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7 . e wee He [Clarence EF. Kilgore, postulaster|hind the committee table and fed . ; ee mber of the at Tracy City since 1934, apg Maj.| questions to Senter, oa you ever been a member o . H, Thompsow and W. mm 5 Communist party or any othe sub-/a¢ Rockwood. Tenn. Highiondereceried Horton a t { Verrovtons “t van not and have/Assisted by Attorney ‘Doesn't Participate in Politics never been « member of the Com-} Horton, the first map called to| “The school has never ¢ munist party, under instructions/the stand, answered questions| Patt in politics,” Horton said. “I from the Communist party, or alfrom. 9:30 a.m, to 12:15 p.m, ana/D&ve, but the school has not.’ member of any group under thelsgaih from 1:30 p.m. until 3 pm.! “Don't you know that you tried @omination of the Communist;He was dressed in a dark blue to win the election for Henry aid suit, white shirt and blue and!Wallace in 1948?" McCartt asked. Senter: “Well, why haven't you! white striped tic, and was assisted|" “No, sir,” Horten replied. “it ined any of theese organizations?|by his attorney, Jordan Stokes may have been a mistake, but |. Ou seem to associate with peo-|IIT of Nashville. didn’t support Henry Wallace ple who belong to them.” © Gne of the first dcamatic | for President” - « Horton: “Maybe I don't agres; moments during the hearing | Horton identified ‘several pic- with their aims.” . came when Morton and Stokes (tures on a large sheet distributed ' Senter: “Are you a believer in| refused to allow the committees iby the Georgia Commission on ; a tes hae iv &: the Marxist-Lenin ideology? to enter gs an exhibit the origi- | Kaucation as having been taken at Horton: “No, sir. I believe in! nat copy of the school’s charter. |Highlander. He said two of them, education” “We'll give you a certified however, wereunfair, One showed Senter: “In other words, then,/copy,” Stokes said. but Dement! Highlander leaders with Abner W, you have strayed from the Marx-lanswered that would not be good/Berry, an admitted Carnmunist. | let Jine. Is that right? Are youlenough. Horton said this had been posed by, sympathetic with the foreign and «1 have to advise him (Hor-|Friend, who took the photo and domestic policies of the Sovietlton) not to let this document out|/ pushed Berry inte the group just Union?” of his possession,” Stokes re|before snapping the abutger. Herton: “No, alr." plied, noe other Picture acpwed a Senter: “Are identified Com- a egro man and a white. woman munists eligible for any positions wrinment tt ‘The Tennecsae hive Spparently embracing. Horton at, Mighlander Folk school?" Way patrol, the committee ser- tee ih Which hands are aueenes rton: “No, gir.’ - ; ry “ ter as ¥0 from Hotton” to take the charter|;onind the partner's head, Me Senter: “Was your wife a mem- stoed up and with McCartt ber of the Communist party? “lt want the record te show \demonsirated the step, to ite Horton: “No, sir, not to my! sat thig document was taken ayaa . {ight of the audienca, Ka renee and I would havel ¢o7, us by physical force," Rep. J. Alan Hanover question Sinter: “Do you ever accept) Stokes said, Horton at some length about \the fonfributions from the Communist}, Horton had previously testified|school’s financés and property. pa er Communist organiza-|the school’s charter had been reg-|Horton said a piece of Ber eatty toms” istered In Fentress county Instead/transferred to him In 1687 had of Grundy county because at the time it was obtained (1934) High- lander’s main headquarterg were been deeded to him by the schoct’s’ board of directors in lieu of ba salary, . . oe | No Legal Claim To Pay Under ‘Hanover’s questions, how- ever, he admitted that he had ro legal claim to back salary, and said he had in fact made no de Mand upon the achool. “So that property was rewey | dust a gift, waan't ft? Hanover asked. . . “I've read you the facts, the min- utes of the committee about this,” Horton said. “You can call it what you want to.” . FF He said he plans to pay taxes an the property deeded to him, but has not done so yet because the property has not yet Been assessed. “I've written a couple of times asking them to assesa It,” he sald, “put I guess they haven't got around to it.” - . : Turns Over Statements ; “g At the committee's demand, Hor-; * Morten: “Wo, sir.” . Senter: “Do you ever solicit on Tetons Nowe at Allard, ‘Tenn, ‘ About 50 spectators were pres-| “I went to the Grundy county ent in the big auditorium when, courthouse yesterday and tried to the hearings opened 30 minutes/register the charter.” Horton said, fate at 9:30 am. The crowd grew|"but they told me you told them to nearly 200 by mid-afternoon|net io let me do it, If the charter when a colored movie of High-|is wrong, I-want to correct it, but lander was shown, then dwindled apparently the committees dosan't again to a handful by the time the(want it corrected.” hearings Were adjourned at 5:30) Horton said he had been a mem- pmo : ber of the board of both the South- In addition to newsmen froml|etn Conference Educational Fund, #il parts of the state, the audience(|fare and its successor, the South- included a group of students from!ernConference Educational Fund, the University of the South, a/organiations which have been list- number of Nashville clergymen,|ed as “subversive” by the House two Central high school seniors) un-American activities committee. froin Murfreesboro, and repre- The Highlander director said ecntatives of the Tennessee Fed-| he didn't think they were sub- eration for Constitutional Govern-| versive, because “thera were a ment, a segregation organization. | a lot of wonderful pecple on Bennett was not the only out- | those boards, and j'm proud to of-atsts witness who testified | have taken part in them," Against the folk school yesterday. J. H. McCartt, committee coun- Aiso on hand was Ed Friend of |sel, asked him: “Do you mean ton turned over all the school’s; Atlanta, now m $5,100-a-year | wonderful people like James Dom-!findncial statements since its cameraman with the Georgia (browski (one of the founders of founding together with a card file Forestry commission, and a for- Hightander and the executive sec-/of contributors. . Mpr employa of the now-defunct [retary of both the SCHW and Told thst an admitted Commu- Gforgia Commission on Educa- |SCEF)?" nist, Paul Crouch, had aaid she ton, “Yea, I would include him,” Hor-!Communist party uses Highladter oseph A. Malone of Montgom-jton replied. “I think he is a man/without wanting to be identibed ery. Aja. assistant attorney gen-\of great integrity." : in the public mind with the schol, eral of Alabama, helped show the During most of the questioning |Horton replied: ‘ 12-minute motion picture which]}o? Horton, Bennett sat beside Me- “This man ie a paid informer was meant to be one of the high-|Cartt and offered suggestons in|] and a rofessional, Har. ? thai- Ughts of the day's testimony, but{® iow whisper, When committee lenged Fie to make, those state- did not take the stand himself. {members took over the question-|, ments outside the mittee ip i | | Other witnesses yesterday were!ing, Bennett meved eround be- the .presence of witnesses #0 mere 4 paella