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The State Department has confirmed that the International Education Ex- thaize Bervice of the department 4s spending some $1,800 a person for 11 French teachers to visit the highly con- troversial Highlander Folk School is Monteagle, Tenn. The visits, says a State Department official, although paid for by the govern- men{ were arranged by something called the “Experiment in International Liv- ing" of Putney, Vt. The spokesman says ihat organization as been found: to be reputable. The whole affair raises questions promptly. Highlander has been in con- siderable hot water lately. For more than two decades the achool, under Director Myles Horton, has openly advocated in- tegration. “Courses” are taught there rth 9? Fee ey Sante te ALL INFORMA which lead to no degree. But they are heavily laden with sociological import and the whole direction of the schoo! is far to the Jeft. Labor mmion organiza- tional methods are gmong the aubjects taught. Nobody knows apparently fust how far left the schoo) is. The Tennessee Legislature some months ago intensively investigated it but it came up with some- thing short of specific findings. Efforts have been made to close the place up as a public nuisance. Hearings are now pending on a circuit attorney's petition * to padiock. Oniy a few weeks ago local officers raided the school and discov- ered liquor on the premises, Arrests were made. The use of public money for any such ——~T ax Money For A Highlander Visit? —— visit is or ought to be subject te detailed | ee | inguiry. “i S59 941959 TION CONTAINED = rel EE IS UNCLASSIFIED ~ ina THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS 9/11/59 Birmingham, Alabama Red Star Final Editorial S. VINCENT TOWNSEND-~ Executive Editor. BH Office. Orsontanner FOLK SCHOC Monteagle, Tennéssee. Is - ¢ nornresnaa, 149 SEP 24 goe: me a A ee