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SINATRA 10 HEAD , eal . - with TIBIAS GROUP 28 meme nlmous- _ AN | Gj 26 members present o'sinatr Year-Old American-{tatian League Names Singer - ' By PETER KOSS Frank Sinatra, the actor end singer, has become national chairman of the miiltant year- old American-Italian Anti-Def- amation League, it Was an- nounced here yesterday by Civil Court Judge Ross J. DiLorenzo, the league's president. Judge DiLorenzo also told of an interview he and four other directors had held with Deputy Mayor Robert W. Sweet to protest that Mayor Lindsay's administration had only one comunissioner of Italian extrac-. tion ~— Hospitals Cornmissioner Joseph V. Terenzio —- out of .34 officlals he szaid were of Cabinet level. The judge said he had told the Deputy Mayor at City Hall on Tuesday that Italians made up 26 per cent of the city’s population, about the same as “Jews, He estimated there were “about 28 Jewish Commisslon- ers," but said he was not urg- ing a smalj numeber of Italians ‘because, he said, “Two wrongs do not make a righ” Mr. Sweet would only say yesterday that be had respond- +ed “We will continue to try te get the best-qualified people with the broadest representa- _ tion possibie.” . Actually, Relocation Commis- ‘sioner Frank C. Arricale and : Acting Labor Commissioner An- Tthony C. Russo are ef Italian . descent, as is Joseph F. Peri- “eoni, the Mayor's former Sani- ,tatior Commissioner. And at Nekst SOME officials were Classi- There has also been,confusi with The National “Ttalian- : ‘Lorenzo said the merican League o Combat De 4 engacs boar 4 of directors, at famation, which has beon operat ey 19 meeting here g_ since 1959 with Surrogate an. Apri S. Samucl Di Falco as national jchairman. This g roup contends it has 24 affiliated organiza~ tons, as weil as “thousands” ied incorrectly as qrwish ip, the ica T¥eCkoning, Pi ‘ly -voted to name {ehairman. The actor-singer, “‘Sudee DiLorenzo said, accept- 2d pron the judge and. seven!°f individual members, ° , the yacht . Southern | Trath | oie) Judge DiLorenzo made ined bv a@ @ircctor, Berner ast January a protest Cao oe to Mayor Lindsay asserting that --Sinatra’s View gf Yott» ig Bp Cont of his appointments . as . y posts went; through his. New York ofjte Jows, and only 3 per cent to dice, Mr. Sinatra said ina state-Italians, Surrogate Di Fals rent last night that he regard-Co wrote the Mayor disassoclat- =-his new post as “a workinging his league from an “in. * @ppointment.” — . Yidious comparison.” - He added, “No American can According to Judge DiLo- rest easily until all vestiges ofrgn7a, ¢ directorg__of. bis ‘discrimination are erased fromicngat are: ee our soclety"—racial, religious) pecnarg Caatro, Anthony Gan- {er social. He called the league! uber Toty Coletti, Angeig Cos- ‘wthe right step in the right di-istunze, Frank Creta, Carmine G. rection In_one area.” | DeSapio, Meade H. Esposito, Louls ‘Judge DiLorenzo said Mr. [Gierdane, Salvatore Giordano, i enue had lready started Frank Guelotta, former diayor Sinatra had already § Vincent FR. Impellitteri, Joseph planning a massive two-hour fyordan, Luigi R. Marano, Rocky rally and entertainment to pro-|Mercians, Howard Molisant, Den- mote the league for Oct. 19 in [lel Motto, John Pascale, Paul Rao i t., Emil Reimo, Anthony Scotto, Madison Square Garden. haries Sorace, Dr. Mario Taglia- The league, the judge said./rimbe, Joseph Teretola, Joseph has’ built up a dues-paying|) Tonelli and Philip Vitello. membership of 7,20 since 4 Mr. Creta, Mr. Conticelli, Mr. started in March, 1966, It hasiImpcellitteri, Mr. Scotto and Dr.' a staff of seven persons xt its: Tagliacambe have also been di- headquarters at 400 Madisonjrectors of Surrogate Di Falco's Avenue, oo. FRAT zauo0h. a ened Tn its efforts to fight mis- leading stcreotyping of Italians, Judge PDiLorenzo said, the leabue has been in touch with book and television authors ask- ing them to “stop using ‘Ma- fia’ and ‘Cosa Nostra’ for each "The New York Times" aud evcry Jittle item", May 4 : 1967 rs paid the Federal Burcau Page 1 vf Joxcstigetion had -prormiced mote careful supervision of the dramatization of stories from burcau files, and the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York had to avoid releascs misusing the labels. © - . Quarrel Over Name The league has been in & quar rel over its name with the 54-[ year-old Anti-Defamation Leagu of B'nai B'rith. The latter's gen- eral counsel, Arnold Forster, sai yesterday the Jewish organiza- tonsil, pursue our remedies