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The Hollywood Victory Committee THE HOLLYWOOD VICTORY COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTU Chairman Kenneth Thomson Vice-Chairman Edward Arnold Treasurer Bert Allenberg Assistant Treasurer Donald Crisp Secretary Howard Strickling Assisranr Secretary . Arch Reeve Execu tive Administrator Marco W olff Walter Abel 1. W olfe Gilbert Robert Newman Max Arnow Morton Gram Don Quinn Fred W . Beetson W. Ray Johnston Lew Schreiber George Bole Charles W . Koerner Don Searle James Cagney I. B. Korn bl um Vic Shapiro Jack Cooper E.]. Mannix Calvin Smith John Cromwell Harpo Marx Sidney Strotz John Dales, Jr. Claude McCue John TeGroen Tess Diamond Joel McCrea D. W . Thornburgh Howard Estabrook Adolphe Menjou Franchot Tone Charles K. Feldman George Murphy Steve Trilling John C. Flinn Clarence Muse Louis Allen Weiss Y. Frank Freeman Marek Windheim TALENT COMMITTEE Charles K. Feldman, Chairman Max Arnow Sid Levee Ben Piazza Ruth Burch Adrian MacCalman Les Peterson Bob Coryell John Maschio Sam Sachs FredDatig William Meiklejohn · Don Sharpe Howard Deighton Al Melnick Robert Speers William Dover Abe Meyer Lee Stewart Phil Friedman Bob Oakley Dick Stockton Irving Framer Bob Palmer Victor Surker Ed Henry Arr Rush Bill Tinsman Rufos Le Maire Bill W oolfenden ACTORS' COMMITTEE James Cagney, Chairman Walter Abel John Garfield Harpo Marx Edward Arnold William Gargan Adolphe Menjou Ralph Bellamy Cary Grant George Murphy Jack Benny Edmund Gwen Clarence Muse Joan Blondell Alan Hale Merle Oberon Charles Boyer Bob Hope Par O'Brien JoeE.Brown Allan Jenkins George Raft Ben Carter Carole Landis Ginger Rogers Claudette Colbert Gene Lockhart Rosalind Russell Ronald Colman Joel McCrea Phil Silvers Gary Cooper Hattie McDaniel Franchot Tone Donald Crisp Frank McHugh Spencer Tracy Bette D avis Jeanette MacDonald Erhel Waters Marlene Dietrich Groucho Marx Loretta Young Irene D unne Blanche Yurka .
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