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Mr. and Mrs. Danny Kay receipt of information from two sources who alleged that Danny Kaye,. the well-known stage comedian, simulated a condition b7C which caused him to be rejected for service under the Selective Serv- ice; Act. Our inquiry developed the fact that Danny Kaye successfully. passed his preinduction physical examination on September 27, 1943. Subsequently, Kaye was anfit for military service. Kaye was processsd for induction in the latter part of October, 1943. The Induction Station authorities! ordered him for observation to a military hospital. After three days of observation in the military hospital, Army doctors advised that Kaye was Punfit for military duty. The facts of that investigation were presented to the United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York who declined prosecution. Subseguent information appearing in our files reveals that Kaye was involved in varlous activities of several communist front groups. He had appeared before the American Youth for Democracy,. an organization which has been designated pursuant to Executive Order 10450. He had expressed himself publicly as critical of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He participated as a fund raiser and was a member of a group which flew to Washington to protest the. action of the House Committee on Un-American Activitles against the "Hollywood Ten. " The "Hollywood Ten" consisted of a group of actors and writers who were cited by a Congressional committee as being subversive and/or members of the Communist Party. b7D (100-384993) The fingerprint files of the Identification Division of. the FBI contain no arrest data identifiable with captioned individuals based upon background information submitted in connection with this name check request.