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NY 77-26395 YERGAN continued that he knows of no connection between THURGOOD MARSHALL and the Council on African Affairs during the time YERGAN belonged and to the best of hia knowledge MARSHALL never had contact with the organization or its members. YERGAN also said he knew of no connection between THURGOOD MARSHALL and the cP, either monetarily or ideologically, and he could provide no further information on this point. YERGAN related that the CP Marshall Fund was named for an individual other than THURGOOD MARSHALL and this fund, to his knowledge, had no connection with THURGOOD MARSHALL. Mr. YERGAN related that he knows nothing about MARSHALL's membership in any organizations other than the NAACP, [ar :_ ree. _ of the ho at th advised SA that MAX YERGAN was a Party member. He state that differences developed between him and the Party, and he, YERGAN, came out openl ainst the Party. The "Daily Worker” of April 22, 1947, described MAX YERGAN as Executive Director of the Council on African Affairs. In an article in the "Daily Worker" of June 3, 1946, captioned "NEGRO CONGRESS ASKS UN PROSE JIM CROW," MAX YERGAN is described as president of the National Negro Congress. Information concerning the "Daily Worker", the CP, the Council on African Affairs, the National Negro Congress and the National Lawyers! Guild (latter appearing below), appears in a previous report in this matter. © -3- \h ral N