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Office Memorandum + untrep staTES GOVERNMENT ro: Mr. Rosen para; October 1, 1956 yeou : Mr. Price mh WO | ) fe vy sonysct: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS;FEXAS RANGERS; THURGOOD MARSHALL, COMPLAINANT; = CIVIL RIGHTS —_———————— it drowd On Sunday, September $0, 1956, A. B. Caldwell, Chief, Civil Rights Section, telephonically advised he had received a long- distance phone call from Marshall that the Texas Rangers had taken {away some colored children in Dallas, Texas, and questioned them regarding a civil action in Federal court, Dallas, Texas. Caldwell stated that Marshall had complained the individuals had been intimi regen the action pending in Federal court in their behalf against a school board. He advised that Marshall, general counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), had been [yet [iakas, in connection with a state court action to prohibit the NAA4GE.Gom doing business in Texas. Caldwell desired that Marshall be interviewed on September $0, 1956, and that interviews be conducted on October 1, 1956 with the colored children or anyone else who had been picked up and questioned by the Texas Rangers to determine if there had been any intimidation of such individuals because of their instituting action in Federal court. ~ ACTION: -- The Dallas Office was telephonically instructed to interview Thurgood Marshall on 9/30/56 in Dallas, Texas, and ascertain the full details of the complaint and advise the Bureau of the results. . At 10:50 P. M. on September $0, 1956, SAC Murphy of Dallas telephonically advised that Marshall had been interviewed and advised that John Ben Shepperd, Attorney General, State of Texas, and two Assistant Attorney Generals had been interviewing the individuals who were piaintifis in a civil action which is set for hearing in United States District Court, Dallas, Texas, on October 1, 1956. Murphy stated that no children had been questioned by the Texas Officials but only the parents or guardians ce: Mr, Nichols "=CURDED-37 Cdl er (0 ys Mr. Belmont NDEYED - 37 treet a ee “OCT 18 1956 Se 5 a