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FROM : A, H. BELMONT h ae Mason — A SUBJECT: PHURGOOD MARSHALL Parsous (i The Bureau has received a-letter dated 12/4/56 from. . Nan Miss Marjorie Merritt, Director, National Gonference of Bar — Wintecrowd — Examiners, Denver, Colorado, who requested any available informa- [te Room |Gton concerning Thurgood Marshall, Special Counsel, for the Gandy STANDARD FORM NO. 64 , @® wad) 4 @o . Office Memorandum, . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO +: MR. Le V. BOARDMA ij Ae | | -DATE: Decent: 18, 1956 » National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) tn Ab it connection with his application for admission to the ‘Bar of New of Ke: GatAre ere hy ae The Bureau hes not inves ai gate rshall. Cir “Piles sf Ce {public source information reflectin concerning him. Specifically, Marshall has been affiliated with-the International Juridic¥al Association, as national conmmitteeman in 104457 / and with the National Lawyers Guild as a.speaker in 1948 and executive qWetee board member in 1949. Both organizations are cited by the House Committee - on Un-American Activities. He was also a sponsor in 1944-o0f the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, designated by the Attorney General. On October 28, 1943, Marshall received a ‘check for $247. 5 fTom Benjamin Je Davis, Ure, $0 help fight "Jim Crow.” Davis is :one.of the 11 national leaders of the Communist Party, USA, who were convicted in October, 1949, in New York of conspiracy for’ advocating the joverthrow of . the U.S. Government by force and violence. Other public source information indicated that since June, 1943, Marshall has publicly criticized and. +... ) g both’ dérogétory and favorable sey condemned G11 subversive organizations, the Communist Party and’ conmunisn : itself. He has warned the Negroes against _connunist infiltration: into, | their groups. As recently as June, 1956, Marshall in his keynote address -- before the NAACP national convention at. Son Francisco, Goli fornia, nein June 26 to July 2, 1956, warned the Assoctation's membership against - ae communism and the Comnunist Party. He urged the Assoctation to- adopt," resolutions naking it clear that the NAACP was strongly opposed ito. con- munism,’ which the Association did. Marshall has long advocated that no "known communists” will be a member of. the NAACP. (62-86660-5; Gl~ 3176- f Banner pith 7 B rae | ke the Attorney General) Of cooperating: with the National: Conference: o'f | ‘62-86660 Bar. Eraminers by furnishin tt a Source and lead data for: thetr. aid. svep (6) ri EXED | LLo 71e mi ie? ieonote RECORD ‘ oc. is 2-66 ie £60 , 7; in. ‘Boardman | . a ates tr eh "Ts ‘Mr. Belnont | 54 DEC 26 1988 iy ey pac I ~ Section tickler sth if ig 1 --Mr. Young Lit ue Enclosure pT ie. . 605; 6/28/56 issues "San Francisco Bulletin” and"San Fran isco Yews,", nt 61=3176-A) Ay in the past the Bureau. has, followed the policy totlen ‘the approval