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FEDERAL BUREAU OF lNVESTIGATION
HIGHLANDER FOLK
SCHOOL
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born and raised in the vioir.it;,' o All-ardt,
Tennessee and is e farmer, joining So-7, n--; "
cialist Party in 1934, and although not ' ,-' ,r T
- _ 1 a founder gave some of his lend to the
Highlander Folk School to erect building,
about si:-z months late:-"hecomin,; disgust-_ '
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leave, w1'19IeJ.f>On the school established S ' 92
itself at Monteagle, Tennessee. .STOCK'I0Ji'.S...,._ . -1 s l| IYHOPSIB OF FACT:
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was born and raised in Lllardt, Tennessee
and further that he had lived in that vicinity all oi
his life.
j informed -that s'.Pocx"ro1:'s wife was;' ~
to the best of his understand'in,g;, born in California but
she, too, had lived practically ell of her life in the _f
vicinity of Allardt, Tennessee. The writer was further
advised that STC-C}1I'0Ii has alx-rays been s. farmer in that
vicinity and in 1934 he joined the Socialist Party. .- .
advised that at this time STCCKTOH received con-
siderable meil in connection with the Socialist Party.
H ' ' ' further stated that Allardt 1,1:-en '*'_~'-*~~*""- =
extremely smell town, taking in a postal radius of i '- _
approximately eight miles and serving some eight hundred
farmers. STOCKTON, during the year 1934 contacted quite ' _
e number oi these farmers with the intention of forming ' -e
e. cooperative store in that vicinity but wasnnsuccessfulg
in getting such a store organized. _ é
- advised the writer that it was along _
8.bO'J.b the some time that STOCKTOK agreed to give the
Highlander Folk School some of his fa land for the e ' 7 _
purpose of erecting school buildi thereon. _
stated that the founders of this §_ol,_ to_the_1Jest of
his i_:no92q;ledg ,_ consisted of IIZLES .IC?eTQ11,,K__EI{I_Z.F_L3ETH ' i*§:1.1rns,<.1_;;:ss{E1~:eRowsKI, zzueet-:11. -F:-o_1< and 1-IALCQH-Y _ -
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that STOCKTOIE was not a founder of the above school and
that in all probability STOCKTON was contacted by PETER _
liéeoozt or DO1:BP.0'.ISKI who is connected with the s<>¢1e_1- '
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stated that the above mentioned persons
cane to Allardt and there started erecting a buildirg on '
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said that"these individuals, while they iere in '~
Allardt, were doing the actual labor on this building j- __
themselves, and were .li1.rin_g on the premises! _
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were two or possibly three other women, whose names he
did not know, whose names he did not know, who were also _
living on the STOCKTOIUS farm and also that IILIZEBIETH r
HAZIES had married an organizer for the CIO Hosiery Rorkers.
did not know the name of this BIO organizer.
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after the above mentioned people had been on S.|'Z'0_CIi'E['0LT'S e
farm for approximately six months, he asked them to
leave because they were livim with each other's wifee _
and one of them, Just which one he did not know, pas, ;
living; with the wife of one of STOCKTOIUS hired hands.
_.-advised it 92-.'t.s after this that the
rbove mentioned persons proceeded to 1~lo"nteagle, llenneesee e
and erected a school there, edd_i.n:; it was his understand-
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further stated. that ir. hie opinion -.
this school was composed entirely of Communists and he
was surprised to read in one of the newspapers that 1-CBS.
FR£..1lLl1§ D. ROOSEVELT had given money toward the support
of this institution. He said it was his understanding ;
that it no.5 the pngose oi this school to teach labor s
organizers and added that during the time they were at
Allardt they did very little of snvthing and spent most ll
of their time on._the outside o£_ the building with few ' -.___
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said it was his opinion that STOCKTON M
was not n founder or organizer of this school, but being _ -
e. very generous individual was only trying to help then -
and started by giving then a place to erect the necessary
scI_ool building. The writer wrs further advised that
STCCIITO1I'S wife r.".r. for the Governor of the State of
Tennessee in 1936 on the Socialist ticlzet and that
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_fu.1'ther stated it was only lest week
tneesrocrroiz told him he was friendly toward nuss1e=i' _
and advised the writer that elthough he could ,_-';_;;;;;
not 're.nember'e.ny direct quotation made by STGOK!|?0H,"irith;% ~
the above ¬XCe:!tiOIl, that STGCIZIOIE gave him the impression V
that he thought the Russian system of Government was good Y 'isI .~-
_ said that STOOEJIOI had on numeroux
occasions tried to get him to read books on Russia and
advised; that the only one he could remesiber was e. book R.
"written by e former Lieutenant-Commander of the United
Stetesliavy by the name of SFMEY. i - ».-41
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;:-esent and for the 1;-est two years or _so, STOCKTON. JL
has received. only personal nail, whereas he used to
;-"et e. lot of literature of e. Socialistic nature, the
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have any meetings at his house end has never been
make, to the best of _ knot-ledg-e, a un-
statements. _
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town all of his life and whose loyalty to his cou_ntrywas_ .
nncuesticned, be contacted for additional information _
concerning STcCKTOh
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member, upon contact at the Post Office advised-that _
while the above mentioned school was carrying on in Allardt,
Tennessee a number oi the PETBQDS com.ected therewith would
ash him to attend Norman Thonas's lectures which he was .
giving at Allardt, but added that they did not'pass ott
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STOCKTOIT is in favor oi the type of Government in use
in Russia, but none of the statements made by Stockton
concerning this hatter could be recalld. I L 1;.
advised that STOCKTON is not forceful enough to_entagonize"
the people in that vicinity and further that he gives no_ 1
evidence of being engaged in urtknerican acti1_ri_ties. v'é7C/ I described Mrs; bosses cl __ ,,as follows: _ ~ . . " / ff -_. ' ',*z fj:
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years ego, STOCKTON served as County Irustee, but eineev
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further stated that STOCKTON does not distribute spy _.
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which he did distribute approximately five years ago -
was a paper celled the "'1.-:1driea.n Guardian". '
_further advised the writer that he had never
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AT HASHVIITE, TEWHESSEE -
Hill contact the Governor of the State of Te:mes'se'e
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the State of Tezmessee having turned. over to him relative: 4
to the Com:-inistic Activities of the Highlander Folk School '
of 1-Ionteegle, Tennessee. Will obtain any pertinent informa-
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FE: HIGHLANDER FOIK SCHOOL .,
INTERNAL SECURITY -- R
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to the B u's letter of
January 2, 191§2. Please be advised that MILE ORTON, Director-
of the HICELANDER FOIK SCHOOL at Monteagle, Tennessee, has agreed
to furnish this office all copies of "The Highlander Fling". It
will be noted that this publication is issued quarterly instead
of monthly as previously reported. Please advise by reference
to Vol. # and No. # of any issues of the fighlander Fling" which
you desire in order to complete the Bureau files. This office
will make every effort to obtain all back issues, as well as
securing all future issues of this publication.
Very truly yoilrs ,
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W, A. MURPHY
Special Agent-in Charge
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Deer Sir:OPIIGHIANDER FOLK SCHOOL
INTERNLL SECURITI - C
There is being enclosed herewith a. photostetic copy
of a program end card announcing o 1ou_sicn_.1 program. sponsored
by the Washington Committee for the Highlander Folk School,
Monteagle, Tennessee, on Friday evening, December 6, 19140,
at Pierce Hall located at Fifteenth and Harvard Streets
Northwest, Washington, D. C.
The original program and card, Ihioh were obtained
from C. H.!v'KILBY, Secretary to the Manager of the Consolidated
Coal Company, at Tracy City, Tennessee, are being maintained
in the les of the Knoxvi_'.l._1e Field Division,
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that the sponsors listed on this program are connected with
the school in any way.
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PRESENTS
"America Was Promises" - - - - Archibald MacLeish
"And ihey lynched him Wordsl<a'.herine Garrison Chopinon a tree" - - Music---William Grcmi Still
A lzallacl poem ior a chorus
- Louise Burqe
Wasl'.in=;1on Choral Society
DI. LG;l! Poker. Direcr
Howard University Glee Club
Prol. Roy W. Tlbbe. Director
Hazel Shulze, AccompcmialS010 -
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Mountain and Workers Ballads Zilphia Horlon
Neqro and Folk Sonqs - - l-louclie Leadbea1ier Lec1dbei1y!
Q Friday Evening. December 5,1940 ' '
AT mom 'rHm'nr ouoc:
PIERCE HALL
I'l.F'l"lINl'l*l AND HARVARD STREFI5 NORTHWS'I'
WASHINGTON. D. C.
SPONSORS
Secretary and Mn. Harold lclee
Dr. Millie .n J-h-IDIQ
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Mn. Howell Mo-oreheacl
Mr. and Mm Duncan Phillipe
Mr. and Mn. Giord Pin:-hot
Mn. Franklin D. Rooeevelt
His: Hilda Slnllh
Hr. and Mn. L Cnrrln Stronq
Dr. ans! Mn. Iohn Studebaker
Hon. and M11. Ierry VoorhleH3; Hwy Andenon
Hon. .md H21 Ben!-mm Baldwin
Iueiv had In Huqo Bari
Mr. and Mn. lohn Carmody
Hon. and Mn. lohn Coee
Hon. cnd H11. Id-fl C011-lil
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Hon. and Mn. Lee Geyet
Hon. and we Leon lienbreon
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Dear Sir:
92 __Q1_'{'I®>irector of the Highlander Folk
School at I-iontesglejg Tennessee, at request of this office, sent
e. report of the Executive Council meeting held January 12, l9l+2
and the l91+l annual report oi the Highlander Folk School con-
sisting of 25 pages to this office. The contents oi these re-
=~ ports are being submitted in summary form. The originals are
being retained in the files oi the KR%:i§5§g Fie on; - ~-|_-,=~, ~@/- '7-5/P /.' _The Highlander Folk slhélizeécu lip; pt1,,92;is§15A1,g§92January ll, l91+2, the following members being pr 'irh:s.n, . 92
{Jere also present, and visitors included Reverend ane. h*s.-,§_'I_.E!~§1iGpg:-1:2 st. Luke's Se1":in:.r:r, Sewanee, Te essee; BED-1'£1§:'J'UDD and'IvZARI'Y*..A'l'IClIII§ oi District 50, U1-ms; H.AP.§]c0x; presiden , T.IMI-IA
local, fonier, Tennessee. At this meeting the Executive Council
proposed to the Office oi Civilian Defense that the school he used
as e. southern training; center. The sugges0i0n came from the High-
lander st-ifi and has the endorsement of the state CIO. The Council
also outlined a tentative program for 191-+2 which will make the
school available for civilian defense training; at any time. Ap-
proval was given for s summer school for the Southern Automobile
Yorkers, sponsored December oi l91il by RICHARD92l IERALL; educational
director, International UAW - CIO; and a special District 50 U1-IVA
school I-Ivrch 50 to April 12. The extension pI0[_;'r£.m in New Orleans
and I-Ienphie are to be continued. An extension of the teaching and .
secretarial staff was authorized, and plans were made for e. tenth ' _
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the summer term. It we-.s reported that in response to e recent
cormunicstion in support oi the Hurray Industry Plan, the presi-
dent oi the CIO wrote: "It is of considerable significance to
have the support oi your school, in view of the widespread in-
, fluence which it exercises among the working people of the South.
At this meeting t e annual report of the Highlander Folk Schoolprepared by JAI-E$DOI-£BROWSK1!¢as presented. This report is sum-
marized as f0I1D92~"B.'" "__" '
TO TEE FREITDS OF HI
The energies oi Highlander will be directed to
the defeat of the Axis and the destruction oi Fascism. A pro-
posal that the resources of the Highlander Folk School be used
as c defense training center for Union lenders received the en-
dorsement of the Tennessee state Industrial Union Council's
executive 'bo:3rd on January 1+, l91+2. It is expected to be approved
and Pailroad Brotherhood Unions. Ii approved by
Washington, this program will receive the major enghasis in 191-+2.
Total enrollment for the year 197-fl was 252 students, including 156
who attended wee-1:-end conferences. A notable accomplishment was
the extension work done by Miss I-i!~.l=!YxI..1!_RAI"92TCE in New Orleans and"03; E.F.E;I{Y§A.":.H"-._".R in I-ienphis. Other etesion work was done in1r.;.~n;* oth ~ parts oi the South. Cytft work in the community was1 n -H n 1-| oy .s.1:v. 01 L.
expended under direction oi MARIA 'T.3I The Sumzierfield
Cooperative continued to thrive. JOAII_ A "E, director of the
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SPRING TTLHJ
The Spring Term for Workers May 12 - 21+, l91+l,was attended by 11+ full-time students and 15 pert-time students,
from five southern states, representing eight international unions.
Wee}:-end conferences on southern problems brought 81 additional
persons to the school represent.-m 25 national unions from all
branches of labor. The regular staff was cowosed oi MARY LAWRAIICE,
Z11.-PHI!-.92IIO1~ .TOII,' and Jim;-is sonssousrn. This staff was supplemented
by lecturers that included JOHN T. JOIES, director of Labor"s
E.-:>nP@:~r-tisen league; 1-.lELL!di,ii}.v ES,vRe¢jior1ol Director, viz-gee andHours Administration; HOLLIS V.lRJ3IIQ, legislative representative
oi the Railroad Brothcrho ' s an Cheirnmn oi" the Tennessee Common-wezilth Federation; PAUL 1T¬VC92EII-1ISTOP1£R,a executive secretary of theCIO in Tennessee; L1Z",.'ISxlJO1I,S, A. F. of T., Fisk University;
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The six-weeks summer session, August 18 to September
22, l9i+l, was attended by 16 students from seven states and one
foreign country. Louisiana had 5 students, Tennessee 1+, District
of Columbia 2, 1 each from Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, and New York.
Five week-end confers ces were attended. by a total of 156 repre-sentatives. Confers e leaders were P.ICHAP.DfDEVEE.A§L.L,. educational
director, UAW; T" IICITE southern director, Mine, Mill andSmelter Workers 1 ;__"in=.gXP1-:;P:1=., regional director of the C10,I-Iew Orleans; JOETDOBBIQJ chairman oi the organising committee,Chattanooga Central Lsbor Union; YEl,VIsRTOI-$001-IHERD, regional CIO
director, Biiniinghem; ALTOII LA:-Tl'~l=.I-ICIZ, -outnem representative,Labor's Non-Partisan League; and _R@D, of the United Auto-
mobile Workers. Special conferences we e conducted for the recently
organized Ford local at Memphis, textile workers, and an Axe Handle
Workers Industrial Union in th neighboring county. Discussiongroups were led by Dr. FIE-E!II¬GiIAIrj.3S, Dean of Theological Seminary,
University oi the South, Sewanee, Tennessee; GEORGE STOREY, Farm
Security ridninistrstion; WII.LI.AI-I LAVJIS, Wage and Hour director;PAUL CHPISTOFIER, Tennessee Industrial Union Council; and W
COFIFEE, Social &curity Board. Other speakers were 1-I."...F'92..¬,.S*LlTH,
Tenne see director of the Jmalgamated Clothing Workers of America;M. c.}.1rn.-rs-ox-1,. ms-1 and sw representative; HUGH ks:-:K:n:, unwsdistrict representative; O. S.RBAXTER,; sub-regional directAo;;___,g;§
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and Uholesale Cler"'s, Philadelphia; JENI3EUCE.E,1CI epresentative,New Orleans; I"5.FdIK 1111311,; I111;-11-1 3; S.-I, Bessemer; E.-.,AI.Dx1.'001lS, Inter-
national Anoric -aews-paper Guild representative, Birmingham;
Vll?Gll¬Lfi FO.3l ZI _UIPlR?,- vice-chairman oi the Rational Committee to
abolish the Poll Tax, Alexandria, Virginia..
WRITERS WORKSHOP
The third annual workshop for writers was held
July 28 to August 9, 191+]. and brought together 12 students from
six southern states and from Illinois, New York, and the District
oi Columbia. This workshop was under the direction of the High-
lander Folk School staff with LEON 921--T11-SON as director. Fictionwas taught by IrI.A.F?YgI.AP°-IEY, former teacher oi creative writing atHood College, Idsry The majority of the students wrote and
1finished at least two stories each. CHARLES FISRGUSON, associate
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_,on the UZPA writers program were guest speakers during the session.
The following served as sponsors: SJ l¬[email protected]?BCC?ITEF, editor
i the Fewane Review JULIA COLLIER /of Che. tsnooge, §AQl'.~r Q *'n~_ "4 _ ' " HARRIS , l- -S .-__icP;t"n:,;,1-n11.on?sP.1=trrn,.isAsE'I'1"sh1rI'sc11, and ' -. _d
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The fourth summer work camp that took over the
Highlander plnt during the month of July use sponsored Jointly
by the International Student Service and the Highlander Folk
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oi the Fieldstone__,S hoo_l;_Ii!_£RR'Y£'.°.S!CER, DE'Lm G, EMIL f92'»-.IT.J..lML z en QRpp_sb. 1>e'rt-t staff member? wereZI[.PHIJ:kIOI?ICI92,v Iii192_PlA~ <T°..JIIZE;[., and LEONgff]1SO§I. Seventeen college
students spent the month of July in herd manual labor and intensive
study in the social and economic problems. The morning was devoted
to manual labor, the afternoon to s study program of the mountain
community which provided the material for a careful study for the
r.".a_jor problems oi the South. Field trips were made to s. TVA dam,
e. national forest, e. textile center in Alabama, s. Federal home-
stead project, and s blast furnace. Evenings were spent in folk
dancing and singing. FPAN , Swarthmore College, LEONEaREIBE]?,
Vassar College, and HCMARD SAML1IIl.Y, Cornell University, pe.rticular-
ly praised the work oi thi work camp.
JUNIOR UNION CAMP
Twenty-three boys and girls between the ages of
8 and 15 attended Highlander-s second camp for children of union _
members during the two weeks from June 9 to June 25, 1914-l. ZIIIPHIA
Ii_»1.TOII and I»1AI2GAPLTI3PYAlI;,-'ere the directors. Folk dancing and
singing, arts and crafts, hiking and games featured the program.
LASKIR "taught" the campers by telling them a serial story
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IEERY SCHOOL
The Nursery School was opened I-lay 12, 197-+0 and wasconducted through Christmzzs of lf*1+l under the direction oi JOAII,iPAYl-113,
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This school was attended by 20 children representing l? families
in the community and was conducted in the nature of a kindergarten.
GIRLS CLUB
' Fourteen girls of the community met once a week
at the Nursery School cabin under the leadership of Miss PRINT.
The purpose oi this group was to bring together the young girls
of the community, helping them to learn to work and play together
and bringing them into a closer relationship to the community and
the Folk School.
ERNEEEWIELD COOPERATIVE
The Summerfield Cooperative held meetings every
week throughout the year in the homes of the seven members.
Educational programs were a part of all meetings. Rummage sales
were held and sewing was done.
