Birmingham, Sepi. 13. Mrs. Winston Williams. wife of a former klansman, said to-day that her husband was present at the ceremonies making Senator Hugo L. Black a life member of the Ku Klux Klan, secret anti-Catholic. anti-Jew. anti-negro organization. She confirmed that her husband had signed an affidavit to that effect.
Although questioning Senator Black's eligibility to the Supreme Court, Senator Edward R. Burke Democrat of Nebraska. to-day said he doubted the possibility of barring him from the Supreme Court bench.
Senator William H. King, Democrat of Utah, agreed that membership in the Ku Klux Klan is not an impeachable offence.
The Attorney General, Mr. Homer S. Cummings, said that Senator Black's suitability for the Suprem: Court bench was "beyond question.—United Press,
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