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> . Highlan er School’ S Influence Fe “Among Charleston County Negroes’ - Adult education and classes vote will not provide the best kind ‘ solid sound. Proper training among islands could improve their lot and give them a broader role in community life. The question, as we see it, is not whether these colored citizens, as well as any other citizens, should Jearn more about the world and the ideas:of our times. The ques- tion is what they are being taught. | A local news article appearing in’ _- The News and Courier yesterday * quoted Esau Jenkins of John’s Js- land on classes that he has organ- * jzed for Negroes in his vicinity. “We only want to make fhem ee taal AL Ms better citizens,” Jenkins told a re- nerter. “The main thing is to teach Sa derstand how to vote intelligent, i a ly.” yt The News and Courier heartily 1 = enddrses the aim of making better #4 cilizens. If these citizens are to vote, they should know how to vote. whey we eee eee eee intelligently. Our notion of intelligent voting i is independent and thoughtful choice among issues and candidates. In- telligent voting does not include tI i, Negro voters to become bloc con-. fo. sciuus at the ballot box does his an injustice. Voters of any. Pate aaret sch should consider the welfare: 4 “f the community and general tog progress. A Should a Negro bloc vote develop paris of the North, white Southern politicians would seek it. ‘The kind , of politicians who court the Negro. citizenship are‘ terms that have a ao Negroes’ of the Lowcountry sea ~ them voting. We want them to un- ~ hioc voting: Anyone who teaches - ~~... in ‘the South, as happened in some .. Sen ca ce it nn lr ll a eagle leaner Sepia Fe tal ' of government’ for either race. They will set up racial antagdo-_ nisms that will hurt both races. In _the long run, however, it is the Ne- ~ gro who will suffer most from ra- cia] discord. Our remarks today are general in nature. We are hot directing them at Esau Jenkins and his ‘ Johri’s Island training classes. We do not know exactly what is tonght in those classes. . We do know where Esau Jenkins tnt Highlander his training. It was from hlander Folk School, an in- } ‘tenaell Eat institution at Monteagle, Tenn. A committee of the Tennes- . see legislature found considerabie circumstantial evidence that High- lander Folk School has been “a ‘meeting place for known commu- nists or fellow travelers.” Whether or not communism is proved, the influence of Highlander Folk Schoo! on Lowcountry South Carolina has been established through Esau Jenkins and others. On every hand, we hear warn- ings about the possibility that com- *munists may take over the dark- skinned people of the world. Red China already is communist. Afri- ca is in turmoil. So is the Middle East. . White civilization, which brought order and prosperity to undevel- oped lands, is in peril. If white people escape communist slavery, they may become amalgamated through mixing of the racial strains. . ‘ As Esau Jenkins said of integra- tion, “It’s a revolution.” . ee a wo 74 ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN 1S DATE lols f log sf TSE ee LASSIFIED AV Chou! (Vy b: alee Se i | . McGuire___ .» Mohr _ + Parsons__/_ - Roecn Mr. Trotter Mr. W.C.Sullivan Tele. Room... Mr. Holioman Miss Gandy THE NEWS & COUTTS Charleston, S$. pated RAF... Lf fe. an ne, PO y A 5/- 1? NOT FecoKa +O WH] Wiki i .959 I