Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-19
FEWKUK[UXFOUND'
!. IN PENNSYLVANIA
Recent Survey Shows That KIan
Thrivss in Only Two Sec
tions Of United States
was FAILURE IN NEW YORK

@.w York. June 19.-After seven
,.ars what has happened to the Ku
Kin. Khan, successor in lnummery to
.he vigorous regulators Of the old Ne.
construction days? Where does 1t stand,
tb,s masked and robcd company, with
;., aery cross, borrowed from the
po.icrucians; its grotesque vocabulary,
"a racial and religious wedges and its
slogan Of white man supremacy mas
n Waxed or waned! is 1t power 70
reckoped with socially and politi-
oe,,r oe or has It wilted under the terrific
Ssryaee of denunciation and ridicule
Sirected at 1t for yearsy
recent survey Of thirty states
.hnws that the modern Ku Klux Khan
e a disappearing force except IN Two
soctions Of the country. These are the
Sonth and the fringe Of the South and
~ Pacific Coast. The reason the klan
.a .t,i, tbriyes thereabouts is that racial
sntaeonism burns hotly In each-an.
tsoonism to the black man In the South,
20 the yellow man In the Ear West.
Elsewhere the Kim strength mas de-
clined visibly until In twenty STATES
A. least it is negligible or non existent3
and In a dozen more 1t Is passive ana
uninfuential. ..
Failure In New York
Efforts of the Khan to establish their
1nvisible empire" in the Empire State
seem utterly to have failed. Two years
s.o agents of the organization came to
New York city from Atlanta and ap.
nrooched many persons, but the idea
Aid not take hold. The original Klan
ambition to make New York City a
separate Klan division and to cover he
state with Kleagles or gospel spread.
ers'' completely failed because the public
was uninterested and the authorities
prosecution.
There are districts in Pennsylvania
where the Khan has been active, out
rageously so, but its numerical strength
in Pennsylvania has fallcn off in the
last year and it exerts but slight politi-
cal influence. Probably few officials
are included in it's membership, and
these are only minor officeholders. The
Klan in Pennsylvania probably num-
bers less than 5000.
officials, business and professional
men are members Of the Ku Klux Klan
in Delaware. At a public initiation in
Wilmington many civic leaders took the
oath. In southern Delaware the Or
ganization is particularly influential.
The Klan has grown probably 200 per
cent in the last year. No violence has
been resorted to, but threats Of the
Klan have been needed.
Powerful in Maryland
One year ago the strength of the Ku
Klux Klan in Maryland was negligible
Now the Klan Is one of the most pow
erful in the State. It is especially
strong in Baltimore and in western
Maryland. 1t is generally believed
State and county officials have take,
the Klan oath. The general conduct O.
the organization has been such as I,
gain favor. It has refrained from II.
legal and violent acts.
Ku Klux leaders assert that fit.
Klans have been established in New
Jersey and offer maps In support of tn
statement. They claim membership
Of $4,000. but it Is doubtful il 1t reache
5000. There have been no reports O
violence and there is no evidence tn
Klan has tried to get into politics.
'Should Mason so far forget hi
obligations to his fraternity, hts God
to his country and his fellow man a
to become affiliated with this anti
American organization known rs tn
Ku Klux Klan, his right to remain
member in good standing Of the Ma
sonic fraternity would be seriousl
questioned.
These words were spoken at Nyacls
n. Y, yesterday by Supreme Cour
Justice Arthur s. Tompkins, Gran
Of New Yorw State, embracing 272 90
Master of the Grand Lodge of Mason
members.