Temple Israel here, through its President, Louis Bender, made public a resolution, passed Oct. 28, condemning the local Board of Education for accepting a flag and flagpole from the Ku Klux Klan.
In effect, the resolution stated that, since the schools were owned by people of all creeds and were maintained by money collected in taxes from all the people, the congregation objected to having the School Board accept favors from the Klan, which is avowedly opposed to Catholics and Jews.
On behalf of the Catholics, the local Council of the Knights of Columbus made a formal protest against acceptance of the Klan gift before the presentation was made.
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