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The January 114, 1961 Ins Angeles Mirror contained
, an article reflecting that on January 14, 1961 srzva ALLDI
had given a talk at the Ins Angeles High School to more than
2,000 teachers, which talk was sponsored by the American
Federation of Teachers, local 1021. lhe article reflected
that pickets had marched around the school. According to the
' article, DOM SULLIVAN, 27, of 12220 Montana, admitted that
some of the placards were used when ALLEN -ras picketed Wednesday
at a restaurant in the San Fernando Valley. The article said
that SULLIVAN, a public relations man, said he had organized
the demonstration on January 14, 1961, that he was a member of -
the Policy Board of "For America", a local patriotic group,
but that the group had had nothing to do with the pickaeting.
'1he newspaper quoted SULLIVAN as saying that the
piclcets came from a number of patriotic groups, including
the American Legion, John Birch Society, Young Republicans,
Californians for America, and America First. According to the
article, SULLIVAN said the demonstration was not officially
organized by the groups and that he had paid for the new
placards out oi his own pocket.
__,_ On January 17, 1 ascertained
*~"'~' that there was no record of wi h the Retail
Merchants Credit Association.
On January 19, 1961 Sl?. checked the_,_ records of the Los Angeles Police partmen a Los Angeles*1 "~~ e and was unable to identify any record with
On January 21, 1961] _ __ |Personnel Depart-
ment,| Los Angeles,
b,_r advised SA that a wa ed' ' and that his superv sor was
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has a "Tree IxTterprise Program", the purpose
o ' - s - '-- v e spealoers to alert the public to the dangers
of Communi = -- . ers to our free enterprise system. He
hf-""1? stated -» - one of the spealeers and that he is
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in this county and also o , ,
His presentation is a very timely subject andwill be open to questions after the speaker's initial
a ess.
stated that: is a vehement speakerand had to e oned down at first because he is too
emotional ven to poundi the tab en givingspeeches. stated that is ars ct age,18 mvmximtely ' tall, Ieighs pounds, s a slender
build, dark hair, wears horn-rimmed glasses, and is si le.mi
and is alsot
erestedn a program o1'_¬he American ¢ivil Liberties Union
in which they are trying to have a board of private individuals
set up to hear civil rights complaints concerning police
officers.
stated that he is aware of the fact that
is very anti-STEVE ALLEN and has been active
in the picketing of STEVE ALLEN. He said he recalls seeing
a recent account concerning such picketing andthat he, -believes that members oi Birch>75 Society c y organized the picketing. tated
that he himself is not a member of the John Birc ociety
but that he understands they write letters to congressmen,
but did not believe and was not aware of the fact that they
c write lette t indi id 1 rs o v ua s. He stated he believess a solid individual, although andemotional. He stated he did not believe uld right
any threatening letters to STEVE ALLEN.
stated that typewriters: would have
access to a ce oi e n ere four electric IBM
typewriters. ve access to
b fl the stationery used by and he made
ieces o p n s onery used by:
consisting oi three large sheets or whiteper, o e w a Parker and Go Lawyers Bond watermark
and two large sheets oi yellow paper.
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b :was advised that he did not have to
talk to Agents, that any information he furnished should be
voluntary, that he would not be threatened or harmed in
any way, that anything he said could be used in a court oflawdang tgat he had a right to consult an attorney if he
so es re .
b@ [:::::::]upon ascertaining that the inquiry was
concerning threatening letters sent to STEVE ALLEN,
stated that he had not sent any letters to ALLEN and that
he was willing to cooperate.
_ stated he resides atI Ib/C Los Angeles, a ornia, te1ephoneI Land thathe shares an apartment at that address with aI I
he was boré Iat I Ithat he is ' tall, weighs 170pounds, has a slender bu ld, dark bggnn hair, broup cyg§J1
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stated that his J1 °rLt_1"¬lF'|He s ate t the
Ihas a Free Enterprise Bepartment.
He stated that he gives various talks against communism.
[::;;;;::Lstated he has an old Underwood upright
typewriter a s ome. He stated that he had formerly
hr been a good typist, but in recent years has not done too" much typing. He stated os t e ew iters at hisplace of employment, theI Iconsists
of IBM typewriters, however, there are various manual
typewriters located in the building to which he might have
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access. He stated these manual typewriters would probably
cover all different makes of typewriters.
:stated he definitely am not write any
letters to STEVE ALLEN and that he has never heard anything
concerning threatening letters having been sent to ALLEN.
He stated that he does not like STEVE ALLEN, that he disagrees
with his viewpoints on many topics, but that he has never
had any personal contact with ALLEN and has never written
to him.
also stated he had never written a letter
to criticisin ALLEN'S appearance on:to ev s on program. t in fact, he had
been invited to appear on program several
weeks a o to debate with STEVE ALLEN, but that at the lastcancel1ed his appearance, stating that apparently
views were not the extreme views expressed by
some of the pickets at the Los Angeles High School where
STEVE ALLEN spoke several weeks before.
stated he is a member of t
e might be considered an unofficial
coor nator of this society in the Les Angeles area. He
stated that members of this society write letters to
Congressmen and other individuals who are doing a good Job
in the fight against communism, but that members sign their
true names and addresses. He stated that the members of
this society would not write letters to individuals such as
STEVE ALLEN.
:atter reading some of the letters
addressed to STEVE ALLEN stated that the terminology
contained in the letters did not suggest anyone to him as
being the writer of these letters. -
stated that several weeks ago he picketed
a meeting sponsore by the American Federation of leachersat the Los Angeles High School at which meeting STEVE ALLEN
k . H th t spo e a a newspaper account 0 this picketingwas in charge of he e ire picket line.stated this was not true; was only in
c arge o a small group of pickets, a o whom were orderly.
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He stated that some of the other individuals pickotingthis a 1 r ied extreme signs which he did not agreewith. -stated that one of those on the picket lineswho is very much anti-STEVE ALLEN and who possibl couldv ten the letters was an individual named ]stat is a white, male, American,agproximately years 0! age, is 6'2" tall, weighs1 0 1bs., has ac a
if ,b71l1 Czliornia. He stated'Ehai1 [had'been a |
He stated heoes not know what"|__|1.s o t ¬he preisent time. He
also stated he believed that was a. member of the
John Birch Society, but was no positive of this fact.
92 sta that at the picketing at the Los A elesg carried signs calling ALLEN aand
hi-":2 o stated that the only other individualhe could sugges as pos written the letterswas an individual named whom he stated is associated
with the Cinema Educational Guild and who is a rabid
anti-communist.
-"C stated he had no infomation indicating
that either o ese two individuals had written the letters
and requested that it not be disclosed that he had even
suggested their names.
kn-3 consented to furnish handwriting and
handprint ng spec mens, but after furnishing one sheet of
handwriting and one sheet of handprinting, he stated he
more or less resented the taking of handwriting and handprinting
specimens since he had already advised Agents that he. had
not written the letters. '
i-T- T :declined to sign his name to either of
these sheets.
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On January 12, l96l PersonalSecretary to STEVE ALLEN, 15h en evSherman Oaks, California, advised SA
that on January ll, 1961 Mr. ALLEN ha spo en at he _
Queen's Anus Restaurant, Encino, California on his stand on
world nuclear disarmament. She stated that prior to ALLEN'S
arrival at the restaurant, about 2h persons had picketed
the restaurant carrying placards protesting ALLEN'S speech.
She stated this gro ve¬:l fomia'92. 4 W3 ,_
The January l3, 1961 issue of the Valley Times
Today newspaper carried an article concerning this picketing
of ALLEN'S speech at the Queen's Arms Restaurant, 16325
Venture Boulevard, Encino, California. The article stated
that ALLEN spoke before the Valley Vanguards for the Los Angeles
Jewish Home for the Aged. The article stated that JOHN
ENOLANDER, 2%, 8257 Grove street, Sunland said the pickets
were a "spontaneous gathering of citizens who Just don't
agree with ALLEN and his preaching". The article stated
that ENOLANDER, a Pierce Junior College electronics student
said "we don't care about the meeting inside, it's Just
ALLEN and the Committee for Sane Nuclear Policy! group he
represents".I
The newspaper article stated t at some of the
signs read "Dead before Red", "No STEVEMALLEN", "PhonyPeace Lover Aid Red Threat", and "In~Sane Nuclear Meeting
Inside". The article also reported ENOLANDER as saying We
just wanted to make sure he knows there are some who care
about the United States andd:m't want to see it sold down
the river on phony peace claims .
On Janua 2h 1 61 SE TY , 9 ascertained
that there is no record of at he Retail
Merchants Credit Association, s nge es, California;
On January 2 l96l SEI Iascertainedthere was no record of] Ft the los Angeles
Police Department.
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On January 27, 1961] |
personal secretary to STEVE ALLEN, Suite 25, l5hb5 Venture
B0 1 rd Shu eva , ermmn Oaks, California, advised that she had
received in the no ry; a letter rorgprdedfrom the office ofi |initialed and dat e f3Ilowing envelope and'1e¬ter:
H" " addressed to
Ins Angeles 53,
ornia, no return address Iisted, sent cial Delivery
with 30 cent stamp attached and stamped Postage Due h Oents.
lhe envelope was marked with postmarks or January 19, 1961,
7:00 p.m., Los Angeles, California and on the back withpostmarks of January 19, 1961, or §:3O p.m. and another of
9:00 p.m. The address was typewritten.
LVC , The envelope contained four pa es of typewrittenmaterial on pages or plain white paper, 6 by 8". The
letter is as follows:
Los elee 53, Calif.
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"Ir ever a great country was led into a dead-
end or despair, humilitation and helpless anger
by the ignorance, inertia and perridy of it's own
people, that country is the United States of America.
"The disgusting, unpropitious displey,EQ that you gave on the night of Tuesday,
anuary 17, when you had nothing but superlatives
and pulchritudinous adjectives for Steve Allen, _
who has been proven by some or our most highly
regarded infestigating Red probes or the U.S.
Congress as being involved in serious Communist
activities, was a demonstration or disloyalty and
stupidity in the first magnitude."January 19, 1961
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"In your entire eulogizing performance, not
once, repeat, not once did you ask Allen about
Senator Thomas Dodd's D.-Conn.! charges that the
Hollywood for SAN! was a Communist front. In asgeeoh that Dodd made in the Senate on Septemberl , 1960, he stated that the SA!!! group was being
seriously infiltrated by members of the United
States Communist Party, and, in many cases, being
controlled by Reds.
Not once in the entire 'interview' did you ask
allen about Rep. Francis Walter's D.-Penn.!
arraignments that the BAN! group, from top to
bottom, was Oomnmnistic; that the SAN! rallies
across the country are Communist arranged and
are participated in by Communists; that many or
the 8ANEites in Hollywood alone, have long loaned
their names to pro-Red causes; and that the main
intent of the members of SAN! was to beguile the
American public and turn them into activities
against this nation and not even realize it.
"Apparently, all of this was not germane
enough for you.
Nor was it important enough, apparently, in
your own opinion, to ask Allen about the list of
names that were published in the right-wing pro-
American! publications, the National Review, that did
show Just a diminutive portion of the ones in SANE
who have Comuniat gravitational tendencies.
"Only a small part or the small list:
fomerly of the National
Conmittee 0 or the Rosenbergs andMorton Sobell; supporteWallace for President Committee;3 ng,t1ona1 o t the Workersense I4eague, employer of such
- t e n rsas Dalton ho,
and supporter of'_the Committee
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of o Tho 'ne usand to ex rican
Activities Committee!; accused by
two FBI agents as being a mem er o e Communist
Party, andl Ithe Rafi onal
Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities
Committee; Dr. Linus Pauling, the left-wing oharlatan
from Cal Beck U., who belongs to the latter committee
and who has long been identified as a international
Communist fellow traveler, ect. and eot.
"'B1is list, tote sure, to repeat, only
scratches the surface of the SANB organization
throughout the country.
. "mt, again, it was still too much for you
to have catechized Allen on this information.
"This goes further than facile inept or brusque
anarchy, even though those constituents you certainly
consist. On December 6, 1960, the Kremlin released
the text of the 20,000 word Manifesto unanimously
adopted by the November plenum of the 81 existing
Communist parties. Zmis new Manifesto explains once
more that the cmnunist objective is to bury the
non-Communist world. Khrushchev has said it over and
over. Operating as a disciplined, criminal unit of
the world enterprise, the specific task of each Red
party in the non- Communist world is to subvert the
non-Communist government of it's own nation. leaning,
of course, that it is a var, cold or hot, between
the Communist countries and the non-Comurunist coun-
tries. Therefore, within every non-Communist nation,
Communism or Gonmunist activities or Red fronts are
tantamount to treason.
IINaturally, when Steve Allen says, as he did
on the Tuesday night 'interview,' that this nation .
is ovenplaying the anti-Communism, is Just like
a crook saying that we should stop putting so much
emphasis on anti-crime laws: both don't want to
get caught; both want to perform the perfect crime.
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"The outrageous errrontery on your part,[:::::]Q when you glsmorize Allen and his wife as
s go Ameicsn family, and nearly upbraid the
ones who picketed Allen's propaganda performance
last Saturday morning, makes one honestly wonder
about your own political tinctures. Ihen s portion
of the public is finally snapping out of it's state
of prodigious apathy over the Communist activities
in this country, and when many or our most renowned
leaders, including President Eisenhower, have insist-
ed that this country faces a supreme menace in the
Communist conspiracy, and then you praise Allen and
all of his sinister, treacherous, pseudo-activities
and also berate anti-Red pickets, one would have to
seriously wonder about your own patriotism to what
country!.
