be one of a groun
of individuals who had filed Notice ct Intention to file aclaim against the State of Hew York as a result of the "riots" at
Peekskill, New'York, in August and September, l9hQ.
In February, 1952 a neighbor of the subject advised
the New York Office that she believed the subject to be a
Communist.
Information received on 6/12/53, indicated that the
subject was nossibly in contact with persons operating
in the Communist Party underground.
HOUARD ZINW is a subject of the Security Index of the
New York Office.
PLAN OF APPROACH
It is contemnlated
ZIHN at 890 East 6th Street,
under discreet surveillance.
leaving his residence alone,
from his place of residence,that the residence of HOWARD
New York City, will be placed ~
when the subject is observed
and when he is a discreet distance
he will be contacted in a direct
manner by two agents assigned to the Security Informant Program.
The interview with ZINE will be conducted in accordance with
existing Bureau instructions
this program.pertaining to contacts under
Bureau authority is requested to contact HOWARD
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discree y surveilled from the immediate vicinity. He was
contacted between Fifth and Sixth Streets and Avenue D, NYC,
by the above-mentioned agents. The agents introduced themselves
to ZINN and advised him that they had a confidential matter
to discuss with him. ZINN wasiadvised that the agents were
contacting him in the abovedescribed manner because they desired
to avoid any possible embarrassment to him at his home or
employment. The Bureau's responsibil
security field were noted to ZINN and
for this reason that he was being con
he was not being contacted with the i
having him incriminate himself but for the purpose of determining
V his attitude towards aiding the Unite§<;;was noted that he was a citizen of thities in the internal
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the GP and was affording
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9, GP. He acknowledged that perhaps his
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"leftist." ZINN said that he had pars he ever a member of the
activities in'the past
associated with the CP
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and act according to their own ideals. He stated, however,
that the individual right should not be extended to violate
the rishts of others. He continued that he did not believe
in the doctrine of force and violence and further that any
individual or organization did not have the right to advocate
or teach the overthrow of the Government of the United States
by force or violence. ZINE stated that if he had knowledgeof persons who advocate this principle he would advise the
FBI. He said that nzane of his associates to his knowledgeadvocate the use of force or violence. He also stated that we
would advise the FBI if he observed persons committing actsof sabotage or espionage against the Government. He advisedi
that he would defend this country in the event of war against}any enemy including the Soviet Union. pg that in this country people had the right to believe, think
According to ZINN, he was not ashamed of his past
activities and did not believe that he or his activities
constituted a threat to the security of this country or our
Government. ZINE acknowledge that perhaps some of the members
of the organizations with which he had been associated might
be CP members but he was also certain that not all of the
members of these organizations were CP members. L4
During the interview, ZINN admitted that he wasassociated with the American Veterans Committee in l9h6 and!
19h? and had served in l9h8 as Vice Chairman of the Kings '
County Comittee of the American Veterans Committee. He
also admitted that he was a member of the Steering Committee of
the "Veterans Committee Against the Mundt-Nixon Bill in
l9h8." He stated that he was associated with this Committee
because he believed the bill was too restrictive and unusually
harsh. He advised that it was possible that he had signeda petition or paper in l9h8 indicating support of Communist
SIFON W. GERSCN who was petitioning to be seated in the
Counsel seat vacated because of the death of PETER V.
CACCHIONE. It was noted that ZINN did not attempt to justify
this support of GERSON. ZINN also admitted that he wasemployed by the American Labor Party in Brooklyn, New York,l
during l9h9. He defended this employment by stating that
he believed the American Labor Party was "truly a politicalparty." He also admitted that he was today associated with
the ALP. ZINE also advised that he had attended the "Peekskill
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a result of the riots which occurred at Peekskill, New York,
after a concert by PAUL ROBESON. ZINN stated that he had
attended the concert given by ROBESON at Peekskill, New
York, because he believed that in America a person should
have the right to perform regardless of his political beliefs.
ZINN admitted also that he was a member of the IWO but stated 1
that his interest in this organization was entirely:for the
insurance benefits. L4
During the interview, ZINN again denied that he or
his wife were ever GP members. He also denied that he hadever attended a convention of the New York State GP as aA/
delegate. LA
During the interview, ZINN rather reluctantly
advised that he was currently attending Columbia University
studying for a PhD Degree in History. In addition, he
stated that he was self-employed as a free lance writer. L,K
In regard to the denials made by ZINN concerning
his GP membership and his attendance as a delegate at a
New Yo k convention, it will be noted that onlléil/7E::?7iffjadvised that ZINN's name appeared on a1_ of ad ressograph stencils at GP Headquarters, 35 East b2tn Stre-et mo. In addition, on 7/15/L|.8, Confidential -Wormant£;:;:;:::]made available information that HABVIEZINN was s e as a fraternal delegate of the Kings County
GP to the New York St te conventi he GP. kit is alsonoted that Confidenti /lnformantE2:7i:fadvisedthat whileen route to New York o 3/27/hB on a ennsylvania=Railroadtrain from Washington sat next to a young man who identified
himself as HAMERD~ZINN of 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn,New York. Subject, HOWARD ZINN, formerly resided at 926
Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York!. According to this ,informant, ZINN advised during the conversation that he was a 'member of the CP and that he was attending GP meetings five !nights a week in Brooklyn, New York§?!92,A!
ZINN, during the interview, was courteous, friendly
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for the denials noted previously. He was reluctant,.however,
to discuss th o er persons who were associated with him.in the I
various Communist front organizations. It is believed that
ZINN should be recgntacted under the Security Informant
Program. During the reinterview ZIWN ill
V Z am ers ip and concerning persons known
to him ' 5 Z , 1 w again be questionedconcerning his GP me b h ///
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Bureau authority is requested to reinterview
ZINN. This interview will be conducted in accordance with
existing instructions pertaining to contacts under this Pro
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A report is not being prepared at this time but
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at 890 East 6th Qtreet, New York City, was laced*under¥discreet surveillance. 'Subject was not observed on 1/27, 29, or_2/S or S/Sh._ On 2/8/Sh; ZINNqW8S_. ,
observed leaving his apartment building,.but was not~observ§d under conditions "__ 1permitting discreet contact On 2/9/Eh, ZINN§wasagai.observed leaving his ' -"iapartment building He was discreetly surveilled from the immediate nei ' vodv-Ins[§nd_annLajZed on Avenue "Q", near East Sth Street, New Zork City, by SAS 1" 'bc
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i I IThe agents greeted ZINN and he indicated that:he remembered the ]_%§; *
agents from the previous interview. He was courteous in his greeting and made- H
- no attempt to avoid the interview The agents inquired of him if he had given ' -
thought to the topics discussed during the initial interview. 'ZINN advised j
that he had considered the previous interview, but¬that.hefhad nothing to add -7 ,
or subtract from his statements. It was again pointed out to the subject that .;~; ~
he was not being contacted for the purpose of having him incriminaterhimself;;3f '
or to intimidate him, but that the agents were giving him an opportunity to
further discuss his former activ t w th 1 y 1 certain'subversiveforganizatipns. hHep
was again asked concerning his CP membership, pointing out that during the p "
initial interview he had denied that either he or his wife were members of thef;
CP ZINN hesitatedenuireplied that if he had been associated with.aIsubversive"§7organization, that he would now have termdnatedJthts;association.""ConcerningI .1 I
the information that he was a delegate to the New York State QP Convention in . ~i;
July, 19b8, ZINN again advised that he could notirecall having attended the State ,9;Convention He also stated that he couldinot re'c'a]_.l-' having a_ttended'~the 19117 -»;'Conference of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee as a representative.of "I? ~92
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e did not consider himself or any of his friends to be a threat to the
of this country He stated that under no circumstances would he
or furnish information concerning the political opinions of others.znm again stated that he did notcbelievelin the-fp1¢inéi"pi'§';:'6f; its; 5
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After approximately ten minutes, ZINN indicated that he had a
previous appointment and commitment, and that he would be unable to continue
the interview. The interview was terminated with ZINN with him shaking hands
with both of the interviewing agents.
92 Additional pertinent statements made by ZINN have been set forth in
rerep. a
It is the opinion of the interviewing agents that during the second
interview ZINE was courteous, but reluctant. He has admitted during the two
interviews association with certain GP fronts, but has refused to furnish
information concerning his GP membership, and has also refused to furnish
information concerning other persons active in the GP or in GP front organi-
zations. During both interviews, ZINN would not volunteer information, and
the information obtained was the result of repeated pointed questions. It
is believed that additional interviews with ZINN would not turn him from his
current attitude; therefore, he will not be reinterviewed under the SI program,
and this matter will be considered closed.
His name will be retained in the SI of the DIYO.
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znm is a student at ceimibis University Graduate School obtaining a 211.1!. Degree
in History. He resides at 890 E. 61-.n St., mrc. znm interviewed on 11/:..6/53
and 2/9/SI4. He denied GP membership and stated that he did not believe in the
principle of force and violence and would defend the U.S. in the event of a war
1vith'the Soviet Union. He admitted past association with the ALP, American Peace
scription set forth HM__w¢ M/4,%Ct M *4// M4/___p ,6
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BACKGROUND I _------ I I _92 b6Educjatiyqn and Eknplgymnent : 92 I MC
On November 16, 1953 and Februa 9, 1951;, during interviews with thesubject by the writer and SA ZINN advised that he was currently
W 8. e ee a student at Columbia Universi y Gr ua e ool studying to ards Ph.D. D gr
in History. He also advised that he is self-employed doing some free-lan e92 A Q3writing. , , - §g,esJ,~"=- Q§>**§ _
Records of the e strar's Office, Columbia University, New Ygitfmade available to SA by Miss M. SGULIEI, Assistant to the Registrar,
92 on February" 15, 19511, so os a HOWARD ZINN has enrolled for the Spring
Semester of 1951;, -doing research work working toward a Ph.D. Degree in History.
rhearegistraws records _;I:urther indicated that ZINN has been enrolled in the
'Graduat'Ree.Sehool at ioitmbia University since July, 1951, and that he obtained
his Master's Degree d June S, 1952. Z _ T
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Residence
On February 9, 1951;, information obtained from Informant T-l, of
known reliability, verified that HOWARD ZINN resides with his wife and two
children at 890 East 6th Street, New York City, Apartment SC.
AFFILIATION WITH GOMMIJNIST MOVEMENT
Association with Communist Party Front
Information obtained on June 12, 1953, from T-2, of known reliability,
indicated that HOWARD ZINN was associated with the "Committee of One Thousand."
The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications," prepared
and released by the Committee on Un-American Activities», U. S. House oi Repre-
sentatives, Washington, D. C. , May lh, 1951, contains the following concerning
the Committee of One Thousand:
"A Communist created and controlled front organization! which was
created to raise funds for the defense of the 19 unfriendly witnesses before
the Congressional Committee on Un-American Activities Y investigation of
Communist activityin Hollywood, 1O of whom were indicted for contempt of
Congress. California Committee on U11-.§1I@IiO3-1'1 Activities, Rqnort, 19148,
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On February 22, 1952, Mrs. MATTHEW GRELL 890 East 6th Street, Weneighbor of the subject, mms bbeb she consideredHUHARD ZINN and Mrs. J"ULIUSSC , 0 th Street, to be either
Communists or Communist sympathizers. Mrs. GRELL stated that she had observed
copies of the "Daily Worker" in Mrs. SCI-IE]l£AN'S apartment and noted that
Mrs. SCHEHIAN was a good friend of HOWARD ZINN. Mrs. GRELL was unable to
furnish any additional information pertinent to either Mrs. SCHEIMLEH or
HOWARD ZIMT.
p The "Daily Worker" is an East Coast Communist daily newspaper.
INTERVIEWS WITH HOWARD ZINN
On November 6 and February 9, 19511, HOWARD znm was interviewedby the writer and SA During the interview on November 6, 1953,,ZINN announced that his ac 1 ies the past had opened him to charges that 1%he was associated with the Cozmmmist Party as a member; however, he stated br/C
that he was I1O'b92_3. Communist Party member. ZINN stated that he was a lijsiral
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and that perhaps some people would consider him to be a "leftist." ZINN
Stated that he had participated in the activities oi various organizations
which might be considered Communist fronts, but that his participation was
motivated by his belief that in this country people had the right to believe,
think and act according to their own ideals. He stated, however, that the
individuals rights should not be extended to violate the rights oi others.
He further stated that he did not believe in the doctrine of force and
violence and that individuals or organizations do not have the right to
advocate or teach the overthrow of the government of the United States by
force and violence. ZINN stated that if he had knowledge of persons who
advocated this principle he would advise the FBI. He said that none of his
associates, to his knowledge, advocate the use of force and violence. ZINN
also stated that he would advise the FBI if he observed persons committing
acts of sabotage or espionage against the government. He advised that he
would defend this country in the event of war against any enemy, including
the Soviet Union.
