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ae . ' : et - . . . . ' . . 2 ““Edenti fy ony members of the lynch mob in- the Monroes. Georgia, lynching is the latest example of this.” . Pointing. out. that the Attorney “General had called for a strengthening of the Federal: Civil Rights Statutes, Marshall _ elatmed that there would be very little ‘use to strengthen these statutes if the FBI continued its policy of being unable to pro- duce the names of persons’ guilty of such crimes. He said that ‘he belteved. it was the. Attorney ‘General's duty of making a complete investi gation.of the FBI to determine why it is im- possible for the FBI to maintain a@ record as to crimes in which ; Negroes are victins comparable to its record.as to other crimes. Facts: — : On January 10, i947, the Director in @ memorandum to the Attorney General answered the charges of Marshall. The Director pointed out that frankly he did. not expect Marshall to accept any factual explanation of the situations about which ' Marshall had complained. because the Director had found from previous dealings with Marshall that Marshall was most careless as to the truth and Jacts in the charges which he makes against yore the FRI. ; The Director mentt oned the Roger Malcolm lynching case near Monroe, Georgia, which Marshall ctted. It was pointed out that a thorough and exhaustive investigation had been con- ‘{dueted in the course of which.nearly 2,800 persons had been ~ _ interviewed and that the testimony of. approximately 106 witnesses: was heard by a Federal Grand Jury in Athens,’ Georgia, which : Grand Jury did not return any indtotmenta. Columbia, Tennessee, Race Rtots Allegation: In his. letter of December. 27, 1946, to the Attorney General, Marshall. stated, "In the disturbance at Columbia, Tennessee, on February 25 and 26 of this year, t# is reported that FBI Agents were sent in almost tmmediately and were sup- posed to have made a thorough and complete investigation, yet, they were unable to produce the name of a.single individual responstble for the acts of violence and the destruction of. the property of the Negroes | in that town." Facts: , The Director, in his memorandum tothe Attorney General dated Janucry 10, 1947, referred to the Columbia, Ten- > nessee, race riot on February BS and 26, 1946, mentioned by