UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

·Q:ongrcssional Record
PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 89th CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION

VOLUME 112-PART 13·

JULY 21, 1966, TO AUGUST 2, 1966

(PAGES 16539 TO 17998)

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFI_C E, WASHINGTON, 1966

July 25, 1966 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE
SECTION 1, AUTHORIT.Y OF PRESIDENT To IN-
CREASE CERTAIN TAX RATES TEMPORARILY . .
(a) PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT OF lN-
CREASE.-If, during the period after the_ad-
journment sine die for the second session of
the Eighty-ninth Congress of both Houses of
Congress and before the convening of the
Ninetieth Congress, the President determines
that an increase in Federal income tax and
withholding rates is necessary in the national
interest, he may during such period publish
in the Federal Register a proclamation set-
ting forth a tax increase factor, the with-
holding tables described in section 3 (a) , and
the pay periods to which such tables are
applicable.
(b) TAX INCREASE FACTOR.-For purposes
of this Act, the term "tax increase factor"
means a number, greater than zero but not
greater than 0.05, by which each of certain
income taxes are multiplied in order to de-
termllle the amount of increase in tax im-
posed during a period for which section 2
applies.
SEC. 2. INCREASE OF INCOME TAX RATES.
(a) INCREASE.-During any period for
which this section applies, the amount of
each tax described in subsection (b) and im-
posed on the taxpayer shall be increased by
an amount equal to the product of (1) such
tax (determined without regard to this sub-
section) , and ( 2) the tax increase factor.
(b) TAXEs INCREASED.-The taxes referred
to in subsection (a) are the taxes imposed
by chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954 (relating to normal taxes and sur-
taxes on income), other tha.n the taxes im-
posed by subchapter G (relating to corpora-
tions used to avoid income tax on share-
holders) and part II Of subchapter N (relat-
ing to tax on nonresident aliens and foreign
corporations) . In applying this section with
respect to the taxes imposed by sections
594(a), 802(a), 852(b) (3), 857(b) (3), and
1201 of such code, the 25-percent alternative
tax rate for capital gains specified in sec-
tion 802(a) (2) (B), 852(b) (3) (A), 857(b) (3)
(A), 1201(a) (2) or 1201(b) (2) of such code,
whichever may apply, shall not be increased.
(C) COMPUTATION 0:1' RATE FOR TAXABLE
YEAR.-If this section applies for less than
all of a taxpayer's taxable year, then an in-
crease under subsection (a) in the amount
of tax imposed on the taxpayer for such tax-
able year shall be reduced by an amount
which bears the same ratio to such increase
as ( 1) the number of calendar months in
such taxable year during which this section
does not apply bears to (2) the number of
calendar months in such taxable year. For
purposes of this subsection, a calendar month
only part of which falls within the taxable
year shall be disregarded if less than 15 days
of such month are included in such taxable
year, and shall be included as a calendar
month within the taxable year if more than
14 days of such month fall within the taxable
year.
SEC. 3. INCREASE OF WITHHOLDING RATES.
(a) CONTENTS OF PROCLAMATION.-A proc-
lamation issued under section 1 (relating to
authority to increase tax rates) or section 5
(relating to extension of period of increase)
shall contain-
(1) tables in the form of the tables set
forth in section 3402(a) (relating to require-
ment of withholding), and
(2) tables in the form of the tables set
forth in section 3402(c) (relating to wage
bracket withholding),
which, in the case of a proclamation under
section 1, shall reflect the increase in the
amount of tax imposed by chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue COde Cl! 1954 by reason of
such proclamation, and'"which, in the case of
a proclamation under section 5, shall contain
such modifications of the tables contained
in the proclamation under section 1 as may
be appropriate to the extension of the period
for which section 2 applies.
(b) INCREASE.-!! a tax increase takes ef-
fect under this Act, the withholding tables
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a) shall apply in lieu of the with-
holding tables appearing in sections 3402 (a)
and 3402(c) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954, respectively, for the pay periods
specified in the proclamation which contains
the tables. Any reference to the withhold-
ing tables appearing in such section 3402(a)
or 3402(c) shall be deemed a reference to the
withholding tables described in paragraph
(1) or (2) of subsection (a), respectively, for
pay periods for which the tables described in
such paragraphs are applicable.
SEC. 4. PERIOD TO WHICH INCOME TAX IN-
CREASE APPLICABLE.
