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Mr. and Mrs. Danny Kaye The rsi conducted a limited Selective Seryice investi- gation concerning Danny Kaye, known also as Daniel Kaye and David Kaminsky, in August, 1944. This investigation was predi- cated upon receipt of information from two sources who alleged that Danny Kaye, the well-known stage comedian, simulated a b7C condition which caused him to be rejected for service under the Selective Service Act. Our inguiry developed the.fact that Danny Kaye successfully passed his preinduction- physical examination on. September 27, 1943. Subsequently.. Kaye was unfit for military service. Kaye was processed for induction in the latter part of October, i943. The Induction Station authorities ordered him for observation to a military hospital. After three days of observation in the military hospital, Army doctors advised that Kaye was unfit for military duty. The facts of that investigation were presented to the United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York who declined prosecution. Subsequent information appearing in our files reveals that Kaye was involved in various activities of several communist front groups. He had appeared before the American Youth for Democracy, an organization which has been designated pursuant to Executive Order l0450. He had expressed himself publicly as critical of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He participated as a fund raiser and was a member of a group which flew to Washington to protest the action of the House Committee on Un-American Activities against the *Hollywood Ten.* The "Hollywood Ten" consisted of a group of actors and writers who were cited by a Congressional committee as being subversive and/or members of the Communist Party. b7D (100-384592) The central files of the FbI, including the files of the Identification Division, contain no additional pertinent. information concerning captioned individuals based upon back- ground information submitted in connection with this name check reguest.