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Show COAST VETERANS CONDEMN KU KLUX SAN FRANCISCO. May 22 State executive committeemen of tho American Am-erican Legion Sunday passed resolu tions opposing the principles of the Ku KIux Klan and commending John R. Qulnn, state commander, for resigning re-signing from It. The resolution said. In part: 'The Ku KIux Klan Is founded on doctrines which would divide our citizens citi-zens Into groups and classes which attempt to set one class of our citizens citi-zens against another. Tho organization organi-zation preadiBS and practices doctrines doc-trines which lead to violence and disorder dis-order and subvert and destroy trfe constitution, laws and fundamental principles of the. government for whbh we stand and for which W6 fought. Both the principles and policies of the Ku KIux Klan are fundamentally opposed to the welfare of our country and the patriotic principles upon which tho American Legion Is founded. found-ed. 'The American Legion la unalterably unalter-ably opposed to the Ku KIux Klan and It Is the sense of this executive committee that no loyal members of the American Legion can or shou'd support the doctrines of the Ku KIux Klan or become or remain members of that organization." |