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FD-350 (Rev, 7-16-63) ‘Tt was inevitable. Almost a week went by without a politician linking Frank Sinatra to some invest- igation, out Sunday his name appeared again with the New Jersey State Investigation Commission winning a round in its legal battle to return the singer ta the state to ans- wer & subpoena issued more than six months ago. Frank doesn’t need an apo!- ogist but it seems he js show- business’ most persistent vic- tin of bum raps. Frank knows Mafia figures. So does every top entertainer in the business. The Mafia ci- ther owns or used to own ail the top clubs. But J have never known any entertainer, Sinatra included, who ever wanted fo be too friendly with any of the boys. In the old days in Las Ve gas. there were more hoods around than there are in Chi- cago. Now that Howard Hughes has made the town re- spectable, you don’t se¢ them. There are many who belleve that Hughes moved into Vegas at the suggestion of the Jus- tice Department and J, Edgar’ Hoover. Howard is one guy the Mafia can’t intimidate. fed up_with his name being used anytime Santee? (Mount Clipping in Space Below) headlines are needed. why he refused to go back to his native New Jersey—the state where his father is bur- ie. He has answered subpoenas before and has always given the same answer, ie.. he nev- er had any business dealings with the Mafia other than sell- ing his services as a saloon singer. He says he is not friendly ‘with any Mafia fig- ures. in’ fact, when Salvatore (Moe) Giancana came up to Frank's Cal-Neva Lodge to see his then girl friend, Phyl- lis MeGuire of the McGuire Sisters, Frank did't know about it anti] the Nevada Gaming Commission notified him and took away his gam- bling license. ; Frank was out of the state at the time, No Las Vegas hotel ever lost its gaming license when in entertained Mafia. But then, none of the hotels make headlines like Frank. The other night, Frank had dinner with Dr. Henry Kissin- , Ber, President Nixon's top ad- viser. It wasn't In the papers but Sinatra’s name speken on some Cosa Nostra ,wire.tap, ping tapes made headlines. Lek ‘That's, Frank's: close friends . a a ne the most respected people in town-—-the Michael Romaneffs: the Armand Deutsches of the Sears Roe- buck millions: Rosalind Ruts: sel! and her husband. predu- cer Fred Brisson: Mrs. Edith Goetz, dyughter of Louis B. Maver and some others whe would faint i they ever met a mentber of the Mafia. : And Frank has never had a hodvguard. Quce he testified before a Federal Grand Jury in Kansas City and was ac- conipaied there by Atty. Mickey Rudin and publicist Jin Mahoney. Both were identified in the local press as Sinatra bodyguards. Sinatra probably is the top enteriainer of our time and whereever he goes, people want to associate with bim.. Lots of people over the year's CL nts “Sinatra Fed Up As Victim Of ‘Bumb Rap’ Headlines. {Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) es LOS de EN] 3 ‘on FBI—~ LOS ANGELES Bec Herald Examine wes ineceles, Oot f Date: 1/12/70 Edition: Star Author: Editor: Title: Character: or Classification: tee f : Ane ele fe: on fe elig nvestl a 7