The period to which section 2 applies shall
begin on the first day of the first calendar
month which begins more than ten days after
the publication in the Federal Register of
the proclamation issued under section 1, and
(except as provided in sees. 5 and 6, relat-
ing to extension and early termination of
increase), shall end on March 31, 1967.
SEC. 5. ExTENSION OF PERIOD OF INCREASE.
(a) ExTENSION.-!! before February 1, 1967
(or if there has been a first extension under
this section, before August 1, 1967) , the
President determines that a.n extension of
the period to which section 2 (relating to
increase of income tax rates) applies is nec-
essary in the natlonai interest, he may issue
a proclamation described in subsection (b)
extending the period for which section 2
applies. If Congress does not disapprove
such extension in the manner provided by
subsection (c), the period for which section 2
applies shall be extended for six calendar
months (unless sooner terminated under sec.
6). The period for which section 2 applies
may be extended only twice.
(b) PROCLAMATION.-A proclamation ex-
tending the period for which section 2 applies
shall be published in the Federal Register
and shall ( 1) set forth the withholding
tables described in section 3(a) (1) and (2)
specify the pay periods for which such tables
apply.
(c) DISAPPROVAL BY CONGRESS.-An exten-
sion of the period for which section 2 applies
shall not take effect if after the President
issues a proclamation extending such period
and before the first day of the calendar
month immediately preceding the first day
of such extension, both Houses of Congress
approve a concurrent resolution the xnatter
after the resolving clause of which reads as
follows: "That the Congress does not favor
the extension until - - - of increased in-
come tax a.nd withholding rates.", the blank
space being appropriately filled.
SEC. 6. EARLY TERMINATION OF INCREASE.
If the President determines that an early
termination of a tax increase under this Act
1s necessary in the national interest and
publishes in the Federal Register a proclama-
tion so stating, the period to which section 2
(relating to increase in income tax rates) .
applies shall be terminated before the day
prescribed by section 4 or 5 (whichever may
apply), on the last day of the first calendar
month ending more than ten days after the
publication of su<:h proclamation. Such
proclaxnation shall specify the first pay pe-
riods after the proclaxnation to which the
withholding tables contained in sections
2402 (a) and (c) of the Internal Revenue
COde of 1954 shall apply.
KU KLUX KLAN IS TRYING TO
SHOEHORN ONE OF THEIR MEM-
BERS INTO CONGRESS
Mr. PA'ITEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that the gentleman
16891
from Louisiana IMr. MoRRISON] may ex-
tend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and include extraneous matter.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from New
Jersey?
There wa& no objection.
Mr. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, the Ku
Klux Klan is brazen enough and, I hope,
foolish enough to attempt to put one of
its members into . the Congress of the
United States. This klansman is John
R. Rarick, who happens to be my oppo-
nent in the Sixth District Democratic
August 13 primary, who joined the Ku
Klux Klan in 1963 and became exalted
cyclops in 1964 in St. Francisville, La.
Mr. Speaker, I have been in Congress
for almost 24 years, and I have seen many
unusual things take place, but not quite
like what is happening in my district in
Louisiana today.
I believe that this is the :first time that
·the Ku Klux Klan is actually trying to
shoehorn one of their members into the
Halls of this Congress, and that person
is none other than one of my opponents,
John R. Rarick. The primary election
date is Saturday, August 13. Many law-
abiding people in Louisiana feel that this
is a brazen act" on the part of the KKK
and seemed amazed that the KKK would
place a candidate in the race for such a
high om.ce as Member of Congress.
The KKK, in their usual arrogance,
have called upon all Klan organizations
to heJp concentrate on trying to elect
Rarick in this coming primary election.
The Ku Klux Klan is making perhaps
what can be termed as "the Klan's last
stand." They have a fellow member, a
former State judge, John R. Rarick, as
their candidate in the Democratic pri-
mary, Saturday, August 13, in the Sixth
District of Louisiana.
A great American, J. Edgar Hoover,
Director of the FBI, the organization
that is, has been, and is now continuing
to investigate the KKK, had this to say
about the KKK, and I quote:
Wrapped in the American Flag and hid-
ing behind the Bible, the Klan sanctimoni-
ously strives to depict itself as a patriotic,
Christian, fraternal organization dedicated
to the preservation of fundamental American
ideals, principles and institutions.
