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eee ~, and membership a cloak for acts and conduc: inimical to personal rights a ve and public welfare... . "It is a matter cZ common knowledge that this organization [the Klan} functions largely at night, its members disguised by hoods and gowns and doing things calculated to strike terror inte the minds of people'". The Supreme Court reaffirmed this distinction in NAACP v. Alabama. Justice Harlan pointed out: “(In Zimmerman} the Court took care to emphasize the nature of the organization which New York fought te requiate. The decision was based on the particular character of the klan's activities, in- volving acts of unlawful intimidation and violence . . + of which the Court itself took judicial notice,“ ‘Here the defendants admit that the klan‘s methods are lawless. Albertson . , Nov. 15, oe : ‘vy. Subversives Activities Board, /1965 U.S. pretermits “the question at issue in Zimmerman and NAACP v. Alabama. A -~ fe ee ee, eo ee Yee ee FUN Tw. wen eed eee ta AE Oh Ae Rt at Nee We Vb sll hk YA) Phi Rad SHS DW eh ee hd YR Wk 1d, ‘ - Ku Klux Klan embodies "the Supreme Law of the Realm". Article I states tha one cf the wbjects of the organization is to’ “protect and defend the Cons tution of the United States"; but another object is to “maintain forever Segregation of the races and the Divinely directed and historically proven ‘supremacy of the White Race". The preamble reaffirms "the principles for “which our forefathers mutually pledged end freely sacrificed their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred nonor two centuries ago"; but Article II Viwtien +n mambanwehin + Cd ee eke - profess and practice the Christian Faizh but who are not members of the Roman Catholic Church". . , 42) Printed with the Konstitucion is a Proclamation stating that it must be « STRICTLY ADHERED TO." The Proclamation states that “ALL REALM © work is carried on by a chain of command", establishes the organization along military lines, defines the duties of the various officers and com- mittees, and describes “The Way of the Klavern". Leaeeee oe _ Bree = have at least five armed guards wit? "All Klaverns w ligauts posted during regular meetings.” However, "No one will he allowec to carry a gun inside the Klavern during regular meetings except the a Knight Hawk (Keeper of the Klaverr }.” ed -