Evening star., 1936-05-28

darkness, swearing such oaths, later
to be translated into action? GOOD
people from all walks of life who were
brought TO their senses when com.
munism and other isms invaded the
United States from other countries"
their leader, a Michigan milk inspec-
tor, Arthur Lupp, testified. Who are
these men? Poor folk. Hill billies
from the mountains of the South in
vading Detroit looking for work. "one
purpose was to get jobs for members"
None Of those questioned were un-
employed. Several said they had got
jobs through other members. Whom
do they hate? Life, which has treated
them badly. Who Is to blamep Some
scapegoat Is to blame. The niggers,
working in the fields that should be
theirs. Or the Jews. Do they not
keep the prosperous shops? Or the
Communists aren't some of the
papers full of the Communist peril?
Or the trade unionists, who enlist the
skilled and leave the unskilled. Or
the Catholics, who have q pope in
Rome.
They are the poor, the credulous,
the violent; little men, full of con-
fused hatred. They are the gullible.
The organization, they are told, dates
back to Revolutionary days. 1t has
l3 officers. representing the 13 origi-
nal colonies. They have a direct
link with the Ku Klux Klan and its
old night riders.
Unaware Of True Purpose.
They come into the organization
unaware of its true purpose. They
sign simple pledge, joining an order
to uphold the Constitution. They are
lured into 1t by appeal TO their basic
racial prejudices and with promises
of recreational activities and business
help. The rest is forced upon them.
Betrayal of secrets is death. They
are now members Of a gang.
The organization is not confined to
Michigan. There was that affair a
short time ago in Florida. The To-
ledo Blade reports the existence of
the movement in Ohio Echoes of it
are everywhere. They are on my desk
in the Herald Tribune. Here is Mr..
Robert Edward Edmondson of Wash
ington, who invites me to join the
Christian vigilantes. He writes:
Dear Madam: These two PAM
phlets are sent you by Post % Of the
Christian VigilanteS, in the name Of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who was fouly murdered by the Jew
hikes. Over 10000 copies of these
two pamphlets have been distributed
in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.
Death to the Jew infested League Of
Nations! He'll Hitler!
Motto (says Mr.. Edmondson) please
learn by heart: Christian Nordic white
America will, in the spirit Of Hitler,
keep the Jews and niggers in their
place of Jim Crow inferiority.
Invited to Enlist in War.
And he invites me to enlist In
was against Jews, niggers, Japs,
Chinese, all other colored un-Aryan
swine, communists. pasifists, strikers,
internationalists, under the radiant
cross of Jesus.
Gentle Jesus. meek and mild.
Or here is another correspondent
who informs me that I am only one
of many thousands who have been
circularized with the information that
the murder of the Lndbergh baby was
performed as an act of ritual by Jews
to revenge against the Gentle world!
What can be done about it?
J. Edgar Hoover says the Federal
Government can do nothing The
Federal police can participate in ac-
ton to apprehend kidnapperS who
have taken a person across State lines
to hold him for ransom. But the
Lirdbergh law, it is argued, does not
permit the Federal Government to
track down those who kidnap and kill,
not for gain. but because the superior
has ordered it; because the victim
is a Catholic or Jew! 1t is forbidden