According to ZINN, he was not ashamed oi his past activities and
did not believe that he constituted a threat to the security oi this country
or our government. He acknowledged that perhaps some of the members of the
associations with which he had been associated might be GP members, but he
was also certain that not all oi the members of these organizations were CP
members.
ZINN admitted that he was associated with the American Veterans
Committee in 19146 and 19h?, and that he had served in 1-9148 as Vice Chairman
oi the Kings Chunty Committee of the American Veterans Committee-. He also
stated that he was a member of the Steering Committee of the "Veterans
Gommittee Against the Mundt-Nixon Bill" in l9h8. He stated that he was
associated with the latter committee because he believed the Hundt-Nixon
Bill was too restrictive and unusually h3.!'Sh¢~ He advised that it was
possible that he had signed a petition or paper in l9h8 indicating support
of 6.cnmur.st SIMON W. GERSON who was petitioning to be seated in the council
seat vacated because of the death of PETER V. CACCHJEONE. ZINN also advised
that he was employed by the American Labor Party in Brooklyn, New York,
during 19149. He defended this employment by stating he believed the ALP
was "truly a political party. He also admitted that he was today associated
with the ALP.
ZINN also advised that he had attended the "Peekskill Disorders"
and had filed suit against the State of New York as a result of the riots
which occurred at Peekskill, New York, after a concert by PAUL ROBESON. He
stated that he had attended the concert given by ROBESON at Peekskill, New
York, because he believed that in. America person had a right to performregardless oi his political beliefs. ZINN also admitted that he was a member
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of the International Workers Order but stated that his interest in this
organization was entirely for the insurance benefits.
On February 9, 19514, ZINN was reinterviewed by the above-mentioned
agents. He again denied that he or his wife were members of the CP. He
further stated that if he had been associated with a subversive organization
he would now have terminated that association. He again stated that he could
not recall having attended the 19148 New York State OP Convention as a delegate
from the Sixth Assembly District, Kings County. He also advised that he
could not recall having attended a meeting of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee
Committee as a representative of the American Veterans Committee.
ZINN recalled that he made a trip to Chicago, Illinois, about
1911? or l9h8, and advised that it was possible that he could have made this
trip as a delegate to the American Peace Mobilization. He stated, however,
that he would not consider a person a threat to the security of the country
as a result of association with this organization, stating that it is some-
times necessary for responsible persons to associate with organizations of
this typehisbllave a good purpose.
During the second interview, ZINN again advised that he realized
that his past activities had opened him to allegation concerning his loyalty.
However, he reiterated thathe was not a member of the CP and does not believe
in the doctrine of force and violence. He again stated that he would advise
the proper authority if he had knowledge of persons who were committing or
had the intention to commit an act of sabotage or espionage against the aUnited States. He questioned whether the GP was actually a threat to the 92,security of the United States and whether the CP leaders were justly convicted. /J
noting the minority opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Court. ZINN con- /»
cluded the interview by stating that he would not under any circumstances
testify or furnish information concerning the political opinions of others.
It will be noted, as set forth above, that HGWAHD ZINN admitted
association with several Communist Party front organizations. These
organizations are documented below:
AMERICAN LABOR PARTY
The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications," prepared
and released by the Committee on Un-American Activities, U. S. House of
Representatives, Washington, 1:. c., May 1h, 1951, oootoioo tho following
concerning the Amer-ican Labor Party:
"1. For years, the Communists have put forth the greatest efforts
to capture the entire American Labor Party throughout New York State. They
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"succeeded in capturing the Manhattan and Brooklyn sections of the American
Labor Ifarty but outside of New York City they have been unable to win control.
Special Conmittee on Un-American Activities, Report, March 29, l9h14, p. 7,8."
"2. Among organizations that are victims of Communist domination.
California Committee on Un-American Activities, Report, 19148, pp. 140 and bl."
On October 18, 1950, T-3, of known reliability, advised that
without question, the dominant force in the American Labor Party is the
Communist Party. The informant said that every CP member, with the exception
of a few labor leaders, enrolled in the American Labor Party. I-3 noted that
it is regarded as a political obligation by each and every CP member that he
enroll and vote ALP. 1
AMERICAN PEACE MOBILIZATION
The American Peace Mobilization has been designated by the Attorney
General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 101450.
AMERICAN VETERANS COMMITTEE
Informant F-14, who has furnished reliable information in the past,
advised on November LL, 19146 that the Steering Committee of the Metropolitan
Area Council of the American Veterans Committee, which is composed of all
the chapters located in the New York area, had been captured by the Communists.
The "New York Sun" for January 18, 19147, contained a story to the
effect that the American Veterans Committee does not consider its<.Commnnist
problem nation-wide, but that it admitted that the New York area Chapter was
"Red Ridden."
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS ORDER IWO!
The International Workers Order has been designated by the Attorney
General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 101150..
"Pee_l:ski1l Disorders
Inibrmant T-5, of known reliability, advised that the "Peelcslclll
Disorders" of August 27, and September 9, 19149, in the vicinity of Peekskill,
New York, were the outgrorrth of a concerts given by singer PAUL ROBESON. The
informant stated that the concerts were held under the auspices oi the Harlem
Division of the Civil Rights Congress.
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designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive
Ordr
It will also be noted that ZINN denied GP membership and having
attended the New York S1-,ate Convention of the Communist Party as a delegate
of the Sixth Assembly District, Kings County, New York. 1
Informant T-6, of known, reliability, advised about May 3, 19118
that HUNARD ZINN of 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, had indicated
that he was a mbmber of the GP and that he attended party meetings five nights
a week in Brooklyn, New York.
Informant T7, oi known reliability, made available information on
July 15, 19148, which indicated that HONIE ZINN was a Fraternal Delegate from
the Sixth Assembly District, Kings County CP, to the New York State Convention
of the CP. 1
ZINN also advised that he couJ.d not recall having attended a
conference of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee as a representative
of the American Veteran; Gonmittee.
Records of the New York City Police Department, Bureau of Special
Services and Investigation, reviewed about March, l9h9, indicated that HOWARD
ZINN of the Kings County Committee, American Veterans Committee, advised an
employee of the JAFRC on February ll, 191;? that the American Veterans Committee
was sending as one of the delegates to the conference of the JAFRC to be held
February 16, 19h7, HGWARD znw, 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.
It is noted that the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Cozmnittee has been
designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive
Order 19150.
The following physical description of H WARD ZINI was obtained
through personal observation of the subject by and thewrite the New York State Motor e c e ureau reviewed Ib6
by Ib7C
Name HOWARD ZINN
Alias HOWIE ZINN
Sex Male
Race White
Date of Birth 8/2h/22Residence 890 East 6th Street, Apt. 5G,
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INFORUANTS
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Documentation of ALP
Documentation of American Veterans Committee
Documentation of "Peekskill Disorders"
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OP membership 5/ 3/ I48
gown; znm 7/15/he se J. A. 100-26603-1AInstant
report
Fraternal Delegate HARRINGTON 10.83
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GP, 6-bh AID, to NY
State Convention of GP
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mSUCCINCT RESUME OF CASE CC C ~ e AUG 9 1955
Records of BSSI, NYCPD reflect HOWARD ZINN, 1023
Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, was a delegate to theAmerican Peace Mobilization in Chicago, Illinois, representingREFERENCE
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twenty four members of the American Veterans Committee assistedin gicketing butcher shops on DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. on7/1 /us. Record-s also reflect HOWARD ZINN, President of
Williamsburg Veterans Committee, s oke at mass meeting on 3/10/ho,
b2[;::::::]who has furnished reliable information in the b7Dpast, a vised on 11/21/h? that the name of HOWARD ZINN, 926
Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York appeared on a list of address-
ograph stencils at Communist Party Headquarters, 35 East 12thStreet, NYC. A,
The 6/h/#8 issue of the "Daily Worker", reflects that
HOWARD ZINN was a member of the steering committee of the "Veterans
Committee Against theundt-Nixon Bill". ZINN was among the group
of the National Veterans Caravan to Washington, D. C. on theanniversary of D-Day, 6/6/hB. Lt!!
b2[;:;::; WFO!, who has furnished reliable information in the kwpast, a v se on 3/27/h8 that Howam znm told him of his coming ,
to Hashim ton, D. C. on 3/25/H8 and helped picket the White House 3on 3/26/Lg in connection with the picketing sponsored by the AmericanCommittee to protect the Jewish State and the United Nations. ZINN Z
indicated that he was a member of the Gomunist Party and that he 0attended Party meetings five nights a week in Brooklyn. ;zf! bE! .
» DORIS ZINN, 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, who is the
subject's sister, contacted under pretext in early l9h9, advised
that subject was employed at that time at the American LaborParty Headquarters, Brooklyn, New York. g! / {_ /3; . I $7
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|:|who has furnished reliable infornn tion in thepast, advised on 7/lb/LB that HOWIE ZINN was believed to beone of a group of individuals selected from the 6th A.D.,Kings County Comunist Party as a fraternal delegate to theNew York State Convention of the Comunist Party. 11%}
who has furnished reliable inform tion in thepast, a v e on h/S/50 that HOWARD ZINN, 890 East 6th Street,NYC, was on the l9H7"h9 mailing list of the Workers Bookshop, 50 East 13th Street, Manhattan, New York. ,
1[:;::::;::::]who has furnished rd.iable information inthe pas , ma e available on 6/12/53 information from material
contained in ABE GOLDSTEIN's apartment 10E, 226 East 12thStreet, NYC, indicating the name HOWARD ZINN was on a listentitled "Comm. of 1000". GOLDSTEIN is regarded as a part ofthe HENRY FARASH apparatus of the GP underground.,§2 M4
L.»On 11/6/53 and 2/9/51¢, HOWARD zmm was interviewed byagents of the New York Office and stated he was not a
Communist Party member. He further stated that he did notbelieve in the doctrine of force and violence and that in~dividuals or organizations do not have the right to advocateor teach the overthrow of the government of the United Statesby force and violence. ZINN admitted that he was associatedwith the American Veterans Comittee in 19h6 and l9h7, andthat he had served in 19h8 as vice chairman of the Kings County
Committee of the American Veterans Committee. He also statedthat he was a member of the steering cnmmittee of the "Veterans
Committee Against the Mundt-Nixon Bill" in l9h8. He advisedthat it was possible that he had signed a petition or paperin 19h8 indicating support of Communist SIMON W. GEHSON who waspetitioning to be seated in the council seat vacated because
of the death of PETER V. CACCHIONE. ZINN also advised that hewas emplo,ed by the American Labor Party in Brooklyn, N. Y.during 1959 and was associated with the ALP today. ZINN advisedfurther that he had attended the "Peekskill Disorders" and filed
suit against the State of New York as a result of the riots
which occurred at Peekskill, N;Y., after a concert by PAUL BOBESON
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ZINN also admitted that he was a member of the International
Workers Order but stated that his interest in this organiza-
tion was entirely for the insurance benefit. ZINN recalled
that he made a trip to Chicago, Illinois, about 19h? or l9h8,
and advised that it was possible that he could have made this tria delegate to the American Peace Mobilization. He questioned
whether the Communist Party was actuall a thr y eat to the securityof the United States and whether the Communist Party leaders were
justl i y conv cted. ZINN concluded the interview by stating thathe would not under any circumstances testify or furnish informa~
tion concerning the political opinions of others.
/1 '. 1 _¥'.~ *~' RECOMMENDATION ~ 1 _
It is recommended this subject be removed from the SIHe does not qualify for retention under the critéria outlined
in sec letter 55-30, 4/12/55.
DETCOM TABBING
1. Subject not presently tabbed for Detcom.
2. Net applicable.
3. -Subject not recommended for Detcom tabbi as he doesnot meet requirements of SAC letter SS-12 A!, 2/l8§5S.
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SUBJECT: E I<>LAssIs-Ian HOWARD ZINN wa Q, en-c '
The captioned individual has been the subject of a security investie
gation by this office. The Atlanta Division has verified the perma-
nent presence of the subject in its division as residing and working at the
addresses ].isted below. The Atlanta" Division is being considered
the new office of origin.
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This individual is the subject of a Security Index Card. L 1 '4/"1
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Security Index at the Seat of Government. The
Division should affix the addresses reflected above and the
appropriate case file number.!
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Serials specify!This subject was tabbed for Detcom,
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This subject was carried as a Key Figure or Top Functionary.
Handwriting specimens have been furnished to the Bureau.A photograph has been furnished to the Bureau.
