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Ku Klux Klondike Severed Meads of Hydra, Fails to Die
By AL KLETTNER
United Pres International
ATLANTA (DPI) - The Ku
Klux Klan, like the mythical
Hydra whose nine Severed heads
kept growing bark, refuses to
die.
Ever since its founding as a
secret social club in Pulaski,
Tenn., in the closing days of
the Civil War, the Klan has had
periods of relative feast and
famine. In nearly a century
since the war. the hood-wearing,
cross-burning order almost
faded into extinction a number
of times. But tbough its numbers
and militancy declined, the
Klan survived.
Klan membership and politi
cal action campaigns currently
are in progress in north Florida
and Louisiana. A new Klan
Klavern (chapter) was estab
lished in recent weeks in Win'
ston-Salem. N.C.. and two men
arrested in connection with the
bombine of a church m Birming
ham. Ala., which killed four
Negro girls were linked to the
Klan at least as lormcr mem
bers.
Figures Are Elusive
Accurate membership figures
for the Klan are elusive because
officials of the order tend to
erossly exaggerate their num
hers. It is believed, however,
I me Norm Carolina Klan, wno , christian work ne nis doing , week en
! organized a number of chapters ! and melt away into the night. ! at Stone Mountain.
that there are now fewer than
10,000 Klansmen in sharp
contrast to the eight million j in the 1050s and openly advo- xhe original Klan was virtual-
uie organization once ciaimeu. caiea violence, ne servuu a iwu- w disbanded at the end of the Th Henrsia invcsliealion was
Whereas it once was political-1 year prison term alter convic- Reconstruction Era following the touched off by the (alal flogging
Two Drivers Are
Cited by Police
Two drivers were cited for
traffic violations following in
vestigation of accidenls in Med-
ford Thursday, according to po
lice reports. No injuries were
reported, officers said.
Carol Alene Rose, 31, Phoe
nix, was cited for failure to
yield the right of way after her
car collided with a vehicle
driven by Arnold Joseph Hoyt,
52, of 615 Diamond St., about
4:38 p.m. at Plum and Murray
sts.
Shirly Taylor Cantrell, 31, of
314 Willamette St., was cited
for failure to yield the right of
way and for failure to obtain
an Oregon operator's license
after her car collided with a
vehicle operated by Viola Fae
Gish, 36, of 8 Richmond ave.,
about 8:30 p.m. at Fourth st.
and Central ave.
Three citations were issued
to Alfrod Crank, 50, of the Vet
erans Domiciliary, after his car
collided with a vehicle driven
by Maurice Luverne Tuttle, 40,
of 86 Renault ave., about 4:30
p.m. Wednesday at Central ave.
and 12th st.
Crank, who was lodged In city
Jail in lieu of bail, was cited
for failure to leave information
at the sceno of an accident, for
failure to obtain an Oregon's
operator's license, and for mak
ing an improper left turn. No
injuries were reported in the
mishap, officers said.
ly expedient for political office.
seekers to carry Klan cards,
particularly in the Deep South,
it now would be a political kiss
of death to admit membership
in all but a handful of places.
The White Citizens council,
a newer, better organized
Southern segregationist organ
ization, publicly opposes the
Klan. But an outspoken opponent
of the council, Editor Hodding
Carter of the Greenville, Miss.,
Delta Democrat Timps, still
calls it "The Uptown Klan."
Refuses to Fold
Though the Klan's terror-induced
power and influence have
waned since its post-World War
I heyday, it stubbornly refuses
to fold and, in fact, appears to
be attempting a comeback in
some places.
Just last week, a Klan leader
confirmed the establishment of
a new Klavern in Winston-Sa
lem, but he promised the group
would use legislative pressure
rather than violence to fight ra
cial integration.
"We are not troublemakers
or bombers," according to R. E.
Mabe, 35, Exalted Cyclops (pres
ident) of the Klavern. "I can
honestly say it is a fine organ
ization and we don't go for vio
lence. We hope to achieve our
goals through legislation."
National Organization
Mabe, a self-employed home
builder, said the Klavern was
established about a month ago
and chartered by the stale as
an affiliate of the United Klans
of America, Knights of the KKK,
which he described as a na
tional organization with head
quarters at Tuscaloosa, Ala."
Membership is restricted to
white Protestants, Mabe said.
Mabe vigorously denied any
connection with James (Catfish)
Cole, former Grand Wizard of
tion in 1959 for inciting to riot
The Cole-organized Klan chap
ters faded out after a group of
Lumbee Indians donned war
paint and pulled a howling,
screaming raid on a nighttime
Klan rally in Maxtnn, N. C,
driving the Klansmen shrotless
to the winds. It was a lesson
in reverse terror with comic
opera overtones.
Hold Political Rally
White-robed and hooded Klans
men filled a 45-acre cow pas
ture near Jena, La., recently
for a political rally. A crowd
estimated at 5,000 was told by
a "Grand Dragon" that the
Klan's choice for governor (not
announced) would get between
40,000 and 50,000 votes from the
organization.
Constitutional gover n m e n t,
states right and segregation
were the stalwart platform
planks on which the rejuvenated
Louisiana Klan stood four
square. Such had been the
planks since Reconstruction
days. The Klan also is strong
on womanhood.
A lady with wanton habits
once was abducted by night
raiders in a Southern town. She
was stripped and shorn of her
long tresses which were nailed
to a post in the middle of town.
Beaters Are Flogged
Wife beaters have been haul
ed out of bed and flogged by
the Klan, as have philandering
husbands, naughty maidens and
deadheats.
