Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1924 — Page 6
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THE PIERY .CROSS z Friday. Marifr 1924
POLITICAL BOSSES IN CALIFORNIA FEAR VOTE OF KLANSMEN
Rapid Growth of Movement Overturns Plans and Excites Law Breakers
Speaker nt Fresno Reviews Alms of Order and Points to Those. Who Oppose It
FRESNO, Cal.. March 1. The amazingly rapid growth of the Ku Klux Klan in this county has caused
an epidemic of Roose-pimples and nervous thills among politicians who have been playing the same by their own rules. These rules, in many Instances, have been highly flexible. They realize that every candidate will be rigidly investigated by the Klan and most of them seem to understand that the free-and-easy methods practiced in the past will no longer be tolerated. Rootleggers and other violators of the eighteenth amendment particularly are disturbed by the prospect of real law enforcement, and their equanimity is not helped materially by the reports that the Klan is admitting hundreds
of new members every week, each of whom will have a vote to cast on election day. Possibly this feeling of unrest was Increased by the mossage of a Klan speaker recently, when he declared the only persons who have anything to fear from the Klan are the crooked politicians, the bootlegger or the man who is not running straight. Christianity First He emphasized that the organization stands first of all for the tenets of the Christian religion, and be
cause of this, it must necessarily
estant, pro-Gentile, and prb-whte
man. He touched on the policy of unrestricted immigration and advocated a policy of Americanization and civic education for the aliens already within our country for a period of years before allowing other aliens to enter. Those Who Are Opposed He gave--as the only reasons why any. man should not affiliate with this organization the following: First Ignorance: Through not understanding the purpose of the or
ganization. Second The man who is not playing straight, i. e., the crooked politician, bootleggers, etc. Third The man who, because of his allegiance to a foreign government, power or sect, rather than to the Constitution of the United States
is not eligible to join the Klan.
He said it has been the endeavor of those in charge of the organization work to place before the citizens of this county the truth regarding the principles and purposes of the Klan and the success of this policy of education, he added, has been proved by the tremendous growth of the Klan in this county. Hundreds, he said, are being admitted each meeting night at secret meetings.
An Interview With Cincinnati9 s Klan Preacher By KLCX
EDISON URGES MOVIE
MEN TO CURB GREED
Most Powerful Instrument for Good, But Producers Must Be Servants of People, He Says
WASHINGTON, March 1. Opposite points of view regarding the motion picture industry are expressed by the National Motion Picture Con
ference, called in Washington by five churches in their national meetings,
stand for the Christian home, clean an,d. !he,,!"",itIn Picture industry, of
politics, freedom of speech and
press, the enforcement of law and order through the duly constituted officers of the law. The Klan movement, he declared. Is not an anti-one, nor one intended to foster racial prejudice or religious hatrpd. but is essentially a promovement; pro-American, pro-Prot-
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master-general, is the head. The sense of the Washington conference was summed up by its stateI ment that: I "The political, social and moral j welfare of the world is seriously threatened by the motion picture inidustry, which is using its vast pub-
I licity and educational power to place itself above and in defiance of all
legal control under the deceptive claim, twice denied by the supreme ! court of the United States, that it is : entitled to freedom of the press and that it should be regulated only by laws applicable to the press and not , those laws applicable to indecent j amusements At a luncheon given in his honor by the industry in New York, Thomas
A. Edison, noted inventor, and often called the "father of the motion pic- ! ture," said : I "I believe, as I have always believed, that you control the most , powerful instrument in the world ' for good. Whatever part I may have flayed in its development was mainly I along mechanical lines. The far
more important development or the j motion picture as a medium for artistic efforts and as an educational factor is in your hands. "Remember that you are servants of the public and never let a desire i for money or power prevent you ' from giving the public the best work ' of which you are capable. It is not I the quantity of riches that counts;
its the quality which produces happiness, where that is possible."
