Show LEGION MAY OUST CLERICAL KLANSMAN DES l IO MOINES N S la Ia Feb 22 22 district d ea eo ot of Iowa Am Am- Am- Am American legion have asked the Rov Rev Ton Roberts of ot Sheffield Iowa c and former state chaplain to resign It St reports are true that he heIs heIs Is an nn organizer of tho the Ku Klux Klan A resolution to this effect was pass pass- passed ed cd at a 0 meeting hero here last Saturday Jt it Lae become known The Rev Mr Roberts says he has not been advised of ot the tho action There Is no secret about my being a lecturer for tor the Knights of ot the Ru Ku Klux Klan he ho said Bald He said that the principles of ot the American legion and the tho klan are parallel The Rev Mr Roberts says he be will oppose any move to oust him from the tho l but Dut Is willing since he ho Is leav leav- leavIng leavIng leaving ing the third district to give up uD tile the distrIct commandership |