"Not once, repeat, NOT ONCE, in the entire
interview did you ask Allen or his wife of the
American Legion's charges that the Hollywood For
SAN! is a subversive group working for the Conmunist
cause in this country. On multifarious occasions,
in tact, the Legion has demaned that Allen let a
congressional investigating committee, particularly
the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, which has
also demanded the same, and has said the same verbatim
about the SAN! group as subversive, investigate the
group to determine whether it is subversive enough
to be eradicated or whether the charges of subversion
are false and the group be proven innocent of it's
charges. Of course, Allen has refused.
ago, John Edgar Hoover issued a statement saying
that the rally was conceived and controlled by two
members of the Communist Party. He also said that
the Red workers were simply jocund and exultant
over the continued success of SANE and from the
support it has received from the press, radio and
TV and from the amount of exoneration it has received
after comitting constant treason. After wi ng. the orcine stupidity that you demonstrated,E:f:ji' [£%;;:::L1ast Tuesday evening, I would say tha he
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appearance on the SHDI onun1oh was taped at 5:60 pm. and shown atx p.m. e same date. Both STEVE ALLEN and his wife,
JAYNE MEADOWS, appeareé on this show.
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to an I en a photostatic copy of the January 19,
tte ette exhibited to him, he stated that
the name was actually that of his father. .He state his father is years oi age and is s
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sta elf s a male
years o age, orn at] |5'8 165 pounds, s Black hair, is nnnied, w eand he|" |
stated that he has
resided at Los Angeles, for approxinntely
four years and his Ether has res ded there for six or seven
years.
G stated his rather is not active in any groups,
clubs or churches and is not a union member, that he ms s. but is a member of t
stated that his father canno
nd_Eha¬'he is the only one in the household who can type.
stated he had several ear of t ing in high school and
had several years of He stated he did not
write the letter to en no ng concerning the material
mentioned therein an never written any letters to 81'.EVE
ALLEN. He also stated that as far as he knows, no one in his
household, consisting of his father and wife, had written any
such letters. He stated he owns a Royal Upright Typewriter,
Serial No. KIM 3752294, and he stated he had no obJection to
specimens being taken from it.
At the outset or the interview:was advised that
he did not have to talk to Agents, that any information he
furnished had to be voluntary, that he would not be threatened
or harmed in am; way, and t had the right to consult anattorney if he so desired. smted that inasmuch as he
had not written any letters, e had no objection totnlking
with Agents. .
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On January 31, 1961 one nheet or typewrittenaggcimensaana taken from the typewriter and on !ebruary 1,lltwo ditional sheets of typewritten specimens weretaloen from this machine.
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- LosA el_es,' was Edsed-Hit he EH not Have tol '%Ei'an any information aha that information he lrnished
should be voluntary, that he would not be threatened or
harmed in any way and anything he said could be used against
him in a court of law, that if he desired to consult anattgrney concerning arw questions asleed of him, he was free
to 0 so.
; |;]was shown c copy of the January 19,92 1961 typewrit en letter.-tn bearing his name and
return address, at which time he vised that he does not type
and had nothing to do with the sending of that letter and hadhm; no suspects in d that when he s name he signs it and does not use theHe stated he is not a member r organizations,
that he occasionally attends Church in the
neighborhood but would not even consider himself a member of
the church. He stated he had no idea how am/one my have
obtained his name other one directorywhich lists his name a
I stated he was born at[M |is male,'T1égr'o, , 2s Slack hair, brown eyes, Social Becurit No.
1*?"-J He stated he
He stated he is married
e stated_Fis son and'1s son's w£fe| |resiHe wfth Em. |
stated that the subject nutter or the letter
to is unfamiliar to him and he also advised that
HARRY OOREN L~,_.',_'_~ , MRI p1 EFF! QEELEX! g. QQLPILI EO ¢ and were unfami ar
~ |:]seacea that he actmlly likes srsvx ALLEN
and would not have any reason to sand him any threatening
|_,/.,. 1etters.- He also stated that the only way he could type
" would be with one finger picking at the typewriter and that
it would not be possible for him to type a lot of leflzthy
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employees n _ e o ce o STEVE
2; ALLEN, uite 5, l 5 Sherman Oaks,California, advised S that on the
morning of November 4, 1 O an elderly lady stuck her head
in the door of the office and asked "Is this the office of
STEVE ALLEN, the television actor?" When told that it was,
the elderly lady said "Oh", shut the door and went away.
[:::::::::::::]stated she followed this woman to
the parking lot wh e oman got into an old black Buick,California licens where she sat talking to another
elderly woman in t e car or about five minutes before she
drove away. The woman who made the inquiry in the office
; was described as being white, female, approximately 55 '
years of age, 5'5" tall, weight 150 to 160 pounds, had reddish
brown hair, turning grey and curly, wore no glasses and had
freckles.
On January 3, 1961 S
ascertained from the Department o 0 or e c es,
lgx; State of C ifornia, Ins Angeles, C ia
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On February 1, 1961' |
Subversive Detail, Los Angelos Police Department, '1hird Floor,
Georgia Street Station Los Angeles, California, was contactedby d the various letters sent to
STEVE ALLEN were exh ed to him.
stated that the format fo the
letters and the terminology used there:_.n did not suggest
any immediate suspects to him and that'he would search his
records to see if he had any information which could possibly
be identified with the threatening letters.
On February 3, 1961 advised he hadchecked the Los Angeles Police par men records, but could
not locate anything which appeared to be identical with the
threatening letters He stated that the only s
could suggest was an i al b the name of ' a y iiiwho has written letter su;1§he communists an a mes
taking the same stand as t e communists, and an individual
named L. M. ABERCROMBIE who used to reside on West SixthStreet in Ins Angeles. stated that ABERCROMBIE
is anti-communist and used to give speeches at Pershing
Square in downtown Ins Angeles.
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On February 6, l96l,| |L " " 14 [;¥:::¥::;g:] os Angeles Mirror News, l 5 South S ring3 ree s Angeles, California, advised SAJ::::Qig;][;:::;:::lthat he could not recall receipt o any e er
ear ng he name and return address of BETTY STANLEY,
2ll South Normandie, Los Angeles 35, California. -
article in the Los Angeles "Mirror" newspaper commenting
on STEVE ALLEN during the Fall of 1960. He stated, however
that he certainly would not have printed any letter
criticizing STEVE ALLEN and calling him a Communist.
75 gstated that any letters the newspaper
,,_,c ry 10, 1961,$ advised SAthat he had checke the newspaperhad receive rom the public during the Fall of 1960,
would have been destroyed by now, but that he would make
a check and see if they had been in receipt of a letter
from a BETTY STANLEY.
or c o er an most of November, 1960, and that he could
find no publication of a letter from a BETTY STANEY.
He also stated that he had checked to see if they had
been in receipt of such a letter, but had been unable to
find such a letter. He stated he did not believe the
paper had received this letter as the name was not familiar
to him.
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__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ - L - _ - - - -- - 365666T0: mm: R, ATTN: FBI LABORATORY
FROM
RE:
I17
confi
' J'PM:£
. !1_ .
proved:of aaddre me envelope is postmarkedLos Angelea , Ca o a, 12/30/60.
» / / P "4"sm - c", LA file 100-59835. *>"=-
Instant letter was forwarded to Los e ea 0 1' oer dated 2/21/61 from vicths attome
"- 1%:-eau §nc1?é §Zég!HiIS'1'ERED! a __%HM£Y ESBMJ 92 - Q _ ' -3 13o5§3§ss§ .- $5 |=soJ|-no 92 Wm REM $7 1&1! .92 WK» . , 7J ' -1 A4F B I
Dq1g;
Type in plain text or 0:040!
Hriority or gs? %5aȢ! g
sac, menus 9-2561+! * "~
- VICTIM
non @ ,. _ p V/w/14¢?/97 6~m¬a/V 7
mclosed are the original and one photostat copy 7typewri two-page letter dated 12/30/60 l
ssed to 17¢
, Victim appears to be identical with the subject
letter to the Bureau dated 7 27 60 ca tioned
°f the iawréii Err as 1 Eb 4 WBever y s C . e e er an e ginallyeon forwarded t6 the Postal Inspectors b
1 AUSA JOHN VAN DE KAMP, advised SA ' b,- _j
that instant letter did not contain ae purview or the Federal Dttortion Statute.
No investigation being conducted. Letter of _
pgtion being sent USA. 3Lo¢1 /N
".1513 4'-3777';
-, nt M Per
3peclul Aden! In Clfuwe ._, - ,3 _ ' L,. 92 ,1 - 5=_»___
I
I
1
I
92
92
1I itQ A
I
I
92
1-A 9-25611 - _
While no investigationbeing conducted, the Lab isrequested to examine the paper and typewriti ' d t ifing an o spec callycompare them with the numerous questioned items submittedin the case entitled "zm oren et ; smrs !
Alggm: VIC'1;M-, mm - iie - .
Instant 1e er oth n context and format appears to be _ b1-"C
e written by the same individual who has written the letters in
the ALLEN case. ' V
Upon conclusion of the examination return original
envelope and letter together with the results of the examination
to the Los Angeles Office. .
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. ._~
~. '."§j ,"92 . -1 ~ 1- "
-":3-" ' I ' ii .." ,_ 2 . 1 v ___.____I__ - Q < _:q;_ gkli ' -
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- l Q' Cabm::l0ry Trunurrluul Form
'1-72
nuoaironr
FEDERAL BUREAU 0F INVESTIGATION
WASHNGTQN, D. C.
.,°_ FBI, Lon Angelea 9-2564! Du lnrch 13, 1961
»-,-_&/I .
an ub aka by; . 5":-1|-92/'4'
John Edqqr HOOVQI, Director
KXTOBTIQI J. 92.92 FBI File No. '& 7REC- 61 Ln No n-ssosss asLos Angeles Exumlnallun requested by: 4&1r92Rmm Airtel 2-24-61 i- *"
DocumentExurnlnallon requested-
Remarks
Enclosures ! Q30, Q31, and 2 Lnb report!
_ e-,_ <!'._._1v-92_-. _ 1 J. /52.,»-/- Y " = * "P 3,: * '
Yer Yv*~" ' ' " '
Tollon Puxlons ______92l&rZ__..iBulnronlu u m MA '§J.§.'L__, ~_ "E8. M 92.;gg§'§,. § _? I AR131 51 :10 !lklare ' '- 1 ' 92Runn ______,~._ _ COMM; Q. 92'~§Tuval ____ -" . " Y .~ 9292 8Tmmr z ~ >¥;?;.§L2;""' MARW,92 b.-C 51/1»N111 iiiMy ___ MAIL noon TELETYPE uun C]
O
¢
J u 92
. V 1 |n '
of the
us. _I'-. ulearrelr _.A_"' '
renew. aunuu or mvcsmmon
_ wnsmucron, n. c.
T°' I'll, has Aageles Om: "111 13. 1961
Re:
%m,.
EXTORTIONifl..il'. 9-31924
W. n-aeossa no
Specimens received
Q30
use so 1950 _pu"
Q31 Ihcconpanying two-page typewritten lette ing on thefirst page "December 30, 1960 Iy deart:fEfifF After b7
witnessing the way..." and ending on the second page
"...£i1th!J sordid Conic Pig. Re ards and you Rlbinihli1<1na!,| L hos Angeles, California"
Result of examination:
It was concluded the typewriting on specimen Q30 and Q31
was prepared on the typewriter used to prepare specimens Q28 and
Q29, and the specimens previously identified with those specimens;
The envelope, specimen Q30, was found to be similar to
specimens Q1 and Q14, previously received. The paper comprising
specimen Q31 is not identical to any of the paper previously
received in connection with this case.
Specimens Q30 and Q31 are returned herewith. Photographs
are retained.
Tulsun i_,Persons ii.llohr _.______,Belmnnl iCallahan i.Conrad _._i_DeLanchi. 'Evens <ilulme ..._..i.
am» _____ sum: lo !Tnvel iholler .__._.-I.C. Sulhveu Tile. Room .i.I mm ,Grady _,_ ___, MAIL ROOM Q TELETYPE UNIT I:Los Angeles ¢u<>11ymou!, California" and postmarked "ms missus 14 cnur.
,-.h 7 .3
{I/'
R0nl : SAC, nos ANGELES 9-21498!
.-
*1-.1SANE and his support of ~ -I92<9292O SANE's aims of prevent wvumup/Ulla 80- I0mvuu
UNITED STATES G IRNMENT
Memorandum
TO 1 nmscron, 1-BI I>~rE= 3/1o/6A1
ATTN: FBI LABORATORY
sun]:-:cr: UNSUB; aka HARRYQOREN I U
ET AL; ,
STEVE ALLEN - VICTIM W 9 u
EXTORTION ' __,.»
Bufile 9-37924 36208?
In connectio i n w th the a ion,
_ d e tI 5 Dos Angeles, Californi a has ."a acked'B.m in His wrfngs or speeches by accusing him of _!
being a Communist because of his viewpoint on the death ,-¥=
penalty and his connection with " "
nuclear war. ALLEN said he "am not believe that would write a threatening .-
letter to him, but felt that the writer of the letter was a I ', '4person of his professional background. :__.I.,.l
.
There is being forwarded herewith the following I=
typed items for comparison with the exto tir on letter and
envelope and other questioned items submitted in this case:
1. Letter dated March 10, 191414 IromI I -
I I°I I .
2. Better dated March 16, 19145 fr-om "-1.
I I'=°I I
b I"3. Fbrm letter da_ted ,L1_1y 10, omsI ItoI ,_I4. r dated A ril 8 l £'rom "I I
I ItoI I ~-
5. Address of before Los,Angeles
City Counc , y , .
<92_3=Bn~eau nmxswsnsn! =.m<=1' s-B!. - 47714-2'I{?1$3§i§eiv> Ef "/ _-'__,;P'2gqJPM:ism . '*"" -- .! - Q3? '. no MAR 14 19mQg I , X112
AI
IT: 7 C
If: Ii:>
IA 9-2498
6.
to
kw, 7. h t t etter ted November 7, 1960 from
'" addressed to Director HOOVER.
8. Envelope pos- 1960, from 1:
addressed to
' I lial lorl I
I LLos Angelesend'has been for man years. He reportedly as been£;ggg d has been very militant in ing
communism through this organization in the Lna Angeles area.