Most Klans are chartered to-:
day for so-called "social and
charitable" functions.
Occasionally in a Southern ;
rural area, Klansmen in full
regalia surprise church congre
gations in the midst of worship.
They march down the aisle,
leave an offering at the pulpit,
commend the preacher for the
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Menace
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Witnesses paraded before a
grand jury with accounts of
father-son beatings and of a
man whose shoulder was dislo
cated by a laughing hoodlum.
Sometimes violence attributed
Civil War. Its job of "protecting of a whjte barber, Ike Gaston
wnites, reducing me Negro vote
and expelling carpetbaggers"
appeared to have ended.
Proclaim Rebirth
Rut in 1915 at a place called
Si one Mountain, 10 miles from
Atlanta, a group led by William
Joseph Simmons proclaimed the
Klan's rebirth and the revived
organization sprouted roots all
over the country.
The Klan's own rules of se
crecy, helped by hoods and
masks, have helped bring it into
disreput. Some of the violence
attributed to the order undoubt
edly was committed by non
Klansmen who conveniently
slipped into sheets and pillow
cases for their deeds.
In Georgia, the Klan was
quite strong until 1940 when a
series of floggings produced a
public uproar and a tough anti
masking law. Until then uni
formed Klansmen roared
through the suburbs once a
route to their rallies i Klux Klan, one of numerous i with neon lights to replace kero-1 lishes three categories ol pun-
offshoots of the KKK. That I sene-soaked raa fires. 1 ishment. They range from $1
Touches Off Flowing I branch sent a letter to New j Anti.masltin(! Iaws have been or 11 months and 29 days in
York ronce commissioner aie- ad (e(J b most somhem states jail for alarming the citizenry
phen Fl tOPl, 19 , r.lng, in recent years and provide a to 21 years for committing an
to .send 5,000 Klansmen (out of ,,. j,r., . viajini ip. ccmili with a Headlv wearjon
livily. wnue masneu.
uniform) to help clean up
Harlem" and wipe out the black
supremist Muslims.
Some of the most optimistic
Klan promotion is being put out
these days by the Florida Klav-
members. One group even ac
cepts Roman Catholics (if they
are interested). The earlier
Klan was militantly anti-Catholic
and became the brunt of
many jokes in Atlanta after tha
Catholic church bought the for-
Tennessee, with one of the The modern day Klan uses all , mer headquarters of Uie KKK
strongest masking laws, estab-lsorts of gimmicks to attrackas an official church resident.
to Klansmen has been evenjern (chapter) which has been
more ghastly. Several years ago,
six robed and hooded men mu
tilated a Negro handyman at
Birmingham, Ala. Four of them
were sentenced to 20-year pris
on terms.
A perennial Klan leader whose
name has figured in the news
of the Southern racial troubles
recently is J. B. Stoner. Cur
rently he is attorney for the Na
tional States Rights party in
Birmingham. For 20 years Sto
ner has been active in anti
semitic and segregation move
ments. Offer to Send Help
Stoner was listed as Imperial
Wizard and archleader of the
Christian Knights of the Ku
conducting rallies in Jackson
ville, St. Augustine and Ocala.
"We can match the numbers
of marchers on Washington
(200.000) and have more to
spare," according to KKK lead
er Don Cochran at Jacksonville.
But he declined to be more
specific.
The Florida shindig, like
nany Klan promotions of recent
years, has borrowed the come
on of a side-show barker with
large signs, search lights, soft
drink stands and showings of
the old Klan "documentary"
film, "Birth of a Nation."
Rag Fires Are Replaced
It's not unusual in these elec
tronic days to see Klan crosses
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TO THOSE WHO EXPECT TO VOTE
AT THE SPECIAL ELECTION ON
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1963!
Undoubtedly you have read the proposed law in the Voter's Pamphlet. You will observe
many things, including a minimum tax of $5.00, especially for those who have never been
on the income tax rolls. You have listened to the radio and have read the newspaper ar
ticles which contain all the dire threats of calamity that will befall the State if this Act
is not approved by the people.
We propose a more equitable solution to the revenue problem that will benefit the indi
viduals of the State, the State Industry and State Institutions and it will not be necessary
to suffer any or all of the consequences that have been pointed out to you by those who
are sponsoring Ballot Measure No. 1.
A moderate sales tax and a moderate income tax would greatly reduce the property taxes
and lead to an enormous development of industry, which is so badly needed in the State
of Oregon. We are confident that such a tax program would lead to rapid industrial de
velopment in the State of Oregon.
Travelers and visitors in the State of Oregon are greatly surprised when they find there is no
sales tax, but they are also surprised at the lack of industry in the State of Oregon, except
for the harvesting of the natural timber forests in the state.
Should this measure pass, you will no longer be permitted to deduct the Federal income
taxes you have paid, when you prepare your State Tax Return. You will no longer receive
the $600 deductions for yourself and your dependents on your Oregon State Tax Return.
The purpose of the proposed $5.00 minimum tax is to get all possible tax payers on the
income tax roll. Once you are on it, how would you expect to get off of it?
A "NO" vote on Measure No. 1 is your opportunity to obtain equitable personal and prop
erty taxation in the State and Counties of Oregon.
A moderate sales, income and property tax wil benefit the public institutions of the State,
including the schools, and will benefit the personal residents of the State; will bring in
new industries and, therefor, new revenue to the State and to its present and future
residents .
Recspcctfully submitted for your consideration
Committee for a Moderate and Beneficial
Tax Program as Opposed to Measure No. 1
on Ballot To Be Voted on October 15, 1963.
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ON MEASURE NO. 1
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