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‘Bost of whom come from in and around Bogalusa, Louisiana. ee “*heir legal :osition is that a private organization and private persons are beyond te reach of the civil rights acts authorizing the Attorney “that vhat tha klan is and what the klan does bear significantly on the ; \ Rights Acts. of 1957 and 1964, the defendants have adopted a pattern and . dmeradicable evil. Before WISPON, Circuit Judge, and CHRISTENBERRY and AINSWORTH, District vudges. NA WISDOM, Circuit Judge: - This is an action by the Wation egainst a Klan. The United States of America asks for an injunction to protect Negro citizens in Washington Parish, Louisiana, seeking to assert their civil rights. The defendants are the “Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan", an unincorporated association, the "Anti-Communist Christian : ‘ —— | : . Fesociation,; a Louisiana corporation, and certain individual klansmen, ; . 1 7 Sata ee . —, i ’ 7 The dofendants admit most of the allegations of the complaint. Gener: l to sie for ‘an injunction. There is no merit to this contention. | Seekiig refuge in silence and secrecy, the defendants object to the zcmissio. of any evidence as to klan activities. We held, however, material issies and on the appropriate relief. | In deciding to grant the injunction prayed for, we rest -our con- e¢lusions on che finding of fact that, within the meaning of the civil‘ practice of i 1, threatening, and coercing Negre citizens in Washington parish for the purpose of interfering with the civil rights of ‘the Negro citizens. The compulsion within the klan to engage in this unlawful conduct is inherent’ in the nature of the klan. This is ite 4 We find that to attain its ends, the klan exploits the forces of hate, prejudice, and ignorance, We find that the klan . . a relies on systematic economic coercion, varieties of intimidation, | and physical violence in attempting to frustrate the national policy expressed in civil rights legislation. . We find that