Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06
X. K. PROBE AWAITS
CONGRESS ACTION
Daugherty WithhoIds Decision
Until Disposal Of Pend
ing Resolutions
KLAN ATROCITIES LEARNED

Washington, Oct. 8.--Dccision by tic
Department Of Justice as TO invostlgn-
tton of the Ku KluY Klnn Will await
action by Congress oH the proposed III.
quiry, Attorney General Daughcrty satd
today.
Mr.. Daughtery asserted that the con-
sressional inquiry, II made. should de-
Velop the facts in the case, after which
his department would take cognlzancc
of the situation. He added that after
the facts had been asccrtained II would
be necessary for the department to ex-
anime them carefully In order to de-
eide whether Federal laws had been
violated.
Gases of Ku Klux Klan brutality and
crime will be presented TO the House
Rules Committee when It meets next
Tuesday. Members Of Congress and the
Department Of Justice are receiving in
formation OF shocking nature relating
to personal injuries done to victims OF
Klansmen.
Representative Tngue. OF Mnssachu-
setts, who introduced the first resoIu-
tion for an investigation. has letter
that tells narrowing story OF the
mistreatment of a merchant in little
Southern town and giving the names OF
a dozen or more persons charged with
making the attack. This case, with
wealth of detail will be introduced be-
fore the Rules Committee. Mr.. Tague,,s
informant. whose name was withheld
for obvious reasons asserts this trades
man was seized by a mob Of the In
visible Empire. carried into the coun,
try. beaten and permanently injured
and forced 10 sign an agreement ne
would give IN q business he had spent
nearly twenty years building UP ana
quit the town.
Crippled for Life
An attorney for this man has informed
Mr., Tague he ia ready TO go before
Congressional committee and present
the facts. He will testify his client
was doing business under Federal
permit when set upon and brutally nog-
ged and otherwise misused. He mas
becn crippled for life and suffered the
loss of his property and home. other
instances like this will be cited 70 rctute
the claim Of the Imperial wizard tna'
his organization Is innocent OF wrong
doing. ,..,.,or
General Daughe7tv were warned ycSLeF-
day that the officers OK the Nu N,uH
are irving To nominate United STATES
District Attorneys. \ telegram from
Atlanta TO Representative Iague' T4Su
Reported here that hu hiuN Ma" NL"n
have about succeeded in toistlng upon
reported member for District Attorney
In Atlanta. This Is a serious question
Nomination may go to the Senate any
moment L..
The name Of the man was given, but
was not made public.
Another resolution for an lnvcstiSa-
ton of the Ku Klux Klan Will De
Introduced late this week by Repre-
sentative Gallivan. of MASSACHUSETTS,
That will mike four.
Conservatives Line Up
Many of the more conservative mem .
ber, OF the House are getting in line
for an investigation.
1--WE ought to investigate the Ku
Klux Klan and find out just what there
Is in it." said Representative Ford
ney, chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee 1T seems 10 me II is an
awful organization. We should see
what they are doing.
Many prominent women favor a
searching inquiry. Here are individual
expressions:
Mrs. Maud Wood Park chairman OF
the National League OF Women Voters
~ think II of the utmost Importance
that any secret organization suspected
of violation of the law should be inves
tiKated in the interests Of the law abid
ing majority of the people. II the ac-
cusations made against the hu kluS
Klan are unjust. they have nothing "a
fear. II the charges are sustained, thF
Government and the public should GER
tainly know the facts.
Miss Emma Void, chairman Of the
Woman's Committee on World Dissr
mament-"Any organization or group
that attempts to enforce the law ir
It's own way Is an absolute menace &c
law and order. Our actions are al
directed by law, and any crimtna
lynching party or secret organization
should be investigated for taking the
law into it's own hands Congress should
make a thorough investigation Of thi'
Ku Klux Klan. learn the facts and pun
ish the guilt ones"
..-, Miss RarIean James, secretary of the
American Civic Association-"We al
feel very strongly that wc citizens should
do all in our power 70 support this Gov
ernment. We have always done every
thing in the open and ought not Il
permit an organization SO destructive
to American ideals of liberty and free
dom as the Ku Klux klan to work II
secret"
Man Of ~ Menaced
An interesting case of Ku Kluz &C
tdvity in Texas has been called 70 th
attention of Congressman. DR.. Thoma
J. Pugh, seventy seven. city health OF
hcGr OF Eearne, mas been tnrehteuP'
for writing TO Representative Tagu
asking him TO introduce a bill to pro
hibit such organizations from carryin
the American flag In pnrades.
In his first communication to Mr.
TaEue, Mr.. Pugh said: Nobody be
lieves anybody else free speech
throttled; every Klansman denies h
Is a Klansman and confidence betwee
nsiRhbors and friends is destroyed an
harmony among the people is gone.
The same situation Is duplicated
n thousand towns of the South an
possibly Of the North, DIR. Pugh de
clared. Every officer of the law
the county in which Hearne is locate
"a suspected of being member Of Il
Khan, while the suspicion extends eve
10 the District Judge, he said.
''It will be impossible to convict Al
ISiansman of any crime he addet
stTbe anti Catholic element in tn
county and in the adjoining county
Brazos is very strong and may yet lei
10 bloodshed. Something must be dol
10 curb the monster. Who knows b.
that emperor Simmons may yet d.
cIare himself emperor of these init
states? His cohorts are under an iroI
clad oath to obey his every commnn
do we want an autocracy in free Anne
lea? ] only hope that II Is not too lat
and that the majority OF our Congress
n,sn Themselves may not be Ku kluX