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  Rm. March 21,1952
Mr. Herndon J. Evans
The Sun Publishing Company
Pineville, Kentucky
My dear mr. Evans:
In response to your letter let me say that
‘ this institution has not appointed anybody to go to Kentucky,
nor has taken any official action of any sort in connection
with the alleged difficulties in your State.
Some of the students may well have met with
students from other institutions and discussed matters of this ·
sort, but the faculty and the institution as such cannot control
what they do as individuals and disclaims all responsibility for
any activities on their part.
Sincerely yours,
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 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ‘
ANN ARBOR
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FRANK EGLESTON ROBBINS
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT I n
March Bl, l95e ,
Mr. Herndon J. Evans
The Pineville Sun
Pineville, Kentucky
Dear Mr. Evans:
Dr. Ruthven sent you, in answer to your
letter of March l&, the following telegram:
“No official knowledge committee
mentioned. Participation unlikely
in any case."
Inquiry on this campus discloses no one who knows
anything about the proposed committee. We have not
been officially approached on the subject and it is
extremely unlikely that in any case we would care to
take part, officially, in any such undertaking. The
_ only connection which the University has with Kentucky
insofar as I know is through its summer camp in Geology
and Geography which is located each year near Mill
Springs, Kentucky. This is purely an educational
project for the benefit of our students in Geology and
Geography and has nothing whatsoever to dowith social
or economic surveys.
Sincerely yours,
 
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Mr. Herndon J. Evans,
Editor—Manager,
The Pineville Sun,
Pineville, Ky.
Ny dear Sir:
I anzwriting to acknowledge receipt
of your letter of March l8th, addressed to the
President. Our Acting President, Hr. John L. New-
comb, is absent from the University at this time,
but we expect him to return to the office on
Wednesday or Thursday of this week. We will
bring your letter to his attention immediately
upon his return, and you may expect to hear from
him promptly.
V Very truly yours,
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Western Union Telegram to
Herndon J. Evans
Editor The Pineville Sun
Pineville, Kentucky
Replying your letter March 18 have no knowledge
of any such action by Cornell University
as you describe as reported
Livingston Farrand
President Cornell Univwsity
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March 21, 1952.
Mr. Herndon J. Evans, A
Editor, The Pineville Sun,
Pineville, Ky.
Deer Sir: -
In reply to your letter of March 18th, I may say
that no officer of the College, no faculty and no faculty
committee has ever taken any action nor even discussed the
matter of designating representatives to attend any meeting
stknoxville, Tenn.
Whether or not any individual students or members
of the staff will take part in such a meeting, acting on
» their own responsibilities and with no official endorsement
from the College, we do not know.
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‘ ° I received today the book, HARLAN MINES SPEAK, which you were good  
E   enough to send me with your compliments. I wish to thank you for this volume. Y
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    of thlsbook but even then I have been able to learn that its authors still cling p
    tenaciously to their first pollor that of telling only one side of the mtter and ¥
l ¤ mlsrepresentlng conditions in the coal fields. I have shown the book to three por-
  ' sons today. Hmreectlon of two of these was significant. They did not shoe surprise
p   that Eirelser and his ilk would misrepresent conditions but they seemed surprised
· l that your publishing house apparently sponsored the work. I an passing this along 4 ·*
5   for your lnfornatlon as your house evidently has a flne rating ln this section.
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  This reaction prompts me to make inquiry whether you would be inter- ~
Q ested in any materiel that would glve a true picture of conditions here. I have fol- »
·   loved every step ln the canpalgn to comunlze the coal fields and I have watched
; the efforts of this group ln furthering their particular ends. In fairness it seems ‘ v
» ; that someone should be privileged to present *our° side of the case, and by that I l
*   mean Southeastern Kentuclq's elde. I do not wish to quarrel with Irelser, Waldo 1
3 up Frank or others about their personal political or economic views. However, I do not
1 l think that their false statements should go unchallenged. It le surprising that a  
1 l publishing house like yours would accept the statenent of Allan Taub and include it y
Q Q ln e volume of this kind without investigating the matter. I sent senator Costlgan .V,p, f i
v l a full report of my connection with the deportation of these trouble-makers yet no
1 one took the trouble to include that ln the record. The statement by lhub and Listen _
l Gal: as to uq activity was a vicious and contenptible lie.
E there are so nany glaring falsehoods mingled with countless inaccuracies
; that I feel sue that you would welcom something that would follow s middle course.
1 Why not tell something from the other side? vo you realize that the witnesses were ‘ I
y not under oath? That most of those who testified were not miners actively engaged ln ‘_
l the work but hangere··on who nero willing to tell anything when properly coached? Hy l
  own testimony was garbled an.! part left out. Bad lt not been for the fact that lt ;
I had had som publicity it would have been left out entirely. I feel sure.  
If you would be interested ln giving us an opportunity to present 1
I our side of the matter I would be glad to provide the mterlal and to contribute the I
proceeds to real, constructl ·»h· e work among our people. I would be willing to give the l
{ proceeds to the Red Cross, American I.eglon.y0l—i Peoples Hom, Orphan': Home or any  
I _ recognized charity, but not eo s relief racket like that sponsored by ness and his { s
folloeere. If you are interested I will be glad to outline Just what I have ln mind. I
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Mr. Herndon J. Evans
Editor, The Pineville Sun
Pineville, Kentucky
Dear Sir:
Your letter of Merch 18th has just reached me.
Let me assure you that Hu ter College is sending
no delegation to the college convention which will gather
in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 25th. If any persons
from Hunter College appear there, they do so as individ-
uals and not as representatives of the College. we have
no control over their lives outside the college.
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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
March 21, l932•
Nr. Herndon J. Evans, Editor—Manager,
The Sun Publishing Company,
Pineville, Ky.
Dear Sir:
I cannot discover that
anyone in Union College - students
or faculty · have any intention of
visiting Harlan and Bell Counties,
Kentucky•
Perhaps you are mixing
Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.
with Union Theological Seminary
(Broadway at 120th Street), New York
Sincerely yours,
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P eside t.

