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Stirred B 4 2 B. CAR. ESTES 4 New and significant evidence hat racial suife being stirred up -4#n Arkansas and across the South *s inspired and promocved by north- ares! Communists, Communist sym- Ssathizers, anc various ‘ front” or- cep reseed QUE aid of their Southern counterparts — continues “fo come to light. * Wot all the under-cover meetings + cor Communist organizers and fo- “ menters of cace strife are being sield in the North, for many of “Sihese party officiais and their aid nish uscuts have now moved at nto the Souh and are holding ibe lt laciies schools and " “planning’ meetings for new ac- tidn a Jot a@unpuoced plan of tie NAACP to hold a three- 2 age 39 cmt ctine iv Poreview on Nov. it anansc wed by the Texas Naare rea de: as «a “plan of action” weeding with “attempts . -.evs. ns oy test court cases . mn speper ate? Yoxas sehogis’ — tsueue ey ove nen eyidente is en- be te ighwuins, G The NAACP strife-stirring buz- eacoe 8 de oeser be permitted - tw hgit bere. much less go to “orsaet for g wuives-faising cam. a aed Saiz. addition ta information and i bave been able to In _ -faels which bring to light in Philadelphia and in several other northern and east- ern cities, the following article from The Shreveport limes of Oct. 5, written by Raymond McDaniel, Times staff member will bring new light to the subject as it is developing ‘n all its ugliness across ine South today. —_ ATLANTA, Ga., Oct &—Organ- izers of practically every outbreak of racia] trouble in the South since 1954 today were revealed to have attended a Communist training school in Tennessee about a month ago. Details were disclosed in a public hearing teday by a -secret investigator employed by the state of Georgia w infiltrate the school. Gov. Marvin Griffin, who pre- sided over todays hearing said the investigator has broughc back “‘ir- refutable facts’ of Communist Party influence in Southern racial strife. The investigator, engaged in the undercover work up untt] last night, teday produced some 40 photo graphs taken secretly at the train- ing school and a role of movie film, which was not shown The pic- tures, introduced intc the records, showed various figurey invyolyed in recent outbreaks of racial trouble attending classes and holding dis- cussion at the Tennessec meeting. —— a ae ee ee The training school, termed «# “workshop ou intezration” was held at the Highlander Folk School near Monteagle, Tenn according to testimony given at the hearings today. Among those attending, and their records as given in testimony were: ATTENDANTS LISTED 1. Rev. Martin Luther King, Montgomery, Ala., a leading Negro figure in various outbreaks of ra- cial trouble during th: past two years who was describec as a tool ef the Communist party in recent hearings in svuisiana 2. Rosa Parks, Negro. described as the person who precipitated the Montgomery pus boycutt. 4. Allen McSwain, Negro who was credited with sparking the Clinton, Tenn. public school incident. 4. Conrad #rowne, » leader at Koinonia Farms-at Americus, Ga. Koinonia was described as & social- istic interracfal community where violence and racial strife recently erupted. 5. Charles Gomillion, Negro, dean of students at Tuskegee Institute. According to testimony today agi- tation by Gomillion war a major cause of the Tuskegez boycott. 6. Septime Clark, presently a di- rector at the Tennessee school who had a hand in the South Carolina NAACP school teachers incident. ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE oi {aq BY OHS. L/— ENCLOSURE —- se ee ee we ee oe ate , rege Teens ot J Co eee Race Strife. And Integration In South y NAACP And Communists 7. David wz Brooks, leader Talla hassee bus boycott. OTHERS REVEALED Also attending was Abner W. Berry, a member of the Com- tmunist Party’s central commit- tee, According to T. B. Williams Jr. executive secretary of the commission holding today’s hear- ings. The presence of Berry, a negro, insured no deviation from the Communist line, Many other persons, some witl 40 incidents of Communist front af. filiation, were in attendance and pictures of these persons taken by the investigator were entered in the records. The investigator was Edwin H. Friend, of Atlanta, whe testified that he was employe) to “make contact and infiltrate the meeting being held at the school and report back ta the Georgia Commission on Education. The commission on education, formed by the State Legislature in 1953 is headed by Gov Griffin with the lieutenant governor and attor- ney general included as members. Representatives from several other southern states were present for. the hearing. { Prior to the meeting Gov. Grif- | fin said the hearing was called to/| receive the report on growing ra- (See RACE, Page 13-A) * 7 C4