November 5, ·1947 • ,~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, HES/sl Mrs. Edwin Harris Knopf )',, 2108 La Mesa Drive m S.n~ Mon'~, C.['lo ,., (l/-f;V, ( ! l r 7, --- -- r I ~ &2({J2 fr;~» ,- ~ / ~ ,, . ~ ~ tt~.. ~ tiJ»w, ~~ ~ t7J1!.N1 "l (]' '(U~, (l~ alA 2 J Y=? .. V I v-c ,'--- - - \} ~ ~~ - " .. ~ N evt,cO ~ . -(j 9 . ~'. .. ... - .. " ... - \ , ' d~ ~Q£2 ~ ' ~ } , . , ~ u,~ .J , ~ cr.." . , "f , ,',. ~ ~ I C)uM,~~ . ~ ~ • , , ~ . '-.; • 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 ( • 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, /gl 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' , - 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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