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a “ t +h hy A “ ‘ A &:. é ‘ “ue . ge ‘ , ra . - Literatire received by and distributed by the Bi hlander Folk School consists of lebor paaphlets and magazines, Socialistic literature, and to some extent Communist literature. ‘The Highlander Foll School is not believed to have passed out pamphlete of the Communist Party such as literature protesting the - deportation of Bridges, freeing of Berl Browder, etc., but haa contented itself with providing publications such as "Soviet Power," "Communist Manifesto," and. ligerature which presents tha broad picture of Vomsounise rather than that representing the various turnings of the Communist Party dine. , Endorsera of the Bighlander Folk School Many individuals of high government, labor, ‘and social standing have euuorcad thia school from time to time, including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wis. Hugo L. Black, John L. Lewis, Mra. Barold L. Ickes, Sidney Hiliman, and others, . _ . mt - fo raise funds for this school, myles Horton and others have spent a great deal of time in the north trying to enlist the ald of prominent educators and political figures. This schoolms also presented coununity programs and benefits in Yonteazle in an effort to gain the support of the local citizens as %eil as to educate the persons in the surrounding communities. Although the school has been branded by many as Coumunisat, there is no substantial evidence indicating thet it is controlled by the Comcunist Party. However, there are nomereus indications that the school is literal and radical and, thsrefore, opposed by conservatives. ' (61-7512) tt mt ale ert pare ~