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Rev. SWIFT stated that sometime during 1952, he observed Mr. HORTOR, Highlanter Folk School Director, throw away a copy of the Romanian News, Sunday Edition, dated October, 1952, numbered 206. ‘Rev. SWIFT stated that HORTON discarded this newspaper in the Post Office of Monteagle, Tennessee and he reclaimed the newspaper for information purposes. Rev. SWIFT stated that after reading this edition of the Romanian News, he considered it sub- versive-in nature, ; Rev. SWIFT stated that the Highlander Folk School has claimed for years that the purpose of their location at Monteagle, Tennessee is to assist the mountain people in that vicinity. He stated that he has been visiting in Monteagle and vicinity for the past 35 years and has lived contimally at Mont- eagle, Tennessee for the past 10 years. He stated that in visiting with moun- tain people in that vicinity, he has yet to find anyone who bas stated that anyone comnected with the Highlanisr Folk School has assisted the mountein people in any way. sed him some time age that the chool was meade up of Communist Sympathizers. Rev. SWIFT ad-~ did not elaborate on the comment vised the interviewing agent that —— and did not give any reason or basis for ing this remark. Rev. SWIFT algo advised that he had been informed by Ay thet the Highlander Folk School was a Mot sq OF Communist’. Rev. was unable to furnish any additional tnformation regarding the comment and stated that Ls cape not elaborated on this remark. He also stated that he has seen extremely large quanities of mail being delivered eat Monteagle Post Office to representatives of the Highlander Folk School. He stated this mail comes from all over the world and a great deal of it is in the form of air mail ami special delivery mail. Rev. SWIFT stated that he cannot understand how eny school could recefve this much mail wniless it was engaged in some sort of illegal or subversive activity. Rev. SWIFT also advised the interviewing agent that he had been informed by several mountain people, names unknown, that while doing day labor on the grounds of the Highlander Folk School, they had learned that there was a dbullding on the ground of the Highlander Foik School called the Film Center. Rev. SWIFT stated these people had advised him that no one, other than Highlander Folk School perscnnel were allowed to enter or go near this bullding. He stated that he had no other information regarding the building, but it seamed rather suspicious to him that a school would be so particular in maintaining a building and its con- tente fn such secrecy. Rev. SWIFT stated that Dr. J. T. BLACKWOOD, « retired Methodist Minister who is 91 years o1d4 and resides at Monteagle, Tennessec, had commented to him thet the Methodist Church which wae located in the inmediate vicinity of the ~2-