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Memorandum for Assistant Attorney General Warren Olney III b7e the Justice of the Peace. related that she had been contacted in her residence on September 29, 1956, at about 11:30 in the morning and informed by an officer that a subpoena had been issued her appearance in the Justice of the Peace coust.’ was taken to the court by the officer. in her statement reported that she een contacted at 2230 or 3:00 in the afternoon on September 29, 1956, by an individual who said he had a sudpoena for ner to appear in the Justice of the Peace cor ce Srp etter hat trea eae tee J ace and placed under cath and in the presence of the Justice of the Peace, his female secretary, and two Assistant Attorneys General of the State of Texas, questioned concerning the institution of the suits against the Dallas School Board along the lines set forth above. Gur Dellas Office has advised that the statements did not contain allegations of brutality, intimidation, use of force or possible economic pressure af they failed to appear in the Justice of the Peace gourt. The Attorney General of Texas is reportedly conducting a formal investigation to determine if the NAACP is guilty of violation of the Marratry iithesttons makes it a penal offense to abet or encourage OB. Our Dallas Office has advised that articles appearing in the locel newspapers on October 1, 1956, identified Assistant Attorneys General L. W. Gray and John A. Wild as having conducted a court of inquiry under orders of Attorney General Shepperd pursuant to a telephone call from Mr. Shepperd at Tyler, Texas, to Justice of the Peace Eichburg at 7200 — on the morning of September 29, 1956, the nevspaper articles indicated that five of the siz Negro witnesses before Justice of the Peace Richburg had stated they did not have any knovledge their names vere to be used in a court satt. . Federal Court to force integration in the Dallas school system. Cur Dallas Office has further advised that in the case captioned "Bell versus Rippy," the District Court had ruled ageinst the plaintiffs on september 15, 1955, bat this decision had pean reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals and the case remanded for a new trial which was set for October 1, i950. oj fh Bestage from era a menber of the NAACP, on the morning of September 29, 1 vere a to appear before MER os agen ae ec in eamane 4 ee hin Ae pe ep pe