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*O-19 (Rev. 10-:9-57) Manto Watch — == Marshall: Civil-Rights Champion HURGOOD MARSHALL, the constitutional lawyer who. for years now, has led the legal fight in this coun- try against racial segregation, was originally given the name Thoroughgood by his father. “By the time I was in the second srade,” he says, “I got tired of spelling all that and shortened it.’’ . Be that as it may. Mr. Mar- shall’s father had foresight. For observers—and opposing attorneys—agree that if one thing has marked his work as chief counsel for the National Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People. it is this thoroughness in pre- paritig his case for the ¢ourt- room. At present, the foriy-nine- year-old veteran lawyer, who has lost only two of more than twenty cases involving civil rights that he has argued before the United States Supreme Court. is getting ready for his next ‘battle: a plea to the 8th Cir- cuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Mo., to set aside 4 recent order by a Federal judge suspending the in- tegBation of public schools in Litfle Rock. The court is expected to hear the case be- forg the next school year be- girs in September. Thurgood Marshalk N THE courtroom, Mr. Marshall slumps his lanky, six-feet two-inch frame down into a chair, listens with an intent frown and speaks in moderate and measured tones. Outside. he is married and the father of a young son; an exuberant. ceaseless yarn- spinner with likes that run to REC- D4 yg, re NOT 7 movies. symphonies, detective stories, poker with bourbon on the side, and electric trains ihe wears an engineer's cap when he runs his models). Mr. Marshall was born in Baltimore and tangled with the United States Constitu- tion at an early age: every time he broke a rule in school, the principal mede him memorize a section of the document, ‘'Before I left that school.” he says, "I knew the whole thing by heart.” E WORKED his way through Lincoln Uni- versity, and Howard Univer- sity Law School as a dining- car Waiter and postal worker, and after a brief spell in pri- vate practice, joined the N. A. A. C. P.’s legal staff in 1936. He has remained there , through insults and honors, : death threats and job offers ‘most recently rejected: a Democratic move to run him against Rep. Adam Clayton Powell for Harlem's Congres- sional seat’. Through it all. his philoso- phy has remained unchanged: “The doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ was created by the court and can be removed the court. ... We are on asking for what the Supre Court said we are entitl to." ARCHTPARSONS 4. oe a AR. 2 tor 16> JUL 14 size. +? Belmont Nedd& Perens _—— 1° Rope. Tamm ri Trotter - a+) Pélson . 7: ¢ ‘Boardman f \ Clayton . Tele. Room y? Holloman f i Gandy Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Journal-_____. Americar N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News N. Y, Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date