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€ a i ie Tr re CT a OO ‘ WILLIAM MARLOW, an uneducated farmer in Monteagle, -: Tennessee, was an elector for EARL BROWDER in the Presidential campaign | of 1935. The Workers Alliance was formed in Monteagle by the Hightaner? ; Folk School and the militant strike policy advocated by the Communists .. fe an for the purpose of organizing labor was adopted by the school, It was -... oe during this period that JAMES DOMBROWSKI and MYLES HORTON were reported to ae have been seen with Young Commmist League cards in their possession and " '- vs: to have made statements which would indicate their Sympathy for the Baselan elo form of governments - a eer eee me! With the signing o of the German-Russian Non-Aggression *. _ Pact when the Commmist Party line shifted from collective preparedness to eo denoumeing the war as imperialistic, there was little change in the program Bo -* the Highlander Folk School, JAMES DOMBROWSKI, however, was reported to . “ - 77 _ have affiliated with the American League for Peace and Democracy, while. «* ra — oo. MYLES HORTON denounced the war as imperialistic, The school at the present .. ne time is strongly backing the all-out war effort, but was not strongly ad- .. . oD ne , vocating aid to Britian and Russia after the entry of Russia into the war: ee but before war was declared by the United States, va Literature received by and distributed by the 2 High ~ lander Folk School is a conglomeration of labor pamphlets and magazines, ‘«° °°. v~ccialistic literature, and to some extent Communistic literature, The ... . Highlander Folk School has at no time passed out pamphlets of the Communist ho Ee sarty such as literature to free the Scottsboro Negroes, protested the» ig Bo. we deportation of Bridges, free EARL BROWDER, etc, but has contented itself — oe ‘ae _ sith providing publications such as Soviet Power, Commmist Manifesto, arid: x, wow aren literature which presents the broad picture of Communt em rather than the’. ree Oa “4 smaller turnings of the Communist Party line, ce . a wre oa SNDORSERS OF THE HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL < .. « ae 2 er | The Highlander Folk School has been ‘endorsed by Dre: a ‘F208: GEORGE 8. CLUNTS, President of the American Federation of Teachers, JOHN Le: : ae LEWIS, President of the United Mine Workers of America, JOHN DEWEY, MARK =. ee’ SiaRk, Educational Director of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers : ae Ta ap In ‘ion, WILLIAM TURNBLAZER, Chairman, Tennessee Industrial Union Council; | ee 2 : Frasident of District 19, United Mine Workers, WILLIAM MITCH, Chairman, _ ey ‘ ‘Tsyama Industrial Union Council; Southern Director, Steel Workers Organising -- a “-~-ttee, EDWARD F. CALLAGHAN, Southern Director, American Federation of . Hosiery Workers, PAUL R. CHRISTOPHER, Secretary, Tennessee Industrial Union . we Council, R. C. THOMAS, International President, United Automobile Workera, “ : he Ae ZONARICH, International President, Aluminum Workers of America, PAUL RAGON, Chairman, Chattanooga Industrial Union Council; Representative, _ oWoc, Te Je SMITH, Tennessee CIO Representative, W. H. CRAWFORD, Chairman, 10 ee eg ee ee ee a ee a> ee —_ BO eg Fe ee ee. 7 ee POR eg eH ERE RE IRR UL a Gat EEEN UORDO gr tort Cat ata tae ame tay tes orate errs