The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-26
Nations First Lady
Aids Fifth Colunnists
Sends Check, Message of Encouragement to Com
munists' Center in South = Photographic Evil
dence Allegedly Secured

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. Is - "a
check from the White House helps
support Fifth Column activity IN
the South.
This charge supported by a pho
tographic reproduction of Mrs. FL
eanor Roosevelt's check, is printed
on the inside front cover OF a book
let, 1.-The Fifth Column in the
South, released here today from
the southern headquarters of the
Constitutional Educational League.
The author, Joseph P. Ramp, vice.
chairman of the league, also wrote
the widely circulated expose, 1.-THE
Fifth Column in Washington
Photographs in the bookelet show
Mrs. Roosevelt's check for $100
drawn April %, 1910, on the Bank
of New York, payable to the High
lander Folk School, of Monteagle,
Tenn, and the letter of transmit
tai on White House stationery adj
dressed to James Dombrowsk1 at
the school.
Arrested in 1929
DombroWski, according to the
booklet, was arrested in Elizabeth
ton, Tennessee, during the Com
muniSt-led textile strikes in 1929,
and in 1882 brought Soviet posters
from Russia which were held up by
the U. S. customs as "seditious."
The Nashville Tennesseean, DEM
ocratic newspaper supporting Pres
ident Roosevelt for third term, IS
one of the many sources quoted to
support Mr.. Ramps indictment. )"
That newspaper investigated High
lander Folk School last year and
according to the Ramp booklet, de-
clared it to he "a center, if not THE
center for the spreading of Com
munist doctrine in thirteen south
eastern states"
The author charges that this
training center for Communist ag-
itators" has been regularly sup
ported by Mrs. Roosevelt since 1882
and that it has received financial
help through the National Youth
Administration and the WPA. He
quotes Highlander as advertising
that it's regular staff of instructors
is assisted by government officials
who will lecture and lead discus
sions." Mr.. Ramp names, among
others, Frank Coffee of the Social
Security Board, DR.. j. H. Dawes of
the T. v. A., Esther Gelders of the
National Youth Administration. and
Stewart Meacham of the NLRB.
Another government official, Au-
drey Williams, head of the National
Youth Administration is accused of
having provided letter of intro
duction for Communist" John DON
ovan, national representative of the
Workers Alliance, when he came to
Birmingham in 1888 to help pro-
mote the Southern Conference for
Human Welfare, which, the book
let charges, was Communist inspired
and controlled.
The Williams introduction is quoted
as having said in part: IT regard
him very highly and have found
that he usually knows what he is
talking about"
New National Anthem
The author describes an anti
American song book" prepared by
the students at Highlander; he says
that on "the moSt-thumbed page
is the Communist theme song, the
International, and from page %
he quotes IAN old tune with new
words" as follows:
"My country tbs of thee,
Land of mass misery,
OF this sing.
Land where the workers toll,
And bosses reap their spoil,
Where children starve and freeze,
From fall till spring."
"a dangerous alien-bred and alien
minded Fifth Column has invaded
an unsuspecting Southland" says
Mr. Ramp in his opening charge.
cts agents, agitators and saboteurs
are in strategic positions in the
schools and the churches; among
farmers and industrial workers; on
WPA projects and in government
agencies. Everywhere = in every
southern state, in most every COM
munity-this sinister network is
spreading its vicious propaganda and
organizing its forces.
$50 subtle has been its approach,
| it has enlisted and is currently re-
ceiving the help of many respected
and trusting southerners. It's pro-
cram is anti-American and anti
cd. The ultimate goal is social
sshaos. the overthrow of the govern
ment and the establishment of "a
new social order ..
After presenting much detailed
data and many quotations from
Communist documents, Mr.. Kamr
makes the blunt charge that the
objective of the Fifth Column is
to take over industry! To take
over the Soulful To take over
America"
Willingly, or unwittingly, govern
ment officials including governor
labor leaders. churchmen, educa-
tors. influential and well-meaning
local citizens are being used as a
vanguard for the Moscow-inspired