| Show KLAN TERMED LIKE HAMLET mm Psychologist Says Mem Mem- Members Members bers berm Suffer From Danes Dane's Obsession NEW YORK Noy Nog The 24 24 Tho The I Ku C n Klu Klansman suffers from the Hamlet Complex the obsession a that It tt Is Ins Ills personal duty to re- re reform re reform form torm the according to Dr James E Lough Loub professor ot of o pay psychology psychology at New York University The true eJ explanation of ot the Ku K Klux laux IUan Is le to be found In certain 4 general traits trails and tendencies of hu- hu human human hu human man nature Dr lough said We W all possess these traits but they are not present In every one to the e same saine Moreover we wo ha e t a e tl very vory different outlets or modes of ot expressing our tender cl ties s Otherwise Othor Ise of course all of u us be Klansmen or else olse there would be no Klan Chief among amone the tendencies just 1 referred to Is what hat Is Cs s sometimes sometime called th the Hamlet complex Ham Ham- Hamlet Hamlet Hamlet let Mas nas convinced that the burden n ot of setting tho world straight rested do his shoulders The time Is out ot of joint Oh Ohi Ohl cursed spite that e eser eer er I was nas born to set met It right All Allot AI ot of us ar are subject to this Hamlet complex but most of ot us ha has abandoned the attempt to set the whole hole world orld right and bM have halo 0 Con con concentrated on some somo pet aversion EXCITEMENT T T D DEMANDED The second general principle ot o t buman nature that must be con con- con con- considered considered considered Is a universal demand for forc ore c In cities this trait Its outlet In countless nay nays ays- ays dally daily papers theatres movies base base- baseball baseball ball even subway crowds In rural and In small towns natural out Ids for this trait are few tew ew an and d far rl if het en The rural community Iq s therefore predisposed to seize Oil 00 and to every occasion promises to provide even en II a slight degree of ot excitement e It Is 1 s therefore that the ac- ac ac ac of ot the tho Ku Iu Klux are confine largely ely to country districts The third factor Is la found In Inthe f Inthe n the reaction of oC all nil men to any an thing thin g ng that Is la JI and exclusive e rte e want to know Imo We want to be- be belong be belong Ion long The rhe fourth human trait tha that must be considered Is la the tho fact a LI ht each of ot us there goes gos on a II con con- constant con constant stant slant struggle between m pulse urging action and Inhibitions or o conservative tendencies which re ro- ro ro fro tro inaction Tb The conduct of ofIL o oa d a min man In any situation will depento to a large huge extent on the e weight eight of his and hi his conservative e tendencies at the time tam e he be decides on Ills his line of action KLAN N IMPULSIVE l Youth routh Is impulsive old age 1 Is s conservative conser The Ku Klux Klan n is IB ultra ultra Prejudices and hatred judgment and reason Impatient nt n atthe the laws law's delay scandalized by the I Immunity enjo enjoyed ed by any j prominent prominent nent law breakers unable to obtain the enactment or enforcement ot o f laps against acts firmly believed believe d dt to be Le Injurious to the tho welfare Qt q t I the state the Ku Iu Klui 1 Klan lan Im- Im Im Impulsively ely proceeds to hot bet up a n qu pe pet pel tate state I What suggestions can PO on offer in ID the matter of ot dealing TV the Klan I the public must x the proposition that the Ku- Ku Klux Klu I Klan Is serious and 1 In n taking to uphold ld the Constitution InI I lIon 1 of ot the United States tate and t to o work ork for tor a beter America Th ThIn This In of oC o grotesque tO S mis mis- misI mistaken mistaken taken conceptions of law and order and outrage committed against In- In In Innocent or guilty citizens b Second cond any attempt to suppress s toe Klan by violence or ridicule alit 11 be worse than wasted astell It Is 1 s sestet to reform the crusader thon tho to reform the mal t r Third the Klan must com come Into int the op open n and must operate under unde r the laps la s of the land and not as asa a aa asa a super state It If state officials are arela ar c lac la In the enforcement of ot law the Klan must help bell other good citizen s st to them to action atlon or It ii t necessary to remove remo e them by pro pro- process pro process cess cese of law The The Ku have as liS h hd right as any one ono to don regalia and an anto d to Indulge In mystic rituals an and queer antics s It Is the height of o folly to arrest arret them for tor part In In these Innocent pastimes On On the other hand every evry viola viola- violation violation tion of ot the law must be ruthlessly Y punished and any attempt ot any an y to set up a go govern government ern- ern ment meat of Its 0 own onn n must be branded not as un American but as ns treas on |
