The New York herald., 1922-12-13
MLAN SAYS XII KLUX
IS CAPITALISTS PLOT
Asserts Klan Fools Public
to Put Puppets of Priv.
ilege' Into Office.
ANTS GETS A CHARTER
League of Equal Rights to
Spread Over U. S. and
Fight Robed Crowd.
DENIAL BY LINCOLN'S son
Says Emancipation Never Ut
tered Warning Against
Power of Pope.
DENIAL BY LINCOLN'S son

The only visible evidences yesterday
that the Ku Klux Illan exists in New
Mayor Hylan where he says that the
klan is nothing but process of hood
winking the public so that "the pup
pets of privilege may be enabled to
slip into public office" and the approval
by Supreme Court Justice Mullan of
:he application for charter for new
Rnti-Klan organization known as THE
League of Equal Rights for All and
Special Privileges for None
The Mayors statement was pro-
voked by reporters asking him what
he had to say regarding the appear
ance of an alleged Klansman on Sun
day night in the Washington Avenue
Baptist Church, Brooklyn. His Honor,
having seen the hand of privilege" in
the rise of the Invisible Empire, said
that day by day disclosures are rap
idly proving that the ku kluX Kan is
nothing but an attempt to create a
gigantic political machine and that
the powerful interests that are trying
TO control this Government" would un-
doubtedly be found financing the Klan.
Then Mr.. Hylan says that he opposes
the Klan because 'it is an apostle of
mob rule"
The new anti-Klan association was
incorporated by Allen Caruthers. law
yer, 41 East Forty-second street; Mary
r. Santamorina, 139 Park Hill avenue.
Yonkers Lorillard Reynolds. 67S West
End avenue: Raphael Carbone. 169
Eighth avenue. and Cyril A. Carroll,
Great Neck.
Lincoln Misquoted on Pope.
A letter from Robert Todd Lincoln,
son of Abraham Lincoln, was made
public yesterday by John E. Kennedy.
editor of Columbia the official organ
OF the knights of Columbus. as means
of refuting the anonymous charges In
antiCatholic propaganda that Lincoln
uttered warnings against the growing
power of the Pope. Robert Todd Lin
coins letter to Mr.. Kennedy reads In
part:
II know OF no utterances of the char
acter which you speak of. The only
instance known to me of my fathers
referring in any way to the subject Is
In a letter TO Archbishop Hughes of
New York in which he requested the
Archbishop to give him the name or
rames of some suitable persons of the
Catholic Church whom he might with
propriety designate as chaplains in our
military service. This letter alone
is complete answer 10 any possible
publicst stion Of the character you write
about"
Regarding the alleged Klansman in
the Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Mayor Hylan said:
II understand that this man was not
a member of the ku Klux Klan. but
lust fixed up for the occasion and
understand the audience was large and
4 hope the collection was good"
After saying that he believed the klan
an attempt TO organize political ma
chine. the Mayor said:
.'In addition to providing pecuniary
profit for it's promoters, 1t hopes to
create bitter dissension along racial and
religious lines Through this
process Of hoodwinking the public the
puppets of privilege may be enabled to
slip into office.
ITO my mind that is what is being
sought by the powerful interests that
are trying TO control this Government
and who will undoubtedly be found
among those financing the Ku Klux
movement. The Americanism of the Ku
klux klan is about as 100 per cent. as
that OF the so-called American Know
Nothing party which operated about
seventy years ago in this country -. 4.
II now seems to have had a rebirth in
the present Ku klux Klan.
"The advocates OF the Ku Kluy klan
assert that because ! am a catholic /
am taking my positive stand against
their organization. AS a matter of fact
thousands sc every other religious group
are equally opposed TO this organiza-
ton for the very reason / am. | am
hehting it because 1t is an apostle Of
mob rule. with apparently little scruple
as to the taking of human life, as EVIL
denccd in Texas"
II was said at Mr.. Caruthers's office
last evening that the new organization
TO combat the ISlan will soon begin a
membership drive throughout the coun-
tBy. 1t is planned. Mr. Caruthers's Sec
lttary said, to establish branch organ
kations in every State
A membership fee of 81 will be
charged. the secretary said. and this,
with contributions expected from wealthy
people will be sufficient. II is believed.
10 carry out whatever program is def
nitcly decided upon.
The new organization will fight the
Ku Klux Khan Mr.. Carutherss secretary
said. by fostering a healthy public SEN
timent against any institution or or
Eanizatfon' that usurps the powers of the
Constitution and will lend active sup
port to prevent or punish any awless
activities