Stimulated into action by a recent openly-announced Ku Klux Klan cross burning held at Bridgeton, N.J., the New Jersey Action Committee of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States has implemented a plan for exposing the KKK and condemning its activities, it was announced here today.
The announcement was made by the Jewish Chronicle, local weekly, which reported that, at the suggestion of the JWV, the state’s Allied Veterans Group has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning Klan activity. The group represents 200,000 veterans throughout New Jersey.
The JWV’s Action Committee has filed complaints against the Klan with Gov. Hughes, State.Attorney General Arthur J. Sills and the FBI, as well as the Cumberland County Board of Chosen Freeholders which has jurisdiction over the area where the cross has been burned publicly by the KKK. The action plan of the JWV includes not only complaints to various government bodies but also a demand that Attorney General Sills take court action to prevent further KKK rallies.
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