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3. Tae defendants Russell Magee, Saxon Farmer and Charies Christzes deny the allegation contained in Paragtaph 3 that they ero the principze officials of’ tre Klan. Further, the allegations thet the ACCA is a front organization for the Kian cifleriag from the Klan in name only, ani that it is essortially the same in all resnects to the Klan are also Senieé. and further, the defendant ACCA alieges that it is an organization exteving independently and separately fren the Khon azé Was organized with éitferent goals, objectives, purposes and motives. . ‘ne Gefendants are informed and believe and therefore siege Saat the Original Knights of the Ku Kiux Kien was on unincorporsied nssreciavion, the mesbership of which consisted leycely of resicents of etn Wasningven Parish, cane*and operated in the Bozalusa, Washington Farish vy environs area, and that its principit office = meeting place is th parish was the Disabled American Vetcrans Hall locaved in saic r.-csh. a Pendants admit all other allegations convaincd in the paragrapn. ‘ . lk. Defendants admit tics tre allesation in Paregrasn « of thé pleintiff's complaint but deny that they sve tree -: y mecbers of the Klan, and in further answering said cliegetion aéni ak +t B er ct hr « A] Pood at ‘Y fy sf Were mexbers of the Klan or are proicntly senbers af the ACCA, anc thas a each reside in Washington Parish, Loutsian:. th 4, ii Le | Hy 3) Mn Ee v p fe | al ral a fu 5. Tae allegations conteined i GXCODY as to Richard E. Krebs. 6. Tse ellegations contained in Paragraphs 6, 7, 0, 9, 10 anc li ere adnivte * 7, Defendants admit this it has been their object 2 to preserve total racial segregaticn in Bogalusa and Washington Parish but deny their purposes and objectives were to maintain white supremacy, and farther adsit the retaining other allegations in Paragraph 12 except teh . as it relates and Eiplies to the present existence of the isn. 8. Defendants heresy aénit the allegations in Parazrayh 13 of the complaint except as to tnose Gefenéants' actions which are here+ inefter dented, and in further anséring Paracraph 13 of plaintirc's complaint the defendants reiterate and urge that said allegaicons ¢o not comstitute a cleim upon which relief can be granted and are now ia violation of any United States statutevand lews. -~@2-