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ELAN'S PROGRAM FOB 1924 Militant, old-fashioned Christianity and operative patriotism. BacYto the Constitution. Enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. Enforcement of present immigration laws and enactment of more stringent laws to prevent the smuggling of foreigners Into America.

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A Solomon Needed

The vagaries of the human mind lead many to incredible utterances and actions, but it would appear that the parochial speech of. Mrs. Carroll Miller, of Pennsylvania, who seconded the nomination of Governor Smith at the Democratic convention, reached the heights of paradoxical Ihnsoolo7y without, however, voicing a parados, inasmuch as a paradox Is true even though apparently absurd. Mrs. Miller's plea was absurd. "Whether or not Mrs. Miller believed it ridiculous is ot little moment.

Mrs. Miller is quoted by the newspapers as one "who pleaded for an anti-Klan plank, begging the convention to lay aside religious prejudice." To be exact, Mrs. Miller would have had the convention "throw aside religious prejudice" by denouncing a wholly Protestant organization. Mrs. Miller believes, no doubt, that she is not prejudiced. At least she asked the convention to throw aside religious prejudice. It would take a Solomon, however, to define her attitude. Just how religious prejudice could be thrown aside by an act which would read millions of Protestant Democrats out of their party is beyond the average mind at least. The very act which Mrs. Miller wished the convention to perform was that which threw a "religious issue" into the convention. Brennan, of Illinois, wont to the convention with a firm determination to have the Klan, a Protestant organization, denounced. Governor Smith, quite naturally, acquiesced, as did all other non-Protestants. The Smith forces, weeks before the convention, heralded to the world that they were ready to "denounce the Klan" and would do so at the convention. Their utter failure to do sn does not reflect any credit on them. From the stand taken by Mim. Miller, it is evident that she was a follower of Brennan's program to denounce several millions of Protestants and an organization dear to their hearts. And yet, Mrs. Miller "begged the convention to throw aside religious prejudice." If Mrs. Miller is not aware that thousands of Protestant ministers, many thousands of upstanding, moral and righteous church-workers, and millions of staunch, religious and red-blooded American Protestants compose the Ku Klux Klan, that is certainly no fault of the Protestants of America. The thing which these Protestants realize Is, that Mrs Miller

together with others, desired that them. Mrs. Miller does, however, go far

certain ecclesiastical body which Is free in branding as "bigots" all who do not subscribe to its belief. The denouncing of approximately six million Protestant churchgoers and Protestant ministers of the gospel is not prejudice in the eyes of Mrs. Miller, if she is quoted correctly in the newspapers. However, for Protestant3 to have an organization to which none but I'TotesUnts may belong, is prejudice, according to Mrs. Miller. It would, possibly, be illuminating to learn why Mrs. Miller did not wish the Knights ot Columbus to be denounced. That organization nfrmit. r,nr,

but Roman Catholics to become members. It appears that it all evolves Into the question, with Mrs. Miller, of "whose foot the shoe is on."

Figures Are Disconcerting Peculiar n it may seem, to those who have been misled into believing the Ku Klux Klan believed in mob rule, statistics prove that with the growth of the Klan In America, lynchings are each year growing less. Figures given out by Robert It. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, the leading negro seat of learning in America, show that during the first six months of this year only five lynchings took place. This is but one-third the number for the first six months of last year, which showed a 50 per cent decrease over 1922. Nineteen twentytwo also showed a decrease over the preceding year. Not so great, however. The Klan in that year was just "getting on its feet." With the great growth enjoyed by the Klan organization in the past two years, lynchings have been cut remarkably. "It is an indication," says Principal Moton. "of the erowine sentiment

