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re | ] a team a or PSP pe, 4 re ed or PE ion Pee odieh aed an whe a a ee He HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL Pp 61-12 h-10-1 ; Mr. KILBY has amassed quite a large quantity of corres- pondence, leaflets, printed matter and such which the school has dis- tributed and has cbtained numerzus affidavits from persons wh: have been in the schecl as students and from natives whe have had seme ccnnection with the schcol. These signed affidavits are being set cut as Exhibits Nes. 3 through 20. Jt will be neted that in almest every instance these affi- davits mention the Communist flag being displayed on the platform cf the schocl, teachings of 4 definite Comminist nature, and attempts on the part :f several of those connected with the schcol te get others to join the Young Communist Lengue. Where the Yeung Communist League is menticned o. these affidavits, the persons identifying the card were shown @ peune Communist League Membership Card which has been phctographed and s being included with this repert to the Bureau 2s Exhibit Ne. 2h. It wos nct pessible te determine the origin cf this card and the names on it arc not knewn in Grundy Ccunty. This card is presently in Id. KILBY'S possession, Darla t bt te ft A 89 eo, tants vi BLMNLCLWG NOs 21 ana ce are included wit h tne aff ida Vit C vo in kr. KILBY'S, file but have not been signed as yet. kr. KILBY reports lint is entirely cooperative sc ecpies of these two exhibits are being sent te the Birmingham Office s: that thcy can get a cimplete statement frcm QED regarding the teachings and the teachers at the schcol et the time he attended, Exhibit No. 23 is a propcsed affidavit which covers the details of the article written by JOHN McDOUGAL BURNS, repcrter for the Nashville, Tennessean, during his attendance in the school in 1939, Ccpies -f these newspaper articles have previously been furnished ts the Bureau and are not being set cut again. A made while he cn May 8, 1935, to > at that time. Sy mw has been intervicwed in the Knoxville Field Office ccncerning this “cert and he adviscs that it was made at the request cf the Gevernor of Ole eens Keaeswen «no ooesan + nf amoer ahawt te he made ts thea Hiehlander -Ldeooke pecause A plese a nconey a20CUT oO De mace To tlle Tak Bt ee at . Scheol by the United States Gcovernment tc finance a printing plant was 5 cbjected tc by American Legicn cfficials. SEED ssid he was definitely cf the cpinicn that the schccl was Communistic and that as a result cf his reccmmendaticns, the grant cf money tc the schccl was not made . Exhibit Nc. 2 is a repert of Te ee emcee re ge Seeman epee ame er ee ee ee SR re