On July 31, 1959 SE checl-zed the I
records of the Retail Merchan Association, Los eles,which reflected that in l9#9, s approximately yearsf age, and that he and hip ire resided at that me at[9 Icalifornia. The reportref1ected'¬ha was Iof
I knd his wit
former been employed byrior to I e re orteP <T1¥at one time was aI I
I I The records rer1ected_tha¬I Iwas weI1
regarded at that time.
At the conclusion of the investigation, it is requested
that the enclosed items be returned to the Los Angeles Office,
together with the results of the examination.
-2-
I
CurdD¢Lu:c-t
Ewan
lulu:
Raul
Tovol
Tnlb.
lag:
Gnay» "» _- L A QEuborcle Frunnmlltul Form1-12 '
/./ad; unnuwnv ¢_n__7' ~
FEDERAL BUREAU OF IIVESTIGATION
4WA$lllNGT0N, D. C.
"FBI, Lon Angela: 9-2498! °° larch 23, 1961
I/J
R-Umub, aka ~ t " "
HARRY mm Qt .1. John Edqur Hoover, Dlnctor
STEVE ALLEN - VICTIM _zxronnou REF» 64
FBI File No.
L b No Examination ruqulnod by|LQ[ AqQ1.I ° - _ m
Rolunncn Letter
Excmlnullon roquonod: mcungt
Romurkn
Deleted cow Sent __
, by Le+."tr.~r Dnferl
N 5, »' Yer FOZTrA Request
MAR Z 3 1961
COMMJBI 92
Enclosures ! K10, 2 Lab report!
Tolnan __.____.Pinon: _____.GI _.1_._.BclnealCkhm
honorI.C- Sd!Roomj acti! Q M_ V s1;//V , "QI MAR" 8_ __./i4;IIAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT D 5 L
' 1 an
of the
|.s|onA1-on-I_a_.-" ~
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGRTION
WRSIIINGTON, D. C.
T°=FBI, Los Angeles 32?? N March 23, l96l °'9-37924
'=Unsub, aka L N D-362067 DG
HARRY GOREN, et Bl.
STEVE ALLEN - VICTIM
EXTORTION
Spnclmenn rtcolvod
K10 Four letters, photocopy of letter. form letter. copy
of speech and envelope all bearing typewrithq tftfifffjiters belonging to or available to
Result of examination:
It was concluded the questioned typewriting on
the specimens previously received in connection with this
case was .not prepared on any of the typewriters used in
the preparation of specimen K10.
Specimen K10 is returned herewith. No photographs
have been made.
Tnllan ,i_..,. .Parsons -_--_.
ww-_--- .¢ 4;".5el:oe.92 ii
Callahan __._.. -CM, swm .NLC 4 !
DuLeach _i.Evans ___l__Mulme __iRona _i_;Ton] 1Trolls: tiVI.C. Sulhvun _Tole. Room .___Ingram ii .cm, ii mm. noon C] TELETYPI. um? D
- 92
Laboratory Tm lmltlul Form .
7-72
| g 5%//I "92 1 .92_..-l;.92_» LAIOIAIOII _'_'.@
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, D. C.
TMFBI, Ins Angeles 9-2498! Dcwllrcb 3°, 1961
Unsub aka a1-q-v-4/92- '/
R . . 0man coma, et :1. John Edgar Hoover, Du-actorswxvn ALLEN - vxcrm 92
W; ip vzc-nuxxwonrxou . - ;g ;- 60 9-31924» Q?
FB1Fl92e nq>,363o4,4 X
ms Lab. Nu.
Egumlnullun requested by:
Letter a-22-61
DOCIEGITCElumlndllon raquouled:
Remarks
, - 2 muss 20 ;>¢1<92r.}:-*-_ . /_;» /?!:§J>=~»---ii", A.'~@:92 -' 1.1:» :.¢.;.". *5 Q; - ' -J~ "er n . - - >-'
comm-ran cg-2' 92".»'=k---' ffnzuBncloluzses !"{!11, 2 Lab report!
1 - Ina Angolan 9-_256§! Enclosure Lab report!
::::::..~ 1-92ItchI ABulmonl i__ . Callahan A '
Conrad A §_ .' ~g¢Lmc|92.__ _ cm § 5!van: ____?f- . _llulun ___ ;."- ~'Roam _ i ié ,Tavel _____Trotter -A::- 1: '1 9* n ~~ M7: .», Hg. R1§ LETYPE UNIT G B 0 S
. r 7
1 .» ncrom
of the
1*j~92 E. !"~..1-' LAIOIAIOII _4_"'
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, D. 0.
=1-ax, Ins @108 §;,';n_M_n:¢n so, 1961
Lbuq 9-37924""= Unsub, eke ' ' D-363044 IX;
HARRY GMEN, et e1.» IE5: ' "°" "
YICIII
EXTURTXON
Specimens received
K11 Four sheets oi typewriting specimens prepared on e portableUm tffiter with serial number A 1967190, property of
Result oi examination :
It wee concluded that the questioned typen-iting on
the specimens previously received in connection with this
case Twas not prepared on the typeniter used to prepare
specimen K11.
Specimen K11 is returned herewith. No photographs
ere retained.
Teleon ______Punlml tllchr ____ -___Dolmen! ii
Cellnzan ii +1 Conn: iii I A ' Lad, SWl.cm.., !
Evne .______llelme P 1.Renee .._i_To1el.____i_T llre rt hi.W.C. Sullivan jTole. Room Q.lnqnu:¢;...¢, Z: um. noon I: 'r:u:'rvr-2 umr [:3
. I--*
!.
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92
92§%FRoM , snc, LOS mcnms F-21498; ATTENTION:
H.7|-um. ran no. anno-id
UNITED STATES CC RNMENT
Memorandum
To 1 DIRECTOR, FBI DATE
FBI
9 2564
sumac UNSUB., aka. HarryC%oren, et a1.;,
STEVE ALLEN - VICTIM
EXTORTION '
0° 2 _ b 5 C
BUFILE 93792Q
%5s~.,|W_i1 363044
EXTORTION
00: LOS ANGELES.
BUFILE 9"37924
Re FBI Lab report dated 1 61 Lab No. D-360656 DG,
advising Q30 and Q31, addressed to were prepared on
the same typewriter used to prepare e inques ioned items
the STEVE ALLEN case.
Enclosed herewith are four sheets of typewriting
specimens obtained from Royal Typewriter Portable, Serial
#A 1967190, property of|
Los 1Ange es, California. I Idisclaims any connec¬Ion
with these letters.
It is requested that the enclosed specimens be
compared with the questioned items to determine if they were
all prepared on the same typewriter.
- Bureau 9-3792M! Enos. R! Registered!- Los Angeles £9-2h98g- Los Angeles 9-256k
o _ e 3'3 q-&' ,~¢> 0 Q
March 23, 1961
LABORATORY
45*
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5 9 9- 3 1 1:. 4aw e3e92 - so 61
/3 _Y_7/".5;/_.~~§'9
-u MAR vim.92l, '
1-36 Rev. ll-l'4~5'r'!
- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION WORK SHEET
Recorded: 4/4/61 4 ;QQpM Refexence N0: 9-2498
FBI File No: 9-37924- 80
Received: 4/4/61/js Latent Case No: 28412
Answer to: SAC. L05 Angeles
Examination requested by: Add;-95599
Copy to:
RE: uuxuowu SUBJECT;
AKA. HARRY soaau, ETC
snav: ALLEN - vxcrm
sxronrzou0
I
Date of reference communication: 3/28/61
Specimens:
Maior case-__pr1nts submitted of the following for elimination:
7
RETURN ms PRINTS ,
92. Q
Result oi examination: Examination by! Whitaker
, . Evidence noted by:
92D ~ 5stab-_92 A/-~!<v92=u->/>*-~1.*~> -§92:J-v-~@- <92_m.§§._ c/_92 ¢92;~&~92L"U,..',~, Co/$1., met: ;--S-*~"-1-:::o<S92 ' v92 mi/».-_
§Q~.-O_> d'B92 921 /
K,3, 3§&;.t AR Q ,_,..r..%,.-Rt, W
1Diff@M.¢~r7:W
4 /v uu; guy:<wf>*>"
/A
_:_tT{" mom0: ° ~~{' of the' rrmm aumu ozrs |§":sr|en|ou
xx LATENT FlNG_ERPRl_NT SECTION
YOUR "L 0-was Ap 11 1 1901run m8¤.'ou Q_,31Q24 - 30 r ,
LATENT CASE , 92. ,-' 92.
T SAC, Los Angeles _1* § X
RE:921
UNSUB. , AKA HARRY GOIDI,
STXVB ALLEN - VICTII
RXNRTION
D
REFERENCE lttl 3-@-61
EXAMINATION REQUESTED BY: I08 $8.1!
SPECIMENS: . r
value thin czar nqt identiqnl with 1ing0rg;in§g_Tr
b.
yer 1 J-K - .
92 92 . H.92.92.B7'"
92_=.
ETC.;
.@ ,,. r< --..,0. - -
in in.4 f .
_;L£__--
b7?
Latent ilpreaaiona prnvioualy daclnrcd 0!
palm prints 0! . »|-92-_~|,
Submitted inked impressions onclosud.
Enc. 2!.1;
92 ,-_
. . :92_' B F '1
.'92 - j/ Q 92 1ulaul. .____ I LNw:Jap .; . -" ! .- A ~ 1 ~ "'-"
1. * mum 19
"W ' APR? 1951.. -11'
'b'?=li
m 1 A . ,-. '1
,.-I-1%. _ In
l",--.1:->1 ,." T 921.1.1 I--__ ___ -' ;;:n___ _ l_.- I cUMM'FB| John Edqc vex, DiroclorTlzvol . _. 1- 92 .'"I£6 11°" 1° Isa? If , L11 H": ' THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY'3.1All. ROCILI d TI-,l.FITYT"E U!-IT [:3 land? '
3RR» *1orlfmn. mun no. la -Ino-lu '
STATES VERNMENT
Memorandum
1° = DIRECTOR, FBI 937924!
92A§; FRO
0§UME¢" UNSUB; aka. Harry Goren, etc;
STEVE ALLEN - VICTIM
EXTORTIONDATE 3-28-61
Attention:
Identification Division
Latent Fingerprint
SectionM Y SAC, LOS ANGELES 9-2498!
00: ms ANGELES
~ Enclosed herewith are four sets of major case fingerprintU and palm impressions for the following individuals who are
w employed by the victim and who may have handled one or more
of the letters.
1».
Q The above are submitted for elimination purposes in L G
omparing them with the previously developed latent impressions;Y 92.Upon completion of the requested compariso tln 1e submitted »=
92& sets of major case prints ma be t .
92y re urned to Los Angeles -
.4
ii '92
%?Bureau Encl.h!-LA
JM:JJp
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92§92
iemovuu rou Mo. no -
UNITED STATES GOV LKNMENT
Memorandum
To = nrnzcmon, FBI 9-37921:! "AW 14/13/'61
PR0" I ; ms ANGELES 9-21:98! A'1'1'N: FBI I,n.mRA'1oBY
wv1wr= ammo susnzcw, akaBarry&ren, et al;
s-.rsvz4Zmn - norm 4
mcmmon "
oo= Ins Angeles 365139
e K /'
In connection with the above-captioned matter, the
rl F 1 rd % 1 I415 Aaaslea .., pure sed some Rising Parchment l g paper i _
presently have in stock about 2,000 eight and one half byll inch sheets. N l I
a carbon tape, Serial No. RECEI3-6754357. ,
furnished the carbon copy of two letters da ed 1 1
which he stated were typed on this typewriter, as well as
a printed leaflet whic also contains typewritingfrom this typewriter. o furnished a letterhead.
of the Black Gold Productions, Inc., printed on Risigg -
Parchment 100% Rag paper on which was typed several lines
of type from the Royal typewriter.I advised that he ><recently purcibed a Royal electric uprignt tipewriter with
I
It is requested that the enclosed typewriting
be compared with the questioned items in this case to
determine if they were all prepared on the same typewriter.
It is requested that the results of your examination,
together with the enclosed material, be returned to the Los /'
Angeles Office. 5
<?i2.#:°::g;s:--WM! ,3 $5/7}!
JPN: cm REC 95 """ '
noéei Q EX-108 A __.= p_1 /4 fa/wzz *' '
J/3/M ' ~SaMz:/.S- Q c ¥ /
Laboratory Trunsmlnul H rm '
'1 7'1
/t f,...4_92_~.> " |.Aaoaa1oa1J_a_-7 -
FEDERAL BUREMI OF INVESTIGRTION
WASHINGTON, D. C.
,°_!BI, Loo Angolan 8-2498! D.,..=Iay 3, 1961 V
MURSUB , aka _ 31;-q--.»~»-. Pm ' John Edql Hoover, Dlractor
STIVB All-IN - YXCTII 123 3 I
KITORTIOH 9-31934
"" "" "0-365139 no
Lou M30105 " " "°
batter 4/13/61
DOOUIUCExamination requsalad;Exumlnuuon requested by:
Flelerance
Enclosures ! K12, 2 Lab raport!
Dclctv- -'" "»- '-. y-I ./A 7'
byl _. , ..' ~r"= » /Q-; 1 -' -I Per FGil';92 i.~'.-._..=;; ; 15
I - 1"-L!I . _'.!
Tainan _ :Funmu ,_i ZHON ' ' ' "
Salmon! 92$22.1? __. "_ as
Roman wn-_-_ 92 I W
Tun] __i.._ . ' 92§5?I§E! 1961 W ' '58}. 92~ M _i - 1 r g801:: ___i MAIL ROOM m TELFZTYPE UNIT Q B J J 7
___..__,-._..i._ .._ ._-_. _ -7--. _.-___ _-~ _»- __ _ _:=¬.~.=92=__ ._-,. .__ _ ____ _ . _____... ..
" " - mom -
ofthe
_-1 Laaeaaeeev ._a_/' ~
FEDERAL BUREAU 0F INVESTIGATION
wnsmucrou, 0. c.