against lawlessness in general." The words of the college professor ring true. There is a growing sentiment against lawlessness. This could not be more strongly emphasized than is now being done by the millions of American citizens turning their faces toward the Klan. Numerous Instances have been reported wherein Klansmen have prevented the lynching of negroes as well as white men. Klansmen stand for law and order. The solidified Klansmen of America are seeking better men for office; aiding officers in their sworn dutyto uphold the law; upholding the constitution and striving to live better lives and making an organized effort to stand behind the Protestant Church, morally and financially. Klansmen are engaged in placing the Bible in the public schools, bettering civic conditions and helping to put down vice. The foregoing activities, coupled with those to prevent the alien and certain foreign influences from utterly disrupting America, are those in which the, Klansmen of America are engaged while their enemies seek to destroy them through subterfuge, propaganda and malicious slander, aided and abetted by certain politicians who assist in making laws in an attempt "to curb" the organization. "With a continued decrease of lynching and mob violence (except where the alien elements assault Klansmen in peaceful assembly) it is causing the alien interests sleepless nights in a vain effort to back up the many rash, untrue and slanderous statements about "Klan violence." Statistics, to the un-American interests, are disconcerting.

A college professor declares the prohibition amendment should be annulled because it is not "enforced equally In all parts of the country." .Why not repeal the law against robbing banks because yeggs steal more inoney In some parts of the United States?

It was claimed by certain, scientists, a tew years ago, that the excessive and continued rains were caused by the continuous cannonading in the world war. This year presents another chance for a guess.

It appears that the Rhode Island Democratic convention have ail the

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miu snnveis up more "bunk" than Co, Inc.. Publishers. Famish- Upon Request. Mall, $2.00 Per Year. the Democratic convention denounce in carrvlng out fho trlpn tnnc-f w Senate was determined not to let the limelight.

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Sparks from the Fiery Cross

By JOHN EIGHT POINT "Tlie noblest motive is the public good." virgil

Figures may not lie but a campaign manager occasionally uses them to deceive. . It mny be possible for his friends to -work np a case for Al Smith, bat not the kind that will do him any good in the primary. Politics is but the common pulsebeat of our national life. Benjamin Franklin said: "It is certain that no country in the world produces naturally better spirits than ours." Probably he would change his mind if he could examine the sort packed around by the American bootlegger. Presidential elections, like revolutions, are not made they come. Klansmen believe that statesman ship Is guardianship of the nation's future. Very often the man who beats the air while making a political speech beats the people when he gets into office. You can't climb into the Klan on stilts you've got to have a few qualities that make for equality in Klandom. r When you travel remember the' Klan is everywhere. Its eye follows you; its strength upholds you as long as you do what is Klannish. Unless we are willing to keep all of the Klan's principles we are apt to wind up not keeping any. A sense of duty is a field man's go-getter. "One of the finest experiences In the world is to attend a Klan gathering realizing that every man is a well-born American and a brother," said a Klansman tlie other day. "One knows that there are no wops or other undesirables in the gang." Mr. Butler, (be Wet Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, advocates the repeal of the eighteenth amendment because it is not uniformly enforced. When it comes to plain, unadulterated, illogical asininity give us a rich highbrow with the kind of university training some men are getting in our colleges today. To repeal an amendment to the constitution because it has not been or can not be equally enforced would be like putting aside any reform "simply because a certain section of the people might not like it. Mr. Butler is rich and consequently influential. His opinions will therefore have some weight in certain quarters, although they will not move backward the wheel of time nor alter that which has been written on the char ter of our government. The an archists who hold that the violation of law affords a reason for the re peal of the law may clap their hands, but there will be a considerable body of American citizens who will look rather grimly at Mr. Butler, the wet, a university president. The Klansman believes the old rule: "The more brotherly we act, the more brotherly we feel." The Klansman should remember that we can well live by the motto of the state of Vermont "Freedom and Unity." And it is clear that if we do not, as a nation, live by this motto we shall court the asperities ot national disaster. The Remedy The only treatment that will do a bootlegger any real good is a long term of imprisonment with a substantial repeat of the same medicine for the slightest return of the mal ady. When bootlegging is made and looked upon as a real crime there will be fewer men ready to risk their liberty to engage in it. Gradually the more vicious and daring alone will undertake it, and finally even these will hesitate to play a game that offers so many unpleasant and unhealthy reactions. "With the eye of the Klan watching everywhere to see that men are law-abiding, the bootlegging profession will gradually lose its lustre, and the men who engage in the nefarious pursuit will turn to more profitable and, no doubt, more honest and noble. fields of endeavor. A lot of puling sentimentalists who moan about the poor, injured foreigner and feverishly demand for him American sugar pjums and all sorts of equality would have fainting fits if they were obliged to associate with him socially or in a factory. Put it up to these hectic dreamers ask them how they'd like to worlt side by side with an unclean and perhaps diseased, gibbering foreigner. Kiaasmea's sharp eyes perceive the hole in the devil's cloak which reveals Satan's identity. Klansmen may be interested in knowing that certain French writers like M. Izoulet abjure certain French practices and try to Impress upon the people "the role played by the idea of God in the public life of the United States." The Slave An ignorant man will always be a slave a slave to his own vicious tendencies, hbj TjalettsreA struggle!.

