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arr Foes oh, 64 ; Office Memorgidum ~ owiten sta covernment . Lf ro. pir. Rosen a wats, 2otcver |, i866 rrom : Mr. Price a8 orees Mason _sueecr: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; JOHN BENS! SHEPPERD oO Mer ; VICTIMS UNKNOWN; THURGOOD MARSHALL, Hosen COMPLAINANT, DALLAS, TEXAS, 9/30/56 Pamm CIVIL RIGHTS Finterrowd Holloman A. B. Caldwell of the Department at 3:45 P. M. -thie~date Gandy telephoned Washington Field Office and requested limited investigation at Dallas, Texas, into allegations that Texas State Attorney General John Ben Shepperd, accompanied by group of armed Texas Rangers, on 9/29/56, at Tyler, Texas, picked uw unknown number of Negroes and traasported them to Dallas for questioning in connection with their knowledge regarding a pending civil action number 6165, in case of Bell vs. Ripy. SA James Huppert, Washington Field Office, referred Caldweli's information to the Bureau. Caldwell stated Thurgood Marshall, counsel for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), called from Dallas today stating the Negroes were transported from Tyler to Dallas without subpoenas. Supervisor McGowan called Mr. Caldwell and determined the Negroes invelved were students and according to Marshall the Rangers took and held them at a place umknown to their attorneys for questioning re the civil case. Mr. Caldwell stated he had talked to Warren Olmey of the Department who concurred with him, Caldwell, that limited investigation be conducted as soen as possible. He requested Bureau interview Marshall for identities of persons picked wp and transported by Rangers and all other facts available, and that thereafter the individuals picked up be interviewed to determine whether they were intimidated or forced to accompany officers and other information available to them. Foliowing a discussion by Supervisor McGowan with Mr. Rosen, Duty Supervisor Carl W. Spillers talked to SA Paul Wuiff of the Dallas Office and iustructed that Thurgood Marshall be immediately contacted and iatervi@wed for all facts aad details re identity and number of Rangers | “ole cc: Mr. Beimont NOT RECORDED Mr. Nichols Ub 0vl 4 1956 ORIGINAL FILED IM CWS:fkh oct r—Oer 18" (7) 1 eR F