At the Forks of the Road
(Special to The Fiery Cross) CINCINNATI, March 1 I sought an interview with Cincinnati's Klan preacher, the Rev. Orval W. Baylor. I found him in the office of the historic, old, Richmond Street Christian Church, surrounded by a number of busy secretaries and assistants who aid him in the daily grind of caring for his large flock and thus take much of the burden off his shoulders and leaving him free to interview the scores who call to discuss matters
pertaining to every topic under the sun, read and dictate replies to letters which come to him in large numbers and prepare his sermons and
lectures. To interview this busy Klansmanpreacher, one must call between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock. In the afternoon It is almost impossible to
see him, for from 1 to 3 o'clock he is busy dictating replies to the many letters which come to him from all parts of the country. During my visit he showed me a pile of letters to be answered. Commendations Many "The most of these deal with the Ku Klux Klan," he said. "The most
of them are in terms of commenda
tion while now and then there is one of the opposite nature. I very seldom .reply to those of the latter class for the reason that they are usually unsigned." "What is that pile of newspapers you have stacked over there in the corner?" I asked him. "Oh; that is there waiting for the first spare moment when my secretary can go over them, sort out those she thinks should be saved for
my own perusal or cup oui paragraphs and articles of particular interest to be filed for future reference. My unknown friends and those who are not so friendly to me, sent those papers. The most of them have some paragraph or article marked. My secretary reads them all. I read those she thinks will aid me in my Klan lectures." From 3 to 5 o'clock the pastor
calls on those-who are on the" sick list and then after an hour or two with his family at supper time, he
goes forth to lecture for the organization. His meetings are always attended by overflow crowds. Throughout southern Ohio and northern Kentucky the mere announcement that Cincinnati's Klan preacher is to speak is sufficient to draw an overflow crowd. Beloved and Honored The people of this district love him for his earnest, sincere conr
duct. They cheer him as he enters
the meeting-place, listen eagerly as he speaks and crowd around him for a handshake and a word of greeting when the meeting is over. As a speaker, the Rev. Mr. Baylor is pleasing, forceful and eloquent. As a thinker he is sound, logical and to the point. He never delivers a lecture without raising some new point in favor of the Klan. His lectures are not cut and dried. You can hear him a hundred times without hearing the same lecture. He never talks at random or as the old saying is, "goes off half-cocked." In replying to the charges of the enemy
he is deliberate, keen, concise. The local papers print his replies to the critics of the Klan and the entire Protestant-American population in this district looks to him as its champion and leader. If you talk to him about the present-day political situation you find him fully abreast of the time. He knows what every senator and
representative in congress is saying ! and doing. "The last thing I do at night is to read the Congressional Record," he said.-- "My friends laugh at me for reading it, but it is the best way that I know of to keep a line on our lawmakers." Ralston Complimented "Who is your choice for president,
and why?" I asked him. "What man among the available timber of both parties could the Klan support?" "That's an easy question to answer," he replied. "Senator Samuel M. Ralston, of Indiana, would make an ideal president."
"Why do you select Senator Rals
ton? I continued.
"I have known Senator Ralston
for a number of years. Our acquaintance has been intimate in
many respects. I'm for Ralston because he's a Christian gentleman. If he has any bad habits I have never discovered them. He takes Christianity seriously." "What are his qualifications?" I asked. "He gave Indiana the best administration she has ever had when he
was governor of that state. He took the oath of office with the state heavily in debt and he left the
governorship with every bill paid and
the state free from debt. He left the statehouse without a spot on his four
years of public service. He's con
servative, sane and sound. He be lieves in a government 'of the peo-
pie, by the people and for the
people."
"Would he zealously uphold the
fundamentals of American constitu tioual government If elected?" American of the Old Type
"Senator Ralston is an American
of the old type. He is of the same
mould as Washington, Jefferson
Jackson and Lincoln. Summing, it all up, I am for Ralston because he is a Christian gentleman, he's an
American, he s a sound, sane, con
servative business man, and he's
statesman of the front rank. He is
retiring and unpretentious. This
characteristic has kept a great many
people from knowing his true worth
Were he an aggressive candidate for the Democratic nomination he would
win hands down. He will win any
way. Call this prophecy or idle bunk, if you please. Klansmen can do no better than to support this great man. I expect to do all that I can to mould sentiment in his favor." "What about Al Smith of New Ycrk?" "No Catholic can be president. Net that there Is anything in the
constitution to prevent hut the
electorate will never cast its vote
that way. He's wet. No wet can
be elected president. The Democrats
will not nominate a wet. My good friend, William Jennings Bryan, will
see to that."
