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he arrived until he left the same evening revealed that Sinatra had no opportunity to obtain the information concerning Lach and Danch while he was in Gary. The meeting on November 1, 1945, which was addressed by Frank Sinatra had been arranged by the Anselm Forum. It was said that many of the leaders of the Anselm Forum were CIO leaders and igo~called liberals." ‘The Indianapolis Office advised that they had no record of this group. No evidence was developed from informants of the existence of any subversive activities in con~ nection with the Froebel School strike which, in the opinion of Captain Billick, was brought about by the students acting on their own. He further reported that Julius Danch viciously fought the Communists; however, the Communists did seize upon this strike to charge that it was a plot by the steel mill interests in Gary to divide the colored people against the whites and thereby cause friction between the uniona and the mills, in order to defeat a wage increase which the CIO was then demanding. The Communists also charged in a Daily Worker article on September 29, 1945, that Julius Danch had started the move two years ago when he attempted to form an all white PTA. In addition, the American Youth For Democracy organization in Gary distributed pamphlets on one occasion concerning the strike situation. Minneapolis letter, 11-28-45 we mt est "racon™ LOO=135nA~151, 144 Memo from an anonymous source dated 11-2-45 100=135=21-150 be BID [0013 5-21-14 It was reported that there had been indications that the appearance of Frank Sinatra at Gary, Indiana, on November 1, 1945, Mas perhaps induced by the AYD or by the Communist Party." w@) 62. rrcmmeamp ses uring October 15-November 14, seus ee 61-77-91 54K T