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cv 157-1524 ws "Sources say the reported plot was undertaken Eecause of disenchantment with liberal rulings by the court. "Though the FBI and U.S. Attorney here refuse to comment officially on the matter, the Beacon Jgournal learned that the five Klansmen were questioned but not indicted about & days ago by a Grand Jury. "The five KKKers are: EVAN V, LEWIS, 1053 Kevin dr.; JOHN 'JACK' CRITES, 666 Bridse rd.; ao THOMAS O'BRIEN, 665 Bridse rd. and DAVID J, HARRIS, Set: SR., and DONALD R, HEATH, both former Akron residents : who now are living in Milwaukee. ‘ o: - f= "ORTTES, HEATH and HARRIS were involved éarlicr 4 this fall in an internzl squabblé over whether the local Klan should assume a more militant stance. "HEATH, @ former Chicaso policeman who was dismissed from the force in 19€7 for Klan activities advocated an activist line, contending that the local KKK should be more tnan a debating society. ae "CRITES, who serves part-time as minister of yy ; the Church of Jesus Christ Christian, 3531 East Waterloo rd., oppossd any overt acts of racial or religious provocation. "Cleveland sources say that for unexplained reasons a Klan-inspired plot to throw explosives into the Supreme Court Buildinzs while justices were in sesSion was not cerricd out. rhe alleged plot was scheduled for last November 16, "Federal Investigators reportedly turned up tremnants of home-made grenades' during the cource of their probe leading up to tne Grand Jury inauiry. The grenades, a source said, were not armed, but Teesily could have been charged with explosives and fuses. "An carlicr report that investicators also found other weepons was labeled inaccurate by a Federal official, who rerused to say where the 'srenade remnants! weré uncovered, -~ py .