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- : ~ ee | —— . en TOO . Ls) or erm et (Continued From Page 1) cial unrest in the South. Notice of the meeting was not made until late last night, because, accord- ing to Griffin, Friend was still en- gaged in the undercover work un- til that time. WARNS OF ACTIONS “This evidence shows that ten- sion in the South is being pro- duced by forces whieh are not interested in tbe welfare of el- ther the white people or the Negro people,” said the gover- “Tt behooves each of us to learn more of Communist infiltration and the direction of Communist move- ments. Only through information and knowledge can we combat this alien menace te constitutional gov- emment. Williams spent the major part of the hearing identifying persons in the pictures and entering the pho- tos in the official records. Referring to leaders of the ra- cial outbreaks, Williams said they have receivde ‘wide acclaim" from the National Asen. for the Advancement of Colored People." Because of that he termed an “amazing propensity on the part of the NAACP leaders for affillat- ing themselves with the Commun- ist Party’. Williams also entered as evidence the records of 10 lead- ers of the NAACP. REVEALS LEADERS They are Channing H. Tobias, chairman of the NAACP board; William Lloyd Imes, vice presi- dent; Oscar Hammerstein J, vice president; Algernon D. Biack, member of the boeard;. Huber T. Delany, member of the board; Benjomin E. Mays, member of the boar Roosevelt, member of na arl B. Dickerson, member of the board and W, J. Walls, vice president. The Tennessee meeting was de- scribed as a four-day discussion of methods and tactics of precip!- ste wo mtal cieifin tating racial strife and disturbance. It was held from Aug. 30 to Sept. “The meeting of such a large group of specialists in interracial strife under the auspices of a Communist training sckool, and in the company of many known Com- munists is the typical method whereby leadership training and tactics are furnished to the agita- tors, said the committee. “This was a general workshop . and would be the most commen method of developing a long range program. In specific sit- vations, leadership would be sent inte the communities to assist. ‘According to testimony, the school was headed by Myles Hor- ton, a director of Highlander, and the Rev. John B. Thompson, Chap- Williams testified Thompson has a munist -activities and said both Thompson and Horton have long heen regarded as useful alds to the BEth TEBSroSs 2S Sales wah Communist party. PICTURES SHOWN included one showing 2s identified by Williams as , : lain at the University of Chicago, | record of 36 affiliations with Com-| pa ag i ttl sessions, th a edine children and \ oie racial demonstrations ana incidents was advocated on the basis that pe- lice are reluctant te shoot wem- : en and children. : Another picture was. taken of Ralph Helstein, president of ‘the | United Packing House Workers of America-CIO, with Abner W.. Berry, according to an Mentifics-° tion by Williams. . Williams said Helstein is a representative of a small group of labor extremists who serve tha Communist party _ by affiliation, and by the utiliza- * tion of their own organization to | further the aims of the Communist © party. Berry, in addition to hold- ing his membership on the Com- ]- munist Central committee, is a top writer for the Daily Worker, offi- clal organ of the Communist party. Also included in attendance at the Communist meeting and identi- fied by Williams in pictures intro- duced today were: Alonso G. Moron, Negro ‘pres- ident of Hampton Institute. Wilma D. Stokely, a Newport, Tenn., writer. a a j os, are : Aubrey Williams, Montgomery, | Ala., president of the Southern Conference Education Fund, Inc.,: and publisher of Southern Farm and Home Magazine. Maurice McCracken, who is af- filiated with the Neighborhood House in Cincinnat!. Rev. Maurice McCracken also of |: Neighborhood House. Ralph Teffertetler, New York's Henry Street settlement. Rev. Abernathy, another leade™ ig the Montgomery, Ale., bus’ reer dent, LEADERS NAMED The commission said Highland- er Folk school was founded in 1932 by Myles Horton and Don West, former district director of the Communist party of North Carolina. Paul Crouch, a former top Com- munist party functiona™™. -~ ing to the committee, testified be- fore the Congress... . . ...- * ~ make pe tee on un-American Activities t Highlander is ‘‘ostensibly an in pendent labor school,” but actu: is working in close cooperat with the Communist party.” James Dombrowski, who hei: form the school, also has a 1 record of Communist front act | ties.