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To ‘+ Mr. vDeLoach DATE: %-13~65 mom bani” pos oben OD. gare-186 mat 1063 Ghee oes Gen eG oe 17 UNITED STATES GOV ‘NMENT Memorandum r suyect: JUDGE THURGOOD MARSHALL | BACKGROUND: Mr. Tolson has requested a memorandum dealing with captioned individual with respect to his appointment as Solicitor General. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA: Judge Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 2, 1908, and received an LL.B. degree from Howard University in 1933, Judge Marshall has served with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACFE since 1936 and was its Director-Counsel until he received his judgeship a few years INFORMATION IN BUFILES: He was the subject of a Departmental applicant investigation in 1961 fc the position of U. &. Circuit Judge. Numerous associates, judges and fellow attorne highly.recommended Marshall, He reportedly had a leading part in the NAACP deci (2 CP members and sympathizers had no place in that organization. Other attorne d judges, however, felt his knowledge of matters outside of the civil rights field w ‘very limtited. Some individuals pointed out he had no previous judicial experience ar felt he was prejudiced, biased and would not have the temperament to ac€ without prejudice, o In 1939, he registered with the American Labor Party and in 1044 wa listed as a national committeeman of the International Juridical Association. In 194 Marshall wrote a report adopted by "National Executive Board of the Lawyers Guild In 1947-he was a speaker on a program sponsored by the Progressive Citizens of Ane ric&, Alfofthese organizations have been cited by the House Committee on Un. ican Acti 5. - America Acti PTsede? On October 29, 1943, the "Daily Worke Rt Cittained ap photier ay) shall receiving a check from a Communist Party official for the Purpd¥e 6P fant ‘Jim Crow,” He was listed as a sponsor, in 1945, of a meeting of the tional Neg) ongress whfth had been designated pursuant to executive Order 104 1946, a ~_. in Tennessee for driving while intoxicated. He 7 immetifa cong aX