The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-25

CTlttClLiHS OHt VI VIC SiCo'
New York dailies, The Brooklyn
Eagle, and it is not necessary for me
to go to the defense of that grea,
daily. There is no better, more loya
nor square daily in this whole coun-
try than The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
That paper is not of bi-political faith
not Of my school Of politics. 1t otter
criticizes me and does so squarely
but will say right here that its own
ership, its editorial staff, is OF the
very highest type of Americans, anc
nothing that may be said by the Fl
cry Cross can in the slightest affect
the standing Of that paper or its per
sonnet. But let me read:
1.-THE entire country is aware
that the Catholic and the Jew
are for unrestricted immigration.
Americans, however, are not.
They see the deadly menace that
faces America at this critical
time. 1t is possible that the ed
itor Of The Eagle, too, sees the
menace; but with less than 1000
900 people who are of white,
Protestant, Gentle, American
extraction in a city of approx
mately 5000, 900 souls, it is only
natural that The Eagle should
play to the overwhelming ma
jority.
There is hardly any doubt
but that the editor really meant
the people of New York City are
not for it. Some kind person
should send the Eagle editor 8
map of the United States that
he might learn that America on
" starts in New York and runs
clear to the Pacific ocean before
stopping. Also inform him that
the opinion of "the average New
Yorker" is not necessarily the
opinion of the millions of Ameri-
cans west of Jersey City
81 read these quotations to show
the warp-minded attitude of the Of
fetal organ of the hooded organiza-
ton and to demonstrate the one-sid-
edness of its argument; why, gentle
men every member of this house
knows that the word of the floor
leader is his bond.
New IOFheE Ddu1g StuHS
"The Fiery Cross of April 4, 1924
states that thousands of letters are
being received by Mr.. Johnson from
New York, and that New Workers
complain that they have to depend
upon Congressman Johnson and upon
the efforts of the ku Klux Khan, be
cause their representatives in Con-
cnin0 fn onatncf thl
bill.
La Guardia Scared
"Why, gentlemen, I have a whole
file full of the publications, and
say to you that the leaders response
Bile for the activities of the Ku Klux
Khan are doing more to divide the
country and to divide the people of a
country than any agency that ever ex-
listed in the history of the world
These arguments are read all over
the country. You cannot prevent the
people of the east forming their opin-
ion of this organization.
La GuardIa Raves
They cannot understand how you
can stand up for Americanism, how
Nou walt W SIluI lDC dOoto
those who you believe do not under
stand American traditions and how,
in the darkness of night, these same
people, with masks or hoods, will
take some poor defenseless negro and
chastise him by corporal punishment
or by hanging him, and burning down
the houses of the poor undefended
cannot understand why
in order to create law and fear, to es-
tablish brutal dominance, it is neces-
Sary to burn the very symbol of Chris
tianity which they have been brought
up from infancy to worship; they can
not understand why it is that this
has directed it's activi-
ties and the power of its organized
force at a group of people, at races,
and religions who are defenseless
who want to take their place in the
one big American family. Do you
not see the harm that is being done
what irreparable harm is being done
and in the name of the same God we
all worship and for the glory of our
flag? / ask the Ku Klux Khan to
take off their mask and to meet us
in the light of day to talk these
things over and to act in accordance
with the best interests and in accord
ance with the tradition and spirit of
America"
La Guardia Trapped
Just as Mr.. La Guardia closed II
above speech, Representative Raker
of California, popped up, and this is
what happened:
Mr.. Raker: Will the gentleman
yield?
Mr.. La Guardia: Certainly.
Mr.. Raker: Would the gentleman
mind telling the committee, if he
knows, about an organization COM
posed of about 1900 lodges with about
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