"B 1- "1" ::l.F1leNo.., 3. 1961
Lab Nc.R01 mun N
nmmr conzx,
at a1.;
STEVE ALLII - VICTII
81108110!
Speclmehl received '
K12 Three abeeta 0! paper and leatlet bearing known typewriter
ilpreaaiona iron Royal electric upright typewriter, SerialNo. RICIIS-6104357
Result of examination:
It waa concluded the questioned typewriting cu the
apeciaene previously received in this caee wee not prepared
on the typewriter need to prepare apecinen K12.
Specimen K12 ia returned herewith. No photograpba
are retained.
1
1
92
Tolacn _iParsons _--i_Huh: ______Belmonl _._iCdlhrhun ..i_ : as f Ic a "'M. <4> fEwua ___llulam: itRoan iTcrvel iiTIGIII1 ii.I.C. Sulllvnn iTele. Rem ilawn i9. , um. noon I: 1'm_:1'vm: unn [:|
L Q .
7-2RECURDED /4/to/61 em FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Vumrsn sures DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE L-AB FILE
Laboratory Work Sheet
Re: Unstsb, aka .ARRY GOREN File ii '!~37924ei. a1., ' Lab. # Z3~;365139 us
sr;vE ALLBJ - vxcrrm
sxronrxou
Examination requested bY= L03 Angela 9'2498! 4/13/61'
Exqminqon requested: DOCUIIIQHT. Dute received: 4/19/61
Result oi Examination:
z»*>1>»w
AP/924,96! ~
192 »
Specimens submitted for examination
K12 Three ah t fea s o paper and leaflet bearing known typewriter
inpretsions from Royal electric upright typewriter, -Serial
No. RECE13-6764357
nnruau avzoaucs
5321Examination yz 13 3' --
7"
Beam! '
r|>n: sr.-51! H
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
"""" ' °'fos mosms [ "1:/13/61 I """'§"!'1l'l':7h/61mm or cu: i um mu rr U mu Inl bi-" LI I I cm
35539317 cummcnza or casa *
_§ .'92_.
STEVE - VICTIM EXNRTION V 4
__ 7 f7gg '1he title is being "changed" to add alien Mi b~;,;/
_____REFBREN<=E= Report or $A @te¢ 2/16/61 L1»--:, I at Los Ange es.
- p _ '
ADMINISTRATIVE:
Considerable correspondence has been had with theBu-eau and other offices and no attenpt is being made to
list all referenced letters.
me Laboratory advised that in connection with the
_v lmovm handwriting and hand rintin f LE E M I , v SJ 2-:
nothing of parcuiar significance was noted that suggests
V the desirability oi obtaining additional known specimens forre cvmnarivw 'K~4:"',:|i#i:%.i_- . .
l Q-waved Bade? 11". L Do ad with h Ipcsuo hint *
5 a - I" i "sh-mu. Pub X; EH: My -3 [ 5 I6? *w;,.3Yg%"> " ' 19"--*"- , s es -- -"-11 - Los Angeles 9-2ll98! APR 20 1951 ». Deleted Cnpy Sont______ 5 ______,
b to -I _ - yhet r!>~==¢ ' ' _' Per FOIPA Request :5? I
"92 so n27~1ss1 %<.=§§§a .92_
"'73!-I'hhnpu|1llkvcaedt:1vuh1lhoI'II.adlsllho:lIncI isms:-ssmuaalmauuvin-QQ~%§Qvinu_¢aQu.I.oovI|umn|'rlInm'nnooIrlcl||0¢e 0lAl7I6 ' 92~ '
LA 9-2498
LEADS
IDS ANGELBS
-' '._i92.f892 Pm CAI-IF.: I111 contact:
0 e ~- ~@- = @.-.-. me -~--
92>"-"? o. an a and and$1 and will exhibit 0 them at wfte bond_two ring
note oo paper with the Jewel watermark and ascertain from
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AT LOS_ANGELE§ CALI_F.: 1. I111 report the resultsor the Laboratory exanina'Tions of the various materials
submitted in this case.
2. N111, after the rem lts are obtained from the
i Western Tablet and Stationery Co., compare their outlets with
those of the U. S. Envelope Co. and the California Paper
Products Co. to determine if any one outlet handles the one
piece or stationery and the two known envelopes.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUsTlcE
FEDERAL aunzau or- INVESTIGATION
c°PY'° l - USA, Les Angeles
'°°" °'= =1: H ° ° nos moms caxnomrnDale: "13 1
Fhld Ofllce File No.1 9_ Bvrwu le No.: 9-
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s"'°""" es letter addressed to
dated 1/19/61, and signs
prepared on same typewriter as previous let rs.
a ent fingerprints and one latent palm rint develo edofi |I I In er no prepareen Rell typewriter of ne- 92~ - = 92- = . = - 1 1i.IIiI.T=1= T0 I: I-'
Laboratory also advises
no¬Fing noted_1n comparison o paper speeimensobtained from
Coast Federal Savings, Dos Angeles; that handuriti and handprinting on questioned items not prepared by
that it could not be definitely detemined i ques io
!_:||_|q Q; ;|I; ;|I 0 Q q; o92;e.'92;u u 1 I; Q, ;Z§11'i ldue tocomparable hand printing and handwri .
Hollywood, Ca1if., member or
enies any knowledg . Typewritten lettera ¬0§60: addressed to and signeLee Anselee,typewriter as ALLEN letters. .
:denies any knowledge of_1et_ters. iaboratory advises
questioned items not prepared on Royal typewriter in possession
of fo = -- .; L2." to 1; e ,1,-J stationery and
e1W91°Pes- 81113. stated has
never written any e srs Ir-I:w=92'|:~I;92nn:m1; ; MINN13 KIRSCH,
Van Nuys, Calif., advised visited officebuildin of victim about months ago, I
and had not written any letters to victim.states did not write victim any letters.
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DETAILS:uwnUu n92l92berreeom|n¬nGlthnsnermnd92I!snsd¢bel"B!. Itl|thenmn8t7o!theFBlemdblas.sodtoWl92IllIl92=!:l92l4luuntmhannnwhdlwihmdodddenwmnq.b-"C
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On Feb u 1 1 e
t
a orn
19 Q, by SASat which time he adV1sed_he_;§ egglgyrd!'1-" T IQJ U CaliforniaAt ¬hat Elme he advised'he has been very out-spoken
against Communism and indicated a familiarity with the
John Birch Society and advised thatle had friends in
that society. The Laboratory wa ed to com parethe typewriting on a letter fromj:;ETwith
the typewriting on the questione tems.
On February 9, 1961, the FBI Laboratory
s fgpni§hed with various handwriting specimens ofIn I On Marchi, 1952advised SAs| AL P that he oined the Communist Part in n the
under the name of also that he
On February 9, 1960, the Laboratory was also
requested to compare various handwriting and typewritingr"c °¥J I |FEEEf:EfEi"""""""1 53 Hollywood , California.
On February 10, 1961, the Laboratory was
furnished with various handwriting and typewriting t
specimens of LESLIE M. ABERCROMBIE, who on August 10,
1955, advised the San Diego office that he was the chairman and
organizer of the "Anti-Communist Association, Group
Number 2", Los Angeles. Cal1f°ria-
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By letter dated February 27, 1961, the FBI
Laboratory advised as follows:
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"Q 28 Enve1ope'postmarked Les Angeles,
zzs Angeies 53, CaIITT" '
"Q 29 Accompanying four-pa e t ewri tenletter dated 1/19/61, addressed to |
beginning If ever a great country... an en ng
on fourth page ... reason to be happy.
K 2 Three sheets of paper bearing
known typewriter samples from a Royal upright
typewriter serial number KM 375229h
"K 3 Letter dI ated 11/ M letter
dated R/3/55, both addressed to
and letter dated 10/15/59, all bear ng e
known handwriting of LESLIE M. AEERCROMBIE
"K 4 Postal card and letter dated
ll/23/53, bearing the purported known typewriting
Of LESLIE M. ABERCROMBIE
"K 5 Five sheets of paper used by the
Coast Federal Savings, Los Angeles, California
k 6 Letter dated 10/7/60, bearing
the known handwriting and hand printing of
l:l
"K 7 Letter dated 4/24/55, addressed
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'F.B.I.' letter dated l/21450, addressedto Letters L.A Times al bearing the known
handwriting off: |
"K B Handwritten letters dated
1/16/I49 1/22/1:9, 9/21+/1:9, 10/22/49.ng the known handwriting of
"K 9 ewritten letters datedI _ 9 bearing the typewriting~ o
"Reguest comparison of letter datedllfE?f6O, written to the Director signed[:::::]with questioned material in instant case
"Result of examination:
"It was concluded the typewriting
on specimens Q 28 and Q 29 was prepared on the
typewriter used to prepare specimens Q 23
through Q 25 and specimens previously identified
with those specimens. It was further concluded
the typewriting on specimens Q1 through Q 29
was not prepared on the writers used to prepare specimens
K2, K 4 and K 9 and the letter.
" " "The handwriting and hand printing
on specimens Q 28 and Q 29 was too limited to
determine definitely whether or not it was
prepared by the individual or individuals reponsible
for the previous handwriting and hand printing.
"It was concluded the paper and envelope
constituting specimens Q 28 and Q 29 are not
identical to any of the statiasry previously
used in connection with this case.
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"It was concluded the handwriting and
hand printing on specimens Q l through Q 29
were not prepared by the individual who prepared
specimen K 6. However, it could not definitely
be determined whether or not the questioned
material was prepared by the individuals
responsible for the handwriting and hand
rinting on specimens K 3, K 7, K 8 and the
amount of
1 comparable handwriting and hand printing
. available.
"Nothing of particular significance
was noted as a result of the comparison of
the questioned paper with specimens K 3 through
K 5 and K 7.
Specimen Q 28 is a white
which measures approximately 7.5 by
and bears no watermark. Specimen Qbond avelope
3.9 inches
29 consists
of four sheets of laid white social correspondence
type paper which measure approximately 5.8 by
7.8 inches and bear no watermark."
The Latent Fingerprint Section of the FBI Identification
Division, advised that in connection with Q-28 and Q-29, two
latent fingerprints and one latent patm print of value were
developed on the envelope Q-28.
The Identification Division also advised that latent
fingerprits developed on Q-28 andid previously developed latent
fingerprints in this case, were compared with the fingerprints
of the following and are not identical:
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The Identification Division also advised that
inasmuch as there were no palm prints for those individuals,
no such comparison could be made.
The Identification Division further advised that
the latents developed on Q-28 were compared insofar as possible
with comparable areas of latents previously developed in this
case and are not identical.
E u sea tmtlil
of the Los Angeles, California,
had at acked'F1m in ls writings for speeches by accusing
him of being a Communist because of his viewpoint on the deathpenalty and his connection withl"SANE" and hisNsupport ofSANE s aims o pre en in a nuc ear war. ALLE said he didnot believe that[:f::f::iwould write a threatening letter to
him but felt the writer of the letter was a person of his
professional background.
'~ |:and other material received from him were submitted
h'}"Cto the Laboratory for comparison.
The Laboratory report No. 13362067130 dated March 23,
1961, advised as follows:
K10 Four letters, photocopy of letter, form letter, copy
of speech and envelope all bearing typewrit eon typewriters belonging to or available to
Result of examination:
It was concluded the questioned typewriting on
the specimens previously received in connection with this
case was not prepared on any of the typewriters used in
the preparation of specimen K10. '
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I I Hollywood,California, was advised that It was desired to interview her
br concerning an extortion letter addressed to STEVE ALLEN at
which time she was advised that she did not have to discuss
the matter with the Agent, that anything she said could be
used against her in a court of law, and that she had a right
to counsel.
_:92. ='¢ she = = 0-.=-. " :00 hatLC | 1 'a11 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII _; =1 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII for
L dvised that she am not lmow srsvsALLEN, that s e has never met him, that she has never
written any letters to him and does not know anyone who has.
She stated she wanted to hear ALLEN speak, but
has never gotten around to it. She said she had written a
letter to the Hollywood for SANE, criticizing their stand on
nuclear warfare, but had never mailed the letter. She
volunteered to show this letter to the Agent, but after search
stated that she was unable to locate it.
I stated she was a member of the[:;:¥]| land was opposed to STEVE ALLEN and also s a ed
aa er riends are o sed to STEVE ALLEN. She statedso-.<; that "they" mm that s probably
communist rather than STEVE ALLEN, and think that STEVE ALIEN
is bein du ed b th g p y aked if by they she
meant members of the she stated that she
was referring to her r e s.
WC stated that she would not write such
letters an a s e ows her husband would not write any
letters, because her husband is very much opposed to such a
direct approach. » '
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by _____SA| /8111 bi-=11 ion. dictated - 51
Thls documcnl conlolnl neither recommendations nor conclusions ol the FD]. ll ll the properly of the FBI and ls loaned loyuug qq4,n¢y; |,92 qnd Q ¢ 92n92qg|'92925 use ncl 92o be dlalr£bu92c<l outside your oqency
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tated that she has a
urse in
u a s e
wr e sue lettezandcertainly would be able to type s lot of lengthytypewritten letters to STEVE ALLEN.
tated that she has an old typewriterapproxima e y -yea old, and exhibited an UnderwoodUniversal Yortable typewriter in a case.
The various names with which d fe tersto STEVE ALIEN were signed were read to dshe sta t nothing o e , er thanthat o ho estated t a e eve hat asinterested in such matters and that he wou no wr e sucha letter.
dvised that most of the names mentionedin the v ous etters addres ALLEN, such as 'noms: scmsy ROBERT RYAN, an meant n to
= en asses aend was in a class
A d she doubted that
even know her. She said sh
being used by the communists.
that she has heard of Doctor LINU8that she and her friends think that he is close to being
a communist, but have no proof of it.
stated that she has no idea whomi t have wr en su letters to S gh TKVE ALIEN. Shestated that she, herself, has written letters to newspapers,organizations, and politicians concerning current issues.
also advised that she does not knowanyone w o m mentioned or suggested writing letters
to STEVE ALLEN.
