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“a eS “ FEDERAID BUREAU oF InvestM@ATION 7° Form No.1 1 “ THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT NEW YORK FILE NO. 100-2375 _ COMMUNIST TAIUTRATION OF ot \ccamnenbtihdadetbtniakss sidiicaenasteieedinkcantonisbeteansidhind Progressive Party activity in Chattanooga area principally led. by CLARA VINCENT, CP sympathizer, who started meetings after ~ . x discussion with SAM HALL, Chairman, District 27, CP, USA. Progressive Party activities in Knoxville area divided in * two groups, ons seated on University of Tenn. campus and one led by FLORENCE REECE, CP sympathizer. Information * available indicates that 2 of the individuals primarily . responsible for the origin of {the Progressive Party in Tenn. were MYLES HORTON and TOM LUDWIG, residents of ‘Monteagle and . Greeneville, Tenn., respectively. Policy and activities of . group at Chattanooga closely coincident to CP line for con- current period. No information indicative of Le activity of Progressive Party in East Tennessee. y L b | -RUG. oad a hed by Spec ae , w) DETATIS: . XI. LOCAL OFFICERS AND ems Vass ~~ Wes -* Gonfidential Informant T-1, of known reliability, advised on wrx ~ *° May 1, 1948, that he had been given to understand that a "HENRY WALLACE Third Party" meeting had ‘been held at 4074 Union Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, on April 20, 1948, foflowing a state-wide labor rally in that city. He further had obtained the imnression that this meeting was held at the insistence of, and was guided by HORTON and TOM ‘LUDWIG, Director and staff nexber, respects vely, of the Highlander Folk School.’ At this meeting, plans were made for the state-wideffhird Party organizational meeting to be held at Nashville on May 10, 1948. ° el gig S774! Ab DS] RecoRveD 37 Ia GUE @ Butea aoe 382 123) 3- Knoxville ME ic i Meaphts, (info), oi). - OSI, Maxwell Field; Ala. i CIC? G-2, Go. ara Arny, Atlanta ONnr? , 6th ND, Charleston, SC GY report and ats contents are loaned to you by de <: FREY 28 3 '‘This-eOrPniential. ss hot to be distributed outside of agency to which loaned, +