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| . repeated efforts on the. part of Thurgood Marshall to embar- v rass the FBI and to discredit its tnuestigations, particularly tm eases involving civil rights of Negroes. The Director said that he was particularly concerned because the Attorney General had brought to his attention a letter dated December 27, 1946, in which Marshall criticized the work of the Bureau. The ‘\. Director pointed. out to White that he had endeavored through the years to administer the work of the FBI in a judicial and impartiol manner. The Director pointed out that mt sconduct on the part of an individual agent would result in drastic administrative action and noted that Thurgood Marshall refuses to accept the fact that the Bureau tries to do a thorough job tn tts tnvestigative work regardless of the identity of the \persons tnvolved. He noted that Thurgood Marshall and his associates tn the Legal Branch of the NAACP had not rendered full cooperation and further that Thurgood Marshall's attitude did not measure up to the standards of cooperation which had _ | been set by White. Qn January 24, 1947, White acknowledged the Director's letter and stated that he discussed the matter with Thurgood Marshall. Thurgood Marshall had told White that the Attorney General had requested him to bring to his attention any matters. which affect Negroes in connection with the Department of Justice. Further that Marshall had requested of Mr. Clark an appointment in order to discuss the criticisms face to face. White said that he believed that a great deal of good could be done if the Director and Marshall sat down and discussed the matter frankly. ; IV. OTHER RECENT CASES TN WHICH MARSHALL HAS EXPRESSED INTERES? érrest of Marshall -in Tennessee On. December 4, 1946, Marshall wrote the Assistant Attorney General, Theron L. Caudle, to the attention of Mr. Maceo Hubbard, concerning an tnoitdent in Columbia, Tennessee, on November 18, 1946. The. letter indicated that Marshall was arrested on the charge of operating an automobile while in- toxrtcated, and that he was subsequently discharged by a Justice of the Peace, J.-J. Poague, of Columbia. Marshall stated that at the time of his arrest he was accompanied by Attorneys Z. Alexander Looby of Nashville, Tennessee, and ‘Maurice Weaver of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Harry Raymond, « reporter for the Daily Worker of New York. Marshall's letter indicated that at the time his auto- mobile was stopped, three other automobiles containing law enforcement officers were on the scene. It appeared that a Negro informant told a constable that Marshall, Weaver and ~ ij] -