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Highlander Folk School — Part 3
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I'm Fighting, Tgo Gatha Kae Lee
Gatha Mae“Lec, Screen Office Employees Guild, Hollywood,
California. In this article, Miss lee went to considerable length in
describine theeffect that Claudg@ 1 Lians had cn her when he came to
Paris, Arkansas, as minister in the Presbyterian Church there in the
latter part of thé "20's". This is what Gatha Mae Lee hail to say
TH 433 fawn ae Law TEL
about Ciaude Vebidtlalio elt, lel ouit
"TJ doubt that in very few instances has a single
man, directly or indirectly, influenced as many people as he
dic while there and cther places. Their ideals, opinions and
plans for actions were shifted to a new channel of thought -
an2 have traveled in that ceneral direction ever since. I
could not begin te estimate the number cf thes e people, even
in my own home towm, but I can certainly sey that each cf the
ee ee ee. ee ee ee ee rer) lean arene = Faw +
nas contributed, in varying degrecs, so0netrhing Weld “ay defir nite
the cause of warkinz pecple on this earth,
“~
wv
ts
what set Claude Williams apart from most cthcrs in his
walk cf life can be explained very simply. He realized that youn
people are ani have been for a leng time, mere ecneernec with
ecenonic security, peace anc scecial justice than they are with
religicn. Thezr have faith in it, cnly as it can be applicd to
their preetical problems. Fer the most part, they cithner don't
cam tan t+ anitan thant ¢hoer Aan te Pran woatired ne thine
g
fo. t . m +hince
ore Cees wd Nea ED u r Ga412C ei heh dhe SY asa vu vo the Ch hg i wba ptiwdly Wade $2 eaten = hall
rust ve feecd if they are to survive and enjsy any heprpinets.
Claude
Tilliars mat only epplied religion tc their lives, but he werked
with them as a Lrether. <dAny minister eon clibly prvacth bectherhceod,
tut the nes whe wractice it are a little wacre diffleult to find +
just - intitle
Twas net cli encugh at the time Cliude wis in Psris
ie 3
4 moe ae san A
es AS Wade Uy
salt, 2 6
n
{ have mec
6 in ispara tiss 1, OLD Doere was aunty Lit
ope orend wy a Sher Eowrpfee, tu snare with me a year cr su
new scclally conscious, starter readinz, and doping
wizarce that if Claude VWillians had not ceme ta
to understanc vwtac he was trying tc dc, cr to directly profit from
ha ”™
L
Paris, Iweuld Lave buen anything more than the depressed wife of a
iz
conl miner. Ioex
therefore particularly cratcful to Claude “Williams,
fer in this case tT know cf ne (ther perscn vho could cr would have
‘lit a fire vhier us.' CédrigeBelfrage has written a book entitled
'Sovth cL Goc', whien telis more about this man and his work thrcugh-
cut the South.
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