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CONFYUENTIAL { \ Attention is directed to the fact that Frank Sinatra had been arrested on April 9, 1947, on a battery warrant sworn to by Lee Mortimer as the result of having been allegedly hit by Sinatra on the night of April 8, 1947. A news article datelined April 10, (1947) at Hollywood, reported that the cause for Sinatra's attack on Mortimer was an article by Mortimer concerning the reported friendship between Sinatra and Luciano. - (Washington Daily News," 4/10/47. eet 25—244122—A The files reflect that Frank Sinatra has made public appearances and utterances in connection with combatting racial and religious intolerance. According to one source, Sinatra struck a counterman in a cafe down South who would not serve a cup of coffee to a Negro in Sinatra's party and when in Dorsey's band struck a guest for making an anti-Semitic remark. He has also appeared in a movie short on intolerance, 'The House I Live In," and has had articles on racial intolerance published under his by-line and has made public addresses on the subject. According to this source, "The fact that he has become an outspoken liberal has irritated many non-liberals and has confused a few liberals," The book "The Voice" by E. J. Kahn, Jr. published by Harper and Brothers, New York City, 1946. In connection with the picture, “The House I Live In,* the "Los Angeles Herald Express" of May 14, 1945, carried an article reporting that Frank Sinatra had proposed the filming of a picture dealing with intolerance in the United States, Albert Maltz, one of the "Hollywood Ten," agreed to do the scriptgratis, as all the performers connected with this picture had agreed to do. According to the "Los Angeles Daily News," of May 15, 1945, eligious tolerance was the theme of the picture, "The House I Live In," whie t Fr “ank Sinat =o satornes ele ela en Witch rr WAdIGU LER Weal Loe er fer a oa 1 The proceeds of "The House I Live In" were reportedly turned over to juvenile delinquency organizations. (94-4-2695-37) o3. SONEDARTIAL