answer to the attack, or some statement of the contrary view,
must be included. There were no answers to the attacks on
you and Senator Eastland by other members of the group
during this particular discussion of the round-table panel,
although some members said that if the program had been
running a longer time they probably would have made such
answering remarks.
I thought you would like to know of the Agency's position
in the racial matter which you kindly forwarded to us and of
our deep and continuing interest in receiving information of
1 this type.
Warmest personal regards,
Paul J. McNichol
Director
Office of Security
1051
FD-122 (Rev. 4-17-63)
optional form jno. 10
MAT J 962 KOIVitp
GSaGCN. mo. no. 27
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO
Director, FBI (Bufile-
62-108763
FROM
sac, NEW YORK
(100-146553)
SUBJECT:
JAMe/ BALDWIN
Cai
SM-C
Cai
> DATE: 12/9/63
Card filed
I'cia sent 00
/!+*'
fXl It is recommended that a Security
Index Card be prepared on the
above-captioned individual.
I 1 The Security Index Card on the
captioned individual should be
changed as follows ( specify
change only) :
b ~> 6
n r
OP no KM fOftM NO. 10
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
Tolson _
Belmont .
FROM
blCL-l
date: December 10, 1963
1 - Mr. Belmont
1 - Mr. Rosen
1 - Mr. Sulliva n
1 - Mr.
SUBJECT: .TAMTCS A. RAT.DWTN
SECURITY MATTER - C
RACIAL MATTERS
In connection with a summary of inf or mat ic
Bureau files on Baldwin the Director inquired ”Is Baldwin
on our Security Index?”
Baldwin* s name is included in the Reserve Index
(special group of individuals who will receive priority
consideration with respect to investigation and/or other
action following apprehension of Security Index subjects).
Although Baldwin *s name is not now in the Security Index,
New York has this case under active investigation and,
among other things, his Security Index status will be
evaluated.
ACTION:
s).
This is submitted in accordance with the
Director's request. New York is being followed closely.
62-108763
/ \
jHr
Ip
f/*' 1
ij 'jt v
4^ / 7 — j </--
12 . D
P6DEC26
,0
1053
SAC, Hew York (100-146553)
December 18 , 1963
Director. FBI (62-108763)
0
JAMBS ARTHUR BALDWIN
SECURITY MATTER - C
■•'{/ Rerep Sa|
/ and your FD-122a of ease date.
I dated 12/11/63 at Hew York
A review of the Material in Bureau files concerning
captioned subject a a well a a the information contained in the
summary report of SA^HH^clearly depicts subject as a danger us
individual who could^^xpect ed to commit acts J jl^cal to
the national defense and public safety of the ft Jj*} «„
time of an emergency. Consequently , his name is being incluaea i
the Security Index and Security Index cards will be forwarded to
your office.
Transmitted herewith are copies of pages 16 and
amf copies of new page 18a which should be included in Sifl
report. The material which has been added consists of statements
made by Baldwin indicative of his dangerousness. It is possible
that other statements made by him of a like nature have been
published and you should thoroughly review the files of your omce
Tin — t ional information of this nature.
The attention of the Washington field Office is directed
to Washington field Office alrtel dated 6 / 12/61 captioned CORE,
Racial Matters, free Bus Racial Matters," Washington field file
100—35583. and to Washington field Office air t els dated 3/23/61
unrf 4/4/61 captioned "Witness for Peace, IS-C," and "Witness for
Peace, Information Concerning-Security Matter," respectively,
Washington field file 100-38632* These files contain information
concerning public appearances made by Baldwfh in the Was hing ton,
D, C, , area and statements attributed to him, Wa sh ington Field
should review this material thoroughly for any information regarding
inflammatory statements or statements made by Baldwin of a
violent nature, ,j. 4 4 £? % / 0 % 7 6 w - A
Betaon* — gnciosures -
Mohr —
Casper —
Callahan .
Conrad —
DeLoach .
Evans —
Gale —
Rosen
Sullivan
rfc«vel — -
fTrot^r — _
v Tele. Room
Holmes
Gandy
on Field (Bnclosures-6)
iU-
MAIL ROOM
TELETYPE UNIT
□
1054
>. 0
Letter to Sew York
BS: JAMBS ARTHUR BALDWIN
62-108763
A review of Bureau files also indicates that
Mew York Division is in possession of additional information
concerning Baldwin which should he incorporated in a report*
Mew York teletype dated November 29, 1963, captioned
"GPB8A, Hegro Question, Communist Influence in Racial
Matters, IS - C," contained information indicating Baldwin
was to fly to Washington, D. C., on November 29, 1963, to
appear at a conference to be held at Howard University under
the sponsorship of the Student Mon- Violent Coordinating
Committee* It should be ascertained whether Baldwin did,
in fact, appear at this conference and whether any statements
were made by him at the conference of an inflammatory nature*
Mew York report dated November 16, 1901, captioned ’’Monroe
Defense Committee, 18 - Miscellaneous, " Mew York file
100-146353, contains information regarding Baldwin's sponsor-
ship of the Monroe Defense Committee which should be
Incorporated in ^jenort^^NewYork air tel dated January 29,
1963, ca ptioned — IS - Cuba," New York
file 100-|^^W contains Information concerning Baldwin's
partlcipatio^tn picketing in protest against the Anti-
Defamation League's Democratic Legacy Award" to President
Kennedy* This information should also be included in a
report. -a
bio 3
- 2 -
1055
x )
Memorandum to Mr. Rosen
Re: James L. Farmer, Et Al.
Rustin was a member of the American Student Union in 1939,
which has been cited as a communist front by the House Committee on
Un-American Activities. He is a self-admitted former member of the
Young Communist League from 1936 to 1941. He publicly admitted in
1950 that he had been a member of the Communist Party but was no longer
so affiliated. Rustin, among others, was listed as an "impartial
observer" at the Communist Party, USA, national convention in 1957.
He is active in a leadership position with the War Resisters
League and the Fellowship of Reconciliation. From 1956 through 1960
he was secretary to Martin Luther King, Jr., and in 1962 was assistant
secretary of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He was the
deputy director of the committee planning the August 28, 1963, March
on Washington, D. C.
Rustin was investigated by the Bureau for violation of the
Selective Service Act of 1940 when he refused to comply with the
provisions of the Act on grounds of alleged conscientious objection.
On 2/17/44 he pleaded guilty to an indictment charging violation of
the above Act and was sentenced to three years imprisonment. He was
conditionally released from prison on 6/11/46. He was arrested by the
( New York City Police Department in 1946 for offering to commit a lewd
or indecent act; disposition not known. In 1953 in Los Angeles,
California, he was arrested for lewd vagrancy and was convicted and
sentenced to sixty days imprisonment. During the period 1948 to 1953
Rustin was arrested for such charges as disorderly conduct in New York
City; violation of local bus laws in Raleigh, North Carolina; and
picketing the French Embassy in Washington, D. C.
He has adopted a militant integration approach stating that
he now believes his former passive resistance has been unproductive.
(100-158790; 100-106670)
i,
- 3 -
1064
OPCA-20 (12-3-96) XXXXXX
xxxxxx
XXXXXX
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FOEPA
DELETED PAGE INFORMATION SHEET
Page(s) withheld entirely at this location in the file. One or more of the following statements, where indicated,
explain this deletion.
Deletions were made pursuant to the exemptions indicated below with no segregable material available for
release to you.