The principal and traditional objective of
the Klan during the century of its infamous
existence has been to espouse the concept of
"white supremacy", with the Negro as its
main victim. A secondary hate target group
is Jews, who are equated with Communists.
Other traditional target groups of the Klan
have been the Catholics and the foreign
born.
In its public statements the Klan alleges
that it has banned any unlawful terroristic
activities by its members. It claims to be
a "strictly law-abiding organization" and as-
serts that "every member is sworr.. to uphold
the law at all times and to a&sist officers of
the law in preserving peace and order when-
ever the occasion may arise, and any member
violating this oath would be banished for-
ever from the organization". But evidence
indicates that Klan leaders give only lip
service to a policy of nonviolence.
The KKK is an organization of a hand-
ful of bigots, extremists, terrorists,
arsonists, and murderers in many States.
Less than 1 percent of the people of any
given area belong to the Klan.
16892 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE
But with this extremely small mem-
bership, the Klan spreads terror and
violence.
Here is what Hon. J. Edgar Hoover, a
great American and Director of the
FBI-the organization which investi-
gated the Klan and is continuing this in-
vestigation-said, and I quote:
Since the Klan is designed to appeal to the
most vehement prejudices of the most frus-
trated and vindictive segment of the popula-
tion, it naturally attracts those individuals
with a predilection for violence. This ex-
tremist element feels that violent action is at
times necessary and justifiable and sees
nothing in the Bible or the Constitution to
preclude it. Although Klan leaders may
publicly refuse to encourage or condone il-
legal activities inflammatory and provocative
declarations made by them at secret meetings
and in private conversations with other
Klansmen have sparked many acts of
violence.
The History of the Klan, as disclosed by
F.B.I. investigations, is a sordid story of
terror and violence. The Klan has provided
a cloak for irresponsible and bloodthirsty
hoodlums to engage in crimes in the name
of morality and justice. F.B.I. investiga-
tions over a period of years have grimly doc-
umented participation by members of Klan
groups in murders, bombings, mutilations,
whippings and abductions:
Atrocities committed by Klansmen are
usually conceived and carried out independ-
ently by groups of members whose partic-
ipation in these activities is unknown to the
rank-and-file membership. These action
groups are generally referred to in Klan
circles as "holy terrors", "knock-off sguads",
"fiying squads", "wrecking crews" anci "killer
squads". They range in size from three to
a dozen men, and they plan the commission
of their lawless acts outside regular Klan
meetings.
The propensity for violence on the part of
individual Klansmen has become greater in
recent years because of the trend toward the
acquisition of weapons, ammunition and ex-
plosives. Specific information on the ac-
cumulation · of weapons of destruction ob-
tained during the course of F.B.I. investiga-
tion is furnished promptly to appropriate
agencies of the federal, state and local gov-
ernments.
Firearms possessed by Klansmen range from
.22-caliber rifies to mag:qum revolvers, sub-
ll_lachine guns, shotguns and high-powered
r11les. F.B.I. sources estimate that 90 per
cent of the Klansmen in one state own guns.
Many Klansmen personally own large num-
bers of firearms. One Klan, in addition to
possessing an arsenal of weapons, has accu-
mulated a. quantity of fuses, dynamite caps
and other materials for making dynamite
bombs. · haps the most extremist organization in
The KKK operates on terror tactics·
violation of laws; murder; :flagrant arson'
as the burning of schools and churches;
the art of threats of violence both actual
or implied, unless those threatened in-
dividuals give up their freedoms of liv-
Ing and speaking as they c_h oose; the
burning of crosses; and the veiled threats
of cards and labels placed in given areas
bearing the implied threat with red- or
black-l~tter words entitled "The Klan
Is Watching You."
What business does the Klan or any
other group have watching anybody who
is a red-blooded American who chooses
to live in freedom and obey the law?
_ I am not necessarily· singling out
Louisiana, because I fully realize that
several States have been plagued by
KKK extremists and terror organiza-
tions. But I remember an article by the
gentleman from Georgia, Congressman
WELTNER, in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD,
entitled "A Case in Point," which went
on to tell that less than 3 percent of the
citizens in Bogalusa, La., joined the
KKK and tarnished a fine city of over
30,000 inhabitants.
The Ku Klux Klan has made Bogalusa
a typical showcase of how a KKK orga-
nization, dedicated to secrecy and vio-
lence, hiding behind secrecy to promote
terror, intimidation, illegal wiretapping,
boycotting, and threat of bodily harm to
individual citizens, can blight and tar-
nish a fine community before the eyes
of the country as well as the eyes of the
world.
What is amazing to me is that if an
innocent person were asked by the House
. Un-American Activities Committee if he
were guilty of committing a crime as a
KKK member, it is certainly reasonable
to expect that the person would freely
deny any connection with the crime and
rightfully explain their innocence. The
KKK witnesses did exactly opposite,
using the choice of confessing and going
to jail, or taking the fifth amendment on
the grounds that .If he answered he
would incriminate himself. If the KKK
member were innocent and testified to
that effect, that would epd it; but it is
certainly reasonable to believe that if he
pleads silence lest he incriminate him-
self, he is guilty. Most KKK witnesses
did just that, and the stigma of criminal
guilt is, therefore, on each KKK wit-
ness. A few KKK members admitted
guilt of burning churches and bombing
homes.
I think that the whole Nation should
know how brazen the KKK really is when
they try to elect their first member to
the Congress of the United States. The
man's name is John R. Rarick, who to-
day is a candidate for Congress in
Louisiana, and who, I am informed by
high officials, joined the Klan in St.
Francisville, La., in 1963 and became its
exalted cyclops in 1964 while still sitting
as a district judge on· the bench. It is
not only shocking, but it is horrifying,
ugly, and nauseating to find an elected
judge who ·is entrusted with peoples'
property and their liberties, expected to
be impartial; and then to be uncovered
as a member and exalted cyclops of per-
all of our history-the Ku Klux Klan-
whose record is a horrible picture of
flagrant law violations, murder, bomb-
ings, terror tactics, threats, intimida-
tions, killings, :floggings, and church and
school bombings and burnings.
Under the law, the Attorney General
of the United States is directed to list
subversive organizations in this country.
You will find among those organizations
listed the Ku Klux Klan, and I hereby
list a few of the other organizations
which are listed:
American Council on Soviet Relations.
Amerfcan National Socialist Party.
American Russian Institute, New York.
Associated Klans of America.
Associated Georgia Klans.
Ku Klux Klan.
Knights of the White Camellia.
Black Dragon Society.
July 25, 1966
Carpatho-Russian People's Society.
Boston School for Marxist Studies.
Communist Party, U.S.A.
. Communist Political Association. ·
Friends of the Soviet Union.
Russian America Society, Inc.
Silver Shirt Legion of America.
Young Communist League.
Judge Rarick says he is for God and
Constitution. What God? The Klan's
.god of violence, murder and terror?
What constitution? The Klans con-
stitution of bombings and other unlawful
acts?
Just a few days ago, two klansmen in
Georgia were sentenced to 10 years in the
penitentiary and $5,000 for killing an
Army colonel who was traveling through
the State.
It is e~en hard to understand how one
of our citizens through ignorance or
gross frustration, could join such a
horrible group as the KKK, but it is. un-
thinkable that a district judge, duly
elected by the people, would join the
. KKK and betray the trust that the voters
had placed. in him. John R. Rarick was
born in Indiana and went to Ball State
College in Muncie, Ind. Whether or not
he was a member of the Klan in Indiana,
before moving to Louisiana, is not known
to me, but I just wonder how those
voters in his judicial district in Louisiana
must feel when they realize how he duped '
them, fooled them, and betrayed them
after they had elected him judge.
Investigation by the House Un-Ameri-
can Activities Committee has brought out
how various klansmen have tried to in-
filtrate into the community police de-
partments, how they have tried to infil-
trate into the sheriffs offices, but never
before in all of our history is there such
a horrible example of the Ku Klux Klan
taking over a district court having crimi-
nal and civil jurisdi.c tion in Louisiana.
· It 1s certainly unbelievable and · even
more less understandable.
Just put yourself in a position of hav-
ing this Ku Klux Klan judge decide
whether you kept or lost your home at his
discretion; whether you, who might be
totally innocent, would be sentenced to
jail, or at his discretion go free. It stag-
gers one's imagination.
In California there is a man named
Richard Cotten who has a. reputation of
being one of the best examples of "way-
out'' extremism. He is such a charaeter
and so way out that even the extremist
John Birch organization threw him out
as being too extreme. Do birds of a
feather :flock together? Well, this ex-
tremist Richard Cotten is evidently so
close a friend of John R. Rarick that he
is nightly soliciting campaign funds over
several radio stations for John Rarick's
congressional campaign.
