Honolulu Record, August 19, 1948, vol. 1 no. 2, p. 4
By Stetson Kennedy
Federated Press Correspondent
New York, Aug. 2 — I've just come from a preview held on Atlanta's Stone Mountain July 23.
1 packed the Klan robe I used while investigating the outfit, put my pistol toter's permit in my wallet, and went.
The Kluxers have come a long way since I attended their postwar debut on the same spot two years ago. Then, they did everything single-file; this time, they marched six abreast.
"The Klan is determined to maintain white supremacy, by peaceful means if possible, but by force if necessary," Doc Sam Green, leader of the Georgia Klan, roared.
"If civil rights bills are passed, blood will flow in the streets!" he shouted.
He was cheered not only by the 3,000 robed Kluxers and 700 initiates, but also by some 5,000 spectators.
Two years ago, their klavalkade to the mountain consisted of rattle trap cars. This time, there were many limousines.
In 1946, it was largely a local affair. This year there were delegations from 14 states, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and California. Doc Sam Green was introduced not as Grand Dragon of Georgia Klan, but as Imperial Wizard of the entire Invisible Empire.
I am convinced that the Southern slavocracy will again call upon the Klan as it did to override Reconstruction democracy. Before the Civil war, chattel slavery was at stake. Now, wage slavery is at stake. Should the Taft-Hartley Act be replaced, the Klan may also be called out of cross-country union-busting.