Letter from Harvey B. Schechter to Eileen Brookman, June 1, 1964

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGIONAL OFFICE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE of B 'nai B'rith ADVISORY BOARD DAVID GOLDMAN President MRS. HENRY MONSKY MORTON SILVERMAN WILLIAM GORDON Vice-Presidents AARON ESHMAN Treasurer MILTON A. SENN Regional Director I. B. BENJAMIN HON. STANLEY MOSK ISAAC SUKMAN Life Members EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAXWELL E. GREENBERG Chairman MRS. CHARLES BLUMENBERG Vice-Chairman AARON RICHE Honorary Vice-Chairman MRS. LEO ANTOKAL Secretary NATIONAL COMMISSIONERS HARRY GRAHAM BALTER JACK Y. BERMAN CHARLES GOLDRING MAXWELL E. GREENBERG MOE KUDLER MRS. MOE KUDLER MAURICE TURNER LIFE MEMBER JUDGE DAVID COLEMAN NATIONAL COMMISSION DORE SCHARY Chairman BENJAMIN R. EPSTEIN National Director REGIONAL STAFF HYMAN H. HAVES Program & Community Consultant HARVEY B. SCHECHTER Fact-Finding & Civil Rights 217, 590 NORTH VERMONT AVENUE, LOS ANGELES 4, CALIFORNIA, NORMANDY 2-8151 Mrs. Eileen Brookman 1900 Cochran Street Las Vegas, Nevada Dear Eileen: Please forgive the delay in answering your inquiry, but things have been so hectic here that the days slip away. Karl Prussion is in fact a former Undercover Agent for the FBI. During the past several years he has been involved in anti-Communist work, but his objectivity was entirely discredited during the 1962 Gubernatorial race in California when he put out a pamphlet containing cropped photographs arranged in such a way as to create the impression that Governor Brown and Attorney General Mosk were servants of the Communist Party. This pamphlet was repudiated by the Nixon headquarters during that political campaign, and i t undoubtedly served to win sympathy votes for Governor Brown. There is no doubt that the Communists are attempting to exploit the tensions stemming from the Civil Rights activities across the country, but Prussion would have you believe that these activities are the direct result of Communist agitation, which, of course, is nonsense. We have no information on Joe Burton, and would appreciate anything you might be able to develop locally. A group with a similar name, Citizens Information Center, is a John Birch Society outlet in Phoenix, and we have been reliably informed that Mr. Prussion himself was at least two years ago a member of the John Birch Society. PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGIONAL "...Dedicated to translating democratic ideals into a way of life for all Americans in our time." June 1, 196k NATIONAL COMMISSION OORE SCHARY Chairman HENRY E. SCHULTZ MEIER STEINBRINK Honorary Chairmen LEONARD L. ABESS BARNEY BALABAN HARRY BRANDT SAMUEL H. DAROFF JACOB K. JAVITS PHILIP M. KLUTZNICK LEON LOWENSTEIN ? W I L L I AM SACHS MELVIN H. SCHLESINGER MENDEL B. SILBERBERG JESSE H. STEINHART Honorary Vice-Chairmen EDWARD GOLDBERGER MOE KUDLER ALAN R. MORSE NORMAN N. NEWHOUSE BURNETT ROTH MRS. CHARLES D. SOLOVICH Vice-Chairmen MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE / PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD ROBERT M. ARAN HYMAN J. AULT MACY BAUM ANTHONY C. BEILENSON VICTOR CARTER MRS. FRANK COOPER MRS. MARSHALL EHRENBERG HON. ROBERT FEINERMAN HAROLD FEINSTEIN ? OSCAR FELDNER MRS. LARRY FISHMAN DAVID FOX JOSEPH FRIEDMAN STANLEY FURMAN IRVING GLASBAND MRS. CHARLES GOLDRING ABNER GOLDSTINE SY GOMBERG J. LEO GORDON SAMUEL HALPER HARVEY HARRIS LEONARD HORWIN MRS. JACK HOWELL JOSEPH HERMAN HON. IRVING HILL BRUCH HOCHMAN LAWRENCE IRELL RICK KAHN MRS. IOUIS KASH MELVIN KASSAN ROBERT KISSEL RICHARD KLEINROCK SEYMOUR KNEE MORRIE KRAUS MRS. SYLVIA LAKE MRS. ZADOC LEAVY JACOB J. LIEBERMAN MARVIN LEVIN BILL LE VINE . MRS. BILL LE VINE BERNARD LIPPMAN MRS. LOUIS MELTZER ALFRED R. MEYERS ALVIN P. MEYERS IRVING S. MICHELMAN MILTON OLF SAMUEL OSCHIN DR. HOWARD PFLUG MRS. IRWIN PITTLER MRS. DONALD PONITZ ROBERT POWSNER MRS. JOSEPH REISER DAVID RlCHMAN MRS. EDWARD ROODBERG GEORGE K. ROSENBERG LEE ROSTLER BEN RUDNICK DR. I. W. RUSKIN JEROME SCHWARTZ JOSEPH SHANE MRS. GEORGE SHEFF ADLlY M. SHULMAN DANIEL SPELLMAN JACK J. SPITZER JAY SUTTON MRS. GEORGE TAUSSIG MRS. MAURICE TURNER LEONARD VERNON MRS. IRVING WIEDER DAVID ZISKIND Mrs. Eileen Brookman Page 2 I would suggest that you continue with your activities, and not be thwarted by this kind of leaflet. Cordially, HBSsrr Enc.