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Highlander Folk School — Part 13

69 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Highlander Folk School · 68 pages OCR'd
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OF SCHOOL HEADS Frey Rheters te Heriteon, . Elizabeth Hawes and ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 15—(8pl)— The samen of three of five of the incorporators ef the Highlander Polk Scheel, near Monteagis, Tenn. have bees brought before the Dies commiting tn @ imines way, H was - John F. Frey, president of the Americana Federation of Labor, re ferred te Elizabeth Hawes and to “Taey have been active in rad. feal work tm the South nod a fex Fears age stiended a secret cor. vention in Worth (Carolina, at which thne plans were made for spreading the revolutionary theories throughout the South.” Frey said in @ prepared statement submitted te the Dies commition — - “In sennectinn etth tb12% te continued, “we might mention that the Highlander FF, Bechoo] at Monteagle, Tenn, was mized up in this seeret convention in which these three took a prominent part The d@ person te whom Frey referred Alton Lawrence Lawrence, howaver, was Bot an in. corporater of the school ‘ Eariler, Frey maid that “these three pobple have been in the past. and profably now are, pald organ. izera fof the Textile Workers Or- ganizetian Commisin. & . Frey » @ bitter anti-Communiem and, at a high A. F. of 1. ardenliy opposed to the tte Isa C1 0. McDonald ‘Chisholm, another{incorporator of the High- lander ool, Was mentioned in the tesfmony of Walter B Bteele, d before the Dies group ganization called the Na- public, and “at the specta) ipt the Veterans of Foreign d the R.O. T. C segocin. ¢ United States.” identified Chisholm as a rofessor at the Highlander ool and a former Works Administration project rf of children’s books on Readings Materials, , _oeid thet Chisholm was one oi153 Works Progress Ad- Toinistaton teachers who volun- teered tefight in the Internationa! Brigad‘luring the Rnanish Clyi) Resta Billy ing. Mi j ia. ia, teacher, Ja sho at the corner af the table. ir ! Te Bity and Carolyn King. Mise Cleudia Lewis teacher, ta shown at the con War. Thwitness called the Loyal Bod 7 ta": eo 2, : ce authorities took the. stand they |/ty Armywith which the Interna. . 7TF . = .[ might be “seditious.” - tional « fought, “the Red were 100d Says Capitalism . At the same time as Dombrow-[ Front Aly.” . . aT capa ne " See a. Dinner tims at the Hightander Folk School, Left to right are Miss dane Lawson, Miss Rosanne Walker, Mes, A. F. Kilgore, wife ef the scheol farmer; Shirley Marlow, pup! at the aursery school: Miss cer sued, Misa Claudia Lewis, Miss isa Branden, and Thomas Sherrard, whiter from Sreeklyn, «. a re Hare's a scone in the mursery school operated by the Highlander Felk Scheel at the Summertield B sero! near Monteagle. Use of the Summerfield building t a centrevarsy at present, with the Grundy i Ceunty board opposing. The children are, left to right, Billy Tate, Ethel Dyer, Willie Mey Thomas, Shirley E 1 ; . aki's collection was pe ae He the scene ¢ of ie infor- ; | . bel to Corliss n mation @erding olm was Fails, Urges Communism Study | eset w corte, tgpent at |maton arene “chencin wu . hey Jr, a 3. P. Morgan partner, also jthe Woh Progress Adminisirs- (Centinuad From Pa From Page One) Same aa a was seized by the officials, The/tion Tefers Union Chapter of of the Abraham Lin ~~ Se Dombrowaki collection ves me the . aired. i j itj a i é in 18 days and : sired I considered his proposition ani told him I would ee oe ate ‘Jere later released. | Steele btended that the Friends: stay for a while. gh, Woo 4 a) ‘Harry B. Barger, investigator, Lincoln Brigade I buss, called Miss Iaa Brandon, whose job ia to run the ‘hrenght thi names of the Incor-|3 ot wet: n.! POU SS ra af the school, and she assigned me to the | poratore of the Highlander Folk m in the a Le ee Echool before the house appropria, tions ‘committee investigating _ the The transcript shows that Bar ; wer made the following mention the Mighlandar : GUE ETLONEO SY ROBEATS . -J. O'Connor Roberts, enminittes | moboe.- — Lo, > soy room off seOong “ TRO Anal jewels, | Mewie warn served tn the abain }it ake Genuine Ai Une time of aksembly tpom, whick eoutamed ibe, incorporation ome wee active _ Whe large encugh *# feed the 18 Merten, whees parent 2s before + 0M mudents whe attend the reg- his have studie® to Tennesse tron * - Peesae cst
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