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% 4 tdentt fy any members of the lynch mob tn the Monroe, Geergta, dynehing te the latest example cf thts.” Potattag eut that the Attorney General had eslled fer & atrengthentng of the Federal Civil Righte Statutezs, Varahall olatmed that there would de very itttle uae te atrengthen these statutes tf the FAT ocntinued tta poltey of betag unedle to prow duce the numes of persona guilty of suek ortwes. Fe aatd that he delieved it wos the Attorney "tencral'a duty of naking o complete investi caticn cf tte *AF to determine why ft ta tm- poestble fer the Y3T to zatatain ao reeord aa te ertues fn whiter Negroes are victius comparable tc tts record ase to other oriness Facte: ™ January 10, 1947, the Direetor in a nencrandunm to the Attorney ene anavered the charges cf Yersholl. The Dtrecter pointed ext thet frankly he did act expect Marshall to accept any factual explancticn af the ef tuatiens about wht oh Hershall hed complotned because the Director had found from previous dealinge with Wershall that Marshall was aost careless ote the truth and facts tn the chargea whtch Ae mckee agatnat Tre Dtrector mentt oned ine Zocgr Welceim dusahi ad cage near Monroe, Cecrgta, whitch Mere ctted. It was potnted out that a therough and erhaxstive tnuest{zation had been con~ ducted tn the course of whitch nearly 2,600 perscne had been tntervitewed end thet the teattnony cf approgtuetely 106 wi taesses wos heard by @ Federal Grend Jury ta Athens, Gecorgta, witch Grand Jury dtd not return any tndt etuente, Lohumbte, Tennesses, face Rtote Allegation: Ia Ata letter of Decenber #7, 1946, to the Attorney Aeneral, Wershall stated, "Tn the disturbance at Columbia, — Tennessee, on February &5 and 26 of thie year, it ts reported that FST Agente were sent tn alacet tmmediately and were sup~ posed to have mode a thorough and complete investt cation, yet, they were unable to preduce the name of a atugle tndtutdual responstble for the aate of violence and the deatructton of the property of the Negrcea tn that town,” Facts: The Direetor, tn hie memorandua to the Attorney General dated Janucry 106, 1947, referred to the Columdta, Ten- nesses, race riot on Fedruary 25 and 26, 1948, mentioned by -F