She said she believed that sometime b an attorney in Los Angeles, telephonew en EVE ALLEN was appointed to the board or rus ee -for some college suggested writing to the authorities atthe University of California at Berkeley, Cslitomis,_ i icizingthe appointment. She states she did not believe tmever suggested that anyone write directly to STEVE A .
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L | Beverly HTT1s, CaIifcrnia, orwar ed
0 the Los Angeles e velope and I t 0 4' ' j at the
The envelope is postmarked Los Angeles la,
California, December 30, 1960, p.m. and is
typewritten as follows:
h7C
Los Angeles Hollywood!,
California
"PRIVATE"
The letter, which is also typewritten, consists of
two pages and reads as follows:
"December 30, 1960
Q L. 1 92._
Los Angeles Hollywood!,
California
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"After witnessing the way you're
running around the country disgorging propaganda
and inculcation for the Hollywood for S.A.N.E.,
which is a proven Communist Front, and after
seeing your caress yourself with such nefarious
fellow travelers as Qgpe ghagya e Allen,
Robert
Ryan, |ect. and ect., I would like
to say is:
bjc "You, my dear[;:;::::]have a queasy
; smell of left-wingism an ommunist treason
and treachery that One could possibly conceive.
It's extremely arduous to tell exactly who you
think you're beguiling and deceiving with
your phoney, pseudo-tactics with S.A.N.E., as
well as all of your other Communist activities,
such as supporting Stevenson for President,
ect., but I assure you that you're fooling
nobody.
"If you venerate and adore Communism
and the Communist way of life so much, why
do you stay in this country? why don't-you
go to Russia and live? Certainly, nobody
here will stop you, and, in fact, there's
plenty of people who would be Jocund to see
you go. Why don't you?
"Where in the name of God do you
think you have the human right to attempt to
work for the overthrow of this country? who
in God's name do you think you are?
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"Where do you get the right to decide
for 180 million people how they should live?
Where do Communist bastards and pigs like »
you and Steve Allen et the sauoiness and theeffrontery to tell 130 million Americans that
Russia should overthrow this nation? That's
what you're actually doing by working for
a vicious, deleterious Communist Front like
S.A.N.E.
"Go back to Russia. You itinerantly
go to Khrushchevland. You Just recently went
there. why don't you stay there permanently?
You're perfectly willing to work for the
Communist cause in this nation, which is the
overthrow of the United States, so why don't
you go and live under Communism for the rest
of your days?
"Let me tell you something, my dearE:::::] even though you'll call it silly"
or trite" or antiAmerican whims, but when
I see an ugly, puny, wretched Comunist
bastard like yourself, working for the
overthrow of this country, I get mad, real
mad. Call it silly, but I get mad for a
guy named Lincoln, and I get mad for a guy
named Washington, and I get mad for a guy named
Jackson, and I get mad for a guy named Jefferso
"When I see a nogood, rotten, lying,
sinister, perfidious piece of Communist trash
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and like yourself, going around the U.8.A.,
to spew your Americanism but then work for the
Communist criminal conspiracy, I get real,
real mad.
"S0 mad, in fact, that I'm going
to see to it personally that you're not going
to receive impunity anymore. So far, of course,
you've received an incredulous amount of
exoneration for your vaious treasnnable actions
and displays.
"If you continue with your Communist
activities, there's going to be serious action
taken. Laugh it off if you wish, but Communist
pigs and damned sons of biches like yourself
have to be stopped.
"You rotten piece of ugly Communist
bastard meat. Go to Russia now before somebody
walks up to you with a gun and ends your short
Communist career.
"To repeat, you can call this "a _
Joke" or a "crackpot letter" if you so desire,
but I embolden you once again that this person
is quite serious, and that this writer is
fed up to his belly with seeing rotten
Communists like yourself running around the
country puking propaganda for some two-bit
fellow traveler front.
"Once again I say politely, if you
revere the Red way of life so much, so much
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that you're willing to work for the overthrow
of this nation, then go to Russia and live
there for the rest of your ugly days. Nobody's
forcing you to stay here and, certainly,
nobody wants you to stay here, and most certainly
nobody cares a damn whether you live or die.
Go to Russia and to your beloved
Khrushchev you filthy, sordid Commie pig.
"Regards- and you know what kind!,
UTC
s Ange es, ca ornia"
B letter dated March 13, 1961, the FBI Laboratory,
under Laboratory Report number D-360656DG, advised as
follows:
"Specimens received 2/27/61
nQ3O
me and address£ [g |Los A gelesHollywood! California and postmarked QLos
Angeles lb Calif. Dec 30 1960 __PH'
"Q31 Accompanying two-paggetypewritten|_ letter beginning on the first page cemberL-"'1 3o, 1960 My dear: After witnessing
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the way... and ending on the second page
'... filthy, sordid Commie Pi?C and ou know what kind!,£:;;:::::fifff::::]
Los Angeles, a orn a
"Result of examination:
"It was concluded the typewriting on
specimen Q30 and Q31 was prepared on the
typewriter used to prepare specimens Q28 and
Q29, and the specimens previously identified
with those specimens.
'The envelope, specimen Q30, wasfound to be similar to specimens Q1 and Q14,
previously received. The paper comprising
specimen Q31 is not identical to any of the
paper previously received in connection with
this case."
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March 28, 1961Date
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Angeles, California, teiephonel |wa.s nterviewed
at his residence:
He was advised that he did not have to talk
to agents, that anything he told agents had tote
voluntary, that anything he said could be used against
him in a court of law, that no threats nor promises
would be made and that he had a right to consult an
attorney if he so desired.
stated that he has resided at his
current a ress for the ast six years and that he
is self employed as = workin fro Q = =.= dence.
-" =,=_=I |= 0' .=3 ~,.0. =.
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He stated that he is 5'17", 125 pounds has
~ ac e hair brown eyes, dark com lexion,
I Iand is married to| |agewho is employed as a| I He stated tha e
has three children, namely .-..;=
o resides -.a son, ag 2I1IiIiIil'5='iIl'~EI=-?92iIi@Y=Ia1iTi
who is a student at the
and a son, age Fho residesa orne an s also a stue .
advised that he does not t eh_|,:,. t e i no send any letter addressed tog
He also stated that he had no knowledy o any _
ea ening letters having been sent to STEVE ALLEN.
He stated that he has seen STEVE ALLEN on television
but that he has never written to him.
was questioned concerning the |92various names w w ch letters addressed to STEVE
ALLEN had been signed and he advised that these names
did not mean anything to him. _
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SAs| | ms by I EVE Date dictated 3/2 /61
Thle docunum contains ll ,1ya" aqency; n and U cgzhml; l;I0:o::0}r; zzlZr::&r :::z]:;l;:syfuhtqfnzt In In the prove"! cl the FBI and ls loaned to
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I He was also questioned as to whet ' names
R ' YAN DORE SCHARY,
an meant anything o ande sta e .at they di no .
scared that he am not knowwhy anyone wou s gn his name to such a letter andstated that the only place he could see where an individualwould obtain his name would be from the telephone directorywhich lists his name and address as it appears on theletter. He stated that he did no to any clubsor organizations other than the which hest ted i a oci club. st e s ever a s s al He a
attended any meetings of the club and is not acquainted
with the members.
that either of them had studied typing at school. Hestated that he did not think that either or his sonswould be capable of composing a letter s ilar to thoseaddressed to srsvs ALLEN and the one ab
tated that he has two typewriters,a very ol upr g C. Smith and Brothers typewriter, anda portable Royal typewriter which he purchased ten oreleven years ago for his daughter. He stated that whenshe married she left this typewriter at home and histwo sons occasionally use the typewriter.
stated that he had no objectionto the t ' ng riter specimens from the Royal. typewriter which was determined to have serial numberAl967l90. Four h t f t iti eo s ee s o ypewr n weretaken from this typewriter b SAin the presence of-an s soned that both his sons type¢ some but e n go typists and that he did not believe
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'.><_: stated no idea who
may have sent the letters to nd STEVE ALLEN.
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om _21anc.h_Z8..__l3_51i
bYC L1 Les Angeles,was interv ewed a5 his residence.
He was advised that he did not have to talk
to agents, that any information he furnished had to be
voluntary and could be used against him in a court of
law. He was advised that no threatsnum promises would
be made to him and that he had a right to consult
an attorney if he so desired.
h s ea a
lvc student at on
| |and is in grade He stated that he has
no studied typing but can type some, having been
taught by his sister. He stated that he frequently
uses the Royal typewriter to type school work.
After examining the letter addI'¬:,SGd togstatc-d that he knew nothing concernirw ther sending of this letter and that he definitely did not?7 write the letter. He stated that he did not know
who migh' sent the letter and that he knows hisbrother,t::Eff]would not be capable of typing up a letter
or even composing such a letter.
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SA eb -' Cb, SA 7 J L11 0.. dictated _3,[z1A,£5l_____
This document contains neither racommandullcnu no: conclusions ol the FBI. ll ls the p!°P61 of the FBI and lo loaned loYour uqency; ll and its contents are no! lo be dlutrlbuled outside your cqeney
The followi investigation was conducted by
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The Laboratory, by Laboratory Report No. D 36030hh DG
dated March 30, 1961, advised as follows:
K11 Four sheets of typewriting specimens pregared on a portable
t e riter with serial number A l9 7190, property of
Result of examination:
It was concluded that the questioned typewriting on
the specimens previously recdwed in connection with this
case was not prepared on the typewriter used to prepare
specimen K11.
An article in the January 28, 1961, issue of the
"People's World" newspaper reflects that JOHN HARRISON FARMER
on January 18, 1961, on the University of California campus at
Berkeley, California, attempted to murder Professor THOMAS F.
PARKINSON, described as a~ critic of the House Committee on
UnAmerican Activities and actually did kill a student, STEPHEN
M. THOMAS. The article stated that FARMER left a typed note
stating "Death to every friend of communism."
AT OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
Unsuccz; 1961, to contatfé i |at their home,
AT ssnxsgsy, CALIFOHQIA v
On March 23, 1961A - |University
of California Police Department, adV1sed'¬hat he had
investigate th m f student STEPHEN M. THOMAS. _Hestated that last gggyn to be iesiding with
bYC her mother, Berkely,
California. It oted'¬hat Ehe current reverse directory
does not list t that address.
iv case reflected tgagi I
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lclt byTff§E§Eiwritten on this typewriter and additional
sam les were av 1
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, y Luif | both PARKINSON
; andL_________________Jreceived some local publicit bee use f y a 0
their criticism of the Un-American A s Committee andother matte . Q£Q- l
ac .nnse to1d| |that he was a direct
and not a letter writer. He denied that he had
written letters to other Communists. _
further advised that the tygewriter
used by was a oya upright, serial No. KMM37735 7
rented by from the Oakland Adding Machine and Typewriter
Comp n 1200 Frangligl Qgklgpdb Calif . He advised
- conf so same day. Re stated'that he original noten w _
. p _ r_92 'He advised thati |His investigation
ref1ected_That the only typewriter usedby was the Royal
upright described above.
AT QAKEAND, CALIFORNIA
On March 23, l961,| the Oakland
Adding Machine and Typewriter Company, 1200 Franklin etreet,
advised thatzrented Royal upright typewriter KMM
1; 37735h7 on 16, 1960, and paid one month rent. He
advised that _ d never before rented a typewriter, from
the company. advised that this typewriter had Elite
type, as opposed to Pica, and had 12 letters to the inch as
opposed to 10 in the questioned letters.
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The following investigation was conducted by SA:t Dayton, Ohio.
I Iwestern Tablet and
Stationery Corporation, §Elman ng, Dayton, Ohio,
advised on March 1, 1961, that all records pertaining to
b,v their company's products shipped to Los Angeles are~ maintained
at the St. Joseph, Missouri, plant of the company. He
~ advised the company would cooperate completely in making
gegessggy gecorqs availablg_gnd su ested contact withgg1of ohe Western Tablet
and Stationery Plant, St. Joseph.
The following investigation was conducted by the
Kansas City, Division:
I Western Tablet and Stationery Company,
St. Joseph, ssouri, a vised he would estimate his firm
sells about £0,000,000 envelopes in the Los Angeles area each
year and that between 750,000 and 1,000,000 of them are
envelopes 6.25 x 4.30, white in color similar to envelope
referred to in Los Angeles letter to Cincinnati dated
February 16, 1961.
They advised they have about 39 customers in the
Los Angeles area who purchase supplies from them and that
these customers are mostly of a wholesale type, who in turn
sell the product through outlets in: the Los Angeles area.
I:Ie1:ecea the white bond, two ring notebook
paper with the Jewel" watermark is distributed nationally,
however the id th t.,.,
a ornia, and - I
would know what customers handled'the notebook paper.
"3 [:::::1said the largest single market for two ring
notebook paper s in Texas, but said paper sold in Texas
for the most part has a blue edge, which is sprayed on the
edge of the batch of paper at the time it is gathered.
that original sheet be
eii exhibited to and that either he orI Iwould possibly be able to identify possible sources
n e s Angeles or San Diego area.
