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_ : v baw Marshall consented and was given two ballots = Bue prepored by supporters and the other by the Commpatet-dcninated sgroup. Marshall proposed thot tnetead of uetag efther that both be used as a guide and that the menbers vote on a dlank sheet of paper, which was done. alleged that the Con- muniete attempted to tnfluence the Negroes to vote against her. She atated that ehe had co diacussion with Marshall about a week before the election, at which time she explatned to hin the trouble they were having with Communtsts. He Gllegediy told her he knew the Communists were trying to move into the vartous chapters of the VAACP and espectally on the Paci fic Cocst. He reportedly urged to have a show-down fight with the Communtsts. He appeared quite eympathetic and intereste: tn the problen. Q@@MPadvised she loter learned thet Lorshall also had a conference with her opponents, with whom Yarshall wes quite friendly. She was of the opinton that these Conmunt ste swoyed the optnicn of Marshall acainst her. has we me A ? skews _ me January Ly i944, tesue of tae Daily Worker eon- tatned the first cf a sertes of articles Sy errerrrm sth what had been done about the causes of the August race ricts tn Harlem the preceding year. <A number of people were listed as having been tnterutewed to get material for the articles and : Marahall's name was included among them. The gtat of the articles was that the causes of the race ricts were sttll present. of the OF4 Grea rent office tn Harlen, is post the preceding week. <An informant as definitely a fellow traveler and quite enber of the Communist Party. An article tn thie acid that Pposstbly a paper guoted Thurgeod Marshall as stating tn a letter» , eS, renoval c e only Negro serving as a rent director Region 2, or so far as we know the only one tn the country, raises a sertous question as to the resl recson for his renoval.” Marshall was further quoted asa stating tn the letter that "possesses to Go high degree the qualifications generally regarded Gs destrable for euch an administrative offtce. mea: : a Negro. Itts obvious thet any governmental action in an area which includes Horlem has a direct effect upon race relations, not only tn the area tnuolved but throughout the country.” The weekly intelligence summary of the Arny Service Forces, Headquarters Firat Service Command, Boston, Massachusetts, for the week ending February 15, 1946, contains an tten from a source descrtbed as "completely reliable” thet Thurgood Marshall, as legal representative of the New York WAACP Readquorters, heid ti -3-