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his uncultured, illogical thinking. Only an educated man can defend his rights and the rights of his family. This is the position taken by the Klan. This is why the Klan declares most solemnly that good public schools national in scope, patriotic ia principle are the foundation not only of all national and social life but of all correlated reform. The Klan Insists on public schools, promotion by merit and equal educational opportunities. It holds that a better understanding between races can only come when there is a truer recognition of the value of education on the part of the races that most need it The Klansman is born lucky and the harder he works the more luck he seems to have. Joining the Klan may not elect a man to heaven, but it's a sure sign that he knows of the existence of such a place. The man who will not ao Klannishly -what he can do in the environment in which he is placed will not do much in the environment in which he longs to be. Klansman, there are two things you need never pay any attention to flattery and abuse. The first can't help you, and the second can't harm yon. The Mirror When you look at the world ft re flects you as does a mirror. If yon look at it in a narrow way, how narrow it seems. If you look at it selfishly, how selfish appears the whole globe. If you look at It in a mean way, how mean and loathsome humanity shows itself to your gaze. tfut ii you look at the world with a broad, generous, helpful spirit the spirit that is known as Klannish how wonderfully broad, generous and helpful are our fellow men! The Klansman's commission is not to defend the Klan's gospel but to preacn it. - Some people may throw stones at the Klan, but they ean't say a word against a godly Klannish life. You can't bury the book of rood deeds of the Klan with the chaff which the wind driveth away. The "Clash of Color" ! We, as a people, seem to be im pressed with the "clash of color." but we do not know the subject as does the British Empire. Of every seven people under the British flag six are colored. We exist in an age of white hegemony, and by virtue of the great vitality of our race we hold this control of the world. There are on earth about fifty-three million square miles of habitable land. Of those miles about forty-seven mil lion are under white dominance. The remaining six million square miles are ruled by tho yellow races. As Klansmen we recall that this dominance is held by strength as well as vital Intelligence. It has been so through the ages of history; it will be so in the future, if we maintain the peculiar vigor mentally, spiritually and physically, which has been a quality of the race since its earliest beginnings in the Gobi desert. But we can not rule from age to age unless we refuse, as consistently as in the far past, to contaminate our blood by admixtures that can only serve as a degenerate tendency ln racial life. Modern biology, as well as ancient records, make .most clear the need of careful selection and propagation. And now, as in cycles past, the burden of racial protection is upon those who know who realize and feel deep within their souls the world-need of white racial supremacy. Sympathy and sincerity are the Klansman's "open sesame" to every heart. The man who goes to lodge with a teachable spirit is sure to be taught The Klansman knows that one can overcome an enemy quicker with Kinoness man with a club. AH first liars were moderate ones. s The Klansman holds that it was not alone tho barriers of aristocracy that the Declaration or Independence struck down. With one blow ltailso destroyed the walls that priestcraft and kingcraft raised "between man and man. We know who introduced the Bol shevikl Into Russia, but there is some difference of opinion as to who is going to introduce it into the presidential election. Miss Martha Ferra, a circus per former, is' advertised aa the lady who lifts elephant. Certainly the polit ical gentlemen who have white elephants on their hands should be able to make use of Miss Ferra. -i" The Klansman who -nnder pressure wrongs Ills brother sins .against himself and all Jala brothers. A Jury has acquitted Frank Tlnaey, the comedian, following a charge by a chorus girl that he "knocked her cold." The girl's story evidently sounded "tinney" to the Jury.

