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THE KLAN AND T
? With Governor Timmermai
f.nd Johnston. h> -ay nothim
f y?chiefs of Police and nro-whil
fiance of the courts,- it is not
lum element has felt free to
' Greenville. * Alter
two weeks of invest
Claude Cruell, 58-year-old up]
farmer, it has been learned tl
members were among the mo
in the crime.
Cruell said the men broke ii
north of Travelers Rests, cha
with blackjacks ajad sticks. T
friendly*' with his white neig
Turner"
az tn? time.the beating oc(
-caring for seven of the '1 nrm
lice he left the children while
. the hospital-. . . .."
Greenville police began act
suspects in the case, and thu
with participating in the boa
One of the suspects ? Aadmitted
in a signed statemer
that went to the Cruell horm
president of'the "Ku Kliix K1
Several other suspects have
of the Klan organizationThe
Klan for a year or so Y
eraV)l? revival in Gdeenvillc <
stride the l>order between S
close to the coast. Except for
and cross-burning and the 1
dene any tiling to cause headl
One other distressing Klan
past year occured near Cam<
masked men seized Guy Hub
bandmaster, and severely flo
! . svmpathetc views on iptegra1
; the case, but the county gran
them charged with conspirac
rights statute- As for the ott
cnFihe charge from an offens
of np to 10 years' imprisonni
punishable by 110 more than !
meffct.
t It cannot pass unnoticed th
ville came at a time when Co
diehard southern segregation
" in the matter of non-discrimi
Greenville law enforcemen
seek a quick Indictment of tl
case.
It remains to be seen whet
fare better than the Camden
. . Klan, and see that justice is
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HE CRITELL CASE
1 and U. S. Senators Thurmond * .
r of judges, niav'ors, - -sheriffs.
te newspapers all shoutinjr <!eto
be wondered that the hoodact
as in the Cruoll^case in
ijrat ion into the beatinjr. o f i
L>er Greenville County Xegrd
int a number of Kii Klux iKlar*
b of 15 white men taking part N
rito his home located four miles
.imwl t;.. '?? 1 ^
111 iv\i i tin ti iiim (tllll IH'ill llin'l pi
hey accu-ed him of being "too m
llbors, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood or
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Mired, Cruell and his wife were
?r children. '1 urner. 3 i told pohe
v i s i t e d his wife in ve'
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in# immediately to roundup vei
is far have charged eight men .
ling. ? . i "
Marshall Rochester. 30 ? has e,e
it that he was one of the group
i and has identified himself as su
an at Greenville." i.lv
i also admitted being members jj(,
tas been experiencing a censid- *ge
County and other counties a- ja
outh and North Carolina" and 't^(
organizational activity, rallies a
ike,- however, the Klan ha.su''
ines- '' .* lfhi
-type of incident during, the* t
len. where a small group of
?hins, Camden High School
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Kiiv.i mm oecause qtalleged ; is
tion. Six men were arnifsted in of
d jury refused to indict two of th?
y to violate the stated civil j pl<
ler four, the grand jury reduc-. ar
e carrying a maximum penattyto?
lent to one of simple' assault, He
?100 fine or 30 days' imprison- sit
j tie
at the Cruell beating in Green- be
ngress, despite opposition from ! (b
ists, was taking steps forward ' he.
natory citizenship- . !vo
t officials have said they willich
he irten 'charged Tn the' Cruell de
thi
her the Greenville officials will ca
officials against the resurgent es
done- J an
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Tiy Roy Wilkin*
ational Association lor th<
For the first time in 87 :
issed by the United ?tafes
any civil rights measures
llv to succumb to a Dixie
lis bill met no such fate s i
The fact that no filibuster d
loped on t.he motion to take 1
? bill (where it has always <3
loped in the past) is a tribu
Xejrro voters in the Moventh<
ction who demonstrated the
xibility and determination
pport issues rattier than hi in
to support parties. The Xovei
r election shift, coupled wi
n pressirre?for a change in tl
nate filibuster Rule 22 la
nuary, awakened both parties
tf foolhardiness of a filibust
ainst takinp up the bill. T
tpro voter of.n thank 'Mmse'** f
p fact that there was no filibu
I*.
