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given the work of the steward, whose job has increased because of addéd responsibilities brought on by the war. The work at New Orleans proved to me that an edust.: ~ cational prcegran with southern locals must be simple and practical. In other words, Union Problems and not Labor History; pamphlets end charts, not books anc speeches. Because I could find no book on union prcblems simple and practical enough for my purpose, I wrote one, with advice from the CIO Regional Director entitled, "How to Build Your Union", which we at first mineographed and later printed. What was accomplished by the educational program? Presidents learned to conduct meetings specdily and interestingly according to the rules of parlianentary law; more members were taking the floor in meetings and expressing thenselves intelligentiy; more nembers had an idea of what their contracts covered; stewards and committeemen learned how to streamline this business of taking up grievances and getting results; stewards cane to realize the importance of their job of building the union in their department; an educational column (to be continued by Highlander Folk Schocl) appeared in the new labor paper, NEW ORLE.NS NEWS DIGEST; some few of the better nembers began to vision the importance and possibilities of the labor movenent beyond their om local wion. Much of the success of the progran was the result of the working relationship with Highlander Folk School. I returned to the school for each term bringing four or five of the likeliest candidates for leadership up for intensive training. Two of these students who attended Highlander's summer term are now back in New Orleans working as organizers. During the summer term, the CIO Regional Director from New Orleans and several of the organizers helped lead a week-end conference cn Negotiating . and other union problens at the school." NEW STAFF MEMBERS OF THE HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL: On March 11, 1942 a letter was received from the Highlander Folk School shoving the following persons as members of the staff 2 TT Vane rrnT Qn RATT ha hd ie a ares Ee fot miata th hd oT of that date: WILLLAF SUTTRICK, JalES EJ DOLEROVSKT, ALY dof HORTON, RUS Hak HORTON, MARY LitRaNCE, DURWARD Ki\McDANIEL, LOUISE \icDANIEL, taRTs TENZEL, LBot\ILSON. The Highlander Puing of June, 19l2 indicates that the following changes have been made: WILLL\M BUTTRICK and JAMES DOEBROWSKI should be deleted fron the staff, BUTTRICK having died at Vsuwivibilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee on april 15, and JANES DOMBROWSKI having been given a leave of absenag for the coming year. The following additicns should be made; CAROLINE \FINKELSTEIN, graduate of Smith College, 191, joined the staff as office secretary in April, 1942. DOROTHY WuSIs, antioch College student, is working at the Highlander Folk School as office | secretary as a part of her college “training. -~-6- mee ee ee ES a RE Se er