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l- in Los Angeles. They said they believed some two rin t esold in the San Diego area and stated
of thei oc son a en
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SA of the Boston Division:
O ch 7, 19611 l
Rising Paper Company, Housatonic, Massachusett
a v se a e only two outlets ar the company's white bond
paper bearing the watermark "Rising Parchment 100% Rag, USA"
in the California area are the Neumann Paper Company, San
Francisco, California, and the California Paper Products,
Los Angeles, California.
g investigation was conducted by
SA on the dates indicated:
On March 28, l96l,l |Californiagywj ~Paper Co 1 Tract on §treet, Ios Angeles, Calirnia,
telephone advised that his corporation is the
only officia ou .e for the Rising Paper Company in the
Los Angeles area. He stated that the only other possible
source of the Rising Parchment 100% Hag paper would be the
Regency-Thermographers, 13212 Saticoy, North Hollywood,
California, which is a branch or a New York company and which
recentlywopened. He stated he believed that their New York
company handles this paper and that the North Hollywood branch
might possibly bootleg it in from the New York company.
stated that the piece of Rising Parchment
100% Rag used in this case was what they refer to as a
monarch or executive size piece of personal stationery,
seven and one quarter by ten and one half inches. He stated
the lOO¢ Rag paper is expensive paper, costing about $1.00
a pound and that because of the cost, it is not used very
extensively. He stated that most of such paper is usually
engraved and would be used by executives desiring prestige
or lawyers or other business firms desiring a high degree of
pennanency in their records. He stated that the paper is
generally received in sheets of 22 inches by 3U inches and
that it will be cut down to the desired size. He stated that
seven and one quarter by ten and one half inches is not a
stock size and will usually be cut down by the printer or
engraver. He stated that in 1960 the company sold approximatel
H,0OO sheets of 22 by 3% inches and that the firm purchasing
the paper would probably cut that down into eight individual
sheets.
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|:|r=<1wtr s a e a rom April, 1960, to October,
1960, the following sales were made:
On May 23, 1960, the Coffey Engraving Company, 312M
Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, purchased 380 sheets, 17 inches
by 22 inches, along with 1,000 envelopes.
On August 26, 1960, Tower Lee Company, Q17 wall,
Los Angeles, purchased 60 sheets, 22 inches by 34 inches.
On October ll, 1960, the Axworthy Printing Company,
931 East Pico, Los Angeles, purchased 5,000 sheets, eight andone half inches by ll inches, along with some other Rising
products.
On April T, 1960, the Allen Corporate Supply, 502k
Melrose, Los Angeles, purchased 2,000 sheets, eight and one
half nches by 11 inches, with three holes punched on the side.- stated that on August 25, 1960, this company
purchased 1,000 sheets, eight and one half by 11 inches,requesting that three g/3 inches holes be punched on the side
and on September 1, 19 0, purchased an additional 3,000 sheets.eight and one half by ll inches with three holes punched on '
mesme.
On April 8, 1960, the Axworthy Printing Company,
purchased 5,000 sheets, eight and one half inches by 11 inches,
d A i1 lb, 1960, purchased an additional 9,000 sheets.hYC EE:ff::Eistated the records reflected that they purchased
5,000 sheets, eight and one half inches by 11 inches, on
May 19, 1960, on August 3, 1960, on August ll, 1960, on
August 30, 1960, and on September 30, 1960, pnPChaS¬d 9,500
sheets. He stated that in connection with some of these orders,
the Axworthy Printing Company also purchased other Risinq
Company products. .
On August 12, 1960, the Albert E. Coffey Company,
3124 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, received 500 sheets,
eight and one half inches by 11 inches, along with 1,000
envelopes, for engraving, which purchases were actually for
Carl and Irving, P. 0. Box 627, Tularc, California.
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On September 2, 1960, the Carl-Francis Press, 7828
Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, purchased 1,000 sheets,
eight and one half inches by ll inches, along with matching
envelopes, and other products.
stated that although a printer or engravinp
company may receive eight and one half by ll inch sheets,
they may cut them down to seven and a quarter'by ten and one
half inches, if so requested by their customer.
E::::::;:1stated that the variety of stationery
and envelopes use n writing the various questioned items
would indicate that the writer has access to a supply of
paper which might only be found in a printing company. He
stated that his company, the Califonwia Paper Corporation,
did not handle all of the items used in this case and actually
only handle a very small number of them.
On March 28, 1961, HERMAN ALLEN, age 81, advisedthat he is the owner of the Allen Corporation Supply Company,
502h west Melrose Street, Los Angeles, telephone H0 H-394M.
He stated that he has three employees in his shop. He advised
that the only customer he has ever hadibr Rising Parchment
100% Rag paper is the finn of Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin and
Berkowitz, 270 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, California,
attorneys at law. He stated that this law firm organizes a lot
of corporations and that they also represent some film
corporations and they purchase eight and one half by ll inch
three hole paper for the minute books of the various
corporations they represent. He stated that they are a very
reputable outfit and that he has been doing business with
them since 1955. He stated that this law Finn buys other
paper from him but does not buy any legal size paper or '
onionskin paper. He stated that his company does not handle
the wide variety of paper used in this case and that he does
not purchase any products from the Western Tablet and
Stationery Company or the U. S. Envelope Company. He stated
that he has a new Royal Administrator portable typewriter,
ten letters to the inch, but an examination of the numerals
indicated that they were different than those contained on
the questioned items. He stated that he formerly had another
portable typewriter, make unknown, which he inadvertently left
on the sidewalk near his car and was stolen about six months
ago after which he purchased his present typewriter.
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on March 28, 1961, |:_I Carl-Francis
Press, 7893 Qanta Monica Bouleva ia, _<_ <4 0', ° ",telephone 0L H-5858, advised thati iHe sta.edthat the only sale of Rising Parchment 105% Rag Laper that
he has made in years was a special order which he sold on
September 30, 1960, to Black Gold Productions, Inc., 190§p:§h Cgngn Qggvg, Beverly Hitls, California. He stated thatat Black Cold, ordered 500
etterheads, eigt and one ha f by ll inches, and 500 matching
envelopes. He stated that he may have included 25 to 50
blank sheets for second pages of letters and that helps on
his shelves about 2,000 sheets of the Rising Parchment 1005
Rag. He exhibited the remaining stock he has which was
1, , determined to be blank sheets, eight and one half by ll inches
'" He stated that he recently purchased a Royal upright electrictypewriter with carbon tape, Serial No. RECEl3-675M357. He
stated that this typewriter has not been used very much and
he voluntarily Furnished, after being warned of his rights,
two typewritten specimens and a printed leaflet whmzh he
stated contained printing prepared on the typewriter. He
also furnished an engraved letterhead of the Black Gold
Productions, Inc. on Rising Parchment 100% Rag. Specimens
of the typewriter were also typed on this piece of Rising
Parchment. stated that he did not write any
letters to STEVE ALLEN and stated further that he did not
92 believe that anyone having access to eight and one half inch
by 11 inch blank sheets would go to the trouble of cutting
them down to seven and one u te b ten and one half inchesbefore typing the letter. EtfE:iE:fstated that while he
had a wide variety of stationery on hand, he did not have
all of the stationery or envelopes used in connection with
this case.
b»,=;; On March 28, 1961,|_s . |TowerLee Company, Inc., 417 outh Wall Street, Los Angeles,
California, telephone MA U-8M37, advised that a 22 inch by
3M inch sheet of paper will cut down into nine sheets of
monarch size, seven and one quarter by ten and one half
inches, or eight sheets of legal size, eight and one half
by ll inches. He stated that the 60 sheets of 22 by 3Q inch
paper they received from California Paper Corporation were
cut down into monarch size, seven and one quarter by ten and
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one half inches, for customers. He stated that on August 26,
1960, the company sold 500 engraved letterheads, monarch
size, to the Day and Night Manufacturing Company, P. O. Box
222 C h h er wasfori iand thatthey sent the paper to Kllen and_U3hn for engraving with thename of the company He stated that the Day and
Night Manufacturing ompany s a reputable outfit which makes
the Payne Furnace and that his company has done business with
them for 15 years." He stated that he did not believe that
any blank second sheets had been sent with that order.
:a1so stated that on December 30, 1959,
the sold '00 engraved letterheads monar z , ch si e, to theSpectrol Electronics Corporation and these sheets
we eqcqgyed with the_ggme qf e company as well as the nameof? E P. 0. Box 2222, La Puente,
California. He stated these sheets were engraved by Allen
and John Company and that he did not believe that any blank
second sheets had been sent with the order. He said that
in connection with these two orders, the letterhead could
not be cut off the paper without reducing the size of the
paper considerably below that of seven and one quarter by
ten and one half inches. He stated that his company has done.
business with the Spectrol Electronics Corporation for the
past few months but he believes they are a reputable concern
and noted that the president has the same address as the
president of the Day and Night Manufacturing Company. He
stated that both of these customers purchase other paper from
the TbwerLee Company. He stated that the wide variety of
stationery and envelopes used in preparing the extortion
letters, did not suggest any possible one source for the
material.
On March 29, 1961,La c_lAllenand John, Inc., 303 East Four 1 Street, Los Angeles, a ifornia,
advised that most of their business is engraving on high
class stationery. He stated that 90 per cent of the paper
they handle is sent in by particular concerns for engraving.
He stated that they did several orders for the Tower-Lee
Company but that thaonly paper they would have on hand would
be possibly a few samples of the letterhead they prepared for
the Tower-Lee Company. He stated that his company does not
handle the wide variety of paper used in this case and stated
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that they specifically do not use any ruled paper or any
punched paper. He stated that he has a number of employees
but that none of them would have access at work to such a
variety of paper nor did he think that any of them would
have sufficient intelligence to prepare such letters. He
stated that the wide variety of paper used, suggested a
printing company as one source that might have such a variety,
or a wholesale paper outfit such as Blake, Moffit and
Towne or Zellerbach.
On March 2g, 1961,]
ert E92 |Klb . Cofiey Company, 3123 Riverside L1
r ve, s ge es, both advised that they nonmally buy
17 inch by 22 inch sheets of paper and cut it down to eight
and one half by 11 inch size or seven and one quarter by ten
nd one half inch size, commonly known as monarch size.Estated that they purchased paper from the California
Paper Corporation and bought eight and one half by 11 inch
sheets of Rising Parchment 100% Rag'which were not cut down
any smaller. He stated that on August 19, 1960, Carl and
Irving Printers, 161 North "N" Street, Tulare, a,
alifornia. He stated that these ietterheads were
eig t and one half by ll inch size and that probably no blank
second sheets were included in the order. He stated that
1,000 envelopes were also included in the order.
further advised that they purchased 380
sheets of 17 by 22 inch paper from California Paper Corporation
about June 1, 1960, for Cole-Holmquist, Inc., 1228 South
Flower, Los Angeles, California. He stated that this paper
was made up into 1,000 engraved letterheads, eighalf by 11 inch sige, with the letterhead being|- i
|Los Angells13, Ca1ifon1a,| | He stated that this order
included 500 blank second sheets as well as 1,000 engraved
envelopes.
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stated that it was possible that the
blank second sheets might be cut down to seven and one
quarter by ten and one half inches but that he could not
visualize taking the trouble to do so.
Ho also stated that the pink and yellow bond paper
utilized, suggested a place printing duplicate order
fonns. He said that the size and variety of paper utilized
suggested to him a small printing shop rather than an
engraving or paper company. He stated that the Parker
Company, Fourth and Winston Street, does a lot of work for
lawyers and that theiuart Cooper Company, 2201 Compton,
East Los Angeles, handles a lot of office supplies for
lawyers. He stated that the Industrial Paper Stock, 900
Mateo Street, Los Angeles, telephone MAdison 6-3173» Picks
up scrap paper from many engraving and printing companies
and might possibly accumulate the variety of paper
utilized in this case.
On March 29, 1961, lE:::::::] Axworthy Printing Company, 931 East Pico, Ins Angcles,
telephone RI 7-7553, advised that their company is probably
the biggest purchaser of Rising Parchment 100% Rag paper
from the California Paper Products. He stated that this
type of paper is sold to four reputable outfits. He stated
that the law firm of Loeb and Loeb, 710 Pacific Mutual
Building, Los Angeles, is their biggest customer for this
type of paper and that approximately everymonth they buy
2,500 engraved letterhcads and 1,000 blank second sheets,
all of which are eight and one half by ll inch size. lb
stated they also buy matching envelopes.
He stated that Coldwell,Banker and Company, Q00
wilshire Boulevard, Ins Angeles, buy printed eight and one
half by ll inch forms on Rising Parchment 100¢'Rag, which
forms could not possibly be cut down and used as stationery.
He stated that the law firm of Wallace and wullace, 60b
South Hill Street, Los Angeles, buy engraved eight and one
half by ll inch size letterheads but that he does not
recall whether they receive any blank second sheets. He
also stated that the stock hrokerage Finn of Stern, Frank,
Meyer and Fox in the Union Bank Bilding, Eighth and Hill,
also buy engraved eight and one half by 11 inch lcttcrhcads.
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Both J| Iwere una51e to recall any other customers o1
R sing Parchment 100% Rag nor the sale of any such paper
in seven and one quarter by ten and one half inch size.
stated that their company does not
handle any no e oo paper nor any paper from the western
Tablet and Stationery Company. He stated that the size and
variety of paper utilized, suggested a stationery store
as a possible source rather than a printing company. He
stated that one printing company that does a lot of work
for legal firms is Parker and Sons, located at 241 East
Fourth Street, Ins Angeles.
On March 29, 1961, |Parker and Company, printers, 251 East Fourth Street,
Los Angeles, advised that the company does not have the
variety of paper utilized in this case nor do they handle
any Rising Parchment 100% Rag paper. He stated that the
variety of paper utilized would eliminate most printing
companies and that he would suspect that the only possible
source of such a wide variety would be a wholesale stationery
warehouse rather than a retail store. He stated that such
a place could be the Stationery Corporation warehouse, 1300
Factory Place, Los Angeles; the Atlas Stationers warehouse,
36h south Anderson; the Southern California Stationers
warehouse, lH98 East Fourth Street, or the Schwabacher and
Frey Company at l2HO South Figueroa, Los Anceles hichconcern handles a lot of business forms. stated
that Parker and Company did not carry a wide variety of
paper in stock and did not maintain paper in small sizes
but would only stock it in the 17 by 22 inch or 34 by 22
inch size.
On April 3, l961,| - |Regency-
Thermographers, Inc., 13212 a coy . ree , or ollywood,
California, telephone STate 2-8243, advised that his company
does not handle Rising Parchment 100% Rag paper. He stated
that the variety of paper utilized could be odds and ends
in a printing shop or could come from a stationery store if
Rising Parchment 100$ Rag had ever been boxed as stationery.
