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ee a, wa. oe at this oath, treason against the Unite States of America, rape. ae “ged goes a little further. In this sists. 32 the oath the klensmen must swear to “keep secret to [hinseiZ] a secret af a man committed = to him in the sacred bond of * mansnip. une crime of violating and " Malicious murder alone excepted." (inphasis added.) In pure -klanese, the Wansman pledges his "lite, property, vote, and sacred honor” to uphold “unto death” the Constitution and “constitutional laws". ‘(Emphasis added.) But he ends by swearing that he will “zealously shield and preserve ... free segregated public schools, ., White SUPREMACY. " (4) The “Boycott Rules" sive @ good idea of the Klan's - . coercive tactics. For example: . "The Boycott Committee-(onmerenker from each local unit appointed by the Exalted Cyclops) shall have. exclusive investigative authoricy and it shall not act at any time with less than three members present. .. « (1) No person or subject u>ton whom 2 boycott shall have been placed shall be pasrocizec by any member. .. . Boycotts shall be imposed uvor subjects who are found to be violating the Sox. sn traditions. ... Boycotts shall be places «wu: members of the Committee who publicly served lth Bascom Talley in his efforts to promote the Srocxs Hays meeting. Boycotts shall be placed uson ancy merchant using Negro employees to serve or wait upon persons of the white race. (Service Stations using Negroes to pump . gas are excluded.) Boycotts shall be placed < &@ subject who serves Negroes and whites on an inte ,riced basis. Boycotts shall be placec 2:57 subject who allows Negroes to use White rest 7oc.-. No member shall be punishes rules by a member of his ia: years of age. ‘Any member who shall after 2 hezring have been found guilty of personally patronizing a subject listed on the boycott list shall be wrecked by the wrecking crew who shall be appointed by <he Committee. (Emphasis added.) . . . - se Second offense - If a mesber is found guilty of per- sonally violating the boycott list he shall be wrecked and banished from the Klan." violation of the unger twelve (12) We in pe ty de It is not surprising that the acctofneys for the United States ) had difficulty extracting from klans-en answers to questions. _{-