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ca | a (os , Office Memorendum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. i GCC:ML TO : MR. De B. 6h . DATE: 2-26- f Af FROM : HR, G. C. ‘CALLAN SUBJECT: FRANK ALBERT SINATRA Selective Service . oN You will recall that we inquired into the Selective Service status of , [> Frank ‘Sinatra because of the receipt from Walter’. F“Winchell of an anonymous letter which he received alleging that $40,000 had been paid by Sinatra to procure a - “ae 4-F classification. Newark found that Sinatra received a 4-F classificztion a because of an ear ailment. It also discovered that Sinatra had been arrested 9 W's twice--once for seduction and once for adultery, both arrests resulting in dis-, missals,<-.. A heh Arooed On inte EF et . a ; The Director penned a notation on my memorandum to you dated February 15, ad 1944, "We should be certain that there is nothing irregular in this case," and .wpon your instructions, I called the Newark Office on February 21, 1944 at 4:45 p. m. and instructed ASAC R. W. Bachman to have the physician who examined Sinatra inter- viewed. The Newark Office has complied with these instructions and there “is “attached hereto Newark's letter of February 24, “1944 which indicates very definitely that Sinatra was properly rejected because of a perforation “of the membrana tympani and acute or chronic mastoiditis. “During the course of the interview, it was ascertained from the examining physician, Dr. Joseph R. Weintrob, Captain, . U. S. Army, Medical Corps, that Sinatra stated he had, in his early youth, been operated on on several occasions for mastoiditis. X-ray pictures have borne out - Sinatra's statements in this regard. Captain Weintrob said the scar tissue which was the result of the operation was readily perceptible and in this connection the operational scars very clearly appear on the left profile photograph taken on the occasion of one of Sinatra's arrests by the Sheriff's Office at Hackensack, New Jersey. Either the perforation of the tympani or the mastoid condition is, : as Captain Weintrob points out, cause for rejection of a registrant under War Department regulations. It therefore appears that_Sinatra was properly rejected from military a service and there is no indication that the statements made in the anonymous letter ~ above referred to have any foundation. Consequently, in the absence of |further instructions, no additional inquiries will be conducted in this matter. ee nae a na aa S Ae ree mone er orem manene| Attachment . | \ “4 ont 2 i , phy im a / 22 355 wg ile Ee ne ON a ae ee oe | a ae cm en ee a