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school, subversive list, oy <_ Box xt, Hollis, LN. NY | ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED BY PATE S84 S84 BY SPs cry Ge She states that an 2 to know what I real = ey toe tat Pe epee :! Mot. 4.1967 — “eee . “Ask For It— Ie s Free! To the Editors: The above | is the title to my _, Fecent “Pardon Me, but. . .’ +. carefully outlines the Communist connections of: :* + Rev, Dr. Martin Luther King. Mrs. ee Paul ‘. Of Nashua has challenged in “These Columns my ‘.: statement that Highlander Folk School formerly j ‘ "of Monteagle, Tenn. was a Communist training the “FBI declares that ‘, Jlighlander is not now nor ever was a Communist _: '. Training School." . First, you must understand the role of the FBI. +”. By law, they can not issue clearances nor label as. oy subversive, but must report any findings only to ; +.’ “the atlorney general or as a sworn witness before . Congress. This is the reason for the attorney’ - general's list and why it is not called the | word i l- /S5 // — Exchest em < * newsletter which umns mm, av. Hlighlander_Fotk School was founded_by Don” ag est, district directar of the Communist hi Del ae “North ¢ Carolina, and by Mites Horton, directo : “Commonwealth C College” cited as Communist by th . attorney general April 27,1949. 5 Miles “Horton, in sworn testimony by a student, 7 William Eldridge is quoted as telling a Hightander Ye __ lass, “Only revolution will bring about a change. ‘:_* from our present form of government to the” i {' Russian form of government.” oe ’ As a result of this and other testimony, ‘ . ‘Highlander Folk School was cited subversive by ee , the State of Tennessee and closed down by court 3 , order in 1960. With this and other evidence } ' * provided in my newsletter, Mrs. Paul maintains : | «* that the school was not Communist. She does not suggest what it micht’ be and . - offers no supporting documentation. If you want . m4 wrote, write and ask for M us mnt ae { eae Dy ie i Ob a : om. ee cs