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Original Knights Of The Ku Klux — Part 1

184 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Aug 17, 1965 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Original Knights Of The Ku Klux · 184 pages OCR'd
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7 seh aa. ek a ae . : . ae f) Slokan's (Klavern Investigatér"s) aucy is “to investigate all _Jaestitnable matters pertaining to tne Klavern". “Any Klansman “0 is known to violate our rules. cosacially those that give inform: tion to any aliens [non-secxl cvs] shalt be expelled immediately, then is to be = ‘Emphasis added.) Moreover, eacn “lan unit "will set up at least “one term of six men to be uset for wrecking crew. These men should be appointed by the Kloxén in secrecy". As judges charged with the duty of drawing inferences 7rom the demeanor of witnesses, . -for we observed that a former klansman ¢xhibited uneasiness, if-not _. fear of klan reprisals, when cuesticaed as to the function of the klan “wrecking crew". The defancants' testimony relating to “the purpose and functions of the wrccking crew was evasive, There however is no doubt/that the wrecking cre: performed disciplinary functions and that the discipline coulé te zevere. fai nea Oat {s; Prne Oath “Klan'’s Konstitution and Laws", reguiations, “rulings and instructions of the Granc Dragon". “PROVIDENCE ALONE PREVENTING". _Klanensa mest swear "forever" to "k¢ep sacredly secret . . . all... matters and knowledge of the * * * * fone asteriak is Klanese for ‘Kian'; four asterisks Mean “Cvigincal Knights of the Ku Klux Kian] - > » fand} never @ivulge same nor evan cause same to be divulged to any person in the whole world". As if this were not enough, the Oath also requises klancsicen Tr swear that they “solemnly vow and most positively swear" never “tc yield to bribe, threats, passion, punishment, persecuticr., persuasion, nor any inticements a boatntun Te eee {sic} vyhatever .. . for the purpose of obtaining. . . a Beexret cx sec -et information of the XXXX." Section IV on "KXXX ISHNESS" 2 =
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