Section 552
Section 552a
□ (b)(1)
□ (b)(2)
□ (b)(3)
□ (b)(4)
□ (b)(5)
□ (b)(6)
□ (b)(7)(A)
□
(d)(5)
□ (b)(7)(B)
□
(j)(2)
B / (b)(7)(C) “ 4'
□
(h)(1)
□ (b)(7)(D)
□
(h)(2)
□ (b)(7)(E)
□
(h)(3)
□ (b)(7)(F)
a
(h)(4)
□ (b)(8)
□
(h)(5)
□ (b)(9)
□
□
(h)(6)
(h)(7)
□ Information pertained only to a third party with no reference to the subject of your request or the subject of your
request is listed in the title only.
□ Documents originated with another Government agency (ies). These documents were referred to that agency (ies)
for review and direct response to you.
Pages contain information furnished by another Government agency(ies). You will be advised by the FBI as
to the releasability of this information following our consultation with the other agency (ies).
Page(s) withheld inasmuch as a final release determination has not been made. You will be advised as to the
disposition at a later date.
Pages were not considered for release as they are duplicative of
Page(s) withheld for the following reason(s):
The following number is to be used for reference regarding these pages:
HS> t*SL - / O ? 'Jlni -' /'S'
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
X Deleted Page(s) X
X No Duplication Fee X
X for this page X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXX
XXXXXX
xxxxxx
IO(j?5
FBI/DOJ
Memorandum to Mr. Rosen
Re: James L. Farmer, Et Al.
f'S"’
! We have not investigated Baldwin. Our files stfiow that he
is a Negro author born in August, 1924, New York City. ^ tie received
numerous fellowships and" awards for his work as magazine editor which
enabled him to live and write abroad for approximately eight years
jduring the 1950s. He has become rather well-known due to his writings
I which deal primarily with the relationship between whites and Negroes.
’ In 1960 he sponsored an advertisement of the Fair Play for
Cuba Committee and was identified as one of its prominent members.
This group is a pro-Castro propaganda organization in the United
States. In 1961 he sponsored a news release from the Carl Braden
Clemency Appeal Committee distributed by the Southern Conference
Educational Fund, the successor to the Southern Conference for Human
Welfare, an organization cited as communist by the House Committee
on Un-American Activities (HCUA). Braden was a communist convicted
of contempt of the HCUA. In 1961 he sponsored a rally to abolish the
HCUA. In 1962 Baldwin signed a clemency petition for Junius Scales,
a communist convicted under the Smith Act.
Baldwin has been extremely active in organizations supporting
integration and in 1961 he reportedly stated that a period of revolu-
tion confronted the world and only in revolution could the problems
of the United States be solved. He has advocated abolishment of
capital punishment and has criticized the Director stating that
Mr. Hoover “is not a lawgiver nor is there any reason to suppose him
to be a particularly profound student of human nature. He is a law-
enforcement officer. It is appalling that in this capacity he not
only opposes the trend of history among civilized nations, but uses
his enormous power and prestige to corroborate the blindest and basest
instincts of the retaliatory mob.“
“Time" magazine in May 1963, described Baldwin as "a nervous
s !i gh ?> alm ? st fragile figure, filled with frets and fears. He is
effeminate in manner ; drinks considerably, smokes cigarettes in chains
and he often loses his audience with overblown arguments."
In an interview- type of article in the May, 1963, issue of
Mademoiselle," he said with reference to the subject of homosexuality,
"American males are the only people I've ever encountered in the world
who are willing to go on the needle before they'll go to bed with each
other. Because they're afraid of this, they don't know how to eo to
bed with women either. I've known people who literally died out of
this panic. I don't know what homosexual means any more, and Araericanj
r on * cither... If you fall in love with a boy, you fall m love with a
boy. ihe fact that Americans consider it a disease says more about
them than it says about homosexuality."
- 5 -
1066
3
Memorandum to Mr. Rosen
Re: James L. Farmer, Et Al.
He has indicated publicly that he feels the Attorney General
and the President have been ineffective in dealing with discrimination
and in this connection has urged the removal of the Director.
(157-6-34-78; 62-108763)
By memorandum dated 5/28/63 the Director indicated that the
Attorney General had called and related a conversation he had had with
I James Baldwin, whom he considered a ‘'nut." The Attorney General
advised that the whole conversation started by Baldwin making two
determinations: (1) Wouldn’t think of fighting for the United States
if the United States got into a war and (2) Thinking of getting gun s,
and starting to shoot white peop le . The Attorney" "General indicated
“that Baldwin "is^aiiT "important tfgufe in the Student Nonviolent Coor-
dinating Committee (SNCC)" and commented that the Negroes look up to
this sort of leadership as the Negroes have no outstanding leaders
with the exception of Martin Luther King. (100-439190-47)
ACTION:
This is for the Director's information.
It should be noted that all of the information set forth
above concerning these individuals has been furnished to the Department
over the past several months.
- 6 -
1067
,LL INFORMATION CONSUMED' ■ ■■■<(.
patnsur;CLA3iiFiED--,
j|pF 1 %
«*fF* j^S% M rf^ntw^af.iliat - n\ Y ^ry r ^ ? T|.
FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56)
\ .
F B I
Date: 10/10/63
Transmit the following in
Via A I KIEL
(Type in plain text or code)
_ Jk Ta XjA. _ ° ,mmn ”
TO:
FROM:
DIRECTOR, FBI (100-3-116)
SAC, NEW YORK (100-151548)
SUBJECT :
w
J
CPUS A .
.NEGRO QUESTION
COMMUNIST ...INFLUENCE ..IN. RACIAL MATTERS
jS - c *
ReNYtel 10/10/63.
Enclosed herewith to the Bureau are 8 copies
of a LHM dated 10/10/63, containing information that
Clarence Jones is spendi ng to o much time on the Civil
Rights Movement and pJatfsT to) get out of the Civil Rights
Field and quit t^e/^andj^Society . He stated that he intends
^^to devote his
/In
KUPFfiRMAN.
V
:he practice of law.
of the NYp^h^ative on THEODORE R
™™ lc ' new"* attorney.
to be JIlf-BALD)
Thd first source used in the/LHM is
Th e second sourc e used t o^:hafacteriz e / CLARENCE JONES
is
in
"W'
This memorandum has be
because it contains information
- This source ; hasc furnished _ _ _
with respect to racial situation in the New York area and
uj Communist infiltration thereof, and it is felt that this
a$$cTassification is necessary in order not to jeopardize
> the valuable positions of the informants in furnishing^''
information of this r^ature. f ^
^^|^ TT?T , Wc ‘re.::/. ~J22± j '<( - \ Z
(^3-Bureau (Ends.' 8) (RM-y 00 ^ jg»
//
■o:- " — “ s ■
1-New York (100-37250) (CIARENCE'IldfeT
1-New YdrK (100- ) (JAMES BALDWIN) -
(I
14 OCJ^l 1963
2-New York
J6S : ckm 7
Apnrov(g-) _ f' 1
Sent
jin Cher,
/o-ft Pi '
In Reply, Please Refer to
) sac^r )
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
New York, New York
October 10, 1963
FUeN® y 100-151548
Communist Party, United States of
America (CFUSA)
Negro Question
Communist Influence in nacial Matters
Internal Security - C
On October 10, 1963, a confidential source, who
has furnished reliable information in the past, furnished
information whici^Lndicated that on that date, Clarence
Jones told ^^HHHHH^that he had been spending too much
"time on the Cxvi^Xignts Movement. Jones said that he had
been critical of Jimmy Baldwin's activities, and he mentioned
that Jimmy's sexual propensities are known. Jones said
that he is getting out of the Civil Rights Field and quitting
the C3|and& Society. He stated that he intends to engage in
the regular practice of law. Jones indicated that he also
planned to get out of the entertainment field. lie mentioned
that Jimmy was to come to the office to arrange for the
transfer of his files. He stated that the new lawyer . for
Baldwin would be Ted Kupferman with offices at
Avenue^
Bald vi in is
As of September 15, 1963, Clarence Jones
was the General Counsel for the Gkandfc'i
Society for Human Rights, 1£ East 40th
Street, New York City.
