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President ARTHUR 8. SPINGARN Vice-Presidents HON. HUBERT T. DELANY DR, WILLIAM A, NEILSON Treasurer MARY WHITE OVINGTON Board of Directors ATLANTA, GA. Eugene M. Martin. Rev. Joseph W. Nichelsen BALTIMORE, MD. George B, Murphy, Sr. CHARLESTON, W. VA. Joha W. Davis : FALLS VILLAGE, CONN. : _ Dr. William Allan Nellson- ~~ NEW YORK, N. Y. Hon, Hubert T. Delany Douglas P. Falconer . Lewis 5. Gannett , John Hammond - Hon. Herbert H. Lehman © ~~~“ Mary White Ovington .--~ ~~ E. Gearga Payne oo Arthur B, Splagarn Hon. Charles E, Toney NORTHAMPTON, MASS. S, Ralph Harlow WASHINGTON, D. C. Hon, William H. Hastie - Dr. Charles H. Thompson: Dr, Elizabeth Yates Webb National Legal Committee - HON. WILLIAM H, HASTIE, Chairman ATLANTA, GA. A. 1. Walden BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Arthur BD, Shores - CHARLESTON, W. VA, T. G. Nutter CINCINNATI, OHIO Theadore M. Berry CLEVELAND, OHIO William T. McKnight DALLAS, TEXAS W.:d. Durham ERIE, PA. . William F. illig LOS ANGELES, CALIF. . Thomas L. Griffith, Jr. Loren Miller LOUISVILLE, KY. Charles W. Anderson MADISON, WIS, Lloyd Garrison NASHVILLE, TENN. . Z. Alexander Looby NEW YORK, N, Y. Bonald Crichton Morels L. Ernst Osmond K; Fraenkel Arthur Garfield Hays Karl N. Llewellyn James Marshall Shad Polier Hope Stevens Charles H. Studin Andrew D. Weinberger PITTSBURGH, PA. Homer S. Brown RICHMGND, YA... Spottswood W. Robinson, III SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF, Bartley Cc. Crum TULSA, OKLA, AmosT. Hall _ WASHINGTON, D, C, Charles H..Houston Edward P. tovett” Leon A, Ransom Ruth Weyand WILMINGTON, DEL. ; Louis’ L, Redding | \ be eget 25 " NL A.A.C.P. Pm. DEFENSE AND EDUCAPBNAL FUND, INC. Executive Officers 20 WEST 40TH STREET, NEW YORK 18, N. Y. — Hon. Tom-C. Clark 6 9 wt ttorney General = U, S. Department of. Justice » WALTER WHITE Secretary ROY WILKINS Assisiant Seoretary } THURGOOD MARSHALL Special Counsel ROBERT L, CARTER MARIAN WYNN PERRY FRANKLIN H. WILLIAMS - ; ' EDWARD R. DUDLEY {on leave) MILTON R. KONVITZ (on leave} ssistani Special Counsel LONGACRE 3-6890 ~ December .27, 1946 Washington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Clark: You will remember that sometime ago, I agreed “to bring to your\personal’ attention matters which affect Negroes in: conngétion with the Department of Justice. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has done a good job'on peonage in the South. With the exception of peonage, the record of the F.BeI, in| investigating cases involving Negroes has’ been notably one-sided. The inability of the F.B.I. to identify any members of the°lynch mob in the Monroe, Georgia, lynchings is the latest exemple of this. In the dis- turbance at Columbia, Tennessee, on February 25th and 26th of this year, it is reported that F.B.1. agents -were “sent. in. almost immediately and were supposed to _ have made a thorough and-complete investigation, yet, ‘. they weré- unable to. produce the name of a single in- dividual responsible for the acts. of violence and the destruction of the property of the Negroes in that _ towne , 7 7 In the past, the N.A.A.C.P, and other organiza~ tions have used inexperienced investigators who have usually been able to produce the names of the members of the mobs. ing:,. In the recent Minden, Louisiana, lynch- the President of our New Orleans Branch, with no experience as an investigator, was able to produce the names of members of that mob. Isaac Woodard by Officer Shull, in Batesburg, 5. ©., we were able to produce eyewitnesses and the name of the police officer. parable record for ferreting out, persons violating COPIES Dis rRoY sp 44 NOV 20 igg4 / Tn the beating of The F.Bel. has established for itself an incom=_ b2-£b66 60- / : Contributions are deductible for Uy. S. Income Tax Purposes : a