San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-31
Letters to The Light
CARD FROM d. }. woobwA

To the Editor:
A. great injustice has been done
for sonic unknown reason there
been circulated and is still Being
culated. a list of names purported
be charter members of the Ku II
Khan, and l was surprised hey
measure to hear that my name
printed on that list.
l wish to state in the beginning Z
the use of my name was without
knowledge or consent, and | wo
like to have the public know just ]
l stand on the situation. / do
/ think it would interest many peoI
if my name had not appeared on
list above referred to.
At one time two men came to
OFFICE and tried to induce me to
come a member. / positively declin
and stated my reasons for doing
First, that by nature, training 6
inclination, was not qualified to
come a member. That l had tried
impress upon the minds of all of
friends for many years, the necess
of not giving or taking offense
necessarily, and / felt that to q
such an organization, would give
Jews, Catholics and foreign born.
well as the negro, an opportunity
think that ] was unfriendly to the
and stated at the time, that many
my warm personal friends were Ca
olics, Jews and foreign born. A
that / believed in our constitutions
elected officers being able to oper,
our courts. and that l had absoll
faith in the stability of our COVE
ment, while l knew that the politi,
situation was far from being satisf.
tory. / claimed the ballot was the prt
er place to correct the evils compla
ed of, therefore l could not be int
ested in their proposition.
l never signed an application,
mver made one verbally. and / DO
lively refused their invitation to
come a member. l do not know
my own personal knowledge of a me-
ing at any time or any place in Bex
county of the Ku Klux Klau, and
[ know was from hearsay and fire.
the newspapers.
l don't know who the officers al
except from hearsay, / never heard
lecture made by any of the people tn
have visited San Antonio for that pr
pose. L hav. always felt that lar
number of people had probably be
persuaded to join without understan
ing just what the results would |
and | am rather inclined to think tn
have been the direct cause of SOL
of their members presenting their re
ilgnat ton in writing, and other becol
ing inactive.
On sunday. September ), 1920.
foa, the Travellers Protective Ass
citation. in an address to them, I ma
a statement in which l expressed n
yiows on thus subject, which is as Il
lows:
we have just done our part in ii
winning of the World war. Del
ocrats and Republicans. Protestan
and Catholics, Jews and Gentit,s. pr
and ants. labor and car
tai, soldiers and civilians, at home al
in France. all united. and we
brought into one melting pot, Eighth
jointly, hand in hand, until the W;
was ended. think it is deplorab
to come back home and be divided I'M
factions, to fight one another politi
ally"
l used the same language in
speech before the Lions Club. and 1
asmuch as / have lived in San Al
tonic about forty years, 1 know TIL
the people that know me will kno
positively that every stas,ment co
herein is a statement of fact
and l am giving publicity to tn
article with the hopes of eradicatir
as far as is possible the injustice thu
has been done me, by reason of putin
me in a position that l havn new
occupied. t....
d. J. WOODWARD.