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eh Tie S ay Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Teton _ ro : A. H. B nt pate: February @ Beardie , l ¥; 856 He lanont eter tarba PRO. ce -~ Mr. Nichols Mohr “ Fe Je Bay cron ire Belmont Parsons Mir. “initer lamm we wrayer: COMMUNIST YNFILTRATION OF THE Be ow) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT Tele. Roam ~~ OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP) Holloman n--— Ga 7 Mc This memorandum concerning the NAACP is being prepared at the»¢- request of Mr. Nichols who has an appointment with Thurgood’? Marshall, @peciay, counsel of the NAACe on February 9, 1956. ~" Thur od“Mlarshall _ katy A summary memorandum regardins Marshall was prepared on December 15, 1950. Marshali has been special counsel of the NAACP gince at least 1946. Marshall, according te House Committee on Un~American Activities (HCUA) and public source records, was associated with Communist front organizations in the 1940's, Gs Ze, National Lawyers Guild and International Jurisical Association. Both organizations have been cited as Communist fronts by the HCUa, although neither has been cited by the Attorney General pursuant to Executive Order 104,50. The HCUA in a 1944 report listed Marshall as a national ™~ committeeman of the International Juridical Association. The HCUA ~ in a report dated September 17, 1950, listed Marshall as Executive Board eB60) of the National Lawyers "Guild as of December 19, 1949. ac f£ NaacP z The, NAACP was incorporated in the State of New York in 1911 a and the stated aim of the organization has beer to secure full in eitisenship gights for the Negroes by legal and other recognized > ethical methods and frequettly by vigorous protestation of alleged § _ discrimination. i" a The current paid membership of the NAACP on a nationwide % basis is slightly over 250,000. There is a delinquent membership of % approxinately the sane figure which is not includéd in the membership because of @vears in fees and dues. . ogee arene | 7 There are approximately 1,200 branches be eut 44 states and Alaska. There are in addition approximate] y , ‘ouncils and college chapters. (6-3176-1161 Pretext call by retary, . | Membership Commelttees NAACP, 11-23~55.) | — 4 2 WPS ge Sf NORA NOT RECORDED : Cy 46 FER 24 1956 : ” > a - patent doa Ud UitLya tab a