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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE” . “OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORSEY GENERAL - wea tly oe a wf & . . . March 20, 1951 aaet | lope ; Be a Honorable Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. House of Representatives Washington, D.C... My dear Mr, Congressman: This will refer to your transmittal memorandum of Feb- ee 4 ols eV a communication, with enclosures, from Mr. Myles Horton, Dir— ector of the 1 ghlender Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee... rusry 20, 1951, addressed to the Attorney General, forwarding eo: * This. materiel is very similar to material that was pres’ viously forwarded to the Department by Er. Horton, at which time the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ad~ vised that he had checked into the allegation made by Mr. Horton, and he wished to assure the Department that the Bureau had never . investigated the Highlander Folk School, any representative of the school, or any other individual on the ground that the ne Highlander Fold School or the individual participated in inter- recial educational activities nor have the Bureau Agents in- culred relative to the interracial aspects of that school. - It is noted that Mr, Horton, in his letter dated Feb- ruary, 1951, addressed to "Dear Friend", makes a new allega- tion in the following words: "What strategy prompted the FBI Agents to watch the school by night. . ." méFederad Bureau of Investigation, through its Knoxville of fice, made a most careful check concerning this allegation that a physical surveillance or "watch" was conducted on the Highlander Fol School at night by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of - Tavestigation, The Special Agent in Charge of the Knoxville of- fice has assured the Director that no surveillance or "watch" has been conducted either at or in the vicinity of the Highlander Folk School. Yours sincerely, Feyton Ford Deputy Attorney General if zevp- 16 é TRUE COPY