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Rata ee sek eet eet ere Na OP rk y lays Bay AAG ee. ny A t JS i an rp. iy a by Le (fee He ghlende 5 Ezecutl Council] minutes 3 Jan 22— pe , PAULVL Horton gave a full report on som recent activities of F B I agents ¥ho are qu stioning people in the comanunity. The agents have been asking neighbors about Kegroes attending or visiting Highlander, Horton read a letter he wrote Senator Kefanver which saidg in parts "They (the F BI agents) heve been particularly insietent in their questions about the attendance of Negroes at Righlendey sessions and conferences. They wanted to Know where people sleep and what goes . . Tier the conferences Bre OWT oss T hop you can find tine to look into this situation and do sone thing to atop intind datdon of our neighbore and the irfevence that the non-dis¢rinination policy of the echool, which is that of the OI0 and APL, is coomnistic and icoorele™ I Horton continusd that the agante are going around the concuntty trying to stir up the people ty asking loaded qu:stions about the Negro students at Highlanders huwiime, Korton read a newspaper report that the assistant Director of the FBI 2é: a speech et the New Tork Herald Tribune forun in which ie said discrimination wog tnsonnabible mith dencersoye Horton congratulated the F BI spckeaman and npocwd a comment made to him by an F BI agent who said thet a Highlender News yeleas) which condems diserimination, would be considered commnistic by a majority of soulbimn people, The F BI Assistant Director answered that he had pe reonally “'@ the matter and that both agentes who telked with Horton, denied exphatically 2 aay Buch statenente After prolonged discussion, it was moved by Lucy Randolph Macon that, because of previous migunderstandings in interviews with F BI agents, the Highlander Director shall speak for the staff and shall ask that all questions posed by any ¥ RY agents be put in writing, and shall nake bis yepldes in writing = provided Fi HFG EN BUNASSPD ; oad Sy Sn a i aE