As passed by the Senate b
not as s trope n ?neasuK" us v
the National \.--?o',!- ion fi
Advance . i '*n p* Colored Pe
i want ai' i belie\ e the peop
e entitled to. It has been sho
its most effe<*'!'p element
nvever, even in the Senate ve
>n there are residual potent ia
s for (a> increasing t.he nur
r of Negro voters in the Sout
> discovering whether, as hi
pn claimed, the vast majority
ting cases will he disposed of
dl actions without a jury; (
termining whether or'not, f
e official record, southern juri
n render verdicts in voting ca
on the basic of the eviden
d the law; (d) investigation ai
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AFTER ALL,WE'RE ABOVE Th
CCMMON JslEGEO^HSS NO
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of Civil F
. Executive Secretary/
? Advancement of Colored Peoplt
rears a civil rights bill hnrs been
Senate. During this long period,
have been pa-sed by the House
filibuster in the Senate."j That
n itself significant.
exposure by the federal govern?
mem of the deprivations of voting
liu.'ns; ami (e) establishment of
an effective and fully manned
to civil lights . division in the Deer
'partmenc of Justice.
Whet} I testified, on behalf of
to the XAACP and 25 other organ;d
zationp, in support of the bill before
the subcommittee on const itutional
rights of the Senate J uu4l
dietary Committee on Feb. 15
..j li'dT, I said: "Our immediate and
overriding interest is in making ji
vr start, in taking a first step tolle
ward breaking the congressional
stalemate through the enactment
s. of a minimum meaningful bill."
The bill which the Senate anjjj
proved is not that bill. It is onviously
minimum; yet) it is still
Br meaningful in that it. gives cono_
gressional recognition to the right
,]0 to vote and provides the federal
rn government wit.h the lnstrUhVents
s< with which to enforce the right.
r. Neither* the Senate nor t.hc House
|j. version of the bill confers any
new right. The bill, as ih stands
li; today, merely confirms constituas
tional rights and promises wider
of implementation of these rights,
in It is noteworthy that the .principal
labor, civior -frateth'ml, nnd
or majority group organizations
es which, year after year, h a v e
s- fought side b y side with the
ce NAACP on all civil, rights issues,
ad joined the Association in_ urging
- Satqrdayr August 17, 4.957- ~ " "
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CLEAN j
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lights Bill
'Senate supporters of rivil?i itrV.:;
; to vote for. the bill in the hope J "
that some, means will be found to 1
t strengthen it in the House." These
; organizatiions expressed their bitter,
disappointment" that the hill
, had been altered by the Senate,
Further they declared:
"The action of the Senate in de?
; leting Part III of the bill and at-taching-a
jury- trial amendment
to Part IV seriously lestrieted a
program which was modest and
moderate to begin with."
Nevertheless, they agreed with
the N'AACP that the important
thing: now is to make a start.
"Anv bill nasseii now will lw?
beginning, nut the end. of our
i struggle," the joint statement &sj
sorts. "We. shall continue to det
mand legislation implementing the
Supreme Court's decisions against
I segregation, ^foi- fair employment
practices, for anti-poll tax law
and other civil rights laws."
If finally enacted, the hill plac
? itiJiiii me ieqerui government a
responsibility to see that no qualified
citizen is denied the light t:>
'vote solely on the basis of race ol*
color. It also- place upon the NAACP.
and other organized groups
the responsibility to redouble efforts
to expand Negro vote not
only in those districts where it i?
now restricted by discriminatory
practices but also in other areas,both
North and South, to the end
that Negro citizens may participate
fully in the electoral process
and thereby enlarge their share of
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The FBI has a frecord of 94 .%
j convictions in cases brought to
court.