A second confidential source, who has furnished
reliable information in the past, advised on February
26, 1957, he identified a photograph of Clarence
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions
of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to
your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed
outside your agency.
Group/ 1
Excluded from automatic
downgrading and
declassification
1069
CPUS A
Negro Question
Communist Influence in ilacial letters
Jones as a person whom he knew during
late 1953 or early 1954, to be a member
of and in a position of leadership in the
Labor Youth League (LYL) .
The LYL has been designated-! pursuant
to Executive Order 10450.
- 2 -
secLji
1070
STATES GO\ NMENT
'Memorandum
TO
: Director, FBI (Bufile- (*£ - /£> g 7 £ 3 ) DATE:
FROM : SAC, NEW YORK (100-146553)
nrc U 1963, 1*
c UrJ
a '' iis SOM „„
f
subject: JAMES ARTHUR' BALDWIN
SM-C
It is recommended that a "Section A"
information con
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
he "Section 'A^^esafve Index
ard on the captionep individual
should be changed as follows
(specify change only):
Business Address (show name of employing concern and address)
Self-employed gfc Writer ^
$ ■/ t ■ M- t- >• - L. Jt
C:. '
Key Facility Data
Geographical Reference Number .
A gencies
(S
(J1
7t
-Responsibility
DEC^g-1963
Residence^Addi^ess
— fr v I
,, / (il . rfD t* “ -tW-.
/Apartment . 6 , 470 West End Ave‘. , N^V ^
* ^ - 11 — 4-* ^ VH ,1?3 —
2 -Bureau
1-New Yor
JDB : rdu/x
(3) /
0 ttJAN 3 ig
REGISTERED MAIL
NY 100-146553
JAMES ARTHUR BALDWIN is a well-known author and
leader in the civil rights movement in this country. He has
had the following activity:
Sponsor of the Pair Play for Cuba Committee:
April, i960
Addressed public meeting of National Lawyers
Guild; October, 1963
Signed clemency appeal for CARL BRADEN, identified
as CP member; August, 1961
Signed appeal for U.S. to cease intervention in
Vietnam; July, 1963
Signed ad calling for abolishing HCUA; February, 1962.
In view of the above, it is recommended that BALDWIN
be placed on the Reserve Index A.
ADDENDUM: DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, 12/17/63, WPJ:cad
Baldwin has also made numerous inflammatory statements
handlin^o?^? ° f the FBI and the administrations
handling of civil rights matters. It a meeting which Baldwin
and others had with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in
New York City in May, 1963, Baldwin reportedly told the
Attorney General he would not think of fighting for the
was'tlinkiifof" Jt\ e i United Sta i eS SOt in? ° a -d^hat he
? getting guns and starting to shoot white people
? ? ls ? m ? de such statements as "We must make the
establishment afraid of us." and that he knew of "Many even
members of my own family who would think nothing of picking ud
in!=T r T' " At a Civil ri e ht s conference held at Howfrd
versity, Washington, D. C., on November 5, 1963, Baldwin made
- 2 -
1072
,y.
NY 100-146553
several veiled hints of future trouble according to an
article in the November 6 issue of the "Washington Daily
News,' In criticizing the FBI’s investigation of civil
rights matters Baldwin stated "I blame J, Edgar Hoover for
events in Alabama. Negroes have no cause to have faith
in the FBI." and "...first of all you have to get Eastland out
of Congress and get rid of the power that he wields. You’ve
got to get rid of J. Edgar Hoover and the power that he
wields. If you could get rid of just those two men or
modify their power there would be a great deal more hope,..."
Baldwin also contributed to a book captioned "A Quarter
Century of Un-Americana" which contains articles and cartoons
severely ridiculing the House Committee on Un-American
Activities, the McCarran Act and the FBI.
1073
NY 100-107^19
Under the Coanterlntelliccnce Program it is urtfed
that till 3 statement of at this moo tine, be
brought to tho attention of all tho Bureau * 3 contacts In the / 1
mb 11 cl tv will bo /riven to OlC~^\
In at
will point up the type organisation
Er.ier^ene^C i v i 1 Liberties Committee is to honor an individual
of entality. With the lar^e number of persons In
attoncanceT the NYO does not believe that the security of any
informant would be in jeopardy.
The letterhead memorandum ;ls beinp; classified
"Confidential" inasmuch as the disclosure of the information
furnished by the fourth and sixth sources, informants of
continuing value, could possibly result in identification
of informants and thus impair the national defense interest
of the country.
In Reply, Please Refer to
File No.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
New York, now York
December 16, 1963
Bureau 100-3C46-J0
Re: Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
Internal Security - c
Internal Security Act of 1930
A source advised on Dec enter 16, 1363, that on the
evening of Do center 13, 1963, the Tenth Annual Bill of Eights
Dinner, open sored by the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (ECLC),
was held In the Imperial Ballroom, Americana Hotel, New York City,
with approximately 1500 persons in attendance. •
A characterization of the ECLC is contained
in the appendix hereto.
The affair was ope
Dr. Alexander Helklejohn, a
President Lyndon B. Johnson,
172nd anniversary of the ill
of the ECLC.
iCd by Corliss Lament, who introduced
ocent recipient of an award from
who cut the cake commemorating the
of Eights and the 12th anniversary
On September 23, 1333, Louis Budens, former
mar, aging editor of the “Daily Worker 1 ', an
JScst Coast Coinmunist newspaper which suspended
publication January 13, 1333, testified before
the United States Senate permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations of the Committee on Government
(^orations. In this testimony Budens stated
that Earl Browder, as head of the Communist
y Communist front or any
Communist cause. Browder made this reference
at a national Committee meeting of the CP in
the early 1940* o. Budens also testified that
Corliss Lament was a member of the C? when
he, Budens, was a member.
This document contains neither recommendations
nor conclusions of the FBI. it is the property
of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and
its contents aro notj to bo distributed outside
your agency. co >
CD
led from automatic
dduig jading and
decia taificatlon
1076
Re*. Bnergenc y Civil Liberties Cossaittee
Internal Security - C
Internal Security Act of 1950
On August 26 , 1$49, a second source made
available a release v.'hich was publicised
by the American co'.iuittco for protection
of Foreign Born (ACPFL), which contained
a listing of the sponsors of the ACPF'B*
The narco Dr. Alexander Hoiklejchn,
California Institute of Technology,
Berkeley, California, v:aa contained on
this list.
Corliss Larr.ont the/: introduced John Henry Faulk, the
toastmaster of the evening, v..;o, in turn, introduced the first
spea2:cr lire. Cyrus Eaton, wife of the Ohio Industrialist.
During March, I9ih, a third source advised
that on the night of February 21, 1994, John
Henry Faulk arid his wife attended a meeting
of the city branch cf the C? held in Houston,
Texas.
bad publicity for the Eatons, had commented
that she trusted the Government of the Soviet
Union more than she did the Government of the
United States.
Mrs. Cyrus Baton, in her remarks, stated that the
American Begro is achieving the impossible. She stated that
the spirit of the negro in visualised throughout the world
arid that if we wake up, the American spirit can change the
world.
Clark Foreman then presented the annual ’’Torn Paine
Award” of the EC LC, given annually to the foremost fighter for
civil liberties, to the folkninger Deb Dylan.
