The Atlanta Christian Council and the Atlanta Baptist Ministers Conference yesterday added their voices to the many other civic, liberal and religious groups in this city and elsewhere which have called for immediate government action against the Columbians, a new hate organization which has been terrorizing Negroes and has publicly attacked the Jews.
Denouncing the Columbians movement as “anarchy” and calling for an immediate grand jury investigation, the Baptist group adopted a resolution which declared: “It is inconceivable that the Christian people of our beloved city and country would remain complacent when sinister movements as the Columbians appear to represent are unleashed on our people.”
M.A. Hornsby, Atlanta police chief, expressed the belief that the Columbians shoulder insignia, a red lightning flash on a white background, was copied from that worn by a Nazi youth organization in Germany.
Meanwhile, the Atlanta city attorney has ruled that any action to revoke the Columbians’ charter must come from the state instead of from the city.
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