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- 7. . : =m TAtRGoo MARSHALL coummuio Poy ee me bie ‘His’ ‘New York staff 1 never ‘knows when Marshall i is ‘ikely to start |’ 2 “a fierce argument or. pass something ‘off. with a-joke: His bound: , ‘Jess ‘little-boy joviality: amiazes‘niany: of his friends even though * :, they-realize that without it he might have broken under the severe - = pressure of the’ last decade. In his office: he occasionally takés.- _ Over thé switchboard while the operator. is at lunch: and: takes — _:gteat® délight: When’ callers. aré- surprised at’ “being” able ta ‘reagh *. ‘+ him'so suddenly: He. ‘léves: to- tease his: . secretaries, There is:al- a . Thost Ho cowboy picturé extant. ‘which he has‘not' seex and he has” ' "often left’ his’ chief secretary; ‘Alice Stovall,. stariding’ i in‘the mid--"y | ‘dle of a railroad'station’ while he has gone off to-take in another = ' Westerti. Last fall, when his Harlem neighbor, ‘Ball layer’ Willie ~ Mays: won “the National: League: batting champiiiehipy ‘Marshall *> gave Willie an orange” juice- ~and. milk, nepplctail”. party: itr ‘the - corner drugstore. ae : Able to relax. with ‘absolittely. evexpne, janitor or Suprenie. Coust §: -Sastice, Marshall makes ‘himself popular wherever he goes: “I’ve $ . Been all over the country with Thurgood,” remarks Professor James .* ‘Nabrit of Howard, “and. T’ve never known any situation where . after twé or three-days-he-was not liked: ‘by the very ‘people he.was -* opposing. ‘T believe, it is almost his- most important contribution * ‘ i *bécause everywhere he has gone he has mate friends for us.” . Marshall’s . winning personality) never changes, ‘but- his ‘aécent’ ‘ ' does. His associate lawyers até ‘always amused at how. his: way of ” * talking - g loudly and biisterdusly” and as muchilike ‘a catieature of a’ “Nene possible becomes miore and more prongunced thé farther °: a he goes below’ the Mason-Dixon Line. Before thé Supreme Courthe : rs j yo ’ has'no trace of a “Negro accent,”.-but in his. office’ ‘and: among. ".- friends: he deliberately. adopts the most. vigordus; ‘crudest. jatgon, *, 1 , 7 ” as a kind of reassertion of hik-own racial ‘identity. Deliberately. hid? | , . [2 +. ing his great tespect for the Supreme Court, he has: scommented -' ft after successfiil appearancés before’ the Justices; AT ‘gin’ +s ho fool’ - "y 3 [When- it comes‘to those boys.” - on vt + Marshall’s work, takes, hiin away’ ‘froin the safet ged ‘solemnity: te \ . "+ . of the courtroom: > Sometimes it-brings him face tod ae With danger. 7 * In 1946"he wentsto Columbia, Tenn.-to o-defetid soyne Negroés: ac- - ye +, ‘eused of attempted murderduing-axiet.. So hostilewas theatmos i. ¢ Phere that Marshall{did nat eyen stay in Cofumbis bat “ “apgyuyt's a [oe ° * 40 miles each day frony Nashville. ic, «The evening-ofthe. iavthetial: enidéd Yay stably ing Moro tce : toe a ° was driving“hfte-te- Nestivalle with Hy tw? “asststant “atthrih ; " . -. whenréeVcral-palice ears drew Up 3 uylelarced-hinrolb-tberoad . i : _G ‘Where's your driver's license??thé cy dexhanded, pistols. bristling. : Marshall pr oduceyvhis Jiceris HE ond. was released. A few minutes “ - Neer the. samie: mens ensdgain, ‘stepped -him. This tite- they charged | bn with dist wide-drunk and, carrying ‘liquor ix ‘the ‘car’. He, assured * em beskad not bad-a drop, and asearch of the car produced noth-. _ingrafid so again he was. allowed to-proceed. A few minutes lates “he was stopped ‘for a third: time. Accusing Marshal] of drunken ! driving, the officers: ordered hitn to’ get-out‘of the car and.cross the “ . ‘street to thet magistiate’ 3 office. Knowing that-colored people often,-- ; 3-- get shot “resisting arrest’ in ‘sich’ cases, he refused to go except ; C [ es ‘under ‘police escort. -J “Shis: “was: ultimately: agreed. toand-the entiie 1 ose eon throng: entered th a6 ihagistrate s ’3 -Ofhiee. Sthe. maagistrate. Was.a'shorts ' . . ) “Hand, Lput: my ha n; Lis, shoulders: breathing’ jest ay idrde : d s