"Will Underwood cut any figure?"
I asked.
Underwood Ont of Touch "Underwood's stand on the Klan question would send him down to defeat if he were nominated. I be
lieve the Democrats as well as the
Republicans want to nominate a man who can win in November. I also believe that 'they realize that no anti-Klan candidate can be elected. "I learn a lot of things by reading the Congressional Record, if you will permit me to refer to that again," he said. "I can tell which senator and -representative has his hand on the people's pulse or his ear to the ground to tell which way public sentiment is blowing. Un-
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An editorial in the Fellowship
Forum: "Senator Underwood has
iinnounced liis determination to demand that the Democratic party, at the national convention in June, write into its declaration of prin- ! ciples the plank of 18fG, known as j the Anti-Know Nothing plank. By 1 this announcement Senator Underj wood removes any doubt that he has aligned himself with those forces opj posed to the public school, restricted : immigration, separation of church ; and state, and all those principles . for which patriotic American fra-
ternallSlS Stantl. T 0-,lrl-i" lotrnl nvnvisinna. and in
"The plank of 185G says in part: I ,..., rpiieious instruction in con
derwood is a brilliant fellow, but he
is out of touch with public senti
ment. He underestimates the Klan
strength. I have traveled over many states in the last few months and I have been amazed at the real strength of the Klan. It is far greater that I had expected it to be, and I am no pessimist by any means In such states as Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New Jersey and even. New York, where . the membership of the Klan has been placed at a low figure by the press, I found the organization growing by leaps and bounds. When you swing into Ohio,
Indiana, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma!
vruuigjit tiuu j. euiiessee yuu swing
into Klan paradise. The vote of Klansmen will swing the next presidential election. With a spring and
summer of recruiting, the like of which this country has never experienced, Klansmen will come up to
the ballot box in November holding the balance of power."
Not Necessarily Klansmen "Must a candidate for public of
fice be a member of the Klan to get
the Klan vote?"
Not necessarily. The Klan will
back any candidate who stands flat-
footed for the fundamentals of American government, the Bible and
for law and order. The Klan does
not seek to elect its own members
to public office but rather to place
in office those men and women who will fearlessly uphold the constitution of the land and the enforcement
of the laws of the several states and of the nation. I'm not for Senator Ralston because he's a member of the Klan. He is not a member, so far as I know. As a Klansman I'm
for him because he stands for those principles that I believe in, viz., Americanism, the Bible and law and order." "They tell me that your church is a 100 per cent church, is that true?" "Well, here are . the facts. You
can put them together and answer j your own question. Like ivory soap, the membership of old Richmond Street is 99 and 44100 per cent pure. The leaders in both the men and women's organizations in Hamilton county attend Richmond Street
Church. The first Klan meeting in Cincinnati was held in this church. This is the only pulpit in Cincinnati that has come out openly for the Klan. Does this answer your question?" Cincinnati's Klan preacher is in great demand for lectures, not only in this district but throughout the
country. During my interview with him his traveling bag rested near the door ready for a trip through Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He can not answer every invitation but those who get a date from him
are lucky indeed. If you are thinking of putting on a big meeting try Cincinnati's Klan preacher. You may get him and then again you may not. He's a mighty accommodating man and will work until he drops to put over the program of the Ku Klux Klan. His lecture, "Visions ana Dreams," will turn your community right side up.
NEW YORK, March 1. Plans of the $18,000,000 37-story office building to be erected on the old street car barn site, on the block bounded by Fourth and Lexington avenues, Thirty-second and Thirty-third streets, show that the structure will contain 1,427,000 square feet of rentable area and that there will be two floors having a net rentable area of
77,300 square feet each; and seven office floors of 59,000 square feet each.
The areas of some of the other
floors are: Twelve with 31,000 square feet each, five with 28,000 square feet each, and eight, the smallest floors in the building proper, comprising 16,500 square feet each. John Sloane is the architect of the building, for which the excavations
will, it is said, be smarted within thirty days. It was on this property that rumor persisted until re
cently" ",yotdd be? erected a terinmaL' for the joint use of the" New York
Central,- New York, New Haven &
Hartford and Long Island railroads' suburban traffic, which is said to be overtaxing both the Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station, This plan tew evidently been frustrated by the early erection of a giant skyscraper on the big midclty lot.
