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WFO 100-31468 "RICHARD B. VAIL: Testimony before this committee in the last few days has jndicated that there are several promi- nent figdres in the moving picture industry, grom- inent actors in particular, who support Communist activities. I have in mind, in particular, the names that have been mentioned: MARCH ROBINSON SINATRA and CAGNEY. In your opinion (Mr. JOHNSTON), * are those individuals concerned with the progress rad me Neee & reD e a BP Nae t meee Bn thin ? OL VOMMUNLSE in this councry: "Mr. JOHNSTON: I have no knowledge to that effect." Page 298 contained further testimony of JOHNSTON. This testimony was as follows: "Mr. MUNDT: It doesn't work out that way. We asked Senator TENNEY from your state of California , yesterday for example, whether or not it was correct that one of your constituents, Mr. SINATRA, had addressed and endorsed the Amer} ¢ap . youth for Democracy in Califdrnia, and he said he had. We have etposed the AYD as a Communist Organization. J. EDGAR HOOVER has exposed it as a Communist Organization. ee - mmmremm thn OD andmita wlio we CANALLLAL Wi parenthood of the AYD, but so far as the record reveals, Mr. SINATRA has never, at any time, dupe. though he may be,taken himself away from hié endorse- _ment of the movement. It doesn't always work that way, does it? "Mr. JOHNSTON: In most; instances that I know of it has. * n . Mr. MUNDT: And where it has, I agree that we should not be wee dee Dee mee md ad meee af +n Atma hut whara a man UNUULyY SUSPLELVUUS Vl LIS UU, VU Wii~d GS & Minas in the position of Mr. SINATRA fails or declines . 5 - we hone Fe pp ype ot oe ore 1 epee rw ape cappeuin.