He also pointed out that the one sheet used could have been
a sample sent to some printing company which had been lying
around on the shelves. He stated that his company prints
mostly on paper supplied by customers and that of the paper
utilized in this case, they only use Laid white and pink bond.
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He stated that the use of pink and yellow bond stationery
in this case could have been odd sheets used as markers in
connection with another order. He stated that in a large
order, printing companies will placc a different color
piece of paper in as a marker after every 500 sheets.
|icu_Am1i._m.§i.] |_U_§|Envelope Company, 2853 East 12th Street, Los Angeles,
advised that the six and one half by three and one half
white bond self-sealing envelope of the U. S. Envelope
Company used in this case contains on the inside, code
number 2360 which indicated the envelope had been
manufact i wEff:Ef:fEf]Los Angeles plant in the third quarterof 1960. stated that the six and one half by
three and one half inch window envelope utilized could
possibly have been made by the U. S. Envelope Company but
that they were unable to identify it inasmuch as the
company purchased a new punch press about one year ago.
[:::::::::]point d t th t th f and one e ou a e our
quarter by six and one quarter inch size envelope which
was utilized on several occasions in this case, is the
greeting card size envelope.
tated that the variety of envelopes
and stationery utilized did not suggest any particular
source with the possibility of stationery stores and printing
shops.
stated that there a e tr no a large
number of sales for the self-sealing envelopes with a
printed return address and that he would check the company
records and advise the identity of purchasers of this
particular item during the last quarter of 1960.
On April ii, l96l, made available a
list which reflected that during October, November, and
December, 19b0, two sales were made to Handy-Spot, 1515
North Alvarado, Los Angeles, five sales to Certified Grocers,
2601 South Eastern Avenue, Los Angeles, one sale to the
J & S Distributing Company, 711 East Rosecrans, and one
sale to the Steindler Paper Company, H554 Council, Ios Angelcs.
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stated that these four concerns are
jobbers and that he did not know how many different retail
outlets they might furnish the self-sealed envelopes to.
He stated that each sale would probably only amount to
several dozen envelopes. He stated that these Jobbers mig-l~t
be compared with the Ios Angeles jobbers who handle
stationery of the Western Tablet and Stationery Company to
see if any Jobber handles both types.
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Duh _i_i
I: .7 '1': wasadvised lhat he did no¬'have to make any statement, Lhat
any statement he did make could be used against him in a
court of law, and tht he had the right to an attorney.
said
orn a e sa
that he and his co-workers have been discussing the public
statements of STEVE ALLEN, with which they did not agree,
and that they had decided to picket him when ALLEN was
scheduled to give a talk at the Queen's Arms Restaurant
in the San Fernando Valley. He said that their picketing
was carried out in a peaceful manner, that the picketing
caused no interference with ALLEN's speech, nor had they
expected that it really would. He said that the purpose
.of the picketing was merely to show STEVE ALLEN that not
everyone agreed with him, and the wish to "give him a
little opposition".
d that he had also gone with his
father to picket ALLEN when he had appeared at a Lo eles
h s o , where ALLEN was to address a meeting.
it so happens he is a member of the
r of these picketingswas 0rganized_by ei iand that inabout two peop e a e recognized asi:ff::&jE::tffijmembers. He said that in his opinion, the persons
w o were picketing ALLEN were all individuals acting on
their own or in concert with a few other people who were
there to express their opposition to ALLEN's views.
aid that although he does not
agree with the views of STEVE ALLEN with regard to the
international situation and the SANE group, which ALLEN
is espousing, he nonetheless has a rightto speak as he sees fit and [£fii:f2:f:ff2§ertainly
would not threaten him or feel that he should be threatened
in any degree because of his views. He said that he hasl-. ": 1 ~
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never written a letter of any kind to STEVE ALLEN, nor
does he know of anyone else who has, beyond one individual
who wrote to ALLEN requesting some of the literature_f _'
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0 4 3 1 N I California F ,# Los Angeles 942U98 n or , . , -
i by SAE _-1 _- SCH, b_":::' _ Dale dictated 4/7 61 '
This document conlqlna nelthsr recommendations no: conclusions of the FBI. It ls the pIpO!lY of the FBI and Ls loaned loYour uqsncy; It and lls contents are nol le be dlalrlbutsd oulll-dc your uqsncy.
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LY-T.LA 9-2498
which ALLEN disseminates, in order to determine what
ALLEN's views were. .
l:|=a1dthth <1 H a e oes no ype, although
his wife does. He said that they own a typewriter and
displayed a "Chieftain II" model Tower Typewriter, which is
a type sold by Sears Roebuck Company.
following is a description o
as obtained through interview and observation:
Race White3°? [61 I b?C
Height
Weight 175 pounds
Hair Red
Eyes Blue
Complexion Fair
Arrests admitted
Education
Wife h?C
Children
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e f o ing investigation was conducted bySA| i
AT VAN NUYSL CALIFORNIA
On March 31, 1961, Mrs. MINNIE HIRSCH, 5752 Vesper
Avenue, who appears to be a bout O e rs of a e advisedBthat about five months ago, d gone to
the building in Sherman Oaks, California where STEVE ALEEN's
Off1C8 1 1 C d d S oca e . She sai that had gone th e"" in answer to an ad for employment, so appening t
Dwas turned down for the ob. Mrs. HIRSCH said she had waited in
the car while made the application, and she
recalls that w en came out of the building, she
mentioned that the office of STEVE ALLEN, the TV actor, was
located in that building.
It is t d th t t th ti f h no e a a e me o t e above interv ew
which was con oorway of her home,
was present was observed to be woman
__ approximately years o , was 5'5" tall, havin reddish-brown hair an a very freckled complexion. Whentlleft
the door for a b ee s E C c y
t t men ioned hat she
is sure she had never written any threatening letters to
STEVE ALLEN.
gfed returned to the oor she[::::::::::::::]
wanted to know what had been discussing
with the interviewing Agent. e u as made as
C to wh h ndicated
that n she dedred the|_A_gent to put it down that way . Mrs,_MIN'NIE nmscn indiglated
advised that she had been in the
building where STEVE ALLEN's office is located, in answer
,_ to a public ad and that after having been refused the Job,
'" as she walked down the hall she had seen STEVE ALLEN's name
on the door. She said she did not realize that television
actors had offices and so she had rsbuck her head in the door
to inquire if that was the office of STEVE ALLEN, the
television actor, and upon learning that it was, she had
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1 II Oh"mere sa , an to the car wherel:
was waiting. said she had neverII?wri en any letters to S ALL N at any t:Lme, but she
"would like to". When asked as to why she would like to
do so, she said because she liked him as well as many
other televisions actors. When inquiry was made of her
as to whether she could type, she stated that she could
and displayed at the door a Corona "silent" portable type
writer.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, O. O.
FBI, Los Anqeles 9-2498! May 12, 1961To:
Unsub, aka HARRY GOREN;
R" STEVE ALLEN
EXTORTION
Exuminuncn requnlK9d b
Helerence
Exumxnuuon r=q92w=l=d
Remarks
Enclosures !Data:
:
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REG 71 9-2'/924 ~33
I-Bl Fm No. D_366-'07 X
Lab. No.- VICTIM
Los Angola:
Letter 5/5/bly:
Document
Q10, Q11, K13, 2 Lab report!
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Los Angeles ° * May 12. 1951
rm File No. 9-37924
Unsub, aka HARRY GOREN; L ° D-366707 JG
STEVE ALLEN - VICTIM
EXTORTION
-Jp-_-x:i|m:n:s zccnlved
Resubmission of Q10 and Q11
K13 One sheet of white paper bearing watermark Rising Parchment
100%
Result of
come from
made with
watermarkRag USA"
examination:
It was concluded specimen Q11 and specimen K13 did not
the same package. The watermark in specimen Q11 was not
the same die as that used in making the impression of the
appearing in specimen K13.
There are insufficient characteristics left by the
cutter used in cutting specimens Q11 and K13 to determine whether
or not these specimens were trimmed by the same cutter.
It was not definitely determined whether or not speci-
men Qll was prepared on an electric typewriter but there is some
evidence to suggest that it possibly was not. Furthermore, the
only electric Royal typewriters originally equipped with thisstyle of type were the first Royal electric typewriters manufactured,
and they were manufactured in theearly part of 1950. In June, 1950,
the style of type used as standard equipment on the Royal electric
typewriters was changed so that it varies from the style used on
specimen Q11.
The evidence submitted is returned herewith. No photo-
graphs have been made.
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UNITED STATES G F.RNMF.NT
Memorandum
To - DIRECTOR, FBI 9-37924! DATE 5/5/61
SUBWCTI UNSUB, aka Harry Goren; h ' STEVE ALLEN - VICTIM ,
EXTORTION 70
OO:Los Angeles
There is enclosed herewith one piece of white ,.
paper, 7% x 10%", with the watermark "Rising Parchment _
100% Rag USA," which was obtained from the executive offices *
of the Day & Night Manufacturing Company, La Puente,California.
<{5 . There is also enclosed herewith Q10 and Q11, which
4'5.
92were previously examined by the Laboratory. Qll is a letter
written on Rising Parchment.
I
It is requested that Q11 and the enclosed piece
of Rising Parchment be compared to determine if they are the
same size, weight, thickness and cast and are identical in all
other respects. It is also requested that it be determined if
both pieces of paper were cut by the same cutting machine.
Compare the watermarks on both pieces of paper and detenmineif they are identical and were made by the same die. x
It is further requested that Qll be re-examined to
determine, if possible, whether the typewriting was prepared
on an electric typewriter. Several individuals have suggested
that because of the evenness of the touch, it was possibly ,._prepared on an electric typewriter. ¢;;¬;'¬;,
It is requested that any other logical investigation
be made whbh might be of assistance in the solution of this case.
Upon the conclusion of your examination, it is
requested that the results thereof and the enclosed material be
forwarded to the Los Anges Office. -"
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Memorandum
T0 = DIRECTOR, FBI 9-379214!
FRo1 c, nos ANGELES 9-2n9s!
5UBJl"1~'Y= UNSUB, aka Ha-rry%ren,
et al;
< STEVE AIJEN - VICTIM
EXTORTION
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In connection with the above captioned investi ation, there are enclosd herewith major case prints o Li/CI a former employee in the office of the victim. reques ed
that these prints be compared with the unidentified latents in ,,a this case for the purpose of elimination. W
The results of- this examination should be forwarded to
the Los Angeles Office. It will not be necessary to return the 9~92 enclosed prints to the hos Angeles Office.
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LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION WORK SHEET '
Reference No: 9-2498
FBI File No: 9-3']Q24-Latent Case No: 28422 3 #Recorded: 5/l2/61/ 4 IOOPM
Received: 5/12/61/j S
Answer to: SAC, Los Angeles
Examination requested by: Addrgssee
Copy to:
RE; UNSUB, AKA HARRY GOREN,
ET AL;
STEVE ALLEN - VICTIM
EXTORTION
Date of reference communication: 5/9/61
Specimens:
Major case prints submitted of r elimination purposes.
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Result of examination: Elminlion by? b7=I1
Evidence noted by:
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LOS ANGELES
We par PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. ! win interview-11- | | an active gure n
theENetwork of Patriotic Le¬92=er Wrera, for any knowledge she may
have of the letter sent victim.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF lNVE5T|GATlON
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7m UNKNOWN SUBJECT, aka Harry Goren;
STEVE ALLEN - VICTIM
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Snomh Laboratory advises latent prints not identical with prints
of various employees in victim's office. Laboratory alsoadvises questioned typewriting not prepared on RoyalElectric typewriter, RECE 13- 76433; property of CARL-
FRANCIS PRESS. Effmts to trace piece of paper with
"Jewel" watermark unproductive. Salesmen donnot recall
sale of such paper in Los Angeles area. Laboratory advises
piece of Rising Parchment 100$ rag paper obtained from
Day and Night Manufacturing Company - The Payne Company,
La Puente, California, not from same package as piece used
in writing letter to victim.
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B letter dated April 7, 1961, the Latent Fingerprint Section
of the FBI Identification Division, Latent Case No. 28422, advised
that the latent impressions of value in ical
,,-,~,_;empbyed'1n the office of victim. ' I
By letter dated May 15, 1961, the Latent Fingerprint
section a e latent prints were not identical with theC prints ofiiiiif:f?7f:fia former employee of the victim,
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Thin 41-cuxnent contain: neither rrtvmmendallonl mr conclusions of the FBI. It is the umber" of lhe FBI and is loans! to your menu: ll andits contents are not lo be distributed ouuidc your agency.
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Fingerprints and palm prints of MIL H a hc
former employee of victim, were not obtgined apreviously advised thaq |
By letter dated May 3, 1961, the FBI Laboratory, under
Laboratory report No. D365l39DG, advised as follows:
"K12 Three sheets of paper and leaflet bearing known typewriter
impressions from Royal Electric Upright Typewriter, Serial
_ No. RECEI3-676N357.
"Result of examination:
"It was concluded the questioned typewriting on thespecimens previously received in this case was not prepared on the
typewriter used to prepare specimen K12a"
Information was previuosly set forthtthat this typewriter
is the property of the CARL~FRANCIS PRESS, 7327 Santa Monica
Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.
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The following investigation was conducted by SICn April 19, 1961 in Garden Grove, California:
! |kUtone Division, Western
Tablet an S a onery Company, mpson, advised the following:
This plant has been in operation only since December,
1960, and it neither manufactures or sells any two ring notebook
paper with the "Jewel" watermark. There are two other plants
of the western Tablet and Stationery Company on the west coast,
but neither handles the "Jewel" line. The only plant that handles
this particular line is the one in St, Joseph, Missouri.
suggested that the lant in St J h p . osep
be recontacted to ascertain if some of the above mentioned paper
had been shipped out here by that plant, before the uytone Division
began operations.
|made available thefollowingL1nforma¬1on:
He has been selling paper for the western Tablet and
Stationery Company for the past five years here on the west coast.
