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co gy £1 yellow bic ay ’ teed ie a Pd f j ey ha ba ew DY trae Pt | a ; roe lek O44 heal ~ { ; ENG a 1 oz ur Wat apes 2, 1957 | ty | ALD INS! TMATION CONTAIN) Koy «SOHN EREST STEIWBECK GEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED --‘ MKCEPT WHERE SHOWN gated by this Bureau, however, the files of thie Bureau contain the fellowing tnformation: | Stetndeck wae born ot Salinas, Caltfornta, February 27, 1902, He graduated from Salinas High Echool tn but did not graduate. He married Carol Henntng tn 1930 and ¢ 19128 and woe a student at Stanford University for five years was divorced from her in March, 1943. He married Gwyn Conger on Karch 29, 19498, and Flaine Scott on December 28, 1950. Re has been the author of @ nunber of books and wos averded the Puliteer prize in 1940, Among the books for which he is most noted are "Tortilia Filet," 1935; "Of Mice and Ven," 19374 "Gropes of Froth,” 19293 "The Moon Is Dorn,” 194°; “Cannery Ror,” 1945; "The Foyward Bus," 1947; and “A Russian Journal," 1945, He wee also erployed a& G@ war correrroncent and as Go writer for the "kew Yerk Lercld-Tribune” during 1943, 1944, 1947 “' TE, 1-2.4.2 oot BF SG em one : .. . DATE C? CLASS. & PUT. BY PIP __/ 27-29 . zc | and 1945. (300-106224-7) | = A Spectal Conntttee on UneAnertcon Activities of the & United States House of Representatives, 75th Congress, published @ report in 1939 eanptioned “"Investigction of Un-Arerican Propaganda Activities tn the United States. On Page 1996 under the heading of Featern Writers Congress, taformation was set out . that during the Fall of 1926 a group ef liberal and conmuntette ; writers tesued a call for a conference to be held in San Franciscs, Caltforata, on Noverder 12, 1936, whtch conference continued throughout the followtng day. This report indicated thet one of the spensore of thie Cengress was John Stetnbeoke . A confidential tnfornant who has furntehed reliable tnfornation tn the past advised in 1P48 that John Steinbeck was one of the writers who attended the Festern Friters Congress tn 293646 (Former rFSevepySA {o/ * ra BY DEFAU CQ RWI COM NTTEE (DE fo —— pare: .UALIa."ooRKfwade a 3] Reon — . CORFEDEMPIAL SEY: ~