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rs rn STATE CIO CONVENTION URGES ALL TENNESSEE UNIONS SEND STUDENTS TO HIGHLANDER HIGHLANDER STUDENTS ARE CONVENTION LEADERS | | 7134 | * 4 School's Help Requested in Publicity Work and Edusetion in the Field 7 ot The labor movement can derive great advantage froma school of its om. This was — amply shown at the Tennessee State Ci0 Convention by the participation of Highlender students and by demands upon the school for help. Locals were usged to make full use of the school. Theo Van Landingham, -UAW #903 (summer '41) presided over.tho opening session of the convention in his capacity as President of the Hemphis Indusvrial Union Council and had the rare privilege of introducing the Liayor of Memphis. a city which has long re- Sisted the coming of the CIO. Matt Lynch, AF. Director of the Tri-State Area, (sun mer '35 and President of the HFS Alumni Asseciation) responded to the mayor's edtress. Matt and Van were also on the arrangements committee. Emil Willimetz, CIO Represent- ative and Chairman of the Knoxville IU@ (Fall '40) and Ed Blair, ACWA organizer (Fall 4~) ue.~ cuadiymen of conmittses. Ed and Hatt wore elected Vice Presidents of the State Couneil for the coming year. . . Members of the school's Exesutive Council wera very much in evidence «- Fred Pieper, Regional Director from Louisiana, repreventing Allan Heywood, Alton Lawrence, Hollis Reid, Kiss Luey Mason, Ed Calleghon, Matt Lynch, and Paul Christopher who was elected thes new Fresident of the State Council. The program of the school was discussed with James Carey, Seeretary, CIO. ine toilewing exeerpt from the report of the Education Committee illustrates the crovwine realization of the use which the labor movement in Tennessee can make of the resiacnt workere school right in the heart of the state: "In addition to giving organized labor its rightful piace in public education, unions should promote their own educational programs. Such educational programs are besoming incroasingly important to old our gains and to organize during a war situation. The Inbor movement in Tennessee should make full use of the res~ 7 : ident workers school in Tennessee, the Highiander Folk School, and Southern School for Workers, sending mem- bers to ettend the two and six weeks terms for inten- sive training, using the schools for institutes and conferences, and calling on the steff for extension programs in various citics.® . ort of the publicity committoo also called on locals to use Highlandsr's wae Cr help in getting out circulars and pamphlets, and labor plays. * Highlander is ready to assumo its increaosing résponsibilities and urzes every joeal in Tennessee to follow out the policy inid by the convention, and send students to ovr summer term, August 3 - September 12, which has beon especially planned to mest the new problems. caused by the ware ENCLOSURE re nee i a ee