The New York herald., 1922-11-25

partment OF j JuStlCc W MANURE 'h"iN"'
cases, but it has conducted thorough
investigation and taken an inside look
at many local Klans.
Charges Made Public.
President Harding will be asked to
outline the Administrations policy In
dealing with the Ku Klux Klan situ-
alton. Department of Justice officials
are ready to present to him convincing
evidence that:
First. Several hundred Federal
employees in the District of Column
bia and the several States are active
members of the order and are in
various ways interfering with Gov
ernment business.
Second. The activities OF the "invis-
ible empire" are gradually extending
to Northern and Eastern States ana
arousing bitter racial and religious
sentiment, resulting in discord and
strife and crime.
Third The mails are being used In
a questionable way to forward the
work of the Klan.
Fourth. That deliberate efforts are
made by Klansmen to get postnlas-
ters, marshals and other important
general officials appointed for the
purpose of making capital out of their
positions
At the next meeting OF the Cabinet
Attorney General Daugherty will go
over the entire Ku Klux Klan matter
with the President. Reports to his Of
fee give the names ana addresses of
Government employees who belong to
Klans throughout the country. It Is be-
lieved the President will agree that the
men who belong to the Klan should be
driven out of their positions. Mr..
Daugherty's attitude toward the ku
Kiux and the claim that the members
are out to enforce the law is that the
Federal Government does not need the
support OF men who disguise their iden-
tity behind Ku Klux false faces and
robes.
Have Thousands of Names.
Post Office Department officials. Will
Jam j. Burns's secret service men and
other Government agencies have col
Iected a lot Of data on the Klan. Fol
more than year some OF the detectives
in the Federal service have been In
vestigatjng and have collected thousands
of names and quantities OF information
for a roundup of the order when the
word is given.
II has been found that numbers OF
"small fry" politicians III many states
are cooperating with the ku klux lead
ers and these men have taken advantage
OF the movement TO intrench themselves
In Government jobs. President Har'
ding will be told that IN two or three
Western States Ku Klux kiansmen
have used their secret organization tt
frsrhten applicants for post offices and
other Federal jobs out OF competition
with brother Kluxes. From many com
munities letters have come to the De-
nartment detailing questionable activi'
tics OF political workers known to be
members Of the Khan. In this way--b,
a campaign Of intimidation-the leaders
Of the Ku Klux Klan get their own as
sociates In Government positions.-
Department of Justice officials are
ready for n cleanup as far as Fedora
officeholders are concerned. Their policy
is TO drop from the payroll every per
con who holds membership in tht
Klan. Approximately 500 of these hav,
been located and listed. II is believed
the President will agree to this pro
gram.
Night Riders I'm Capitol.
A newspaper here to-day published
a disnatch that Klan leaders In Atlantis
had asserted that on the l4th OF thi'
month District of Columbia klansme'
actually met UNDER the dome OF th'
CAPITOL In the Capitol building and IN
ausurated a prominent official into th'
order. This statement caused stoti
Of excitement. Congressman and senate
and House officers conducted an IN
yestigation to confirm or refute th'
story. Elliott Woods. superintendent Q
the Capitol and the Capitol grounds
said the story was false. He explaine.
that his assistants and the police OF
ficers would have stopped any such per
formance. 80,
Representative John w. Rainey GILL
introduced a resolution asking for III
Investigate ton OF the story that a klans
man had been inaugurated In the Capi
toi. The Rules Committee, TO wnici
the resolution was referred. Is not IN
cilned to make any report on IL
was stated that the Capitol police wa
conducting an inquiry and would MAKE