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A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
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SUBJECT: DOROTHY DANDRIDGE A 1
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H   !On July 80, 1952, a confidential eouroe farnieheda letter dated July 22, 1968, written by Dorothy Dandridgeto an official of Loea='e, Ina. which pertained toyartiolee
which had appeared in the ".:Iai1y People '0 lorld,"" loeet ooaet
camlunilt newspaper. Ihe pertinent. portione of the letterfollow   ~
"c'ertainlneuepaper reporto have been brought to my A Aattention which I would like to oonnent on. .
-  '1. re e/14/er - One Dorothy Bandridge will appear
at a party Saturday -night, larch 32nd at 8118 Hobart Streot,
Loo lngeleo, auepiaea Rational Negro Gonyreee. - -
."l' appeared at this party believing that tho HationalNegro Gangrene val aeeoaiated with the Rational Aeaooiation forthe Advancement of Colored People  IAAGP!, a well recognized A
organization. I vent with lyhueband, Harold Iioholae. I vent"
for aooial reaeone and because I was interested in the Iegro
community. I honeetly can't reaoaber who aeked ae to attend.
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"1&#39; did not speak, however, I was asked to sing by a so
member of the prograa connittee, whose name I can&#39;t reneaber.
As an entertainer, I-have been asked by hundreds of organisations
daring the past seven years to appear at benefits, the naaes of
the -individuals requesting my appearance has-long since been
forgotten with this event as well as nuneroas others suob as
the catholic Iouth Organisation, B"ba__£rith Brotherhood leek,
Bed 6ross, C&#39;erebral_Pa1sy, Heart Qazpaign, Pittsburgh Couries,
lonens Clubs that I appeared on. I only remember this as one
of over a hundred benefit appearances I have made and just -another benefit. &#39; _
"8. Pl 9/1?/4? - One Dorothy Dandridge, actress, on
ballot for executive board of nollywood Arts, Sciences and
Professions Council. &#39;
"1 ms a aenber of the Hollywood 4;-ts, Sciences and
Professions iiouncili I voluntarily becaae a neaber when l
read that several prominent personalities in show business were
active, such as £1-Jarvis and Norman *-&#39;or1ain- _I believed it
would further mycareer and that it would help neabers of my
race. I never held nor sought an office with this organ is-ation
nor mas I an active member; As I have not been participating
in this nor paid any dues for many years, I have written-then
a letter of resignation as of this date so as to ovoid there -
being any possibility of then considering ne a aember.
-   &#39;4. re 9/10/es One Dorothy" Dandridge student at -
Actors &#39; _1&#39;-ab. - -
"fee, I joined the Actorsi I-ab because tnis workshop
was one of the /em outlets available to a young actress of ny
race seeking actual workshop training. Attending -the Lab was
in direct relationship with my theatrical ambition. &#39;
"5. Pl 9/4/51 one Dorothy 1-Iandriiige, young ifegro
Actress, student at the Lab has conaented Ha an actress and
student of the Lab, I an anxious to know whether liedda Hopper t
considers the democratic policy of the Lab, wherein students
are accepted on ability, a subversive policys -U she does, she
advocates a policy which is an-Anerican and subversive and fans
the flanss of race hatred. &#39;" A &#39;
&#39;1&#39; noticed the date of this alleged quotation is .1951.
First of all, I was not a student at the Lab at this tine and to
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my knowledge the Lab was no longer in existence at this date.
I recall one incident_regarding Hedda Hopper while I was a
student at the Lab. ihat-dedda Hopper said did affect ae and
l did express concern. However, the exact wording qr this&#39;
particular gestation is not the hind qf language I use bat.ln sure no one could&#39;object to my expressing concern.
I would like to close by saying that I an not-now/éor ever have been a member of the Jbnnanist Party or Goaaunist
5 Party Political Association nor have 1 ever aade any donations
9A would later be cited as obnnunistic and or subversive, l would.
 never 3893 parsicipated. I have at no time been active
politically. Hy sole interests are towards having a successfulcareer and aiding my peoPle," Letter among many by various indivimfurnished by James FL 0 Neil, Director of Publications, American n
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reflect an article which appeared in the "Daily iorher," east
coast canuunist nexspaper_aated cbptenber 22, l9¢8, captioned
"dedda dapper hacped fbr-Anti-eegro Bias which relates to theincident referred to by ies vandridge. 00-294936-A!