____ A; security flash notice has-been placed with the Identification Division. "
The following pertinent items are being forwarded to the new office of origin
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DETAIE§
I.BACKGROUND
Residence
A pretext telephone call conducted by a Special
Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on January 15
1957, made to an individual at Spelman College Atlanta,Georgia, revealed that HOWARD ZINN resides at £4 Fourth
Avenue S.E., Atlanta, Georgia.8
Former Residences
The Identification Record" for HOWARD ZINN,
FBI #615 875 B, revealed the following addresses:
1935-1937
1937-1939
1939-1940
19#O2&9 Vernon Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
817 Park Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
5&9 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
lO23 LaFayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Employgent
A pretext telephone call donducted by a Special
Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on January 15,
1957, made to an individual at Spelman College, Atlanta,Georgia, revealed that HOWARD ZINN is a full time instructor
at Spelmanvcollege.
Former Employment
SALLIE TOWNSEND s '1: t R 1 1: a. b6 Mrs. , ecre ary o eg s r r, 37
st Orange, New Jersey, advised SA
on May 19, 1955, that subject was a
Teacher-Lecturer at Upsula College, 345 Prospect Street,
East Orange, New Jersey, at that time.
Education
BEVERLY FORSTER, Registrar
University, New York City, advised SA
on April 27, 1955, that their records reflect, as ofC
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September 195A, that the subject resided at 890 East
Sixth Street and was born on August 2%, 1922, at New
York City. The records reflected that he received his
Bachelor of Arts degree at New York University in 1951
and as of April 1955 he was working for a Doctor of
Philosophy degree at Columbia Graduate School in History.
He received his Master of Arts degree at Columbia
University on June 5, 1952.
Identigicaticnecord
The followigé is the Identification Record
for HOWARD ZINN, FBI 1 15 875 B:
Contributor of Name and Arrested or
Fingerprintsp Number__ Beceived;o_Z Charge Insposition
CS Comm Wash DC Howard Zinn FP Position: apprentice
Residence: 9/16/HO shipfitter Navy
1023 LaFayette NY NY Navy Yard NY
Ave city &st not given!
Birth: 2#-22
Army Howard Zinn 526#3
#32961l83 NYC NY
SubJect's army serial number is A0 788515
Rank: Private
The fingerprint files for this individual does
not include a photograph
The fingerprint classification:
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T-2, who has furnished reliable information in
the past, adviseion August l9, 1953, that in August,
1953, HOWARD ZINN, 890 East Sixth Street, New York City
9, New York, subscribed to the "National Guardian."
III . MISCELLANEOUS
Confidential infcrmants,who are familiar with
the various phases of OP activities in the New York City
area,were contacted in January, 1957, and after being exhibited
a photograph of the subject, they were unable to furnish
any information regarding him.
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OP! membership from about l9H8 to 1951 in the Manhattan-
Brooklyn, N w York, area, advised on October 4, 1956,
that HOWARD ZINN was_,_g-E Q1?._,mem,ber_gp9;_;t g95_9;,-195,1, and is
believed to be_afm§mber cur;entlyHdueftoQthe-past.know1eggthe sour¢e*haa 6rilm:*-Ihrormant advised he could not "
stsstaiatsihnrreimgmpershig on the part o§ 2lENTt-1¬EETmade available a photograph of ZINN taken in aboutigghyhich showedlinstructing a clas§*iQ;§aghg§§5§§y§ga the Twelfth AssemETy DTSfI¬tT*C?*eadquarters, 1
Breok1ynq~New York. o" * * T-l, who has admitted his Communist Party
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Evidence of CP Sympathies
The records of the New York City Police
Te ewed by SA AUGUST J. MICEK and SE
| |on November 9, l9#9, revealed thatOWARD ZINN, 369 Vernon Avenue, Brooklyn, New York,
Kings County, witnessed a CP;Independent Nominating
Petition, pages 1564 and 1565, for BENJAMIN J. DAVIS
for the office of City Councilman, Twenty-first Senatorial
District, Borough of Manhattan, for the November, 1949
elections in the City of New York.
Mr. THOMAS E. WAGGAMAN, Marshal of the
Supreme Court of the United States, made available
around October 1950 correspondence addressed to the
Supreme Court urging that the Court review the case
of The Trial of the Eleven."
One>of these pieces of correspondence
was a letter post marked August 18, 1950 and dated
August 15, 1950, which was addressed to the United
States Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. The letter
stated, I respectfully urge you to fulfil the traditional
rule of the Court as the watchdog of the Bill of Rights,
by revoking the Court of Appeals decision of the ll
Communist Leaders.
Free speech is the cornerstone of a
free America and it cannot be preserved unless the Smith
Act is declared unconstitutional.
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The 19&9 report of the California Committee on
Un~American Activities cited the "National Guardian" as
publication, launched in New York in l9#8 aiming at
national circulation, which it found to be from its
inception notoriously Stalinist in its staff, writers,
management and content. 949 report of the California
Senate Fact Finding Committee on Un-American Activities,
page 394-!
The masthead of the "National Guardian, issue
of May 14, 1956, reflects that it is published weekly by
Weekly Guardian Associates, Incorporated, 197 East 4th
Street, New York City.
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The Atlanta Office is office of oriof subject's wife, ROSLYN ZINN, Atlanta 100-5
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period. It was informant 's impression that
subject held a position in the GP Section,
but informant was not able to be specific
as to subject s position. Informant in 1956
, furnished a photograph taken by informant
showing subject instructing a class in basic
Marxism in 1951. Subject Chairman of AVG
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DETAILS: I. AFFILIATION WITH THE comromsr
On June 12, 1957, T-l, who has admitted Communist
Party OP! membership from about l9#8 to about the middle of
1953 in the Manhattan-Brooklyn area, New York City, furnished
the following information regarding HOWARDLZINN:
Informant was transferred to the Williamsburgh
Section of the or in Brooklyn in about 1949. At that time,
HOWARD ZINN was already a member of that section. Informant
stated it was his impression that ZINN was not a new member, but
had been in the GP for some time. -
Informant stated it was also his impression that
ZINN had at one time been a member of the Labor Youth League
LYL!. Informant stated he had no proof of LYL membership
on the subJect*s part and this information was merely his
impression.
The LYL has been designated by the Attorney Generalofnthe United States pursuant to Executive Order
10 50.
Informant stated he was a member of the GP until
about the sumer of 1953. During this time, he was not a
member of the same branch of the GP as the subject, but was a
member of the same section. Informant stated he attended
numerous section meetings with the subject between about
l9M9 and about the summer of 1953, Informant stated these
section meetings would be held approximately once every two
weeks. Informant stated he would not be able to be specific
as to the dates of any of these meetings, but such meetings
were held fairly regularly. They were held either at the
section headquarters or at the home of one of the members.
Informant recalled that some meetings were held
at the subject's home and at the home of one GEORGE KIBSHNER
on Lafayette Street in Brooklyn, but he was unable to recall
the location of any other meetings.
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As to subject's attendance at these section meetingsduring this period, informant stated subject may have missedsome of these meetings, but as a general rule subject was
present.
Informant stated he was brought up on charges of"white ohauvinism" by the OB in about the summer of 1952.
The meeting at which these charges were brought up was at thehome of GEORGE KIRSHNER on Lafayette Street in Brooklyn and
subject was in attendance.
Informant stated his own attendance at OP Section
meetings was curtailed after this incident, but he continued
to attend for about a year thereafter or until about the
sumer of 1953. Informant stated subject was in attendance
as before and he knew subject to be a or member until the
time informant ceased attending GP meetings.
Informant stated it was his recollection that
during this period from 1949-1953, subject held a positionin the section. Informant did not know what position subject
might have held, but subject appeared to be a person with
some authority within the section.
_Informant stated he was unable to furnish detailsas to thethte of any of the above meetings.
On October 4, 1956, informant furnished a
photograph of ZINN taken in about 1951 which informant
identified as a photograph of2ENN instructing a class inbasic Marxism at the 12th A.D. OP Headquarters, Brooklyn,
New York.
On June 12, 1957, informant advised that this class
was in connection with one of the aforementioned section
meetings of the OP. Informant stated he was present at this
meeting and took the photograph.
Informant stated he recalled the lecture given bysubject Has on basic Marxism. Informant was unable to recall
the statute of subject's lecture except that subject took
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the position that the basic teachings of MARX and LENIN
were sound and should be adhered to by those present.
Qther than that this class was during the latter
part of 1951, informant stated he was unable to be more
specific as to date, nor was he able to recall subject as
teaching any other class.
Concerning other activity on the subject's part
on behalf of the GP, informant stated subject would on
occasion be present at the section headquarters in Brooklyn
on Sunday mornings in order to distribute "The Worker" or to
help organize attempts to obtain subscriptions to "The Worker"
and/or the "Daily Worker." Informant stated this was not
regular activity and he was unable to state how often
subject night have been present. Inmmant explained that
this was rather informal activity and frequently some people
would show up only briefly and leave.
The "Daily Worker" is an East Coast Communist
daily newspaper, the Sunday edition of which is
"The Worker."
Informant stated he knew of no other OP activity
on subject's part nor was he able to enlarge upon or add to
any of the above information.
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Records of the bureau of Special Services, New
York city Police Department, as checked on June 7, 1957, by
SA AUGUST J . HIGEK, reflect the following intonation;
HOWARD ZINN, 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New
York, was a member of the Army Enlisted Personnel who marched
in the May Day Parade in 1948.
HOWARD ZINN, 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, was
chairman of Number 24 - Gung Ho Brooklyn Ghapter of theAmerican Veterans Gownittee AVG! in 1946.
Miss s. swarms, Reéistrar's Office, New York -b6
I e s t ton Square College, New York City, advised we
SA in 1950 that prior to 1949 the subject
ha res e a 6 Lafayette Avenue, lrooklyn, New York.
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furnished reliable information in the past and who are
familiar with various phases of 01' activity in the New York:
area, were contacted, but advised subject was unknown to
them.
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MAY DAY PARADE,_..-¢-___.i---_-_--
JOHN LAUTNER, former OP member forever twenty
years, who at the time of is expulsion was Chairman of the
New York State GP Review Oomission, advised on April 30,
1951, that the annual May Day Parade is a GP function and
is sponsored by the United Hay Day Gomittee.
The United Hay Day Gommittee has been designated
by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to
Executive Order 10450.
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A Confidential Source, who has furnished reliable
information in the past, advised on November 14, 19%, that
the Steering Committee of the Metropolitan Area council of
the American Veterans Committee, which is composed of all
the chapters in the New York City area, has been dominated
by Communists.
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request.
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The New York Offiee has no additional information
regarding subject not previously furnished Atlanta.
Atlanta is office of origin in the case of
subJects wife, BOSLYN ZINN Bufile 100-376498, Atlanta file
100-5644, New York file 1004023711!.
REFERENCE Report of SA EDWARD P. GBIGALUS, 3/2Q/57, New York.
Bureau letter to Atlanta, 5/14/57.
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captianed aubgeczts have 3.°¬_%I1I:. 1'l<.%C}. :6 the Atlanta,
$2.. area, and 23.22:: Qurrently reaming an Spelnian
cllege Gampus, Atlanta, zshwe RQWABH ZINN is
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|*I Re Bureau letter to Atlanta dated 5/ll/57.
On 6/at/57 Mr. J. D. Miws, A9 - 4th Avenue, S.E.,
Atlanta, advised HOWARD ZINN and his wife ROSLYN,
who formerly resided at AA ~ Ath Avenue,had moved from
that address during the latter part of May 1957. MIMSQ
stated they left Atlanta together and informed him I y
Mrs. ZINN was "going back East but would return nextH ~fall. MIMS advised they would not return to the
above address. I
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* Atlanta, had left a forwarding address during the later
part of May 1957, which was recorded 6/21/57, of
Spellman College, Atlanta.
During the scholastic year 1956~57, ZINN was ,'
employed as a full~time instructor at Spellman Cduege, ,
which is a school predominately for Negro women. i
FOn 6/EA/ii a telenhene gall was made to Spellman ,
College by SA without identifying
self. Individual answering sta ed ZINN was attending
summer school at the Universit of Denver Den e A Y , - v r,
Colorado, and could be contacted by writing that
university c/o Pioneer Hall. The individual stated
ZINN was expected to return to Atlanta for the beginning f
of the school year 1957-58.
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residing with subject in the Denver area. '2
It is noted subjects formerly resided in the NewYork City area prior to residing Atlanta 1956 and inthe event ROSLYN ZINN is not residing in Denver withher husband, she may be residing with some member ofher family in NYC. "
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/aim to Ice a current azea;Z;er due to his past knozclezige cfHozmrci aim. He admitted he could not substantiate this
current membersizip on part of Jinn tut made availablea phatcgraph of efinn taken in about .2951 which L215 allegedto shew Yfinzz instructing" a class in Lacie .Zarxicz> at the22th :Z:::s.*22~:.E>.Z;_,1 Qietrict, C? Pzeadgzzcrtcrs, .Z';r0oZ:1g;n, Ilsa-:' Fcris.
