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Show 1 only in "critical" communities or in regional ; areas where its moving spirits have sensed likely , "need" for the exercise of its penalties and vengeance ven-geance by deeds of lawleaaneas. In the ncwi from time to time have been etorwe .f burning crosses presumed to be warn- . Ings to individuals whose conduct would irritate 1 groups with the same hatreds and intolerances j which in the height of klan activities spread mob . rule from coast to coaat. Many accounts have told of hooded vigilantes taking to the road bent on missions of vengeance. These have come mostly from southern state! where there are type of citizens easily thrown into terror and panic hy the appearance of ghostly figures ;. bnnnl under cover of darkness. Thy darknus. the robes and masks gave fiendish j daring to men too cowardly to work in the open, 1 Whether such deeds have been practiced by oath- 1 bound klansmen or "irregular" avengers aa cowardly and lawless could only be determined from admissions of their leaders or so-called peace officers who have kept ailence out of fear for their own preciou! skins or continued political health. The Chinese tongs, the Mafia, the Black Legion Le-gion and possibly other secret organizations earn the aame condemnation as has been heaped on the klan' for lawless behavior. The will to kill enemies is demanded by their hideous oaths on penalty of death if they fail to carry out the murderous mur-derous errands imposed upon them by master minds. Regardless of party affiliations, or the esteem or disestecm in which they may hold him, all loyal and law respecting citizens in the whole land will applaud Senator Elbert D. Thomas for hi! remark in Washington Friday. "I will say," he told reporters, "that it would be a good thing if, as a result of this (the Black) controversy, all organizations iimilar to the klan were abolished. There la no room in America for that kind of organization." or-ganization." To this end Senators La Follette' and Thomas, as the senate'! civil libertiei subcommittee, sub-committee, may appropriately move. Outlawing Outlaw-ing luch organizations would require that in each locality where they may exist there would be assurance that there were also public officials offi-cials with the courage to enforce the law without favor. All Will Agree) THERE IS litU doubt in the mind of most American that th Ku Klux Klan turvive in tpit of previously held beliefs that it had died a natural death long ago for the timple reason that organized intolerance ha no place in our scheme of living. Possibly only its member! mem-ber! know whether it has had an unbroken existence, or has continued a a loosely knit organization or-ganization to go into action only in what it may refer to as "emergencies," or baa kept together |