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o oo M.A. Jones to Delos RE: HOWARD ZINN & Party but admitted association with communist front groups. He described himself during the interview as a liberal interested in civil rights but claimed that he would never be involved with any organization detrimental to the security of this country. On November 16, 1962, the "New York Post" carried an article, "The FBI and the Battle of the South, '' which related to a report issued by the Southern Regional Council (SRC), a body of white and Negro Southern leaders, which reviewed the Albany, Georgia, racial situation. This report, which was | critical of the FBI civil rights investigation in Albany, was prepared by Dr. Howard Zinn. The SRC of Atlanta, Georgia, issued another report by Zinn con- cerning the Albany racial stiuation in January, 1962. In this report, as in the November, 1962, report, Zinn sets out information in a slanted and biased manner | which is to be expected from an individual of Zinn's background. He was critical of the FBI in this report, stating that in November, 1961, Negroes had been ordered from a white waiting room of an Albany bus station, that this matter had been « » reported to the FBI and "there was no apparent result.'"' Another incident related in this report dealt with the lack of FBI action in December, 1961, when a number of persons were arrested by Albany authorities. It is to be noted that the 11-25-62 issue of ''The Worker" made reference to Zinn's SRC repart concerning the Albany racial situation which reports that Zinn lashed out at the FBI because of its inaction in relation to various violations of civil rights of Negroes in that city. Zinn's comments concerning the situation were again reported by "The Worker" on Sunday, 12-262. It is to be noted that as a result of the articles which appeared in the "New York Post" and "The Worker," Mr. DeLoach alerted friendly Georgia news~ papers concerning Zinn' s background. Zinn has also been active in protesting policies of this country concerning Cuba. It was reported that Zinn walked in a picket line in Atlanta, on 10~2462, and held a meeting protesting the President's decision concerning the quarantine of Cuba. Identified in this group were three Security Index subjects, Dorothy Miller of Atlanta, Harry C. Steinmetz of San Diego, and Robert Shapiro of Rochester, New York, all Communist Party members. RECOMMENDATION: For the information of Mr. Tolson. + a Why "