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OUR PLATFORM LIFE PRESERVERS FOR SINKING FUNDS With all reports now in, it ap'pears that, with the exception of the Democratic convention, the entire country enjoyed a safe and sane Fourth. Marjory: Laltr ' Maizie: early." "Do yon ever read Jack "'o,- I always retire 'England Breaks With Mexico," reads a newspaper headline. Oh, well, a break here and there is no novelty for Mexico. THE REFORM INSTITUTED BY THE IRISH, IN RESTRICTING DRINKING TO ELEVEN HOURS A DAY, SHOULD WORK FINE. AFTER ONE DRINKS ELEVEN HOURS IT IS HARDLY PROBABLE THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO DRINK ANY LONGER THAT DAY. Not a Bad Idea The Farm-Labor ticket has nominated a miner for president Probably because they need someone to dig for campaign funds. "Putting Jazz in Its Place," flares a caption in the Literary Digest. We didn't know it has a place. a "The neglect of the ballot is appalling,'' says a well-known minister. He evidently has not heard of the Democratic convention. More Backfire A newspaper writer states that Smith "is hurt by the Klan issue." Germany, according to newspaper dispatches, is putting out more propaganda. It seens that propaganda is the one thing of which their will never be a shortage in Germany. Snsan: "I never see Helen and Jack together any more. Did they break their engagement?" Electa: "Xo, they got married." Nursery Rhymes Down to Date Jack and Jill went up the hill, 10 test tbeir car quite new;The gas was low, the brakes were punk. And now their car is junk. "Jazz Is now being introduced in Spain," says a foreign correspondent. We didn't know there was enough formality about jazz to wait for an introduction. 1 An article in a current magazine" is captioned "Perils of the Bathtub." Sounds like the small hoy's propaganda. From Soup to Knts After a formal call on Superin tendent Soupe." says a Montana paper, "the party was taken for a tour of inspection through the in-' sane asylum." . C. A. Sorenson. of Lincoln, Neb., wants political parties in his state to drop their names. They do call one another a lot of names. A Michigan Realtor ' Cella Lott spent Sunday with her parents in Coldwate r. Mendon (Mich.) Globe. AMONG THE MANY ALLEGATIONS THAT FILLED THE AIR, ABOUT THE ONLY ONE NOT YET HEARD IS THAT THE HOTEL KEEPERS SEC R E T L Y USED THEIR INFLUENCE TO PROLONG THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Roller skating is the king of sports, says an advertisement. Probably because so many kings are right now having the rollers put under them. iiuu: -niiy does Jones nave a smallpox sign on his house! There Is no one sick there." Void: "It keeps collectors away." A Washington dispatch says there is to be a shakeup in the foreign service. Probably a lot of diplomats want to get home to see the Washington ball club in first place. - Another Bawling Authorities claim that the bobbedhaired girl of today will be the baldJ beaded woman of tomorrow. Pos sibly this will not scare the girls as they have already been "bald" out so much. Block: "Is Miittlx a criminal lawyer!" . Tackle: "Yes, hnt they ha vent got an rifling on Mm as yet" In a story ln a current magazine we note that, "She penned him a brief note and then gazed at herself in the mirror,-seemingly trying to fathom her own thoughts as she slowly penciled her eyebrows." The young lady in question is evidently a member of The Pen and P.encil Club. ' Russia has a new economic policy, newspapers state. This wUl be news to those -who did not even know that Russia had an old one. -A WIDOWER IN WEST YIRG1NIA, THE FATHER OF SIX CHILDREN. HAS JUST MARRIED A WIDOW WITH SEYJ3N OFFSPRINGS. SEVEN AND SIX IS THIRTEEN AND "MEANS . BAD LUCK FOR SOMEONE.