CRAFTS
Under the direction of Miss r-mr.ml92srsr:'z.;L the pro-
gran oi crafts has been expended. Classes were held in wood carving
pottery, drawing, dressmrking, children's classes, clay modeling,
and shadowgraph. At a Christmas party 62 children attended and
received gifts from MYLES HORTON. -
TRAVELING LIBRARY
A traveling library in the county was started in
the beginning of the year by MARY IAMT$NCE. A mimeographed news
bulletin containing an original cartoon and labor serial, "Johnnie
Korkman", and discussions of issues of special interest to miners
were on this program. A total of T28 books were circulated, of
which 5&5 were for children, lh8 for adolescents, 212 for adults,
and 25 of which were labor books. The school also conducted classes
in instruction in Sacred Harp songs, square dancing, and fiddling.
During the summer HARRY LASKER organized a study
Frown at larger, Tennessee, w ich met on Thursday nights for twomonths at the homes oi DOLPH and GEORGEFBOIE. Discussions
were condutvd on social and legis ative problems which included
p"1l tax, Wagner Act, social security, {age and Hour Isw, and the
proposed tax bill.
EXTENSION PROGE$$I
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the South is that in New Orleans where 10,000 workers have been
brought into the Union. Early in the year Mr. FRED PEIPER, regional
director of the CIO, called on Highlander to assist him in setting
up an educational program to instruct these new union members in
the techniques of collective bargaining and in sound union principles
and practices. MARY LAWEANCE, who had done extensive work in
Louisville, Kentucky and Alcoa, Tennessee, was assigned to New Orleans=
Miss I$dEmNCE taught several groups composed of union officers and
union men with an average attendance of between T5 and 100 between
April 10 and.Lhy 9, 19kO. iFour local officials were selected by
the Industrial Union Council to attend the Highlander Folk School
spring term, May 12 to 2h, l9hl. Seven New rleans students who
were sent to Highlander Folk School for intensive training were of
considerable assistance to Miss LAWRANCE.
At Memphis, Tennessee -
A strong labor movement has brought thousands of
new men into the union at Memphis, almost all of them.with no pre-vious experience in the labor movement. Plans were made with the
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vision of an educational program. Enthusiastic support was received
from RICHARD DEVERALL, educational director of the United Auto Workers
Union, and the program was launched in the south-wide UAW-CIO educa-
tional conference in Memphis in October. FAPFT ZASKEP, of the
Highlander staff, was placed in charge. Seven classes were organized
with an average attendance for the week of 60, and in this way
hundreds of workers were reached. A mimeographed paper for the
Industrial Union Council was started and e mimeographed ten-page
pamphlet entitled "This Union Business" and a fourteen-page pamphlet
entitled "The CIO--Yours and Mine" were published and a lending
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25 union meetings, conferred with 214» organizers, contacted 27 _
international unions in 11+ centers.
PUBLICATIONS
~ "Theaiouth Tomorrow", tile Know the Score , and
"Cumberland Capers" were published by students. Four numbers of
the92 "Highlander Fling" were printed. An illustrated pamphlet on
the school was published. Articles about Highlander appeared inthe Iuebruar_~,r issue oi gocisl lfork Torlal. The Bulletin oi the World
i-ceoeiation 1" or Adult education, London, iglend contained enarticle on Highlander in the August number. Ihok itterateur,
n:;;;:zinc of the Delta Phi honorary literary sorority, published
"A Bit About Highlander"; by RUTH BUHLE, in November. JOAN PAYI-IE
wrote a story about Highlander 1 or the Sarah Iawrence al1.u::ns.e
magazine. ZILPHIA HOPIIOII contributed some materiel on dremetics
for workers to the book on Workers Education, published by the
John Dewey Society, published by Harpers. This is the most com-
prehensive work on the subject that has been done. Professor
Tl;".§;C-DOl'*.l . EP..AJEl.D, oi the Lfniversity of 1=1in_nes-ots, wss the editor.
HAPEY EJ.£1C;1F. wrote two pnrrphlets for local unions in Memphis.
]-ZIIII LA.Fi.F.1E-$1 wrote cc be-sic vol}: for new unionists, How to Btiild
Your Union", published by the New Orleans Industrial Union Council.
PLANT 11-IPR0VEMl7iIZTS '
The Ilighlamder Folk School has improved its grounds
and buildings in expectation oi" expansion.
P3RSOIH92TI[.-
Staff members who continued their services through
the year ere ZIYIES end ZJIIPIIIA HORTOII, !~U92RY I.AWT.AIIC'.B, MARIA SI'E1IZEL_,
L101. X-IILSOII, JAIIES A. DO}-II3.?;Ol-.'S.Ifl. Those who left were Miss CLAUDIA
1.1.1315, I-Lies KOEHCLIIZG; 1'.'ILLIA1l1 BUITRICK spent the year at the
University of Florida co1.~.pletin ; his undergraduate work begun at
Duke. Additions are I1'ARF!Y LAElK.E.R, JOAN PAYNE. DUR1-IAPD McDANlI'.l.
will be c-ddezl next year.
ALUI-H-II NUITS
There follows :1 list oi" alumni which are reported
in this crmual report by their no-mes and the union which they re-present. The following r;l_umni are list dz l2D.&L*3LAIR; J. D.92_BI-2ADl"OPD,'II.AJiTC=1.3 LEI-EPIOIE; 1.'1'I.Ll.f*i92GIlJ.IS, BfJil.Yl3iGOLD£'i"L]I ' ALVII392GRLEN,.'CH.p.Il4_L-ulhlr-]!Y: DII.L!Ll2If'i~.'IIIG, I-1A'lT92l.YlJCH, DUI-%'».'A.P.D_Klp]!.AI§,_, IQQIL __p_<;-,8
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received from 5&5 individuals, s third received. from funds and
foundation, and the balance received from tuition, unions, churches
schools, sale oi literature, miscellaneous appeals, etc. .
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proximately e. third was spent for house maintenance, s third for
staff personnel and travel, and the balance for administrative and
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Director
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Dear Sir:
Reference is made to ue report o£~Specia1 Agent
dated Tlecember 30, 1941, it Knoille, Tenneeeee,
in the above-captioned caee, and to the undeveloped 1ead_to
ell Field Offices contained therein. -itI,in fin~ I»:-
The attention oi the Bureau ia directed to Bureau
Bulletin #6, first aeriee, January 21, 1942, page #12, 1;
paragraph #7, concerning unnecessary undeveloped leadg. -A
Q.-9Inasmuch as the undeveloped lead set out incthe--
reference report is of e general nature, no further actién
will be taken by this office on such lead.
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Published by the ighlsnder Folk School
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The British Broadcasting Company i"GUM3O ON TOUR OF UNIONS'
is srrsnging.a broadcast to Englahd
direct from Highlander Folk School
HFS! March 1::-tn from 4120 to moo
PM Eastern Standard Time. :20
Hontcagle time and 9:? iondonj, 7
The program will consist of noun
tain ballads, many of English orig-
in handed down in an oral tradition"Gumbo", o ploy written and
produced by students at HFS, was
presented before union groups in
this section in the week of Hersh
lst. The title of the play refers
to the heavy black mud of the
Delta country, and the play itself
from colonial days; Sacred Harp sin;- 13 b"3@d °" the Btruggle Of the
ing, another form of folk musicgi
folk songs of ahorecroppers: toll
stories; Bqusre dances; and contemp
orory bollods showing the effect or
industris1iz1ti0n on folk music.
R1lph B. Tefferteller, director
of recrewtion at HES and o special-
ist in folk music, will hove chwqge
oi the orogfoml A feature of the
iarogrsm will be the "toll tales" of
";?ey Oakley, of Gntlinburg, known
or and wide we the "Rosming_Enn of
:P~ smokias". Wiley is on officiql
miide in the Great Smoky Hountoin
Ywtionwl P"rk and probably knows
tho mountains is wall as any p=rson
Two agencies of the Fédcrzl cov-
=rnmsnt will have recording equip-
went st HFS 1E the time of the
broadcast to make pennsnent records
of these folk songs. _._ _
w=toh your local papers for
1rther onnouncements;.The British
Ursadcnsting Compony is negotiating
Jll u nionl chain to curry the
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The fifth nnnuol summer term at,
J will open may 10th and run ford
iéht weeks. The courses are design-
i to give practical t:QiinQ in
frde-uniOn problems and in the i
t,!; - *rotiv= m v-rnslnt. 92 _ _ I 1 no op O L _chnttcnoog1 Central Tr1qcs and
jwnolorships covering all exponscs
"re nvuilsble for students unable 5shnrccroppers to organize o union.
Two members of the southern Ten-
ant Formers Union, students st
HFS, supplied the historical mater
111. In Atlwntw-the play nus spon-
sored by the Intarnstionul Indies
Garment orkers Union and tho Unit
ed Automobile workers Union;_in
Sh¢rwood"by the Lime Iurkers Union
in Longer by the Hod-Carriers,
Local #950; and-in La Follstte by
the Amalgamated clothing workers
of Americs- The play was directed
by Zilphin Horton. _
R1fter$' BALL IN KNOXVILLE
An old mountain custom of
flouting logs down the rivers in
the Spring of the yer will be
commemorated on March 20th ut Q.
"R;fters' bll". R. B. Tsffer~
teller of HFS will coll the sets
for squnre dqncing. Some of the
old dances in use in the early
days of Tennessee will be used.
SHERWOOD §DDY VISITS H73
" '9herwood Tdd§'ond éum Frqnklin
of the Delta Co-opertive Farm
visited HFS during the Winter
Term qnd spoke to the students.
other visiting lecturers were
Joe Dobbs, president of the
Loser Council}_Dr. moultrie Guerry
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VICTORY at LA ?OLLt?:t _~_:-grtacntns Ptcnsr II-81--bQU193_n
on-.1-11a Handy,-I! member or the The 9-eeretrw sf H?i_i'921=t@h¢~=3class of 1935 at 335, hag ¢gn¢ s ' the nqtionnl convention of the_bri1l1,nt Job at L Fo11e;ge'-¢3nn,_2rogressive Education lssocintionin organizing Q 1q¢§1 Q; the AmQ;0 in st. Louis and was s mcmber 0gnnmted Clothing Workers of Amcricc the asnel in the d1=¢u==1=nAQfamong thc shirt workcrs of n run-- rugl lhaglg-mgitg %§°t:bi;:;?cann Y _ - 3 n sev~ru 2 er '
the shops~h1s settles grnnting s the Plcket llne °f the $L3wU at
W1"d incrrsss and a closed shop. Of the § t£°" l U"d°r e r c°mP n3'conditions before the strike, one er the Btrikers made 35 week
Charlie writes, I hove pqyqenvclopesg ;gda??§gd$§A¬g.£;: geiigmg :2;for $3.50-for two weeks work{ Work_° - 1 o 'from dark to dork. Ths stcrss had 59ent tug fer 1¥"=h an: 15! fgéhrtsgrscmcnts with the shops to check -§?p99rf she had gt hq 5 39°
off accOuntB_ As q regult Of the . sinner for months. Naturally the
chcck_9ff I Ba 5 ch@ck yesterday strikers were wank and undcrnouriah
for 1;, Th; girl earned 3¢_0O 5 ; red and mwny were sick, but in spite
311 but 1; went to the store."Ths Jr that fact they were Qttlné P
gtfikgrg hid the G3mp15tq 5u;?Qft n courageous fight for decent con~
of the Unitod Iiinc Workers. lltiws Md 1 mim-
Zilphia Horton, of the rt?-2 staff, The 5='=<=r¢t'92rl' =15-» talked tn the
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with the office work nd setting up ' '" -
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amour COITIJITIOITS 111 'IL1J"1LAIT7J OH F@92=1"§92' ry 6 the chatnnoogg
" - New ublished an art1c1' t "5 5 P I s n
Since the Civil Wsr Cleveland, Tenn. '3$5 B@d iEB§re1d indigna-
hzs bean gQntfQ11g@ 53 thc H*rdw1ck tion..Thc article was based on a
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dozun industrinl p1snta,_two_h;;;15,9f the American Legion. 1nd_soid
the banks uni local ncwspuper- The t° h"V= b¢@n m ¢£ by "someone"
Qigy judge 13 3 Hqrdwick aJn;1n,1:w'-nbout two years gs. The report
nd the Commissioner of pnlicc-is 5 *5 B@@ by cartqin big business
1nter-st- in the state in an
hnu uiclnrcd incomes 115$ year of ' _~ws~ J ur~v-n tn: iocnl comm
325,000 or 3v:r- Clothes msdc by unlty fr°m securing 3 Fedaral EI3t
"nrdwick empl$JE9s re 5g1¢ ts them for oTself-help co-opsrstivs.
wt the Hcrdwick Woolen K1115 Store; . A r=solution passed unanimously
nd checked ff their wnges, thus 1s.bY the ch5tt*n3J¬1 Central-Tridat L1 Tollstts wgrkcrs ofttn rec~ivC1Hnd Lcbor Council plwced organized
pay-pnvolopss of noughts-Some qgrk_ labor squircly behind the school
.r5 nft.r Qizhta mqnths qr? qtill nd denounced the rticlo, Bying
Clsifid P,-j '|bQéinn,::rS'f ind draw "EdC:'l1"1'.t'1Gk8 321' the
34 nd 35 1 weak. when industry 511 r Fblk School ore! indirsctcttcak
over the country in rining swgss, >9 thu Chattanooga lqbar movemcnt
Hardwicks cut wges. Th, wjrkr 1H0 the vrsinizud labor movement in
cams out on strike in the mcn!s gar; g:ncrul.;.ths 8GhuJl is uuing Q
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in from"tho A1WA- The atrikc.wns ' 1"5@Pl@t"vf"1o5o#7in this-section
o 11=d off when tho union fq11¢q ts -..we express confid=nce in the
¬*t mivrity cuppvrt.It ww: not --conduct of the school wnd in the
lallurc. Hundreds of workers lsnrn- q"*11$Y of its work."
to lor inc rlrst time whqt o union K $tT9& letter of protest was
is. Evonsr or lntsr Clsvclnnd wgrkc sent from oar own community siéncdOh
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No. 15 Tb the hl F01kLl'So"hool, llontoligle, ?enn. _ ' Juno. 1933
LABOR cmmxomrms '."m1 111 0nwer_051}T!.; _..- 1, , T7 ..
Unions or Grundy County entered polities for the rst time this your and en-
dorsed osmdidntes for oounty offices in the homoerotic pltllll-I? hold Jim! In "in-155 1'1"-
bollots were eounted ell but one oi the endorsed wn.h#@ "°'|92- .'1192° " °"1° ' 1'-5°
emdidotoe were: Roy Themes, for she:-i!_£I C11-tries ndsml. frmoldl ocmIn.iIlioml'IJ._
L. Rollinga. for superintendent 6 l0h001ll -I-116 '1-I-Y"I¢l1§'*°¢P-_"=I. 1'" 'l°S1_""'
Book oi E8016 Ian was Ciliibis P01111011 Coritlhbl 01' mdy Clm -u 87°-P
lied it; ' lsgiefin 1 'easn'ueetl:'r.er'"neer Dlegstee tree mrion mu omen!
oounties e . twell, mm.-,' April 21,. 1 win in-on. Hishlwderw e=l °=1=1°"#1 51-nuton ' ' in the P;-emotion of our end other leetings, which resulted in the
format! oi political oonrerenoea in both counties. These bodies were M46101! 9""the ggmilir Conference, whose members helped J9 11'-10°11 $119 119' Emu?" ~
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Progressive Forces Is Held ~:
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r-.'.- of "'=,b'rr and progressive dole
t1en__s 92ve.L'!m1l at Nashville, Fey 1|; I» 1_..5q'
A ["1ftg_o_1§point program wee adopted
e pllI.ID'l9292. legislative oonqitteejoet
Myles Horton mu men; the _.I1shWi
of the oell and no present at the eonferenoe. Ho took with him ;i.1.;.t_.. fr;nearby locale oi. WA smdBod CorriefiUnion. T -n.- '. IThe first state legislative oongr;u' =
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Showings Ofjien Film ,
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People of the Cumberland'," s. tile-
roel sound moving pietur produced by
Frontier Films, no shown to the_p92lb1_.,10
for the first time on Fay 2 at the_!le_1r
Sohool for Sooiel Resea:-oh_,T'!ew York City.
This wag made _tho 000151011 iO1__92
gala port}; for the benefit oi Iiig,hlandBi'
Folk Sohool. In agnoeting presided CW0!
by Leo Hubermen, the film showing we-8
:o1io~.-:ed by epeeehee from Jim Dombror;sl4i=
eeereteryei i;i,;n1ender, and Fox Lerner.
uui but Ul. giro L§ti_|:._;_1. The eudien 1311031
heard mgiemnp tall stories from natives
oi the Sn-oky iiountain area token to Neil
Iork for the ooooeion. The evening wee
gcnollld wlthe. square dance oal1e'l"92l1'
Ralph B. "Taffy"! Toffertoller oi gm
Highlands: stefl. -
A 5111',j1_!" party 9292"s._8 held in -='ash-
i1-,,;ton on my 1+. A .;
A private showing of "Po0p10_I>Y $113
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r92......STHFF HEIBEIRS EEC? BUSY AT HIGTlLM¢'DE.R
' friends of the School s.rs 'p|-obelbly
interested in knowing oi the -things
thet staff members do vrhilereeident
terms are not in eeesion.' Tie present
here brief eketohos oi stn activities
in recent weeks, not as 1 complete
schedule, but as e sample oi some or the
fork _Ihi'oh keeps the stuff busy the#011 around. _ , h
1 g_g;_:;gg Dombroweki p 1: '
' Jim left llonteagle late in 1,
traveling to Atlanta. and then to réen.F-1
-I'tIlf_---T**-group being organized by E11 sabeth Bowen,
sub-regional director oi TWOC. ' _
Proceeding to Raleigh, lI.'C.,' Jim
kttended s. oonferonoe of the Fellowship
of Sout.bet'n' Churohmen. The'h on we New
York. He visited friends of the Sohoel,
.01.: tickets to the Highlander beneru=*
_prog:-mu, and spoke "at the party Hey 2,
Moving to Washington, Jim spoke on the
_'boneiit program there May Ii, He ' wee
back ht School May 6' end into hie usual
occupations oi office work end garden.-ing, . " ' '
A"etri:ke developed at Chattanooga,
and Jim was on bend iley 25 to ape,-ii; 1;-9
a meeting oi TNOC members. '
_l-Io is now busy writing e study of
the-southern mountains on e fellowship
from the Rosenwald Fu.nd,- ' I '
T ._ " lfles Horton '
' '1@"leB'l1as been active in poii-t1oe.1'
orgémization mung unions oi Grundy end
Marion oounties. I As u result -of the
effective oooperation of looel unions,
successful political action hoe been
token 'ior the first time in this erea.
