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NOTE: Department intervened in suit alleging Negroes not afforded ~ __,. qual legal representation thereby denying them equal protection of ‘=< Jaws, As a result of the Department's. intervention in suit they requested - : in,, .., the interviewing of 48 attorneys to determine numerous items including ard - ~~" their personal background, the extent of their law practice and the. ca :-attorneys' willingness to represent Negroes in civil’ vights: and x *- constitutional issues, Investigation was ordered, < Coa. a Department now requests that an attorney in ‘Chicago be ay ay interviews as it is alleged that he had severl times unsuccessfully . ” applied for admission fo the Louisiana Bar t during the 1940's, Bowes - ~2 -