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ea gh I ee an he 7 ee rr fo 4 ¢ ‘ On Page 150 of the Senate Hearings Mr, Horton couldn't "remember" whether the above mentioned Mildred White was a student at Highlander .Folk. School but said if she was "she was sent by a union, not by the Communist Party. We accept no students from the Communist Party and never have," Thereupon Mr, Horton, who now offers to be so co-operative with the Legislature of Tennessee, grew so obstreperous at Senator Eastland's questioning on Mildred White that the senator ordered the marshal to eject Horton from the room, (Page 151, Senate Hearings, March, 1954) oV6 quotations are only a@ small portion of the evidence Lm printed in Congressional records up to 1954, The Tennessee Legislature has the right ang the duty to inquire into more recerit activities of Highlander Folk School, particularly into the widely publicized meeting of the summer of 1957, This meeting © has not yet been investigated. It was attended by a number of well- known Communists, fellow-travelers, leftists, and well known agitators from points of friction in the South, thare is a connection betwe and incltements to disorder occurring at Clinton, Nashville, Little Rock, Atlanta, Montgomery, and other places, The Tennessee Legislature has the right and duty to inquire whether, by reason of, its activities and policies, Highlander Folk School is cling in violation of Tennessee laws or is conspiring to violate our laws, When the facts have been duly determined by such inquiry as the Legislature, the sovereign governing body of Tennesseey may undertake, it can shen be decided whether the school