New Britain herald., 1922-06-19
Xxx KIN CONN.IS
 WEAK AND INACTIVE
Masked Order Now Gaining Gen.
 erally, N '. Herald Learns

After seven years what has hap pened to the ku Klux klan, successor h mummery to the vigorous regula- tors of tho old reconstruction days? Where does 1t stand, this masked and robed company, with its fiery cross, borrowed from tho Rosicrucians; its crotcsque vocabulary, It's racial and religious wedges and It's slogan of white man supremacy? Has it waXed or wnned? Is 1t a power to be rcck- oned with socially and politically or has It wiltcd under the terrific bar raRe of denunciation and ridicule d. rccted at t for years?
 Tn the effort to obtain answers to these. questions The New York Her ald Instructed it's correspondents the country over to investigate the stand ing and importance of the Klan in their respective states and to report the facts as they are. The result of this survey is extremly interesting, covering as 1t does some thirty states. It reveals preeminently that the mod crn Ku Klux klan Is disappearing force except in two sections of the country.
 These regions are the South and the fringe of the South and the Pa cific coast. The reason the Klan still thrives whereabouts is that racial antagonisms burns hotly in each antagonism to the black man in the South, to the yellow man in the Far West. It is found. therefore, that the organization, frankly based upon ra- cial hostilities. maintains strength in these states particularly: Georgia, AL abama. Mississippi. Florida, Louisiana Texas, Oklahoma. Maryland. Dela- ware and Kentucky of the South and in California, Oregon and Washington of the Pacific coast.
 Strength of the Ku Klux Klan.
 New York-Negligible or non-exist- ent.
 North Dakota-Negligible and in- active.
 Georga-Strong and active.
 Maryland-Strong end influential.
 Florida-Increasing and politically active.
 Illinos-Unimporta and inactive.
 Tennessee-Weak and inactive.
 Colorado-Small and inactive.
 Texas-Strong and active.
 Mssssippi-Strong and growing.
 Virginia-Strength apparently laps ing.
 Pennsylvania-Un spor- adic activity.
 Delaware--Active and influential.
 shington-Growing, but as yet inactive.
 ,i, h,,< growing.
 Arizona-Negligibe and lapsing.
 Indiana-Inconseque and de- caying.
 California-Strong, growing, active.
 South Carolina-Weak and inactive
 South Dakota-Negligible, probably existent.
 Oregon-Strong, growing, active.
 Oklahoma-Strong and active.
 Louisiana-Strong and active.
 New Jersey-Weak and lapsing
 Alabama-Strong. numerous. active
 Kentucky-Fairly strong, but inac- tive.
 kansas-Small and inactive.
 Connecticut.
 In this state the Klan has been busy with propaganda and has been cleverly press agented, but it appar- ently is neither well organized nor numerous. It probably has 1000 members in the state. On May 20 in the hills of Woodbridge, near New Haven, it staged an initiation cere- n1ony at night to advertise its mysteri- ous character and power. Newspa- per reporters were invited to attend. Two accepted. One represented a news gathering association the other a newspaper in Hartford. They state that 500 persons were present in the robes of the Klan, but the press agents insisted that 2,5o0 attended. About forty persons were initiated, but the publicity experts maintained that a class of 500 was sworn in.
 This is characteristic of the meth eds of exaggeration that have been employed in Connecticut and else where in New England, section of the country where the Klan is weak and doubtless will continue so The organization has been inactive in a disciplinary" way. It is improbable that any public officials are connected with it. The Klan is denounced by