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Se Ree at et i a hl pat iT eR a oe a AM a ll eee a at be Office Mem. ....-Uin (© UNITED Sia:zs GOVERN RD can 1:50 ew | bIC . TO 2 . Mm DATE: May 10, 1 ~ PROM +: My, SUBJECT: tte: wae stated that it was common gossip aro ndy's Restaurant in New York thet Danny Kaye "pulled a fast one" o the induction officials to get a 4-F classification, : also stated that a certain Lieutenant Colonel of the Army attached to National Headquarters of Selective Service was in New York at the time Kaye took his physical examination and is supposed to have witnessed Kaye's vaudeville act five times in an effort to convince himself whether or not Kaye had been putting on an act at the induction center where he had just been classified 4-F Wiand stated that they had .on one previous scasion received information from a Seleptive, Service jnspeotor_in New York to the affect that the New York Director oe Bolonice Service was investigating a tip that Keye had fraudulently obtained a rejection, Wiand said that at this time, in order to find out whether this was true, he had palled Major Kelly of Hew York Selective Service ‘Headquarters and told him that our New York Office had recelved an anonymous communication indi: rk cating that Kaye might have been malingering and seked Kelly whethor he hed anything oa it~ Kelly Feplied thut Selective Service had alao.raceived an ‘Agonymous tip to this effect and that he had inquired into the matter very thoroughly. He said that Kaye had been reexamined and that he was convinced that the diagnosis which resulted in his obtaining @ 4-F classi- fication was both accurate and honest. ee 22, BB atso stated to the interviewing Agent that Westbrook Pegler is interested in Danny Kaye's Selective Service status and presently has h{a"bersonal investigator checking to ascertain the facts of the case, Pagler plans to make a news break if his in weetigator obtains any evidence as to-Kaye's malingering. : ° CkSAC Wiend advised that in view of the above set out facts, he =a is going to..personally recontact Major Kelly of Selective. Service Head- querfers.£0 ascertain the true fects jn the above matter, if possibl ~~ y Wiand said he would keep the Bureau notified of ay further develo . fo? gS | ASA 5T eae, EF RR 2 78 JUN g! i |