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Before -returning to SohbE1I'llay 11,
Myles spoke to textile locale it Durham,
Lumberton and Peyettevillei H. 0;, and
MOCO11| so C-. _ '
After two weeks he left. on another
trip. Heving spoken to tenant for-more "and
labor groups in Arkcnsee and Tennessemhe
arrived at emmeen City ior'the"' etota
convention iige £.F*.of L; " '
He is no"-fhdiding classes in a BIZA-
Y=-".-ci center-epoe t Blue Ridge. 1|.-*-c. '-
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Whlle rat]-nor Btoff members werenay-.
B111-was loft to hold the -rort gudwld Q;
office =wrlc,o -rly in Boy. A1; um-'""'_;,q,;p
he was mi-do m-airing e number oi tripe.
He poke to local 930. Hod Carriers
Union. aifieoger, Tenn" on April-29-.~ The
next two days he attended Conference
meeting: in Conlmont and Chattanooga. On
iijny 3 he took iaerzbers of the Hod Ger:-iors
Union on on orgsmi zing trip-_..to_'I'racy
City, to contact WPA workers. I Nezt- day
suv» B111 end the hod Carriers nalcing a
trip to Beorshgbe Springs to revive e. EPA
---~-1---- !~-_-Q1. and distributing 1e._.1'1e1:e_
for Bakery Workers Union, _1ooa1 25, which
bod been lukcd out at Tracy City, - . ,
Driving $0 Huntsville, ' Aie'lSoi:go§
Hey 6- he H11?-ended -.1 Const1"tI1tig5_ne.'l.Gon-'
venticn of unemployed which-set up the
Alnbana State Fedemtion oi '.'>'PA Workaro-
I.'-..". 4.:-.1} Bill Bpiiku to the Convention;
then drove to Coimont, Tenn... that night*~ ---~* am UE1llT2I:J1!JOI.".11111."I56&_'OI"'@!
Gwrldy CH-miy_T'a*11tica1 Conference. He in
' .;.:?{.o-I oi the Cc-nznittoe in
";'1:': .-. ;,os;..41o:..- _
,3. i:,r- 1,. trip to New York in May,
F17! 1' r..!k at School doing office and
ccrw 92_--11t§_' -H-tic, and writing on economics
on-urea if apart moments. _ '
}§;.lE1l Toffcrtoller - _
TefI;,' pt/.rtod northward lnte in
April writ}: o. O11 lend of I;Ol.l!'1tCl1l1'DUB10
ciens to fill O. number Of 8]:eol:in;; and
en*»;ertair~_me~2i. engagements. _
Li:-Li :1:-op was at o girls finishing
$"T92192*'>?-1= CW-thew Hi-111. Chwbhllm. Vo., for L
'="':v""' f" - P-o I.-rad speech. There were two
' "'1'" '1 Baltimore, for the Friends
'-'**'~- "-"- We YWCA girls. A speech and
on-nee for ilzilodelyhin Nor-mall School come
next on the program. Then there woe Q
_- H3, :- F.w Jersey State AOol1eg~:;~__fnI_
.'.'o.~==A . lie?! rumsrriok, H. J. * -
-"'r H -P '-Ttornocn oi Hey 1,_ Taffy and
his troupe performed in the New York
'.'ic;r'1d I-cuir Preview, nd that ;1j¬_ght
they nod charge oi o orognnm for the
~ PZT-' Festival Council; The next
, K . 92_,' provided e_nter_'_tu.inment for
Lin. I-115,111 under benefit party, and twoVQ'Il92m92
a 1 4
~.r- 1 o
_;_ w =*=- cocoon oirpcvce;-more v; f :5 .--3.. .!J Qbpgv l 1;. 1 a_.r H, ..._, ,_e;'_ " .. - on,3. .5 '§1===== *1»;-;-M-=e»1»§'"1= QQ-1»
Jimnie Cox" hue been 'I'ork1n5 for the
onuee oi civil liberty. He and Joseph
» Golder-a talked with the LaFollette Com-
niittee and ' were received at the White
Houee by Mrs. Roosevelt, who inviiiell
them 1'-.e' epend my 29 I--11 Hyde -Park. "I lo
hopes to p"rom'o1':o o, southern civil iiiiervI
,3 ._Z§;_ ___
V
ties oeinvention. K r- - 1'» rf r: .- *'-Ruth cul-hereon has o in ,1obJlg92_'L
If spore time; she 11 helping
nith eddeal pro -_or hosieryj-'="',1'7.5:FKE§ QM 5;; DOPE 1;.-I. .. 'g|,If Fl"{iorlzera Alliance decal, J U 92' ; _;_.§,', "-,;§1vo Bryon and Jo i - __, areactive cfe orgrmiiers for - - T
Fred" Rmneey direo re of
his union in o. prorluotin o = - Bigh-
leneer ploy, Labor Spy. He writes: We
have 5011 123 new members in our 1001216" '
A Kathleen Denning writes that she isto§ing port in the drnmotios progrqm oiwho ILfIWU loqol. U _a - ",=m1=|1e_,1e Riles has mode eipqen M about {:i.5h1e.r|der before the 'I'd1reo--i toie s co her return Hottih'£, ,. f'.Io.o§_!. iie hes been or-gr!_; fut z 921 cm-1:: and helping 1-.»l purlieh a_ehop_;;ope¥. for the Brotherhood"; oi_ Ten.|ne'terg,.~- _ 1 V ., __ ' V - " "l-..|- '
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years, members oi the Kilgore family
_hc¥e-' moved onto -the School grounds, be-
coming pert 10!; our staff. Ali is in
chgrge of the. form, while Vern presides 0155- }-,hpne§ee and kitchen. " - ,
i.-,_|1~.=_»~eiw_,_-some-cot @|
"° ,.HFS REVIEW and LET SUIFFHERR LABOR
I SPEAK-. '1o1;oBt H151-dander publications,
' vi,i'.i.'es' ,o1"'_students ond visiting spec-kero-
- Eich aq1la'_' for 25¢. ILIPIFII educational
de'poYrtr1{o;1't'_}ine ordered 50 copies oi LET
SOKTIERN LEBOR SEEK. .'7' ' "¥lI'-11"
'1we:n1§3! students vri.1I$.comcp igh-
londer Mme 21; for two qnoiij of work
nndfatudy under auspices o£;p@5qg1_conFriends Service Committee. ..- '
-SW P 4'1!=o'-email. '
.~ !F_.h_e SoIié5é},~J-Q5g_iuroho§od the Bnron
cottage book oi the playground uni
loosed the house next door formerly
occupied bytho Miller family. -_ _
_ on-c-o=oeo=__..~ .__.,.
Emory University Glee Club vigitgd
Highlander April 15, on route to Noah-
ville. The boys ate lunch and em; Q fen- te'1i_;;bq'n1._our winter term and the ecti-1IP
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round Lhe t7 fuil time resi-
students, the summer term at
and union ofhetals to the
ring the six wee-its period.
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l!llLfl1flil JI1lli prtsitlcnt Oi
d Rubber Workers, as the
spealter, llii: summer 565'
- ltog ll;-1 l3l'. at:1lt'ortitrenCe5l.
or ltcrs
[rum
from
1h :1
rsuiit-ti with their leaders,
friends and fellow wtirker.
part it: the musical, edl-92
and
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brought more than 300
with a Fourth of il-ll!
featuring S. H. Dal-
t92l to feati-re the s mech-
rri leaders Carloads Oil
lruru radsden, Slllfli
l9292isl1921lle. textile
Daltuti, and other
gruuinij interest in
its stintes, tame 10
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-lTl'i"":-$Qe'f7l:,-it.-'_' _ -I - >.-
ended at three o'clock Lhe next mot
Field trips for participation in la-
hrir activities were made to Laagcr
and Nashville, Tenn., and Dalton,
Ga., by stad and students during
l'iighlander's summer session for
workers.
Before 600 striking textile work-
ers, memlx-rs of TWUA, a play ere-
ated by the Highlander students,
was presented in a Dalton Theatre,
luly 11. The program also included
demonstrations of folk dancing, a
talk by Myles Horton, and the sing-
ing of labor songs, led by William
llnlrricl-t. The entire production was
tn:-it-r direction of Zilphia Horton
and Tl-inuteau Dyer of Highlander's
tlramatics department. Both matinee
and evening performances were giv-
en. The nal meeting closetl with a
speech hy Ralph Cay, local organizer
for the TCXltlC Workers Union. Zil-
phia Horton remained at Dalton
over the week-end to lead singing
at a. mass meeting and on the picket
lines.
Two other original plays _were
given beiore the Amalgamated
Clothing Worlters local at Nashville
on August 4. One was a musical
1.r.- written by Zilphia Horton,
"J.ul!y-Pop Poppa," which portrays
paternalism of cmployers and. , . ._ .- -A "3': -. Fe-T" .5" s. ' '1".. . _ 11- ..- ,,'_- K! I ' - ' ', , ' , -" ,, _ . his- a-, . . -. -. -. - r . . _- -T _-Ii. - " 1 = f _ ' .-i..- . M '.. iii. :_ r:- I '_ r _ __ ,__ 92,_ . *"'J---..- -. """"""- fr :.- - Jew--... ' -1"-I3 - ' - 92 ' ' -..47 _"- ' ' ' '5" .. . _,: - .':-nu,3 . ;1 if ' H " -i 3."-i i1,.-"= .'-..-'7'-92""i=_ -= . " .. ? ' i i ' , 5 ,.- :- ' - " ' _ . '¢Pr'-2*f.it.'i.i.'-lji;"¬;<il'if' .___j*'_ .-Q '3 ;1 lr§1~=*3;-'1 *1 -- .= iii I- ..
cial expense. Going to Dalton, Ga., summer students left one day at noonALL ABOARD!
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Field trips are fun. But they mean also physical hardship and nan
on the truck shown above. Picnic Supper was eaten off the haclt of truck
hetween matinee and evening performances. Return trip up the mountain
ning.
Highlander Group Presents Programs For Unions;
Malres Extension Trips During Summer Session
dents collective action in drama
class, was based on knowledge which
they had gotten in economics class.
Reports from the Amalgamated lead-
ers are that several new members
joined up as a result of the meeting
and program that night.
A union picnic at the scene of the
cooperative gardens operated by peo-iple in Grundy county was the occa-] sion which took the group to LaagerAugust 6. There, local members of
the United Mine Workers, Hod Car-
riers and Workers Alliance, with
their families joined in a program of
music and speaking. The Highland-
er group was accompanied by a num-
ber of visiting union oliicials, includ-
ing Clyde Mills, Southern Direc-
tor of the Amalgamated Clothing
Vlr'orl-ters, and organizers Mike
Smith and Bill Poythress.
The cooperative gardens are work-
ed by union families who will share
the produce at harvest time. Money
for seed and iertilizer was furnished
by Highlander Folk School. Two
garden projects are running in the
county: 5 families are cooperating at
Laager and 19 at Mtamont. The Ai-
tamont people have had to work in
the face of bitter opposition from
lanli.-union forces, which was carriedNON-PARTISAN LEAGUE
ESTABLISHED IN COUNT
Working people of Grundy Com
ty have already begun preparatiut
for the 1940 elections by the estal
lishtnent of a county unit of Labor
, Non-Partisan league.
Following previous organizaticwork and preparations of a constitt
tion by a committee of county lcat
iers, including Myles Horton, del-
gates met at the Tracy City cour
house, August :tu,' and set up ti
Gmndy County Committee of t.l'.
Lugue. _
The constitutional convention wz
a model of labor unity, includin
deiegates from the Workers All
lance, United Mine Workers, an
two A. F. of L. unions; Hod Cat
riers and Teachers Federation.
Alton Lawrence, southern dire:
tor of Labors Non-Partisan League
Matt Bunch, district representativ-
of the Mine Workers, Mike Smith
of the ACWA, and Paul Ragon
president of Chattanooga CIO Conn
cil, were among the visiting speakers
.Otlicers elected for the coming yea
are all members of the UMWA
Iohn Cieels, chairman, I-I. L, hit
Carver, vice-chairman, and Le-oi
Geary, secretary-treasurer.
Three resolutions were passed la
the forty delegates, one endorsin
Estes Kefauver as candidate lor lot
gress in the Third District, anothe
urging other groups in Tennessee r
form units of Labor's Non-Partisa
League, the third approving th
New Den! program and declarin
support of New Deal candidates i
all county, state, and national oihce
SCHOOL FOR WRITERS
. HELD AT HIGHLANUE
Fourteen young writers fro--1 a
over the East gathered at Highlnntlt
this summer for the rst spt-cit
writers' session to he held here i
the history of the School. This mail-;
a pioneering move in workers edu
cation and a signicant unity be
tween labor and progressive force:
The Sutnmer Workshop for Sturien
Vllriters, sponsored iointiy by High
lander and the League of Ameritat
Writers, opened for a two weeks
period on Aug-ust at.
Volunteer teachers were l.1rt1L1_ulIl
to Montcagle by the League. Lillian
Barnard Gilkes, journalist and liter-
ary authority, and chairman of tltf
Uta: Two Ti-re Hiot~ti_i92Ni>1ii FILING Ssrrauln 193
. _B0oi<s l
lg] business ma e s on erwrr gsIn Infii for All [Alfred A. Knopf, $2.00!
itrii-il~ ll F:-.rl.ieI pmuosed that government- l .- D -i F lb hi d '-""Ptst-"" "Y =*l'="*°" Th" '~l°' h" eves that lower prices, larger output and
3
;'5';~:r=nr».~;=-,I-=.iI=5i=ii'=ilaiining ril production vimulrl bring hails
rusperity under the prot system.
- r - IChester M Wright, A. F. of i.. puuidrrgent, esctt ~ e 2 r mniiemcnt '
.. e general public in a wellwritten ll"l¢
iiélllllme, Herr CtJI'|'i .I L-nilwr MacMi..llans'2-U.f>Cj. Ont oi a series calltd "Till Pt-'9Pl59;_ib|-;ry_" this brink is a ne example Bl
Elear, simple and appealing literature. Bill
-§i is naturally not an nbrcctivc report. and:lllI1i0l'It.|1'|llL'l! tends to be a drlrir I-If w'l'jar-rt Green and his fellow-rulers ni the
-92. F. oi L.
iZlLPH|A HORTON EDITS
sous BOOK. FQR UNION
A book of workers songs, collect-
lsd and arranged by Zilphia Hor-
Jori, Highlandcfs Director of Music,
and sponsored by Roy R. Lawrence,
Ul -]'!tt'.92l lt.I'll of tlif. Trilf york
;r~. utiiuri oi ritiiiciica. is iiii Liit
!ress.
The l!o0l92'.. etititletl Lritlior Sogi,
_.ontains sixty ittiir of the ITIOSI POP?-1'
-ar songs sung by union workers H1
lie Sntttli. Tlicre are introductory
t;iir-me-tits hv Finil Rieve, presitltl
ii Ti'."..I.'92, F-{cl:i'.'y Hill-'riari. presi-
ieiai Li tii-c .=ii;i.ii,;.-iiiiaie-ei tiutliiiig
,Vorlter<_ _iri='l Iohn L. L.-wit, CIO;=:,r i. ' : _ -.<»l.l.-l..t,l i,,. rhr
i'9292L-'.-t"- 5t llllEr'l[l'rl'| olhcc, which
. -mrlc-r l.~- .l"tt"|lFi!'92 oi Mr l;iW-
t'll; .
19:»-.1.-4 tin".rliw press Oi The
~.- 92-'ii-iston §.il*'r-'i.
lihlirll is printed
:i.".rl;t'd paper and
-iccilrir~i:over. It ti
mingle" eopies, Willi
r quantity orders.
...»...'..:l be directed
i92i..:,....
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C I" this l" '92.' 'i
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l92v92
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i-"iflice, Atlanta
Atlzuita, Ga. ildjog.
union /,.~ . yk492.Ill u92:.
; - -
;~»;;-Mi - ~ -=f-=- ----"'=*.d_ _,/ 1-.- S.
r '- -- vi follc-wing;
Tl r.l_-=~~.?--- -< The date set
rtir ;i lI'92lll ll ill all lligrlilantl~i
.. .i|isi.,... mill bldll l> asiuiig
all who have been students at
the t.-.l.t-"ll tti return for that
~.- .- l . - .. program oi i
fun Jiltl fa ship will be prc- I
gr !-together l
This is the rst homecoming 3
pru_t:rrirr- atteiriptecl at l.he
szlzool, aiitl it is expetd to*'~ <~ I . . -'-- i'!r'92r92Tll.!nlill92'
- .. -lfllili ;1;'.i'.iTit'::
.:."t! Uirii _;. cil views on la-
l~.' |'-till-ltiits in the various- 1
Iior Nove_i'ril:ier
Il
iReached 2,000 People
Approximately 2,000 people, RP-
re<entjng 11 international unions,
were reached directly by various
phases of Highlander's summer pro-
gram since Iuly 1, according to cil-
culations by Myles Horton, educa-
tional director. Horton's estimate in-
cludes the warlr in Grundy County,
eld trips, institutes, resident term,
visitors. Ten of the organizations
represented are a part of the CIO,
eight belong tn the A. F. of L., and
the remainder are unailiated.
This estimate does not include
staff activities it-i Iune, during which
Myles and Zilphia Horton were on
the sta at the Blue Ridge, N. C-.
Student Christian Conference, at-
tended by 500 young people. ln the
same month Zilphia taught music
to too YWCA girls at their Southern
Industrial Conference.
SPEAKERS FEATURED [Conl'd}
the United Mini: lfktf, Ala-
hama; Edward F. Callaghan, T92VUA
director for Tennessee: Ed Iohns.
hosiery organizer, Chattanooga;
Paulinc Galloway and Bernard Bor-
:ih. ACWA organizers, Greensboro,
N. C.
st ol labor leaders who Siiiilv
at H hlancler continues with R. R.
l.1'-wrcnce, southern director of the
TWLIA; IO representatives Yelvcr-
ton Cowherd ol Birmingham and
T. I. Bri.isl'i"! Smith of Nashville;
Alton Lawrence, southern director of
l.ahor's Non-Partisan League; arid
Lawrence Rogin, educational dirtfc-
tor of the American Federation oi
Hosiery Workers, who presented a
program of sound movies, including
the Highlander lm, People of the
Cumberland."
From the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers came Elizabeth Hawcs,
New York; Mike Smith, Knoxville;
Griselda Kuhlrnan and Bill Pray-
thress. Nashville. The Textile Work-
ers were represented by Ioe Dobbs,
.hattanooga; R. H. Brazzcll, Nash-
ville; Lucy R. Mason, Atlanta; Ralph
.;iy and Tommy Sparks, Dalton;
iierticrt William, Alabama director;
and C. E. Earnhardt, Georgia direc-
tor.
Legislation aecting unions was
plained by: Franlt Coee, Social
.$rt'92.ifiiY Board; Warren vv'oods, Na-
tional Labor Relations Board; Mrs.
