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Ot ee hide OB REE NR ee ee a AT PULASKI, ILLINOIS: Interview was had with Mayor JOHN N. MOORE, who hat he re- ferred this matter to State's Attorney CON: ELL and Sherif of Mound City, Illinois; that he ascertained from his close colored neighbors that a man by the name of WASELNGTON was organizing the negroes in Pulggki, [)linois; that he was told the i a member, and he kmew tha ould tell him all he knew about the whole organization; thet he call to his office, and he gave him all the information related to Agent orney CONNELL; that in order to avoid duplication, he would go afte and wife and bring them to his office for interview with Agent. - ¢ According] d wife, colored, were interviewed in the of- fice of Kayor MOORE, Th ¢ OBERT | INGTON has a brother in Pulaski, we Tllinois, oy the name o that poke to —e vi! the KOORISH SCIENCE TELPLE OF AMERICA and that at a later date (yy took him to the home of subject ROSBRT WASHINGTON, and he de be ; a good ching to join; that subject WASHINGTON and his sister showed him their fez and robe and stated thet tne cost of joining would not amount to ver: much although they did not state what the amount would be. He stated he has paid the followinz amounts to date: Fez $ 3.80 Girdle 2350 Robe 5 «00 Membership card 1.00 Books «75 each Dues per month «50 He stated that he has paid the above amounts to subject WASHINGTON for himself ani also for his wife with the exception that he has not yet bought a robe and fer for her. ——_— 4 . b1 uv A crere further stated that subject WASHINGTON told him that Japan and Italy was to take the United States over; that he first said it would happen in July, 1941, and when it did not happen then, he stated it was to oe in September, 1941; that all who did not join thie organization would be killed, but if they joined, they would not be molested but would be made masters instead of servants as they have always been in the pest; that by joining this organizetion he would not have to fight in the Army because Italy and Japan ‘would take them by truck and cus 9000 miles west and when the war was over would bring them back; thet he also wes given one of the books whicn subject WASHINGTON called his Bible, cut vhen his wife read some in chis book, they discovered it was against the Christian religion, and he threw it in the stcve and burned it up and notified ia3, 1 GTO that he was through and woulec not -ive him another cent; that this is about all ne kmows except that subject used to come to his house to read the daily ~ -3- _ ee oN, —_