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Howard inn
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:?Z>e ew For}: Divisicn should then institute ., _ I - , . , . e ¢ _ b6 additional investigation effort to substantiate or dis M~ ' ~ '2d t *1: 1:" wits of C prove the ellegatzcns cf szz {.2 ne res _ ND. - ~ Fl - - we ewes to eaca cf the captzcnslsucrz investigation ax I-'13 res, w _ _subjects in reports suitaizle for dissemination.
The tlanta Division is authorised to conducta security investigation of Zlaward inn in accordancewith imstrazctisns set forth in section eve of the annualof Instructions governing individuals holding ccaiezzicpositicns in anznciitntien of learning-
Jizzultaneousl y, a current security investigationshould conducted concerning Eoslgyn iiinn. at .conclusion of these investigations, you snczfld _suoz.;xtyour recsz=;:;endations with respect to interviewing bothsubjects and any TEl30¬T;I.i8?2¢1G1'i'3C¢?Z$ you night have concerningthe psszrible inclusion of their names in the tecnritgy
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The flew Ycrh Bivision sh d clearly understand bethat this instruction to reccntact with respect to ;b"/Cspecific information irnished by we n the past does 1°79net in any way countermrzcl the instractiens in Bureauletter of ll-36'-56 that he should mt be considered fordevelopment as a panel source or security informant.
NOTE ON E'LLOH/': The SI card on Howard Zinn was canceled8-9-55. Zinn was reportedly a member of the GP from 1948 to1951 and had past activity in the American Labor Party, theAmerican Peace laobilization, the American Veterans Jommitteeand the International Workers Order. Interviewed in 1953and l954,- he denied UP membership but admitted front activitysoe.b7C
Roslyn Zinn is not on the SI and is the wife ofH Zinn. ib'7DSole source of her past UP membership is that of Shewas reported to be a member of American Women for eace Z72 _,1950. Girculated and signed a UP nominating petition in New York
in 1946 and member of I570 in New York in 1949.
Howard Zinn has recently joined the faculty of Spelman Oollege,a Negro girls school in Atlanta" He and wzfe are white.
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TITLE OI- CASE _/D ' nzeolrr MADE BY TYPED BY
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scholastic year 1956-1957, and presently employed as 5-.;§"~¢~~.=f__;;,i;.;_':2T' I_ '_'_;?4;;Instructor in History, Spelman College, residing on /44»-..+L.77,z4,,4*fcampus Atlanta, Ga. Subject attended University of /,,/,,/57Denver, Denver, Colorado, during summer 1957. Subject /.9,;é7%,;Z
unknown to Confidential Informants Atlanta and Denver.No credit rating Atlanta. No credit record Denver. AGENCY __@Z£__.;_.
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DETAILS: On January 15, 1957, a pretext telephone call was
made to Spelman College, 350 Leonard Street, S. W.,
Atlanta, Georgia. The individual answering the phone stated
that HOWARD ZINN has been employed as a full time instructor
by Spelman College since the beginning of the school year on .9,-C
September 19, 1956. This individual stated that ZINN is "a
currently residing with his wife and family at ll?-I Fourth Avenue, S, E. ,
A a t , Georgia. ~
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The records of Southern Bell Telephone Company
"Information", Atlanta, Georgia, reflected on January 15,1957, that HOWARD ZINN, 44 Fourth Avenue, S. E., Atlanta,
is a subscriber with telephone number DRake 3-9079.
106Mrs. JAMES D, MIMS, and Mrs. JOE F. MOR b7Cth Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, advised SAq@QUUii@EfE%f:¬2Ton February 20, 1957, that the subject, s wi e,and two children resided at 44 Fourth Avenue, Atlanta. They
stated Mr. ZINN is employed by a Negro college in Atlanta,
name unknown.
On June 24, 1957, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. MIMS, 49 Fourth
Avenue, were recontacted, and advised that the subject and his
family had moved from their former residence at 44 Fourth
Avenue during the latter part of May, 1957- Mr. MIMS stated
that Mrs. ZINN advised him they were "going back East, but
would return next fall". MIMS stated that he does not believe
they would return to their former address inasmuch as this is
rental property. He stated the subject's family consists of
one boy approximately age seven, and a girl age nine. MIMS
stated the ZINN family were quiet living individuals, and he
had no reason to question their loyalty to the United States.
He advised during the period they resided at 44 Fourth Avenue,
which was from the fall of 1956, until the latter part of
May, 1957, he observed no unusual activity around their
home, and stated they were quiet living people with few
visitors.
Confidential Informant T-l advised on June 24, 1957,
he had obtained information on June 21, 1957, that HOWARD
ZINN during the latter part of May, 1957, had left a forwarding
address of Spelman College, Atlanta, when moving from 44,
Fourth Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia.
On Jung 24, 1957, a telephone call was made to
Spelman College, and the individual answering the phone
stated the subject was attending summer school at the
University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, and could be
contacted by writing that university, care of Pioneer Hall.
This individual stated ZINN was expected to return to Atlanta
for the beginning of the school year 1957-1958, and was
expected to be on the faculty of Spelman College.
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Miss JEAN ARE SEMLING, Chancellor's Office, Uni ityof Den e Denver Col ad J l 16 1 Effjv r , or o, on u y , 957, advised SA | that HOWARD ZINN was attending a TV - Seminary
or op at e University of Denver. She stated ZINN is
residing in Apartment 415, Pioneer Hall, 2lAO South Race
Street, with his wife and two children. ZINN on his application
for university housing advised he was from Spelman College,
Atlanta, Georgia.»
On August 27, 1957, DAN D. FEDER, Dean of:Stndents:]
ty of Denver, Denver, Colorado, advised SAEgiffjthat the subject and his family had moved from Pioneer
Hall, University of Denver, on August 26, 1957, leaving a
forwarding address of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia.
On September 23, 1957, a pretext telephone call was
made to Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, and the individual
answering the phone stated that subject, his wife, and children,
were residing on Spelman College Campus in the Macvickar Hospital
and ZINN was employed on the faculty of Spelman College.
The Spelman College Bulletin dated April, 1957,reflects HOWARD ZINN is employed in the History Department
of Spelman College, and had received an AB, New York University,
MA, Columbia University, and was affiliated with the Department
of History, Spelman College, since 1956.
Confidential Informant T~2, who is familiar with
some phases of Communist Party activity in the State of
Georgia, advised on September 25, 1957, that he is not
acquainted with the subject.
Confidential Informant T-3, who is familiar with
some of the activities of Spelman College, advised on
September 27, 1957, that he is not acquainted with the
subject.
Confidential InformantsT-A, T-5, T-6, and T7, whoare familiar with Communist Party activity, and related
organizations in the State of Colorado, advised during
September, 1957, they were not acquainted with the subject.
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ere experience in Atlanta.
The records of the Retai, ' atiQn,
Denver, Colorado, as checked by SE on
September 9, l957, contained no identifiable credit record for
the subject.
The records of theb6
Atlanta Police Department, Bureau b7c
of Identification, Atl cked April 19, 1957,
ve Clerk, through Captain
failed to reflect an iden iable arrest r cor iy - e d
f h b t or e su ec .
The records of the Denver Police Department, Bureau
of Identification, and records and Traffic Bureau, as checked
eptember ll, 1957, respectively, by SE
contained no identifiable arrest record
or the subject.
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SA dated 10/2/57, at Atlanta, Ga.,
as well as sufficient copies of blank memorandumSM C
The pretext ca College l/15/57,
was made by SA representing himself b6 J
to be conducting credit inquiry. b7C
o Spelman College 6/24/57 by A
was made without identifying 1
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9/23/57 to Spelman College by SA
representing self to be a friend of Dsubject's from out of Atlanta, Ga. area. /I ;-,,ll;;,:h~u@>¢* 4 W- M Xv.» J»- H7 AThis report is being classified Confidential as it I §,,. tacontains investigative techniques, and contacts with 4 1//51 !
Confidential Informants.
A review of the Atlanta file concerning the subject A
fails to reflect any substantial derogatory information
has been developed since subject was interviewed
2/9/5 of subject was re orted by report jof SA at New York, 2/24/£4. Since that ;
time, an a iles reflect the New York Office by b6 frepor s, 3/29/57, shows a contact ibvcof PS on 10/A/56, in which he b7D
states HOWARD ZINN was a GP member about 1950- l and l
is believed to be currently due to past T
knowledge of ZINN. was reinterviewe , was , 1
included in report 0
6/27/57, New York,
i ember of the CP until about t e summer of 1953.at wh c me s a e e was
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branch of the e subject, but was a member of thesame section."iE:?f:2?stated he attended numerous section
meetings with t e su ect between about 1949 and about thesumer of 1953.[;;;;i]stated these section meetings would
be held approxima e y every two weeks, i2:iish_sneQi£ic_dates_n£_the_meetiTgs.i | dur ng e summer o
, an ttendance was curtailed after this charge;
however, continued to attend meetings for about a year
and a ha , and stated subject was in attendance at meetings
at that time, and the subject to be a CommunistParty member untilTi:E?fTceased attending Communist Party
meetings. . bb6
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E::::]stated it was his recollection subject held a position, b6
but did not know what position it was. He stated subject b7@
had appeared to be a person with some authority within the b7D
section, but was unable to furnish details as to the substance
of any Communist Party meetings.
The subject is presently residing on, and employed on the
Spelman College Campus, which is a college for Negro women
in the City of Atlanta. It appears it would be extremely
difficult to locate the subject away from the campus, and not in
the company of his wife, who is also a subject of a SM-C
investigation, for interview under present Bureau instructions
regarding interview of Security Matter subjects.
In addition to the above, it does not appear the derogatory
information developed since interview in 1954 would warrant
additional interview at this time; therefore, no interview of
this subject s bei recommended. In addition, the subjectis not being §§;§§&§§ for inclusion on the Security Index as
the great majority of his activity happened prior to 1953, tnmsilw
falling within the five year rule in the cr for inclusion lcon the Security Index. As mentioned above,tfifii]puts subject b7D
in the CP during 1953, but this information has not been
corroborated by other informants as contacted by the New York
Office.
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ZINN in August, 1953, according to[:::::::::] was a subscriber b7D
to the "National Guardian".
An anonymous source on 6/12/53 furnished information that one
HOWARD ZINN was associated with the "Committee of One Thousand".
It is not believed that the subject warrants inclusion on the
Security Index at this time.
Careful consideration has been given to each source that is
concealed in this report, and T symbols were utilized only in
those instances where the identity of the source must be
concdaled.
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T-l is| IU. S. Post Office, Eastwood b7c
Station, 2Oll Boulevard Drive, S. E., Atlanta, Ga., contacted
6/24/57. 1
The following were contacted with negative results:
Identity Date Of Name of
of Source Contact Agent
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REFERENCE
Bureau Letter to Atlanta, 5/14/57
Denver airtel 9/3/57
Denver Letter 9/23/57
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In Reply, Please Refer toAtlanta, Georgia
File No.October Z, 1957
HOWARD ZINN, with alias,
Howie Zinn
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' mentioned in the report of Special
Agent dated October 2, 1957, at Atlanta,
Georgia, have furnished reliable information in the past
with the exception of Confidential Informant '1l, who has
access to reliable information.
This is being furnished for your information, and
should not be disseminated to any unauthorized persons or
agencies.
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M The New York Post of 11-16-62 carried an article entitled "TheFBI and"g1ge Battle of the South" which related to a report issued by the SouthernRggiqonalugouncil SRC!, a body of white and Negro southern leaders, which reviewed; the;Albany, Georgia, racial situation. This report, which was critical of the FBI's' civ}i'l;:ights1investigation in Albany, was prepared by Dr. Howard Zinn, Professorat Spéllnanfollege, Atlanta, Georgia. The Director noted on the clipping of thisartic-le, "92R§ln_at do we know of'Tfii'?' '-sf} , - W. " ,- 1'lNFO:§MATf¬&92I IN BUFILES: ,»,v@*§"'g _ - -_ ~ %92L~*/ A 92V , Howardxkinn is a £1_;Qf.QSS.0_r of history and social science at Snelnian I CQ1_l__e_g_,e, which is a Negro women's college. Zinn was h0J111..8_.2;4.=.2._2 at I§I_eyvmS_{gr,lg,,{!;;..,§ City and, resided in that city until he obtained employment with the Atlanta collegeI in 1956. i He served in the U.. S. Army in World War H and thereafter attended
i New YorkxUniversity, receiving a B. A. degree in 1951. He thereafter received a92 _ M. A. degree at Columbia University in 1952 and a Ph. D. at that school in about 1956.D {, Zim has been the subject of a security investigation by the Bureauand informants have reported that he was a member of the Communist Party inNew York from 1949 to L953. He was also known to have been associated withI communist front groups in New York including the International Workers ,' !_rder,
, the American Pace Mobilization and the Committee of One» Thousand. Zimi was i er- H viewed by Agents in New York in 1953 and again in 1954. He denied membershipyin>
the Communist Party but admitted association with communist iront groups. Hedescribed himself during the interview as. a liberal interested in civil rights but1, claimed that he. would never be involved with any organization detrimental to the
security of this country. It is to be noted that Zinn is white.,
: '-§ ' Ix92 " The SRC of Atlanta, Georgia, issued another report by Zimi concerningf Q { the Albany racialsituatidn;1in'January, 1962. In this report, as in the one just released, by this organization, Zinn sets out information which is slanted and ed in a ma ner" - & .* A ~ 7 f M-rip:_ ~ . Q; . 1*. :.Z/ / 1 Mr. DeLo . 92 Q3. /mg: -/_,. ll » A WA - -' ' l .1;§;3 50¬ t2§°i§§§! H 92.%f*_ r~ A bl92°!al ELR:par/ 4 1 18 DEC 13 1962 5
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which is to be expected from an individual of Zinn's background. He was also
critical of the FBI in this report, stating that in November, 1961, Negroes had
been ordered from a white waiting room of an Albany bus station, that this matter
had been reported to the FBI and "there was no apparent result." Another incident
related in this report dealt with lack of FBI action in December, 1961, when a
number of persons were arrested by Albany authorities.
