Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-06-05
BURTON TELLS OF BRIDGE DEAL STORY;
STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR CANNON
ROut Khan Speaker
at Demonstration;
Trouble is AVerted
Meeting Broken Up as Lee
turer Starts Racial Attack
AIpern Prevents Trouble.

DIR. Oscar Haywood of New
York City, who stated to an
Evening News reporter that he
was a national lecturer Of the
Ku Klux Klan and for eleven
years pastor of the Collegiate
Baptist Church of the Covenant
of New York City, probably
owes the fact that he is alive
and uninjured today to the cool
headedness of Isaac Alpern pres
ident of the Perth Amboy Trust
Company, who by running to
the front of Junior Hall here last
night, where DR.. Haywood was
speaking, and calling out to
more than 500 persons in the
building to be seated, in this way
aided the police in getting DR..
Haywood from the main hall in
to a passageway after a demon
stration had been made against
him. The attempted attack on
DIR. Haywood came when he de-
clared "Ninety per cent. of the
American press is controlled by
the Jews and the Catholics. "
About 200 persons gathered in the
hall last night in answer to an in
vitation which had been sent out
asking those who received them to
attend the meeting. When one el1
tered the building. they found the
door guarded by three or four men,
and were requested to sign their
names on the bottom of the invita-
ton after which they were taken up.
Although many seemed to gain ad-
mittance without any invitation at
all, others either handed in the pa
per invitation or card. Newspaper
men were excluded from the meet
ing and if any one appeared with
an invitation that did not seem just
right, they were closely questioned.
When a reporter for the Evening
News attempted to gain entrance to
the meeting he was informed that it
was impossible for him to be admit
ted and when he asked if the meet
ing was a Ku Klux Klan affair the
information was given that 1t was
not but was a secret meeting held
to revive an old organization. AS the
men began to gather in the hall a
crowd numbering several hundred
people collected on the sidewalk.
Many questions were asked by the
crowd outside but no mob action
was shown by anyone until nearly
IL o'clock.
At $3.50 o'clock, the meeting began
by the singing of America. This
could bS heard by the crowd in the
street through the open windows.
As soon as the song had been ended,
the windows were closed and the
shades drawn. What took place in
| the hall after that is not known,
although reporters who fingered
about the hallway heard the speak
er raise his voice on several occa-
sions and he brought out certain
points in his address and the laughs
and applause of the crowd in the
| hall.
Although two policemen were sta
| toned in the lower hallway and
| other policemen were on the street
the crowd outside, although there
was much uneasiness, did not ap-
pear unmanageable until about II
! o'clock, when they began to gather
in groups and discuss the matter
Some one suggested that it was a
patriotic meeting and they could
! not keep them out. A few more
suggestions were made and some
| one took the leadership and saying
come on" started into the hall
About 500 persons followed the lead
er and the police stationed in the
lower hall were pushed away as was
the doorman in the upper hall.
Those in the hall showed no re
sistance as the crowd from below
entered and left their seats gather
ing in the rear of the building while
! those who had entered took the
sea They declared that as it was
patriotic meeting and they wee
| Americans they could attend.
AS the crowd entered the room,
| DIR. Haywood was standing near d
stanC upon which was a pitcher Of
water, a glass and a folded Amefi-
can flag. The intrusion did not seem
to concern him and after the visitors
bad taken seats he declared he
would continue his address and that
If he said anything out of the way
thew could throw him from the
window. He also held that his death
would aid the cause of the Klan.
The crowd which had been laugh
ing and ieering as it entered the
hall. became silent and DR.. HaY-
wood continued a talk on Jewry.
In this address he urged the Amer
ican, to show n united front against
the Jews. He told how it is a
mistaken idea that the Klan is
against the Jew, and pointed out the
Biol which the Klan uses, was
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