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re Constitutional 2 tional League, Inc., = im ; Tirat National-Building, - ose we Sirmminghem, Alabama -. . , o ee - For release SATURDAY AFTERNOON 7 and SUNDAY MORNING, Oct. 26-27 BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Oct. £6. "A check from the White House helps support Fifth Column activity in the South.* This charge supported by a photographic reproduction of Mrs. Eleanca, Roosevelt's check, is printed on the inside front cov- er of a booklet, "the (FIFTH COLUMN in the South", released here to- aay from the Southern 'headquarters of the Constitutional Education-~ al Leagues The author, Joseph Ps Kamp, Vice-Chairman of the League, also wrote the widely circulated expose, "The; FIFTH COLUMY in Washington.°® Photographs in the booklet show Mrs, Roosevelt's check for $100 drawn April 22, 1940, on tho Bank of New York payable to the : Highlander Folk School, Konteaglie, Tenn., and the lettor of trana- Mittal on White House stationery addressed to James Dombrowski at the School, Dombrowski, according to the booklet, was arrested in Eliza- bethton, Tennessee, during the Communist-led textile strikes in 1929, and in 1032 brought Soviet posters from Russia which were held up by the U.S.Customs as"seditious.* The Nashville Tennesseean, Democratic newspaper supporting President Roosevelt for a third term, is one of the many sources quoted to support Mr. Kemp's "indictment." That newspaper inves- tigated Highlander Folk School last year and, according to the Kamp booklet, declared it to be"a center, if not THE center for the — spreading of Communist doctrine in thirteen Southoastern states.* The author charges that this “training center for Communist agitators" has been regularly supported by Mrs. Roosevelt since 1032 and that it has received financial help through the National Youth Administration and the WPA. He quotes Highlendoer as adrer- tising that its regular staff of instructors 1s assisted by “govern- ment officials who will lecture and lead discussions." Mr. Kemp names, among others, Frank Coffee of_the Social Semrity Board, 7, ’ a “+ ; - . a . Fee seer - ore wae ete toe” EY SPST EG ae avon eciinreetoue tats Le on Ae Ne a LE Be ee