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oe | ‘ ‘Of ‘Momoranse “UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT % ve , - . _ Telsco "V "t0 : Mr. Rosen! oe ; — DATB: 2/9/56 Boar : : Beimont , ot Harbo. FROM 1 Mr. Price AE -_ | _ a . SP } Pinterrowd ( fi " Tele. Room : susecr: THURGOOD™ ors ; JECT - | “INFORMATION CONCERNING . - ..4 This “is to record that on the. afternoon of 2/9/ 6: . Supervisor MeGowan of the Civil Rights Unit went to the Palace. ' Restaurant for lunch... Upon. entering the restaurant: he was 7 observed by Mr. A. BN Caldwell, Chief of the Civil Rights Dopt, a Section, Criminal DivisToen, who called for. McGowan to join. - apie OF. in which. he did. “After ©) they. had been eating for. some time “sustice Caldwell observed Mr. Thurgood Marshall of the National | ~~ === Association for the Advaticement.of Colored People who had ‘.° entered the restaurant. Caldwéll, being acquainted with . a Marshall,i invited him to the table and Marshall accepted the . jinvitation.’ ‘Marshall partook ofa cup of.coffee while . “]MeGowan and Caldwell finished their meals.. Caldwell . introduced MeGowan as, being with the: PBI. and in charge ¢ of the Civil Rights Unit. mo , _ , : ‘During the course of the conversation Mr. Marshall .- fadvised . Cadwell that. a conference would be held in ‘+ {Washington onthe 4th and 5th of March by. the National | AsSoctation for the Advancement 6f Colored People. | He ‘stated that a.resolution would’ probably be proposed \whiéh would be critical to the Department of Justice. © Marshal indicated that he suspected Dr. Howard (probably Dre -T. Ri. MMHoward) would be at the conference. He: ~ stated he dia ‘not. know what outfit Howard would represent but ‘that he, Howard, probably would be able to find some branch of the National Association for the Advancement. jof Colored People. to list him as a delegate. He stated |that Howard is very outspoken and would undoubtedly bring up some resolution criticizing the Department :of®.)12! rane (Justice. Caldwell advised Marshall that he beTieved’ .-° _ _ ithere would be some action by the Department prior to - fee ‘March 4+, 1956. In his remarks,!Mr, Marshall indicated _ ‘that he was not ‘sympathetic: to Drie “Howard. . | 2g bb 6-H ‘CLM: ecb/iar§.5> | peD:AOe 508 6) eo «RO FEB 14 1956... rah (ces Leis Sis . a. : 63 FEB 244 ee & or |