' r*-C^ t 1 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Form No. 1 This case originated at NEW YORK FILE NO. 100-11716 ^REPORT MAQE AT DATE WHEN PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE REPORT MADE BY tADE MIAMI, FLORIDA 12/ 12/14/50 J. RICHARD BUTTS ma CHARACTER OF CASE ALLEGATION OF ALLEGED MEMBERSHIP OF ANNA~~ JU V. ROSENBERG IN JOHN REED CLUB SPECIAL INQUIRY '' SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: JOSEPH P. BIEBEL, Miami, Florida, has no information concerning ANNA M. ROSENBERG. wRUC- <?/* DETAILS: AT MIAMI, FLORIDA Mr# JOSEPH P. BIEBEL, 312 North 4th Road, South Miami, Florida, a former member of the Communist Party in Chicago, advised that he never heard of a JOHN REED Club of the Communist Party in Chicago* Mr* BIEBEL also stated he is not acquainted with ANNA M. ROSENBERG and never heard her name mentioned in connection with the Communist Party. V' V. ^ v s * ^ -REFERRED UPON COMPLETION TO THE OFFICE OF ORIGIN- APPROVED AND^^( PEClAl- AGENT F * ** J § DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES FORWARDED:d *fWL*gt£t&&W jfk in Charge (M^SSL -w- COPIES OF THIS REPORT iA (5J~ Bureau (AMSD) 3 - New York >/ 2 - Miami .„_-. &i&W AX 7 ? PROPERTY OF FBI—THIS CONFIDENTIAL REPORT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE LOANED TO y6(J BY THE FBI AND ARE NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE OF AGENCY TO WHICH LOANED, U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16—59255-1 u i % V MM 100-11716 REFERENCE: Teletype from Chicago dated December 13, 1950, -2~ , ~ 'S: December 14, 1950 ' '" ;V ' ' ':."..'':' '*-' - ;'. , . • AQAC,AHi&r YORK: ~dRGSNT ' '-.' " ' — - ' : :,-.: — . .I- :..& ALLEGATION OF ALLEGED ^MBERSIII^. OF ANuA K:$IH ItOJJSNBSap IN THS JOHN ' Ri^D-CLUB, SPECIAL INQUIRY. -.aiUREP'DKCSfflia THIFtTfiiN FIFTY, PAGET; /-. / NINETEEN AND UE£P DECEMBER NINE FIFTX^^GK SIXTY, ONE REFLECTING ' A' INFORMTI ON FURNISHED BY MRS. NORA D£ TOLA&ANO, INCLUDING HGR CONVERSATION : WITH MOHIIIU 3RN3T.' ERNAT HA 3 .ADVISSD TH2 EURE/U THAT WO. i)K TOLSBANO : ; CMliii TO S^iS.Hte.'riHiJ >rAG VERY MC}F CONCERNED JJOTff'llfefff" ^ATT&R /:KJ> OBii ' F^KLSATHAT AiL OF HSR ^IB^NCr I£A NOT B^XfJG IIWBGTIGATilD . '-F0K .i^'PLS," *as said >;h3 had. ?m?ki2N.to i- :^ed i»is2"ujo tots wm i'age^a;;aa.a COKEUNIGT ALTHOUGH ICGKAW HA^ DENIED Bl^ TH/f HG WAS. r ' BHii FURTflGR SAID T11/.T AGGOT GBAftl^. 0? .THGNEk YORKVOPAICL H l) TALKKL ' -. ' TO HilE BUT GHi FGGLAh THAT ALL OF HGR . INAORKATION: IS N0T BKItJG L IR . : BrtfOftS THfdO^imG. YOU Mi* IK3TRIJCTEB TORi.VG TWO THOROUGHLY ' A; wir,mmEd aggmr> iNTGRto* ms. da tolbdang. :& suoulu i;'ii ,i;»scii-'"xc'/;1,ly AJCSU IF GHG HA.. ANY INFORMATION BSAwIHG OK TIE 'LOYALTY Opf AfflAA RGGLNBERG A3 WELL AG. ANY FIRST HAND INFORMATION CONCERNING KAGRAW bSi^A^ C&&UNIGT kNG IF AG THIS, CA CGURGE, SHOULD US OBTAINED. SHE AHOUlg*7.^&& ; ^GTIQNGD A3 TO WHAT AHA- ivIGANT imSN GBG TOLD KRN.AT THAT :&J,§FAAm ;' *" —f v- gfWtmCti 13 NOT BGIM) INVESTIGATE AND LAID B^PORl-; THE C@«Ifcj^Ni) :« R T WAG' HGR BASIS FC^.THL.. COIR-bHT. /• SIGNiiD' oTATGMi^NT CCMCISHN-ING INFORFA/TION : FURNlGHGD BY HER ^HOULE BG C.8TAINR0. A SUTsL RESULTS. " r* HOOVER «12jb-486 ><1 Rosen *'i*' M»J ' Tracy '^ 4 Harbo_ ....... ^^.