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Lets moe y i al fe ee a oe rire QO Cd & Té- HIGHLANDER FULK SCHOOL FY 61-12 he-10-4)1 In Exhibit Nc. 2 a‘strike at the Richmond Hosiery Mills at Daisy, Tennessee in 1935 is menticned in which perscns from the school tcok & leading part in a rict which resulted in one of them being shct,. A lead is being set sut tc obtain more definite infcrmaticn regarding this activity. In abcut 1934 cr 1935 an attempt was made to organize textile mills in Knoxville, Tennessee, during which several raids were con-~ ducted by vigtlante ccrmmittees and a great deal cf Communist literature reperted tc have been cestroyed. In discussing this matter with Qa cf the Knoxville Police Department and Si now with Draft Beard No. 2 but whe was at that time Sp SEED incville, Tennessee, it was cetermined that nce official acticn was taken 2t that time but that a strong vigilante committee com- posed of Legicnnaires and cther Iccal citizens had raided several different hcuses anc hac run the sc-callec Ccmmnists out of town, Ne arrests were made and nc reccrd was maintained cf any of the literature fowd nor cf the persons concerned in the agitation. However, bcth SM and remember that FRANZ DANIEL and ZILLA HAWES were the leaders in the agitsticn and thet they were knewn tc be ccnnected with the Highlander Feik School at that time. ° has mace some menticn cra strike at a hcsiery mill at Reckwcod in ebout 1936 and this is believed to be the same strike mentioned in Exhibit Ne. 1. From ‘report is is believed that FRANZ DANIEL, ZILLA HAWES and MYLES HORTON were the instigutcrs of this strike anc that the person picked up with the Communist literature in his pessession while on the road te join the High- lander Folk Schocl was named HILBURN. 4A lead is being set cut te check this infcrmaticn at Rockwood. Due tc the number cf local contacts made by Mr. C. H. KILBY arcund Mcnteagle and Tracy City an! the number of affidavits obtained by him from lceal persons, ns alciticnal investigation is being ccnducted at the present time tc further verify the infcrmation contained in these officavits, In the event that it later proves tc be necessary, all of these pers¢ns menticned in the affidavits can be lccated as they are local residents whe are classed as natives 2f this mountaincus section and seldom leave their homes. ~ PENDING - - 20 = CT ee et me a en tm ne tg et rte na a sap gr