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moma wae lal i Frank Sinatra was identified as one of the artists who participated in a concert held in the Hollywood Bowl on September 2, 1946, which had been arranged by the Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions. The principal guest speaker at this affair was Senator Claude Pepper who spoke on relations between the United States and Soviet Russia. This fund raising meeting is estimated to have collected between forty and fifty thousand dollars. b2 . bi0 Game (4) ns. Rez "Hollywood Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts Sciences and Professions, IS-C" 100-338892-79, page 3. On July 19, 1948, James B. Matthews, former Research Director for the Dies Committee, testified before the Washington State Joint Legislative Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities. During his testimony he introduced into the record an exhibit (No. 12) which listed the officials of the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Profegsions, Inc., New York City. The exhibit did not bear a date and the testimony failed to reflect the time to which the exhibit related. Frank Sinatra appeared on this exhibit as one of the Vice Chairman of the organization. ; Cennard swennet anf the Wachtnuetan Stata weGom repor: OL tne washington ovate Joint Legislative Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities, 1948. In connection with Sinatra's activities with the ICCASP, it has been reported that in 1943 he supported the Hague political machine in New Jersey and, in 1944, actively campaigned on behalf of former President Franklin BD. Roosevelt. He is reported to have visited the White Houge in September, 1944, in company with Toots Shor, New York restaurateur, at which time he conferred with the President. Considerable adverse publicity is reported to have resulted fram this visit and as a consequence, according to this particular report, Sinatra became incensed and donated $7,500 to the Democratic cause and became an active member of the Independent Voters Comittee of the Arts and Sciences for Roogevelt which reportedly subsequently merged with the ICCASP. "The Volce" by E. J. Kahn, dre, published py Harper and Brothers in New York City, 19: "Narodni Glasnik," 10-18-44. 100-10123-114, Encl., page 666.