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fw f “hool Charten| ) = Highlander Report Will Urge | ~ ~ Tull for Revocation on 4 Charges J = By JAMES TALLEY pt A apecial iggisiative committee _ inv igating ighlander | Folk ead a ; = Beh J°will recommend tomorrow that) the school’s charter be re- = sp voket, a member of the group would be initiated by the Grun- dy county district attorney,” Rep. Harry Lee Senter of Bris- tol said in an interview iSast night. “A copy of the recommenda: tion wiil be forwarded te him,” Senter said. - five-man committee probin . lered subversive activities. | 1 gE al- igh nder is racially integrated. Aibert F. Bioan, district al- torney general for Grundy and six other counties in the 18th judicial district, sald Jast night he could not anticipate what action might be taken. Wants Facts First “after I get the facts, study the Tennessee code, and ‘determine whether or not there has been a violation of the law,” he said, “T will be able to decide on any court action.” The achool’s charter Is filed in Fentreas county, but the achooi is located jn Grundy county, near Monteagle. Senter said this would be the main basis for any court action. He said the report will, ask that Highlander’s charter be revoked because @ The school’s corporation board has transferred property to (di- rector-founder iyles Hor ten qn “iegally." @ The charter was wi “properly” filed in G @The schoo! has overated out- jride the ecope of ite charter ter ‘by | 73 | 6 OMA 23 1959 engaging in Carolina.” @ There has been fo “certifi tion” of a Highlander charter epeal Sought | The 2eyear-old adult education school has been @ eubject of a in jjedition and subversfpn.” month-long investigation by the oe sugested the federal goyern- Mr. McGuire’ _ Mr, Mohr... Mr. Trotter. Mr. W.C.Sullivan Tele, Room. Mr. Holloman Misa Gandy io “vada in 8 mp $ “All these things together ar grounds for revocation we think —the committes thinke—without getting into the question of sub- version,” Senter said. “But” he added, “wa'll get | Into it (subversion) in the re- re” Senter said the committee also: will recommend that the legisla- tive council study Tennessee laws of ineorporation during the next two years, “with an aim of more rigid statutes of incorporation.” - He said the report also will be sent to the U.S, tnternal Revenue service “and maybe the testi- | mony will show the school should - have its tax-exemption revoked ' had Senter sald the legislature is ‘imitedy to where the state ment mpght take over “wheretwe haye fe® laws that are applicable.” Teen Ean Nashville Tennessean ew ey Tenhe pe id 3% 61-34 (é/-20-# NOT Ree wei RECORDED 141 HAR 20 1959 Vai a eee Aeuden wey. Abt y, 9st | ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIZD DATE BY ;