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Re; HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL "A conuittee from the 1959 Legislature held ‘several hearings on Highlander and then visited the school itselz, It reported it found the school engaged in a "very questionable activity" and recommended its tax-exempt charter be revoked. “orton has denied reneatediv anv Coumunistic connections at the school, The school does not hold formal classes but conducts discussions and seminars and is frequently addressed by suest speakers." a oenoet it advised tO the effect "t otghlander Folk School an institution located near Monteagle, Tennessce, It is an itnstitu- tion with classes on a seminar basis and is supported primarily by donations from individuals, fxom labor unions in the form of payments for students who attend, and to some extent by the Farmers Union, It offers courses of instruction ia labor orjauzization, social economics, parliamentary procedure, and the general field of labor oducation. This school has hed_Ccmmunist Party members on its staff and as instructors,| end has followed the practice of welcoming Communist Party members as students, but to my knowledge the school has never offered courses of instruction in Communist matters nor has the Comaunist_element ever completely controlled the institution" —) yu This merorandum is losied to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed ~ Lan