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NY 77-26395 all the qualities of p and respect for the ] atience, understanding, knowledge, t ke hi t b7e e 8a at he wou highly for the position of Circuit Judge. Lr re 1 IEC mentioned above, on recontact on September 14, » advised Si alias he recalls that ina ae case in Kansas ies ssouri, in 1951 a motion was filed in behalf of Kansas City to strike MARSHALL's name from the plaintiff's petition and to deny him the privilege of appearing as counsel by reason of member- ship in the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the International Juridical Association (IJA), both described as Communist Party (CP) front organizations. ED: 2:6 that the IJA is known to him by b name only and he has no knowledge of MARSHALL's connection JE with that organization. Concerning the NLG, he said that at that time MARSHALL had indicated that the NLG was formed by "liberal elements" in the field of law. MARSHALL in conversation said that he had joined the NLG because the American Bar Association was then closed to the Negro. MARSHALL further indicated that, when in the late 1940's, it became apparent that CP members or sympathizers were gaining of the organization, he nad withdrawn from the NLG, aid that this is his only knowledge of MARSHALL's connection with the NLG.