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ae ee ee i —e.. 7 him 2 Nt a . but is the defendant kian thinly Géisguiscd under a respectable title. At an earlier time, the klan’s@o0 orcacization was called the Ne Bogalusa Gui and=Riégie Club, The cefencents' efforts “te apy ear respectable by association may also be reflected in the location of the klan's principal office in the Disabled American Veterans Hall. OM internal s-ructure, method of paying ry H 2:Gd The afficars, mer dues of the ACCA and the Klan are icenzical. The corporate structure of the ACCA includes nothing but a charter. The governing rules and by-laws of the ACCA are the Klan Koastitction. The secret oath for admission and resignation in both organizations is the klan oath. — Nothing is required of klan members to become members of the ACCA, ‘except identifying to the secretary of the klan unit their assigned secret klan number, Klan members are then furnished a small green ‘gard with the hame Anti-Communist Christian Association printed thereon. This Court finds that the defendant klan has appeared in this cause. ‘The pretense that the klan does not exist, has ceased to exist, or has madé no appearance in this cause is a orin. Until recently Washington Fevis. wes segregated from cradle to coffin. After Congress adopted the 1964 Civil Rights Act, however, _ the Negroes in Bogalusa began a bproad scale campaign to gain recogni- tion of their rights. Working through tie Bogalusa Voters League, ‘chey conducted voter registration clinics, held mass meetings to call atteation to their grievances, picketed places ef public accommo- dasions to protest racially discrizina-ory policies, and petitioned the Mayor of Bogalusa to accord equal f-g = wu et a “ is] facilities, employment, and education. The klan has been the center of Lope andepracticoescd " wnlawful activity in Washington Pazis?. ccsicned to interfere with the efforts of Negro citizens to gain ccuci sights under the law. Its objective has been to preserve total racial segregation in Bogalusa