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Highlander Folk School — Part 5
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22. OTHER UNION VISIT..TIOW sit EXTEDBION WORK.
A, Several staff members attended the state CIO convention
in Chattanocga, May Zl-June 1; Myles Horton was chairmm of the
educational comnittee,.
B. Hiszhlander was revresented at the stete conference on
democracy, Nasuiville, February 22; the Berea Student Lebor Conf-
erence in larcn; Conference of Southern Mountain Workers, Knox-
ville in the Spring; Nashville board meetings of the Southern
Conference on Humar Welfare and the Tennessee Commonwealth Federate-
scvnj Moulders and ilounters national convention, Chattanooga, July;
United Textile Viorkers of -wcrica national eonvention, New York;
CIO national convention, Detroit, November; Zilphia Horton led the
singing for ten days at the MWCA industrial girls! cemp in North
Carcling in June, and has been invited to join the national music
committee of the YwCs.
C. Visits were nade to @ preat many local unions and services
of too varied and extended a nature to be itemized within the confincs
ol nis report were made for international end local unions. We can
do no morc than indicetc the kind of serviccs rendered: 1. In tho
stscnece of the rezular orgenizcr, a staff member substituted for him
in @ eonfurenes with the cmploycr concerning @ soniority gricvances
ce Assistance was given Paul Christophur in the Roane County case
anvolving the Ucatings to CIO orjurizers, and baciground maturial
on the Ro.ne county violations of vivil libsertics was supplicd for
a penphict; 5. Many trips were taken with orgurnigzors; 4. Scveral
intorn.tional unions held confuronces at tho school; 6. Assistance
was rendered in the fight ageiust the poll tex, und the test case
before the Supreme Court was tekeon from Grundy County; 6. Ieny icttcrs
written for minurs end other union officials in the rcgion; 7e Bome
holp wes rendered in finding nuw organizers for the southern drive;
8. From July through Scuptcmber one staff mmbur spoke at twonty-
three union nootings, confurred with twonty-four organizers, and con-
Wack d twonty-seven internetionin) unions in fourtcen centers.
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3. PUSLICS TIONS
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Two collections of lifvestori_s werc publishud by the students,
"Tho South To-morrow", twountyosix PLECE, mimvogrephed by the students
of the (Bpring Term; "We Know the Scoro", twuontyenine peges, mimco-
1, by thu students of the Summer Termj work campers mimcecgraphcd
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