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T 77-4185 This address contained the following information regarding THURGOOD MARSHALL: "Special Counsel Thurgood Marshall -- the negro lawyer responsible for the NAACP's court attacks upon segregation in the public schools -- as late as 1950 was a member of the Executive Board of the ‘Communist front' National Lawyers Guiid which has been described as ‘the foremost legal bulwark of the Commmist Party, its front organizations and controlled unions. ' Since its iment am Peet TA then me meer B22 1a AB ee ie | hile’ | wh Wiig the WVibhLb «“s660 ISG VOL £26408 400 +o r+ ally to the legal defense of the Communist Party and individual members thereof, including known espionage agents.' And, as a member and policy- making official of this Communist Front, Marshail has served as Associate Editor of the i Lawyers Guild Review' and has criticized this nation's loyalty program. He also is listed as a member of the National Committee of the ‘Communist front' International Juridical Agsociation whieh hes oVwe 640 Wee ws eee Se Se ee ee ee oe ae wae oe Eee ‘actively defended Commumists and consistently followed the Communist Party line.' And he was among a group of attorneys who, in 1947, protested the issuance of contempt citations against pro- Communist Hollywood writers who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee." The December 3, 1942, issue of the "Atlanta Daily World," issued in Atlanta, Georgia, and identified as “the nation's only colored daily newspaper! contained the following ‘headline over the masthead: "LAWYERS RAP AP; DEMAND ANTILYNCHING BILL. " The article which appears on Page 1, Column 1, capthoned "LAWYERS RAP AP; CONDEMN THE FBI," estates as follows: