Whispered Words from Lawyer--Robert L. Bing, left, a 39-year-old Atlanta truck driver, listens to a few whispered words from his lawyer, Lester Chalmers, at a hearing today by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Bing was identified as the Exalted Cyclops of the Clayton County Klavern in Jonesboro, Ga., Bing refused to answer questions about a 1958 meeting of the Ku Klux Klan in Atlanta which, committee investigators said, was held to consolidate the various Klans.
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Whispered Words from Lawyer--Robert L. Bing, left, a 39-year-old Atlanta truck driver, listens to a few whispered words from his lawyer, Lester Chalmers, at a hearing today by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Bing was identified as the Exalted Cyclops of the Clayton County Klavern in Jonesboro, Ga., Bing refused to answer questions about a 1958 meeting of the Ku Klux Klan in Atlanta which, committee investigators said, was held to consolidate the various Klans.

Associated Press · [ca. 1958–1972]

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