Ordered Pupils to Walk on Flag; Loses His Place
WATERTOWN, N. Y., March 1. E. B. Harris, principal of the Pierrepont Manor school, who last January attempted to teach the pupils of the school respect for the American flag by laying it on the floor and having them walk on it, has been asked to resign by M. W. Phillips, trustee of the school. The principal has handed in his resignation. The principal contended that he placed the flag on the floor to teach the children to respect it. He said he left it there until one of the children complained.
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The United States is founded upon the rock of religious liberty, and consequent separation of church and state. Despite this doctrine, expressed in constitution and many laws, many religious instructors are
i continually attempting to "get
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'That the liberal principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence and sanctioned in the Constitution, which makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have been cardinal principles in the Democratic faith and every attempt to
abridge the privileges of becoming citizens and the owners of soil among us ought to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the
alien and sedition laws irom our
statute books. " 'And whereas, since the foregoing declaration was uniformly adopted by our predecessors in national convention, an adverse political and re
ligious test has been secretly organized by a party claiming to be exclusively American, it is proper that American democracy should clearly define its relation thereto, and declare its determined opposition to all secret political societies, by whatever name they may be called. And
hence a political crusade in the nineteenth century, and in the United States of America, against Catholic and foreign born is neither justified by the past history or the future prospects of the country nor in unison with the spirit of toleration and enlarged freedom, which peculiarly distinguished the American system of popular government.' "There could be nothing clearer
than this demand that immigration be unrestricted, and that the doors be opened wide to permit another flood of unassimilable aliens from the Catholic countries of Southern Europe to pour into America. Here also Is the demand that no attempt be made to prevent any alien from becoming 'owners of. soil among us.' In view of the Japanese situation in California, Democrats of that state will probably not look with much favor on this part of the platform."
nection vith public school education. In California, a group of churchmen of four denominations asked the state attorney-general for a ruling on the question of whether it was lawful for school children to spend an hour or two a week away from school to receive religious in
struction which, under the state law, can not be received in school. After quoting the constitution of
California, which provides that no "sectarian or denominational doctrine be taught or instruction thereon be permitted, directly or indirectly, in any of the common schoolsof the state." The Ruling Ulysses S. Webb, the attorneygeneral, ruled as follows: "We understand fully the point of view of permitting parents to have the moral character of children
molded through the aid f religious
instruction in a manner that can not be done In the public schools themselves. But we conclude that the
spirit and intent of the statutes of this state do not permit of any pro
cedure which either directly or in
directly would amount to a discrimination of any character whatsoever against the children of such parents
or guardians as might not desire to have religious Instruction so given
to their children.
"If the suggestion is carried out of compelling children whose par
ents or guardians do not desire re
ligious instruction to remain in
school while the others are absent from school, there Is here, in our opinion, what the law of California would regard as an unwarranted discrimination. The appropriation
of state school funds to the differ
ent local school districts is made de
pendent by our school law upon the attendance of the pupils of these districts. Would Lose Credits "It is, of course, obvious that the hour during which a child is absent receiving religious instruction could
not be counted in favor of the district for the purpose of crediting that district in the matter of school funds to which it may be entitled. "The course of religious instruction outside of school hours would have to be so arranged that there would be a minimum number of hours of attendance at school, as required by the school law. A child
would be attending school, not as other children under a uniform rule
of attendance requirement, but because of the fact that its parents or
Kuardians were of the opinion that
the child should not receive relig
ious instruction.
"Other children whose parents
were of a contrary mind would be released from school authorities by
reason of the fact that their parents
or guardians were of the opinion
that these children should receive
relieious instruction. This is not
the carrying out of the controlling
purposes of the camornia constitution and statutes as we understand
them."
Shioninff Board Adopts
Preferential Kate f ian
WASHINGTON. March 1. Under
a resolution adopted by the shipping
board, section 28 of the merchant
marine act. Droviding for preferen
tial rates to shippers in American
bottoms on all -commodities except
grain would be immediately placed
in effect.
The resolution provides for cer
tification to the interstate commerce commission that adequate shipping
faculties exist for the. handling of
commodities other than grain and
that the commission's order of De
cember 11, 1920, relative to section
28, be continued in force "except as
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