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Cparriyfacres Vue ACT Lin! The name of Mr. and Mra. Frank Sinatra appeared among the “list of sponsors on the letterhead stationery of the American Committee for Yugoslav Relief dated April 8, 1946. (75 SC) C. american Crueade to End Lynchings Another governmental agency conducting intelligence investi- gations reported on September 13, 1946, that Frank Sinatra was one of . the sponsora of the "American Crusade to End Lynchings" for which Paul Robeson was chairman. This organization supported a pilgrimage to Washington, D. ¢., on September 23, 1946, A parade was echeduled to be held on September 23, 1946, which was to be led by colored and white veterans who were to march to the Lincoln Memorial where a national religious ceremony would be held and persons who escaped lynching mobs were to be presented to the audience. This report described said organization as follows: "This Red pageant is another Communist—engineered demonstration designed to spread unrest and distrust in the American way of life, Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 82, dated 9/13/46, prepared by the Military District of Washington, D. C. 100~7 660-4017 D. Americen Society for Cultural Relations With Italy, Inc. On april 30, 1947, the Department requested the Bureau to {investigate the American Society for Cultural Relations with Italy, Inc., 119 West 57th Street, New York City, to determine ite status under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The Department furnished a list of the officers and Board of Directors, which listed Frank Sinatra as one of the mewbors of the Board of Directors, A feature article in the "New York World Telegram" of April 16, 1947, by Frederick Woltman concerning this organization reported that Frank Sinatra denied euthorizing use of his name. It was also reported