About twenty years ago, I was asked to write to the FBI by the NYC Wobs, (of whom I am a member...) because they still had a huge archive of our stuff from the Chicago office, Palmer raids in 1919, teliphones, file cabinets, tons of literature, and a small envelope with some of Joe's ashes not yet scattered. I sent a letter saying that as we had not recieved any requests from their shop for membership, could they return the bulk of the litterature they picked up in 1919, and in future if they had literature requests, could they ask for specific amounts rather than taking all of it. Also, could they leave the furnature and teliphones and other items in place. Finally could they return fellow worker Joe Hill now residing in an FBI file cabinet.
This is the ashes that are now floating about, I think the FBI responded to the Chicago office.
Cheers
yours in the One Big Union
InOBU
Larry