Elizabeth Thompson, I. O. McMa-
han and L. Goodman, of the Teri-
nt-ssee Public Wellam Department;
Will Dr. Mali-om Little and Dr. I-
Hermaii Daves, of the TVA.
Other speakers were: Dr. ArthurSummer Program Has l STUDENT SPEAKER
iis, High Point, N. C. tex-
cr, practices Public Speak-
ing on fellow students. Students
this summer thought the training in
speaiting and parliamentary proced-
ure so important that they wanted
more than just the class periods. So
they initiated the custom of allowing
one student to give a short tall-t dur-
ing the evening meal, thus giving
everyone more opportunities for
speech-making.tile
l'l;:ia:*=_,
ls Held at School
Seventysix workers, organizersand oiicials of the American Fed-
eration of Hosiery Worlters jammed
the Highlander Follt School and
oierowed into two Monteagli: he»
tels for the union's week-end confer-
ence Iuly t and 1. t
l.-awrcnize Rogin, national educa-
tional dircctor, came from Philadel-
phia for the event. Second vice-presi-
dent Edward F. Callaghan and or-
ganizers Bill Frazier, Matt Lynch,
Ed Iohns, and Frank Bradshaw were
present. Workers were drawn from
the unioos branches in Tennessee
Alabama and Georgia.
World: who is now preparing a hook
on the New Deal; Rev. Iohn B.
Thompson, University of Okla-
homa; and Dr. Willard Uphiius, 0
the Religion and Labor Foundation,
who ws accompanied by a travel-
ling seminar of :5 ministers, teachersand students. -
The resident summer students
came from seven international un-
ions and the Y.M.C.A., about one
third of them being members of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers.lWlTH THE ALUMNl
Cecil Holmes, president of tli
United Rubbers Worken local 1
Gadsden, Alabama, was with us fc
the Fouh of He told how h
had stopped a company union rnovi
merit by circulating 2 rnimeographc
leaet among the worlters. Ce:
Elearncd how to do typing and rnimi
ographing at Highlander last winte
I . '
Matt Lynch, American Federatio
of Hosiery Workers organizer, is i
icharge of the union ollice at Nasl
l ville, where the workers have won
lgrcat victory at the Sc-Ling hosier
plant._ Q O O
Dillard King and Lewie Vaugli
were delegates to the constitution.-
convcntion which set up the Gnind
County unit of Labor's Non-Partisa
League.. U I
Harare and Margaret Bryan rt
turned from Texas for the twi
weeks session of the League c
American Writers. They repoi
widespread violations of the Wag
and Hour Law in Iack Garner's tei
ritory. "The only enforcement in th
Docan iridustrv is what the tiriiotr H __ 1,i.oin|.i-ers, said Horace.
I Q
Benton ha
worlt at P:
ACWA ariil C.ilr-i'rri'rte Euersole
been doing volunteer
ducah, Ky., for the
;ILGWU. She was in charge oi
campaign which succeeded in sror
ping the sales in local stores of gai
ments made by open shop- mariu
facturers.U D C .
Highlander alumni around th
Louisville - Lexington - Wineheste
la.-ea in Kentucky are holding regu
. lat meetings to coordinate their worl
and report progress to each otherlThey recently journeyed to Cincin
nati and presented a program o
plays and music learned at High
lander, before an audience of strik
ing clothing workers. The group in
eludes Hazel Sargent, Katlicrinr ant
Ei'i'zabetb cm», Zola Sprrgei, L.i'liirzr
Sargent, Bil! and Peggy Flammgarz
Iarkyr Kulallek. They are plat-tnin;
to incubate too hen eggs and prescn
the new-born chicks to Highlander
l BFJIJVC Poytiircri writes that botl
,mills and WPA projects are closing.
down in Mississippi. Telerforo our
4'0 reports the same thing in Texas
It looks like the southern tories art
beginning in advance of 1940 theii
campaign to starve the oeonle intr
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NEXT TERM OPENS MARCH 25;
SPECIAL COURSES OFFERED
Southern worltersmcn arttll
totnen in the labor movementl
ate being acccptetl as stutlcntsl
another resident term toy
put Marclt 15 at Higltlamlet
Full, School. l
.-ls sir; 9292'ecl;s' pmgraltt oi educa-
tmr and rer?.'t':ttit92ti is offered to tht
:-tnclents, who will have an opportu-
nut to t..i;:_' part in the informal class
9292tt!l. and tu meet and hear many
rtrtt~t:tritlin;g la-ziders of the South.
' _ " in ;itt|'rJ
r9292 usual, the school is arranging
1.. l.;.92c leaders in 'llt'. elds of labor,
t' _lU.';ltt0l! and government assist
with the program. Under the general
titl-g "The 929292';|l-cenirtg South," there
attrltesses liy various.92Lc92|92._ l_ulir~,| lrtaclcra
11_Il§_l ;lir.:'uss:otts
. i:tir1rt.l.iy ;.tlttr1t00t1s
II" it->l~ --r il'it- !t'FIl]. l92- iii l92i' 9292't~-lt.l92
nu; in. t-r -.1
to ls-i lttltl -in
"ii ywptt ;1t1t"92 tu presi, the
l il n l t r-nnt_' those 9292'l'92O ltave
ltll92 to speak: Allan
.';-i' ut the _ll. ],;
't.It'llIIlllf:It1Il presi-rl-=' i- tn: Ytlutnirtun: W'0rlrr.-rs;l
i~ I t-- l ~ =.itli- tn director of
flu 92'!£.llL'A'i'7.lP-til Clothing 92V0rls-yl|__.92t.ii-l_ li
'/.. :.
- 1 t 1 ~92'-hertl. Birming-
Jh|' I.l_ !.; Frattls-i i I , 4 1 .it 92~'oi-lat-rs Defensein... -.t-ti-i |_|
l.t.t;'itiv'. list!. il.:t9292'rertce. Southern
'i 9292',t'..92. l1.ttctt»t; Ur. ]. H. Dawesof Fisk University; Frank Core Oi
the U5. Social Security Board. Oth-
t.'ts h.t92't.- been lt5tI.'Ll lot prospective
92 isits. hut not yet scheduled.
R Jl.X'T'l irudcn, publicity diTEC1Ol'
til the Lfnitetl Rubber V-orLt-rs, will
spend :1 weel; at the $¬houl to Offer
special traittirtp, in union pul>1iLi!}'»
April 1-6.
R:-creation amt Trip:
lltyrltlancler will hart: the Stl92'iCE5
of lolin Morgan, eld worker for the
Conference oi Southern Mountain
Workr-rs. {or at least two weeks of
the st-sstuti. Mr. Morgan is an expert
recrezrtiorr lr.-ader and will orr a pro-
prani rtl lull»; games. music, dancing
.tml craft work.
As in the past, students will lac
igiven opportunity ttt take held trips
rand to oltserve and ii pctsiihle tal-it
5--.--t tn lllllllll :u.Ii92i92ic:92 of this region.
1 CiU.rs tr/my
The regular Highlander stafl will
he in charge oi classes which covet
!~'L1ElI sulitects as Union Probltrni,
History, l"it't_inntt1it's,lul1lic Speaking
and lhtltatitentaty Ling Iuurnalism,
liratntttics. Social Science Workshop.
lu the class pctids students exchange
irlt-as arnl eapfricnffs and discuss
their prultlents tlttder the instructor's
leadership.
The stall dt.'cider.l to holtl resident
terms irt the spring and tall this year
tnsteatl oi winter and summer. This
It-tires the summer free for special
shurt sessions, Institutes and E0t.'tfet-
tr! the il 92'..'92'. l.lr. Clt.1t'lLs ]uhnsonl'l'l[l.'5.
5T"l r.N'fS. AT REUNION i
URFPT " 'Jl.ll92ll ASYNI
t ttll anti sat 1 ll.l"92 tt|J$t1tt'5S C0111-|
hinttl to tnaltt a pleasant and
- _il .Eii.|lt :1. the rst stu--
~ .lt<-lti at Hi vhlantl-'
"i:tr--1--ts uh.! 1tlu1':tccl' swapped
.rn.l lmiu-,;lit out ntstnv useful
'1--'-i lti~ is :9292i.l_1 't1'tt ft i m;1l|
.l"|.Jl>. -92itur1l..au-'
t r .-- 1'ii.92.i.tlsy'!"92 'J11J]|92f QI1_3_
Em: ~ '92' wt l;trti<.;in Lt-ago:-_ lctl a dis-lr92ntl the ttlountntn trettthletl Once
;tg.til] to the 92uice of lltiljth Tel-
lit ! 'l't.llit;rtellL'r, rt:tut|1t;t.l lint the
|'t'92l.llt!i1. and the stamp ul dancing
lect. as Tcilie led the alumni and
lrientls in one oi his litmous Olcl-time
square t.l:|nt'es.
i92l.ttt Lylich 0! Naslt92'ille was Chos-
rin a5 ptcsitlettt oi the Highltttlder
Alumni Av-<>t"tatic>tt, and Mrs. Chris-
tine liettsrtrty Iii Uillu-rtsrillc, Ky, as
su'rcl;lry.t!easu!t:r_ The executive
_lJI'Il|lIii!l&'L' t-lt-clrrl by the group un-
.92l92i|s ol rlirxe two olccrs and the lol-
ln92viny_;. jacl-ye Kwallels, Lexingtuml
Ky.; Daisy Harris, Nash92'illt; andll
l
Egon nlmr iv/1 nub fir roilmg alt hand: Jo
mral; and merit-rig: or the 1949 spring
term opt-nr at Highlander. Tire bell rmgrrlltlmrc |J Mn. A. E. Krigarr, an-c of Mir
rrItom"r fI'r|g/I50 .
"DEMOCRACY IN sourt-1"
rt-tame or CONFERENCE
l With Dernocracy in they
South" as its program theme,
the Southern Conference for
ll-lurnan Welfare will open al
three-day meeting at Chatta-nooga, April Iq. l
The Conlierenre was established in!
the fall of 1938 with a meeting in
liirntittghatn attended by r-too dele-5gates. Mrs. Rouse-92t:ll and lusticei
Hugo Black wet" atrtang the Speak-ers at the Birmingham sessions.l
Frank P. Gr-Jharn. president of the
University 01' North Carolina, wasllelerred chairinan of the organization.
r The program committee for Lhisl
year's meeting is headed by Leon
luurultnan, Tennessee Conimission-l
ier of Railways and Utilities. The:
program outline includes the follow-
lug topics: Rt.-ligiozt and Detnocracy,
Rural Lite in the South, Constitu-
tional Rights and 5ullrage_ Ihildren
tn the South, lstrlustry in the South. y
Each southern state has a commit-l
tee or state council to carry on the
husinrss of the organizatiurt. Myles
Horton, llighl:tn£.lt'r Folk Ecltraul ecl-
ucational director, is 3 Jttcltther 0| the
Tennessee eurrttnittee.
Headquarters of the Conference
arc at Hotel Patten, Chattanooga,
where Howard Lee, executive 5cCl'e- 1Welfare Group ls Making
Study of E-rundy_Counry
OE great interest to all those
who live in Grundy Countylor
are concerned in any way with
the plight of its jobless people
is the study of the county ll-181
begun by the American Asso-
ciation of Public Welfare, undfr
the direction of Mrs. Gay Shep-
artlson of Washington.
A committee of Grundy County
citizens has been set up to work close-
ly with Paul Savage, Tennessee Corn-
rnissioner of Public Wcll=Y=t Whl
has been promoting the survey. La-
bor is represented on the committee
hy Clyde Boyd, of Palmer, a rrtcmbr
of the United Mine Workers.
A complete survey will be made of
the county's economic and social =5-
sets, liabilities and possibilities. This
project is the kind of thing High-
lander has lf>¢¬r.t advocating HS a SIC]-Y
toward long range planning to re-
lieve the unhappy condition of
Grundy County.
SOME EVENTS OF THE
FALL AND WINTER
bed by Southern Director Iohn
Martin, a group of ILGWU mem-
bers from Atlanta and Chattanooga
met for a weelc-end institute at High-
lander in September.
William Buttrizk was one of lhe
speakers at the Conference on De
mocrary in Tennesee, held in Nash-
ville Not. 4~5 under sponsorship 01
the Southern Conference for Human
Welfare. He discussed "W'm'l-ters'
Education in Tennessee."
Continued n Page 2!
i Weeltly Discussions
Schedule of Panel Discussions
l to be held during the Spring
Term, C92'ery Saturday after-
noon at 2:30 o'clock.
March 30 . . . . . . . . . _ . ...
. . . ... Organizing ftf:tF:0d'r
April 5 . Union Pubt'l' iI_1'
April I3 Pol'irira|' Action
April :|.o . . . . . A.C.l*l-""4. $m
April 17 .. Labor Le-gislaricm
Highlander cordially invites
any of its friends who can at-
tend to come to these discus-
sions, l
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l . i_!92 ..92o lllzlillllb.PAGE TWO QH THE Hteiiumotii rttus W 0 MARCH, i
Labor Organizes Political I
Body on Statewide Ba
A further step toward state
wide political organization for
labor was taken in December,
when the Tennessee League for
Progressive Democracy was get
up at a Chattanooga convention
of workers and union leaders.
The organiztation was formed as 3
unit of L3l_} !Tl5 Non-Partisan League,
Whose Executive 92"'iceaPresident, F,,
L. Oliver, came to the cily to address
... delegates. Qfrers elected are i.92-'i§_
liaiii Turnblazt-r, president, Edward
F. Callaghan, vice-president, Paul
ll. Ragori, secretary.
The Munteagle local of American
Fideration of Teachers sent delegates
who were active in the convention,
92Villiarn Bttttrirk serving as tempo.
rar_92' sccretary and Myles Hur1on 35
chairnian of the nominations com.
rnittce.
SOME EVENTS
Co|'m'nuei2' from page 1!
Myles Horton attended the CI !
national LOIl92'lZJ.1llOI1 in Sun Francisco
and spent two months in California
1='lliI1_=_' people about I-lighlander
2ill'Il1i:i Htirtnn hit 5; -pr [hi-3 win.
let orgatiijtmg lot the Atnalgamated
Clothing V92'r92rlters in Naslt92'ille
'lhe school has been helping lime
v.'orl-trrs at Sherwood, Tcntiessec,t
I71i!l{f' plant tut a unioii mt-dttal toil
upcratite. l. D. Biatljord, a High
lander alumnus is p[e*§| l:3|'|[ of the
A. F. of L. local tlit-tc.
l
laines [Jomhrowski was a delegate
lo the United Christian Conference
mi Democracy. at Cleveland, Ohio,
l:92rit'.tri :3 23,___ l
M;-1}" Lawrance has been holding l
etluc.-titiiial classt-s for teiintsters andl
ta-tttti t.':;itii'i '92'9292:li92L'l"92 in l.<iuis92tlle,l
Yr are fottttnate to have mi hand
it»-it .i l>L;|uItlLIl ..UlltCil0ll of colored
&li92_lts to ivc titr:ict;lvtl on a screen!,
l.dl92 i| oi the children at the nursery
school. There arr also a few slides of
the toinmiintty and of ;|ClJ,92|I|t§ at
Highlaticler. Groups interested in
l:rI92.'.'.é_' 1l!L'IiL' pictures shriwn at thrirll
;...t'tiii5;s ;-iltJ92Ji92.l wine to liin i!t,itt1-
biowslu. lt might be possible for al
stall i'iietii't>ri' to sliuu.' the lms, if!/'92Ll=
1.111,
1lnitiatcd in Grundy County, with
the help of Highlander sta mem-
bers, the court battle over poll tax re-
quirements for voting is moving into
the spotlight of national interest.
Henry Pirtle of Tracy City, county
;sca't loot miles north of Highlaiidcr
Frill. Stltool, did not pay his poll tax
it iast year. For this reason he is denied
1 the right to vote by Tennessee laws.
But for a special election to choose at
|epresenl;|ti92'e to Congress last fall
Pirtie aslced the Federal court at
l'92';.tsh92'ille to lIil T92Lltt against elec-
tiott olhcials who withheld the hallot.
l Legal Argument:
I The case is now before the US.
Circuit Court of Appeals and is ex
pt-cted to CUIIUHUC on through the
Supreme Court before the battle
ends. The legal argument of Pirtle's
appeal is based on the contention that
ya state cloes not have power to tax a
federal function and by doing so the
state infringes upon the sovereigntyof the United States.
Pirtle is barked by the Civil Rights
Committee of the Southern Confer-
lence for Human Welfare, which hasPOLL TAX FIGHT GAINSNATIONAL l
CASE ARO
retained Crampton Harris of Birm-
ingham as legal counsel. I
Double /fllark l
The Committee, whose Chairman
ii Mayor Maury Maverick of San
t'92HlUlllU. is making a double-ban
relled attack on the poll tax evil. A
bill designed by the Committee has
liei-n introduced in CDt92'f1'es5 I y Rep
rest-ntative Lee Geyer De-m._ Cal!.
1 ff passed into law, it would preventlany state from making payment of
poll taxes a requirement for voting
for ft'|.lt:tal officials. ,
Millions of workers in the Southwill nd themselves able to exercise
their own free choice in elections
lif this campaign succecdsrtiillions
formerly denied the ballot or "voted"
by political bosses who paid for their
tax receipts.
Ioseph Gelclers of Birmingham,
secretary of the Civil Rights Com-
mittee, has been raising funds to,
help support this ght by the sale
at one cent each of stamps for use
on the backs of letters. Each stamp
bears the slogan; "Abolish Poll Tax- t
esl Free America Firstl"
l
l Last summer Highlanders
Plyrnoutli coach was limping so
badly we decided it had to have
a thorough overhauling. After
being hauled oil the Tennessee
River ferry by a tractor because
the worn out clutch wouldn't
pull, Bill Buttrick arrived with
the car at a Chattanooga garagel
~to be informed that the total
repair bill would amount to
5:40. And that was the end ofthe car: service to Highlandeni
It was left with the dealer in eit~MATTERS FINANCIAL
the country. It has been preserved
for posterity by the deposit of a Copy
in the United States Archives at
Washington. But we have no means
of showing it to anyone ourselves.
A used r6 mm. sound projector
would be welcome. A new one costs
$500.
Yes, things do wear out. There is
the mimeograph machine. Aiter
years of hard service it sLill grinds
our copybut for sure we think it is
pltcating machine is one of our im-
portant needs._ Aon its last legs. A new, modern du- WITH Tl-IE ALUMNI
Cillrr'.r!.ir:l' Evrrsolr Benson sc
news that is real news. The Ari
bamated in Padueah is givin|
series of six broadcasts over
local radio station. These free
pearances are in the form of sl
on the meaning oi the Union.
Marion Cfiampiori has been appoi
ed regional supertisor in no
Georgia for the WPA Work:
Service Program.
Cecil Holmes reports a great victt
for the rubber workers in Ga
den. The NLRB handed dowr
favorable decision in the case t.
had been pending for 2 years.
