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Thurgood Marshall — Part 9
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The "Daily Worker", issue of Monday, November
24, 1947, contained an article on page 4, column 2,
which read in part as follows:
"Ministers Ask End to Thomas Committee"
"A call to end the House Committee on Un-American
Activities was made yesterday by 20 prominent New York
Clergymen. They said the committee uses the label of
‘Communistic' to block progressive thought and action. ...
"A group of outstanding attorneys sent a
telegram to New YOrk Congressmen asking them to oppose
contempt citations in the case of the Hollywood writers.
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"The lawyers' group included ... <« -«
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The "Daily Worker" was an east coast
Communist newspaper which ceased
publication January 13, 1958.
The aforementioned “Daily Worker" contained
an article on page 4, column 1, headed:
"Film Citations Go to House for Action Today"
"aid for Europe, presented to the Congress as a
matter of the utmost urgency, will be set aside Monday and
Tuesday, while the House debates contempt citations
brought against 10 of America's most distinquished writers,
film directors and producers by the Un-American Committee.”
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