Mr. Johnson. I made that actually to Mr. Jackson.
Mr. Rankin. Can you tell us who Mr. Jackson is, enough so that we can know how he may be acting or he may have the authority to search the files?
Mr. Johnson. He is the editor of the Worker.
Mr. Rankin. That was done shortly before you turned over the other papers and this to the FBI?
Mr. Johnson. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Do you have any basis for believing that when you made such a request it would be carried out?
Mr. Johnson. Oh, yes.
Mr. Rankin. Can you tell us enough about that so we would know what reason you would have to believe that it would be carried out?
Mr. Johnson. Well, the relationship would be one, which was very normal; the editorial policy of the Worker in relationship to the assassination; and insistence upon cooperation in any fashion to determine anything related to it that would be helpful in the work of the Commission or Government agencies involved. There was no resistance, and there was immediately a willingness and desire to do so; that is all.
Mr. Rankin. Did you ask that there be a complete search for anything that would show any correspondence?