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nr - 2 t° ai ATTENTION: sac, Enowvilie OP LS esate SON eee oy Enelosed Ta a copy of correspondent 'e letter. Bustle s contain no tdenttifiable data concerning the ih and no i —_ ss Former Assistant to the - ropmer Aaststant to the Director le B wichols spoke before this Assoctatton in 1937. (94-1-2139) . The Highlander “Folk Scho ol; Honteagle, Tennessee ts well known to your office. _ . \ . : - The ‘above data te furntehed for your information only. NOTE OW YELLOW: Fe | ee en The Highlander Folk School ‘has “been the sub jec ct: of numerous allegations thot {tt ts a communist school and . the headquarters of communtsm in east Tennessee, due : . primarily to its interracial character, These allegations ~ have never been substantiated. It has been given wide Mas publicity by the Georgia Commission on Education which tssued a@ pamphlet chargin tt ts a communtst training: - achool. On January 28, 1959, the Tennessee State Legteloture passed a resolution spo tnting a committee to invest toate the school. (61-7511)... .. , ‘In view of the extrenely controverstal nature of . this school, the past attacka upon it by the Georgia Dae Commission on Educatton and the pending inquiry by the. aa Tennessee State Legialature, the ahove reply tg ‘bel teved Wie 4