KLU KLUX KLAN.
INVESTIGATION OF ACTIVITIES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Oopy'tght. New York, December 5. Direct action against Klu Klux Klan began to-dav in New York. Two 2rand juries started an investigation of the activities of the organisation here, and an aldermanic investigation is also proceeding in Chicago of Klan membership among municipal employOne Chicago Judge also questioned every prospective juror whether he was a member of the Klan. Congressman Tinkham, of Massachusetts, has sent a letter to President Harding asking why the President was so anxious to enforce the 18th amendment to the Constitution, whilst the 14 th amendment. which guarantees votes to negroes, is a dead letter in the southern States owing to the Klan activities. He asked the President to urge Congress to decrease the representation of those southern States as the law provides in case of violations of the 14th amendment.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1922, Page 3
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