It is to be noted that the 11-25-62 issue of "The Worker" makes
reference to Zim1's recent SRC report concerning the Albany racial situation.
It reports that Zinn lashed out at the FBI because of its inaction in relation to
various violations of civil rights of Negroes in that city.
Files indicate that Zinn has been active in protesting policies of
this country concerning Cuba. It was reported that Zinn was one of .a group of
about 20 racially mixed individuals who walked the picket line in Atlanta on
10-24-62 and held a meeting, protesting the Presidents decision concerning the
quarantine of Cuba. Also identied in thb group were three Security Index subjects,
Dorothy Miller, Atlanta, Harry C. Steinmetz, San Diego, and Herbert Shapiro,,
Rochester, New York, all Communist Party members.
RECOMMENDATION:
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SUBJECT} RACIAL SITUATION
ALBANY, GEORGIA
RACIAL MATTERS
The Atlanta Office has advised that an article appeared in-the
"Atlanta Constitution" on ll-l5~62 based on a study called "Albany,A Study ogjacial Responsibility." The study was written byDr. Howar gginngmmho has been the subject of a security_investigation
by this Bureau 00-360217!. Zinn was reportedly a member of the
Communist Party from 1949 through 1953 and attended Communist Party
meetings during that period. The study by Zinn criticizes the FBI,
the Federal Government, and the administration of the City of Albany,
Georgia.
Zinn is a history professor at Spelman College in Atlanta,
Georgia, and the study was published by the Southern Regional Council,a group formed to advance equal opportunity for all the South's people-
The full context of the article is attached,
The article in one section states: 9292§92
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to distrust local members of the FBI. The
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citizens.'" ' 92
The Atlanta Office completely covered the activities at Albany,¬92Georgia, and detailed memoranda were submitted to the Department daily.j
The Department did not request the arrest of any persons in connection-9292
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ALBANY, GEORGIA
The report appears to be a slanted and biased document
similar to a previous report written by Zinn on Albany. Again
Zinn does not add anything to the clarification of the racial
prablem in the South. '
ACTION-i-_1--' »
Zinn should not be dignified by contact by this Bureau,
and it is recommended that no action be taken in connection with
him.
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INFORMANTS
Informants of the Denver Division who are familiar
with CP activity and related organizations in the State of
Colorado advised during September 1957 they are not acquainted
with the subject.
Atlanta T-7 who is familiar with some phases of
GP activity in the State of Georgia, advised on September 25,1957 and November 8, 1957, he is not acquainted with the
subjec . .
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
The following physical description was obtained from
marriage records and observation:
Name ROSLYN ZINN, was. Mrs. Howard Zinn,
nee Roslyn Shechter
Race White
Sex Female
Born 12/2/22, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Height Approx. 5 6"
Weight 120 to 135 lbs.
Build Average
Hair
Marital Status
ChildrenMarried, husband HOWARD ZINNDark
Residence [Spelman Coilege, 350 Leonard
St., S.W., Atlanta, Ga.
Occupation Secretary, Spelman College, Atlanta;
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APPENDIX
The following
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ates as coming withinorganizations mentioned in this report
the Attorney General of the United
the purview of Executive Order lOM5O:
American Peace Mobilization
American women for Peace
Communist Party
International Workers Order
The following organizations and/or publications
ntioned in this report are shown in the'Cuide to Subversive
ganizations and Publications" prepared and released by
e Committee on Un-American Activities, U. S. House of
resentatives, Washington, D.C., January 2, 1957:
ERICAN LABOR PARTY
"For years, the Communists have put forth the greatest
efforts to capture the entire American Labor Party through
out New York State. They succeeded in capturing the
Manhattan and Brooklyn sections of the American Labor
Party but outside of New York City they have been unable
to win control.
Special Committee
Report 1311 on the
March 29, l9AA, p.on Un-American Activities, HouseCIO!Political Action Committee,78.
Communist dissimulation extends into the field of
political parties forming political front organizationssuch as the * * * American Labor Party. The Communists
are thus enabled to present their candidates for elective
office under other than a straight Communist label."
Internal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, Handbook for Americans, S. Doc. 117, April 23
1956. p. 91.!
ILY WORKER
"The chief journalistic mouthpiece of the Communist Party
* * * founded in response to direct instructions from
the Communist International in Moscow. * * * The first
issue of the Daily Worker appeared on January 13, 1924.
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* * * No other paper or publication of any kind in all
American history has ever been loaded with such a volume
of subversive, seditious, and treasonable utterance as
has this organ of the American Communists."
Special Committee on Un-American Activities, House
Report 1311 on the CIO Political Action Committee,
March 29, 1944, pp. 59 and 60; also cited in Annual
Reports, H.R. 2, January 3, 1939, p. 30; H. R. 1476,
January 3, 1940, p. 7; H. R. 1, January 3, 1941, p. 14;
and H. R. 2277, June 25, 1942, p. 4.!
2. "Official Communist Party, U. S, A., organ.
Committee on Un»American Activities, House Report
1920 on the Communist Party of the United States as
an Advocate of Overthrow of Government by Force and
Violence, May 11, 1948, p. 44.!
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On 5/l8/63, the captioned individual participated
in a panel discussion on the occasion of the 20th anniversary
meeting of the Capitol Press Club, an organization of Negroes
working in the communications industry. This discussion
concerned the "future of the American Negro." Zinn, in his
comments, was critical of the Administration, President, and
Vice President concerning their position on civil rights. He
also made the statement "Our Attorey General is callous and
the FBI is incompetent to deal with civil rights problems."
He has, on other occasions, written articles critical of the
FBI. 1"
A review of Bufiles indicates the last report r-
submitted concerning Zinn was dated l0/7/57. Inasmuch as '
has been active in numerous front groups and was a known
Communist Party member from 1949 through 1953, you are
instructed to review your files, contact logical sources, and
submit anup-to-date report suitable for dissemination. This
report should include all pertinent public source information
concerning the subject.
NOTE :
Zinn is Chairman of the Department of History and
Social Sciences at Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia. He has
been interviewed in the past and denied any Communist Party
connections. He has, on numerous occasions, made public
remarks and written articles critical of the Bureau. He?|Ls
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Party but admitted association with communist front groups. He described himself
during the interview as a liberal interested in civil rights but claimed that he would
never be involved with any organization detrimental to the security of this country.
On November 16, 1962, the "New York Post" carried an article,
"The FBI and the Battle of the South, " which related to a rewrt issued by the
Southern Regional Council SR6!, a body of white and Negro Southern leaders,
which reviewed the Albany, Georgia, racial situation. This report, which was
critical of the FBI civil rights investigation in Albany, was prepared by Dr.
Howard Zinn.
The SRC of Atlanta, Georgia, issued another report by Zinn con-
cerning the Albany racial stiuation in January, 1962. In this report, as in the
November, 1962, report, Zinn sets out information in a slanted and biased manner
which is to be expected from an individual of Zimr s background. He was critical
of the FBI in this report, stating that in November, 1961, Negroes had been ordered
from a white waiting room of an Albany bus station, that this matter had been -
reported to the FBI and "there was no apparent result. " Another incident related
in this report dealt with the lack of FBI action in December, 1961, when a number
of persons were arrested by Albany authorities.
It is to be noted that the 11-25-62 issue of "The Worker" made
reference to Zion s SRC report concerning the Albany racial situation which reports
that Zinn lashed out at the FBI because of its inaction in relation to various
violations of civil rights of Negroes in that city. Zinc s comments concerning the
situation were again reported by " The Worker on Sunday, 12-2-62.
It is to be noted that as a result of the articles which appeared in the
"New York Post" and "The Worker, " Mr. DeLoach alerted friendly Georgia news-
papers concerning Zinn s background.
Zinn has also been active in protesting policies of this country
concerning Cuba. It was reported that Zinn walked in a picket line in Atlanta, on
10-24~62, and held a meeting protesting the President s decision concerning the
qnuantine of Cuba. Identified in this group were three security Index subjects,
Dorothy Miller of Atlanta, Harry C. Steinmetz of San Diego, and Robert Shapiro
of Rochester, New York, all Communist Party members.
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"The Worker" of Sunday, l2/2/62, carries a two-page sprea
captioned, "The Southern Mobsters and their Federal Friends."
Memoranda have been written concerning the report written by.
Howard Zinn, a professor of history and social science at Spelman
College, K7Negro institution! in Atlanta, Georgia. "The Worker"
has taken various excerpts from the report which, in general, is:
critical of the Bureau, the President, the Justice Department C
and the Albany, Georgia, city administration,
Ihe article is a typically biased article which could be
expectedfrom "The Worker.", The article sets forth that there is .
a considerable amount of distrust among Albany Negroes for local
members of the FBI, According to Zinn, a young Negro told him, '
"They're1a bunch of racists," Zinn states, "Whether true or not,this*ds the_feeling of many Negroes who have had contact with the ~
FBIand,jéven if distorted, it is a general reflection of the
eficacylof the FBI's role in the area of civil rights." The
full comments concerning the FBI mentioned in "The Worker" are
attached hereto. . ., .
Information has previously been set forth that Zinn has
been the subject of a security investigation by the Bureau and
informants have reported that he was a member of the Communist
Party in New York from 1949 to 1953. He was interviewed in
1953 and again in 1954 and denied membership in the Communist 3
Party but admitted association with communist front groups. He 5
described himself during the interview as a liberal interested
in civil rights but claimed that he would never be involved with
any organization detrimental to the security of his country.
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theme of the article and stated, among other things, "one of the
great prob1emswe face with the FBI in the South is that the
Agents are white southerners who have been influenced by the
mores of their community, To maintain their status they have
to be friendly with the local police and people who are promoting
segregation. Every time I saw FBI men in Albany, they were with
the local police force." In this connection, it should be noted
that of the five Agents assigned to the Albany, Georgia, ResidentAgency, four are from northern states and only one is a native of
Georgia.
In this connection, it should be noted that Assistant
Directors Sullivan and DeLoach have made an attempt to contact
Reverend Mr, King to straighten him out concerning the work of
this Bureau and they are following the matter closely until such
an interview can be conducted.
In all instances where allegations of civil rights
violations were brought to the attention of this Bureau,
appropriate investigation was conducted and the information
was furnished to the Civil Rights Division of the Department
of Justice. "The Worker" mentions that one arrest was made and
this resulted when an FBI man was attacked near the site of a
burned church. "The Worker" does not mention the arrests which
followed the solving of the burning of two Negro churches in the
Albany, Georgia, area. -
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Something needs to be said about the role of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and then about the influence of the
President of the United States._
There is a considerable amount of distrust among Albany
Negroes for local members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"They're a bunch of racists," a young Negro told me bitterly.
Whether true or not, this is the feeling of many Negroes who
have had contact with the FBI, and, even if distorted, it is a
general reflection of the efficacy of the FBI's role in the area
of civil rights. FBI men appear to Albany Negroes as vaguely-
interested observers of injustice, who diffidently write down
complaints and do no more. With all the clear violations by
local police of constitutional rights, with undisputed evidenceof beatings by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, the FBI has not made
a single arrest on behalf of Negro citizens. The oné"arrest made
p by the FBI in connection with the Albany situation came in early
September, and this when an FBI man himself was attacked by a
white man near the site of a burned church.
on Civil Rights
of enforcing the
of its naturalIn its 1961 volume, Justice, the Commission
implied that the FBI may be fundamentally incapable
civil rights of American citizens. _This is because
attachments to local police of whom it is dependent for the solution
of ordinary crimes, and because it is these same police who are the
most frequent violators of the rights of Negroes in the South. The
Commission suggested the posibility of "a new administrative .
arrangement within the Department of Justice to ease the problem
of FBI agents having to investigate police officers with whom they
7 work daily on other cases,"
One solution might be the creation of a special corps of
federal agents -- similar to the T-men used by the Treasury
Department -- for the sole purpose of enforcing federallyguaranteed constitutional rights in many parts of the country
where they are consistently violated. Such agents need not be
"out-siders," for there is a whole new generation of young
Southerners -- Negro and white -~ who are intelligent, courageous,capable, and genuinely concerned about civil rights, and from whom
such agents could be selected. The FBI is most effective as an
agency for the solution of ordinary crimes, and perhaps it should
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reported as a member of the IWO as of 10/A9 and according a
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October 30, 1944, in Brooklyn, New York. On the marriage
application the following information was noted:
Name HOWARD ZINN
Race White
Address 56 North Oxford Walk, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Born 8/24/22 Brooklyn, N.Y.