- P -
COhTIDSlrriAL
\
1077
COin'-IK&TIAL
Re: Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
Internal Security - C
Internal Security Act of 1950
Bob Dylan, In his acceptance speech, stated that he
saw in Lee Harvey Oswald, "the man who killed the President,
things that are in himself. lie stated that he doesn't think
he would go that far but ho isn't sure.
In testimony before the Senate Subcommittee
on Internal Security, on August 22, 1951*
Clark Foreman vras described as a Communist
by Louis Budenz, former Managing Editor,
"Daily Worker, " east coast Communist newspaper,
which suspended publication January 13, 195&«
A fifth source advised on Hay £,1952, that
Bob Dylan, on April 25, 1962, participated
in a "Festival Folk and Jazz Concert" which
vras sponsored by the United States Festival
Committee.
A characterization of the United States Festival
Committee Incorporated is attached hereto.
Corliss Lamont, in attempting to interpret the
statement made by Bob Dylan, stated that he believed that
Dylan wanted to say that he felt a feeling of guilt a3 we
all should in causing the assassination of President John F.
Kennedy.
James Baldwin also spoke at the dinner, at which time
he stated that the freedom march in August, 1953, of 250,000
individuals wanted a redress of grievances, lie stated that these
people wanted to tell this country of their troubles and tell
of the troubles of our country. He stated that he has never
been afraid of Russia, China or Cuba but he Is terrified of
this country. He stated that apathy allows thousands of
people in the deep South to perish, not only Megroe3. He
stated that the real victim is the poor white man who
dce3 these things because he wa3 told generations ago to
do them.
1078
H W
Kror/eney Civil Liberties Consult tee
stomal security - C
.tcrnal Security Act of 19150
A sixth, source adv.
that Janes Baldwin
at a public meotin;
Guild which was he.
ad on October 19* 1963
:ao the principal epeaher
of the national Lawyers
1 at Town Hall in Ucw ,
York City on October lb, 13-33*
A characterisation of the national Lawyers
Guild is attached hereto.
The ACPFD has been designated pursuant
to Executive Order IG-!30.
1. APPENDIX
EMERGENCY CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTEE
The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and
Publications," revised and published as of December 1,
1961, prepared and released by the Committee on Un-
American Activities, United States House 01 Represent-
atives, Washington, D.C., contains the following
concerning the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee:
"Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
"1. 'The Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
is an organization with headquarters in
New York, whose avowed purpose is to
abolish the House Committee on Un-American
Activities and discredit the FBI. * * *
The committee finds that the Emergency
Civil Liberties Committee, established
in 1951, although representing itself
as a non-Communlst group, actually
operates as a front for the Communist
Party. It' has repeatedly assisted, by
means of funds and legal aid, -Communists
involved in Smith Act violations and
similar legal proceedings. One of its
chief activities has been, and still is
the dissemination of voluminous Communist
propaganda material.'
'FRANK WILKINSON was called as a witness
when he appeared in Atlanta as a represent-
ative of the Emergency Civil Liberties
Committee to propagandize against the
Committee on Un-American Activities and
to protest its/nearings . In 195b WILKINSON
via s identified as a Communist Party member
by a former, FBI undercover agent within the
party. Summoned at that time to answer
the allegation, his reply to all questions
was, "1. am answering no questions of this
committee." This also became his stock
reply' to questions when he appeared during
the Atlanta hearings. * * * WILKINSON has
since been convicted of contempt of Congress
and sentenced to one year in Jail.'
V
1080
2h APPENDIX
EMERGENCY CIVIL LIE5RTIES COMMITTEE (CONT'D)
’Disputing the non -Communist claim
of the organization, the committee finds
that a number of other individuals
connected with the ECLC also have been
identified under oath as Communists.
* *
(Conffaittee cm Un-American Activities,
Annual Report §or 1958, House Report
187 , March 9, 1939 , pp. 34 and 33 .)
•To defifdnd the cases of Communist law-
breakers, fronts have been devised
■making special appeals in behalf of
civil liberties and reaching out far
beyond the confines of the Communist
Party itself. Among these organizations
«rre the * * * Eme^ency Civil Liberties
Committee. iThen the Communist Party
itself is under fire these fronts offer
a bulwark of protection.’
(Internal Security Subcommittee of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook for
Americans, S. Doc. 117, April 23, 1958,
P. 91.)"
- ^ t
\
1081
THE UNITED STATES FESTIVAL COMMITTEE , INCORPORATED
(EIGHTH WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL )
The third. 1961 issue of "World Youth," a publica-
tion of World Federation of Democratic Youth (NFDY), re-
ported that the first meeting of the International Preparatory
Committee (IPC) took place at Helsinki, Finland, on February
20-22 1961 , to prepare for the Eighth World Youth Festival
to be" held in Helsinki, in 1962. At the meeting, the IPC
elected a permanent commission composed of representatives
of a number of countries including Canada, the United States,
as well as representatives of WFDY and the International
Union of Students (IUS).
The IUS with headquarters in Prague,- Czechoslovakia,
and the WFDY with headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, are
cited as communist organizations in the "Guide to Subversive
Organizations and Publications" dated December 1, 1961,
published by the Committee on Un-American Activities, United
States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., pages 91
and 177.
A source advised that in April, 1961, DANNY RUBIN,
National Youth Director, Communist Party, United States of
America (CPUSA), advised that CP districts should concentrate
on getting broad groups to sponsor the United States Festival
Committee (USFC).
A pamphlet issued by the USFC described the program
for the Festival and advised that the USFC was organized by
students and youth leaders at a founding conference at
Chicago, Illinois, October 15 , 1961, to publicize and en-
courage participation in the Helsinki Festival. The USFC
had been recognized by the IPC, the sponsoring body of the
Festival, as the United States Committee to administer United
States participation in the Festival.
On August 20, 1963, a second source reported the
USFC Post Office Box 172, Highbridge Station, Bronx 52, New
York, had been closed July 1, 1963, and mail since the latter
date had been forwarded to NORMAN Z. BERKOWITZ, 15 Clarke
Place, Bronx, New York, who was listed as Treasurer of USFC.
1082
.r; C -.v il 1,2 lx?
i. I' jc u "xty — 0
L c : ccu *ity Act o .
iCtGS
2. APPENDIX
THE UNITED STATES FESTIVAL COMMITTEE, INCORPORATED
(EIGHTH WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL)
A third source, in the summer of 1962, advised that
NORMAN Z. BERKOWITZ was a member of the CP.
On August 20, 1963 , a telephone call, under suitable
pretext, was made by a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) to NORMAN Z. BERKOWITZ at his resi-
dence. BERKOWITZ advised that the USFC is inactive at this
time and maintains no headquarters.
CO
1083
^e: 1'c.o *j.c cy Civil Libe V: Gsvvjittea
to ai Cucu icy - C
jU - al - JCii ' it; y At: APPENDIX 1
NATIONAL LAVJYERS GUILD
The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and
Publications," revised and. published as of December 1,
1961, prepared and released by the Committee on Un-
American Activities, United States House of Represent-
atives, Washington, D.C., contains the following
concerning the National Lawyers Guild:
"National Lawyers Guild
"1. Cited as a Communist front.
(Special Committee on Un-American
Activities, House Report 13H on the
CIO Political Action Committee,
March 29 , 1944 > P • 149 • )
"2. Cited as a Communist front which 'is
the foremost legal bulwark of the
Communist Party, its front organizations,
and controlled unions* and which ‘since
its inception has never failed to rally
to the legal defense of the Communist
Party and individual members thereof,
including known espionage agehts.*
(Committee on Un-American Activities,
House Report 3123 on the National
Lawyers Guild, September 21, 1950,
originally related September 17, 1950.)
