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be biD group of prominent sta x COMP eNT yay \ MISCELLANEOUS ALLEGATIONS oF COMMUNIST FRONT APFILTATIONS advised that Frank Sinatra.was.one..af tbe cards to attract people to its front orgenizations. Wei) A news article on June 9, 1949, listed some of the motion picture per- sonalities, who had been identified by the California Committee on Un-American Activities as supporters of the Communist rarty. Frank Sinatra was one of those named by this Committee. The news article quoted Sinatra's answer to his listing by the Committee as follows; "This unfair and unjustified attack gives every American a good reason to be critical of the Tenney Committee. This statement is the product of liars, and liars to me make very un-American leaders. And furthermore, if they don't cut it out, I'li show them how auch an American can fight back - even if it's against the state - if the American happens to be right. And, I'm right, not Left Mr. Tenney." On January 24, 1947; i g COMMUNIST PRESS COMMENTS The November 25, 1945 issue of "The Vorker" included a feature article by Walter Lowenfels entitled "Frankie's Fight on hace hatred". This article set forth Sinatra's remarks to a press conference held by him in Fhiladelphia on the eve of a speech he was to make in that city on racial intolerance, The date of the interview and the date of Sinatra's scheduled appearance at Fniledelphia were not given. The July 8, 1947 issue of "Tyckansan Sanomat", Communist Party organ in Helsinki, included Sinatra's name among a list of Hollywood stars who were said not to be members of the Communist Party, but had, in effect, supported the Communist Party policies. MERICAN FEDERATION OF RADIO ARTISTS ‘ ie — a Sinatra was elected as Third Vice President of the* American Federztion ef we HF f ~J for Radio Artists at its national convention in Los Angeles, August 3 - 5, 1946. 4. «& One of the leaders in AFRA opposing the pro-Communist faction, advised, date not given, that he considered Sinatra as one of the members of the National Board of Directors of AFRA, who from time to time sided with the pro-Communist group. Another informant, date not given, had also advised’that he considered Frank Sinatra to be a follower of the "left-wing" faction of APRA.