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of national prominence, including Norman Thomas. The school was founded "to provide an educational center in the South for the training of rural and industrial leaders and for the conservation and encouragement of the indigenous cultural values of the mountains." Myles Horton, the present Director was one of the original incorporators. A study of the program of the Highlander Folk School indicates that the school followed the Communist Party line toa certain degree, Literature received by and distributed by the school consists of labor pamphlets, magazines, Socialist literature, and to some extent Communist literature. The school is not believed to have passed out pamphlets of the Coumnist Party as such but has contented itself with providing publications such as "Soviet Power," "“Commnist Manifesto," and literature which presents the broad picture of Communism rather than that representing the various turnings of the Communist Party line. Many individuals of high Govern- ment labor and social standing have endorsed this school from time to || time, including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs. Hugo L. Black, John L. ; wis, Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, and others. (61-7511-132} Horton was born July 9, 1905, at Savannah, Tennessee. The investigation revealed that no definite proof of membership in the Communist Party has been developed conceming Horton; however, there is considerable informtion reflecting his close association with Communists and having Communist sympathies. Reco mendations It is recommended that the attached latter ba transmitted to forton in reply to his Jetter to Assistant Director H. H. Clegg. - _ Jed Www CL. 6 Cuan testa tC cpt Hay bdeceetier Cloudy \ee