The New York herald., 1922-11-26
DR.. HAYWOOD DARES
STRATON T0PUT HIM
OUT OF CALVARY JOB
Ku KluX Leader Promises
Big Fight and Intimates
Some Sensations.
CAN SEE RANKS FILLING
TOmpkins, 1t Is Said, Does
Not Know How Many
MaSOnS Are in Klan.
STEUBEN SOCIETY REPLY
Calls Organization Worse
Than Camorra, With No
Regard for Law.
STEUBEN SOCIETY REPLY

The Rev. DR.. John Roach Straton
may succeed in casting out of the Of
flee OF evangelist for Calvary Baptist
the militant spellbinder or klokard
of the Ku Klux. Klan. but not with
neatness and dispatch. The moment
the casting out process begins DIR.
Straton will become involved in a
battle that, If advance notices thereof
are trustworthy, will be recalled by
the grandchildren Of the present gen.
Grafton.
DR.. Haywood made this known yes
terday. Unfortunately he bound re-
porters to secrecy concerning the first
move in his battle to frustrate DIR.
Straton. This pledge of secrecy shuts
out the public from a stirring pros
pect. 1t is difficult to keep the secret,
but keep it we must. DR.. Haywood
revealed his purpose as he sat in his
hotel room debating what might be
termed a note of defiance.
1t was addressed to the board Of
trustees of Calvary Baptist Church
and read:
'Dr. Straton, having made pub
lished statement to the effect that he
intends to call a meeting of the men,
bers of Calvary Baptist Church for the
purpose of dispossessing me from the
office Of evangelist. shall state herein
that / claim the right of formal notice
of such meeting and an opportunity to
be heard" S
Hot Finish to His Note.
The apostle OF the Ku Klux Klan let
1t be understood that the last five words
in his note were pregnant with meaning.
That's all that DR.. Haywood requires
an opportunity to be heard And in
leaving the subject 1t must be UNDER
stood that he who has ears to hear will
hear. None OF the fury of, the Klan
was apparent I'm DR.. Haywood's de-
meanor as he talked yesterday. On the
contrary, he was calm, degnified almost
benevolent.
Unlike on Friday. the big Klokard
(Klan for lecturer or teacher of Klan-
nishness) was Immaculate in boiled shirt
and collar. braided cutaway, gray
striped trousers and highly polished
uOOlSs ~ DidultT y DTOdQ, DldCk SOM
brero topped his name OF gray and black
Beneath the left lapel of his coat rested
the Mioak (the mysterious insignia OF
Klansman).
"Fight?' demanded DR.. Haywood. "I
should say so. shall oppose Dr.
Straton because there is nothing in the
ku Klux klan that Is immoral in policy,
polity or programs. Hundreds OF Protes-
tant ministers in these United States are
tiancr1An In ~ tn, ~
Protestant ministers are in the local
Klan.
'And harken to this II has been seri-
ously proposed that there be organized
here in New York a Klan composed ex-
clusively of Protestant clergymen. Two
well known clergymen have proposed its
organization. Why, the Imperial Ko-
kard. the Rev. DR.. william j. Mahoney,
has for many years been pastor OF the
First Baptist Church In Gufport Miss.
Our Imperial Wizard. William Joseph
Simmons. is Methodist clergymen.
DIR. Straton says he overheard that
was connected with the Ku Klux Klan
and that failed to keep an appointment
with him to discuss my connection. 1
must contradict him. He never asked
me to discuss IT,"
DIR. sfrntoD Issues n Reply.
In reply DIR. Straton said last night:
Despite all this shall proceed with
my program TO oust the Rev. DIR. Hay
wood He can't hold a nominal position
in Calvary Church and carry on his xu
klux Klan activities. II isn't consistent.
| haven't consulted the officers of the
church yet, but I'm confident they will
agree with me. He holds a courtesy Of,
flee in Calvary He has abused that
courtesy. /. is true we had no appoint
ment to discuss his affiliations, but he
! did say that he'd talk IL over with me
some day. That's the last I ever heard
OF it,"
The Great Klokard, having disposed
OF DR.. Straton. took UP Supreme Court
Justice Tompkins Grand Master OF tho
Masons In New York State.
Justice Tompklns says. see." he
said, that 1 speak falsely when I say
that 70 per cent Of Klansmen are
Masons. Perhaps he does not know
that every national officer OF the Klan
from the Imperial Wizard down are
Masons. Nine-tenths of them have
taken more than thirty degrees. 1.
Klokard, have taken sixteen degrees In
Masonry. Every Exalted Cyklops
have met In this country Is a Mason
That applies to New York city, too"
state Organ for Khan.
lie proceeded to speak OF recruiting
and said that New York State was
highly organized for the Khan. In
Buffalo and Rochester. he said. 1t was
particularly strong.
Yes" he replied to a question, we
have had many, many recruits from
the American Legion and the Veterans
\ Of Foreign Wars. oh, gracious. yes;
many, many"
At TINS point there was a rap at the
door and in came stalwart man wear
ing the insignia OF the Veterans of
Foreign Wars who said that he had
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