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Highlander Folk School — Part 1
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1 im HICHLANLE? FOLK SCHGOL é1-12
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MMB 2c ty others refused to sign, whereupon the Red Cross represon-
tative became angry and tore up the papers. That night, 4M came to
end stated that he had reconsidered and wished to accept the
amount allotted to him, JER stated thet the reason he had refused to
sigm was that JAMES DOMERC.SKI and MYLES HORTON hac come to Laager and had
advised him to refuse to accept the «mount proffered by the Hed Cross inzs—
much as it was insufficient. SRR cdvised that the Red Cross later
paid QM <nd the two others the original emount.
stated that <i. ie
MMM is 2 friend of DOMBNCy SEI anc HORTOW and a supporter of the Highlander
Folk School, At @ recent county American Legion convention, SIEM opposed
2 motion condemning subversive activities. These facts should be borne in
mind ah connection with eny investizetion at the Tracy City Post Office,
Ir. C. nAKILBY, on amployee of the Tennessee Consolidated
Cocl Company, gave the fdllowing udditional informction concerning past
activities of the Hishlaender Folk School:
In 1938, pote Nyavoit, then business ascent of Highlander
Folk School, made 2 trip around the county and told cll persons on relief
to come to ralicf hesdqucrters at Tracy City on the following day. The
rolicf headquarters hed worked out a system ihereby those on relief were
assigned a particular dcy of the week on which to come to tne office, thus
simplifying distribution of supplies, The arriveli of all persons on relief
on the same day created a jom at the relief hotcdquarters, DOLPH VAUGHN wes
there in the crowd and shen questioned by the relisf cgent os to why he
had told cll the persons on rolief to come to the office on the same dzy,
he stated loudly, "The supplies are here, give thei to them."
KILEY stated that Wi, H. MARLOWE, < local man who has been
associcted closely .ith the Highlander Folk School, ran as an elector for
EARL BRGWDER, Communist ccndidate for President, in the 1936 elections.
WILEY steted that the United &ine Workers! Union at Tracy
City, Local 5861, went on record sometime zgo as condemning the Highlander
Folk School for its activities, LATT BUNCH, International Representctive
of the UL, demanded upon seversl occasions thet Local 58681 rescind their
condemnation of the Iighlcnder Foik School, This the union refused to do,
On Jonusry 32, 194] LATT BUNCH cppeared before Locel 5681 and stated thit
he was instructed by the International to inform Loccl 5881 thut they must
enéorse the li¢hlender Folk School or BUNCH would be forced to tcke up
their charter. On that date Local 5881 endorsed the Highlander Folk School.
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