Occupation "AAF, Bombadier"
Father EDWARD, born Austria
MOther JENNIE RABINOWITZ
Name ROSLYN SHECHTER
Race White
Address 317 Vernon Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Born 12/2/22, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Occupation Stenographer
Father JACOB, born Russia
Mother ROSE PLATT, born Russia
During 1950, exact date unknown, Mr. M. STUTMAN,
Assistant Manager, Lillian Wald Housing Project, New York
City Housing Authority, 54 Avenue D, New York, New York,
advised the records of that office reflected HOWARD ZINN,
Apt. 5G, 890 East Sixth Street, NYC, had resided in above
apartment since August 22, 1949. According to these records, b6' ' dren,r2lNN_ana_hls_wi£e. BQSLTN ZTNN__nee_Shenhter__haye two chir i and .b 7 C
On January 15, 1957, a pretext telephone call was
made to Spelman College, 350 Leonard Street, S.W., Atlanta,
Georgia. The individual answering the telephone stated HOWARD
ZINN had been employed as a full-time instructor by Spelman
Cdege since the beginning of the school year September 19,1956. This individual stated ZINN is currently residing with
his wife and family at 44 Fourth Avenue, S.E., Atlanta.
Mrs. JAMES D. MIMS and Mrs. MORRIS both b6
49 Fourth Avenue, Atlanta, advised SA on 37¢
p February 20, 1957, that HOWARD ZINN, his wife, and two children
reside at 44 Fourth Avenue, Atlanta. They stated Mr. ZINN
is employed by a Negro college in Atlanta, name unknown, and
his wife has no outside employment.
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On June 2%, 1957, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. MIMS, #9 Fourth
Avenue, were contacted and advised HOWARD ZINN and his family
had moved from AA Fourth Avenue during the latter part of May
1957. Mr. MIMS stated Mrs. ZINN advised him they were "going
back East but would return next fall. Mr. MIMS stated the
family consists of two children, a boy age 7, and a girl
age 9. He stated the ZINN family were quiet living individuals
and he had no reason to question their loyalty to the U. S.
Mr. and Mrs. MIMS advised during the period the ZINNS resided
on Fourth Avenue, which was from the fall of 1956 to the
latter part of 1957, they observed no unusual activity around
their home.
On June 2A, 1957, a telephone call was made to
Spelman College and the individual answering the phone stated"HOWARD ZINN is attending summer school at the University of
Denver, Denver, Colorado, and can be contacted by writing
that university care of Pioneer Hall."
On July 16, 1957, Miss JEAN ANN SEMLING, Chan OPSOf i e ty of Denver, Denver, Colo., advised SAifij t HOWARD ZINN was attending the University
0 enver and stated ZINN is residing in Apt. 415, Pioneer
Hall, 2lAO South Race Street, with his wife and two children.
On August 27, 1957, D ER, Dean of Students,
Uniersity of Denver, advised SA that ZINN and his
family had moved from Pioneer Ha , niversity of Denver,
on August 26, 1957, leaving a forwarding address of Spelman
College, Atlanta, Ga.
On September 23, 1957, a pretext phone call was
made to Spelman College, Atlanta, and the individual answering
the phone stated ZINN and his family were residing on Spelman
College campus in the Mac Vickar Hospital and ZINN was employed
on the faculty of that college.
Mrs. HENRY SHORTER, 998 Westmore Drive, N.W.,
Atlanta, advised on November 15, 1957, she had formerly been
employed in the President's Office of Spelman College from
195A to 1957, and was acquainted with HOWARD and ROSLYN ZINN
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on a professional basis as well as a limited social acquaintance-
ship. She stated HOWARD ZINN was employed during the school
year of 1956 and is presently employed for the school year of1957, as a professor of history. She advised they presently
reside in an apartment in Mac Vickar Hospital or Hall. She
stated that ROSLYN ZINN is presently employed on a "part-time
fill-in basis" as the secretary to the Dean of Women at
Spelman College. This employment is only scheduled to lasta few weeks until the regular secretary returns.
Mrs. SHORTER stated the only other employment Mrs.
ZINN has held while in the City of Atlanta was for a few weeks
as a secretary for an unknown office in the City of Atlanta
during 1956 or 1957. She stated the ZINNS have two young
children residing with them on the campus and enjoy a good
reputation in the college community. She stated she had no
reason to question the loyalty to the U. S. of either the subject
or her husband.
The files of the Atlanta Credit Bureau, Atlanta,
Georgia, as checked on April 19, 1957, failed to reflect the
subject has had any credit experience in Atlanta.
The records of the Retail Creditmens Association,
Denver, Colorado, as checked on September 9, 1957, contain noidentifiable credit record for the subject.
The records of the Atlanta Police Department, Atlanta,
Georgia, Bureau of Identification, as checked April 19, 1957through Captaing;:::;%;:;;::::;] failed to reflect any arrestrecord identia e w e su ject.
The records of the Denver, Colorado, Police Depart-
ment, as checked September 13, 1957, contain no arrest record
identifiable with the subject.
AFFILIATION WITH COB192/lVIUN,IST MOVEMENT
The records of the Board of Elections, Manhattan,New York, as reviewed during 1950, reflect that ROSLYN ZINN,
890 East Sixth Street, Manhattan, N.Y., registered for the1949 elections indicating a preference for the American LaborParty. Subject stated on these records she was 27 years of
age, married, had resided 27 years in the State, 27 years inthe county and that she had last registered in l9#8 from 369
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Vernon Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. She listed her occupation as
that of a "housewife".
On an unknown date, SAs and R. 0. COMPTON
reviewed copies of Communist Party omina ing Petitions for
the State of New York in l9M6, in the Office of the Secretary
of State, Albany, N.Y. These records reflect ROSLYN ZINN,
926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y., solicited in Lewis
County signatures to the 1996 New York State Communist Party
Nominating Petitions.
It is noted that the 19H9 Brooklyn telephone director
reflected that HOWARD ZINN of 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn,
N.Y., at that time subscribed to phone No. GLenmore 2~l92H.
Atlanta T-l on October 22, l9H8 furnished information
that ROSLYN ZINN, 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn 21, N.Y.,
subscribed to the Daily Worker for one year in l9H8.
Atlanta T-2 on October 21, 19M9 furnished information
that ROSLYN and HOWARD ZINN both born in 1922 were membersofuthe International Workers Order, Lodge M50, as of October
19 9.
On September 25, 1950, Atlanta T~3 furnished a
3 X 5 card obtained from the office of the American Women
for Peace, Room 125, 1186 Broadway, New York, N.Y. This card
contained the following:
"REGISTRATION
"NAME, Roslyn Zinn AL H-8325
ADDRESS 89'o"fEa.s1; eftn Stdreedtz gt D D f
ADMINISTRATIVE, Lillian Wald Peace comm
"Do you favor the formation of a permanent national American
Women for Peace?
Yes :X : No : :
"Do you wish to receive information of future activities of
the American Women for Peace?
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HOWARD ZINN
On June 12, 1957, Atlanta T-H, who has admitted
Communist Party OP! membership from about 1948 to approx-
imately the middle of 1953 in the Manhattan-Brooklyn area
of New York City, furnished the following information regarding
HOWARD ZINN:
T~H was transferred to the Williamsburg Section of
the CP in Brooklyn in about l9#9. At that time HOWARD ZINN
was already a member of that section. T-H stated it was his
impression that ZINN was not a new member but had been in the
CP for some time.
Atlanta T-5 advised in approximately May l9#8 that
HOWARD ZINN of 926 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y., had
indicated he was a member of the CP and he attended Party
meetings five nights a week in Brooklyn.
Atlanta T~6 on July 15, l9#8 made available information
which indicated HOWIE ZINN was a fraternal delegate from the
Sixth Assembly District, Kings County CP, to the New York
State Convention of the CP.
On Novemb 6 1 er , 9 and on Februa Y 9 1955
ZINN was interviewed by SAs and
Du in the ' t r g in erview on November , 1953, NN announce b7C
that his activities in the past had opened him to charges
that he was associated with the Communist Party as a member.
However, he stated he was not a CP member. ZINN stated he
was a liberal and perhaps some people would consider him to
be a "leftist". ZINN stated he had participated in the acti-
vities of various organizations which might be considered
Communist fronts but his participation was motivated by his
belief that in this country people have the right to believe,
think and act according to their own ideas. He stated he did
not believe in the doctrine of force and violence and that
individuals or organizations do not have the right to advocate
or teach the overthrow of the government of the United States
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ZINN advised he would defend this country in the
event of a war against any enemy including the Soviet Union.
According to ZINN he was not ashamed of his past activities
and did not believe he constituted a threat to the security
of this country or our government. He acknowledged that
perhaps some of the members of the associations to which he
belonged might be CP members but he was also certain that not
all of the members of these organizations were CP members.
Among other activities, ZINN advised it was possible
he had signed a petition or paper in l9H8 indicating support
V of Communist SIMON W. GERSON, who was petitioning to be seated
in the Council seat vacated because of the death of PETER V.
CACCHIONE. ZINN stated he was employed by the American Labor
Party ALP!, Brooklyn, N.Y., during l9M9, stating he believed
the ALP to be "truly a political party". ZINN admitted he
was a member of the International Workers Order but stated
his interest in this organization was entirely for the insuran
benefits.C¬
On February 9, l95H, ZINN was re-interviewed by the
above-mentioned Agents and again denied that he or his wife
were members of the CP. He again stated he could not recall
having attended the l9H8 New York State CP convention as a
delegate from the Sixth Assembly District, Kings County.
ZINN recalled he made a trip to Chicago, Illinois,
about 19A? or 1948 and stated it was possible he could have
made this trip as a delegate to the American Peace Mobilization.
He stated, however, he would not consider a person a threat
to the security of the country as a result of association
with this organization, stating it was sometimes necessary
for responsible persons to associate with organizations of
this type which have a good purpose.
During the interview on February 9, 195%, ZINN
questioned whether the CP was actually a threat to the security
of the U. S. and whether the CPJeaders were justly convicted,
noting the minority opinion of the justices of the Supreme
Court. ZINN concluded the interview by stating he would not
under any circumstances testify or furnish information con-
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Bernhard, Staff Director of the Commission on Civil Rights, predicted thatthe racial disturbance at Birmingham would be followed by a greater conflict in
other cities. He was one of three panelasts who addressed the 20th anniversarymeeting of the Capital Press Club, an /organization of Negroes working in the
communications industry, on the futur~'e of the American Negro.mOthe_r§ includedPlllit-?;.e1 Pi'.1Z:.6 Cartoonist] Herbert Block of "The Washingtciij Post" ; Lerone .Bennett, Senior Editor of the "Ebony" magazine; and Professor?§I;Ioward Zinn,,<§.History, Department Chairman of Spzlman College, Atlanta. Zinn was
the Administration, the President and the Vice President concerning th8lI"pO§l_iT10n_I on civil rights. He also stated, "Pur Attorney General is callous, and,the~ FBIincompetent to deal with civil rigyts problems. " Mr. Tolson noted, "What do our
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New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1951, received a Master of
Arts dgree from Columbia University in 1952 and was awarded a Ph.D from thatschooliin about 1956. Dr. Zinn was employed by SPGHQQQE, C,oJlege";= 'a"Negro
1nS,t;it1i3iOI1, in 1956._,* . JUQ 4: 1953 ___. Zinn has been the subject of a security ves igation by the Bureau,Eff»; d informants have reported that he was a member ofm,t_l;§..Commuis't' Party in
New York from 1949 to 1953, He was known to be associated with communist front
groups in New York, including the International Workers Order, the American
' Peace Mobilization and the Committee of One Thousand. Z_inn~wa<s interviewed by
Agents in New York in 1953 and.l.9 4.- He _denied,,membership in the Communist1 - Mr. DeLoach ~/// ' 4; ~l - Mr. Tolson /v </ - Zia/9"; =~»/Y ~
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Party but admitted association with communist front groups. He described himself
during the interview as a liberal interested in civil rights but claimed that he wouldnever be involved with any organization detrimental to the security of this country.
