The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-13
Commies Planned Racial Unrest In Arkansas,
Special Legislative Council Committee Says

Editors NOte-This is the final
article series dealing with the
state of high school education in
Little Rock, Ark, where public
high schools have been closed in
the face of orders of federal courts
that they must integrate.)
BY T. GRADY GALLANT
Little Rock Documentary evil
dence and sworn testimony pro-
duced in public at a three-day hear
ing before the Special Education
Committee of the Arkansas Legi
slatlye Council makes it apparent
that there has been and now is sub,
version present in the racial unrest
in our state the conclusions Of
that committee state
The committee is convinced
that racial unrest in Arkansas was
deliberately planned by the Com
nunist Party as a part Of the d.
receive handed down by Moscow
IN 1923. The Communist Party has
used many organizations in our
state
I'VE find it noteworthy that these
organizations, nfiltrated with Com
munists and Communists, have
actively supported racial unrest in
Arkansas. They tried, and were
successful. in making Little Rock
a worldwide incident Z the com
mlttee states.
Then the committee points out
that the NAACP appears to have
been heavily lnfiltrated with sub
versives and. Willingly or unwitt-
ingly, is now a captive of the Com
munist apparatus
Fund Aided NAACP
The Fund for the Republic. with
Harry Ashmore Of Arkansas on the
national board of directors. S
given considerable money to the
NAACP. It has also given about
one-halt million dollars to the
Southern Regional Council-W h
Daisy Bates fNAACP president for
Arkansas. Council on Human Re
lations, which had the same Ash
more and Bates as incorporators :
During the hearings. DR.. j. B.
Matthews. director of research be-
tween the years Of 1888 and 1915
for the Special Committee on I'm
American Activities Dies Com
lnitteeA. testified that the Southern
Conference for Human Welfare was
an organization set up by Com
naunists and was the first major
thrust of the Communists in the
South. This organization was sue
eeeded BY the Southern Conference
Educational Fund Of which James
A. DonlbroW.sld is the executive
director land is noted for his Com
'nffnis. .,L.-.4..-..
The report notes that Dom
browski is also quite active in
Highlander Folk School, which is
up'l dtSd DS WY iNs llcl lUi DIT NlDil-
teagle, Tenn. as an integrated in
siitNti4a
E.b III 8and of DAISY
i5aie~ Oh the hoard OF directors
o. the Southern Conference Educa
tlonal Fund at present. and "al
least 22l individuals associated
with the Southern Conference Edu-
cational Fund have been cited for
their connections with Communists
or Communist activities.
Williams Role
Aubrey Williams was president
Of this organization and has been
cited many times for his Com
munist and Communist front actlvi-
ties" Mr. Williams was visitor
at Highlander Folk School as re-
Gently as last year
The report goes on to state that
Dr.. Matthews testified that h e
following organizations have been
infiltrated by Communists and-or
communist sympathlzers
l. The Southern Regional Coun-
Gil.
,. The Emergency Civil Liber-
ties Union
g. Various state councils on hu-
man relations.
4 Highlander Folk School.