New-York tribune., 1922-12-15

judiciary and not by an invisible Klan:
that no masked men should be allowed
10 parade the streets, and that thu
Federal legislation be enacted fequirs
ing secret organizations 20 flc semi
annually with she Department Of jus
tico sworn lists Of their memberships.
The boast Of the klsh," said the
1overror, "is boast Of 100 per cent
Amcricanism, but not once has the
klan offered assistance TO the Depart
mcnt Of Justice or rendered infornia
ton 70 officers enforcing Law and or
Points TO Compulsory Schools
Governor olcott uttered warning
70 The aSeemblagc TO stamp the Ku-
klux Khan out Of existence. To-day.
he declared, an organised campaign is
under way by the klan 20 get control
Of the schools Of the nation. state by
state. Already that campaign has been
successful in Oregon. Governor Olcott
said. where under tho guise OF the so
called compulsory school law" the or.
ganizst,on has gained the control il
sought Unless The campa cn IS stopped
M its tracks now. Governor Olcott de-
elarcd. the end will be religious civil
hdl lN INf NNlfeu EiatCN.
"Thc theory Of the newly eracted
law seems sp cndid 81 first blush" be
said. but iris bin RussianiEcs the
state: IL dcprives the parent Of Wrtu
ally al rights u education over his
children. Il Is the supreme effort al
injecting religious hatred and feuds
into a commonwealth that for three
quarters Of century has boasted OF
i,s pure Americanism.
"I.ct other states beware This COM
pulsory school movement. so-cnlled, is
not confined 90 Oregon. Oregon Is the
experimental station. the spawning
ground for q similar crop Of bills. tt
success in Oregon means II viii be
tried IN cthc- states. Already rs en-
actmcnt had been attempted In few,
only 30 mcct with disastrous failure.
But here IL has been stamped with
success and u gives its cyponents new
courage 10 step out into new fields.
- sister state is tho first svowed
objective OF Tho hackers OF this move.
ment. and efforts will be made TO
make the movement nation wide. L. l.
Powell, the king klesgle Of the Oregon
Klan and chief OF the propagation de-
partmcnt for tho Pacific Northwest.
only a Few days before left Oregon
announced through The press that after
his victory in Oregon he was moving
on 90 Washington Ia Eu-KluX that
state and secure the passage there Of
a compulsory school bill Identical with
the ono foistcd onto Oregon.
Fears q Religious Civil War
"Thc psrochisl schools which were
attacked by this bill are not SO much
the question. The private schools sup
ported from Protestant sources do not
( figure 50 prominently. But the prin-
ciple involved is vital 10 the future
welfare Of our nation. II this sort Of
a thing is persisted in II can eventually
lead 70 nothing but religious civil var.
/ That may be a harsh thing 20 say, but
I / believe IL and feel IT,"
Asserting that the principles OF
Amerieanism for which the klan pur-
ported 60 stand we're. rightly under
stood, the fncst principles in the world,
Governor OicOtt said the society's crime
was that their members did aos live up
% them. Dissension,, strife and yio-
lencc, he pointed out, have followed in
their wake IN every community in which
the white-robed men have gained an
apprecisble foothold. Charseterizing
the klsn ss primarily a political or
ganization. he said:
"Lct It be specific Let IL throw down
its gage Of battle in the open lists.
But, above all, let those men who make
up the rank and file Of this organiza-
tion reflect that they arc American eiti-
zens Let their minds revert 20 the
Argonnc or Chateau Thierry, where
Catholic. Jew. negro and Protestant
fought side by side against the guns Of
the common enemy, where the Catholic
turned 70 aid mis- fallen Protestant COM
rade and give 70 his dying buddie a
drink Of water; where the Jew fell dead
under machine gun fire and his body
dropped over the inert body OF his
brother Protestant"
Governor z. Lee Trinkle Of Virginia
was another speaker at to-night's ses.
sion. lie described the operation OF
the budget system in his state.