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. Office Memorindunt UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT To : D, M. Ladd DATE: March 13, 1951 FROM : A. H. Bel SUBJECT: }TGHLANDER FOLK SCH Bufile 61-7511 an IS UNCLASSI ity DATED SSID PURPOSE fo A¢ Get To submit for your approval the attached memorandum to ( Mr. Peyton Ford which is in answer to additional material which the Department forwarded to the Bureau relating to the captioned matter, DETAILS On/ March 9, 1951, the Department furnished the Bureau certain matg@rial which had been sent to the Attorney General by Congressman/Adam Claytom-Powell, dr., of the 22nd Congressional District, New York, which material had been received either directly or indirectly from Myles\florton, Director of the Highlander Folk School. A review of this material reveals that it is vary similar to tig uaterial previously forwarded to the Bureau by Mr. Peyton Ford and which was answered in our memorandum to him dated February 26, 1951. Photostatic copies of this material have been made and it is suggested that the originals be returned to Mr. Peyton Ford together with our reply to him, A review of this material reveals that in the letter addressed to "Dear Friend" dated February, 1951, signed by Myles Horton, the second paragraph contains a statement, "What strategy prompted the FBI Agents to watch tha school by night and to harass neighbors with questions linking Negroes with Communism is not clear." This statement can be ay arn _— ee of at amt ne | Sons trued as a new allegation on the part of Horton that the FBI has i been conducting physical surveillances at night on the Highlander Folk School, Oe In view of this new allegation, SAC Robey of the Knoxville office was telephonically contacted on March 12 and requested to furnish any facts relating to the allegation, On the same date SAC Robey advised the Bureau by teletype as follows: Attachment so" 7 ES _ L D Les a> re to HAAR mR 23 3181 we” gs 5 Ft as van an 95t ~ aie