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rn he “PROBE OF SCHOOL fi sep ae OPENS SATURDAY csi we facet Chattanooga resident who died fighting for the loyalists in the isit to Tracy Ci City Is First} oeenisn civil war in 1935-36, Order of Business for she visit to Tracy City was Highlander Study proposed as an informa! pre-! | ee eeeding during which explor: 13 O00; & ~at D From Chettancoga Times Surece tory operations will be ¢ NASHVILLE ~The Legisla-| ducted. ture's select committee to inves- tigate the Highland Folk School decided Thursday te make a - visit to Tracy City early Batur- day to begin its inquiry. The committee decided against a visit to the adult educational institution at Monteagle, and the plan was reported to involve Aiscugsians with severe] Groindy discussions with several Grundy County residents who claim | 4 ou have information about the school, This first major step in the committee's inguiry came after Dist. Atty, Gen. J. M. McCartt [of Wartburg agreed to serve as general counsel without compen- nation. . McCartt, a Republican, was retai ned by the committee, which is composed of five Dem- ocrais. Hopton to Assist In another development, W. E. .{Bud) Hopton, director of the | Tennessee Bureau of Criminal ‘identification, agreed to supply agents to assist in the inquiry. Hopton’s agents are expected to visit Monteagle and other |points in that vicinity over thé | Weekend and draw up 86 list of | Prospective witnesses for the committee to question in its first i public hearings here next week, The agents will submit names, and the committee will issue or- ders for the witnesses to report. The committee met briefly ‘during the morning for a dis- cussion of materials already in ita hands but McCartt failed to arrive in time for this session. So another meeting was held later in the day for a further! review of this material, which ; newspaper clippings and trans: ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED cripts of testimony from fed- CHAT. Tinks ® -245p-~ 9 4 Ute! inner ns Oy DATE le )es BY 5 The committee has obtained a ou J certified copy of the school’s charter, which was issued by the secretary of state in 1934. ‘It authorizes operation of a non- profit corporation for “adult worker education, training of “rural and industrial leaders and general academic education.” aA d a) 5 / Dane o Y 7 * Eisted as incorporators are le ~ [Myles Horton, | t school’s / 7 / ‘mvader ' and a director;