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la ita. ~~ ere oe 7. but is the defendant klan thinly cis¢eiscd under a respectable title. At an earlier time, the klan' s dan orcasization was called the oo a Bogalusa Gui andeRitte Club. The celerdents' efforts-te ap] oar respectable by association may also be reflected in the location of the klan's principal office in the Disabled American Veterans Hall. | The officers, members, internal scructure, method of paying dues of the ACCA and the klan are idenzical. ‘The corporate structure of the ACCA includes nothing but a charter. The governing rules and by-laws of the ACCA are the Klan Konstitution. The secret oath for admission and resignation in beth organizations is the kisan 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 ‘eard with the name 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 made no appearance in this cause is Aa shin. Until recently Washington Faris. was segregated from cradle to coffin. After Congress adopted the 1944 Civil Rights Act, however, the Negroes in Bogalusa began a broad scale campaign te gain recogni- tion of their rights. Working tareugh tie Bogalusa Voters League, ‘they conducted voter registration clinics, held mass meetings to call atteation to their grievances, picketed places of public accommo- dasions to protest racially discrisinacosy policies, and petitioned the Mayer of Bogalusa to accord equal sights in voting, public facilities, employment, and education. The klan has been the center of i-pothcln -and-pmactice “ unlawful activity in Washington Paris: ¢ccsicned to interfere with the efforts of Negro citizens to gain eciai sights under the law. Its objective has been to preserve tctal racial segregation in Bogalusa