The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
'EV ANS ASSAILS . SEN. LA TOILETTE
 FOR KHAN FLING
Declares Senator Refused To Cooperate Tn Hour
 Of Nation'S/ Peril

HOUSTON, Tex, Aug. 10-"The most pernicious thing in the political life of America is the appeal being made by a group of dissatisfied DO litical leaders, led by Senator La Fol lette, to, destroy the peoples confid. ence in this, the soundest, the great. est and best government on earth, said Dr. Hiram Wesley Evans, imperial wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, in prepared statement issued here, as he sailed from Galveston for Key West.
 Dr. Evans has speaking dates at Miami and Jacksonville, Fla, after which he will go to New York, he said.
 In his statement answering recent statement by Senator La Toilette, he says:
 'erhe Knights of Ku Klux Klan had hoped that the political and the econ omic problems of the day would pro- vide sufficient opportunity for the peo- pie to decide who, should constitute the next administration, so it is with sincere regret that read the lette of Senator Robert M., La Toilette concern ing the klan."
 After reviewing the conditions in the American colonies at the time of the adoption of the Constitution and the early amendments guaranteeing free dom of religion. Dr. Evans continues :
 AssaiIs Catholic Church
 "Thc recent convention ill New York evidenced to every thinking man that we agdin have a church, as such, attemptign to take hand in the pos litieal management of this nation, which Is n direct violtion of the fundamental law requiring separation of church and state. Thus we have m honest diff ference of opinion as between many honest protestant and many honest Catholic minds in America and until we have a common mind, either for the control of state by church or for their complete severance, to the satisfac- tion of both Catholic and Protestant, there will not be cessation of religi- ous hostilities in. this country"
 Turning next to the race question, Dr. Evans declares "a calm statement of fundamental facts and recognition of the conditions as they are is neces- sary to an understanding of the im- lnensity of the problem.
 Senator La Toilette, aspiring to be the political Moses, regrets that we. are present to prevent the dissatisfaction of the passing day. thank God that in this hour, when sane thinking and courageous action are vitally necessary, that we are here. No paternalistic, communistie, bolshevistic appeal to the political passions of the masses should pass unchallenged.
 Propaganda Inexcusable
 "No economic advantage OF political need will excuse the continuation of this propaganda which dates back to the hour of our nations peril.
 Some of the present group, in cluding Senator La Toilette himself, dared to refuse cooperation and sup port of this government in the hour of it's greatest need.
 'sThe prime thing for which the klan stands in the creation of an American national which shall mean the same thing as q British national or, . French 'national' or a German ma. tionaP--one whose viewpoint and whose efforts are directed to the progress and security of things distinctly American.
 America needs two parties. Ii needs no dissentious groups whose evi- dent purpose is to sap the confidence of the common people in their govern ment. The economic problems of to- day are capable of solution without the injection in the political arena of things which destroy governments and disorganize peoples, The Knights of the KU Klux Klan find themselves now and ever ready to work with any group of American people, whose purposes are to make this a freer, a more homogeneous and a more enlightened natiOn,"