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Crime Cost Is Five Billion Dollars Annually

Many Causes Contribute io Serious Conditions as Young Men and Women Are Drawn Into Maw of "Crime Palaces" Which Operate Through "Pulls" With Political Bosses Tammany, Backer of Al Smith, Has Most Unsavory Record

(By Wingfoot) Crime is costing the American people $5,000,000,000 a year, according to figures compiled by experts. Three billion of this amount is from property loss alone. These figures represent a terrific amount, and the worst phase of it is that they are mounting each year. It can only be that there are many reasons contributing to the present state of affairs. Many educators are stressing the point at this time that the best way to stop crime is to prevent girls and boys from growing ud criminals. B v

Dayid I. McCahill, Pittsburg worker among toys, says: "One unprincipled boy in a neighborhood can undo by his ideas and leadership all the teachings and examples that other boys bring with mem irom the best homes. The problem is not to subdue the courage of the 'gang leader,' but to guide it in the proper direction. I would like to see a non-sectarian, self-governing boys club in every community so attractive that boys will be glad to spend their time together in healthy companionship. If such club3 were organized, invisible but general supervision of the boy would take place and the problem of the privileged boy would be practically solved." William Lewis Butcher. New York City, secretary of the United States National Boys' Week, says: "The challenge of the boy is to find your place beside him as a friend and as a counsellor. He is the person who -is going to carrv on what you have started. . He is going to sit in the halls" of parliaments and occupy the benches of your supreme courts. If you make leagues and treaties he will have the management of them. All your work is for him and the fate of the nations and of humanity is in his hands. I commend this picture to the pulpits, the school teacher, politicians, social workers, and to those who boast of their nation's majesty, wealth, resources and power. Crime Bill $5,000,000,000 "Habits formed in childhood are faster than colors dyed in wool. The American crime bill is $5,000,000,000 a year, $3,000,000,000 for crime against property alone. When you add to this the $2,000,000 it costs the American nation to protect society against crime, then contemplate what a wonderful investment it would have been to spend this amount in safeguarding th lives of boys and girls." Unfortunately, the amount spoken of by Mr. Butcher as "protecting so ciety against crime," really does not protect. Vast sums are paid to police throughout America, hundreds of whom accept money from crim inals that the latter may operate. These criminals, through their activities are dragging into the net of crime and vice more boys and girls each year.-. The flood of aliens who have swept into the United States have increased crime greatly in excess of the gain in population. These aliens, hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of them, vote blindly and for whom they are told to cast their ballots by ward heelers and political bosses. These same crooked politicians practically guarantee them protection should they come afoul the law. Not each individual, of course, but the leaders in each community. Innocent Victims Fall Unspeakable places are operated, festering with vice and crime, because the owner has "a pull." Into the maw of these cesspools of vice are drawn innocent victims, sons and daughters of parents who are possibly fighting "and denouncing the strongest agency against vice in America today, the Ku Klux Klan, and which would eliminate such places from the face of America. Clean politics and the placing in office of men of unquestionable character, can be the only source from which we may rid America of the increasing crime. Where crime flourishes most, Js in larger cities. If one might wish to convince himself that the foreigner Is the one big stumbling block ln America, toward clean politics, he might look over a list of names ot the officials, including the aldermen, councilmen, heads of police departments and the list of police officers throughout the city. New York, America's largest city, might well be used as- an example. Tammany, from the days of Tweed, has ruled New York. Most any schoolboy knows the nationality and religion of the men who dominate Tammany. At this time, we have the spectacle of Tammany trying to put Into the highest office in the land a man who is a part of that-organi zation, Governor Al Smith, of New York, who has consistently fought the battle of the liquor interests since he first began to gain power years ago. Tammany has thrived off saloonkeepers. Many dark charges of graft and corruption have been laid at the door of Tammany and at this time it Is being charged that lammany Is trying, to gain complete control of the school system of New York, and . which brings as right oack to tae point from where we started the child of today, the man of tomorrow. Police Officers Arrested One may go back a few years and And that the police department of New York was mixed up in one of urn tout underworld gunmen wars. Police officers ware arrested ; one or - more paid the sunreme nenaltv 4 la the death chair. Tammany -rules

