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} f fe: Teer ® CONBISENTIAL eo “OF ce Memorandum * UNITED STA1.S GOVERNMENT ALL INE aMATION CONTAINED TO : Mr. EAT IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE: april 10, 1947... 1 EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN or tebe FROM : « Rosen OTHERWISE cS SUBJECT: PRANK ALBERT “SINA th alias On. gees eS 3 MISCELLANEOUS ~- INFORMATION CONCERNING CLASS, & EXT=RY,, .# PURPOSE ‘ RESSON - FCIMH D To set out the information evailable concerning Sinatra's activities in reply te the Director's query: "Are the para-— graphs marked with ink provable?" " MALYSIS” ‘)— The AYD Year Book will contain a contribution by Frank Sinatra. ‘Pacts: ASAC A. He. Belmont of the New York Division advised that Bureau ‘Agents’ had obtained a copy of the AYD Year Book published in the fall of 1946 and JE Ae : 7 ‘Anéricans who received awards at the New Masses.dinner held at the Commodore 5 advised that there’ was no. informati be files concerning thé* reasons Sinatra: _ did-not sontribu e the, article: 8 x0, mo, also the first issue of "Youth" magazine, a bimonthly publication of the American - Youth. for Democracy, 150 Nassau Street, New York City, dated April 19, 1947, and nei ther of these. books make any mention of Frank Sinatra. Mr. Belmont advised entioned in either ofthe books and he did not con- tribute any ar The information that Sinatra intended contributing an article to the Year Book was developed through the technical surveillance on the American Youth | for Democracy, New York City, which revealed that on Warch 22, 1946, \ called an unidentified man who was obviously a representative of Sinatra and in- quired: concerning a 500 word article on "Discrimination" which Sinatra was to prepare for the American Youth for Democracy Year Book, Mr. Sinatra's repre- sentative inquired of Ga i: the American Youth for Pemocracy was not the former Young Communist League, pointing out that Sinatrg's political beliefs do not run. "toward social, beliefs - towards Communism." dvised that the AYD was not the former Young Communist League and stated the AYD was made up of persons of all religious and racial beliefs. Mr, Sinatra's representative - then indicated that Sinatra would prepare the desired article.—- ASAC“Belmont ‘Newspapers reported. ‘that on January 14, 1946; Sinatra was one of twenty~ Ke wary IA; 1946. Pon a “RECORDED 62-F32 19-7 Proof: ASaC Belmont of the New York Division advised tiiat this affair -was not covered by Agents or informants and there was no proof of Sinatra's personal attendance at the affair other than that indicated in the Daily Worker and other New York papers. The article in the Daily Worker reflected that Sinatra was 5 given the award "for his courageous fight on behalf of all minorities. a Hotel J 3 - On May 3, 1946, Phil Schatz, a reported Comiunist and menbe National Exedutive Board and Executive Secretary of the Auerican { JJR:abk SHAD es ee eer ee CCC. oo ee a