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te ee * oo nape timtmatap eine tablet in ansasvianin eedittaaae 8 PET ee . eo © : . ta (Office Memorandum + vonrrep states GOVERNMENT wey He = “} TO : Mr. 4. Hp renal . Date: Yovember 9, 1951 1% FROM: v. P.\fdt oa ov conte \ / i ints gi Ris | SUBJECT: DANNY KAYE ALL sro ws sr 3 ghsesllo eae genel® © sn PURPOSE: pate , S UNIAN ar a To advise of name check requests recetved fron b. mene Office of the Secretary of Defense and fron the Army-Military veer District of Washington, concerning Danny.Zaye, motion picture hme actor. It has been ascertained that thie taquiry has been made =» tnasmuch as Kaye has offered his servtces to ae an **—— entertainer and he ts to be cleared for access to restricted areas. +. INFORMATION IN BUREAU FILES: ; 4 Selective Service Investigation was instituted concer png - Danny Kaye on March 16, 1944, which was closed by report dated Wi - dugust 15, 1944. Allegations were received that Zaye simulated conditions which caused him to be rejected at the nauctton station. ter three days ebservation Army doctors advised that Kaye was unfit for military duty. The Le U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York declined x prosecution. All. A review of the Bureau's files reflect numer ous rererences to Danny Kaye and these include taformation to the effect that in 1945 he was reported as being Treasurer of the Hollywood Section of the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sctences, and Professions and also in 1945 the official personnel of this organization were | reported to be under Communist control. The “Wew York Daily News" of April 27, 1951, reported that . anny Kaye was among those participating in a loyalty festival ¢ oneored by a “Stop Communien ooNDEXED 88 ) ) RECOMMENDATION: RECORDED - 88 [dom Ser 72. A ‘ It ts recommended that a RY By the Selective Service re ort and the attoched memorandum be approved ond returned to Supervi for transmittal to OSD and MDW~Army Adttachnent . ef fe