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the police department in New York. Foreigners rule New York by their votes. Their mayors are Roman Catholic; Al Smith is Roman Catholic. Tammany is behind Smith as he aspires to the presidency, and at the same time, slowly but surely gains control of the schools. A Protestant superintendent, after forty years of service, was discharged with virtually no notice whatsoever and a Knight of Columbus placed in the vacated office. "Fat contracts," in the language of those who are fighting Tammany's tightening grip on the schools, are being awarded Tammany followers. Millions of dollars are being spent annually and, unless Tammany's tactics are changed, those dollars will go to contractors and into pockets which control votes, either directly or indirectly. And votes for Tammany. It has been openly charged that Protestant teachers have been discharged because they did not contribute to a campaign to raise funds to build Roman Catholic institutions to operate in competition to public schools. The man who headed the campaign, a Roman Catholic, is now superintendent of schools in the place of the Protestant who was discharged after many, many years of faithful service. So long as organizations similar to Tammany continue to exist, so long will America have serious political problems to face. May our country never have a product of Tammany in the presidential' chair. Child Slavery Ended? Child slavery is ended in the U. S. s it.' One more notch in ihr Klansman's ax& maybe! The following amendment to tho Constitution will now go to the-sev-eral states for ratification: "Section 1 That Congress shall have the power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age. "Section 2 The power ot the several states i3 unimpaired by thia article except that the operation of sidie jaws snail De suspended to tha extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by Congress." At last we note a noble and determined effort to give children a chance to build bodies and souls through their true formative period without the damning influence on body and mind of severe lahnr -.ri long hours of it. More than 1,000,000 cunaren in tne united States, as the Klan has often pointed out, are now gainfully employed by large business concerns. The purpose of the new amendment is to do away with factory and mill slavery in which children of eighteen and under are involved. This will be made possible by -the passage of comprehensive laws, both state and federal. Of course the fight for the ratification of this amendment will not b9 an easy one, and every Klansman must rally to the colors irrespective ot caste, class or creed. Seventeen states were put on record by their senators against submission. If tho states vote as did their senators the amendment will yet fail. Many country districts think that children should work and do not realize that work on the farm or ifi the garden is vastly different from work in tho dust-charged air of a textile factory or in -the hot, wet dyeroom ot a hosiery establishment. There is conuuasjuuarv WOrK tO OO done by the Klan before this million of children will receive some of the joys and gifts that should come to every young American. Ho, then, for the state Capitols! HOMEMAKING A PROFESSION That a good homemaker doesn't Just grow or stumble into her success hit nr nlo. la iv. . new study course planned by the American Library Association and distributed in pamphlet form at the pubUc library. Eight books are on the list, covering all the phases of homemaking as a profession. The need for beauty and its applications in home planning and decoration is covered in the library book, "Simple Course in Home Decorating," by Fales. The good, homemaker realizes the importance of nutrition and well-balanced diet for she has seen evidence or both health and happiness injared by improper food. Bailey's "Food Products" and Rose's "Feeding the Family" help to master these problems. The financial end of the profession receives careful, study in Abel's "Successful Family Life, on the Moderate Income," Budgeting of raoney, time and interest help the, harassed mother and housewife to solve "the problem of living without being consumed by the demands of her family -and home. - Ah Interestiag exhibit of books oa homemaking and related uses is being shown oa the table of the de livery room at Central' Library. Books on dressmaking, millinery, costume design, cookery, tanning, entertainlne; and child care have

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