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a meeting wtth the Boston NAAC” on February ¢, 1944, as a result vf a pretest coainst electi:n procedure, 4 “omnuntsat supoorted faction had been eleeted and the defected conservative factton rar preitesting. Worshall explained thet Xe had not cone te Bose ton te gettle the vatter but stmply to act aa arbiter for the tus feottons and to renort te the Vettonal “LAT, Mer Fork, oon- cerntny the dispute. ( 100=7060-3767) ™e Cleveland Prees on March 13, 1946, stoted that the Cleveland branch of the YAACP and a Tltigene’ committesc were anongoring a protest masse neetinn againet the “uoly race ' attuatton” tn “slurdtea, Tennessee. Te meeting was te re held an “Vare’ IS and amone the sreckers was Phuroocd iarshall, .7ean "., Capers ‘reported Trrmunte+ Carty mewber}, 4. Ue ‘tevengon ‘Communtst "arty ayepathtzer), Arnold Johnson, State chairnan , o, a of the Comnmuntet "arty, and others. (160-135-11-3519; pS) Cn fort] 10, 847, Varton “~~ “Tadwid adutsed a “pecial Agent in sustin, “eras, that he was trytng te set up a VAATP chapter at the miuerstt; °/ Terce, and that certain tndtviduale whe follomed the Communtst Party line were trytnd te vet oontrol en ¢t. Ladwic eentacted Thrrsood Marshall, wha saie that tf, ony of tee of a VAACP chapter was held hy a Communist the chap- ter mould be withdrarn. (100-d~20-118) / con ftdenttal inferrant of the Yew Pork “office ad- vised on August 23, 1947, that John Gatea, the editor of the “atly Torker, gent the follawin« teleoray on fucuat 22, 1947, to Thurgocd “arshall and numercua other parttea: “Youve you sean Motahe Brief in Dernte case and wf Il you comment for publication t1 our poperr” a 4 conftadenticl informant of the ae" eRe? “rice re- ~orted that Varshall ta a acod friend of Var Yergan, lreoutive ttrecter of the Counctl on tfrican sffairs, Trestdent uf the ‘ational Yeorc Concress, and a xtey ftoure tn known Communist efrecles, The game tnforwant termed *orsiaii cre a ‘feilow +papeler' and added thot he may pcsatbiy be a member cf the Communist Party, (100-3-52-214) TTT AAAOTES ATETIOR TT AINE AT “Yn ‘unter Care filenetions he Denertment cf Justice files contain a letter “ate? Jonuary GG, 1944, fror churocoed Marshall, lambasting the Peportment for fatline to orosecute tn this case. Versholl stcted in Ata letter “the reason taere ta no evtdence ts ~ 4