On November 16, 1962, the "New York Post" carried an article,"The FBI and the Battle of the South," which related to a report issued by theSouthern Regional Council SRC!, a body of white and Negro Southern leaders,which reviewed the Albany, Georgia, racial situation. This report, which was critical of the FBI civil rights investigation in Albany, was prepared by Dr.
Howard Zinn.
The SRC of Atlanta, Georgia, issued another report by Zinn con-
cerning the Albany racial sguation in January, 1962. In this report, as in theNovember, 1962, report, Zinn sets out information in a slanted and biased mannerwhich is to be expected from an individual of Zinn s background. He was critical
k of the FBI in this report, stating that in November, 1961, Negroes had been ordered
from a white waiting room of an Albany bus station, that this matter had been I .
reported to the FBI and "there was no apparent result. " Another indident related
I in this report dealt with the lack of FBI action in December, 1961, when a number
of persons were arrested by Albany authorities. _
I It is to be noted that the 11-25-62 issue of " The Worker" made
reference to Zinn s SRC report concerning the Albany racial situation which reportsR that Zinn lashed out at the FBI because of its inaction in relation to variousviolations of civil rights of Negroes in that city. Zinn s comments concerning thesituation were again reported by "The Worker" on Sunday, 12-2-62.
It is to be noted that as a result of the articles which appeared in the"l92l¬W York Post" and " The Worker," Mr. DeLoach alerted friendly Georgia news~
papers concerning Zinn s background.
Zinn has also been active in protesting policies of this countryconcerning Cuba. It was reported that Zinn walked in a picket line in Atlanta, on10-24~62, and held a meeting protesting the President s decision concerning thequarantine of Cuba. Identified in this group were three Security Index subjects,I Dorothy Miller of Atlanta, Harry C. Steinmetz of San Diego, and Robert Shapiro
of Rochester, New York, all Communist Party members.
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reported from AT T-2, T-3, T-7 and T-8 could reasonably result
in identification of confidential informants of continuing value,
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Synopsis:
Subject dismissed from position at Spelmam Co1legeahd is
reported to be teaching at Ursula College, East Orange, N.J!or colmmhieHniversity; New York City,*His'£orwarding address wasrgiveh as care
sf McGuire, 600 W. 115th Street, New York 25, New Yorko In 1958, a
oroman at the Lerner Shops, New York City, said that ZINN had e _reputation of being a Communist while working there about 1956. '
ZINN was in charge of Non-Western Studies Program, Spelmah College,
and OWEN LATTIHORE of John Hopkins University and WILLIAM WORTHY,Reporter ;9r Afro-American, spoke during a lecture series in 1961
and 1962. One source described WORTHY,as pro-Castro/and said ZINN
appeared to be in agreement with WORTHY!' ZINN was also a sponsor
of the Student Peace Union group at Spelman in l962¬'ZINN'was
- reportedly trying to recruit students to attend the Eighth World
youth Festival in Finland in l962f"He was host at Spelmah College
for a soviet youth delegation in 1961? ZINN, his wife, and daughter
participated in public protests oi the President s request in October,I962, that soviet missiles be withdrawn from Cubaf' ZINN has heeh
active in civil rights matters in AtlantaJ' Sources familiar with
certain security matters had no derogatory iniormation in this
r§gard.'At1anta Credit Bureau shows satisfactory rating and APD
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A news article in the Atlanta In uirer, a Negro weekly
newspaper, Atlanta, Georgia, dated Eune T, l963, entitled Spelman
Professor Dismissed" sets forth that Spelman College President
ALBERT E. MANLEY had arbitrarily relieved Dre HOWARD ZINE, a
professor of History of all his duties effective June 3O, 1963.
The article reported that ZINN had been active in trying to lessen
the alleged tyrannical atmosphere and increase the academic freedom
of students at Spelman College. Article said that ZINN had reportedly
long been in disfavor with President MANLEY and that ZINN had been
given no reason for the termination~of the contract. A year's
salary was offered to him although no duties are to be performed.
Ehe subject, according to the article, had recently been elected
to'the Executive Board of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating
Committee SNCG! and this organization had protested the
professor*s dismissal.
Atlanta Tel stated on July 5, 1963, thatHOWARD ZINN,
former Head of the History Department at Spelman College, was one
of two adults recently selected to serve on the Executive Committee
of the SNGG. .
On June ll, 1963, WILLIAM M. N1X, Director of Personnel
Office, Morehouse Gollege, advised that he heard that ZINN received
his release from Spelman'Co1lege on the last day of school for
the 62»63 school year. NIX thought the reason for ZINN's release was
because he had too much influence over the studen§.body leaders and
at the same time had been opposin5_the Spelman College Administration
too_vigorously on many different issues.
On July l JOHNSON LEE Dean at S elman A , , ' P 1College, advised SAi::if;E:::?§f%¬%]that ZINN was teaching at Upsula ESQ
College at East Orange, ew ersey during this sumer. She stated
that ZINN was relieved of his duties because Spelman "could not
operate with two Presidents." .
On July 22, 1963, Miss OLARESSA HIGHTOWER,.Secretary
to the President, Spelman College, advised that she believes ZINN
is teaching summer school at Columbia University as a History
Professor. She stated that ZINN's forwarding address was "care of
McGuire, 600 W. 115th Street, New York 25, New York."
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vOn June 26, 1957, ROBERT LUDWTG_KELLERi_3lll_11Ih_Sirejt, hoQueens, New York, made available to SAs and lc
WARREN G. JOHNSON material which he found at Camp Midvale, New
Jersey on June 23, l957. This material consisted of three white
folders containing typewritten and handwritten memoranda which
bear dates from 1947 to 1953 regarding application forms for
membership in the Communist Party and information concerning certain
individuals. '
One item is captioned "Bronx-Long Island Section -
Distributive Region." This item concerned RAMON ACEVEDO. The
item regarding this individual stated that he has shown fine
positions on many questions in the shop and Union, adopting
militant positions. HOWIE Zr and JERRY K., who work in the
same department with him, felt he was a good prospect for the
Party. He was discussed in the club covering his department and he
was accepted as a member in the Party in September, 1953m _
On July 8, 1958, FRED J. FOX, foreman, Shipping pBenrtngmt,_Lgrm§r_§hnmf, 354 4th syenue, Nemmyorh City, advised 36
SA that QQMQNMKCEVEDO was employed in the b7c
Shipping Department at hernerls and that two former employees,HOWARD ZINN and JERR¥%KTLER, had been close associates of ACEVEDO.
FOX stated that'KCEVEDOIfZINN and KUTLER had the reputation of .
being Communists. FOX had no specific information regarding
these individuals which caused them to have this reputation except
that they were always active in any labor disputes and were active
in the local union in the Shipping Department at Lerner*s, which
FOX had heard was a Communist dominated union. '
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ShippingIt is to be noted that the subject was previously
as having been employed on a partetime basis with Lerner
354 Fourth Avenue, New York City. It was reported.in 1950
suhiect had been with Lerner since August 17, 1949 as aClsrk. '
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A news.item in the "Atlanta Journal and Atlanta Constitution
dated April 17, 1960, entitled "Zinn oi Spelman Gets Study Award"
sot out that Professor HOWARD ZINN. Chairman of the Department of
History at Spelman College was one of five liberal arts college
professors recently awarded Harvard University Fellowships in
West Asian studies for 1960-1961. >
WILLIAM M. NIX, Director of Personnel at Morehonse
College, advised on May 16, 1962, that Atlanta University is
participating with other institutions in a nonWestern Studies
Program of which the subject is the Director. He said the
program is financed by $200,0001grant~jron_theAEQrd.Foundation
for a period of three years and would be devoted in l962to
the tndy of China and in 1963 to India.
/. ' 9292mx said that Professor owEn;92fnArT1noRE or_qqnn_g@piin§__
niversity opened the lecture series on October 20, 1961 speaking
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//// "Who's Who"in 1960~6l described OWEN LATTIMORE 'U i ix .
on "China, Russia and America." - ~
AT T-l advised on May 14, 1962 that he was not fully /
acquainted with the NonWestern Studies Program, but had heard thatone WILLIAM WORTHY, a reporter for the AtroAnerican newspaper /
and who had visited in China, is scheduled to lecture in the future.
3&9? m;m§IM°RE
as a Professor at John Hopkins University who formerly
did field work in_ggngolia_and research in Peiping
under the Institute of Pacific Relations from 1934
to 1935. He was also described as Editor of "Pacific
Affairs" from 1934 through 1941.
The characterizations or the Institute of
Pacific Relations and"Pacific Affairs" is included
in the Appendix or this report.
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RE WILLIAM WORTQY
92}M{/QT T2 advised on January 4, 1962 that_§1LLIAM
¬5i_ THY was the main speaker on Cuba at a meeting 92stonsoreu by the Fairplay for Cuba Committee on Prf'
December 28, 1961, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvenia,_ _,/*
AT T2 said that WORTHY was sympathEtiE"to tHe istro
cause.
A characterization for the Fairplay for Cube Gommittee
is included in the Appendix of this report. '-.
On August 8, 1962, WILLIAM WORTHY, through his
attorney, requested the U. S, District Judge or U, S.
District Court, Southern District of Miami, Florida,
that trial by Jury be waived, This request was granted
by the Judge and WORTHY was iound guilty on August 8,
1962, of entering the United States without e valid
passport in violation oi Section ll85B, Title 8, UOS0
Code, The court deferred sentence pending conpletion
oi investigation by the U. S. Probation Officer and
WORTHY was released on $5,000 bond.
0n may 22, 1962, Professor RICHARD L. WALKER, Department
of International Studies,University of South Carolina, advisedSAJ |that he had received an invitation and
he attended e seminar on "American Policy Toward China" at the
Atlanta University Center on May 9nnd 10, 1962, Professor
WALKER said that the organizer of the seminar, HOWARD ZINN,
Protessor ut Spelnnn College, received a grunt from the Ford
Foundation to enable the seminar to take place. One of the
seminar spenkers, WILLIAM WDRTHY, described by WALKER &S n
pro=Custro reporter for the Negro newspaper "Baltimore Airo=
American" spoke favorably of the "Black Muslims," praised
_ROBERT FRANKLIN WILLIAMS, u fugitive being sought by the FBI,
and denounced U. S, policy touard Cuba, Professor WALKER stated
that ZENN appeared to be in complete agreement with WORTHY.
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RDBERT FRANKLIdk§;lLlAwS, former President oi
the National Association for the Advancememt,of Color
- People, Monroe, North_Q§§@lima, and Editor of "The
Crusader," was indicted on August 28, 1961, by the
State Grand Jury at Monroe, North Carolina, on a
kidnapimg charge, which grew out of racial unrest
in Monroe. Investigation by looml police deters
mined he had fled the state, U. S, Attorney,
Charlotte, North Carolina, authorized on Unlwful
Flight to Avoid Prosecution and a warrant was issued ;
August 28, 1961, with $10,000 bond recommended.
AT T-3 stated on Qotober 6, 1961, that WILLIAMS
was currently in Havana, Cube. CONRAD LYNN, New
York Gity attorney, om Ootoher l0, l96l, advised
that the Cuban Government helped WILLIAMS to flee
to Guba and that WILLIAMS had told LYNN telephomiomlly
that he was mttmehed to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs in Cuba,
AT T~4 advised on February 6, l962, that he had seen
e letter from the Stmdent Peace Union, 6029 University Avenue,
Chio&g@» Illimois. The letter stated that students from all
over the United States would eomverge on Washington, D, C, Febrmaty
16 amd_l7, l962 to demomstrote in £ront*of the White House
for the ending of all nucledr testing and termination of the
Civil Defense Program. AT T=4 said that the sponsors for this
group locally were HOWARD ZINN and STAUGHTON LYND, who are
history professors at Spelmom Qollege,
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AT T~5 advised in Deeember, l95392that he heard_
that STAUGHTON LYND had been a Communist Party memben." l~/' while at Harvard University, £T'T~5 m@mbtet'tt¢t
LYND had been a Communist Party member, but was of
the belief that he had been active in the John Reed
Sooiety and Ameriean Youth for Democracy at Harvatd,
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92 never been permitted to join the Communist Party
while at Harvard because he could never seen to
make up his mind that the Party was worthwhile.