 SMITH COLLEGE
NORTHAMPTON MASSACHUSETTS
OFFICE 01* THE Pmssumwr
March El, l9§2
Mr. H. J. Evans
The Pineville Sun
Pineville, Kentucky
Deer Sir:
When I received your letter of Merch lSth
I knew nothing of any proposal to eend e delegation
to Knoxville and the coal fields. It does not eeem
to me that it would he e wiee thing to do and Smith
Gollege hee no intention of teking any euoh action.
· Sincerely youre,
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SECRETARY OF-' THE UNIVERSITY
Merch 21, 1932
Ir. Herndon J. Evans
Editor of The Pineville Sun
Pineville, Kentucky
Ly deer lr. Lvens
President butler ie out of the city
and will be for some little time. he is unetle
therefore to give attention to your letter of
lerch 18.
Very truly yours
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Frank D. Fackenthel
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BUSINESS MANAGER
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March El, l9?2.
Mr. Herndon J. Evans,
The Pineville Sun,
Pineville, Ky.
Dear Sir: '
Referring to Your letter of Iarch lgth,.
I beg leave to assure you that Lewis Institute, Chicago,
has taken no wart whatever in any of the socalled red or
communistic agitations which annear to be active in the
Kentucky coal fields, and has not the remotest intention
of sending an orficial reureeentative to the Knoxville
meeting.
` we have no communistio or radical organizations
in the Institute, nor Lave the officials ,r faculty of
this college ever shown any sympathy with such movements.
This does not mean that me assume resnonsibility for any
discussions or organiz tions of students, or even for
opinions exuressed by individual orofessors or instructors.
But it is asserted with confidence that this institution
is in no sense a radical center and that it has never en-
couraged movements at variance with gqod and tell ordered
government.
Goal mining disnutes are not a very lite
issue here, and uractically all of the fuel used for in-
“ dustrial nuruoses in t`is district comes from Southern
Illinois, where there is no trouble at nresent.
Yours very truly, _
E£iL2(4C4?(0Mx}e%£
 
