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Jones to Nichols \.emorandum January 25, 4357 Office bearing the character "SECURITY MATTER - C; FRAUD AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT." The investigation developed no evidence connecting Sinatra with the Communist Party or the communist movement aside from his member - ship in the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions in 1946. This organization was described by the California Committee on Un- American Activities as a communist front. The February 13, 1946, issue of "The Independent," published by the Independent Citizens Committee of Arts, Sciences, and Professions, listed Frank Sinatra among ten names under the heading "Vice Chairmen." This publication also listed in this capacity such individuals as Joseph EB. Davies, Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Archibald Mac Leish and Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. Included in the list of some thirty members of the Boafd of Directors appeared the name of James Roosevelt. (100-417728- 20, 18) It was also noted in above-mentioned report that in April, 1948, the ‘New York Daily Mirror" contained an article captioned "Sinatra to Stage Radio Plea to Italy for Defeat of Reds, "' carrying the name Louella Parsons in the by-line. The item read in part as follows: "An appeal broadcast directly to the Italian people to vote against the communist ticket in the April 18, 1948, election is being arranged for by Frank Sinatra..." The article went on to state "Sinatra, who returned from New York today, was asked by Washington officials to get together a show with famous guests of Italian parentage, and Frankie gladly accepted the assignment to help fight communism. Twenty-seven recordings will be made and played in various parts of Italy in an effort to reach even the most remote part of that troubled nation.'"' (100-417728-18) . E, ALLEGED ASSOCIATION WITH KNOWN CRIMINALS AND HOODLUMS: The column of Robert C. Ruark, "Washington News, '' Washington, D. C., issue of February 20, 1947, reported that Frank Sinatra had been in Havana, Cuba, for four days during the previous week and that ‘this companion in public and in private was Luciano, Luciano's bodyguard and a rich collection of gamblers and high-binders."’ The article indicated that Luciano and Sinatra were seen together at the race tracks, the gambling casino and at special parties. (39-2141A; 62-83219~10) The column of Westbrook Pegler, "As Pegler Sees It,’' in the "New York Journal American," issue of September 10, 1947, carried a caption "Publicity Would Re-Shine Sinatra's Reputation." It is set forth in this article 346