The two hole type of filler paper does not sell widely on the west
coast, and he had never, as far as he could recall, sold any of
the paper with the "Jewel" watermark, out here. He said he was
sure he would recall any sales of this paper because the two hole
"Jewel" type is not popular in the area.
I:added that I
San Merino, California, was the other west coast saesman for this
company, up until a coup - - eft the firmHis office is located atl |Los Angeles &::::]
owns the building in which the office is located , however, he 15
presently on vacation and probably will n bq_g§ the ogipe,his home and office telephone numbers are |
respectively.
tated that it was possible tnatljhaa
sold some of the two hole "Jewel" paper to the Los Ange "s
Company, 301 East Boyd Street, Los Angeles, MA 7-3751.
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Iwould be the person to contact
at this firm.
retailers.This company is a wholesaler which distributes to
The following investigation was conducted by SA :
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On April 28, 1961,| Ins
Angeles News Company, 301 East Boyd, Los Angeles, telephone
MA 7-3751, advised that his company does not handle at the present
time any stationery bearing the "Jewel" watermark, which is a
product of the western Tablet and Stationery Company. Be stated
he believed that the western Tablet and Stationery company had
discontinued that watermark several years ago as all of their
recent stationery bears the traag name of Hytone. He stated that
about five years ago the Ins Angeles News Company did handle two
ring notebook paper with square corners and possibly bearing the
watermark "Jewel" for parochial schools in the Los Angeles area.
he stated that the company had a contract with the ArchdiocesanOffice on west Ninth Street and thepaper was deli$%red to approx
imately 100 individual parochial schools throughtl he Los
Angeles area. he stated that for the past few years the Stationers
Corporation has had the contract to supply the parochial schools.
id that the two ring notebo-:1-: paper is
not popular in me Los Angeles area and that generally the three
ring notebook is used. He stated that the only area he knows where
two ring notebook filler paper is still popular is in the San
Harino, California, area. He stated that his company sells two
ring notebook filler to the San Marine Pharmacy and to the S'n
Marine Stationers, both on Huntington Drive in San Harino. He
stated that this paper is Hytone paper and that it was possible
that these outlets may have purchased "Jewel" paper years before.
also stated that his company purchases
self-seal envelopes from the U.S. Enve1ope bmpany and sells them
throughout the Los Angeles area. he also stated that his company
handles some pink bond, yellow bond, and white onionshin paper,
but only in the 8Q" x ll" size.
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WC stated that from the 92ariety oi paper
utilized in wri ing e various extortion letters he could not
suggest any one source where such supply would be available to
an individual. -
On May 3, 1961,| I: California, advised that he is presently retired but had
been a salesmanibr the western Tablet and Stationery Company for
over 20 years. After examining a piece of two hole notebook paper,
size 8" x 10; , with square corners, bearing the "Jewel" watermark,
on which one of the letters to STEVE ALLEN was written,"73 stated that he did not believe that such paper had been sol; in
the Los Angeles area in over 10 years and believed that the piece of
stationery utilized ~ibly brought into the Lbs Angeles areafrom out of state. [ffféfffjstated that two hole notebook filler
paper was somewhat pupu ar in the parochial schools and may still
be popular in the Sun Harino area, but he stated that none of
the stores have handled any paper bearing the "Jewel" watermark.
He stated that he knows that the S;n Marine Pharmacy handles
Hytone paper produced by the western Tablet and Stationery Company.
pvt stated he did not think it would be feasible toattempt to grace lhe two hole notebook stationery.
wl i I On May 3, 9 l Stationersq:if::f:§ifE:ll3OO Factory P1 ce los ngeles, and| |both advised sA tl1at their company 18.8 never
an e any _ising Parchment N rag paper and that they cannot
recall handling any paper bearing the "Jewel" watermark in recent
years.
stated that most large stationery stores would h?C | | i '
have a variey of paper similar to that used in writing the
various letters, except for 100 % rag paper which a stationery
store did not stock. he stated that so many stores currently handle
a wide assortment of stationery that it would be impossible to
trace paper and envelopes that are of common usage.
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'>-~- I Inay and Night
Manufacturing Company - The Payne Company, 859 South
Anaheim Puente Road, La Puente, California, furnished
the following information:
1s pr Dav andNight Man ac uring Company, and is presidentof the Spectrol Electronics Corpora on, a su sidiary
of the Day and Night Manufacturing Company. Both have
executive offices at the Day and Night Manufacturing
Comparw. Both have personal stationery, some of which
was ordered from the rower-Lee Company.
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dI Isecretary to
1.r.~i: cxeck e r personal stationery
for stationery of_Rona.rc size 7% by 10% and having a
Rising Parchment, 100% rag; USA watermark.
earch letterhead station 9!!for both and were locatedRising Parc en , 1% rag watermark tatedthat the personal stationery of ppearm to be muchlighter in weight and thinner e an t o
and that this paper was also lighter and t1 nner
the iece used in writing ,a letter to STEVE ALLEN. Zé stated that neither order placed with the Tower-
Lee Company called for any blank idnll sheets.
I Ihad I eck ofstationery available to Iandi Iafter
of which she located a box of blank stationery, some
which sheets contained the Rising Parchment, 100$
watermark. r of suchsecond shee an o e and and agent
and initialed this piece of paper.If: 1" LI
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a blank
dated
b'.F£. I etated that there are two secretaries
and three execu vea n the executive offices where this
blank paper was mai tai ' n ned. He stated, however, that the
paper is not kept under lock and key and that technically
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by Dcte dictefed 5 61 I
This document cenlnlns nellhet ll!l:Oml'lIQIldGUOI nor conclusions cl lhe I-Bl. It to the properly of the FBI and is loaned toyour uqency; ll and He contents are not to be dl5!flbu920d uulelde your agency
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anyone working for the company, or anyone of the Janitors
would have access to the paper.
lilemned we typing on-the letter
to STEVE ALLEN typed on Rising Parchment paper and stated
that the typing appeared to be a very even type, indicating
that the letter could possibly have been typed on an elec-
tric typewriter. He stated that the company does not have
any Royal typewriters, pica type, ten letters to the inch,
presently being asdd and if there are any they are in
storage for disposal.
stated that the company has their
own prin ng s op an prints much of the paper utilized
by the company. He stated that from the variety of the
paper utilized in this case, it would tend to indicate
that whoever was writing the letters might posibly be
employed in or have access to a printing shop that had a
lot of different types of paper. He stated that the
company printing shop did not have access to any 100$
rag paper.
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D," May 8, 1961
Day and Night Manufacturing Company,
359 Bout e en e Rea -
t at the request of made h V us
s onery used by and
executives of the c an , e that she omp y locat
h__|.. some personal stationery fo hich had the Rising
Parchment, 100$ rag, USA watermar on it but stated
that the personal stationery for| |that she was
able to locate did not appear to have e_.rw watermarks. She
stated that she had no blank second sheets of the station-ery for ut on some occasions had need for ablank seco s ee and had to use different stationery.
was requested to make a further search ofpersonal stationery in an effort to locate
some ear ng the Rising Parchment watermark. After an
by; additional search, she 1 ersonal stationerybearing the letterhead o which contained the
Rising Parchment watermark. she her stated that
there were no blank second sheets in this box of stationery.
she was requested to make a her search ofall the stationery available t to determine
if possibly the rower-Lee Company had forwarded some
l_;.:. .. blank second sheets of the Rising Parchment paper. She
eventually located a box of blank stationery Monarch
size, some of which sheets contain the Rising Parchment
100$ ennark, and some of which sheets didnot. stated that she had not even known of
the e s ence o this box of stationery.
as advised that agent was conducting
an inves ga on o threatening letters which had been
sent to BTEVE ALLEN, Movie and '1.V. actor, that one letter
hm-_; sent to Mr. ALLEN was typed on a piece of Rising Parchment
onery, Monarch size, and that and:ned both ordered personal stationery, Monarch size,on Rising Parchment paper. s advised that
if she knew anything concerning the atening letters
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BY A E810 Lc ____Dote dictated /61
This document contains nsnhst recommendations not Cocluelunl el lhl FBI. It ls the property cl lbs FBI and ls leaned toYour uqenCY; ll and lts contents are not to be dlntrlbuled outside your agency
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or had arwtrtmg to do with them, that ahe did. not have
to discuss the matter uith the agent, that :0 pmmiees
or threats would be made to her that she had a ri,r_-ghtto commit an attorney, and that arwthing she said
could be used ir. a court or law.
She stated that she knew nothing about 83009
sending threatening letters to STEVE She so
stated that oft-hand, she could not recall ervone who
had been openly critical of 5'1EVE ALLEN.
she stated that the stationery utilized by the
executives of the company including that with the lling
Parchment Iatennark was kept in an unlocked etorerooun
in the executive offices.
[ dated and initialed one piece or
plain eta onery, nerch size, bearing tne Riair-5
Parchment watermark.
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By letter dated May 12, 1961, the FBI Laboratory,
Laboratory Report Number D366707DG, advised as follows:
"K13 One sheet of white paper bearing watermark 'Rising
- Parchment 1oq§ Rag USA
"Result of examination:
"It was concluded specimen Q11 and specimen K13 did not
come from the same package. The watermark in specimen Qll was not
made with the same die as tnat used in making the impression of
the watermark appearing in specimen K13.
There are insufficient characteristics left by the
cutter used in cutting specimens Q11 and K13 to determine whether
or not these specimens were trimmed by the same cutter.
It was not definitely ddermined whether or not specimen
Q11 was prepared on an electric typewriter but there is some
evidence to suggest that it possibly was not. Furthermore; the
only electric Royal typewriters originally equipped with this style
of type were the first Royal electric typewriters manufactured, and
they were manufactured in the early part of 1950. In June, 1950,
the style of type used as standard equipment on the Royal electric
typewriters was changed so that it varies from the style used on
specimen Q11."
IOn May 2h, 1961, SAbpw 92 attempted to contactaIITornia, an active figure in
e Network of Patriotic Letter Writers, at which time it was
determined that she was out of town for several weeks.
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nzmsnsncss: Report of S dated 6/6/61 at
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Fhld Olcc Fllo No.1 9-21-I98 Bureau lo N04
Title: UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
STEVE ALLEN VICTIM
Chunckc EXTORTION
Swank: Network of Patriotic Letter Writersk;"rll-: a ornia, and?! HIs Ange es, advised they ave no knowledge o£_¬he
letters and no suspects.
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omia, advised SAs
and thatshe has no know e ge a ou e
threatening letter! written to the victim and that she, herself,
had nothing to do with them. She stated that she is connected
with the Network of Patriotic Letter Writers, a group of
individuals who are interested in counteracting communism in
the United States. She stated that the group writes letters and
that she herself has on occasions written ltters to the news-
papers using fictitious name and address. She stated that she
has an Olympia typewriter and that all of her letters are
typed on this typewriter. After examining the various letters
received by the victim, she stated that the typing and the
terminology used in the letters did not appear familiar to her
and that she had no suspects in mind.
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She stated that if she received any information or came
across any individual who might possibly be a suspect that she
would contact the Los Angeles Office.
On June 10 1961,| |l __ | !Los An§e1es,,California, advised SASI Iandthat he is acquainted wit e o ywoo
film industry and well acquainted with antiComunist individuals
in the film industry. He stated that he had no knowledge of any
threatening letters having been sent to the victim and after
examining the various letters, stated that he had no suspects
nor any idea as to who may have written the letters. He
stated that he would be alert for any information concerning
the matter and would promptly notify the Los Angeles Office.
This-case is being closed on the authority of the
SAC.
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AIU=l'lEL AIR mm nnclstmnnn!
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1*]7! 'ro= nmzcron, FBI 9-37924!. Priority or Mctlmd of lleillng!
mom sac, ms ANGEIES 9-21498! Armsrxom FBI mnoaurony, 1 I>+362o67 no!RE: U¥sU?, aka Harrfcboren - _ _
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SEVE ALLEN - VICTIM
EXTORTION
O0: Doe Ange lee 387370
" This matter has been maintained in a cloned statue
at Loejhngelee.
On 1/30/62 the v1°'¢1w, sum: ALIEN, 1539 North
Vine street, Loe Angelee, advised by letter that eeveral
daye,pr1or to his letter hie wire had appeared on a television
progam, "Password", in New Ybrk city. subsequently she
received the attached letter; He could make no sense trom-
thegietter, thought that eome eccentrie had aent it, and,"
thought there was a "million-in-one" chance it ight have -
eome "obscure political B1gni81eance". Ne Federal violation
is indicated. _ .
There in attached typed letter on 1 n whiteapex, 8" by 10" , dated 1/17762, ape eigned 1 11,1;[P |e5g Francisco, calitor .It is requested thlt the type and handwriting 007
appearing on attached letter be compared with that typing
appearing on previous submitted extortion letters in this -
latter. The attached letter need not be returned to Lee
Angelle Division with the reaulte or your examination; '
no investigation being conducted t'y*t._cif>1n;e;,qpDivision, and no -néport, #111 be submitted. 1/_ @- B92l1Qlll:-: 9- .4 '5 L '2-man ye 5I"1,;;-E ' - » 1¢L8:l,1|n . 1:» 101- urea 12 1962 _
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Bulky Exhibit File Number: 9-37924-38
We are in the process of reviewing all bulky exhibits in order
that we may dispose of those which serve no further purpose. Inasmuch
as many of the bulky exhibits pertain to inactive cases and are occupying
badly needed space, it is requested that the appropriate substantive
supervisor review the above-listed bulky exhibit and render a decision
as to its retention or disposition. A notation as to the decision reached
may be placed on this memorandum. The memorandum should be
returned to the Filing Unit oi the Records Branch, R00m 1116, Identi-
fication Building, for filing in the case le.
RECOMMENDATION
That captioned bulky exhibit be reviewed and a decision renderedas W retention or disposition of the material.
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