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Director, FBI REGISTERED MATL, 12/28/53 rem IL gre Oo CTR von ere OP PECES EAC, Knoxville (100-00) a | pM Re tbaes FY SLIP {S1A%, - | pare YEU EIGHLANDER FOLK SCEOOL Thumbnail Eketch INTERNAL SECURITY - C_ Re SAC Letter 53-72. There are no known subversive organizetions within the Knoxville - Division purely local in nature, nor are there eny nationa) headquarters for / euch orgenizetions in thie division; hovever, the Highlander Folk School, Monteegle, Tennessee, 1s occasionally referenced in connection with security ~ aiiter. and, therefore, the following documentation is being submitted: a fi : . £ 07 urnished the fo ormation regarding the Highlander Folk ° School, Monteagle, Tennessee: —_- ; ro “The Highlander Folk School is an institution located near — aenteas -le2 Mamma nnn THe oa ee Be hae ee REL ete MULWECRLD, 40LUVEDUG.s 20 25 GOO L2HOVICEUUIU FLU GCLECSOn Uli e seminar besis and ds supported primarily by donations from tm thy! individuals, from lebor unions in the form of payments for piste studente who attend, and to some extent by the Firmers' Union. © ~~ ~ It offers courses of Instruction in labor organizetion, social economics, parliementary procedure and the general field of labor education. This echool hes_hed Communist Jerty members on ite staff end es instructors,zand has followed the practice . of welcoming CP members eas students, but to my knowledge, the echool has never offered courses of instruction in Commmnifst matters nor hes the C st element ever completely con- trolied the institution.” 3 aw fe Confidential Informar.t Knoxville T-2, « governmental agency, hes edvised thet LOUIS FRANCIS BUDERZ, admitted former editor of the "“Deily Worker," wh. en Eeet Coest Communist newepaper and en officiel in the Cammmist Party, ad- eas . vised on 11/21/52 that the Highlender Folk School wes pro-Communist. a a ae a a fa @ ere es ae eTLED ™N . ‘ (T-2 is momo prepared by the House of Representatives Felect Conmittes to Investigate Foundations and other Organizeti } Vi a y m pPRONenean ~~ ON BEPSINISVIM CAS rrrep NOT RRCONY ~ JAN 15 Wo4 SECURH VR HGIAATION - CONFIB, ii: a el ew er te!