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“a e ~ e . - a it a b, oe * a i ae ‘ soe § -_ coe ae VN December 25, 1°50 wi an A 2 Ma \ fy iyi tsyet, THURGOOD MARSHALL ey hit eett / Wo tnvestigation has been conducted ty the PFI concerning Thurgood Varshall, tut the ftlea of thts fureau reflect the folloring tnformatton concerning him: The National Assoctation for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), for which Thurgood Marshall haa for some time teen Spectal Counsel, had a conference in Florence, South Carolina on June 13 and 14, 1943, at b6 whieh Thurgood Marshall was the princtpal speaker. pIC Gerard Anderson, who was the Princtpal of the Ftison School, Florence, South Carolina, commented that he had met Varshell and helteved hia to be a loyal Amertcaon rho mould go as far as he could to further the atms of his organtzation, hut would not peratt anything radtcal to te tone to accomplish the destred ende (61-3176-241, page 8) The Florence, South Carolina, morning newsonper, on June 18, 1943, quoted Varshall as stating that the recent race rtote tn DPetrott were attributalle to autvuersive groups. He diacuased Army treatment of nagroes and pratsed the way tn which the Army and the entire "ederal Government treated negro people. Ke stated that iy this was not true of very many local agencies. Marshall added thet the colored people had more to lose should the Agta nations te victorious than did the white people. in general teras, he condemned sulversive organtzations ! of all kinds and warned the Negroes against them. ! He aatd that they akould le ever alert to advance the | cause of the colored people, tut that they should te Amertcans first and strive “or thetr own tetterment 7e}20n___— secondly. He acded that Communists vere not as active nee ORIGINAL TO G-2 | /) 0, sw, NOEXED-40 vy ag