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CONFIDENTIAL REPORTED ASSOCIATION WITH COUNIST YOUTH ORCANTZATIO'S A. Young Comminist League ‘ dist of YCL ined. from Communist Pariy Headquarters at Buffalo in 1943 included 2 wirank Singina, Ash oehQhane". No further identifying data concerning this information appeared in the file. Q(B An Albany report dated July 5, 1944, included information that a Communist Party member in Schenectady stated, date not given, that Sinatra was jo" old member of the YL. | The Young Communist League has been cited by the Attorney General. B. American Youth for Democracy + . The March, 1944, issue of "Spotlight", monthly AYD publication, featured a statement issued by Frank Sinatra replying to a charge by Artur Rodzinski that jazz and Sinatra were responsible to a large degree for juvenile delinquency. \ . . The AYD presented an award to Sinatra through his wife at an AYD dinner held at the Hotel Ambassador in Los ingeres on December 16, 1945. On March 22, 1946, a representativeof.Sinatra's, in agreeing to furnish an article for the 1946 AYD.Yearbook, admitted past dealings.with.tbhe - AYD by Sinatra but. stated that Sinatra's "beliefs, don't run towards, Commnism.™ He explained "if they are strictly out-and-out Communists we don't fight then, we don't have any cause to question their rights - they can do as they believe, ; but it doesn't mean that we necessarily have to be active in furthering the, , 4 ‘principles of an organization with which we have nothing in sympa thy -"“Q_AY) 4 * pacing mee rE SYS TE The Yearbook did not contain the promised article -by Si natra ~~ On May 16, 1946, S . Fe AS ea Nene emer a tural Ra rh ch expressed appreciation for Sinatra’ contr foutions to. the Youth of ‘America. This rally had been arranged by a grou | of: Detroit youth clubs including the say>D. The chairman of the rally Was Erm =~ ‘Henderson, President of the AYD in Detroit. # / — Jack B. Tenmjey, Chaizman of the California Comittee on Un-American Activities named Prank Sina ing.as.anArp sponsor when he testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities on Warch 20, 1947. A news article quote Shrtre's reply to-Ténney'"s charge “as follows: "Senator Tenney is. badly pat eens oe a a i SL a FERRIES Te =o advised, t never have heen associated wite the American Youth for. Democrecy, eee I an not a member, ‘have never been its sronsor and do not intend to be". i we tr