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Letter written to L. E. Faulkner from GB denham on December 13, 1945. The letter is written on Faulkner concrete pipe company letterhead based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.<br /> <br /> The letter written on December 13, 1945 reads:<br /> <br /> Mr. LE Faulkner, vice president, Mississippi central railroad Hattiesburg, Mississippi.<br /> <br /> Dear Mr. Faulkner:<br /> <br /> There is no basis at all for the article in the Hattiesburg Merrick and of December 11 in titled, “principal denies weekly is read“. Neither Mr. Wallace nor Mr. Blair would permit the teaching of communism or socialistic doctrine in the school.<br /> <br /> The basis of a name citizen subjection seems to have been a biographical sketch of senator Wagner and some other socialistic communistic person whose name I do not recall. Such articles appear in all news weeklies at all news dailies, and very often in the Hattiesburg American. I think it is another case of Andy harm in having popped off without justification. I sometimes think Andy’s main object in life is to stir up strife in the community.<br /> <br /> The board of trustees would not permit on American doctrines to be taught in the schools. We do not, however attempt to review are any course of instruction, because we do not feel competent to do so.<br /> <br /> I am asking Mr. Blair to give you the date requested in your letter, and I am sure he will do so in the near future.<br /> <br /> Sincerely,<br /> <br /> GB Denham

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Newspaper clipping from the Hattiesburg American dated December 11, 1945.<br /> <br /> Principal denies weekly is red<br /> <br /> I Hattiesburg Parents complaint that his daughter and other Hattiesburg high school students were being exposed to communistic and socialistic propaganda through the medium of the weekly news review was quietly denied today by J. T. Wallace, principal of the senior high school.<br /> <br /> The weekly news review is subscribe to my students of the 10th grade history class as a supplement to the study of current history.<br /> <br /> <br /> I Hattiesburg father who made the complaint and further stated that he for bid his daughter to read the publication regardless of what instructions she received from her teacher, was not identified.<br /> <br /> He based his complaint, he said on such articles in the review as to biographical sketch is which dealt with Harold Lasky, executive secretary of the British labor party and advocate of gradual so socialism and Senator Robert F Wagner Democrat of New York, veteran champion of the underdog and quarterback for many important pieces of new deal social legislation.<br /> <br /> No objection<br /> <br /> I have seen and read issues of the weekly news review and I have seen nothing in them to object to, Mr. Wallace it.<br /> <br /> Miss Margaret L TrayWick, 10th grade history instructor, in his class the publication issues, was not available for comments she is absent on sick leave.<br /> <br /> John a Beeson, principal of Hattiesburg junior high school, scanned the December 3 issue, in which the articles on Senator Wagner and Mr. Lasky appeared, and said he failed to read into them any attempt to feed school children with communistic or socialistic propaganda.<br /> <br /> “They are brief biographical sketches. The publication itself advocates nothing,“ Mr. Beeson remarked.<br /> <br /> Mr. beast an added that junior high had use the same publication up to 1943 but the junior review is now being used in the junior high school history course. Both publications are edited by the civic education service, 1733 K St., Northwest, Washington DC and J. Hubert Anderson is senior editor of both reviews.<br /> <br /> Junior review<br /> <br /> He added that the weekly news review was dropped in junior high school not because anything was found to be wrong with it, because the history instructor found that Junior review more suitable to class needs.<br /> <br /> Miss Stella Myrick, junior high school social science teacher, who teaches history and civic classes lot of the junior of you as an excellent supplement to the study of current history, so no communistic north socialistic propaganda locate and its columns.<br /> <br /> Bohleen our excerpts from the weekly news review which aroused the Hattiesburg Parents Eire:<br /> <br /> Under a heading socialism in Europe games, the review reported: “the majority of people in nearly all these countries in Europe are agreed on one point – namely they don’t want to go back to conditions as they existed before the war. They favor radical changes in their social and industrial systems.“<br /> <br /> “US basis serious housing crisis quote was the main article on page 1 of the publication. Other items dealt with “Pearl Harbor,“ “Trumans health plan,“ “trouble in Iran,“ “US housing agencies.“<br /> <br /> Included an eight page review were pictures of Senator Wagner, Mr. Thorez,leader a fridge communist party, and a pen and ink sketch of Mr. Lasky.<br /> <br /> Back page of the publication was devoted to a “form in “on “the way to effective citizenship“ consisting of questions to test how much the student had absorbed from reading the review, suggestions for classroom project in which students would make a quote rather thorough investigation of housing conditions in their own town,“ and suggested pamphlets for reading in connections with the housing problem.
Newspaper clipping from the Hattiesburg American about a parent complaining that the Hattiesburg High school was exposing his child to "communistic and socialistic propaganda through the medium of the 'Weekly News Review.'"

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A letter from L. Eat. Faulkner to Honorable Harold Beech. Velde. Space the letter is dated March 11, 1953.<br /> <br /> March 11, 1953<br /> <br /> Honorable Harold H. Velde, chairman<br /> Committee on un-American activities<br /> House of representative<br /> Washington, DC.<br /> <br /> Dear congressman Velde:<br /> <br /> Please refer to my letter to you February 23, 1953, in which I requested information about the files of your committee regarding the following named persons, and kindly inform me if this information will be furnished:<br /> <br /> Dr. Cameron P. HALL<br /> Luther a. WEIGLE, Yale University, 1929<br /> Julius a. BEWER, union theological seminary, 1930<br /> Henry J. Cadbury, Harvard University, 1930<br /> Edgar J. Goodspeed, University of Chicago, 1930<br /> James Moffett, union theological seminary, 1934 to 1944 (deceased)<br /> William R. Taylor, University of Toronto, 1931 to 1951 (deceased)<br /> Walter Russell Bowie, union theological seminary, 1937<br /> George Dahl, Yale University, 1937<br /> Frederick C. Grant, union theological seminary, 1937<br /> William a. Erwin, University of Chicago, 1937<br /> William L. Sperry , Harvard university, 1937<br /> Leroy Waterman, University of Michigan, 1937<br /> Millar Burrows, Yale University, 1938<br /> Clarence T. Craig, Oberlin graduate school of theology, 1938<br /> Ardel R. Wentz, Lutheran theological seminary, Gettysburg, 1938<br /> Kyle M. Yates, Southern Baptist theological seminary, 1938<br /> William F. Albright, Johns Hopkins university, 1945<br /> J. Philip Hyatt, Vanderbilt University, 1945<br /> Herbert G. May, Oberlin graduate school of theology, 1945<br /> James Muilenburg, union theological seminary, 1945<br /> Harry M. 0RLINSKY, Jewish Institute of religion, New York, 1945<br /> Fleming James, university of the south, 1947<br /> <br /> I requested the same information from Mr. Thomas W Beale, senior., Clerk of your committee, under date of February 2, and I have no reply to my letter.<br /> <br /> Thanking you and with best wishes, I am<br /> <br /> Sincerely,<br /> <br /> Here there is a red stamp with the words copy (signed) L. E. Faulkner<br /> <br /> BCC: honor roll WM Colmee – I may need your help in securing the information I requested in my letter of February 23 to congressman Velde. For your personal information, I am enclosing a copy of my letter of February 23.
A letter from L.E. Faulkner to Congressman Harold H. Velde asking for the Committee on Un-American Activities files on a list of professors from around the United States.

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