Regarding the organisations referred to by Rise Dandridge
the EdtiOnd1 Eegro Uongress has seen designated by the AttorneyGeneral of&#39;the United States pursuant to lxecutive Order l0450,_
,Ihe Progressive ditixens of America was cited by the oblifbrnia
An informant who has fhrnished reliable information in the past
advised on ay 15, 1956, that until January 3,<l956, the Hollywood_ Arts, Sciences and Professions Uouncil  HASP! was the thlifornia
Chapter of the National dovncil af the Arts, Sciences and Professio.  NUASR! in New fork City and consistently fbllowed the programs
&#39; and policies of the parent organization. On January 3, 1956, the
:.oa.IP officially dis-sol ved by action of its executive coamittee and
vote of its neaoerenip. its sets? was cited as a "0oaaanist_front
by the Jongressional Committee on Un-American Activities in its
l950 report, Actors Laboratory was cited as a vcanunist venture
by the Jalifbrnia Uclmittee on Un-American Activities in its 194?
report. " _ -
An informant who has furnished reliable information
in the past reported on iboruary 21, 1955, that an enployee of
5 the bonds £0¢0l, has F¢g08, bcvada, who we a gambler fro: the
east coast, had advised the inforaant that Jack hntratter, part
owner of the Sands hotel ana who was in charge of the bgnd8&#39;o &#39;
dopa loom, found Hat King vole and oorothy bqndridgd toyetner
.n do1e&#39;s roan at-the hotel. vole was appearing as a star in
the oopa noon at the tine. Ihe informant stated that sntrattcr
oecane jhrioas with dale fbr having an "qfair" with ooroth;
vandridge and threatened nil.- Lqnaridge-reportedly told &#39;
*Legion, which he asked be treated confidentially; 100-l38?54~9??1r to these parties. Had I known that any af the above organisations
committee on Un-American Activities in its 194? and 1948 reports.

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too. Ihe informant further advised that intratter was /wrlerlg
manager and part owner of the Copacabana in rec fork ditg and
has reportedly spent s great deal of tine and nosey prosoting
DandI&#39;idge&#39;l career and that Intratter considered her his girl -
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On lag 10, 1955, Agents of the III arrested Louis Arlan;
Kerr-at lea Orleans, Louisiana, on a federal warrant charging s- -&#39;
violation of the Interstate transportation of Stolen Property Statat
lhile being interviewed concerning the federal charge on which he
was arrested, Kerr volunteered information that he was a homosexual-
on furnished the noses of 45 individuals with who! he claimed to
have had honosezual-relations since 1951. Kerr also stated that he
had a long standing friendship with Iorothg Landridge,&#39;Iegro movieactress. However, he added that she nae in no wag a so: deviate. &#39;-
The reliability of Kerr is unknown. It is to be noted that he had
previously been arrested on fraudulent check charges and had adnittm
receiving psychiatric treatnent of an unknown nature in the past.
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of the Birmingham, Alabama movement filled Wrigley Field to ."-near the capacity and that approximately 30,000 persons were*in attendance. The meeting lasted from about 3:00 p. m. - Juntil 5:30 p. m. and it was described as the argest rally of iits sort ever to be held in Los Angeles, Ca fornia. The - -
featured speaker was Reverend Martin Luthe_ ng, E;esidan§_v,pof the_$9uthern ChristianlIéadérs1pPConfé"ence,who spoke int"sssssrc of the Birmingham non-violence movement. He comentedon events in Birmingham and remarked that they would be &#39;helped by getting rid of segregation and discrimination in Los&#39;Angeles, CaLifOrnia. King also stated that President Kennedyshould personally escort Negro students into the University _
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There were numerous introductions and commets&#39;by&#39;T,people in he entertainment world. &#39;0ne of the more celebrated-was Sammyigavis, Jr., who was reported to have pledged $20,000;O0whicHwas saidtb"represent one weekls earnings in Las_Vegas,-»Hsuada. There were also various donations from individuals, lchurches, uions, and other organizations, and a collection ,was taken from the audience. These proceeds were requested for
the Birmingham demonstrators. _The her céiebrities w opar icipated were actresses Dorothy;£andridge,.Jpanne72oodwand,_ Lgita _prenq1*and Davis&#39;s wife,May:¬itt; &#39;The&#39;actors-includedf;_@g 1 ranciosa, glerrer, an ss _oodward&#39;s husband, Paul"&#39;,~ / _§Newman,.&#39;Uomedian Dickjggegory also spoke at the rally;-tPl*"I g,» California Governor own set a messagevggpporting the meetingw &#39;ch was read at the rally V &#39; &#39; ;LL4:S /"/r §;§h,=a>*i3$?F4&#39; """ P7 "T2? *"%-is-A, -~&#39;-1_; /&#39;<-1 - 1 I, 75,41/_;|/.;.£-I:/f7"&#39;,¢,;__,;7 / -  ;
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