November 5, ·1947

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,~r • David o. Se 1zni ok Culver City, Ca1itbrnia Dear David: ' I thoroughly agree .wi th you that the adjournment of the Committee makes it ole arly inadvisable to have any additional radio program or statement. It is my appraisal of the situation that th e motion ,pic ture industry as a whole came out qui te well by the time the he arings ended. There is a growing awareness ot the -fundamental prinoiple ot freedom of all media, whioh was endangered at one stage of the pro­ oeedings. It might be vlell to further orystal­ lze a recognition ot the importanoe of this great .Amerioan oonoept at an approprla to future time. I bell eve that our disoussion with key leadership in the press, publioations . radio, and in the Republioan party were very helpful in clarifyIng the prinoip1es involved and in safeguarding against any adverse turn of events. Sino-ere regard s,

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, , ~ . '-.; • Cocktail Pf;.rty ?; Tuesd~ - October 28th 2108 La Mesa Drive ( Santa Monica

Mr. and Mrs. Allenberg

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bolton

. Mr. William Pereira

Mr. and Mrs . J ohnrly Green

Dr. and Mrs. Francis Griffin (Irene Dunne)

Mr. James Gleason

Miss Sonya Levien

Mr . Abrahams ___

Mrs. Wurtzel

Mr. Walter Kane

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Owen (Donna Reed)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert z. Leonard

Mr. Harold Lamb

Mr. and Mrs. Lew Wasserman

Miss Jane Murfin

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nathan

Mr. George Oppenheimer

Mr . and Mrs. Arthur Ullman

Mr. and Mrs . Arthur Fuller

Mr . and Mrs . Rufus LeMaire

Mr. and Mrs. Van Heflin

Mr. George, Stevens

Mr. and Mrs . Fred Brisson (Rosalind Russell)

Mr. Charles Brackett .. 2.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sistrom

Mr. Richard Breen

Mr. Gene Fowler

Mr. and Mr s. Kel M::> seley

Mr. Alvin Josephy, Jr.

Miss Betty Carlson

Mr. and Mrs. George Sidney.

Mr. and Mrs. John Huston (Evelyn Keyes)

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lewis (Loretta Young)

Mr. and Mrs. Carey Wilson

Mr. Harry Crocker

Mrs. Justine Wanger

Mr. Dudlsy Nichols

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sinclair (Heather Angel)

Mr. David Selznick

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Nayfack

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Weingarten

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bowman

Mr. and Mrs. George Murphy

Mr. Charles Coburn and Mrs. Adams

Mr • Irving Berlin

. Mr. J. J. Cohn

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin M. Josephy, Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Torrence

Mr. and Mrs. John Beyer

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Freed .. ' .

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Powell

Mr. and Mrs. Gene Fowler, Jr.

Mrs. strudwick

Mr. and Mr s . Stanley Markham

Miss Rosali€ Stewart

Mrs. Florence Heifetz

Mr. Lawrence Block

Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Gibbons (Irene)

Mr. Collier YOilllg

Mrs. F1IDk (Santa Monica Outlook)

Mr. and Mrs. Jean Hersholt

Mr. Kenneth Thompson

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Schallert

Mr. Jesse Las~

Mr. and Mrs. W. ~ . Durney (Dorothy King sley )

Mr. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Mr. Jack Conway

Mr.; Atwater Kent

Mr. and Mrs. Sy Bartlett (Ellen Drew)

Mrs. Grace Homburg

Mr. Anthony Veiller

Mr. Adam Yacenda (Beverly Hills Bulletin)

Mr. Harry Ruby

Mr. and Mrs. Casey Robinson (Tamara TOUlOOnova)

Mr. and Mrs. Pandro Berman

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pasternack ... c ••

Mr. and Mrs. Niven Busbh (Teresa Wright)

JAr. Nmm.al~ Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. John Balderston

Mr. Mike Romanoff

Mr. John McClain

Mr. Carlton Alsop

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Steinert

Mr. and Mrs. Travis Banton

Mr. and Mrs. Longnecker ( Ruth Hussey)

Mr. and Mrs. Allan Mill€r

Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Gibbons

Mrs. Nat Deverich

Mr s . George Seaton

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Taylor

Mr. Charles Einfeld

Mr. and Mr s . Bunty Lawrence

Mr:-. and Mrs. Ray Stark

Mr. Harry Sherman

Mr. and Mr s . Marcus Goodrich (Olivia de Haviland)

Mr. Dan O'Shea

Miss Jennifer Jones

!AI'. and Mrs. Mervyn Le Roy

Mrs. Ida Kover man

Mr. and Mrs. .Jb!n Swope (Dorothy McGuire) CLAss OF SERVICB SYMBOLS This is a ful1-rate WESTERN 1~1 T ..icgram or Cable­ gram un less its de­ ferr~d chatacter is in,. dicat~d by n suitable '(33) symbol aLove or pre­ UNION ceding the address.. JOSEPH L. EGAN PRESIDENT

The filing time shown in the date Iino on teJecrama aDd da¥ letters is STANDARD TlMB M poiD~ of oriain. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination TA~6 T SAe6e lpiWUX ;r.i)S CULVERC fTY CALIF '0 530P HAROLD E STASSE . STOCKTON HOTEL STOCKTON CALI8 AM WONDERING WHETHER IN VIEW OF THE FACT INVESTIGATION CALLED OFF SUNDAY BROADCAST WI~~ STill BE AVAILABLE EDDIE KNOPF

THE OOMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS OONCERNING ITS SERVICE ~ Octobe' )0, 1947

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• Be s . .dward 'l1opf 2108 Lanesa Dr1 ve Lo3 Aneeles 24, Californi Dear ddio a d Mildred:

Your g~ac1ous hospitality and your oxceptional ass mblago of interesting guests tas a tllri 11 and enjoyable climax to memorable day at Hollywood.

