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ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH HCUA INVESTIGATION OF CQMQIUNISM IN HOLLYWOOD a a a a a aaa eat According to a November 21, 19),7, news article, Sinatra was one of a group of movie personalities who were scheduled to participate in a radio broac- cas. on November 22, TOUT, entitled tollywood Fights Back] This broadegst, which had béer a arrénged by the Committee for the First Amendment, was part of a program protesting the investigation of Communism in Hollywood by the HCUA. Fhe Committee for the First Amendment was described as "a recently created Commmnist front in the defense of Communists and Commmist fellow travelers't in the 198 report of the California Committee on Un-American Activities. [coumacns WITH RUSSIAN CONSULATE orszorars | &) Sinatra was scheduled to have his picture taken with Captain Qrest Shertaers representative in the United States for the Youth Anti+Frascist Committee ‘ in Moscow, who was then stationed at the Russian Consulate in New York City, on March ls, 1945. d+ @] On May 20, 1946, the Russian Consulate in Los Angeles was advised that Mre and Mrs. rank Sinatra’ would not be able to attend a party at the Consulete that night.’ « (4) HOLLYWOOD STRIKE, OCTOBER, 1915 Herbert E. Sorrell, President of the Conference of Studic Unions, called a strike on May 12, 195, in a jurisdictional fight between two AFL unions, over Which union should represent the set decorators. This strike resulted in considerable strife and on October 10, 1945, over 300 pickets in front of the Warner Brothers Studio were arrested. Om the same date the Los Ange es Office sa advised that a self-appointed committee of prominent screen writers, nearly all of whom Were known to be Communist Party menbers had induced Fra inatra to a Ging morning as,an observer.of-fha.-phc ket itae in ppear with them the. fol) front of the Warner Brothers Studio, There is no .xeport. available. that Sinatra adhuehtyuppsired - “es an_sbserver.at this picket.line. However, an article appeared in the "Daily Worker" of October 17, 1916, which reported that "Frank Sinatra shocked many of his friends by speaking sharply in faver of going through the line." ry i