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nee an — : Office Memorandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT October 25, ,1954 ies ~ © Ar + j ° | ‘ ‘ : FROM 1 L. B. Nichols Au PERT na viet Tae ose Se Uhr ed aa ly ery rk i tay tetae ee is ail ‘ ‘s on! ’ FRANK ‘SINATRA pa ” Georgs Murphy called from Hollywood. Abe Lastvogel ‘gf the William Morris Agency has been in touch with him since Murphy— Vy as played an active role in recent years in sending troops of actors , ito the ‘various parts of the world where members of the armed services are congregated. Murphy has been handling such assignments since he . at one time was President of the Screen Actors Guild. ul Lastvogel told Murphy that some weeks ago Frank Sinatra = } ae ee Ped eal ™ volunteered to go to Korea but the Army turned him down and indicated there was something against him in the Department of Justice and that as best as he, Lastvogel, could determine, it was based upon a column lee bots written Se Westbrook Pegler to the effect that Sinatra went te Cuba to see — Lucky Ma uciano. Murphy stated that the top military people, according to Lastvogel, had told Sinatra nothing could be done as long as this was being held up in the FBI and the Department of Justice. Murphy further stated poss had a call in for the Attorney General. I told Murphy ke did not have the complete report; that the ‘matter of determining what actors were to visit the various theaters was one for the determination of the Defense Establishment and the various branches of the armed services. I further told him we had heard rumbles of this previously and it was our understanding the Army had taken the action which i} they took based upon their own records. I told Murphy it seemed to me if he _was interested in straightening out this matter, he shoukt go tO the--Army. Murphy | then asked me confidentially if there were any siiggestions I could offer.” af told: him,. jof course, there had been numerous news stories about Sinatza, hie’ various connections, not only with Lucky Luciano, but with front organiza; is and the American Youth for Democracy; that it appeared © these. were untrud/ byt the thing for Sinatra to do would be‘to answer them | we and ‘furnish full facts? *I,told Murphy, however, this was not a matter within: the Bureau's jurisdiction?” George stated he would cancel his call for Attorney General - and! get out of this. REOQRDED-57 cc: Mr, Boardman” a _ af Mr. Belmont te ( ee Sf iN _—