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E_ - NAACP Kis A. DEFENSE ANP-EP'ICaa JNAL FOND, { i President 2O WEST 40TH STREET, NEW YORK 16, N. Y. ; _«, SETHOR BR ePINgARK * watrn View Preskiants , — ess oe ’ . a MILTON mT * pec sue » ‘Beard of Directs ’ - . A OA % ~~ ~~ De “fees te tert , cember 27 , deuaph W. Widisken ENey Gene reir en ben Met ee ye a FALLS TALASE. CORE. ’ fion. Tom ©. Ciark « vane ORY oa - - "-* Attorney General is =f Polonest DU. S. Department of Justice . esenees’ a Washington 25, D. C. H. bebe ‘ ceria. Dear Mr. Clark: . ms al ee Tou will remember that sometime ago, I fe ‘tate °°. | %O bring to your\personal attention matters | e Seetnee + affect Negroes in eonneétion with the Depart Tee of Justice. The Fedefal Bureau of Investiga _ @one a good job on peonage inthe South. Wi ren me - suception of peonage, the record of the PB. RENIOHLAM, ALA ne nvestigating cases involving Negroes has be <maero one-sided, The inability of the F.B.I. to i any members of the lynch mob in the Monroe, lynchings is the latest example of this. in turbance at Columbia, Tennessee, on February 26th of this year, it is reported that F,.8.1 '- were gent in aimost immediately and were sup have made « thorough and complete investigat _— ‘they ‘were unadle to produce the name of a si dividual responsible for the acts of violenc destruction of the property of the Negroes i town. ' In the past, the N.A.A.C.P. ani other o tions have used inexperienced investigators | usnally been able te produce the names of th of the mobs. In the recent Minden, Louisian ; - the President of our New Orleans Branc no experience as an investigator, was able t the names of members of that mob. In the be Ieaac Woodhrd by Officer Simll, in Batesburg _ we were able to produce eyewitnesses and the the police officer. The F.5.I. has established for itself a parable record for ferret out, persons Vio PEC6G- / OOPIEs DESTROY ky ~~ an