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Highlander Folk School — Part 3
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It is
to be noted that WILLIAM EAVES spoke at the HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL on
September 16, 1941 on "Check up" in Saw Mill and other industries.
Reporting Agent was in Tracy City, Tennessee on September 16, 1941 and
through C. H. a obtained a circular put out by the HICHLANDER FOLK
CALAN annnarrn: 7 telk by RILLIAM EAVES A mans thie pit
oLnAvln, concern TE tie telk by WILLIAM RAVES. Accompany ying this circular
was another ciarc.war asrourcing that the regular six wee ss term would
come to an ent Sut 4 onerjai two wecks term, September Li, to September 27
would be held so that *hovze unable to attond the full six wocks course
could attend the last two wetks. The courses were: Public Speaking,
Dramatics, Parliamentaz.. tay, Union Problems, Union Putlicity and Labor
Legislation. Total ccut Sor the full two wecks was $14.00, however,
a limited num» 2 cf cor: lavsnips were availabie. Tre “eb.tr circular
also announce. Awite al ne ‘tivnte to be hela -t “he asi SYET? POLK,
SCHOOL on Sepawoor 12 eri. PF, @aPTERET, Go ucz.cna] J rotor,
Louisiana and are wev> iG International he ,resca cetive. “kere, iiijll and
Smelter Workers NETS <2 appear for this week-cnd instature. Atl local
unions in Alaa, . ‘~ G.,ia, Tennessee and Kentucky were urgec to sand
delegations to seinn tar week-end. Both of the ahove ci: Lars will be
retained inti *12.: © the Knoxville Ficld Offiec:.
:¢ as he knew
not any of the straints wilo aeve attended HIGELANDER FOLKS SC? GOL
in the past have come from Grundy County, Tennessee. The gcracuetes of
HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL cbtain jobs as labor organizers and
thet every student whom he knews who went to HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL, has
a job. MYLES HORTON is in a position to get a man with ability as a labor
organizer a job. In fact HCRTCN can place more men that are graduates of
the HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOCL and when all of the graduates of the summer
term at the HIGHLANDFR FOLK SCHOOL had bean teken up, HORTCN still had an
order for eight labor organzzcrs for District 50 of the C10. GEORGHAITLER,
a member of the Excevtive Comuittee of the HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL is Presi-
dent of District £9 cf vie 710. At the end of the summer term, HORTON
was looking crea.o ‘cor vo. vith ability for lcbor organizers to take these
jobs and waf if.sra.riar people who had ncovey oven cttcnded the HIGHLANDER
FOLK SCHOOL. “Ae jut sGavc. torm that the ALCHLANDER FOLK SCHOCL will
hold at the sehcr? wviilding at Montcado, Teniessee, this year ended
September 27, 3341. Toe aeyt term will be held sosctime after the first of
next year, majte ar lirch, however, it might Le May or June of next
year before amcvucs “Lusi mill be held at Mcnteagie, Ternessec.
We Sept: ocer 24, 1941, the Birmingham Field C1fiec telephoned
this office anv ucvocon that in connection With the strike ‘in being held
against the Sti ct.gecar Tost at Birmingham, Alabama, ho had shtained from a
confidential suvcos: wf information that YOLVERTONMCORZERD,, an attorney
at Birmingham, Ale rns , ang a union organizer, T. C. McV#A, an attorney
and union orgenizer, JZAAIOYER, EBD®ELFER and HAROLDCTELF:R, the latter
being a writer for the Birmingham Post and a leader of the strike, would
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