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sn. de, nen naar Recast ita NBTEA sin, ae nathan Ba Se . Ny teeta nat alanine stare . meeting there would be a playback of the “Civil Liberties" broadcast -— made from Hollywood on the previous Sunday in which movie stars ceeee spoke on behalf of the witnesses who had been subpoenaed to testify before the HCUA. The article stated that this broadcast included Danny Kaye. The “Daily Worker" was an east coast communist ~ newspaper which suspended publication en January 13, 1958. “The Worker," a weekly communist east coast / publication, on November 9, 1947, contained a news article concerning a radio show put on the previous Sunday by the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA), which broadcast protested the methods of the HCUA. This article stated that Danny Kaye told of his trip to Washington with the 26 members of the CFA, According to the "Daily People's World," San Francisco, California, dated June 9, 1949, Danny Kaye was among those cited by the California Senate Committee on Un-American Activities as" typical of the individuals within the various Stalinist orbits about whose activities and Stalinist programs and causes, this Committee has presented factual reports or has taken sworn evidence." The "Daily Worker’ of April 13, 1951, contained a column entitled " Why Are They Silent Today?" which was written by David Platt. In this column Platt mentioned that during 1947 the CFA was formed and the representatives of the Committee went to Washington, D. C., where they presented a petition for "Redress of Grievances" to the Clerk of the House of Representatives in which it was charged that the investigative function of the HCUA had been "perverted from fair and impartial procedures to unfair, partial, and prejudiced methods." It was pointed out that numerous individuals signed this petition and among names listed was that of Danny Kaye. Platt, in his article, wanted to know why these people were silent at the present time. It is noted that in April, 1951, the HCUA was conducting additional hearings concerning communism in the motion picture industry. The “New York Daily News" of April 27, 1951, reported that on the preceding day a Stop Communism Committee was launched in order to fight against "Red Influence in the Entertainment World," / This Committee was formed under the auspices of J. Joseph Smith, New York Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the group was to hold a loyalty festival featuring more than 150 movie, stage an3