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4 ATHIGHLANDER ~ ARRESTED INRADD, eat Petition Against School Being Prepared After Whisky Found Special to The Chattanooga Times | MONTEAGLE, Tenn.—armed with search warrants obtaine late Friday night from a jus, | tice of the peace at his home, ‘county and state officers led - + Mist Atty. Gen. A, F. Sloan -,raided the controversial High- l|dander Fotk Schoo] near here! and broke up a banquet attend-j ‘ted by 30 or more Negro coupl ‘and several white persona. Sloan disclosed Saturday that jhe was preparing a padlock lnetition against the school, be presented in court tha neat few days." vs. Seplima P. Clark,)61, | of education was placed unde repior i school, ar- te to; Alp Dp m ‘within | i ED ivan wif) identified herself asf di-| also Include a request for | | angele, Jr., i Angeles, . 32, also of Loa an entertainer with ijtome renown as a folk singer| cian, and Perry Mac- Key Sturges 34, Shelter Island : Heights, N.Y. ‘The men, as well as others at! the school, had been participating | in one of the regular summer workshops conducted by the insti- tution which has admitted its strong advocacy of racial integra- ‘ition. Atty. Gen. Sloan sald the pad- jock petition against the school would be prédented to Circuit Fudge C. C. Chaitin, explaining that the school then would have fixe days to appear In court and er the petition. The attorney general said pefition “in all all likelihood” wo See Page Eleven, C Column 0 i kil T TREN OE ECE TY, Far From Page One ’ —__ | rest after officers discovered) Issued, it would be directed to the iquantilies of whisky and gin secretary of state, ‘on the property. A legislative Investigating Three young men, who re-| Committee earlier this year con- “pottedly interfered with the of-| cluded its probe of the school ficers iff their efforts to teke! | Mrs. Tlark into custody, also were arrested and taken to the, | Grundy County jail in Alta- mont. Released on Bond All were released early Sat-+ vurday morning after posting! leash bonds for appearance at| -@ preliminary hearing next | Phursday at 4 pm. in Alta-| . ~. Wright, who issued ‘Une search warrants. i Mrs. Clark's bond was set at $500 on the whisky posses- }sion charge. The men, releazed | lunder bond of §250 each on! charges ofeieumkegness, in fering with officers and rerist- | were identified -as ling arrest, Faeyr treet 2 atin OY Urging action leading toward revocation of the charter. Sloan said he would charge tn hia padiock petition that the school is @ “public nuisance’ and |. is? ‘engaging in law violations’ by possessing and serving whisky and other intoxicating beverages}: in a dry county. Mrs. Clark, an elderiy Negro| Woman, was the only school offi- ciel present when the raiding ‘party arrived late Friday nicht. Myles Horton, director of ‘the School, reportedly is abroad with his family. Mrs. Clark told officers she was in charge in Horton's ab- ‘fence. Joining Sloan in the raid were Elston Clay, Grundy County sher- if; Kenneth Shelton, Tennessee uf Criminal Identiti] county deputies and e highway patrol, ~. or-|. at ithe! der that the charter of Highlander, be revoked. If such an order were! i SS g2; ‘Highlander Fol "Brent Brent Bugene ieee f di-res~Singeles; uy’ Hug _ nist connections end the iny School for many years has been fing training school for labor Yeadera from throughout the na- tion, but especially in the South, and has pushed openly for a speed-up in schooi integration inj the Southern atates. Most of the seminars and workshops at, Highlander ara operated on an, integrated basis. i Charges that the achool has; Communistic leanings were ex- plored rather thoroughly by the legislative committee, several membera of which felt tzat the ultra-liberal positions of High- lander officials place them in| the class of “Jeft-wingers.” Hor- ton and others on the staff have ang oiners "| denied repeatedly any Commiu- tigatora failed to turn up iy: real proof.to support the change.| Thg committee, however, recqpmmend that the schogl's atalus as a tax-exempt insti- tuffon be ended and its charter) revoked... Should Judge Chattin sustain the attorney general's plea for padlocking the school, the order would remain in effect until the ‘ October term of circytt court when another hearing would be ‘) gchedoled on the question df making the order permanent. Sloan gaid Saturday that he had no intention of denying residential use of the homes on the grounds of the achool, but thit his petition, if granted, would prohibit thelr continued | use ea gathering places and sites nstityplanesagulgr ¢ Op- erations. id | | Re En a ae nad E The Chatta- noaqgza Times 8-2-59 Page 1 Chattanooga, Tennessee Martin §. Ochs , Editor Knoxville office