Hilda Hulberr writes that she is p
during a "practical union so
book which will contain "ft
proof accompaniments."
Ialtrmy Sullenger and Dora M
Brooks report that they recent
put on Lolly Pop Poppa," a mu
cal comedy skit by Zilphia Horto
for Lhe A.C.W.A. in Paduca
Dora Mae's Glee Club is still goir
strong.
Bernie Srb midr, of the Steel Worke
Organizing Committee, is helpit
with a newly organized Worker
Educational Club in Covingto
Kenuuelsy.
Ti-lei-fora Ouii.-do, after leading
strike of the Pecan Workers :
which he was assaulted and ii
jured, writes that he is now OI
of work and expects to go bar
to Mexico.
Billy: Barley, ILGWU organize
finds time to write a play eve
though she has to take time O1
to get her car rewired "as a resu
of stooges whacking into it leavin
me without lights, and gas lint: ut
connected.
Jelirre Hrzrris writes that she ha
thought of the "good old Publi
Speaking course" a number o
times lately. She has been partici
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VOL. 2, NO. '77 Morrraaota, rnmigssnrs _ O so;-smssifiia
_S:'i{dents' Reunion.9: For Nov. 22-24
Highlander is looking forward
to seeing old friends again at
the annual alumni reunion
scheduled for Nov, 22-24, Home-
coming week-end is a very spe-
cial occasion. and we are plan-
nmg a program that should pro-
vide food tor fun and thought
Friday evening will be devoted
to the muse or renewing old
lrlendships. A program of gen-eral entertainment is planned.
More serious business gets under
way Saturday morning, with re-
ports of the activities or High-lander. and of alumni in the
iieid oi workers education.
Following lunch Wllliani Butt-
rick, economics teacher, will lead
a discussion on the world situa-
tion and its relation to labor.
A l'Ol.i5ih£ game of volley bail,
A1lbl|Aa1hu92>-E, l»A92U!H¢L sport, Willround off the aiternoon nd
work up healthy appetites tor
the banquet Saturday night. Im-
promptu entertainment and sing-
ing. followed by folk dancing, is
on the evening program.
Sunday morning a report willbe made of the C. I Cl, conven-iio'*.. :itc" '.':l1i.:". '.l:"t'c will be
a discussion on labor and poli-
tics.L"-'- ' -:. '-ii ll - u.-at-92-:-end
program will be a consideration
of how the Alumni Association
{Iii} Tl-EjiiistI-in;hianrlvr. and what
urlr~r92': wan. do to help each
other
riiA i:."*v.t
nnrr willii Ling alter StlritlnyDfllllIlll_92' end the
[1-ru;'.';= :1
FASCiST LEADER
ATTACKS SCHOOL
The latest attempt to discredit
lhghlandei by shouting "red" and
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as -r.-'.- .f r -- . --:'~..:;v 1,1 » is-.' mi. -j °- 2;of liftll columnist" Ls a forty-two
page pamphlet "The Fifth Column
in the E_}92:.lii1. written by Jiiseph
P. ICE.-iP. of the Constitutional
Educational Lr-ag-ue. A large part
lll! ;,-a:u:92lii1". is devoted to
l1 '"l.i""ri-II" -1 f.92"~lTllll"' "hark to
H!.L'l1lr<1iviP| tor Sliiil i~ prominent-
AI: 92_.~ r..;ii|ip i.- the author
oi8 _D8lI|lll'llPt 'l"he Fifth Gol-
uinn 1:: Vi.'asluneton" which ac-
0ldll'l_T.' tn ihr NA'I'IOl'~l. Novem-
Ller 2. 'r92li92!lli]'|T.é in prove that
Pl:cl-.".".t
clerk
lionlZ¢-W DClET from the Presi-
ta thr most humble
137 :1 C '|lllIll|_lTll5i. by convic-
ancl a filth columnist by "FT.i
choice "
Columnist John 'Iernplr G-raves
ll 9292':';L:11i ill Tho :15-t| *t'll.i:'; {Illi-
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RKER-STUDENTS eniuylng the pear: and beauuy of Ill: mountains Than
'-"r. -.rh~ :_':ad=d the id! urn at !'!!=!!§!!é!!', crop at Eagle I Citif, u few mlltl
theschool, to luv: I look at the valley below.
Busy Fall Term Trains 27 Students in Beiierllniunism
The fail term for workers.
which closed Oct. 26. brought 22
regular. and rive special students
to Highlander for six weeks of
resident study. These students.
together with the 203 visitors
who came during the sessionrepresented 28 international la-
bor unions.The students came from ten
states and Mexico. Federico Sal-
azar, Mexican electrical worker,
was sent to Highlander by the
Pan-American Union as Put 9!
5 prggram of exchanging 5l-l1-dents between the two coun-
tries He is a member and o1ii-
cer of the labor union for his
industry, Sindicato Mexicano de
Electriclstas.
The Eleanor Roosevelt schol-
arship, announced earlier this
year. was awarded to Ed Blair.
president of the AmalgamatedClothing Workers local at Nash-Division, gave an important dis-cumion or t.he enforcement pro-
cedures ior the wage and hour
law. Copies of his speech were
distributed to the press and pub-lic from Mr. Eaves Nashville of-
fice. and his remarks were metwith much interest from the stu-
dents here and the general public.
Bernard Tsorah, 51'!i.iil'!EF Gi-recwr oi the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers, taught a class
on contracts. Also assisting with
classes were Paul Christopher,secretary oi the Tennessee In-
dustrial Union Council, and Ai-
ugm Lam-ence, southern repre-
sentative of Labor's Non-Partisan
League.Qlher 5pEBl Bl'5 during the term
included Lucy Randolph Mason,
Public Relations representative
for the J, I. O. in the South;
George Bass, oi the Unit-ed Rub-
ber Workers Elm Brown, pres-i
er.ident oi the New York local oi
iville.In addition I-0 U18 1'88!-lll
glasses. in history, economics, un-
ion problems, drarnatios. parlia-
mentary law, union publicity,there were weekly panel discus-
sions on problems oi interest to
labor The discussion on organ-
izing was chaired by Edward F.
Callaghan, vice president oi the
American Federation oi Hosiery
Workers. Rev. Ellsworth Smith,
pastO:' of the Chattanooga Third
Fri-sbylr-riuii Church, led a panel
on cooperatives. The panel on
national defense was led by Yel-
vermri Cowherd. Birmingham re-
gltmil] C. i. O. director and past
commander of the American Le-
gion in AlabamaWiflmm E'a92E5, regional direc-
nsr for U1» U. S. Wage and Hourthe ',[yp-ngraphical Union; Vir-
gil Donner, editor or the South-
ern News Almanac; Orville Mas-
tin, cooperative expert; Gerald
Harris, Sr. President of the Ala-
bama Farmers Union; Dr, Lil»
llan Johnson, donor of the High-
lander Folk School property;
John 5r;i-miter, Southern repre-sentative of the United Retail
and Wholesale Employees of
America; Roy Reynolds, presi-dent. of the Chattanooga Print-
ing Press:-nen's Union; Joe Geld-
ers. secretary oi the Civil RightsCommittee of the Southern Con-
ierence oi Human Weliare-, Den-
nis Nelson and Preston Valien of
Fisk University, and MargotGayle or the Women's Commit-
tee on Abolition of Poll Ta-w.'
¢>~0-vi./' /yCapital Leaders -
Plan HFS Party
Mrs, Francis Biddle and Mr.
Archibald 'l'..!e.cL-elsh will mve
readings from their poems as the
leature event oi a 1-Iiglilander
benefit at Pierce Hail, Washing-
ton, D, C. on the evening of
Dec. 8. The program will include
the singing or iolk ballads and
workers songs by Mrs. Zilphia
Horton and short talks by Myles
Hort-on and James Dombrowski
of the Highlander start.
The benefit is being arranged
by the Highlander Washingtoncommittee composed of Mr. Mal-
colm Ross. chairman; Mrs. Clif-
iord Du-rr. vice chairman; Dr.
Elizabeth Webb, secretary; Mrs.
Michael Straight, assistant sec-
retary; and Charles E. Handy,treasurer.
Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt
will head the list or patronesses
and will attend. Other sponsors
are Mrs. Cordell I-lull, Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Oarmody, Hon.
and Mrs. Lee Geyer, Miss Kath-
ryn Lewis, Miss Mary Anderson.
secretary and Mrs. Hamid Ickes,
Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Ptnchot, Mr.
and Mrs. Corrin Strong, Hon. and
Mrs. Benham Baldwtn, Hon. andMFSA John Carlee, Hon and Mrs.
John Collier.
SCHOOL RECEIVES
NEW ENDORSEMENTS
Space does not permit us to
print the many endorsementsand friendly letters that have
come to Highlander in recent
months.A5 we enter the ninth year of
service as an educational and
cultural center for southern
workers we are happy to know
that never before has the school
enjoyed such widespread sup-
port.
Labor Leaders:
John L. Lewis wrote on Oct.
in, "I should like to take this
occasion to commend the work
of the Highlander Folk School,
and to endorse its program and
objectives. I think that. the school
is performing a noteworthy task
in the field of liberal and useful
education, and that real recog-
nition is due for the gr-r1er0US
and effective support which it
gives to the struggles of labor in
the Smith."
Dr. George B. Counts. presi-
dent oi the American Federation
of Teachers, I have every con-
fidence in the Highlander Folk
School as an institution thor-
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November, 1940
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SLANDER
'I.=.~. ::....i Illil Banner does not
like organized labor. It does 110$
like labor schools. In seotember
the Banner sent its reP°TT-E1. MT-
Richord Battle, to Grundy Co.lr_i_-ty to get ii story about the F0lKSchool. The article raises the
old "red" issue again and also
announces the amazing discov-
ery that bankers, manufacturers.and lintl-lubOr employers do not
like Highlander. Mr Battle doe?
not quot» our neighbors. In fact
he does not seem to think high-
ly of rnouniain people in geri-
eiai, for lie speaks of them with
trank contempt. "The countri
people, the residents of cluttered[;3l',:in.; and untidy shacks," is his
way of l'l"SL"ll1ll'lg these proud
and sturdy Americans As mat-
i=_.- of --..-ho knows
Ihe !Tlf!.ill!I-ill: peoplethei~.- cabins usually are models
oi rirliness and ncatness. We
Ti92iI""ll v.l.ri? Ml Battle's l'i092iSE
192l_lllll4 no. ilk! .. 11L had only
$5-T! a year rash income, which1-. an rum-2 l}'r:l.:*~11nrls of moun-
tain families receive
Mr Battle could not find B
si:.{:,l-'* ]!¬l"'O1lfall '.='i.o.l lit =s':'i'.|= Yet WE
l~-vt ll "-ll-liP{' si-'tl '|.'l state-
r:.*~iit IlLil"l -.< m'li"1h'92.' to Wh-3111,_ _ I I old him
tho; mrislr oi" 'r.h= m~.-unlain peo-
y;.. !l!' q.---lrnuiiliy gust con-.. , of the
92 :..'i:i...', 92:|o' 921.'9292."-ilflg for the- I .--.: r- "1."
i ~1..- i , vi: l2 years
i .. .1 lll.- school of
.:- .Yl'i_l!:l1- u. well known
- ., 92:..- =-. l'v¬92 lk5 and
- . . 2, Ttoscnwaldiijrf
11'
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!=:.} iE;.l . 5:»w,- rd much goodi" : .~"r Folk School
El ..i:l- 1;. .- ii .-tr:-riiuiiity, both1; ll 1-i:":'. i..ll Mid altruistic
92l.'"92' 'l'li-.-j have proved their
l]ll'llilEl!l]! ¥_'b|liCll.!ll§r to the poor
ntiti ii-.*r'-iiv Mrs R. Starr.
pie-s..:l1i.t 01 the - A., wrote.- F-. ."ll-. that they
4. . .... .92 . t. _-.>.r.n.i;iiity."
or- c-!~.»;|<=- L 92.=.-'lriney, rector
-. . Hr . £5-~...in=.-u, wrote.i of the
' "" .i.bie judg-
. . ll--*1 ilinseeratetl. commu-
Him P.-_|.1 -ll} l}C1lE92'E it
1. fl.cot bi-.-I ht !"l'92Fd " And Dr.- ' >-92 in - I-.= ;b -ricer, editor
=~ in 92lf:W, said. '1 he l'l:1'll zndcr Folk
-=. l .- .::..i rin impor-
r;:~' .lY"l i.";i --<-n=ol~l» service in
ii :.92.r».- :....l_~o1._ :11 relief as-
ei .1; . l - irn-~lli,'-"ill. scrutiny
oi rwlitwel anti social conditions' " -"~:-.l.*, Tm
'~'::ovahle
-- .. ;.:.-. 1. .:| l!Ill':ii"llUI'l of
I .~_'l"l' ::il92:'ilrLi 'll'l[llllUIl5 of Liv-" l '-=- "H ;"rl:.92crLrnln-knows that 1
:~_92'r~pafhcllc to the
r "l nil. glad to Eli-End liiii
The annual institute for hos-
iery workers from Tennessee,
Alabama and Georgia was cori-
ducted this fall by Larry Rogin.educational director of the
AI-HW, and members of the
Highlander staff. Hosiery union
officials stated that this institute
was the most successful in the
history of the Tri-State organi-
nation.Dr. iillisworth Smith, coopera-
Llve expert and pastor of the
Third Presbyterian Church in
Chattanooga, led an Institute
Cooperatives participated inrural and urban leaders.Representatives of 22 labor or-
ganizations gathered for aLNPL Institute directed by A. A.
Hartwell of the national office
of the League and Alton Law-
rence, Scull-iern representative.The final week-end Institute
was on Workers Education and
was conducted by the Highlanderstaff for Business and Profes-
sional, and Industrial YWCA
secretaries from five southern
states and Lhe D. of C.GT1
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I-W
GUES1 N hli/V5
Mrs. Virginia Durr, vice chair-
man of HlglllSIldel"S WashingtonCommittee, and Barbara Pi-ice,
secretary to John L. Lewis, stayed
with us for a week.
Dr. Lillian Johnson, donor of
the Folk School property, visitedus for a week during the fall
term.Paul Christopher, secretary-treasurer of the C. I. O. in Ten-
nessee, was guest of honor at the
Farewell Banquet.N. A. Z|OIlB.i'l.Cl'|, president of
the Aluminum Workers of Amer-
ica, came by for an afternoon
shortly after the term.
ate and derogatory journalistic
exploitation of the HighlanderFolk School's ideals and activi-
ties by zealous newspapers whichare alarmist Ln intention not
only tend to jeopardize the gmd
work of the Highlander Folk
School but increase suspicion of
a free press in America." And
from Henry M. Thompson, mer-
chant of Tracy City, our Countyseat, comes the following. " . . .
After spending 48 years with the
people of this section, I think I
know quite a lot of what has,
and is going on here. . AI I have
been to the school on numerous
occasions, have had ample op-l
portunity to find out if they
were Communists or were teach-
ing that theory in the school,
and will state that I ha"-e never
seen or heard one thing that
would lead me tn believe they
vierr anything but n group of
Americans trying to help the
people of the Cumbcrlands en-
joy more of the American way
of life."lo! working people and the cause,EHDDRSEMENTS Y
Continued From Page Onel
oughly devoted to the interests
lo! American Democracy." Ed-
ward S. Callaghan, second vice
president of the Arnerlcan Fed-
eration of Hosiery Workers and
southern director, Alter a num-
ber of years with having contactand personal visits to the High-lllander Folk School we have .l
found it to be the most out-
standing of its kind in the
United States."
liasiwiiie Trades and um hr iCouncil: l
In September when the Nash-
ville Banner carried an un-
friendly article the Nashville
Trades and Labor Council pass-
l, ed a strong resolution, "Resolved:
;'Ihat the Nashville Trades andLabor Council in its regular
regret at the dissemination of
the groundless rumors against
the Highlander Folk School; that
the Council regards attacks on
the school as a part of the basic
opposition toward the labor
|rnovenienL in general; that the Council expresses confidence in,il;llE fundamental soundness of
i. the objectives of this laborschool; that the resolution be
sent to the press."-
John Dewey:;_.... .. c-._L-__ _a __92|wncn me rugmander hull:
School was founded, I wrote that
I regarded it as one of the most
important social - educational
pl"O]EElLS in America. The achieve-
ments of the school in the past.
eight years confirm my originaljudgment.
The organized labor move-
ment is one of the most impor-
tant, if not the most important.
bulwark of democracy. Helping
southern unions to educate an
intelligent native leadership, and
in promoting a better under-
standing of collective bargaining,
the Highlander Folk School is
making a considerable contrlbu-ltion of democratic institutions."
Ministers:
Rev. Eugene Smathers, Big
Lick, Tenn, Presbyterian minis-
ter, author of a pamphlet rc-
cently published by the Fellow- ship of Southern Churchmeri on
92 the church and the community.
"'ln this day when democracy is
on the defensive it. is exceeding-
ly importiiril that every group inour population he accorded its
rights. This includes labors
right to organize and to have
schools which prepare its leaders
for their task in a democracy.
The one labor school which is
doing this task well in the South
is the Highlander Folk School.-.
Rev. Marshall Wlngfleld, pas-meetlng, Sept. 35, 1940, expresses uFASCIST LEADER
Continued From Page One!
zen, October 31. has some inter-
esting biographical data on the
author of these pamphlets. Kamp
Lmeric-a. . . . Keeping In
that the only Fifth Column
this war which has betrayed any
country has been composed of
Fascists, it is interesting to read
that until 1931' Kmnp edited the
pro-Fascistmag-azi.ne 'IHEAWAK-ENER. On his staff were Harold
L-tird Varney, Fascist propagand-
ist, and Lawrence Dennis, author
of The Corning American Fas-
cism." Vlfhen the AWAKENER
suspended publication, Kampwrote to a follower, The work
will be carried mi by the Con-
stitutional Educational League
fKs.r.-ip's pi-smut vehicle! - . .
Ramp was one of the sponsors of
the Hotel Biltmore meeting at
which General Moseley was asked
to ride the white horse for an
Arrierlcan Fascist putsch.
Leaders of the Constitutional
Educational League were sub-
poenaed by the LaFni1ette Com-
mittee and ordered to bring all
,1-eoordst The daly before Mfr.
Karnp loaded the records in his
car and disappeared. In his tes-
timony before the Gomrnitl-cc Mr.
Chester A Hanson, Secretary-treasurer of the Constitu '
the purpose of the League was"education pertainliig to the Gon-
stitution." Testimony developedthe fact that the Constitutional
Educational League had nothing
to do with the Constitution or
with education.
'Iesti.mony before the Commit.-
tee also showed that the League
sold 40,000 oopies of a pamphlet.