^ " Belmont_ iiohr" T»l«. Roon_ '^ V Msaee w Ejaody hi! .JAM A $^r* '.— «• 0«" BUR^UCflWieATlON FEDERAL TELETYPE MEl^'ORK 60 FROM WASH DC 14 SAC U R G E N T ALLEGATION OF ALLEGED MEMBERSHIP OF ANNA MARIE ROSENBERG IN THE JOHN REED CLUB, SPECIAL INQUIRY, . REUREP DECEMBER THIRTEEN FIFTY. PAGE NINETEEN AND UREP DECEMBER"nINE FIFTY, PAGE SIXTY ONE REFLECTING INFORMATION FURNISHED BY MRS,. NORA DE. TOLEDANO, INCLUDING HER CON- VERSATION WITH MORRIS ERNST." ERNST HAS ADVISED THE BUREAU THAT MRS. DE TOLEDANO CAME TO SEE.HIm'aND WAS VERY MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT IN- STANT MATTER AMD SHE FEELS THAT ALL OF HER EVIDENCE IS NOT BEING IN- VESTIGATED. FOR EXAMPLE, SHE SAID SHE HAD SPOKEN TO FRED WOLTMAN WHO TOLD HER MAGRAW WAS A COMMUNIST ALTHOUGH MAGRAW HAS DENIED BE- FORE THE COMMITTEE THAT HE WAS. SHE FURTHER SAID THAT AGENT SHERMAN OF THE NEW YORK OFFICE HAD TALKED TO HER BUT SHE FEELS THAT ALL OF HER INFORMATION IS NOT BEING LAID BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO HAVE TWO THOROUGHLY EXPERIENCED AGENTS INTERVIEW MRS. DE TOLEDANO. SHE SHOULD BE SPECIFICALLY ASKED IF SHE HAS ANY INFORMATION BEARING ON THE LOYALTY OF ANNA ROSENBERG AS WELL AS ANY FIRST HAND INFORMATION CONCERNING MAGRAW BEING A COMMUNIST AND IF SO END PAGE ONE -k/'- "—'if PAGE TWO THIS, OF COURSE, SHOULD BE OBTAINED. SHE SHOULD ALSO BE QUESTION- ED AS TO 'WHAT SHE MEANT WHEN SHE TOLD ERNST THAT ALL HER EVIDENCE IS NOT BEING INVESTIGATED AND LAID BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AMD WHAT WAS HER BASIS FOR THIS COMMENT. A SIGNED STATEMENT CONCERNING INFOR- MATION FURNISHED BY HER SHOULd'bE OBTAINED. " SUTEL RESULTS. HOOVER HOLD PLS a ^c3^i % r* ff.'V rr'Cti 1 stf- J 5TYPE WASH JPBOM NEW YORK 35 14 6-30 P DIRECTOR URGENT ALLEGATION OF ALLEGED MEMBERSHIP OF ANNA M. ROSENBERG IN THE JOHN REED CLUB, SPECIAL INQUIRY. REMYTEL DEC. TWELVE, FIFTY. CHARLES. YALE HARRISON, WAS I NTERVIEWED LAST NI GHT AND HE ADVISED THAT HE DID MOT KNOW A NNA M. ROSENBERG , NOR DID HE KNOW THE ANNA ROSENBERG WHO IS MENTIONED AS'~A S IGNER OF" THE PET I TIO N_ OF THE". JOHN REED CLUB WHICH APPEARED IN T HE "NY TI.ME.S". ON MAY NINETEEN, NINETEEN THIRTY, * HE STATED THAT ORIGINALLY HE THOUGHT HE HAD MET ANNA M. ROSENBERG IN NINETEEN THIRTY SIX OR NINETEEN THIRTY SEVEN,. BUT. HE LATER DETERMINED THAT THE PARTY HE MET WAS DOROTHY ROSENMAN, AND THAT ACUTALLY HE HAS NEVER MET ANNA M. ROSENBERG. HE ALSO THOUGHT THAT HE KNEW AN ANNA ROSENBERG IN NINETEEN THIRTY, BUT THE PARTY HE REMEMBERED WAS A TALL GIRL WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM MOSCOW. £>% HE, THEREFORE, ADVISED THAT HE COULD FURNISH NO INFO CONCERNING" ANNA M. ROSENBERG-S MEMBERSHIP IN THE JOHN REED CLUB. HE DID ADVISE',' HOWEVER, THAT HE WAS THE .ORGANIZER OF THE JOHN REED CLUB AND HE GAVE A HISTORY OF ITS ORGANIZATION AND THE MANNER, IN MICH . END OF ONE PASS RECORDED - 109 ,b ! iaT»i -, ;Hi'i v JkS) s. 1 w- .*&& PAGE TWO IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE COMMUNISTS. HE ALSO FURNISHED INFO CONCERNING EIGHTY THREE OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE NAMES WHICH APPEARED ON THE PETITION OF THE JOHN REED CLUB IN THE "NY TIMES" OF MAY NINETEEN, FIFTY. THIS INFO WILL BE SET OUT IN REPORT FORM. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD NEVER BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CP. SCHEIDT END, ACK-PLS NY R 35 WA CW f £ p>%d fl^cj b7D -«-~5>v £*.-- **.\ $& % 1§0*4 TEk I/) / sP WASH^JHKJft NEW YORK .33 14 6-23 P "DIRECTOR URGENT ALLEGATION OF ALLEGED MEMBERSHIP OF ANNA M. ROSENBERG IN THE JOHN REED' CLUB. SPECIAL INQUIRY. I ItODAY TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THAT HE HAD PREPARED AND SENT A TELEGRAM TO THE SENATE f ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE PROTESTING THE. METHOD OF THEIR INVEST- IGATION OF THIS MATTER AND OFFERING TO SUBMIT HIMSELF TO A LIE, DETECTOR TEST PROVIDING MC GRAW, ROSENBERG, AND WINNER ALL SUBMITTED It THE SAME TEST. HE ALSO PROTESTED THE FACT THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS INVESTIGATING ANT I SEMITISM RATHER THAN THE QUESTION OF WHETHER. MRS. ROSENBERG WAS OR WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE JOHN REED CLUB. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE WAS NOW DISILLUSIONED WITH BEN FREEDMAN AND WISHED TO HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO DO WITH HIM, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT MENTION THE DEC. FOURTEENTH NY WORLD TELEGRAM NEWSPAPER ARTICLE BY WOLTMAN. RE JAMES MC GRAW. NORA DE TOLEDANO TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THAT HOWARD RUSHMORE,* A REPORTER ON THE NY JOURNAL AMERICAN, <-*^ WHO IS KNOWN TO BUREAU, HAD TOLD HER THAT HE COULD DEFINITELY PLACE JAMES MC GRAW AS A MEMBER OF THE CP IN. THE PAST. HE SAID THAT RUSHMORE FURTHER ADVISED THAT HE HAD NOT .KNOWN THAT MC GRAW HAD EVER DENIED MEMBERSHIP IN THE CP, AND THAT RUSHMORE HAD IN-. DICATED THAT RUSHMORE WOULD BE WILLING TO GO TO WASHINGTON AND. • - . 1» RECORDED \MA4*, _mi AND TESTIFY THAT. JAMES MC GRAW HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CfefC-TSE.,/- X ~-<^azffl ^ ..^^-^ jr* > % i p& PAGE TWO PAST AMD THAT RUSHMORE HAD SEEN HIM AT CP MEETINGS. SHE SAID ' FURTHER THAT RUSHMORE HAD INDICATED THAT MAURICE MALKIN, WHO HA'S BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THIS OFFICE IN THE PAST ALTHOUGH NOT IN THIS •MATTER, ALSO COULD DEFINITELY PLACE JAMES MC GRAW AS A MEMBER OF THE CP IN THE PAST. UACB THIS OFFICE WILL INTERVIEW MAURICE MAL- klN. BUREAU IS REQUESTED- TO ADVISE AS TO WHETHER BUREAU DESIRES THAT HOWARD RUSHMORE BE INTERVIEWED. , SCHEIDT HOLD '* PP9 b7D^ / £r^<^ U. r. !¥i'A:<ii/KilT Or JUSTICE w^ I j^r.rrv :3u2 ^lSjS DEC 14/950 teletype ' ^4 WASHINGTON FROM NEW YORK 29 14 6-06P : RECTOR URGENT o ALLEGATION OF ALLEGED MEMBERSHIP OF ANNA M.' ROSENBERG IN THE JOHN REED CLUB, SI. .ATTENTION ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ROSEN. FOR INFO OF NEW HAVEN, HAS FURNISHED A SIGNED STATEMENT WHEREIN HE STATES THAT ONE JAMES MAGRAW,, WHOM ' SAID WAS A CP MEMBER IN MID NINETEEN THIRTY- S AND SUPERVISOR OF WRITERS PROJECT, WPA, IN THE FALL OF NINETEEN THIRTY FOUR, TOOK TtO A MEETING OF THE JOHN REED CLUB AT NYC WHERE MAGRAW POINTED OUT ANNA ROSENBERG TO MAGRAW SAID ROSENBERG WAS A MEMBER OF THE CP. ALSO SAID THAT HE SAW ANMiTROSENBERG | | AT THREE -OR FOUR OTHER MEETINGS OF THE JOHN REED' CLUB IN THE PERIOD OF FALL NINETEEN THIRTY FOUR TO FALL NINETEEN THIRTY FIVE.