"3. 'To defend the cases of Communist
lawbreakers, fronts have been devised
making special appeals in behalf of civil
liberties and reaching out far beyond the
confines of the Communist Party itself.
Among these organizations are the •* * *
National Lawyers Guild. When the
Communist Party Itself is under fire
these offer a bulwark of protection.'
(Internal Security Subcommittee of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, Handbook
for Americans, S. Doc. 117, April 23,
1956, p. 91.)"
\
1084
FD-323„(Rev. 11-29-61)
In Reply, Please Refer to
File No.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
federal bureau of investigation
ncu l-w
Deco;. ~ or* 1 ‘j$
Bureau
Title
Euici’^oncy C ivil
Liberties
Cocraittee
Character
Reference ;
captioned
:r.-al security - C _ •
j-v.al ;>oca"ity Act c* -.•'>9 .
to t'ao uor-orn-icluti dated and
adove at nevr Yc-rlr.*
All sources (except any listed below) whose iden^Ues
are concealed in referenced communication have furnished relia
information in the past.
\
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property
of the FBI and is loaned to your agency! it and its contents are not to. be distributed outside
your agency.
1085
SAC, New York (100-146553)
1963
i)A
Director, FBI (62-108763>
JAMES abthur Baldwin
SECURITY MATTER - C
ReBttlet 12/18/63.
es <n-v<
car d
fen Crl
Since subject baa been included in the
Security Index, his Section A Reserve Index card
at the Bureau has been canceled. You are requested
to take similar action with the Section A Reserve
Index card in your possession.
Tolson _
Belmont .
Mohr
Casper _
Callahan
w^aebTo
DEC 19 1963
CQMMitflEft
C-
f> I ’>
I
REC 27
H 'i
S’ LI K&
1086
OPCA-20 (12-3-96)
xxxxxx
xxxxxx
xxxxxx
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FOIPA
DELETED PAGE INFORMATION SHEET
_ Page(s) withheld entirely at this location in the file. One or more of the following statements, where indicated,
explain this deletion.
□ Deletions were made pursuant to the exemptions indicated below with no segregable material available for
release to you.
Section 552 Section 552a
□ (b)(1)
□ (b)(2)
□ (b)(3)
□ (b)(4)
□ (b)(5)
□ (b)(6)
□
□
□
□
□
□
□
□
(b)(7)(A)
□
(d)(5)
(b)(7)(B)
□
0(2)
(b)(7)(C)
□
00(1)
(b)(7)(D)
□
00(2)
(b)(7)(E)
□
00(3)
(b)(7)(F)
□
00(4)
(b)(8)
□
00(5)
(b)(9)
□
00(6)
□
00(7)
□ Information pertained only to a third party with no reference to the subject of your request or the subject of your
request is listed in the title only.
□ Documents originated with another Government agency (ies). These documents were referred to that agency(ies)
for review and direct response to you.
Pages contain information furnished by another Government agency (ies). You will be advised by the FBI as
to the releasability of this information following our consultation with the other agency (ies).
Page(s) withheld inasmuch as a final release determination has not been made. You will be advised as to the
disposition at a later date.
Pages were not considered for release as they are duplicative of
Page(s) withheld for the following reason(s):
fJ/tOO 't<4L!>S3-7S
The foil
bllowing number is to be. used for reference regarding^these pages
hih *u,X - in T?tS>F-/ / % '<0
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
X Deleted Page(s) X
X No Duplication Fee X
X for this page X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
xxxxxx
xxxxxx
xxxxxx
/022- J/33-
FBI/DOJ
I
(i.'ount Clipping ir: Spo«c
V? —
.4 .:
1: ......
’ 1
-
^ N . 0 0 'J
. ..,OJ
( '
— — .
-
••;'*.• . “vr’r'iA , v „
>. iMji’.; ’ , OH:,
A r - .. ..... -
m s :n the ..v:is at
t.;v* '/d ;;.i d'-l'l. 1 !'- • . tlSl
".x^cncy Civil difcsitii
- S'
T‘.«. hbeval e;:gh- ••;
.,t. ■ - • :v>;
:L-.t was a feotuv .. ■' .
>,-.'..-.d i-’.'v Yo.k dir -
the cited Co i v;.,v>.!
i ,i rout. W’i'iis. ' i m
dais were T/'oh. Tl
:.'<ris:t C-e frj:;- ;. .. r .
"fimmiinist official oner
conv.'t- - of viola tin tr 1 •«
Smith Act, and Knrvy. •.";
Communist.
.jo tiior, .no .■‘it-m '.•ntiiren
Others at the h. .-.•.•' . ,
■ .?!■-: :::u:Jiid: .. T,evi J.s.uK. »
ciirlv-J'~.;erl young ••-••• • ••
Jir. *•! is y- ar icn ''’fj-ant
Amev:.~;m student?
■ ?/!•••, Fish:;: : ••;. an
idenidte-d Commun d
a vneney
• •ml: : House Comr
i&u: : ce on Un-Arncrd - n. .
....A...
' : -'rs. Cyrus Eaten y»
>•-. honored guest.
■•n’.i delivered a bit*
•••“: on !•>: >■ nafican press
■ •v.v •. whloh she cl nr;;
'.ucd --a ,ne •■'ying press,
■’ g .vbsse press '
■ •he. rmllicna ’re indus-
. Cyrus Eaton ., ; \n
• ns was’ -‘hypnotized
-;y co.-nhumism” and sc.;/.
on c::.:ac.
•_i;e. ECLC’s Ten In
'...«e :-'./avtl Wo/n to foi. ■
3oi> Dylan.
uvmatvs anci
-cut hhirt. . K.- ..•:•
*k-.: “on behah
\ »h«:e who w-r, ■. C :
u; . ;.<:■•■• u-c. iiiayhs young
f a young an:; •• j
. :ii.” Ke went
■ s&j ;-hat he saw y.v:. "
r-r the record, ■. >.-.
ion.:-'. Commit-
■.v C - -:- America r. - ?•<•
" . the EC.LC
-The commit.-:
• he Emergency
•••'. :h : :es Con:
• ko ,;ncn in 1951, ai-
;• resen 1 in .. .
•? ' non -Communist
••••* -o. aexaliy or?
: .-»:t :••••• • nc Com mu-
'. ■ riv. .it has. ■■ - .
' i; •. :i... means of
. r. r./ ' cgal ?. . . •.. ..
. : -s ived in Smith
i P.
••f !
' -PC
.•>••>
One of its
disscmir.; -
jganda -maKi-
il
« i- — . j.i: ...
,.:cats page, nc .. or
new-pa;..c/r, city a:.t: »;a
V
■< X
-\
A /
C - 8
Herald Sxc.: - .ner-
jC S AtiC 6 1 6 S - C L t
Jer.t 1 / 2 / 61 ;.
Edition: C-UHSfe'S
Author: Fulton L.. • :'
Editor: HUgll A'*
! Title:
Classification:
oubmi it id e Officer
f
V
0
Na
\o .
13k
\
0
s
\
Jr,
iS
i | Bs::n-.; nvesti... -sc
A
1 I La~io 2 n 3 - A
F ‘ :
NOT RECORDED
128 viAN 21 iiJ64
£/> fesL u* y • L j s _ .
1133
nmrarNRL FILED IN
' only one man. in U.S. history. the fabled “B-ack
Jack" Gcrohing, has-benn honored as a General cf
the Armies. Now Sen. Stuart Symington h«s intro-
duced legislation to bestow upon Douglas Mac-
Arthur the same six stars.