The friendship of these two extremist
characters had dated as far back as the
time the St. Francisv1lle Democrat car-
ried an account of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Cotten's visit to the Ralick home in St.
Francisville. In the paper's edition dated
September 9, 1965, the following article
appeared:
Overnight guests ~f Judge· and Mrs. John
Rarick and family o:l St. Francisville this
past week-end were Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Cotten and /daughters from Bakersfield,
California. .
July 25, 1966 CONGRESSIONAL ~ECORD- HOUSE 16893
In Newsweek magazine of July 4, the with a racial aspect, despite evidence of the run for Congress, not this year, but in the
following was printed about Richard commission of the crime by the accused. year 1990.
Effective legislation, competent investiga- Your Congress has faced a multitude of
Cotten: tion and efficient law enforcement are im- difficult issues and problems during the past
Cotten is so far out that Robert Welch, the portant in combating the Klan, which rep- years. I have consistently voted for all
John Birch Society founder, has attacked him resents a thoroughly repugnant ideology and measures that would aid all the farmers, the
for being an extremist. "Welch smeared forces inimical to the welfare of our coun- dairymen, the businessmen, the fishermen,
me," says Cotten, "just because I had kind try. But actions by agencies of the govern- the laboring men and women, the school
words for the Minutemen of America" [a ment will not be sufficient by themselves to teachers and school employees, and the vet-
militant band of super-patriots]. bring the Klan under control. erans, our elderly citizens and for the vari-
In the final analysis, the primary ·respon- ous bills that improve our social security
All of this may sound incredible and sibility for curbing the Klan rests with the and standards of living.
shocking, but I believe we can feel some public. Only an aroused and mobilized pub- Perhaps this will be the most important
relief, in that the Klan, particularly in lic demand for the protection of freedom un- vote that you have ever cast because the
the South, is on the decline and from all der law will bring about control of the Klan, issue is clearcut-law and order versus ex-
accounts many people who were duped · and an end to its 100-year-history of violence tremism. By voting for me you are voting
into joining are trying to get out, despite and lawlessness. Therefore, key segments of for law and order and against extremism.
the threats of bodily harm. And as the population-especially business, educa- I think you will agree with me that the KKK
shocking as this disclosure may be that tiOJ.'l, labor, the professions and the church-
must join with governmental bodies in a con-
extremism, with its threats and intimida-
tion of all of our people, has gone far
a duly elected State judge could become structive, systematic, coordinated and total enough, in fact too far. The best example
an . exalted cyclops of the Klan and effort against the Klan. (Unquote.) is where the Klan is the strongest, which is
put his judicial office into the Klan's in Bogalusa, and there you find the most
hands. The above was thus said by J. Edgar violence and the most chaos.
The FBI has been and still is investi- Hoover. So, actually you are not voting in an ordi-
gating the Klan. Here is what the Hon. Thus, the decision lies finally in the nary election for my re-election as an indi-
J. Edgar Hoover said of the Klan: hands of the people of my district. I vidual, rather you are helping yourself, your
have faith in the vast majority of these District and your country as well as your
Investigation by the FBI has determined family and children, when you vote against
that Klan leaders are opportunistic, un- people and believe that this is the time to
triumph over the KKK extremists, so as extremism-because it is just that important.
scrupulous and ruthless men who are con- Staying at home or not voting, will certainly
stantly seeking power and vying with each to destroy this festering form of extrem- help the KKK to the .detriment of you and
other for leadership and control of the vari- ism. your family.
ous Klans. The fact is that each Klan orga- Warmest regards and best wishes, I am,
nization is virtually a one-man dictatorship. Sincerely,
Membership in the Klan is restricted to LETTER TO CONSTITUENTS JAMES H. (JIMMY) MORRISON,
"native-born white, Protestant, American Incumbent.
citizens of at least 18 years of age who be- Mr. PATTEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask P.S. I am enclosing an insertion in the
lieve in the tenets of the Christian religion". unanimous consent that the gentleman CONGRESSIONAL RECORD WhiCh I tl\ink will
Women and youth have been incorporated from Louisiana [Mr. MORRISON] may ex- prove of interest to you.
into the Klan as aux111ary groups, although tend his remarks at this point in the As you are aware, I am vice chairman of
these groups meet and function separately REcORD and include extraneous matter. the Post Office and Civil Service Committee
from the main organization. However,
women do attend, participate in and speak The SPEAKER. Is there objection to and a high ranking member of the House
the request of the gentleman from New Agriculture Committee. As I have said in
at public rallies held by Klan organizations. the past, I want ~ou to feel that any time
Generally speaking, FBI investigations re- Jersey?
