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* eran rote me. 6 Tolaot —..0. UNITED STATES — Memoranaum fe lu Nh tee To): ur. Evans ev Date: 9/20/61 7 ge 0 ecto Rom: UW. UV. Clevel b — SUBJECT: THURGOOD MARSHALL UW reenenaTion CONTAINED DEPARTMENTAL APPLICANT veperiy ts SPIED U. S&S. CIRCUIT JUDGE ~ SECOND CIRCUIT The investigation conducted concerning Thurgood Marsha -for the position of U. 3S. Circuit Judge, 2nd Circuit, has been ‘completed. Marshall is a 53-year-old Negro attorney who is Diretto Counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peopie (NAACP) Legal Defense and Educational Fund, incorporated, and has been employed by the NAACP since 1936. He was in private practic in Baltimore from 1933 to 1936. He received his A.B. degree from Lincoln Uniyeragty, Pennsylvania, 1930, and his LL.B. degree cum laud from Howard UnS}ersity Law School, Washington, D. C., 1933. Part- time emplogme » a8 a dining car waiter and a waiter in a country club while attending school, verified. He was admitted to the Maryland Sar in 1933. There was one complaint against him before the Maryignd Bar Grievance Committee regarding bis handling of a divarce neocedding, the compl sinant claimed that Marshall: had nat earned the $255 00° fee paid to him for investigating the Case. . The _ Committeqeche ked the complaint and determined that Marghall had mare than earned tHe $25.00 fee and the complaint was dismissed one w November 5, 1936. . “he a rity Numerous associates, judges and fellow attornegs highly: . recommended Marshall and described him as being fair and Smpartind, as having complete knowledge of Federal court procedures, as having obtained a position of pre-eminence in constitutional lawfcas being able to present persuasive arguments, and as having a masterful court ‘demeanor. He was reported ag having a leading part in the NAACP decision that Communist Party members and sympathizers had no place in that organization, Other attorneys and judges stated his legal practice was confined to Civil Rights matters; that his Ao gee rapin of other aspects of the law was limited; that Me dae judicial experience; that he is prejudiced sai pot have the temperament to act a denies tpi Aa y. fae Justice tne de several 2nd Circuit judges, and Goverser—Aimead—ef— ~of -Virginte-tomzented ee o shia —