Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
,Noll's Warning Indorsed

Woll's Warning Indorsed
Joseph Richie, local representative
of the A. F. of L., emphatically in
dorsed every statement made by Mr..
Woll, giving assurance that he did not
trict who had even hinted ut interest
in the Khan.
Mat Woll has studied the relations
of the Ku Klux Klan to labor" said
Mr.. Richie, 'and in my opinion he
sums up better than any of us could
the feeling of American labor toward
this organization. My own feelings
coincide with his.
Il am in touch with every labor man
in this district. l don't know of a
man in the organized labor movement
who has even intimated he was for the
Ku Klux Klan, much less belonged to
1t. 1t is against labor, and labor is
against 1t.
The Ku Klux Klan Is an unfair
proposition from beginning to end. It's
ends and purposes are opposed to every
end and purpose of organized labor.
and every organized labor man will do
what he can to put it down."
William Young, president of the
Philadelphia Typographical Union and
State labor mediator, said:
Matthew Woll voices the sentiment
of trade unionists everywhere. Per-
sonally am opposed bitterly to any
such organization as the Klan, because
| II allowed to continue and grow power
full it would disrupt all our institu-
tions. Not only would it be destructive
Of trade unionism, but the very prin-
ciple of our democratic form of govern
/ anf s~hf fal hAfN
to foresee riot and bloodshed and civil
war in the unchecked growth of any
such organization.
! Il scarcely can credit the claims
made by the organization as to its great
membership. / cannot understand how
it could find that many gullible per-
sons in the country, especially with
public sentiment strong against it.
''The Ku Klux Klan is not opposed
exclusively by Catholics and Jews and
Negroes. Men of every race and color
in it not a safeguarder of American
ism, but destroyer Of all those things
for which America has always stood. "
Miss Pauline Newman, of the
Woman's Trade Union League, said:
The EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER de-
serves a great deal of credit for the
courage it had in exposing an organi-
zation with the most damnable aim and
purpose known in modern times. No
self respecting American who wishes
to stand by all that Is fair and decent
can remain indifferent to such n menace
as the X. X. X. 1t is because of this
that the EVENING PURLIo LEDGER
is to be congratulated.
I'm my opinion the $40 fee Is at the
bottom Of the Ku Klux K!an's exist =
ence. 1t Is wonder to me that people
can be found in this year 1921 who
are fools enough to go into such a
thing. If you can get several hundred
thousand fools to pay $40 apiece to an
Emperor Wilhelm It Is easy enough
for the Imperial Wizard to be rolling
in wealth. OF course, I cant prove
anything, but have feeling that the
money is the main object in the or
ganization of the Ku KluX Klan.
Matthew Woll spoke the whole truth
when he said that there was no room
for such an organization In a democ-
racy."
The Rev. David NJ. Steele. rector
OF the Episcopal Church of st. Luke
and the Epiphany, expressed great ad
miration for the services rendered ia
the community at large by the expose
OF the Klan.
| oHc cannot restrain MS uumlTdtlOn
for the genius of so clever a man as
the founder of this movement must
have BEEN" he said. ANY man who
can enlist a membership Of half mil
lion people at $40 each could have made
a fortune selling lightning rods or
soothing syrup. If he had confined him.
self to such toys as these, the results
would have been negligible, for in this
case the results are apparently very bad
indeed.
Anything is bad which inHames
prejudice of race against race or stirs
up religious antagonism or sets forth
any kind Of propaganda.
'One hesitates to take seriously the
menace of such movement because
one has confidence in the better judg-
ment and good sense of the people al
large and takes for granted that when
brought forth into daylight the organ
ization will evaporate. II this mem
bership is already 500, 200 1t certainly
cannot become much larger, for, be-
yond doubt, there are not more than
that many fools In America
The Rev. j. J. Schindel. ID. d., pas.
tor of st. Marks Lutheran Church,
thoroughly approve of the exposure ol
the methods and purposes of the Ku
Klux Khan being published In tn,
EVENING PUBLIc LEDGER. This news.
paper Is doing a great public service
~ consider that the aiiia aud philos-
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