She white-maned Tom Dodd rose on the floor
of the Senate the other day to offer these words of
tribute to Mac Arthur:
“To millions of people at home and abroad,
Douglas MacArfhur i: ns seemed a symbol and a!*
si a personification of America in its finest
“vr- twavdiy tb.tr.. v/rs the unforgettable sor-
£:• ' ".. .■v* The strikhg countenance, the con?i-
:• it a stride, legendary hat and glasses anti corn-
cob pipe, .■bo resonant voice, the grand phrase, the.
drama ho gesture.
“Behind this surface piJ/.'.re were all the ailri-
ht:;.p- of excellence: The supreme competence, the
serene confidence, the in'rhcclual power, the noble
purpose, the complete commitment to the vision of
an America that was unconquerable in the service
1134
ev. 1 - 22 - 60 .)
Federal Bureau of In
Records Bra
f
/ ?ru
tigatiqn
19
I Name Searching Unit - Room 6527
1 1 Service Unit - Room 6524
[=□ Forwgxd to
1 d^ fftter^tion
I C-4 *ffeturn to %*£>'? A'
Supervisor Ropm Ext.
\^a\
Ty pe of References Requested:
I I Regular Request (Analytical Search)
I / -J -TyrTReferences (Subversive & Nonsubversive)
I I Subversive References Only
1 I Nonsubversive References Only
1 I Main References Only
Ty pe of Search Requested:
I 1 Restricted to Locality of
| Exact Name Onl y (On the Nose)
1 1 Buildup I I Variations
Supervisor
Ft#
.Date
oom _g S. 2-t
/ Searcher
I nitial 2_
Prod.
FILE NUMBER
SERIAL
FILE NUMBER SERIAL
.JirTIONAl FORM HO. 10
' ifar 1»A*,«!OITION
OSA GEM. Rid. HO. *7
TO
FROM
UNITE‘2) STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
Mr.
Mr.
Sullivair
SUBJECT:
'J
0r
DATE: January 15, 1964
Tolson _
Belmont
Mohr
Callahan
Conrad _
DeLoach
Evans _
Gale
JAMES ARTHUR BALDWIN
SECURITY MATTER - C
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Belmont
Mohr
Sullivan
DeLoach
Sullivan
Tavel
Trotter
i Tele. Room
i Holmes
The attached contains information from public sources
that could possibly be utilized by Assistant Director DeLoac’
Subject’s name is included in the Security Index,
has recently played an increasingly active role in the Negro
civil rights movement and as an advocate of a racial policy of
a mobilized Negro community he has made many inflammatory states
He was critical of the Kennedy Administration’s handling of civil
rights matters, termed the appointment by Kennedy of Kenneth C.
Roy all and Earl H. Blaik as peacemakers in Birmingham as "cynical”
and stated that obstruction of civil rights legislation in Congress
could well be the spark to touch off widespread rioting.
Baldwin has also been associated with several Communist
Party front organizations. In April, 1960, he was a sponsor
of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and in October, 1961, was
one of the sponsors of the Monroe Defense Committee, He addressed
a public meeting of the New York City Chapter of the National
Lawyers Guild in October, 1963. He was a sponsor of a rally
to abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee held in /
April, 1961, under the auspices of the New York Council to Abolish
the House Un-American Activities Committee. In December, 1963,
he was a speaker at a dinner held in New York Citj? under sponsor-
ship of Emergency Civil Liberties Committee.
RECOMMENDATION :
It is recommended that this memorandum and the attached
be fufhished to Mr. DeLoach for his consideration. /
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED .»,*
/A
Enc.
k-d*. ■
HEREIN IS o 3 of ' ’■>
53 JAN 23 1964
1141
1 - Mr. M
l - Mr. VMr w
1 - Mr. Sullivan 1 - Mr
1 - Mr. PcLoa ch 1 - Mr
1 - Mr. M 1 - Mr
January 15, 1064
ayySPS Miym
InM Arthur Baldwin, Macro novelist and writ or,
ban raoaatly b e cam e active In the Macro civil rights seveseot.
Ha haa mad a public uttarancaa advocating a racial policy of a
aoblllsod Macro ca— unity And haa Mia many atataaanta of an
Inflammatory nature. Baldwin wan barn Angust 2, 1924, in
Maw York City and waa educated in the Maw York City public
aehoola. Me lived In Marla far aei m tlaa bat praaantly
maintains an apartaent at 4V0 Mart Sad Avenue, Maw York City.
Tha Jana 9, 1999, inane of "Saw s w e ek " nacaaine
carried an srtljsle oapt l a n ad '’Kennedy and Baldwin} tha Colt,"
which rapdrta on a meeting b et ween Baldwin and Atterney
( General Xobart Kennedy whlahwui held an May 94, 1999, In
Mdw York City, Tha article ralntaa that Baldwin, when
Int er v ia wa d , stated "Be (Atterney General Kanaedy) wan
aurprlned to hnar thara were Megroea who «whbi ( t. fight to
free Cuba whan they can't he freed themse lves."
"The MSw York Times" iaaue of tabruary A, 1962,
carried an article Indicating that a group of 19 Anerlcan
cl t inane, Inclu d i n g Baldwin, had pladgad en rebruary 9, 1962,
to defy any waited States Government baa en ahlpnente of
nedleihes or food to Cuba.
(hi June 99, 1999, tha "Miami Move" reported that
Baldwin warned that thereare a lot of aagry young people
among hie raee and their te mpe ra are wearing thin and that
the self-control which Metre Integratioalete use In their
non-violence campaign for oquallty la reaching the breaking
point. Baldwin further waa repeated an stating that obstruction
to President Kennedy's civil rights legislation in Gongroaa
y could well be the spark te touch off wldesproad rioting.
The "Washington Pest and Tines Herald" of
Septodber 27, 1999, contained an Associated Proas article
under the data line Mew York September 29, which stales. ^
Toison that Baldwin termed the appointment by President Kennedy
Beimon. of Kenneth C. Key all and Sari H, Blalk as peacenakera In
r " e r af ium "cynical." The article also quoted Baldwin
cTad l — *• saying "fa acuat sake the eetsbllshment afraid of us." . *
DeLoach , l\ j f
g:r— 88-10.763 v J fifr
“Bn.-, V/^ ... f
- j^Bo© seto Page 3 j. , ^yr l
■Holmes
62-108763
TELETYPE UNIT
□
•ft
JftaM Ar thru Baldwin
ift Mo voob o r G, IMS, tm IftfSUiiitm Mir HtB’ 1
oontainod i> artlelo vfeioh atatdd that Baldwin, at ft civil
rlglta oftkl«r«Mi fc«U at Boward Vaivoxwlty on lovoobor 5,
IMS, *ado MvcM v«Ufti of fnturo trouble. .,!». As
faotod tm a*riag "X wondor how long wo oan oaduro—staad and
not fight back." Bo «Im m& 4 ho know of Km* . *«rt« nohboro
of ay ova faailr «to wool* think aotkiar as
towrwt," tho irttftU also itfttfti that Bal
■ na# of t ho goaoral atrlko kit, g to
«*af »g up xrwm
tadvooatoo tho
•Ivil righto*
tho April <, 1060* iaouo of "fho Boo loth fiooo"
oontainod an adrortl n — oa t hr tho fair flap for Cuba Ca— I ttoo
in which Baldwin «ao naood . an eno of . tho tapoaafcrn, -
' tho Ootobor 2, XBOX, ioouo of tho national Guardian’
oarriod an advortiooaont UotUg Baldwin no a sponsor of tho
Bww$o OofonoO Gomlttoo; according to tho ndvortiaowont_thin
Coniittoo too foroOd to toll th# otory of fm. radial vioi«
whioh oeeurrod in Boaroo, forth Carolina, in angwat, 1061*
. tho. fiatitr XO, IMS, loan* of tho "Batioaal Guardian" .
