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Show Hollywood Colony Of Nobility Under Federal Scrutiny Information Collected' In Probe to Be Turned Over tb Labor Official HOLLYWOOD, Cel., Jan. II -Hollywood'a collection of counts. dukea, barons and other of foreign birth who have found place In the varied employment offered by the film Industry, haa been under invee-tigaUon invee-tigaUon by a special squad of government govern-ment officer for the past several weeks. It was reported at the Federal Fed-eral building here today. The Information obtained by the Investigators will be placed before Murray W. Garsson, special assistsnt secretary of labor, leaving Washington Washing-ton today, when he arrive on the coast Although major studios said they were mnllAMt n nn nf ih ta,41na player or directors were Included In the government InvestlgaUon. there are upwsrd of 600 persons of foreign birth who may become subject to the inquiry. The preliminary report of the squad of investigators waa reported her to have shown sufficient facts to warrant a wholesale investigation of the film colony's foreign residents, many of whom, It was said, are living here on falsified passport and permit. per-mit. The chief violator of tha Immigration Immigra-tion taws, so federal authorities here said, were among minor player and tecnnlclans. They refused to discuss further the forthcoming visit of Gars-son, Gars-son, who recently caused the arrest in New York of Harry F. Gerguson, self-styled "Prince Michael Romanoff." Roman-off." Gerguson pleaded guilty to an indictment charging falsa entry. Many of Hollywood's leading stars are of foreign birth, and many of them are her on permanent residence resi-dence permits. Among the foreign born stars are Marlene Dietrich, El-issa El-issa Landl, Maurice Chevalier, Ronald Ron-ald Colman. Nils Asther, Leslie Howard, How-ard, George Arllss, Bala Lugoal. Wera Engels. Una O'Connor and Maureen O'Sulllvan. Immigration official here aaid Garsson would not confine hia inquiry in-quiry solely to Hollywood, but would Jook Into aliens engsged in racketeering racketeer-ing In southern California. |