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fer et ¥ sa . “4 4 4 i ; t qo a 7 1 ad vw i LIC HIGHLANDER FOLK scHooL ED 61-12 4-20-13 Fer the benefit of the New Orleans Office, the follcwing excerpt from a form letter requesting funds dated March 8, 1942, which was sent cut by the Highlander Folk Schcol, is quoted: "Sdded to cur ccmmunity program is the activity of the staff in the labor field, Our extension worker, MARY LAWRENCE, is expecting to leave soon fcr educaticnal work with unicns in New Orleans, where a large orgagizational drive is in progress. A special two weeks' sessicn for union members will spen here on ay 12." As an example of the type cf literature distributed by the Highlander Fclk Schcol, Exhibit Nc. 42 is being enclosed. It will be ncted that mention is made cf 8,000 miners in Grundy Ccunty whs will be effected by an increase in salary cf one @vllar per day and that the lecal merchants will benefit in a total amount cf $8,000 per day as a result. The entire popula@icn of Grundy County is only 9,717, according tc the 1930 census. 3. H. KILBY cf the Tennessee Consolidat ay Csunty a Tracy City, Tennessee, which is in Grundy WU SUnuy » a less than 1,000 miners in the entire county. ed Cc se5 vise In Exhibits numbered 3 thrcugh 20, numerous references are made tc strike activities on the part of ‘MYLES HORTON, WILLIAM BUTTRICK, JAMES DOMBRGWSKI and ZILLA HAWEScvamceng the residents of Grundy County, There are two specific instances mentioned in which the activities of these per- sens from the Highlander Folk Schccl caused strikes which definitely lowered the income cf the persens striking. One of the few industries cf Grundy County is the cutting of word fcr pulp purposes, which is known as bugweod cutting. Before these bug~ wood cutters were organized by perscns from the Highlander Folk School they were getting a price cf $1.50 per corc fer the wood they cut. After the strike the price was drcpped to cne dcllar per cord and the quantities purchase were drepped to such an extent that cnly about half cf these pre- vicusly emplcyed cutting this wocd were again emplcyed for the same purpose. a rson from the High- orke Approximately eight hundred pers: ns were employed by W. Ph in "Grundy County, working on farm-to- market roads but a definite slcowdewn cf work and a subsequent strike in which sitdewn tactics were used sc mch delayed the werk that the W.P.A. was ferced tc curtail the propram and after the strike only LOO perscns were re~ employed on the road project. The cther local strike o organize by pe wit, ers. S 7 -~19- eee we ea en re a eine ae ee ee