AKA FRANK SINATRA; The FBI kept tabs on him for 40 years, through his days as a heartthrob, a do-gooder, an associate of the mob and a pal to the president. Reading the bureau's files is like reading into a secret history of the American Century From: The Washington Post | Date: March 7, 1999| Author: | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

It began with a sound.

On August 13, 1943, a letter from San Jose arrived in Washington. The letter writer, whose identity remains a government secret, was worried about a sound that had come over the radio.

"Dear Sir: "The other day I turned on a Frank Sinatra program and I noted the shrill whistling sound, created supposedly by a bunch of girls cheering. Last night as I heard Lucky Strike produce more of this same hysteria I thought: how easy it would be for certain-minded manufacturers to create another Hitler here in America through the influence of mass-hysteria! I believe that those who ...

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