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i i - b7v On September 13 and 14, 1961, the "Baltimore Newspost", "Sunday Amer "Baltimore Sun" morgues were reviewed concerning the appointee it was determined there was no additional pertinent information & @ +¢ 2 + this investigation or the sppointes, see On September 14, 1961, a review of the "Afro-American Newspaper" morgue was made concerning the appointee, which reflected an article dateline New York, December 5, 1942, entitled "Lawyers Insist U. S, Halt Racial Abuses," This article pointed out that WILLIAM HASTIE and THURGOOD MARSHALL had submitted a report to the Execue tive Board of the National Lavyers Guild and this report condemned The Department of Justice for allowing racial abuses to continue. The article discribed the report as sharply criticizing Covern- ment attorneys for their manner of presenting evidence to Grand A characterization of the National Lawyers Guild appears in the appendix of this report. On September 10, 1961, Qa Morgan State College, who is acquainted w @ appointee by reputation, advised on June 2, 1952, Mr. THURGOOD MARSHALL. received an honorary Doctor of Law Degree, b7e ae an State College, who has known the appointee primarily professionally for the past twenty years, advised on September for 1961, that the appointee, in his estimation, is one of the country's most outstanding attorneys, present or past and that he has never had any question arise which would reflect on the appointee's ability as an attorney. He said that he krew the appointee to be truly an outstanding individual and woold recommend him for a high position of trust, confidence and responsibility. He continued that at no time dur- ing his period of acquaintanceship with appointee has he ever had any reason to question the appointee's loyalty to this country or fellow man and felt that the appointee would undoubtedly execute his duties in the Judicial Branch of the Federal Government with the greatest of credit to the Federal Government,