The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-10-23
RACINE MAYOR
MAKES ADDRESS
Mayor Armstrong Attacks
Khan in Unity League
Meeting Here.
SEVERAL OTHERS TALK

Mayor w. H. Armstrong of Racine
was one of the speakers Monday eve
ming at meeting held under the aus
pices of the Kenosha branch OF the
American Unity league at the German
American club house, this being the
third Of series Of meetings being
held here by the organization in ats
ayowed fight against the ku klux
Khan, The hall was crowded, making
it necessary to hold an overflow meet
ing, which was convened at Gentle.
Brothers hall on Market street; speak
ers from the main meeting, after nm
fishing their talks, were hurried to the
overflow meeting to make addresses
there.
All of the speakers touched on the
problem presented by the Khan in gen.
eral, none of them dealing specifically
with Kenosha county other than to
mention the political aspect of the sit
uation here.
Armstrong Tells of Racine.
Mayor Armstrong of Racine told how
he had taken some action in Racine
at the. time of the Khan parade there,
and that he had determined to con-
tinue his war against the Khan until
he had done his part to rout it. de
told Of how the Khan and anti-Klan
controversy had split Racine and in
ferred that the same might occur or
might have occurred in Kenosha. He
urged that those who heard him should
go out with feeling, not of malice
nor of hate, but of a desire to bring
back the unity of endeavor and feeling
in this country which, he declared, ex-
listed before ''Klan days"
Mayor Armstrong, at the conclusion
of his address, received great ova-
ton from the throng that heard him.
Kenosha Attorneys Speak
Preceding the address by Mayor
Armstrong, Attorney E. j. Malloy of
Kenosha gave an address stressing the
fact that the Ku Klux Khan was SINH
lar to several other movements in the
history of this country which had all
he declared, been BIASED on bigotry."
He stated such movement arose near
ly every generation and lasted APP
proximateiy ten years, and that the
daysrof the Khan were now almost run.
Attorney L. E. Vaudreill of Keno
cha also spoke denouncing the Khan,
claiming that it sowed the seeds of dis
sension. He also attacked the Khan
for entering into politics.
Several of the speakers declared
their belief that the Khan was largely
commercial organization, and that
sits leaders were interested mostly in
the money gained through it."
Unity League to Stay.
John Langan, who presided at the
meeting as one of the officers of the
Kenosha branch of the American Unity
league, announced that the Kenosha
Unity league planned to remain in Ke-
nosha as long as 1t was needed, and
that steps had been taken for per-
manent organization. He declared
that it had been formed with no i'll
feelings towards any candidates, but
that when the primaries showed that
the Khan had taken hand in politics
and that some men had been endorsed,
the Unity league chad been organized
to keep these men from being elected
If possible"
E. j. Sullivan was introduced as
chairman of the finance committee of
the local American Unity league. He
announced that the organization now
had nearly 1000 members; that it had
set it's goal for 5000 members within
the next two weeks; that Offices had
been opened up in an Office building,
and that plans were being made for a
permanent organization in the belief
that the unit would be in existence for
several years to come. He urged his
hearers to become supporting members
and to secure workers to go out in
every ward and precinct and help build
up the organization.
At the overflow meeting former
Sheriff William Rauen presided. In
addition to the speakers mentioned
above Judge John C. Slater and John
Langan also made addresses at this
meeting.
Attorney P. G. 0'Donnell of Chicago,
who has been the chief speaker at the
two previous meetings of the American
Unity league in Kenosha, was not pres
ent at the Monday evening meeting.