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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63} par we ey a8 het ee ; BY JACK NELSON | : - "Vines Stett weiter ; WASHINGTON—Frank Sinatra angrily accused the House Select Committee on Crime Tuesday of "in- decent" and "irresponsible" action in permitting an admitted murderer to deliver hearsay testimony linking him with members of organized er. a . The actor-singer, aided by his at- tomey, Milton A. (Mickey) Rudin, of . Beverly Hills, so dominated a com- mittee hearing that Chairman Claude Pepper (D-Fla.) once threa- tened to have the capacity crowd re- moved because of raucous applause and cheering. Tanned and grim-faced, wearing a light sportcoat, brown slacks and boots, Sinatra walked into the hear- ing room prepared for a fight. He barred cameras from the room by in- voking ‘a little-used House rule, but space that had been taken by cameramen was quickly filled by House employes, mostly women. Denies Crime Connections Sinatra denied any underworld : connections and branded as false. testimony on May 24 by-Mafia enfor- cer Joseph (The Baron). Barboza, confessed killer of 25 persons, that the singer was a front in two hotels ‘for Raymond Patriarca, a New. Eng- land crime boss. Like most of the committee mem- bers, Pepper seemed taken aback by Sinatra's aggressiveness. The chair- man acknowledged that the commit- j tee had received an affidavit from the owner of one of the hotels, Miami Beach's Fontainebleau, deny- ing Sinatra ever held any interest in * sinatra demanded to know why the committee ‘had not challenged Barboza's testimony. The actor's jaw muscles tightened as committee counsel Joseph A. Phillips tried to explain that. Barboza’s’ _testimony had come’as a,surprise, that it was Notion response to a question a com- mittee member had asked. ~~ poina in Space Below) , dome Ch “probably the ‘Said;-"sh ould :‘have ‘just alle in the press‘ and told them it Was a great mistake. It charac- rah rr :- Phillips?-agreed , the. accusations pwere, false, ‘but ‘Sinatra’ “pressed:on. : “This bum was running off at the * mouth," he said..*I resent it: I won't ‘have it. I'm not a second-class citi- ‘gen, let's get that straight. Sinatra held up a news clipping of pata testimony ~ and: ‘ps keg, | How do you repair the lamage?” "FMC Gf ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED RESET GS UNCLASSIFIED DATE PAZ LE ps BY.S/2 we assassination, let's: rhe | {Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) I-] Los Angeles Los Anreles, Times Calis, Date: 7/19/72 Edition: Wedne S da wT final Author: Editor: Title; Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Log Anreles | Being Investigated de 108 1 le, ACHES ELT EHeres SERIAUIZEO OO PIL EG qUL- Lo ise J FRI-LOS ANGELSS Ce ‘ae: en ere