fund. justice marshall was the director of the legal defense fund. there was no allegation linking legal defense fund or any of its employees to these allegations, this was a private lawyer but lots of time and energy and scrutiny took place. the committee complained at length, though, thurgood marshall had worked in new york for a long time he was admitted to the maryland bar and now to the new york bar. he explained he practiced only in federal court, there was no requirement for him to be admitted to the bar of the state of new york. his membership in the national lawyer's guild received lots of scrutiny and there were efforts to suggest that he had or at some time had had communist sympathies. he explained he resigned from the national lawyer's guild in 1949 over the guild's criticism of the handling of a trial of an alleged communist. along the same line, the committee focused on the fact a former communist party member of texas had organized sitting on behalf of the naacp. the committee also explained, this guy was obviously a member of the communist party, because these sitt