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a meeting with the Boston NAACP on february 4, 1946, as a result of a protest against election procedure. 4 Communtst supported faction had been elected and the defeated conservative faction was protesting. Marshall erplatined that he had not come to Bos~ ton to settle the matter but simply to act as arbiter for the two factions and to report to the Vational VAACP, New York, con- cerning the dispute. The Cleveland Press on March 13, 1946, tated that the Cleveland branch of the NAACP and a Citizens’ Committee were sponsoring a protest mass meeting against the "ugly race situation" in Columbia, Tennessee. . The meeting was to be held on arch 15 and among the speakers wywé Thurgood Mershall, . Jean ‘Me. Capers (reported Communist Party member}, A. Es Stevenson Conmuntst Party sympathizer), Arnold Johnson, State Chairman of the Communist Party, and others. . Qn April 10, 1947, Marion (. Ladwig advised a Special Agent in Austin, Texas, that he was trying to set up a NAACP © chapter at the University of Texas, and that certain individuals who followed the Communist Party line were trying to get control of tt. Ladwig contacted Thurgood Marshall, who said that if any office of a WAACP chapter was held by a Conmunt st the chap- ter would be withdrawn. A confidential informant of the New York Office ad~ vised on August 22, 1947, that John Gates, the editor of the « Datiy Worker, sent the following telegram on August 21, 1947, to Thurgood Marshall and numerous other parties: — "Have you seen McCabe brief in Dennis case and will you. comment for publi cation in our paper? - A confidential informant of the New York Office re- ported that Marshall is a good friend of Max Yergan, Erecutive Director of the Council on African Affairs, President of the National Negro Congress, and a key figure tn known Communist ctrcles. The same informant termed Marshall as a "fellow traveler” and added that he may. possibly be a member of the Communist Party. III, CHARGES AGAINST THE BUREAU Tip Hunter Case Allegation: The Department of Justice files contain a letter dated January 30, 1942, from Thurgood Marshall, lambasting the Department for failing to prosecute in this case. Marshall stated in his letter "the reason there is no evidence is _4-