rovoalod thfl t tttdr tu wan inttng tho iljiifi of a otatwaont •
urging tho Anti^if^ftation Loagno to withdraw ito awardto
prooidont Xonnody union* tho Bopartiaoat Of Jnotioo droppod ito
"laroOMiOat" of -liAlia* for thy, Bogro journalist who tfavolod
to hod China and Cnha In dofianoo of a Stato Bopartaonf baa*
tho April It. IMl, odition of tho national Guardian"
oarriod an announeootnt of a "Ball y to Aboliah tho Bonn#
Oa~Aaorloan Aotivitioo Cn— ilttoo" to ho hold April Si, 1061,
undor tho auopiooo of tho Bow fork Council to Abolish tho
Bw po Pn-Aaorioan Aotivitioo Coomit too. Baldwin wna liotod ao
. ono of tho apdahorB of thin rally.
tho Ootobor 1,19€3, and Ootobor le, 1069, oditlona :■ -
•ft bo "Bational Guardian 14 oontainod an anaooneowont that *• •
Baldfin would ho a spoakor at a public wanting of tho .
^^Twh^Citr^Chaptor of tho Bational lniryori Guild to ho hold
’ V • ’ tho Xovonbdr f, 1069, Odition of tho "Bational Guardian"
oontainod aa anttoiinnooint that Baldwin wao to bo oao. of tho
^ ^ lights bianor" to bojdid'.Booowbor 13, ’ '
BOw T«arh' City undor tho oponaorohip tho Baorgonoy . :
ion Commit too. ' ' “ • *v;.- ■ *’'»
lWwi»,
civil
.. • * -
Janes Arthur Baldwin
Hi Hew Turk Council to Ab o l is h tho House f»«Anerioaa
Activities Csnnitteo was founded prineipallythraugh the efforts
•f the field UprMtatfttln of the I»tUa*l Coawittoo to
Abolish the House Maoleu Activities Conslttee, an
organisation cited as A eoonunlst f»^t group toy the House
Conslttee on U?*-Anerican Activities (HCBA).
The Xstlonsl Lawyers Guild an d tbs Xnorgsnsy Civil
Liberties Comlttee have bees cited as oussranlst frost groups
by the »6ttA«
The Fair Flay for Cuba Conslttee is a Militant pro-
Castro organisation whose announced Intention is to pronulgate
the truth about revolutionary Cuba.
The Hearse Defense C want t tee claiae to have been
founded on a bread nonpartisan basis to aid four individuals
JaM#d in Honroo, Forth Carolina, oa "truaped up kidnaping
ehargea." Ita effioors included an individual described in
1956 as a nenber of the Couraniat Party and another individual
whe, according to a source, is a nssber of tho Workers World
Party, a splinter group of the Socialist Workers Party.
Tbs National Guardian" has boon OitOd by tho
as n virtual official propaganda are of ioviot tuaeia.
HOTS:
See nesoranduaHBH*to W* C. Sullivan captioned
"Janes Arthur Baldwin, Security Hatter-C, " eated 1/15/64,
WPJzcad.
♦
SAC, New York
Janaary 29, 1964
I Director, FBI (62-108763)
JAMES ARTHUR BALDWIN
SECURITY MATTER - C
The Bureau has received a copy of part five and
part six of an article concerning captioned subject which
appeared in !Ifee"New York Post” issues of 1/17/64 and
1/19/64, respectively. These articles indicate they are
part of a six-part article which the "Post" was printing.
In the event you did not forward the first four parts of)
this article to the Bureau, immediately obtain and J , •>
forward same .
NOTE:
1145
OPCA-20 (12-3-96)
xxxxxx
xxxxxx
xxxxxx
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FOIPA
DELETED PAGE INFORMATION SHEET
_ Page(s) withheld entirely at this location in the file. One or more of the following statements, where indicated,
explain this deletion.
Deletions were made pursuant to the exemptions indicated below with no segregable material available for
release to you.
Section 552
Section 552a
□ (b)(1)
□ (b)(7)(A)
□ (d)(5)
□ (b)(2)
□ (b)(7)(B)
□ (j)(2)
□ (b)(3)
□ (b)(7)(C)
□ 00(1)
□ (b)(7)(D)
□ 00(2)
□ (b)(7)(E)
□ 00(3)
□ (b)(7)(F)
□ 00(4)
□ (b)(4)
□ (b)(8)
□ 00(5)
□ (b)(5)
□ (b)(9)
□ 00(6)
□ (b)(6)
□ 00(7)
Information pertained only to a
request is listed in the title only.
third party with no reference to the subject of your request or the subject of your
Documents originated with another Government agency (ies). These documents were referred to that agency (ies)
for review and direct response to you.
Pages contain information furnished by another Government agency (ies). You will be advised by the FBI as
to the releasability of this information following our consultation with the other agency (ies).
Page(s) withheld inasmuch as a final release determination has not been made. You will be advised as to the
disposition at a later date.
Pages were not considered for release as they are duplicative of aJ )^/00 - /
Page(s) withheld for the following reason(s):
The following number is to be used for reference regarding these pages:
^ f 0 Q-/Q?7(*3 '20
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
X Deleted Page(s) X
X No Duplication Fee X
X for this page X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
//*& - hl
xxxxxx
xxxxxx
xxxxxx
FBI/DOJ
'. L j- .’- •■.*■!. '.U
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
DIRECTOR, FBI (62-108
date: 2/4/64
SAC, WFO (100-43011) (P)
JAMES ARTHU& BALDWIN
SM - C
(00: NY)
Rerep New York 12/11/63 with
lead for WFO to check passport record of subject; Bulet
12/18/63.
On 1/2/64 Agency
Officer^Passpor^Office, U. S. Department of State, advised
i IcS^^^pH^no identifiable record was located
’ concerning subject.
A recheck of passport office records was requested
pointing out subject known to have resided in Paris, France.
Passport record not located as of 1/29/64.
WFO following.
o> - Bureau
2 - New York (100-146553) (RM)
1 - WFO
LEW / acp
(5)
M -/:) •%-* : < 2 /
8 FEB 5 >964
UNITED STATES G ^ERNMENT
Memorandum
%
subject:
DIRECTOR, FBI (62-108763)
SAC, NEW YORK (100-146553)
JAMES ARTHUR^BALDWIN
SM - C
date: 2/12/64
ReBulet to NY, 1/29/64.
Enclosed herewith for the Bureau are one (1)
Photostat each of Xerox copies of parts 1, 2, 3 j and 4 of
a six-part article concerning subject whlcn appeared In
the "New York Post."
A review of NYO file indicates that these parts
were apparently previously furnished to the Bureau.
However, in compliance with Bureau request of
referenced letter, four (4) Photostats of the article are
herewith enclosed.
2 s *- Bureau (Ends. 4) (RM)
1 - New York
JDB:mas
(3)
\
0 Md-
o }tl
“S
c
REG* 33
, FEB 14 1964
l/l v
5 7 FEB 241964
^-102
1171
5010-108
GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27
UNITED STATES G. ■ )ERNMENT
Memorandum
subject:
DIRECTOR, FBI (62-108763)
date: 2/19/64
//
SAC, WFO (100-43011) (RUC)
/ j I n o ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
JAMES ARTHUR' BALDWIN \)
SM- C
Cfc> V A> y
Rerep of milBHV&t New York 12/11/63 with
lead for WFO to review passport record; Bulet 12/18/63
instructing WFO to review files concerning subject's appearances
in Washington, D.C.
