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> seine al ° — ~ Z ~ * 2 STIGATION mn FEDERAL BUREAU OF | bie rane Ie rT. PEAEIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED CXCEP 16/12/57 1 6/12,13/57 WH COMMUNIST INFILTRATION OF THE Co NATIO AL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED "PEOPLE INTERNAL SECURITY - C Sper ee SYNOPSIS OF FACTS; - 7 - Supreme Court of United States on 5/27/57 granted a review of $100,000 fine for contempt of Alabama Circuit Court. Informants advise that no Communist Party members at bn. Montgomery, Ala. are known to be NAACP — if Ce 1Ie M AGENCY REQ. PECD ne CG cheuld W Ps DATE FORW, @ @b-4 7 rR. _—— i aan er ) _— bie boc” 67¢ DETAILS: on EGAL STATUS OF NAACP IN ALABAMA The Montgomery Advertiser, a daily newspaper published at Montgomery, abama, in its May 28, 1957 issue, on page one, carried ar article captioned "NAACP Wins Court Review". This article relates that the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1957 granted a review of the $100,000.00 fine for contempt of court, levied by Alabama Circuit Judge WALTER B. JONES when the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP) refused to produce in court a list of its members in Alabama. This article details that Alabama Attorney General JOHN PATTERSON had requested this list for use in a hearing on a temporary. ~~ it Medic v a Declasstty on: \A APPROVED AND ij rN Guano 0 NOT WRITE IN THESK SPACES COPIES OF THIS REPORT 6 - Bureau (61-3176) (BM) 2 ~ New York (100-7629) (RM) #8 JUN 1% ae 2 — WFO (100-2941) (RM) _ _ 2 ~ Mobile (100-85) — — PROPERTY OF FBi—This report is loaned to you by t ,and net ntents are to be distributed outside of agency to which loa ro B. @, GOVERNMENT PHINTING SFFICE «=©621.6-—80057-5