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‘Letter to Director, FBE NY, 100-90892 [| who has furnished reliable inform tion in the past, advised on 7/1u/)8 that HOWIE ZINN was believed to bs one of a group of individuals selected from the 6th A.D., Kings County Communist Party as a fraternal delegate to the New York State Convention of the Cormunist Party. ‘i} 2 b7D Leet has furnished reliable inform tion in the past, advised on 4/5/50 that HOWARD ZINN, 890 Hast 6th Street, NYC, was on the 1947-49 mailing list of the Workers Book Shop, 50 Hast 13th Street, Manhattan, New York. / { |__| xno has furnished rd lable information in the past, made available on 6/12/53 information from material contained in ABE GOLDSTEIN's apartment LOE, 226 Hast 12th Street, NYC, indicating the name HOWARD ZINN was on a list entitled "Comm. of 1000", GOLDSTEIN is regarded as a part of the HENRY FARASH apparatus of the CP underground, % ) U ne On 11/6/53 and 2/9/54, HOWARD ZINN was interviewed by agents of the New York Office and stated he was not a Communist Party member. He further stated that he did not believe in the doctrine of force and violence and that in- dividuals or organizations do not have the right to advocate or teach the overthrow of the government of the United States by force and violence. ZINN admitted that he was. associated with the Anerican Veterans Committee in 1916 and 1947, and that he had served in 1948 as vice chairman of the Kings County Committee of the American Veterans Committee. He also stated that he was a member of the steering committee of the "Veterans Committee Against the Mundt-Nixon Bill" in 1948. He advised that it was possible that he had signed a petition or paper in 198 indicating support of Communist SIMON W. GERSON who was petitioning to be seated in the council seat vacated because of the death of PETER V. CACCHEONE. ZINN also advised that he was employed by the American Labor Party in Brooklyn, N. Y. during 1949 and was associated with the ALP today. ZINN advised further that he had attended the “Peekskill Disorders" and filed suit against the State of New York as a result of the riots which occurred at Peekskill, N.Y., after a concert by PAUL ROBESON.