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| 4 | | $ ance of their legal duties.” Q--Would you explain what policy your Organization has toward a member who might be involved in uw crime, caught, and convicted? Alt and when he is convicted, then he is either expelled or banished from the Organization. Does that explain it pretty well? A—Yeg, sir. Q—What are the qualifications for membership in your Organi- zation? A—Of course, a man must be of good character, first. Q—How do you determine that, Mr. Martin? A-—We have a system of elections whereby uo man may enter into our Organization, and he is first invited to join after having been cleared by all of the members, and his name ia published in two regular meetings, and any one man in the Organization cun, if he so desires, stop the admittance of any mun. Q—By “Organization™ you mean on the local level? A—On the local level. Q—Do you have any special name for the local level group? aA—Klavern. This also is in our Oath and I would like to give that tu you. Q—-Would you, please? A-—The cundidate or the man being initiated has to sweur that: “I will never recommend any person for membership in this Order whose mind is unsound, or whose reputation I know tu be bud, or whose character is doubtful, or whose loyalty to our Country is jn any way questionable.” Q—What other qualifications do you have for membership, Mr. Martin? . ATA man must first believe in the tenets of the Christian Religion. Would you like for me to give you all of the qualifying questions? 20 Q—Would you, please? A—AIll of these questiona must be anawered “yes” by any person geeking admittance into our Organization : First, “Is the motive prompting your ambition to be a Klanaman serious and unselfish ” Second, “Are you & native-born white gentile American citizen?" Third, “Are you absclutely opposed to, and free of any allegiance of any nature to any cause, government, people, sect, or ruler that is foreign to the United States of America?” Fourth, “Do you believe in the tenets of the Christian Religion?” Fifth, “do you esteem the United States of America and its inatitutions above any other Govern- ment, Civil, Political, or Ecclesiastical in the whole world?” Sixth, “Will you, without mental reservation, take a solemn oath to defend, preserve, and enforce same?” Seventh, “Do you believe in Klanis:; 238 and will you practice same towards Klansmen?” Eighth, “Do you ve- lieve in, and will you faithfully strive for the eternal maintenance of white supremacy ?” Ninth, “Will you faithfully obey our Con- gtitution and Lawa and conform with them to all of our usages, re- quirements, and regulations?” Tenth, “Can you always be depended upon?” Q—Mr. Martin, are there any other qualifications for member- ship other than the ones you have read to me? A—I believe not. I would like to say that we are trying our best to eliminate any undesirables from our Organization. I would algo like to state that we have no sex-perverts, or homosexuals, or beatniks in our Organization, and I defy anyone to find them. Q—Approximately how many members do you have in the State of Louisiana? A—This, ] must respectfully decline to answer, since to answer it would put me in violation of the Oath that I have taken to the Klan. Q—What are the objectives of your Organization? A—Our objectives are to return our Government to the Con- stitution. We believe in constitutional government. We have a set of goals, a written one that I would be glad to send you. I am sorry | do not have one with me. It lists ovr goala and our hopes for the future. Of course, our prime purpose is the preservation of individual and national liberty. Q—Do you ascribe, a3 an organization, to thia written state- 21