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b& | March 29, 1960 individuals whom he declined to identify, except to state they were members of the underworld element, that Fischetti and other unidentified hoodlums are financially supporting and actively endeavoring to secu secure the nomination for the r the presidency as Democratic candidate, Senator John_F. ” Kennedy, He said that Frank Sinatra is going to campaign Campaign for . Kennedy in several of. the primaries, He advised that Sinatra is a nephew of hoodlum Joe Fischetti and that Sinatra is only booked to appear after c clearances obtained with Fischetti. Game :::: that Sinatra's song writer, Jimmy Van Huse vith Husen, is presently writing Campaign songs for Kennedy, indicated that it is his opinion that Sinatra “and Van Husen are being made available, to assist Senator Kennedy's campaign so that Fischetti and other hoodlums will have an entree to Senator or Kennedy. Soe ee a GRD 235°: that Senator Kennedy's brother-in-law, Peter Lawford, has been cultivated by Sinatra and they are now apparently close “associates. He said that Lawford ha has one half li of one percent - interest in | the Sands’ ‘Hotel in Las Vegas. - said that when he was in Miami he had occasion to over- hear a conversation which indicated that Senator Kennedy had been compromised with a woman in Las Vegas, Nevada. He said he knew © AS ¥ dae ees Senator Kennedy = "was S staying é at the Sands Hotel in n Las Vegas about six_ ee eee ee ‘or eight weeks ago and that h he had d observed Senator Kennedy in the n night ‘club of the Sands Hotel during this period. He had no idea as to the identity o of ‘any po: possible fi female companion, ae: advised that whep Senator Kennedy was in Miami, Florida an airline hostess named Susan‘Stallings sent to visit Senator Kennedy, He “did not know just when this occurred and declined to identify his informant. advised that he was considerably disturbed at receiving all of this information as he would hate to see a pawn of the hoodlum element such as Sinatra have access to the White House. An editorial appearing in the March 23, 1960 edition of the Los Angeles Herald and Express severely criticized Sinatra for hiring Albert Maltz and, among other things, pointed out “the impact of Mr. Sinatra's move may also cause dismay in the campaign camp of Senator John F. Kennedy, through no fault of his own. Mr. Sinatra has put himself forward as a re Kennedy supporter and the Sinatra recording of "High Hopes” is the Kennedy campaign song. "