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RRA cg! tert we + ee 2 . : aye, in Li e “at ap hits ‘ The correspondent enclosed a. neinétadn Ge sites by tne Georgia Commission on E Bats Were. Atlanta 3 eorgia, whjch related to the Labo 957, meeting . held at the"Highlander Folk School 'Monteagle Tennessee, 1s folder has School Ups} made: available to the Bureau and to your office. — Also enclosed by the correspondent were eleven newspaper clippings pertaining to the HFS from "Nashville . ° - Tennessean," the "Chattanooga News-Free Press" and - from unidentified newspapers, These were all old eli inpings and ¢he ansc eoantaining datac were AanteA in! we AL wa G85 Bite WLI WU GEILE LA, WELLES WEA WAL Li 1939 and 1940. All articles were of the same general hature in that they were critical of %he school and. _... alleged it taught communism. Correspondent criticizes | a the HFS and wants to know what can be done to ‘get the FBI to investigate and close the school. . The HFS is well known to your office, L Me Referenced Knoxville File 61- whe Col- 7511), eo a NOTE ON YELLOWS 2 ee Ln a ~ + +e opty The RFS is “supported primarily by donations from individuals and labor unions in the form of payments for Students attending its courses. It offers courses of instruction in labor organization, social economics and the general fjeld of labor education. It has had CP members on its start [and has followed the practice of welcoming communists as students. It has never offered courses of instruction | in communism, however, nor has the CP ever succeeded in gaining - control of the school.|¥Due to its interracial character, - it has been the subject of numerous past allegations that it represents the headquarters for comminism in eastern Tennessee. ae These allegations have never been substantiated. (61-7511- 210) eat wo he cowry if.