◆ SpookStack

hI’ qa": Vendell Berge stated thot the FBI could not docate o witness named and that he, Moraholl, located QUMMMMBBithout disfteulty. Allegation: Focte: It ta true that we attempted to locate this individual with negative results but we could and would have located hin had we not been told to hold the tnvestigation in abeyance by the U. S. Attorney. Allegation: The FBI could not locate a witness naonec qe and that he, Morshcoll, went i: fer oho oe and ascertained thet ae -:: actually who wos residing in Chicago. arshoall said he went to Chicago and foundcgyyyy without disfi- culty. Facts: 4 lead had been set out to obtain the address of QP but apparently due to the normal delinquency tn the Memphit ce, the lead wes not covered. It would have been had the inveatigation not been terminated by Department orders. rT On October 6, 1947, the Director sent a letter to arshall potnting out the motters noted above concerning the dumm -::. and defending our position and denying his alle- gatione, In this letter the Director suggested that in the futu complainta recetued by Marshall concerning the FEI should be called to the Director’s attention so that an appropriate inguir: econ be mode. The Director etated, "I believe this will be ef- fective tn getting results which I am sure both you and I de- aire,” 4 Monroe, Georgia, Lynching dllegation: On December 27, I946, Marehall wrote to the Attorney General potnting out that he, Marshall, agreed to bring to the Attorney General's personal attention matters which offect Negro fn connection with the Department of Justice. In this letter, Marshall stated, “the Federal Bureau of Inveettgatten has done a good fob on peonage tn the South. With the exception of peonage, the record of the FEI in investtoating cases tnuoluving Negroes hos been notably one-sided. The tnability of the FEI to - § =