Business manager,
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Dear Io*n6om:·
Th~nk¤ For tho splomiif rrtic*o "Gomwvuisw in V%‘iu¤*y." Zi
arrived juai in {imo, ns I F;” Farm oui of Ike ciiy Sor s¤v¤?=l ivy; ¤nd wv;
jusl sioriing fo ;roy~re Iho April mggozino--usuolly in ¤ompl:%s ky {he lifk.
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March 22nd. 1952.
Mr. Herndon Evans, Editor,
Pineville, Ky.
My dear Evans:
A l Well I see you are about to be investigated
again, which sounds about right. God! what is our country
coming to anyway when the colleges turn red too. Evidently
you are getting the situation well in hand, when they
find it necessary to send another delegation. Also the
Daily worker has ceased to write you up in each and every
issue they publish, although they fee that the subject
should be_kept alive. Boy if you could only attend some
of the meetings they have here, you would know what kind of
a fellow you really are.
Both Mrs. Grady and I take s crack at them
every chance we get, and that is pretty often. The enclosed
article which appeared in the "Times"this morning may be
of interest to you. They out out parts of it to get it
in column length. I enclose you herewith the original
from which you will note what occasioned my writing the
"Tnnes".
Best regards old boy and send back
our coming intelligentsia properly wrapped up in swaddling
cloths.-
Yours very truly,

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WILLIAM A. BOYLAN
March 22, 1952
Mr. Herndon J' . Evans
Editor, Pineville Sun
Pineville, Ky.
Dear Sir:
Under date of March l'7, 1952, you wrote to me as
A follows:
"The New York Times carried an article on Sunday,
March lZ5th, in which it was stated that thirty colleges and
universities will send faculty and student delegations to
a nation-wide college convention which will gather in Knox-
ville, Tenn., on March 25th and proceed immediately to the
Kentucky coal fields to protest against 'increased terror'
in the treatment of striking miners and to distribute relief".
You further state that the institution of which I
am head was listed as one which will designate representatives
to the Knoxville meeting.
I beg to state that no delegation representing either
the faculty or the student body of Brooklyn College, is authorized
to represent Brooklyn College at the convention which you state
will gather in Knoxville, Tenn. , on March 25th.
Very truly yours,
President
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I any delegation representing Howard University which is to
attend the proposed nation—wide college convention in Knox-
ville, Tennessee on March 25. Your letter first brought to
' our attention the article in the New York Times and I have
l no information which would explain how Howard University was
listed in the article. _
Very sincerely yours,
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I Dear Herndon Evans:
h Your letter of the 21st has just arrived. The article which I sent
you was printed in the Enqu1rer's Kentucky Editions%g;d also my
editorial in this mornings issues. So you can reprint them with
credit if you care to. You strengthened my hand at a critical moment
by writing your letter, which opened up our correspondence. If some
of the Pineville citizens will do the same thing I believe I can
convince the Enquirer that I am on the right track.
I went down to see them yesterday and punched this editorial along,
though it would have been printed anyway I suppose. Every one to
whom I talked was hoping you would not lose your head and play into
the hands of them people who are trying to make out that you are
ruffians of the first degree . You have a warm friend in Pryor Tarvin
Managing Editor of the Kentucky T1mes·Star whem I talked to yesterday
and also in Herb Logan who is back on the Enquirer and who told me of
your boyhood days in Frankfort. Also in running through my clippings
on the Dreiser episode I found that both the Times and the Courier
· Journal had been on your side. Tom Wallace is a trifle peculiar in
the tangents he takes, but I think his only concern was that you
, _é¥ould appear courteous and not take the offensive. He is not against
you and if I am not mistaken a letter from me will very likely straight
-en him out--1f you so desire. Anyway you may be sure Tom is not bitten
with Communism and he really loves your part of the country. Mind, I
am not his guardian nor his keeper and I have ever been on the opposit-
_ ion papers and sometimes in very ardent opposition I think you may
recall. But the point is that you and Pineville have lots of friends J
T in Kentucky, even people like me whom you have not met, who can be ·