Join the C10 and Help Build a
Soviet America" to the Republic
Steel Company which were dis-
tributed wherever steel workers
were trying to organize. The
south was ooded with these
pamphlets during the campaign
of the Textile Workers Organiz-
ing Committee in 1931'.
tor First Congregational Church
oi Memphis. moderator of Ten-
nessee Conference and Historian-
in-chief of Sons of Confederate
1 Veterans, . . . the school is do-
ing an excellent and much need-
ed work in its area."
Y. W. C. A. Secretary:
Miss Josephine Abrams, in-
dustrial secretary, YWCA, Knox-
ville, 'Ienn., The school is do-
1'58 E fine piece of work not only
for the students but also for the
,oommu.nity as a whole. I only
; wish there were more places do-
ing similar work."hasareoordamile lol'|.ga5-fellow-worker with Fascist-5:
_ tronajégEducatlonal League, stated that
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. . .1THEHLANDER
Published be the Highlander Folk School
':5 .l-. ;>, :~;l'i. 1 7 CW "W Morn-caotc. TEINNESSCC EE V
FEBRUARY, 19
Crusaders Seek J
To Close HF Si
The Highlander Folk School isa hotbed of oommunismethe
Russian flag is saluted at the endof every class and the student-5sing "Keep the Red Flag Wavinll"-Lne srhool ls against. the U. $-
|__ro92'ernn'lr3l'l1, pucllclzes the mver-y~
or Grundy County, and has a de-
morelszmg and disintegrating ef-fect on the county generally. l
These and other charges of the
some kind were cool-zed up by C,
H. Kliby. a petty official of thel
Tczmesseu Oorlsohdaled Coal G0.,iand nledc the excuse for e. nigh!-l
time mass march on the school
Last November llth. "Just a plain
pearclul Business visitation," an-rlcmrtrri Mr Kllby. But the
. . ._ ___ e5D¬C- tally when iram the other side oi,his mouth this swaggerirlg little
man declared: "it is the duty of
every community afflicted withLin-American
and of hlain
;.1:ui".»i ellm 1his s.v'.Il1:rr -,.1-runnlinp in :1lAil'.92Ji|l_'92. ii ills;governor of the statrr.at $17,. ,._, .r,,_.92,
H. ,, . .._ ,..mu oil I
K.!b3' new se; up n pl.l;1P'.-I or-,,._ -. .- .. ---I-!.,.
t_ -,~ _92 1 .1; is-11': this
<|iii_l.- ...,. .._| .-1 Crliliiig Coun-ll ...ti ," ir"lu1
i 92
Jismri .l:l'.1i, 1 1". '1"r_ 1 _<..- n--4 T
.| -1'
':92l-1 11" bu. -!.r'.|'-rir",'iism." Bole
331115,»... Ill gi rid 01 the High-lnnclcr F-.,-lk School.
Sc fc. the <1
5Pl92_'l.lf.'1i.SYf-' not spoken the voice of
L?r'in"': Un:92:.'_v but only listened. _ i..,,.V.|
liilhjr who, ii he lived £1 Iletroit.at-um gi.- fr.
l{|,l-j. ,' -| r
co!..=~.:it;-1. '! _
in" will: rein-I .Ll.. 1;
c 92 » ='!i-:3
A-L4 .t.-i.. r-- U---..
92-:13 '- .. .
. .. .. . . .,-i. I*.|.'url.'~ inc}
_-.nr~ .» u i .2 .r mu:-cil rec'ent- Ithe T. C. C. was formed during 8,.. . ,. - . ,._groups to act."
T-r'-end. of lab-or. of democracy.
' fill
r , L. -1! in J it J1
zv;1ol=.~=:! iim; a'.'l!li:'-r cmifererlccriw" Lit If W1law and order sentlruiz-.'| tr: Kilhy and
l l.:llLlC'.' C<mp 'r.
ii-u Eu: 92'u.': Folk School.j 1'17 .0 Itl My Dear Mr. Dombrowaki: -
I am sending you the some amount as I sent you last yearas my contribution toward a scholarship in the Highlander
I have had the school checked by people in whom I have i, absolute confidence and am convinced that the ct- tack and the groups which have been opposed to you are not
opposed to you because of any Communist activities but be-cause they are O1J'pO8£'d to labor organization and, therelore,labor education. This seems to me a most unwise and short-aighted attitude and, tllerelore, I am. continuing my support. iI hope this spring to Come d0tl7n to see the school myself. i"rm: w'rn-Fe House, 7
wasnrncron
Febma 1 J91. ,
Very sincerely yours,
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT.
:iL| puhlnclli.In renewing her cchularnhlp contribution of 1 hundred dollars, Iln. Pruni-lin D. Roosevelt wrote on this teller with q Iunnrldltll luzhcrumg
National C. I. O.
Endorsement
The C.I.O. convention meeting
in Atlantic city unanixnously ap-proved a resolution, November
22nd, endorsing the aims and pro-gram of the Highlander FolkPchool. The endorsement was In-
troduced by Wilham 'Iurt1blnzer,President of the Tennessee Indus-1:-ml Union Council and District
19 or the United Mine Workers of
i"-runcly,to be the
falsely!
-2'1.-li;' 'd 18110?-
Eoy and
-Teacher
fraternalof United
.. A Slogan:. ~_.,..1. '. -_
'1 hie own
rus.;_lers have con-
ht: E/ i;:jq"'lli:l a run
l - ,- ll-Milne Cru-l
us theyi. .'._.a '
nri table meet-
trluw-.-; of the' L .-1 some of
. llliblll this'l1 i.:' raiererlce.
s- to the
an appar-botil sidesrt 1
.-|
.,,.
'-. . the CHI- " = * '-".r- ii-r-ir
.w,--- i|U|
':.r"3 i,-1 the 1
.~ acef
has nothing to do with this at-
-America, and bore the personalsignatures of rive international
union presidents, four vice Irresi-dents of the C. I. 0., and Drac-
tically every southern directorpresent. The convention con-Cfnneo cl " enorts to "discredit and
am
on thedef e" Highlander as an attack
progressive labor move-ment of the South."~M.__h_r_,_
proposed second confer-enceto a
man the Crusaders failed to ac-
lnowledge receipt of the invita-tlons.
We would like to thl-nk there
is no danger in the activities
of such a creature, but whether
he is himself aware of it. them
is in his manipulation of the
sons of this and the daughters of
that, the pattern of reel FB.scism.i
The Kllbys and their sponsors
will not rest until they have
America's50broken up not only
American hools for labor, butlabor as well.
Kllhy yammers that
company is a hundred
or organized labor and that itthe coal
per cent
tack on the school. While it is
true that since the N. I. R. A.
days the company has recognized
is miners union. Grundy Coun-
Ly miners have not forgotten thatHFS Executive
Council Formed
To increase Highl.andcr's con-tribution in the field 01' workers
education. an executive council ofsouthern educators and labor reu-resentatives has been formed towork with directors of the school
formulating the prograrns and pul-
ilcles.
The council met at the school
December lith and 15th. surveyedthe achievements of the year, and
contributed valuably in setting upthe progmm for 194:. Membersof the council are:
Bernard Bur-a.n. Southern Di-
rector Arnalgafnated ~ClothlngWorkers of America.
Roy Reynolds, President Print-
ing Pressma.n's Union, Chatta-nooga.
Lucy Randolph Mason. Public
Relations Representative oi theC. I, O.
Edward S. Callaghan, Vice-i
President and Southern Director
American Federation of HosieryWorkers.
Paul R. Christopher, Executive
Secretary Tennessee Industrial
Union Council. 1
George Tit-ler, United Mine
Workers of America, District 50.
Dr. Albert Barnett, Professor of
Theology, Scarritt College, Nash-ville.
Matt Lynch, American Federa-
tion of Hosiery Workers, and
Chairman H. F. S. Alurnni Associ-ation, i
Alton Lawrence, Southern Hep-~resentatlve Labor's Non-Partisan
League.
Dr. George Mayhew, Professor
of Religion, Vanderbilt University,Nashville.
Joe Dobbs. Plumbers Union, A.Highlander Benefia
The program for the Highlan
er Washington benefit on Dace:
her Bth consisted of the readi
of America was Promises"
Archibald Maul.-eish; 1 ball
poem And They Lynched Elon a by Katherine Gar:
ton Charlin, sung by the was
ington Choral Society and t
Howard University Glee Clu
mountain and workers balls
sung by Zilphia Horton; and N
gro folk songs sung by EoudLeadbetter Leadbelly!.
' The sponsors were Miss Ma
Anderson, Hon. and Mrs. Beuha.
Baldwin, Justice and Mrs. Hug
Black, Mr. and Mrs. John Ca
mody, Hon. and Mrs. John Gofie
Hon and Mrs. John Collier, Ml.-
Harriet Elliot, Hon. and Mrs. Le
Geyer, Hon. and Mrs. Leon Her
derson, Mr. Sidney Hiiiman, Mr
Cordell Hull, &c.1ta.7 and Mr.Hamid Ickes, Dr. Mordecai John
son. Miss Kathryn Lewis, Mn
Howell Mooreheacl, Mr. and Mr:
Duncan Phillips, Mlr.8.1:|d MrsGifford Plnchclt, Mrs. Fran.k.Iin D
Roosevelt, Miss Hilda Smith, Mrand Mrs. L. Con-in Strong, Drand Mrs. John Studebaker, Honand Mrs. Jerry V00:-his
Highlanders Washington curri-mlttee is composed of Rev. Ernesz
A. DeBordenave, Mrs. Charles
Collier. Mrs. Clifford Durr, Mr
Charles Handy, Rev. A. T. M0019-
gan, Miss Mary Price, Mrs. Mal-mLm Rees, Mrs. Michael StraightM".--..v-. F']i~mhnr'h Y_ 'rn-l-92- __!_,_. ___ _.._...---. vv cuu.
The New York Committee gavi
s theatre benefit On January 12o
using Marc Blitz-.steln's new play"No For An Answer." All ticket;
were disposed of and the benefit
was highly success.tui.. A 16-page
lustried pamphlet on Highland.er was prepared by the committee
and advance copies were distrib-uted at the theatre.
Sponsors of the benefit were:
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Askew. Mr.
and Mrs. Chester B. Bowles, Mrs.
Ethel Clyde. Mrs. Henry Epstein.
Mr. and Frederick 92F. Field,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fillman, Miss
Margaret Frohrtkccht, Mr. and
Mrs. William Gaston, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Gellhorn, Mrs Dan-
ie! E. Gilimor, Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
thur Harlow, Jr., Miss Gloria
Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Corliss Le.-
mont, Mrs. William Lescaze, Mrs
D. Ellis Lltt. Mr. Marshall Mac-
Dufiie, Jr., Mrs. Samuel Marcus,
Mr. and Mrs. George Marshall,
M.r. and Mrs. Lionel C. Perera,1 _92£'c0il'll1llIilC@_ On Page Two!F, oi L., Chattanooga i e . Coniicd on Page Twnl _, A; J
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S'I"U'DEN'lS-
,! Rcsidi-nt Tc-_rrr-s: The err-!rollmer-it oi the Spring Term was-igl the Fall Term 2'7. Fall 'lvrinstudents represented nine inter-
national unions and came from
nine southern statics and Mexico
lb! Special Session: Jul-.101
Union clamp for the children ofNashville Union members, 13
members; Southern Writers Work-
shop for college students and
workers, 18 students; Work C:i:ii;;lor Arncricn for college 5[92.iC|t'liI.b
end workers, 26 niembers cl Institutes: lriSti1i.,¢- Cun-
ierence for Hosiery Workers, 40
attendii'i;;: lniornial conference on
workers education tor Ei'|J:~lIl :So.
Professional and industrial Sec-i'etni-ics oi the Y W. C A.. ii in
attenzlzinee from five southern
5lJ'ilLh-states; Lab-0r's Non - PartisanLngrzile l0? H[.lt'll!l|I from
|..A..ii_l.. Al 1 , I -----». Jr. _ AID.
Consumers Cooperatives. ll at-
tending: for irlst:ite arm Total
Fltt/Entiliiirre, 272.
PANIIT DISCUSSIONSINC RESIDENT TERMS. Staff
c Th !92'ni1lg;ini:;itr.r! ClothingWorks-r oi Arm-ricn riiscuissing
Tim 1'1"-i.l.i~rii Scene." }l1td=.l'." ~ ' ' =11 -."-ri' *9292----t~i-DUR~ Continued From Page 0116! lJr, Mr and Mrs. Eliot Pratt, Mr
Robeson Miss Barbara Werthelm
Tilt Nashville committee span
sot-so is public lIl1.'E¬lill$_,' for High-
lander. November ith, in the
cl.-;ipe! nl. the Methodist Board oi
I'Drcig1i Missions. Jim Doctorow-
ski described the work oi tho
school, and Mrs. C, H Starr.
President oi the Sumrnerficld
Parent-Teachers Association. gave
her reasons ior endorsing it.. 92.__ --.._....._.: 92:|-= Mr and nus. neinniu swig, ,.... Paul Hi_h:.mdn, has 503,, wan
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EDUCATION, January, 1940; I22
"It Takes Courage and 1ngEI1i-l1'i¥ .
by Claudia Lewis, PROGRESSIVEEDUCATlON, October, 1959; 13:
"Highlander Folk School, An In-
formal History", by Leon Wilson,MOUNTAIN LLFE AND WORK,
Fall, 1940, oi: "Highlander F011;School", part oi an article on
Folk Schools. by James D0mbrow-
ski, Journal of Adult Education,October, 1940; £5: "A Good School
Under Attack", by Bruce Bliven,Editorial in THE NEW REPUB-
LIC, December, 1940.
EXTENSION: Mary Lowrance
spciit thrcc months in Louisville
with a recreational and educa-
tional program for truck drivers
dill} textile workers, and twoA. C W A : "Oi'g:ii1i?in|; Meth-i;;{- _ la. -Ii": Hal Gil!.>'_~:!£- Di-' ll - 1
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C !jt'iMl NITY ll Helped iitiii»
nizinity nrganim? quilting ruope-:~i : .1? ;.o".r.r§. 11:11. r. .i.
r~,<_.;n_; il11'll2U is. s;i:i:~.: .:
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iii l --i."-i. .i__ _ 1, . i,,.l_» on i.Hi |d[>-1 r.» -.
iii 'sf!'.{< r.I HF FIELD AND TACY
l' ilI{ <.3= Reports oi st=::ii=nt
1 -..i:i~.ii' i on Union l"i'oi.ltn--'.l r """ Ymilli |"I".ii»._'!
.. .> ll L... .. ni-
'. .92l . Jk "l.lNLi.~!1'l ii -FF Fl.lTiI.iSHED' !months in Alcoa with aluminum
uorkers. Myles and Zilphla H01-
,i=:l sp.:ii tno weeks leading dis-
cussion and singing in camps Io:
irmnstrial and professional girls,Y W. C. A. Zilphia. Horton was
in charge of the office and organ-
izing for the Anialgamated Cloth-ing Workers in Nashville. Stall
mernbi-rs made frequent trips
throagiioiit the southeast visiting
alumni, speaking to union groups.attending oonlerences, local and
national.
VISITORS; 690 visitors signr-i
the school guest book during 19411.tours the county, and people iiilighlighis or 1940 ;- BENEFITS lcounry And
January B3 books were withdra
LLIDES.
directed by Zilphla Horton, h
used to sing the stirring old Sa
ard such singing in fifty year
Summertield inoperative and th
SC 1'
Camp for America. was fired ex
there are prospects of some beau
tiful pieces.
Maria Stenzel, handcrait teach
o
Hansel and Gretel with overton
of the local labor-Crusader bai
tic, was a sninsi: success.
parties, one for children of tli
Nursery School, another for old
something like Dad Horton, dis
clothing. hooks, and toys ,co:iCommunity News
s =. e. i
raveling library as part at its
w my service. Last month the
pr ject took to the road with
Mary Lawrence as chauffeur and
librarian. Twice a week the carL-
er-ally wait in the road ior it. ln
once, 10 books twice, and 2 book:
i 3
A Sacred Harp singing cass3.5
been meeting once a week since
December Eth. The average at-
tendance ls 15, and it is growing.
|5ome of the singers recall how
their parents and grandparents
E!rcr d Harp splrlt|,1als." Old man
Summers, grandson of the originalsettler of Sumrnerfield, walked a
mile plus to be with us a few
Sundays ago and said he hadn'the '
T:-
he pottery kiln, built for theE
honl by last summer's Wok
. pcrimentally and baked a vase to
perfection. The Coop meets twice
a week to work up its clay, and
er, is beginning a children's class
in puppetry. The lust pruducti n.e
Highlander gave two Christma:
'3.
children. Santa Claus, actir:
pelled the magnificent treasureat -
tributed by irlcnds of the school
. E 1 E=t'§m'-'- '
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-as;CRUSADERS
Continued From Page One!
., lockout, that the mines were
manned with strlkebreakers, that
the company locked out the inla-
c-rs in 192-i and broke the union,
and that for twenty years the as-
sets of the company have includ-
ed ve machine guns. Somebodyis going dawn in his pocket ior
Kllbys traveling and agitating ex-
penses a lot of which are occur-
ring on the company's time! and
it is not, we venture, Mr. Kilby.
who is about the biggest deadbea:
the mountain hm; ever knownThe coal company has some iri-
teresting connections with Joseph
P. Karnp, the out and out Fascist
propagandist whose scurrilous
publication "The Fifth Column in
The South" we described in the
November FLING. Alvin Hender-
son, a leading Crusader and onsh-
ler of the company controlledFirst National Bank of Tracy City.
gave out the photograph of Mrs.Roosevelt's rst hundred dollar
check for Highlander which ap-
pears in K.i1mps "Fifth Column."
Hundreds of these pamphlets were
distributed in the county just be-
iore the projected vigilante march.
and convenient take-one piles
were kept on the company store
counters.Thanks to this "crusade" High-lander has now more friends than
ever. "Your light is our ght,"
writes the Goodwill FumaccWorkers Union of Wrigley, Ten-
nessee, sending a ten dollar con-
tribution. It is one of many. A
courity local oi the United Mine
Workers of America has passed a
resolution endorsing the school
Sumrrierfielcl residents have or-
dered Kilby out oi their houses
when he has come to peddle his
absolute facts."
The fight is by no means fin-
ished. The NEW REPUBLIC.
which carried an excellent ne-
count of the affair in its Decem-
ber 9th issue, says: "There are
plenty of people in Tennessee who
don't want a school that prepares
efficient spokesmen for labor, and
will stoop to almost anythirig to
destroy lt."
Conference On
Democracy
The second State Conference Or.
Democracy In Tennessee will be
held in Nashville, Fcbruar-_y 22-2:1with W. O. Lowe as chairman and
Hollis Reid, legislative r¬proscr'il-ative oi the Railroad Brother-
hoods, as executive vice-chairman
Poll Tax repeal, protection oi
civil liberties. and the rights oi
labor will be the main 5'LlDj f .-
oi discussion.
