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Office Memorandum : * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 0 Mr. Tolson DATE March 36, 1956 / & | be eS Arristant Attorney General Warren Olneav came rp fm sen Tele. Reem 37 a ee SS ee ee we eee es ee OT ee Swe ee —~w me on the morning of March 23, 1956. He stated he had hada very matis- can; factory discussion with the Attorney General on the kidnaping situation. The Attorney General was pleased over the outcome and how it had been res mtilizing an d determining preliminary i investigations and making the investigations # at direction of the Crimina ivigion Olney then referred to the current controversy whi with Thurgood Marshall and gave me copies of the letters which had been exchangst between Marshall and Olney.. It started with an item in the Washington Post carryly a story stating that Thurgood Marshall had launched into an hour-long attack upon{ the Department for failing to use the powers it already has. Olney wrote a sharp ~ letter to Marshall on this. Marshall replied, denying that he had engaged in an XS. - a hour-long discussion and sought to justify himself. Olney then in a four-page letter goes after Marshall and the over-all problem and the fact that the Department had jjcore all that it could. It seems t the references to ine J complained because the Dep artment had not investirated the alll case and volated if cases. The Attorney General stated that the Department had investigated. The : ttorney General in making this statement was referring to the fact that adequate . nformation had been gathered upon which the Deparfment could decide that there yas or there was not a Federal violation. Subsequently, the delegation came ip . : i d t vation had been made - 58 APR ‘13 195 or -