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Mr. and Mrs. Danny Kaye. - ~ receipt of information from two sources who alleged that Danny Kaye, . the well-known stage comedian, simulated SG condition .b/C which caused him to be rejected for service under the Selective Serv- - Our inquiry developed the fact that Danny Kaye successfully passed his preinduction physical examination on September 27, 1943, Subsequentl _ e was unfit for military service. in the latter t of October, 1943. Kaye was processsd for induction The Induction Station authorities _ rdered him for observation to a military hospital. After three days of observation in the military hospital, Army doctors advised that Kaye was _ unfit 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. Subsequent information appearing in our files reveals that Kaye was involved in various 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 Activities against the “Hollywood Ten." The "Hollywood Ten" consisted of a group of actors and writers who were cited by a Congressional committee ag being subversive and/or members of the Communist Party. i 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, © ;