Highlander urges everyone in-
terested ln_ the preservation o
r
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Organizing
Here are the current organiz-
ing and negotiating activities of
H gillarider students:
Cecil Pegues, member of the
Mine, itiill and Smelter Workers.
recently organized the Dixie Metal
Products Company of Bessemer,
Alabama, a tough _|Ub to judge by
previous attempts at unionization
Lii:l'E. Currently he is negotiat-
irig a contract for the new union.
Cecil is also business agent for
tin iii-'i.oZesaiu Local of the Bir-
mingham Retail Clerks.
An election was recently held
and non by the TWUA at the
LClU1P92villL Sanitary Wipers Com-
p.:!." L13 92'!Fi 92Z .. Highlander 19-10,I ...._ l.... r..eu.,.... in the two
week UlgEll1lZlTl[3 that brought on
ilir ivtorv Lil 'z'é|d :'Ii is a hoard
member of the 'I'WUA_ Local 2.
Ed Blair, who attended High-lander on t.h - Eleanor Roosevelt
*lw:i*sli1- ln organizing for the'92 no Al. the successful
Atlanta he was in
:.lcr.oin'::cnt onand in the stril-:e" ' i.92.'i]I
Cl|L- Ti -Vii-<-1 in
picketthe
T 11!.line
- _E 1- -,-ri;;mi?.iii§_'
..-'i::nril.i0nal Cement.
I -"xi F}-:n.<un'i Workers A.. i;..u:=cv_iie.
rr. . zzizor and President' -r- T":-I1.-rder Alumni Associ-
L L-tin i~ back in T611-v. v,
.. .t,"» _~ ,.: veral months of ac-
. ._ It.--'..:-..1pp:
.l"-hr. PW". TVVUA, was one of1. - ' tr: i=gOT.LFiiOTS at the
-'~':.92...s.'.L'lE iriuis, Lumberton, N. C.,
--....r'~ *-'rv;;'l'.i wage increases
rargiug irorn 5 per cent to 155
:3-or 5-'-51 J _i}i_rg'5 i_lllDll I185 QC-
E;i1l¬'Ei n new hall.
Other Alumni Activity
Bl]-,-. I'm.i-.-3': local ILG92-U, in
I ncv. has a hull. Sillye is
i--- M i.>~»- union's educational
. |.92l|92i .1-rm the following ,1 classes for
'- - i---- =nrl for negro
i-zttis in oi on procedure, par-
wl-ntary la and public speak-." "-i-Mr-.' of triidc unions and1~ 92.l,' ..n.~i study of Ear-
.' >.i-ii niuiture. In the recre-
- ,-. ,, :,=.= .- are bingo games,
1.. and Mi. I. Q35,
.ii:1: :'<.r whltc mcrrlizl.-rs and 001-
-W---,1 |!1>.l'i1D4-IT Plans are beingr|;12' l extend the classes w
W 1. n, C-W'ilk'lf<l, where there are
.. . .i I alumni.
milk alecuzd re-
<i::. .,<-uietary Di her N35-i"iV1U992 r i [1--at Inst her iob, and isF"!
}l,|_|| , u
I .Em__,___ -e1 ermesaee
Commonwealth- Federation
Organized
Accepting the challenge of John
E. Thompson, chairman of the
Southern Conference For Human
Welfare, that all men are to be
Judged in their devotion to real
democracy by their willingness i-0defend and extend it in times of
emergency." the Tennessee Gon-
ference on Democracy meeting in
Neslwille on Washington's birth-
lday ornariized the TennesseeCommonwealth Federation.
The purpose of this organiza-
tion is to join in common cause
all men and women. includingl
l
ithosc who labor on the farm, in
office, mine, mill. or else
for concerted independent
cal action."
H. Vi Reid, legislative
sent-ative of the Railroad Broth-
erhoods, was made chairman and
an executive board was elected
from the C. I. 0., A. F. of L., the
iruur Railroad Brotherhoods, and
[liberal groups who had jointlysponsored the conference. Mrs.Ruth Cutler, 1018 Cotton States
Bldg., Nashville, is the Federa-
l tion'.5 Secretary.
; By resolution the Federation
lcondcrnned the "Grundy CountyCr11sa.ciers," pointing ou that the
Crusadei-s' attacks on labor people
and labor institutions oonstituoe
a threat to democracy and na-
tional unity.where,
politi-
repre-
Berrtie Schmidt summer 39i is
the new secretary of the High-
llander Alumni Association. and
editor-publisher of the "Alum-
news," official organ of the Alum-
ni Association. Mary Lawrence
has replaced Bitl Buttrick as
Alumni Corresponding Secretary.I1.-I'll"
Supreme Court
The Henry Pirtle poll tax case
will be taken to the U. S. Su-
preme Court this spring by theSouthern Conference For Human
Heifers and the United Mine
Workers of America. The case
has been in the courts since Bop-
wmber. 1939. Pirtle, a resident of
Grundy County, Tennessee. ob-
Jected to paying for the right tovote and sued three election
judges and the Attorney Generalof Tennessee. On March 6th, 1941.
the Sixth U. S. Circuit Court of
Appeals gave a decision in favor
of the poll tax. ,
With the poll lax fight takingon national inteigt, there havecome many reque for copies of"South of the Ballot," the anti-
poll tax play written by High-lander students.
BIEREA CONFERENCE
Staff members and alumni took
part in a Labor-Student Confer-ence, held last month at Berea,
Kentucky, and sponsored by theY. W. C. A.
Myles Horton of Highlander andDr. Arthur H-aper of the FarmSecurity Administration were the
principal speakers. Singing wasled by Zilphia Horton. Entertain-ment highspot was the play put
on by Bernie Schmidt, former stu-dent, with a cast from the Steel
Workers Union of Cleveland,
Ohio. Other Highlander alumni
present were Jackye Kwallek and
Lillian Sargent, of Lexington.
RECENT ENDORSEMENTS
The Unit-ed Mine Workers, local
7108 in Grundy County, and the
International Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers Union are among
the organizations which have re-
cently endorsed Highlander._..l.I.._bl-U11
ectoreak
John T. Jones, National rector of Labor's Non-Par all
League and President of District
16. U. M. W of A., has accepted
Highle:ider's invitation M speeis
to the spring term students As
legislative representative of the
C. I. 0., Mr. Jones has been car-
rying on the ght for passage
of the Federal Coal Mine Safety
Bi1L
A large number Of labor peo-
ple from Tennessee and adjoin-
ing states are planning to be
present Sunday, May 13, when
Mr. Jones will speak.
Robert {.31-ui;ler1,_I:'I-'t92j;9292_,__tQ Teach
Robert Cruden,tor of the United Rubber Work-
ers, will join the teaching staff
for the spring berm. Mr. Cruden
was here last spring. We B-Te
nappy to have him come back.
THE HIGHLANDER STAFF
On the way back from the
Berea Student-Labor Conference,
Myles and Ziiphia Horton stoppedat Lexington to visit the many
alumni there. Jackye Kwaiickarranged the meeting. Presentwere Mrs. Adams and Pauline
Adams, Lil Sargent. Zola Splegel,Elizabeth and Bob Hall. Pauline
Adams and her Junior Union put
on an original play.
Mary Lawrence spokeilothe At-
lanta Workers Education Confer-
ence in December on "Education
fn Local Unions." She returned
in January to attend the South-
ern Conference of the Textilepublicity direc-
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SPRING TERM FOR SOUTHERN WORKERS
W3.
2 Weeks
Short0%
Course r»g V:-' 1 ." :. L243-.4,
yqi » May 12
to
May 24
J
WHAT FORMER STUDENTS SAY:
My term at Highlander helped by teaching me
the principles underlying unionism and by giving me
contact with the labor leaders throughout the entire
southern region."--C. M., University of Virginia.
Stncl}ing at Highlander aided me in my work
as grievance conimitteeman and precinct worker in
;.-»liuce. ~J. P., a North Carolina Textile Worker.
"I learned to conduct union meetings, lay out
posters and pamphlets, and got a clearer view of
how and why unions are formed. N. H., a Hosiery
.i92"o1l/.e:', North Carolina.
RE'.CRE'.ATlON
O Students should bring old clothes and shoes, for
the P-;<l |'|lr= are not all studywork. There will be
liihing thruugli the Spring woods and along the
i»lu1"fs_ night campfires for a supper in some far
surge. '»'ul1P_92."uall, baseball, and horseshoe pitching
are favorite after-class sports. Singing and square
dancing are indoor activities. Highlander has its own
mountain band; students who can play anything port-
;iE.ic are urgetl to bring it with them.THE COURSES
O Among the courses are public speaking, parliamen-
tary law, union publicity, mimeographing and poster
making, labor economics and history, union prob-
lems, dramatics, and singing. The men and women
who teach these subjects have had organizational
and educational experience with unions, In addition
to the regular classes, there are always timely dis.
cussions led by prominent labor officials and rem-9.
sentatives of the Federal Government,
STUDENTS
I Training at Highlander is given to industrial, pm.
iessional and rural workers, both men and women,
A recornrnendation from the st'udenis iocal organi-
zation is required.
COST
Q Full cost of the two week course is $15. A -few
scholarships, covering all or part of the expengg while
at the school, are available.
Enrollment for the Spring term is now going on
those interested should write at once for application
blanks.;k . _ .. ¢_._i_.._._._...
'.1lH.E HIGHLANDER FLI G
Published by the Highlander Folk School1= Q1. 3 ,,,;=?;:ii; =j;r=; '5-'5-=5-:5 ,."I.-.- VOL. 3, N0. 3.,.,,, ,.,. ,.,..,.,--,.,.-,.,.- _... _ ...gw._.. .. ... ...... ; ..- ,.;_,-_,- .;_,--.- 1 __ . '-,.i=;, :- .._ .. .. .. .. -- -_-..
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m*='"~<=~<¢~<¢esszz:?.z*=-wzizi="=w=z§2§z@:=:wa=1% =*===::¢?PLANS LAID FOR
WRITERS SCHOOL
Highlander will hold its third
annual workshop for student
writers Jilly 28 through August 9.
The session will be under the di-
rection of the school and is being
sponsored by Paul Green, Wuliam
S. Knickerbocker, Julia Collier
Harris, Miilen Brand, Babette
Deutsch and Genevieve Taggarci.
The Teachers
Teachers will be specially rui-
sembied for this session. In chargi-
of short story and poetry will DE
Mary Lllpsley, n0vel_ir~t. magazinewriter, and former teacher ofnwriwnrv rt K-In-xx? Fllnyvn
Charles W. Ferguson, an 550-
ciate editor ot "The Reader's Di-
gest" and author of "1=i£t;y Mil-
lion Brothers and "The Confu-
sion oi Tongues." will teach non-
fiction writing, including the spe-
cial subjects of radio .lOUrnall51'n
and the picture story.
T;-;1!.~.r~ N Joni-92. forrrierly of the
Carolina Pltiymakers and a play-
-wfrtirig student of Pillll Green
-.-... F. Ii K?-cli, hon a
faculty nicber of Missouri State
'Teci '!ii-.':'. C/allege where he directs
lllc aiiiiuul l921.ii.lv92'este1'ri Folk
Drairiu P'C;.1ii:il, will teach Din!-
writirig
- Gilt-st Speakers
A !llll'i."J£l' of well-known South-
ern V.'I'il.{'l"I§, Harry Harrison Kroll,
J....~.t. sun. Ida Lf Moore, H. c.
Nitriir. .irr.-'1:i_i; others, have WTit-
teri that they will visit the school
riuigm; _.ll woiksl-lop, their plans
permitting at that timer
Tho.-..> int-rested in enrolling
should apply at once to the Work-
shop Director, Leon Wilson. Total
cost oi the E:S5li.'i. tuition and
bozird 'lCll.ldl'Cl, is $30; one week.
$15.
.ii-.-.. . CAMP i
Al iiioni.Ai92.iJi*;it
Tu-s-my-tlirec boys and girls be-iww-r. ihr cites of eight and fir-
teen have completed the second
El1ll.l._l.l Jiiiiior Union Camp for
Worl-acts ciiiltircii al. Hig1ii&ntlel',
whitcli 92i-'FL. held during the two
weeks following Jim? B.
Zilphia Horton and M.arga.rct
P_92-on 92J,»"" in vliartfe o! the r-amp.
2il;.l".:n t;::,_-ht toll: dancing and
singing; Maria St/enzel held c1ass~
es in arts and cm-:'t_s. The bol'5...,= .....<.. _..4..-1» u....;- .-...-... .-... ..¢.o.-MONTEAGLE, Nl:.*SSI-II-IJULY. iii
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AT THE TENNESSEE C10 CONVENTION: Left >- nghr: Zilphln Horton;William Turriblazer, president. Dutnct 19. UMWJL and !iv= F5 Ill-92IBni=Edna Lamb, past preside:-ii, Local D5, ACWA, LlFol|ellti Dillard King. inter-nal dtlcitr lrcrn the Summcrfield Cooperative: Paul _Winn. vise-pvnldgt. L0-cal 311. IUMMSW, Wrigley; Ed Blair, ACWA organizer, Nashville; Billie Cav-iness, iiniineisi iisereiuy, UCAPAWA lncll. Memphis -
Among the representatives oi 15
I org-animtions were sugar and
construction workers from New
Orleans, boatmen and packing
ihouse workers from Memphis, and
teachers, office workers and min-
iers from eight states. With few
'except.ioos, the students were of-
ficials ot newly-formed organiza-
tions.
The regular staff was assist-
ed by John T. Jones, C10 leg-
islative representative, and La-
bor's Non-Partisan League i-
reclor; William Eaves. regional
Wage and Hour director; Hollis
V92'. Reid, llRl92lllll92.'B representa-llyc of the Railroad Brotherhood
and chairman of the Tennessee
Cnmmonvrealth Federation;
Paul R. Christopher, state C10
secretary; Lewis Jones. Amer-
ican Federation 0| Teachers. F15!
University: Vi-'illiam Dentori,
i chairman Atlanta Industrial
llnlon Council and member of
the United Automobile Work--..-. mi-.-.....-so rs.-....-.9 u.'ri'LrrrAFL, CID and uriaffiliated nation-lTWenty-Eight Workers
A Attend Spring T erm
Twenty-eight. organized workers, equally divided
between full and part-time students, attended the short
Spring course at Highlander, May 12 to 24. -
menl, Columbia University; and
Alton Lawrence, Southern
LNPL representative.
The two weeks session provided
an opportunity for various groups
to get together. Eighty-one rep-iresentatives of 23 national unions
from all branches oi organized la-
bor rnet ior a. week-end confer-
ence on Southem problems. Offl-
cials or the Tennessee Common-I
[wealth Federation, the Southern
.Conference for Human Welfare
and LNPL discussed B. concerted
attack on the poll tax and anti-
social legislation.
People from the oomznunityljoined the students Ln eveningclasses, square dances, singing, ballgames and picnics.
The regular Slx weeks summer
. term will be held from Aug. 18
to Sept. 2? for men and women
of office, factory, field and mine.
A limited number of Scholar-ships
' covering all expenses are avail-
able. The second scholarshipnrnuirh-cl hr Mrs; Rnnu-VPIL willALUMNI ARE
CIO DELEGATES
Miss Billie Caviness, a member
of UCAPAWA from Memphis, and
B student in I-Iighla.nder's Spring
term 19-ll, was elected a vice-
presldent of the state C10 body
at its second annual convention
held in Chattanooga May 31, June
1. Other former students 01' High-
lander attending the convention
as delegates were Ed Blair, Amal-
gamated Clothing Workers orga,n_izer and holder of the Eleanor
Roosevelt scholarslup in 19-lo;
Paul Winn, Mine, Mill and Smel-
ter Workers Union, Wrigley, 'Ien.n.,
Ed-'18 lamb. AUWA. LaFolletbe,
Tenn-I Z-ilphia Horton and Dil-
lard King were visitors.
I-IFS Endorsement
A resolution reitleiratitig the en-
dorsement of Highlander was
Passed. The resolution took notice
of the Iact that Highlander had
been attacked recently by [!]'gg_'n_lzations not identied with the la,-
bor movement and said that "am.-
attock on t-he 1-Iighlancier Folk
School by a.n'1xidJ.vidua.i or organ-mtlori will be regarded as an at-
tack on the organized labor move»
merit, and such lndiv-lduais and
organizations will brand them-
selves as enemies oi organized la-
bor in Tennessee and the South."
The report oil Paul Christopher,
executive secretary and treasurer,
showed reinarl-cable progress in
expanding the organization. Wil-
liam Turnblazer, of the UMWA,
was reelected president.
Sacred Singers
Have Meet Here
A.n all day singing with "dinner
on the B1191-lI1dS" was held at the
school in April. 'Ihe songs were
those of the 0rigina.l Sacred
HBTP-" H choral collection contin-
.uously in use in the rural South
ifor 9'! years.
Tl-iirty members of the summer-
fielcl Sacred Harp Class partici-
pated and were Joined hy sevenveteran Sacred Harpers from Lav.-
rence County, the Tennessee
stronghold of this kind of music.
ll-LT. l... P. Udern, speaking for the
visitors, urged the SummerfieldClass to attend One of the Law-
rence Oounty conventions, andthe Summerfield Erup asked the
visitors to return.
The Summei-field Sacred Harp
Class, directed by Zilpha Horton..r 0.... inrhlnrirlnr staff has met
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,::;;»;2%:%:§ =:=:-;=c:~-THE HIGHLANDER FLING Jul 1941
atthe Nut-sen} School 1 NCAMPKIS [N l*3E331 !Nl
By JOAN PAYNE, Director
Highlander Folk School reopened on May 12 its nursery school
for the Sumrnerfield community, a program which now enters its
third year. The director is being assisted by Dorothy Thomas of
Summr-riie1tl_ Twelve children, ranging in age from 2 1-2 to 6 years.are enrolled in the school with five more planning to start within
the next few weeks.
By 8:45dren playin
horse pullineach weekday morning there are seven or eight chil-
g around. the school building. One child is a spirited
g 3 red wagon. Another child is the serious driver. The
porch is a house with the preparation of food for the dolls an im-
portant task. Around the corner Of the house there is a group oi
children each waiting his turn on the swing. The child already onthe swine isperforming acrobatic tricks to the dc]-ighl of the wait-
ing onlookers.
The children, racing around with the other red wagon to which
the trailer is attached. have a collision with the "horse and wagon."
The ditiir-titties which arise are settled. At 10 the children get readyin"? Flll-I an
and then a
By 10 45 tliE crackers After this there is a quiet time of reading
group activity such as a hiding game. music or hiking.e child:-»;=n have returned to the individual or smaller
groot~ Elf li92'l?l-f.~. of their own choosing, After putting the toys and
materials away. the group comes together I-or a game, to listen tnthe victrolnt. 'r-.. or lvr a S1011. At nD0n the children are on their way
' -- '- dwy, which is not without its variations, has
arisen ou: oi the activity patterns oi the children in the group.
Plans are
be chilled uLeing considered, with the hope that they may soonut, lOl the extension of the school day until two o'clock
with a hot lunch being served at r|O0n.
