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% 4 repeated efforts on the part of Thurgood Marshall to enbar~ rasa the FAI and to dtscredit tta tavestigations, porttoularly tn oases tnuoluing otutl rtghte of Negroes. The Director satd that he waa partitoularly concerned beacause the Attorney General had brought to hia attention a letter dated December 27, 1946, tn which Marshall erittotwed the work of the Bureau, e Director potnuted out to rhite that he had endeavoréd through the years to cdmintater the work of the FBT tn a fudteotal and tmpartial manner. The Sirector potntad out that misocnduet on the port of an tnrdtutdual acent would reault tn drastte odmintstrative aetion and noted that Thurgood Marshall refuses to aecept the faet thet the Rureau trtes to do a therough Jod th ite tnvestigctive work regardless of the identity of the peraons tnruolved. He noted that Thurgood Varshall and his aescotates ta the ‘egal Branch of the YAACP hed not rendered full ccoperctton and further thet Thurgood Marshall's attt tude dtd not measure up to the stardeards cf ceoperation whitch had deen set by Fatte. on Jonuary 94, 1947, Yhtite coknowledged the Director's letter and etated that he discussed the natter with Thurgood Yarshall. Thurgood Marshall had told white that the Attorney Femeral had requeste? hin to briny to his attention any matters whitch affect Negreea tn connectton with the Department of Juatioe. Further that Yorshall hod requested of “r. Clark an appointment tn order to discuss the ortttetanus face to face. White eaid that he believed that « great deel of good could be done tf the Director and Varehall eat gow and dt scussed the natter frankly. (61-3176~967; 44-1540 reest.o’ Ver Iz in n Cn Decenber 4, 1946, Varshall wrote the Asatstant Attorney General, Theran Le Caudie, to the attention of re Meeeo Hubbard, conearning an incident in Cclumbia, Tennessee, on ¥Yovember 18, 1946, The letter indicated that Mershall wae orreated on the charge of operating cn outomobtle whtle tn- tortoated, and that he waa subsequently dtaeharged by a Justice of the Peace, J. J. Poaque, of Columbte. Yerehell atatec that at the tine of hia arrest he was accenpanted by Attorneys Z. Alexronder Looby of Maehutlle, Tennessee, and vaurtce Feaver cof Chattaneoga, Tenneasee, and Harry Raymond, a yeporter for the Tatly Forker cof “ew York. Marehall's letter tndicate? thet at the tire his auto- mobile wos stopped, three other autonobtles containing law enforcement officers were cn the scene, [t appeared that a Neoro informant told ao ecnstable that Marshall, Feaver and -~ ll] «