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Show KU KLUX KLAN LOCAL IN NEW YORK PLANNED ATLANTA. On.. Dec. 1.V -William J Simmons, imperial wizard of the K nights of the Ku Klux Klan. an or-ganlxntlon or-ganlxntlon chartered In Georgia In ,1915, would neither affirm nor deny i reports that a local klan of the organization or-ganization was being formed lu New I Vork City, as alleged, D' ln National K Association for the Advancement of lOolored People, in a letter to the I nited States district attorney at N a ork. Mr. Simons said the Ku Ivlux Klan 'was a patriotic, fraternal order, or-ganlzrd or-ganlzrd ns u memorial to the members mem-bers of an organization of similar name that was active In tho southern states following the civil war. He declared one of the objects of the order waa, aiding In tho preserving preserv-ing of order. oo |