AT T-5 further advised on June 8, 1954, that the"
and the'John Reed Society were organizations which
in the late 1940's became completely Communist
dominated and controlled by the'¬ommunist Party,
American Youth for Democracy has been designated
by the U. S. Attorney General pursuant to Executive
Order 10450
AT T=6 stated on March 7, 1963, that the Spelnan Peace
Committee was a legitimate campus organization at Atlanta,
Georgia, and that to the best knowledge of T-6, it was not
affiliated with any other groupo T-6 advised that the Spelman
Peace Connittee conducted discussions on disarmament, nuclear
testing and peace. T~6 further advised that the committee
met in the on~canpus apartment of SThUGHTON LYND and that
LXND and %lNN were very active in this committee,
0n may 21, 1962, AT T»? said that subject was trying
to recruit students to go to the Eighth World Youth Festival in
Finland the following sunnerb
A characterization of the Eighth World Youth Festival
is included in the Appendix of this report.
" On November 20, 1961, AT T-1 stated that four members
of a soviet youth delegation visited in Atlanta from November 3
through 8, 1961. This visit was sponsored by the Young Adult Gouncil
of the National Social Welfare Assenhly, New York City. AT Tel
said that on the night oi November 3, 1961, the delegation had
dinner at the Student Gaieteria at Spelnan College where the
subject served as host.
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a former employee of the Southern Regional Council, Inc., '
Atlanta, Georgia, and who formerly resided in New York City,
had been recruiting to demonstrate against the current U. S.
policy in the Cuban situation. A demonstration was to'take
place at Hurt Park, Atlanta, Georgia, at 4 or 4:30 p.n.,
Oetober 24, 1962.
The Atlanta Police Department report regarding the
demonstration at Hurt Park stated that the picketing started
,at 4:30 p.m. and lasted ion approximately 45 minutes. There
were about 25 people picketing, including HDWARD ZINN, white
male, age 40, residence Spelman Colleg ' hitefemale, fesidenoe Spelman College; andi I
Street, Spelman College'Professgir£1Qr;li{.; ;f4*i&¬ 1,*.;Z§.ls! H F [.1 §L_,J,: 4-_ _,,b6
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pt mac: , ILLER, white, female,,,_-3222__';1elhnrstl§treei=,»_l§.2. »...'Z..?.1 _§$lanta,_Qeorgia and STAUGHTQN LYND, white male, 350 L nard
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_gr!/,_1:fnARRY cf§*§Tn1NnETZd,"white':hai§e, s55_nair..stneet.,..r> , _,l,a--
,origina1ly from San Diego,$Ealiornia, andvhis wife,*DQ3;S%§§$unggtz, white female with the sane address were also
on the picket line. "
The above individuals, who were listed in the Atlanta
Police Department repent, were reoognized along with others on
October 24, 1962 by a Special Agent of the FBI holding a meeting
at Hurt Park about 4~p.n. and later walking with signs on the
"picket line. An Agent of the FBI also obtained a leaflet which
was being distributed by the pickets which dealt with the Cuban
situation. This leaflet reads as follows: 1
"WHY WE ARE HERE
"We are disturbed by the President's decision to
blockade Cnba.
"If it is true that the Soviet Union has eomnitted
the criminal folly of stationing longrange missiles in Cuba,
this.noes not necessarily Jnstiiy the President's hasty and
pnoweeative response.
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"No attempt was apparently made to exhaust the'
usual oiplomatic procedures for protesting a hostile act, '
nor to involve our Latin,Ameriean neighbors as the Rio Paet,
mentioned by the President, requires! in formula ting a hemi~
spherie plan of action. In saying that 'We are a peaee£u1
people, the-President seems to have forgotten that thus far
the prinoiple,aggressor in Cuhan=Aneriean relations has been
the United States, which aunittedly trained and finaneea the
invasion of Cuba in 1961.
"Cabell Phillips, a New York Times reporter, writes
iron Washington Atlanta Constitution , 6Et 23$ that the
President's action will 'hE?¬EEe ¬TT¬ot, at least momentaril
of countering the most telling political attck Republicans
have been making against his administration, and adds that
it was generally accepted in Washington Monday that politics
playea 'more than a minor part in the President's decision.
Are We risking nuclear annihilation so that the Democratic
Party ean win an election?
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"We are a group of individuals, representing only
ourselves, who have cone here toaay to evidence our coneern
about the uhan crisis. We wish to make a public witness
to urge peaoenl means of settling international disputes ==
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"SEND TELEGRAMS to President John F. Kennedy
Secretary of State Dean-Rusk
your eongressnen
"WRITE LETTERS T0 THE EDITQR
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an ass advised en December 5,, 1961 that noaozrnr
HELLER was a member at the Ferbes Cenmnnist Party
Club in New York City at that time¢- =
This senree stated en Jane 6, 1963 that the
Ferbes Clnh meeting ef the Lewer'Eastside Communist
Party Seetien was held en Jane 5, 1962 at 226
East 12th Street, New Yerk Gity. It was annenneed
at this meeting the vietin was dewn in the Senth
werking but ne details eencerning this werk were
revealed» , '
This senree said en July ll, 1963, that a Ferhes
Glnh meeting was held en July 10, 1962, at 226 East
12th Street; New Yerk Cityo A repert was given
at this meeting en dnes statns'ef each clnh menbero
It was annenneed that the vietin had been
delinqnent in her dnes sinee 1966 er January, 19610
Hewever, it was stated in this repert that where a»
nenher is werhtng ent ed the eity, he was net required
te pay dnes nnless reassigned te anether elnh in the
area where he was werhingo
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AT TBQ on Deeenher 22, 19529 advised STEINMhT%
was a nenher ef the Cennnnist Party, San Diege,'
Caliternia, senetine daring the peried 1933»1945°
T=9 identited STEINMETZ as being tren San Diege
while attending tennnnist Seetien meeting eenprised
et wardens leeals et the Aneriean Federatien et
Teaehers Unien in Pale A1t@9 Qaliernia.
the aneriean hederatien ef Teaehers was designated
by the Caliternia Gennittee en Un=aneriean Aetiwities
1943 repert, page 115 te he a Cennnnist rrent erganiza=
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The June-20, 1954 editien cf the San Diege
Evening Tribune stated that the Third District Geart
ef Appeals en that date had unahimeasly upheld the
cehstitutienality of the discharge cf STEINHETZ
irem San Diego State Cellege. He was fired fer
refusing te say whether he was or had been a
Cenmunist.
a"°" 29 2L@ 'said that he ha met HARRY C. STEINMETZ;
a Professor at Hcreheuse Cellege, abeut a year age at the heme
said the occasion was the ZINNS were giving a ceffee social
an a at ene dezen er se peeple were present_£rem the _._
Atlanta University Center which includes Spelman and Mereheuse
Colleges. _ *Efféfgi ZINN, a professor of History at Spelman Cellege,
A Tel en December 4, l962 advised that the sahgect had
written a repert eh the Albany, Geergia racial sitmatieh fer
the Seathern Regiehal Ceuheil, lnc,, Atlanta, Geergia. Tl
said that this repert was entitled "Albany, A Study in National
Respehsibility," It was released by Southern Regional Geuncil
in-November, l962 and indicates thatZINN was present daring '
the Albany racial demenstratiehs in a reporter capacity.
A news article in the Atlanta Jeurnaleenstitatieh
newspaper, dated April 14, 1962, tltled "Civil Eights leaths
Study Strategy Here" by.FRED PQWLEEGE related seae ef the
mevents taking place at the anneal cenference ct SNCO, which was
held in Atlanta, Geergia free April 12-14, l963,- The M
article stated that abeut 300 yemhg peeple, eneethird er them r
white, attended the three day cehterence. =
The article described a highlight e£ the April 13th
sessieh as a speeeh given by the subject. Accerding te the
article, he teld the greup that the answer te prehlems ef
discriaihatieh and censervatism in pelitics cahhet be directly
selved threagh the ballet. The subject claimed the ahswer_
was te create centers cf peter emtside the ermal structureet
gcverhmeht and te use these centers ef peter te exert pressure; ~
on the geverhment. The-sahgeet described SNGG as this kind cf '
center ei peter, The subject, accerding te the artiele, criticized
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had ene just enough te keep his image-from collapsing in the eyes
of twenty milliem Negreeso
A: A mews item frem the Atlanta Jeurnal and Qamstittiem Q
dated May 20, 1963, stated that feurtanti-segregatiezeemstraters
pieketed Lebs Restaurant at the corner of Fersyth and Lmekie'
Streets on that day. The article related that a fifth persem,
Prefesser HOWARD ZINN ef Spelman Gellege, passed eut'1eaf1ets aski E8
recipients te call the restaurant ewner and tell him, "Yen will net
patronize his restaurant until it becomes eivilizedo"
On Jmly 22 and 24, 1963, Cemfidemtial semrees whe are
familiar with some security matters in the'Atlanta, Geergia,
area, were eemtaeted and advised they had me iafermatiem
regardiagaaetivities of the subject of a security mature.
V j0aJm1y 22, 1963§! |At1amtafPelieeDepartment,ldentitieatienf V s ea; a vlse that she?leeated
re reeerd.©£ the subjeet er his wire. -
em emly 22,, 1963,,-1 mEi_|At1am1ta CreditBureau, furnished credit reeerd fer sueet. s reeerd stews
subject and his wife, RQSLYN had their file established Maren 1,
1957a The reeerd indieates they resided 350 Leeward Street, S. W.
since L957 and were formerly free New Yerk. They hare peem in
Atlanta simee £856 where he was empleyed as a prefesser at
Spelmam Cellegeo There was methimg umfaverable in the reeerd
an their eredit rating is earried as satisfaetery. §= '
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FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE
The April 6, 1960, edition of "The New York Times"
newspaper contains a full page advertisement captioned "What
is Really Happening In Cuba," placed by the Fair Play for
Cuba Committee FPCC!. This advertisement announced the
formation of the FPCC in New York City and declared the
FPCC intended to promulgate "the truth about revolutionary
Cuba" to neutralize the distorted American press.
"The New York Times edition of January 11, 1961,
reported that at a hearing conducted before the United States
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on January 10, 1961,
Dr. Charles A. Santos-Buch identified himself and Robert Taber
as organizers of the FPCC. He also testified he and Taber
obtained funds from the Cuban Government which were applied
toward the cost of the aforementioned advertisement.
On October 3, 1960, a source advised that the
Socialist Workers Party SWP! in New York had become active
in the FPCC, and that SWP members, in an FPCC election, had
been able to remove several Communist Party CP! members who
were on the Executive Board of the FPCC and gain control of
the organization.
A second source advised that an announcement from
National Headquarters of the SWP was made on September 24, 1961,
to the effect Richard Gibson had fired the secretary in the FPCC
Headquarters and was trying to break the SWP influence in the
FPCC.
Column 2, Page 8, of the February 22, 1962, edition
Backer Resigns, which announced that Robert Taber had resigned
as Executive Secretary of the FPCC and as President of the
Institute for the Improvement of Inter-American Relations,
Incorporated, which had organized the FPCC in April, 1960.
On May 17, 1962, a third source advised that
National Headquarters of the FPCC is located in Room 329 at
799 Broadway, New York City, and that the FPCC is operating
under the direction of Richard Gibson, Acting National
Executive Secretary of the FPCC.
The SWP and the CPUSA have been designated by
the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to
Executive Order 10450.
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INSTITUTE OF PACIEIQ RELATIQNS_AND YPACIFIG AFFAIRS". 7 7* 4 .' '1 . .
Sente Judiciary Committee, Report on the Institute
of Pacific Relations, Report #2050, July 2, 1952, pages 13
and 142 sets forth the following:
' ?Paci£ic Affairs" =ean international quarterly
which served as the organ oi the Pacific Council of the
Institute of Pacific Relations IPR!,
_ Pages 223 and 225 of above report state: f ?U_ _w
The IPR was a vehicle used by the Communists to orientate
American for eastern policies toward Communist objeetivesl
Members of the small core of officials and staff members who
controlled IPR'were either Communist or proeCbmmnnist.
The American Communist Party and Soviet officials
considered the organization "an instrument of Communist
policy, propaganda, and military intelligence,"
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THE UNITED STATES FESTIVAL CQMMITTEE, INCORPORATED6 Eighth Wor1d"Youth Festival! 6 6
The magazine "World Youth," third issue, 1961, a
bimonthly English-language publication of the World Feder-
ation of Democratic Youth WFDY!, contained an article
entitled "8th Festival in Helsinki." The article set out
that the first meeting of the International Preparatory
gggmitgee IPC! tgok piacg itHe%si¬§i, Figlandé Fegruryh 0 prepare or e ig h or You Fes iva w icwas to be held in Helsinki in 1962.
Thearticle set out_that the IPC elected a permanent
commission composed of representatives of a number of countries
including Canada or the United States as well as representatives
from the wrny and the International Union of Students IUS!.
The IUS with headquarters in Prague, Czechoslovakia,
and the WFDY with headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, are cited
as communist organizations in the "Guide to Subversive Organi-
zations and Publications" dated December 1, 1961, published by
the Committee on Un-American Activities, United States House
of Representatives, Washington, D. C., pages 91 and 177.
A source advised that in April, 1961, Da
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