On 2/7/64, SA^d^l^^PIHIB reviewed available
information concerning subjec^a^Department of State Passport
Office. This consisted of an application for renewal of
passport 2365937 issued to JAMES ARTHUR BALDWIN 8/4/60.
Application for renewal dated 7/29/63 at New York,
New York, contains following information furnished by subject:
Date and place of birth:
Permanent residence:
Mail address:
Port of Departure:
Approximate departure date:
Mode of travel:
Intended stay abroad:
Proposed itinerary:
Purpose of trip
Person to be notified in
case of death or accident:
Number of trips abroad
withinj/ last twelve months:
8/2/24, New York, New York
306 West 18, New York, New York
Lube 11, Lubell and Jones, Attorneys
165 Broadway, New York, New York
New York, New York
8/7/63 /*
Air France
Four weeks
France
Pleasure
DAVIB-n&ALDWIN, brother
9-13 West 11Q, Street, New York,
New York '
Two
No information concerning marital status, description,
or photograph of subject appears on renewal application.
- /o' >’ :■ : J?,3
REC 5 /;
Bureau
New York (1OO-1405§3) (RM)
WFO U -
:pkg
e FEB 20 1964
FF.B28!SS«
1172
A handwritten notation on application indicates
renewal was approved; therefore, passport 2635937 appears to
have been renewed to be valid until 8/3/65.
Attached to renewal application was a letter to the
Passport Office dated 7/19/63 from. Lubell, Lubell and Jones,
Attorneys at Law, 165 Broadway, New York, New York, which
advised they are attorneys for BALDWIN in matters arising
out of or relating to the creation, proprietorship, sale,
license or other distribution of his literary properties.
This letter stated BALDWIN, on 6/25/63, received
a cablegrammed invitation to visit Cuba in connection with
the 10th anniversary of the "26 th of July Movement", and,
as a result of this invitation, the "New Yorker" magazine
requested BALDWIN to undertake a specific writing assignment
in connection with such a trip to Cuba.
The letter advises they have informed BALDWIN travel
to Cuba without a specially validated passport is a violation
of present laws.
The letter stated BALDWIN has a passport, and he has
informed them he has had one for several years. The letter
requested that BALDWIN be issued a special permit for travel
to Cuba.
Also attached to the renewal application was a
Passport Office memorandum dated 8/1/63 advising that CLARENCE B.
JONES of the law firm of Lubell, Lubell and Jones had informed
that BALDWIN was not going to Cuba at that time but was going
to France, and if he decided to go to Cuba at a later date, he
would reapply for validation of his passport for such travel.
^ Agency Liaison Officer, Passport
Office, advised numerous special searches have been made by
the Passport Office, but they have been unable to locate the
remainder of the Passport Office file oh the subject.
Review of WFO files and pertinent issues of "The
Evening Star" and the "Washington Post and Times Herald"
newspapers disclosed BALDWIN was a speaker at a "Peace Rally"
at Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C., on 4/1/61. No
specific statements made by BALDWIN were recorded in above-
mentioned newspapers or furnished by WFO informants.
WFO 100-43011
STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO BALDWIN
On 6/11/61, WF T-l, who has furnished reliable
information in the past, advised that JAMES BALDWIN spoke at
a mass rally for ’’Original Freedom Riders” on the evening
of 6/11/61 at All Souls Unitarian Church, 16th and Harvard
Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Washington
Chapter, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
The informant stated BALDWIN told those present
that the West had better re-evaluate its international policy
in light of the potential strength of the new Afro-Asian
countries. BALDWIN added that the white man had better realize
the emerging strength of the Negro. He stated that he did
not want to be in the shoes of the white man when the African
nations become stronger.
Documentation—
to SA
6/11/61.
\ The June 12, 1963, edition of ’’The Evening Star", a
Washington, D.C., daily newspaper, carried an article captioned
"Business Hit as Failing to Aid Freedom Riders" concerning a
rally of the Congress of Racial Equality at the All Souls
Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C., on the evening of 6/11/63,
at which JAMES BALDWIN was a speaker. The article states:
"JAMES BALDWIN, author of ’Negroes in our Society* and other
books, said the Freedom Riders are trying to complete something
long overdue — the American Revolution."
The June 12, 1963, edition of the "Washington Post
and Times Herald", a daily newspaper published in Washington,
D.C., carried an article captioned "Freedom Riders Acclaimed
in Talks to Mixed Audience in D.C. Church" concerning the
meeting at the All Souls Unitarian Church on the evening of
6/11/63. The article states: "The author JAMES BALDWIN
declared at the mass rally for Original Freedom Riders, ’What
we are here to accomplish is the American Revolution’ .... ’The
question that must be decided is: Am Iaman or am I not? And
if I am not, then white man, what are jfou.”'
The November 5, 1963, issue of "The Evening Star"
newspaper carried an article captioned "Farmer Cites Problem
of Staying Nonviolent" concerning a conference on "youth,
nonviolence and social change" held at Howard University,
Washington, D.C., at which JAMES FARMER, National Director of
CORE, and BALDWIN were speakers. This article states:
WFO 100-43011
"Author JAMES BALDWIN said he wondered how long civil rights
advocates will endure various indignities before they begin
to fight back." The article quoted BALDWIN as saying, "But
in this terrible confrontation I see some opportunity which
will liberate this country and change the world. The very
gravity and danger of the situation can be turned into a
tremendous opportunity. We will have to learn to live together
here or not at all." The article continues, "BALDWIN scolded
a Federal Government which can protect Viet-Nam and invade
Cuba but does nothing to protect the Negro in the South."
The article also states BALDWIN then suggested that mass
strikes or acts of civil disobedience would force the Govern-
ment to deal with Negroes as individuals .
"The Evening Star" newspaper edition of 11/6/63
carried an article captioned "Negro Authors Stress Truth and
Survival" concerning a symposium on the "Negro Writer in
American Society" held at Howard University on the evening
of 11/5/63, at which BALDWIN remarked, "My problem is to tell
the truth and survive society while doing it." The article
states BALDWIN continued that the role of the writer is to
excavate the real history of the country. BALDWIN described
the American mind as one of "fantastic confusion". He said
Americans want to believe things which are really not true.
The article quoted BALDWIN as saying, "White Americans think
this is a beautiful and wonderful country ... .and this is not
true. The Negro is the only person who can unearth the truth
about this country . " ^
The "Washington Post and Times Herald" newspaper
edition of 11/6/63 carried an article captioned "Negro
Leaders Exort Followers Not to Stray From/JJonviolent Path."
This article, states in part that JAMES wfFARMER, National
jpirec tor- of CORE, agreed with another analyst, JAMES BALDWIN, —
Negro author, who indicated the breaking point of Negroes in
the civil rights struggle may be near. This article continues,
"BALDWIN said Negroes may have to think of civil/ disobedience
as a next tactic...." BALDWIN said, "I don’t ^nt to see
Negroes adapt themselves to the American wav/6f life.... I don't
think any Negro in this country, whether a /irunk or what have
you, has to prove anything to the white
The above newspaper ar
at the Library of Congress by SA
on 1/8/64
Live Music
Archive
Librivox
Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland
Museum of Art
Internet
Arcade
Console Living Room
Open Library
American
Libraries
TV News
Understanding
9/11