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Letter to Director NY 100-80275 . Foreign Wars, and the group would hold a loyalty.festive _ featuring more than 150 movie, stage and television: peopl the day after the loyalty parade sponsored by: the: Veterans f Foreign Wars. The festival was to be held in Central..Park, . . and.the stars participating in. the anti-Communis LY, _ to" Include FRANK SINATRA and others.”.7))°"" a » NY file 100-50870-527, pps. 43 and 58." ne In a clipping from the "NY Mirror" dated 4/5/18, in. an article captioned, "SINATRA TO STAGE RADIO PLEA TO ITALY. 7. FOR DEFEAT OF RED's," by LOUELLA PARSONS. This article = °° is quoted in part as follows: ae "An appeal broadcast directly to the Italian... © 9-9) people to vote against the Communist ticket at the 4/18/48, election is being arranged for by FRANK SINATRA. His guests, — will be JIMMY DURANTE, JOE DIMAGIO and ALIDA VALLI. The. -..: hour long show will be in Italian." | "SINATRA, who returned from NY today, was asked . by Washington officials to get together a show with famous... guests of Italian parentage, and FRANKIF gladly accepted the assignment to heip fight Communism. Twenty-seven... | recordings will be made and played: in. various parts. of -Italy in an effort to'réach even ‘the most remote parts of that .. = troubled nation. FRANKIE told me Washington also had) requested that CLARK GABLE and TYRONE POWER appear on the. show, even though they are not of Italian decent and ‘do not: speak the language. “ oe NY 100-80275-8 - es - RUC -