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STAN 48D Port NO, 64 Aa + ~ Office Memorandum * UNITED STALKS GUVERNMENT TO . Director, FBI paTE: January 22, 1948 yom : SAC, New Tork | - SUBJECT: HANS EISLER INTERNAL SECURITY = B eo, Rerep Special Agent incurs New Tork City, dated January 14, a3 1948, in above case. The foll » received subsequent to the submission of reference report, is submitted for information purposes: a Hotel Algonquin, 59 West 4ith Strect, New York City, a ed an agent of this office that the above-captioned subject resided 4 - Hotel Algonquin for several days around the period of December 5, 1947.6 stated that during HANS EISLER'S stay at the hotel, several other close friends ef his also resided at the hotel, whomQP suspected of being Communist sympathisera because of their close association with HANS EISLER. | the names af Pa ART who ia oresentiy alle ge tn 4 ae a EF ale Sr ree A set STEWART he Se er te vo Jt 2 be in Hollywood, California, and is a playwright; JACK“ZOLIER, a playeeigh - who is a permanent resident of thse hotel; 7EL and his wife, also a os adc playwright and a permanent residérib6f the hotel; and JO EY, stage manager | ~ _U who remained at the hotel a few days around Decenber 9th with Cc LAUGHTON, \ » movie actor. According LAUGHTON appeared in # play at the Experimental Theater, which play ran for y & few weeks, The music for this play was written by HANS EISLER, and all eof the above-captioned individuals had something to do with the play. | See, As has been previously reported,the play mentioned by@J was undoubted- ly "GALILEO", which wae presented for s brief period at the MAXINE ELLIOTT Theatre, New York City. | that CHARTES LAIGHTON, whe resided at the hotel during that time, was a very close friend of HANS EISLER, and that all of the above men aye en dining together and hobnobbing about the hotel in a clannish group. e--. that he expreased to LAUGHTON very anti-Communist opinions concern- " was dng some news item which appeared in print at that time concerning Communists, = anc (hat Tis anti-Comiuhist remark Was oVerheard by ali of the above-aientioned @nc Toa said he wanted them to clearly note that he objected to having men. any Comunist sympathisers reside ‘at his hotel. According after HANS EISLER had remained at the hotel for a few days, he arranged things so that his service at the hotel would not be satisfactory and, as a result, BISLER checked out of the hotel and went to the Hotel Royalton on West 44th Street, directly across from the 1 Algonquin. siege f pe. GBRO - -/37 authorities made several L checks te aeer n ute ere rae rl As ae it lad ¥ Py a ee Montag. ae r ie fos ISM: JMK During EISLER'S stay at the latter hotel, : “aeroene a ei bouton res Pree DATE Dlas!oo BY: of Se. it at