In his entire scheme of organization and management, he has so constructed
his proposition that he is master of the situation with practically
unlimited power. In this particular a good illustration can be found in
the contract he made with Clarke whereby the latter became the Chief Sales
Manager of the membership peddlers for the whole country. This contract,
while it gives Clarke the opportunity of making a vast sum of money, at
the same time makes Simmons the absolute dictator of Clarke's movements.
The probabilities are that Simmons, realizing that he himself was ignorant
of real organization methods, so framed this contract that he could let
Clarke out at any time, and take over to himself the functions of the
propagation department after he had learned the system.
The contract which brought Clarke and Mrs. Tyler into the organization
reads as follows:
"STATE OF GEORGIA, County of Fulton,
"This agreement, made and entered into on this the seventh day of
June, A.D. 1920, by and between the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a
corporation of said county, acting by its Imperial Wizard
(President), W. J. Simmons, party of the first part, and Edward Young
Clarke, of said county, party of the second part.
"Witnesseth, that the said party of the second part hereto having, by
virtue of this agreement, been appointed Imperial Kleagle (General
Superintendent of the organization department) of said first party,
and it being desirable that the details of his rights, privileges,
powers, duties, responsibilities, and compensation, etc., in addition
to that laid down in the constitution and laws of the said
corporation be definitely fixed:
"Therefore, it is agreed by the said parties hereto that this
contract shall continue so long as it is mutually agreeable; that it
shall remain of force and may be canceled by either party hereto
without previous notice of any intention to do so.
"It is agreed that said second party may employ, subject to the
approval and appointment of the said Imperial Wizard (President) of
the corporation aforesaid, and subject to the right and power of said
Imperial Wizard (President) to revoke all such appointments, such
assistant organizers as he (the said second party) may deem necessary
to properly carry out the plans for the propagation and extension of
said corporation; provided, that such persons so appointed or
employed be members of the said corporation in good and regular
standing prior to their appointment, and that they maintain their
good standing therein as an essential condition on which their
appointment is made.
"It is agreed that in all things the second party shall be
subordinate to the said Imperial Wizard (President), and shall
attempt no plans or methods of work without the consent or approval
of the said Imperial Wizard.
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