~ank you egu! • and rs. Stassa~ and I 111llook forwa-d to an opportunl ty to open our doors to you. Sincere regards,

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I October 31 t 1947

• r . r I u. Gear 0 81 noy C/o. etro-Gold.1y-n- ~ayer Studios Culver City , Californi Dear l1ia an Goorge: Thank you v ry uch for JOur stimulating and exceptionE assistance on ray visit to the s ndlos on Octobor 28th ar:d 30th. I deeply appreciated you frank nd forthright l..!'l.terest and .111 10 forward to futllre opportu ities to work nth you. /. \ Sincere roga 8,

I S/gl'

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Mano Arzst

Pandro Berman - Very important producer at N~M

Lee Bowman - Actor -Very active Republican circles

Charles Brackett

Richard Carrington - Head of Hearst's interests locally

J. J •. Cohn - Executi v .e producer MGM

Donald D. Davis

Myron Fox

AI Freidman

Henry Ginsberg - Vice President and Executive Chief - ParamOlmt Studio

Wm. Goetz - Executive head of Universal Pictures. L. B~ 's son-in-law

Cornwall Jackson - J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency. Former confidential secretary - Rupert Hughes. Activ€ Republican

Dr. Eddie Jones

Sam Katz - Vice President - MGM

Atwater Kent - Former radio manufacturer. Millionaire. Very possible source large contribution

Edwin H. Knopf

AI Lichtman - Executive Vice President - MGM

Ben Lindheimer - Chicago Industrialist - Close friend of L. B.

Mervyn La Roy - One of t he four or five top directors in Hollywood. Loud-mouthed.

Tom Lewis - Associated with Young & Rubicam

E. J. Mannix - Chief Executive and General Manager . - MGM ~ James McGuinness - ~ - ' Q.~ ~- ~~

Adolph Menjo~ - Actor - loud-mouthed. Very anti-New Deal , .". 2.

Robert Montgomer,y - You know

Chas. Morrison

J. Stanley Mullin

George Murphy - You know

Kyle Palmer - You know

Walter Pidgeon - Actor - Intelligent - Valuable

Peter Rathvon - Executive Chief - RKO Pictures - Who incidentally for one reason or another declined to meet either Hoover or Taft

Judge Lester Roth

David Saunders

David Selznick - You know

Mendl Silverberg - Very important attorney. Always in forefront of community drives. Great influence wi th Jewish community. Life long Republican

L. K. Sidney - MGM Executive

Howard Strickling - Head of all MGM publicity and L. B. t S personal contact man

Ben Thau - Vice President - MGM

Spencer Tracy - Actor

Larry Weingarten - Editorial Executive MGM. New-Dealish

Ralph Wheelvr.right - Strickling' s assistant

Dr. John C. Wilson - ·Eminent Orthopedist. Politically minded Republican

Sam Wood

Major John Zanft - Intimate friend of L. B. R I( 0 RADIO PICTURES, INC. 780 GOWER STREET, LOS ANGELES 38, CALIF. rt K 0 RADIO

October,~Y.:o" 15, 1947

Commander Harold E. Stassen 707 Pioneer Building St . Paull, Minnesota Dear Corrmander : Just a line to thank you for your letter of the 11th. I kept pestering Eddie Knopf trying to find out where to send my check for five hundred and finally today he told me the committee had decided on "Hollywood for Stassen" (which incidentally sounds si mple and right) and I made out my check and posted it to him at MGM . I believe the pre- campaign sinews are important and a determined drive should be made immediately. From the looks of things you have a good and deserved group gathering behind you here and I believe as the movement grows this group can be staunchly helpful to you. You may count upon me - as one of mny out here - doing wba t I may be called upon to do .

SinCerelY~ ~ChOl'

No order or agreement shall be binding on this Corporation, unless in writing and signed by an officer. October 20, 1947

r. Dudley Nichols, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. 780 Gower street, Los Angeles- 38, California

Dear ~r. Nichols:

This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 15th addressed ~o Governor Stassen. It will be called to his personal att ntion when h r turns to the offic n xt ~e • /

Yours very truly,

vae ~eeretary october 10, 1947

Mr. Leo E. Anderson 555 S. Flower st., Los Angeles, Calirornia

Dear Leo:

Just a note of sincere appreciatipn for the generous hospitality accorded me on my visit to Los Angeles last week. I It was a genuine pleasure to see you per- sonally and I shall look forward to the opportunity of visiting with you again on occasions in' the future.

Sincere regards,

RES db

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