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Ross J, Di Lorenzo The May 4, 1967, issue of "The New York Times" newspaper, New York City, contained an article, which is enclosed, captioned. "Sinatra to Head Antibias Group." This article indicates in part that Civil Court Judge Ross J, Di Lorenzo, President of the American Italian Anti-Defamation League, in efforts to fight misleading stereotyping of Italians, stated he had been in touch with book and television authors asking them to "stop using 'Mafia‘ and 'Cosa Nostra’ for each and every little item." He stated the FBI had promised more careful supervision of the dramatization of stories from Bureau files, This is not true, On March 28, 1967, Di Lorenzo sent a telegram to the FBI in Washington, D. C., complaining about a television program wherein an American-Italian college student was depicted as a vicious killer for La Cosa Nostra, Di Lorenzo was advised that although the FBI cooperated in the production of the television program, it had nothing to do with the dramatization of actual cases portrayed on the program, He was informed that the particular progran, of true origin. He was further advised that the FBI has no desire to cause an unfair representation concerning any group and in fact the producer of the television program had insisted upon usage of names implying several ethnic backgrounds, ee es Larvae re ee Se ee eee |