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UN G FES DEPARTMENT OF J: - ) Rp ce . ba / On +: ¢ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (77177) en 7 In Reply, Please Refer to : . : File No. | Knoxville, Tennessee June 9, 1967) .. .- Pee. HIGHLANDER RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION CENTER - MISCELLANEOUS - : INFORMATION CONCERNING The Knoxville Journal, Knoxville, Tennessee, a daily publication, in issue of May 24, 1967, reported that the Tennessee General Assembly will investigate "the widespread - . reports of subversive activity" of the Highlander Research and Pa a %e Education Center, Knoxville, Tennessee. It was reported that | the State Senate on May 23, 1967, voted 24 to 3 in concurring with the House in the decision to delve into the activities of Ceca the controversial center. The article stated, "Highlander, Soe founded by (Myles) (ed) Horton and others, had (sic) long been x one of the most controversial issues in the country and : Tennessee. It lost its charter in Monteagle when it was ; found that beer was being sold illegally there and that ' a Horton was operating the tax exempt school for his own benefit. of sent It was reported there was no indication as to when the a investigating committee would be named or commence its work in carrying out the resolution, . . FO nar , . In the same i pué of the Knoxville Journal, it was _ oo ¥ , | reported that ¢, Conra rowne, a director of Highlander, - i x ’ l veported that WaltersQishop, President of the East Tennessee / |Chapter_of the americgan Civib..Liberties Union (ACLU) had. | advised that the ACLU would go into court in an effort to A block the investigation. It was reported that the Fast — Tennessee Civil Liberties Union labeled the resolution by the General Assembly as mafront to the orderly conduct of government since a proposal "was initiated on the basis of vague and unsubstantiated charges and provides less for legitimate investigation than for punitive prejudicial inquisition... ." ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN | CLASSIFIED DATE hn RY SDE ver IY