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ey Nos 15 Published by the Highlander Folk ‘Sohool, Monteogie, Tenn» LABOR CANDIDATES 1 1 ORUIDY GCURTE ; wf ¢ Uriions or Grundy County entered politios “for the ‘first tine trie year and 6 or : dorsed osndidotes for county offices in the Dencoratio primary held June &» when the . ballots were counted all but one of the endorsed pen had won. Tho victorious labor oindidetca were: Roy Thomas, for sherifff Charles Adams, Zor. roads conmissionerid. . _ L. Rollings, for superintendent ot sohools; .and ‘Lewson !oCarver, for register. Bacl: of thee men was Ceborts Politécal Conference of Grundy County. This group _ “had ita’ bedinniap In «Mise Sse ting or Tater Belegates from imrion and trugly ~ June, 1938 tel), Tenne i April 2h. % E Myles dwrton, Highlender's educational d1- in the promotion of this and other meetings, which resulted in the counties e§; rector; ‘Se formation of political conferences in both counties. These bodies were nodeled after the Rant ltop ay Conference, whose mambers helped to launch the new groupse - ~ . OXaK MK KoA Ke K AeA Ke KAA RAK N= : First St.te Conference of Labor And Trecreseive Foroes Is Held rot The first atate legislative comgre€ a af and progressive dele tions wea hele at Nashville, Fay 1b & on A Ciftwampoint procram was adopted and a permanent logiaslative comittes set ape Hyles Horton man among the signors of the call and was present at the pa ferense. Ho took with him delegates f nearpy Union. ride lovals of. =-— ee ~ nenefit Parties sre Teld Mong wth First Showings Of Naw Flic see ae a8 "Paople of the Cumberland*,; = two resi gound moving pisture produced by Frontier Films, was shown to the publie for the first tine on Kay 2 at tho few Sshool for 3ooial Research, ew York Citys This was made tho odoasion for @ gals party for the benefit of Highlander Folk Sehool. In a meeting prosided over by Leo Huberman, the film showlng wos Pollovwed by speeches from Jip Dombrowski, oved OY spesones Sob LA suoretary OF Hiphkender, and bax Lerner, uuLiwe GL ie Nations The audienoa then heard mg{o wn tall stories from natives of the Sncky Heunteain area teken to Hew York for the oocaalon. Tha evening was nonoluded Ralph Bs ("Teffy") Teffertc]}er of the fiighlender ateff. A similar perty was ington om pay Ye held in ‘Yash- A prixote showing of "People of the Cumberland" ma held at the hi te House SiA amd “Hod Carrierds, _— peor FUIR'S OSE LOWIS IS RELEASED ‘Moving to Washington, with a squére dence talle® ty “sucoessful political STAPF MEMBERS KECP BUSY AT HIGULANDER Friends of the School are probably | 4 interested in knowing of the things thet atsff members do while resident terma aro not in session. Ye present here brief sketohes of staff activitios in reodnt weeks, not as a ocmplete *bobedule, but of a sample of some of the the steff busy the . Work whioh keeps ar cround, 4 James Dombrowski =i” Jim left Monteagle late in Ypril, rene traveling to Atianta and then to Rley-8s Oe -Thore he spoke to « group being organized by Eli rabeth Hewes, _ sabd-regional director of TWOC. Proceeding to Raleigh, M.C., Sin Wttended a conference of the Fellowship of Southern Churohmen. Theh on ‘to New York, He visited friends of the Sohsol, sold tickets to the Highlander bensfit’ program, and spoke at the party May 2+ Jim epoke on the benefit program there May 4, Hs’ wag back &t School May 6 and into hie usual ocoupations of office work and garden- ings . ; . _ A‘étrike developed at Chattanooga, and Jim was on hand May 25 to spsek to a nesting of TWOC memberss Hoe is now busy writing «a study of the southern mountains on a fellowship from the Rosenwald Fund: + . Myles Horton - “yytes has been active in politioal organization among unions of Grundy and Marion counties. As a result 6f the effective sooperation of local unions, action has heen teken ‘for the first time in this area. Myles represents tho Highlander iooal, Me am me Aten | Meet bbe