San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-24
EVANS SPEAKS
At KHAN DAY
At STATE FAIR
Outlines Attitude Toward
Catholics, Jews and
Negroes.
AGAINST IMMIGRATION
Hundreds Of Kluxers Wear
200 Per Cent" But
tons on Coats.
IMMIGRATION

Dallas. Tex. Oct. 24.-Imperial
Wizard Evans explanation of the Ku
Klux Klan's attitude toward Catho-
lies, Jews and negroes. with a plea
for further restriction Of immigration.
was the principal event at khan day"
at the Dallas state fair today. Ath-
letic events for klans of the South
west, including n l,lan football game,
were other events.
Hundreds of klansmen were here.
They wore distinguished red 100 per
cent" buttons on coat lapels and "K.
II. X" streamcrs on their automo-
bilcs. Eight special trains poured
kansmcn in from Texas points.
Public initiation of candidates and
a fireworks demonstration are on the
program for tonight.
DIR. Evans, who arrived with ret
inue of about 30 staff attendants. in
Guiding several grand dragons, out
lined today'what he said is the klans
policy toward immigration, and the
three classes of people barred from
khan membership.
We already have at least three
powerful and numerous elements that
defy every fundamental requirement
of assimilation, DIR. Evans said.
Declares Negro Inferior.
First, there is the negro-ten and
a half millions. They have not, they
canr0t attain the Anglo-SnXon level.
Both biology and anthropology prove
it, and the experience of centuries
confirms that conclusion. The low
mentality of savage ancestors is inher-
ent in the bloodStream of the negro
race in America. No new environment
can more than specifically overcome
this age-old hereditary handicap. With
the ever increasing exodus from cOun-
try to city. it is an undoubted fact
that another generation will be marked
by retrOgresslon.
another absolutely unblendablc ele-
mcnt is the Jew. To him, patriotism,
as the Anelo-Saxon feels il. is I'M
possible. Already a fifth of the Jew
ish race is in this country. | would
prefer, TO believe that al this unceas-
ing persecution has been Lnmcrited.
but whether ar not the Jew himself
is largely to blame. his indelible i'm
press is Their. They are people apart
from all other people. They always
will be. ...r
Would Select Immigrants.
"No nation cah long endure that
permits a higher temporal allegiance
than to its own government. The
'hierarchIes of Roman and Greek Ca
tholicism violate that principle. To
them the presidency at Washington is
subordinate to the priesthood Mt Rome.
The parochial school alone is suffi-
cient proof of divided allegiance.
They demand that our future citizen
be trained. not in public schools, but
under the control ana influence of 4
priesthood that teaches supreme 10y
alty to religious nligarchy."
DR.. Evans recommended that the
United States revise its policy so as
to make its own selection of the class
of immigrants wanted and then to in
vite them, while eXluding all not in
vited.
Congress should at the earliest
moment enact two emergency meas
ures:
First. stop all immigration with ex.
ceptions applying only to separated
families.
Second. while the gates are closed,
institute II thorough governmental IN
vestigation into every phase of alien
ism. to the end tIat there may ne
exact and scientific information upon
which to base permanent immigra-
ton policy.
AS an alternative. If Congress Q
now reluctant to close the gates
against all immigration. it might not
great increase our immediate dan
ger to continue the quota law, pro-
vided tiat 1850, and not 1910. were
made the ratio basis for admission.
The selection. and then the invitation
to come. should originate here; the
machinery should be there