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Jews apathetic in their attitude toward
movements aimed at the Klan.
| Representative Perlman said last night
that he doubted the accuracy of Mr..
Lindsley's statement, but accepted it as
! probable that few Jews may have
succumbed to the threats of the Klan
and done the Klan's bidding.
"At any rate" he said. "such a situa-
tion is not to be tolerated If we are to
continue free country. l shall leave
for Washington tonight, and tomorrow
! ! shall move to institute an investiga-
4tion that may have a very definite eeffct
upon the election of Mr. Mayfield."
| Judge Levy could not be found last
night by THE New YORK HERALD.
Mr. Lindsley's letter points out that
only about 100000 of Texas's 100000
votes were registered, and that Of these
Mr.. Mayfield received 250,000 and Mr..
Peddy 125,000. In Texas. he writes.
there are about 10000 Jews, but less
than 10000 of them voted. and num-
ber voted for the Klan nominee. Direct
appeal to the Jews to vote against May
field did no good, writes Mr.. Lindsey.
and his letter goes on to say:
THE Klan leaders have learfied that
with their cohesive organization they
can successfully threaten every Jewish
merchant so that he will refuse his
financial aid to any movement against
the Klan. These Klan leaders. by ex
perience, know that the Jew can be
made to keep away from the ballot box
when the Klan seeks to elect it's NOM
inee to public office. They further
know. by the same experience, they
can even make the Jew vote for a
member of the Klan II they threaten
him with loss of business"
t. Mr.. Lindsley's letter proceeds to re-
| late examples of Jewish apathy in
fighting the Klan. In each case, he de-
clared, the Jewish merchant forsook his
opposition when threatened with Klan
reprisals. Always these reprisals took
the form of suggested boycotts.
international Aims.
The letter was shown to DR.. Hay
wood.
! Nonsense" he scoffed. THE Klan
would never countepance boycott i
| can say without fear of contradiction
that no Klan in the country ever voted
or threatened to boycott anybody. ! do
not mean to say of course. that individ-
ual members Of a Klan. acting on their
own initiative and without the sanction
" their Exalted Cyklops, might not
1 have tried to organize boycotts. But no
Klan assembled in Klonkave in Klav-
ern would think of boycotting any one.
It Is against our principles. .sa -
"However, despite all the misconcep-
| tions Of our aims, we are growing fast
Yes. predict that the Klan Will become
| International. Why, while we were
proseliting in Pennsylvania we received
| at least 500 letter from Canada and the
British Isles and every letter asked that
| theH writer be accepted as member
We couldn't accept them because they
| are not Americans. But this shows the
need of making the Klan international.
At any rate, we soon shall start organaz-
ing Canada.
"The Klan shall never be open to
women. but women's auxiliaries are
under way. 1t Is for the defence of our
women that we are organized. The
women in our auxiliary will combat
Margaret Sanger's birth control preach
ment, because we are for white suprem-
acy and that supremacy is threatened as
| long as the white restrict child produc-
| tion and every race is rearing hordes
! OF them.
! 81 have read too statement from
| the counsel for the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment, Ransom
| II. Gillett, wherein he says that there
| is a close alliance between the ku kluS
| Klan and the Anti-Saloon League. In
I all probability he is right The great
majority of Klansmen believe that the
amendment and the Volstead law are
good and should be retained.
Back Pinchot and Bryan.
"The Elan in Pennsylvania lined up
| for Clifford Pinchot for Governor. The
word was passed. The King Kleagle in
Pennsylvania. at a Pinchot meeting In
| Pittsburgh, talked over with me the adj
visibility of my taking the platform and,
announcing that the Klan wanted
Pinchot elected. However. we decided
Il would be just as we'll. at that time. to
say nothing. We are still young In
Pennsylvania. although powerful.
1--WE shall fight the suggested bill that
| may be offered to the New York State
| Legislature compelling all secret socie-
! ties to file in the Secretary of States Of
| flee fist OF the names of It's members.
We shall comply IL the bill Is passed.
| but we shall fight its passage.
1--WE shall continue to fight the anti
lynching bill that will come again be-
| fore Congress. The bill will not cure
| the evil. The Klan will eventually Grad
| icate the lynching evil in this country.
II stands ready Mt any moment to place
itself between the negro and the mob.
Eyes, and the Klan sides with William
jennings Bryan In his attitude on -vo-
luton. We agree with him that the
theory of evolution II a direct attack
upon the fundamentals of the Christian
church. The truth is in the Bible and
not in the words of Darwin and his
kind"