After reading Rivers' remarks on the Civil Rights Commission in the Charleston News and Courier, Hassell makes comments about the pending Mansfield case mentioned by the Civil Rights Commission. He points out the reason for the case being undecided is that the NAACP wrongfully forced the plaintiff to file a suit to attend the white school, Mansfield High.
A letter of praise for Rivers' remarks about the Civil Rights Commission from northerner Berkelen. Berkelen proceeds to let Rivers know of Rockefeller's membership in the NAACP.
A letter from the Commission on Civil Rights containing a copy of the transcript of the National Conference of Public School Officials, held by the Commission on Civil Rights in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 5 and 6, 1959. The transcript is not present in the file.
Rivers expresses his concern for the FBI's reputation as the NAACP pushes the Civil Rights Commission. He fears that the FBI, under the current Administration, will lose its respectability and the great works of J. Edgar Hoover will be tarnished.