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Highlander Folk School — Part 8

64 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 64 pages OCR'd
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ioe #14 munism advised upon contact that he had consented to lecture on one occasion at the Yighlander Folk School during the Swimer Session, on the Wage and Hour Act; that it was the policy of the Department of Labor to interpret the age and Hour Act to a labor group whenever possible, and he knew that refusal on his part to adress the group at lighlander would be "played up" by the school. @@§Pstatec that he was acquainted with MYLES HORTON, present pres- ident of the sshool, anc JANES DOMBROWSKI, former president, and presently Serving as executive secretary for the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, lwith headquarters at Koom 504 and 507, Presbyterian Building, Nashville, Ten- nessee. He believes both of them to be extreme liberals and entirely in sym- ~ pathy with Communism; however, he doubts whether either of them are card bear-~ as 1 \ing members of the Communist Party, inasmuch as both HORTON and DOMBROISKT . 4 | probably feel they have more to gain in their respective fields by remaining as fellow travelers instcad of maintaining card bearing rclationship with the Somnunist Party. JAMES DOMBROWSKI presently maintains residence at the Noel Notel, Nashville, Tennessee, and has recently gone te Washington, D. C. and licw Vork in an attempt to raise additional funds for the Southern Conference for Kuman ‘yelfare. No further informacion is being set forth in this report rigarding DOMUBROWSKI inasmuch as his activities are being covered in a sep~ erate case entitled "Southern Conference for Human “lelfare", File 100-92, and an individual file on JAMES DOMBROJSKI, Internal Security ~ C, Nemphis File 100-1293, vs “h way rook 1 ae} ogg fae es ee Reference report contains a lead to contact Rev. JONN C.AENSOR ; ’ Methodist Minister, 1203 Rirds#i Street, Old Hickory, Tennessee, un ers i the signed statementshe is reported to have concerning the Highlander Folk , ° School. Rev. ENSOR was contacted by Special Agent aa * an ef- 4 . fort to obtain these 36 affidavits, and it was learned thet they are presently in the possesion of the chief attormcy for the leadinz coal mine conpany in Tracy City, Tennessee, Rev. ENSOR was unable to furnish eithor the name of “4s company or the name of the attorney; however, it is believed that they nan be obtained from this information, He indicated that these affidavits <neluded photozraphie copies of cancelled checks mailed to Highlander Folk 5chool fron Russia, and one check from ADOLF HITLER in Germany. | 4 7 ' Porm -” i * JAMES HARDIN, Sceretary to Governor PREN®ICR COOPER, was ton- tacted regarding the file compiled by the committee of American Legion for tha State of Tennessee, alleged to have been placed in the custody of the Gov ernor, HARDIN statcd thet this file was not prescntly in the custedy of the rt: i -§~
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