 depended upon to see that you get a break down there.
} I'll be wr1t1ng ed1tor1als and I think they can be depended upon
to appreciate your point of view even though I may make slips at such
a distance. I do wish you would continue to send me the Sun for a
llttle whlle until I can be sure to keep up with you. It will save
your letter writing and neither of us have much time for that.
I have heard from thefzhmes but not affirmatively and I will
see what I can do to straighten things out for you and for Pineville
one way or another. If I could slide down to New York and have a few
drinks with these fellows it would be easy enough. This has come up
at a time when I am trying to get my own affairs adjusted with them
and I can only suggest that you write to Mr. Edwin L. James Acting
Mmw(Rma@¤{a¤~¤’
Managing Editork My plans were upset by Arthur Krock's removal from
the scene to take 0ulahan's place at Washington and still retaining
a suzerainty over the managing editorship or I think it would be
easy to get us both straightened out. I'll be busy trying and shall
write separatelyrto all the people down there in the hope of doing so -
before your invasion.
I have been digging up stuff which I am going to try on the
Times for the magazine or a feature and I shall probably send it
to You. It will deal with things somewhat other than your local angle
and will try toagggtray the Laurel and Rhododendron Festival attitude.
I may want the pllppings back for my own f1les—but keep them till
this rumpus is over.
I shall await your letter and I shall meanwhile write to Hartman
of the Harper organization and see if we cant open that up . I am ready
to do anything you suggest,along the lines of my letter to You.
. V It is important to get into the Progress Magazine--if there is
going to be any. I am 1n almost daily touch with Frank Dunn who is a
I warm friend and I am hoping to hear- But especially I am anxioa  to \

 Peat these gentlemen at their own game in their own field and to
their own audience. It may take us sometime ·but 1t can be done.
At this time it seems unlikely that I shall get down and you ought W
to go ahead on you arrangements for spot news with the Times and
can use my name in vain lf you desire because I shall be mentioning
yours. I am desirous of writing background stories of the coal
, 1ndustry-—Appalach1an Goals Inc, The Frontier Nursing Service as
showing the dire necessity quite apart from any coal mine disturbances
--the same thing in the Ozarks, the work of the Quakers with which I
` am quite familiar since they are here stronger even than in
Philadelphia, the attempt of the region to make something of its
ancient heritage of beauty, and then a resume of the communist attacks
I know that thls hazy outline does n't suggest much and as you shall
see what I do write you will _have a chance to keep me from going
wrong.
I am quite hopeful that I may come down at the time of the Laurel
and Rhodendon Festival this year. I shall probably find 1t possible
to spend a rew days. By that tlme we should have much to talk
about, and I hope, @#,the success lu getting UBB Pineville view
accepted nationally.
Sincerely, _
Herndon Evans , Es q• C°"* %>`““` L` ‘“"°b`f
THE PLNEVILLE SUN. E
Pineville, Kentucky.
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22 March, 1952
M  dear Mr. Evans:
I have your letter of March l8th addressed
to the President of New York University. We have no
intention of designating an official representative or
representatives from New York University, either
students or members of the faculty, to participate in
an investigation of conditions in your part of the
country. What individual members of this institution,
students or professors, may choose to do on their own
p initiative and responsibility is something which we
cannot undertake to control. As a matter of fact, I `
know of no form of participation in such an investiga-
tion involving members of this institution that has
been planned.
Very truly yours,
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Mr. Herndon J. Evans, Editor
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' Pineville, Kentucky
Dear Sir;
e In reply to your letter of March l7, I am enclosing a copy of my
letter to Sheriff Blair, which is self-explanatory.
Very truly yours,
 
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Sacramento. California JOHN B. TREVOR, Chairman of the Board. New York City New York City
EDWARD R. LEWIS. Honorary Vice President DEMAREST LLOYD. Vice Chairman of the Board. Washington. D. C. WILLIAM McCARROLL. Honorary Vice President
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