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ee, ele ‘ne g CONPD MENT IAL Thurgood Marshall In a report of the Special Committee on UneAmerican Activities, House of Representatives, 78th Congress, 2nd Session, Appendix, part 9, 1944, on pagea 795 and 869, Thurgood Marshell ia listed as a national comnitteeman of ' the International Juridical Association. The International Juridical Association has been cited es "a communist front and an upshoot of the International Labor Defense," by tho Special Committee on Un«American Activities, House Report 1311 dated March 29, 191i. A confidential informant advised that Thurgood Marshall of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 20 est Oth Street, New York, New York, was a member of the Committees on bavi Rights and Liberties of the National Lawyers! Guild, and was a member of the New York Chapter of that guild in 1948, The House Committee on UneAmerican Activities in its report dated September 17, 1950, listed Thurgood Marshall as Executive Board member of the National Lawyers! Guild as of Denember, 1919. The National Lawyers’ Guild has been cited a3 a communist front by the Special Committee on UneAmerioan Activities, House Report 1311, dated March 29, 19):4. - Other information in our files indicates that since June, 1943, Marshall has publicly criticized and condemed all subversive organizations, thé Communist Perty and comaunisma itself, He has warned «he Negroes against communist infli~8 tration into all groups. As recently as June, 1956, Marshall in his keynote address before the NAACP national convention at San Praneisco, California, June 26 to July 2, 1956, warned the Association‘a..membership against communism and the Communist Party. He urged the Association to adopt resolue tions meking it clear that the NAACP was strongly opposed to communism, which the Association did, Marshall has long ad- vooated that no "kmown communists” will be acoepted as members of the NAACP. The foregoing information is furnished to you as a result of your request for an FBI file check and is not to be construed as a clearance or a nonclearance of the individual involved, This information fs loaned for your use and is not to be disseminated outside of your agency. ~~ 2- CON RENTAL