Tl
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Orleans Program
'l'SE CONKLING
lander extension director. is back in New
the midst of conducting an rziuccitional
.-.;,92.i..~orship of the Industrial Union Council.
New Orleans since about April 1, except for
rnurned to Highlander to teach at the twoie New
:: :3;-itI-liuh
tlci.-.1 tn
92 . is i» :ii. iitzt tithcials of local unions were selected by the
. i.-W the term, and already they are making use of
it l|4LVll .in. - ti lining by assisting with the educational pro-
ti-.|;_ ;.. t .92 l-i-,;..i. l.Fi9292 rte recently wrote "Tonight I meet a gen-A i =
t .1 . il --
T
ll t-ziwl-Im'.1.-
Trairiing Sfin n=.l-.l-.-- 1I92192III y-...,i.t ~--t
hi-.='or_92 andoral lli'l'92i>'- :1--. _ _ l_
i92l-t-liir
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_i-ti, low.
<~Ll'nr!_ in i1VI-i- 't..t..i
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T it = 92];
Mitt» l.~1.; W!
!,..v.ii--i . -1. '92,tl'iIl'__Y..192|__-_ t, 1,
it tt.- i 7-»- 1 - in mlttee with the four HFS kids apologies to
st , !=l:u~kie. and Alvin-Lawrie didn't know this let-
.liiu.':'lionl as the backbone. They have already given
~ . i n -ms-elves. and I think they are going to be a
ll_plI_i to me."
i -~i ll extension program began with an Officers
ht.-t-l, with 120 attending the opening meeting. Classes
along and parliamentary law, union publicity, labor
union problems were set up, and were scheduled sev-
92vee~; so as to give all who desired a chance to attend.
-' ;. li'i-- *t'192 Fll' lElg and parliamentary law has made
1,. tilt" luturc to separate the two, and run them both
il the Officers 'lH"aining School ended May
the National Labor Relations Act; a panel
., up Grievances" with five C10 representa-i- I "I
' " '1 "Labor-s lnfori-nation, Please" contest.
4" t, '|..~ l.t~w !rlean.s program i5 concentrating on an
ii]. t]t"9292l_92 organized locals understand and OVeI'COrnc
~ l' "Tl =1'~'~s in parliamentary law. public speaking.
. .Z.'ttl0Tl have been started for all union meni-
92. 1.» r : the River. A special course for shop stewards
. =- Jl-i'|1 on "Taking up Grievances" opened June
_.- 1 Zt_9292l|92 is conducting educational programs for in-
Inland Boatmen_ Division of the NMU se-
ivln W110 deiire to learn how to give the member-
lwttz-r understanding of their organization, The
-.:il_92.92is of their contract. Classes in public
"try law are being held for the Transport
-LIN 1 unions have requested special classes.
will return lo Highlander for the six weeks term, and
another New Orleans delegation with her.Ill t"
tn!--:1
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Interns
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HOSIERY UNION
1 HAS INSTITUTE
The totsstllute at
June 7-B
Travis K. Orka Camps for Am
l
rt.h annual Hosiery Ln-
Higl-ilander was held
under the direction oi
Hedrick, edit-or oi THE
I-IOSILERY WORKER. 1&8-ders
lifmm AFHW branches in the tri-
tstate area enjoyed 9, wee]-tend of
recreation and discussion. The
convention decisions and organ-
'izing problems were considered.
l Edward F. Callaghan. vice prest-dent and southern direct-or of the
American Federation of Hosiery
Workers. and members of theilghlander staff assisted with the
fprograxn.
The Sunday morning sessionwas devoted to a discussion of
organizing women In the in-
, dustry. Helen Gregory, discus.
I stun leader, urged the buildingD! Ladies l92l.l1ll.la.rlcS I-Il Illn-
lur Unions for the fmnllis of
union members and emphasized
the necessity for giving women
members more n.-sponslbltlly In
the un.Ion- Miss Gregory. u rep-
i':-senlatlve e! the Textile Work- er! Uni:-5., c. :.:::92!'-|:r at the
l AFHW.' Plans were made to have B
Summary of the discussion mim-
ieographed and distributed by Mr.CaIIagha.n's of-flee.
i Continued mm e. 1!
=shows for all to enjoy. Harry Las-
ker "taught." the campers by tell-
; lng them a serial story every night
iaround e. camp t-e_
l The Junior Camp. like every-
thing else at. the school, was run
on B cooperative basis. The chil-rlH>I'| hurl tlt Pnehn ail-92i1-n I92' _.._.. ...... ...c .w...n.........., V.
, keeping their cabins clean. wash-
'tng dishes, setting tables, keeping
thir clothes in good order, and so
on. Large amounts of sleep and
good food allowed them to carry
a. full program and at the same
time build good health and gain
weight.
Tabulation of the union affil-
iations of the campers parents
showed the following: 13 with the
|AFL; seven with the CIO; three
unclassified.
These workers children, who
came trom communities in Ten-
inessee, Kentucky, Georeia and
Arkansas. returned to their homes
with a rich experience in cooper-
tlve living. They understand somelo! the fundmnentals of unionism,
know how to produce short. atm-
ple skits, and have teamed to
sin gthe labor songs familiar to
union people.tional Student Serverica now a divisio
i
't...s ._,........e..
l
l, _ Il of the
ce, is sponsoring a workti Qnrrtvn I-
The general purpose
Dumps for America ll:
vlde young men and
i with an Oppurlunlty to do use- :|'ul work and to study social ls-
sues from personal experience,
to encourage it deeper individual
concern for the general welfare
of the nation, to enlist their
whulehearted support for 1 de-
mocracy responsive to the needs
of lls cltlaens, to promote mu-
tual understanding among d.l-
verse economic, religious. Ind
social groups. and tn old youth
In the discovery of 1 personal
philosophy and a social Idealism
which will help to nary them
through the stormy period
almond."
The campers, aged IS to 24, are
drawn from all religious, economic
and social groups, the irnajority
coming from the ranks of collegestudents.
NEWS NOTES
Ztlphia Horton is teachlttg mu-
sic again this year at the YWCA
industrial girls Btmuner session,
held at Camp Merrie wood. Emp-phtre, N. c. --~ -- -- -----
O I Iof Work
Tu pro-women
i Jim Doinbrowsl-tt made a speak-
lna trip through New England
during April. He appeared before
the Greenfield, MB_ss.. Central La-bor Union at its annual banquet,
and spoke to students at Mount.
I-Iolyolze. Smith. and Amherst Col-lege.O I I
Myles Horton was one or me
Opeakers at the conference of
Southern Mountain Workers which
met in Knoxville this Spring,
A I0-acre farm adjoining High-
lander has been added to the
school's lJ10lJei-icy. It was pur-
chased for the use of the school
by Dr. Lillian W. Johnson, donor
of the original site.» . .
The Highlander personnel has
been expanded by the ddltion of
two people. Joan Payne, who was
trained in nursery school work at
Sarah Lawrence College, has taken
charge of the Sumrnerfield Nurs-
ery School. Harry Lasker came to
I-Iighlander after his recent grud-
uation from the University of
North Carolina.O U U
Democra.cys Drama tn the
Hills." by Bee Rich. is the story
which appeared in the February
issue of Social Work Today, de-
scribing recent reactionary at-
tacks upon Highlander.
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iiFIELD PROGRAM
BROADENS
wur. the exception of the rizhl ,
she spent i»'»ric'hing at i-Eigh- ,
lander, Mary Lawranre has been
in New lrleam sinre April first
Her program oi workers educa-
tion, sponsored by the New Or-
leans lnduslriul Union Oountil,
will continue until the end of the
year
Special lB&ifs have been held
for tllrer llrlions the Purnlture,
Workers, the Tnlnnrl Boatmen,
the 'lrnr.::port Workers. In ad-
ilflll their iluxe been classes TOT~rva~,.--. !'||92'I"l"92'~. and r~mnill-
l/¬.l'l"|ll. D: !l92L lillgil lUiIH15 Thi
particular purl of the progra-'11has :1.-.ui.eo' in the starting of
departmental meetings in theunions, an lricreascd attendance
at gerwrrij mecllimzs. increase in
1-.~cirlhe1.~!:iil end dun collection.
:W,'.Ilii"-l" ll. vi :1 n'i.l'nc0[*rupli 92dpunt" h, nr-I r-1 the unions Bea
.1»-til T1.-I gmu ri .'-am-rlred nmrnbrrs .-ittencl class ouch4---er
fl .i -|. Mi ll>"l92t"" =92lllYl|ElI
the llrugrrurn-- av. M-"tn 3Cl1
I':"l lime no it..Z:. Ii ...:o. ' - been car-
. .=.r of.-ters. news
'~;1- .'__l_nf.l.|92'C bu!-ll-' . . , - .».' .i reading:01.-.. . l. " ' wfllce, and
a '.""l"|l.:"i Lrihn lliw parade,1~ *- ' ' : t 1.". New Or»
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11;» of tl.r> pro-
and ~.92r' are dc-fl". TO BUILD
'_lu_sr- on the
urrt-nl, prozrarn.and is available
OffiftO United Auto Workers At Highlander
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T. G. Vanimwdinghmn, financiall Members of Ford local! 903, Memphis, took port in classes,1 :,i-liging, square dancing, September 5, 6, 7, and m-ode lana forthe Memphis conference ties:-rioert on this page. In the gro-up areRichard Devemllf, U. A. W. educational director! Bethe! Judd,International Representatzre; Ben M.:C:t'tloug.|z. local president;
secretary. The Latter attendedthe summer term on the ncholamhip given by Mrs. Roosevelt.
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I
l= I =- tori-!
I
.l|'|]l l.. one _
in:-.1 C4-rzferenne.The Highlander-.
1 :1 :2 mm] pID-
. of theY 'i.-om-11 Pro-l
.:!,I i I O io-ithis 1, ll ' r,-:3: T2.-ere are tzcnl
l
l .n<-n.l:er.~, there.
1* er.-ntlnulng
J--~ -.-..-..r:'ln1~'.Summer Term Features
Labor Conferences
One hundred and fifty-six representatives of A. F. of L. andC. IA O. unions attended the ve Week-end conferences held at the
school during the regular six week'5 summer term, August 13 toSeptember 27. Fwi " "2""?The cnferenoe dealt with |Jl.'lJb- Paul oimstopher. Tennesseelems of organizing, education for swig ;_ 1, Q, seeretuy; Flem-uniorl members, political action!for unions, and labors part in the
National Defense Program. Rleg~.
ular students and visitors alike-
iool: part in the discussioris. Lead-
ers of the oonfnrences were Rich-l
tmzl Deverall, International Edu~
rational Director 0! the United
Auto Workers, Yelverton Cow-
herd, reglonal C. I. O. direct-or.
Birmingham; Alton Lawrence
southern representative Labor's:
Non-Partisan League; l-red Pie-é
per, regional O. 1'. D. directonlNew Drlmns; Allen Me-Neil. souLh- lem reprseemtive Mine, Mill 8:;¢»:"-.¢-ivei Workers.
Speakers
Other speakers and discussion.lenders were William Eaves. re-ling James, Dean of the Theolog-
ical Seminary_ University of the
Souih, Se-vanee; &orge Stoney.Farm Security Administration;
Frank Coffee, Social Security
Board; Joe Dobbs, Chairman 0r-
ganialng Conunitbee Chattanooga
Central Labor Union; O. A. Bax-
ter, sub-regional director St-eel
Workers Organizing Committee,
Chattanooga; Rosanne Walker,Retail and Wholesale Clerks rep-
I¬$;on1-alive, Philadelphia; M. C.Anderson and Prank Allen, Mine,Mill 15¢ Smelter Workers repre-
sentatives; Edward Woods, Amer-
ican Newslmpei Guild represent-
ve; Mike smith, Tennessee di-
rector Amalgmnsted Clothing
Workers; Bethe] Judd. UnitedFAUTO WORKERS
CON FER ON
EDUCATION
[I Carrying out plans Iurmulatel
iat Highlander by Richard Doverlull, u. A. W. Educational Directs!
lBethel Judd. Iniemational Rep
resentative, and members of Mam
phis Ford Local 903. The UNITIIE
AUTO WORKER5, C. I. 0.. heira three day educational Bnnfer
enoe at the Hotel Chlsca. Mem
phis. the 24th, 25th and 26th 0
,0cbober. A large number of delei
lgates were present from Detroit
Baltimore, Ipuisvil1e_ AtlantaDallas. Memphis.
"The union," said Deverall, ll
more than simply a slot machim
for wages and hours. We car
,rna.ke it the culmral, democratii
means of llle for the America:
worker." Special study was giverthe Ford grievance procedure
setting up of local union educa-tional and recreational progm.rn_:.
publicity and _l0'rJ.rnal.isn:|, and
housing, rents, and prices.
Principal Speakers were T. J.Starling. U A. W. southern board
member; Richard Deverali; Pranl-:
Marquart. educational director of
Ford Local 600, Detroit; John
Bdelman, Office of Price Admin-
istration. Waahingtoii.
Blihl. To SI-l'l.lw
"When management waives the
rlsht W Profit," Deverall said,
"unions will waive the right. to
strike." Brother Mm-quart spoke
forcefully for mopuqn of mg
Murray Industrial Council Plan asthe one means in sight for pui-
tlng the National Defense Pro-
gram on a sound basis. ,
HFS Staff Mmnbers
Myles Horton, Harry Le_sker,Maria Stenzel, Leon Wilson were
delegates from I-Iighlimder and
active parts in the promrn.
The Highlander .iil.m "PEOPLE
OF THE CUl921BERLAND" was
shown with U. A. W. movies and
drew a ne response. Plans were
announced for a week's school at
Highlander tor southern Auto
Workers. to be held early in 1942,
A number of Highlander Alum-
ni attended I-he conference, in-
cluding T. G. Vanlanditighnni, li-
nancial secretary of Ford Local903. who was awarded the second
scholarship provided by EleanorRoosevelt.
The conference concluded with
"mass meetii for Memphis C.workers. held in 'F'.rlm=mnn.~l
F" .
Page TWO 'l
November, 1941
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Workers. The violently anti-union
Magnet Mills recently defeat-edthe union Ln their efforts to be-
Eeome hargamng agent for theMagnet workers. The union spirit
is undaunted; organization con-tinues.
, Impetus tor the program came
lout 0! the post-election rally, at
{which Myles Horton and Maria
lstenzel had charge oi recreation.
Program included decorating of,the union hall, poster making.
;gro-up singing, committee work,
start oi a Square daracmg group
land organization of a string band.
A I-Ial1owe'en party was the
high spot oi Sister Maria's week.
Grundy-llfsrian Conference
Officers and members of two
92Gl'Llndy County UNITED MINE
WORKER locals met with Hugh
Rankin. UMWA district repre-sehtaclve, at the school, October
the 1Bl.h, and worked out, plans
for on organization campaign
nmong the truckers and sawmillInterna-
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ltV PAMPH LET ON
ROANE COUNTY
On September 25th two C. I. 0.
organizers were extended the gra-
cious bospltallty ct Roane County,
Tennessee, oompcny thugs andpolice. climax to the brutal lor-
turing was the application to
naked esh of free-owing South-ern tar. - "
Despite the nationwide public-
itr El-Ven the alfalr and t-he -3..
I. Dis posted otter or a thousand
dollars. county of Home and stateof Tennessee have so tar. suc-
ceeded in failing to maize any
arrests. Commemorating the
county employers careers of antl- union cutlawry the present ease.is part at B rich tradition! Paul
Christopher, st-ate C. I. O. 5ecre-
to-ry,1s getting out a pamphletentitled "TERROR IN ROANE
COUNTY." Text is the work oi
Horace Bryan. writ-er and formerHlgllltlder student; the cover islby Marla Stenzel.
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S1-lnuner Term Continued!
Auto Workers representative,
Memphis; John Bouche, C. I. O.
l"¬D1'E5B1'ltat.1ve, New Orleans ;Kong Ll_ rural Y. W. C. A. sec-lrotary from China, l
Student Activities
During the Itfth and sixth
week, on request or the students,a special study was made of state
and federal labor legislation. Stu-
dents made two eld trips to take
part. In union meetings; one toHFS ALUMNI
T0 CONVENE
A Thanksgiving banquet willclimax the third annual reunion
of the Highlander Alumni, N0-
vember 23th, 29th and 30th. Maria
Stenzei, alumni secretary, h§§"rle-
ceiveiflett-ers from many former
students planning to be here for
the big week-end. The schedule
says discussions, volley ball, danc-H12.
In response to our call. activity
reports are no woorning in fromall alumni. These wiil be used in
working up a detailed survey oi
Highlanders first ten years in
labor education. The tenth year,
1942, is coming at us head on.
Handle Workers of Sequatchie,Tennessee.
WE'VE GOT WORK TO D0,"a play written by the slaudents
to show labors role in the de~
tense emergency, and calling for
acceptance of the Murray De-
fense Plan, was performed twicetor entlilasiastlc audiences.
Among the full-time students
were hosiery workers, inland boat-
men. construction workers, a
newspaper employee. an auto
worker, a postal worker, a fed-ernl employee, a student of labor
law. Students came from Okla-
homa. Louisiana, Texas. 'Ienne5see. Washingmn, D. C. Flor thesecond time the Pan-American
Union sent a Latin American
worker who came this year fromthe Retail Clerks or Whitwell,Colombia, South America.
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versity, organized a choir and took on a tour of Europe. _
stated that DOEEBRCHSKI was outstanding at Emory University and after >
graduation from Emory he was placed in charge of the alumni association,
and placed it on s sound organizational basis. recalled that
DOMBRGISKI than went to New York City to continue his ministerial studies
at the Union Theological Seminary. Ihile attending BREE! University .
DOHBRGISKI belonged to the Sign Chi fraternity. H . '
- stated that DOEBROWSKI was the only scn of e Tampa,
Florida jeweler and apparently came from wealthy parents.
_ - stated that DCEJBBCHSKI Irote a doctors thesis in his
senior year at the Union Theological Seminary on the industrial con-
ditions in the South. The story, as related to- by DOIEBRCIISH,
was that DOIEBROWSKI decided that in order to write such a thesis it
would be necessary for him to travel in the south and study industrial
conditions. Accordingly DOLIBRO-WSKI started on a in the South and
stopped at the city of Gastonia, North Carolina. Lt this particular
time there was a strike of the laborers at some mill in Gastonia. _
_1ras unable toirecall the date when this happened but stated that
it was several years ago. -,
Continuing with DOh'BRCNSKI'S story as told to on
arriving in Gastonia, North Carolina, DGEBROWSKI decided to study the
cause of the strike. Approximately two days after arriving in Gastcnia
a meeting of the tcurn citizens was held, DOLIBROWSKI attending this meet-
ing. The people at this meeting were condemning the strikers and D01?
BROWSKI arose and made a speech in which he stated that before condemning
these strikers and their demands it sho
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