New-York tribune., 1922-12-13
Suspects
I'he Interests
0BackingKlan
,.;ne TO Split Country by
freed and Race War So
spuppeis" May Slip
,.,o Office, He Ayers
,,.coIn'sSonAnswersSlur
,.,h,r Never Attacked Cath
'''J Lie Church. He Tells
lights of Columbus

Vivian issued another state
~. ...,rdsy donouneing the Ku-Klux
80 4, said &c regarded the organi-
Aa.. !, An attempt by certain inter
a.' :. create g huge political ma
~ "a, the object OF arousing re-
''s. .ala'' "a "a racial dissension, splitting
So s'-.,,,ion Of tho country into
" I, 4 sra,f 20 render them impo-
S''.Fs F.,.,,,h alvision. and thus estab-
teh' W. ,.sSaion through which
hsfins 4 privileges might usurp
pshts -, ~. made no reference in his
lnf 10 the American Unity
sial.s ssv installed in the Knicker'
lsl esDding. c. X. Rutlcdge, gen
'.,resary Of the league, said he
~ srer fer an interview with The
so that evidence gathered by
= sresnization against the klan IN
y. York City might be offered the
~. Depsrtment. Mr.. Rutledge said
:. ssorl would be made to turn this
.-i,,ce over 20 Police Commissioner
s.5sbt until the subject had been dis
c,,.i With Mayor Hylan.
Calls Pulpit ku-Klux a Fake
ns,eu~ing the Klan's activities II
c,~ York City, the Mayor said be hac
.,r informed that the supposed klans
.,s uho appeared In full regalia sun
!, slght on the platform OF Wash
-, Avenue Baptist Church, Brook
/, vas not a member Of the organi
tsa The Mayor said he understood
! aggregation was large. and h'
"a there had been good eoliec
he added;
sidyocates Of the Ku-Klux Klan as.
n that because I am a Catholic
: saking my positive stand against
I, organization. The fact is many
4s.sasds in every other religious
~,yp arc equally opposed 10 its
-,aods. They are opposed FOR the
80 reason that l am, which is that
4. Ku-KluXers are apostles Of mob
II. They have apparently slight
,.,-sl, about taking human life as IS
,-i,reed in Texas. The Klan is an
,,,~pl,r OF tyranny, oppression and
- and religious dissension. II
ll.s N the dark. attacks from am
- ana in this un-American manner
s..,. insult on the most benefcent
~ q government ever devised By
ru"
r,,,l Rights League Formed
"A, League Of Equal Rights for
An ,sS Special Privilege for None
v,, er,nsed a charter yesterday by Su-
,,.r, court Justice George V. Mullan.
IN, ,uroo,es of the organization. as
al iarA IN papers filed, are to promote
"a a,,,los friendship and social In
,,reours among its members and 20
esldrss lul,, esteem, reverence and
rss,,c. lsr Ne laws and Constitution
oiAs Uriisa safes and Of the several
~, sdpSed in the Union, the
D,skntior Of independence and prln.
a1k, % which the state and Federal
goFtnsets arc founded.
NJ intorporators are Allen Caruuh-
ss III West Ninety-ffth Street; Mary
Z atamorina. 139 Park Hill Avenue
Ysfksn; Lorillard Reynolds, 6IS West
nd Avenue; Raphael Csrbone, l6s
TlrsA Avenue. and Cyril A. Carroll, OF
efai Neck, L. /. Mr. Caruthers, who
csur,el Of the society, has ofiiees
"a East Forty-seeond Street.
i,sn Tod Lincoln, Of Washing
~ ,ss Of Abraham Lincoln. IN a
e.r 70 John d. Kennedy, editor Of
'Cslubia," the knights Of Columbus
Ssa publication, is quoted as oeny-
xaat the former President uttered
wiIrsnts against Roman Catholicism
"a As are attributed TO him in lit
n.ur. Issued on behalf Of tho ku-
ng1 Klan.
NJ Ineoln's letter follows:
lido not know Of any literature IN
'k,h ny father is quoted as attack.
Il the Catholic Church. OF course. in