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ae C. * the most part concerned with statements made by HORTON or DOMBROWSKI te he gpte the effect that they were either Communists or favored the Russian form of oe goverment or advocated revolution, Mone of these statements, howevers. 922°} 2° . could definitely be placed to specific times nor corroborated by additional © / testimony. The statements also contained references to persons having ob- 1 f served either the hammer or sickle or a red flag at the school and being = = |}. ‘forced to give a Russian salute and sing Russian songee An examination 6f,-).x\1 ° these affidavits indicate that they were in al) probability dictated by Ce. -¥- K. KILBY and that the persons making them were irresponsible, The affidavits do, however, contain statements that BILL MARLOW and MYLES HORTON advocated - ws ~ and attempted to organize @ local chapter of the Young Commmist Teague, - ” In the early fall of 1939 JOHN MCDOUGAL BURNS, a reporter , a ier the Nashville Tennessean newspaper, visited the Highlander Folk School ..... for approximately one week at which time he also talked with residents in the rane community in an effort to determine whether the school was Conmmunistic or |’ Communist controlleds BURNS reported that: The Highlander Folk Schoo] is; - the center for spreading Communist doctrines in thirteen southeastern statesp *~ that connected with its leadership are persons who have either been charged .- - with being Communists or who have been linked definitely with Moscowg its <0... faculty spreads Communiem, approves this Red doctrine, and sends its alumni ; into labor organizations where they maintain contact with their alma mater — win th and spread its teachings over a wide areag holds conferences at the school a between regular sessions where it teaches Communist theories to labor leaders pea and others; it has used Grundy County as # laboratory and organized the. ., -°.” i. Vorkers Alliance, staged strikes, elected the county sheriff, and intends -- Be _ A. ee to gain control of the county school systems it is recognized by State Com-.- ope sunist Headquarters in Nashville and among its gueste are many Leftists of oe a peo national reputation, inoluding CLIFFORD ODETS, the playwright, and ANNA | es ; = LODISE STRONG, editor of the Moscow Daily Hews in Soviet Russia for several _ yoars; it has kept in close touch with Commonwealth College, Meus, Arkansas; it distributes Communist literature, including the Daily Worker; it is the . source of eppays- for use. by “progressive labor groups", the plays including . Communist propaganda; the school with its controlled County of Grundy serves ae a olinio for labor problems, giving instructions on strike methods, et - = cetera, but not overlooking these further opportunities to spread the Leftist - —_ at ” 2 : ; . a we i ae] , at ey . ; 7 : q vie oe ‘ * a a A complete review of the articles writeen by BURNS in- - — | vacates thet he has no basis on which to base these conclusions unless he _ considers that the pressure brought by union leaders, Leftiat intellectuals, snd various radical labor factions who were organising labor in the South : and participating in the United Front Movement were all affiliated with the — members of the Communist Party and that the entire United Front and labo '\ prograns were Communist doctrines.