(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
Denial that the Ku Klux Klan was in any way responsible for his election was made by Mayor William F. Broening, Tuesday, May 31. Dr. Hiram Wesley Evans, Imperial Wizard of the hooded order, in an address at Lynehburg, Va. on Monday night, asserted that the Klan “put over” Mayor Broening in the election on May 5.
“That’s all rot,” Mayor Broening, who is a Republican, said. “I’m not a member of the Klan and I know nothing about their activities. My election was in no way brought about by this order.”
The Mayor added that he had made his position with regard to the Klan very plain last November, when he was defeated for the post of Attorney. General of Maryland. At that time he denied being a member of the order or having any connection with it, and in a sense repudiated any aid that the Klan as an organization might have sought to give him.
ROUMANIA SEEKS $50,000,000 LOAN IN UNITED STATES
The Roumanian government will soon seek an American loan of $50,000,000, reports circulating in Wall Street yesterday stated. Negotiations for the floating of the loan have not progressed materially but it was learned that steps to secure the loan will be taken by representatives of the Roumanian government after the $50,000,000 loan sought in Germany will be obtained.
The German loan is now being negotiated. The terms are said to be $10,000,000 in cash and $40,000,000 in credit, with the provision that Roumania renounces all war claims against Germany. This condition has not been accepted, but it is believed that an arrangement will be reached.
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