There was no objection. I can serve you in my capacity as your Con-
veal that most Klan leaders and members gressman, please do not hesitate to call on .
have limited education, have extremely nar- Mr. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, the me. Also, if you can get more than ten
row outlooks and interests and are handi- following is a letter I am sending to some people to vote for me on August 13th, so
capped in making sound value Judgments. of my constituents: much the better. Thanks and best regards, .
They were born and have 11 ved most of their and please remember to vote No. 8.
lives in communities in which racial prej- MY DEAR FRIEND: I am writing this letter
to ask for your valuable ,vote and support in Best regards,
udice is deep-seated. Their lack of status JIMMY.
apparently makes Klansmen feel inadequate, my re-election to Congress, Saturday, August
discontented, frustrated, and vindictive. 13th. I have had the great honor and priv-
They take refuge in a contrived world of ilege of representing you for 24 years and I
their own-the Klan-with Its symbolic cos- have helped literally thousands of you people PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON -
tumes, mysterious titles, flamboyant cere- when you have called on me in the past. I SPEAKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COJ;'i-
mony, clandestine activities and shared am now calling on you and will consider it
hatreds. a great personal favor if you wlll help me, as GRESSMAN ANDREW JACOBS, JR.,
I have tried to help you, by getting your OF INDIANA
J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, friends, neighbors, relatives and everyone
further said: else whom you can to support me and to vote Mr. PATTEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask
Although the Klan professes to be a patri- for me. unanimous consent that the gentleman
otic and respectable organization, it makes I would like to appoint you as my personal from Indiana [Mr. BRADEMASl may ex- ·
wide use of cover names or front organiza- representative and ask you to set a goal of tend his remarks at this point in the
tions as a facade behind which it carries on · contacting ten people, getting their assur- RECORD and include extraneous matter.
its activities. The Klan has sponsored and ance that they will go to the polls. Then, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
scheduled public affairs under such covers please do everything possible to see that they the request of the gentleman from New
as improvement associations, historical soci- do go to the polls on Saturday, August 13th, Jersey?
eties and civil clubs. Many klaverns to con- and cast their vote for me.
ceal their Klan affiliation, have used men's I have certainly tried in every way to jus- There was no objection.
clubs, rifle clubs and hunting and fishing tify your confidence by trying to assist each Mr. BRADEMAS. Mr. Speaker, last
clubs as camouflage. and every person who called on me regardless Saturday, July 23·, 1966, I had the pleas-
of their walk of ll!e or political alignment. ure of traveling with the President of.
What is the answer? We know the No problem has been too small nor too large the United States and Mrs. Johnson and
Klan is on the decline. Two Klan mem- to receive my urgent attention. I think you their daughter Luci ·and other Members
bers were convicted in Georgia just re- will agree that I have tried ·to be. one of the of the House of Representatives and the
cently and received sentences of 10 years best Congressmen that ever served the Sixth
Senate from the States of Indiana and
each with heavy fines. This helps a lot, District. ·
I do not want to appear boastful as to my Kentucky.
but what else can be done? FBI Direc- efforts, but I do feel that by writing you this During his trip President Johnson
tor J. Edgar Hoover says: letter it will enable me to let you know how made a major address in the home dis-
Thus, the continued existence of the Klan extremely grateful I am to serve as your Con- trict of our distingui&hed colleague,
is aided and · abetted by a deep-seatect and gressman. I am sure you understand how ANDREW JACOBS, JR., at the Indianapolis
persistent tolerance of and 1ndiffertmce to important seniority and experience are in Athletic Club.
Klan activities. As a consequence, the at- Congress. Of a total membership of 435
tainment of J~stice 1s extremely difficult ·i n members, I rank 31 so only 30 Congressmen Mr. Speaker, I feel that it is a great
cases involving Klansmen. It 1s virtually stand ahead of me and 404 members stand tribute to the high regard which the
impossible in some communities to prosecute. behind me. To have my 24 years of seniority President has for Congressman JACOBS
successf\,\lly a white man indicted in a case and experience, my op:ponents would have to that he delivered this important address