longs to become a true mass movement. directed by its present "true believers." Although critical of the Klan as fainthearted. its doctrines resemble those that led to the Klans growth in the 1920s. It officially denies the militant antiCatholicism of the Klan. but statements printed in the Thunderbolt about the late Pope John would infuriate most Catholics. The Thunderbolt said that "conservative Catholics were shocked by Pope Johns appeasement of Communists" and called the deleting of the term "perfidious Jews" from Catholic prayers a "disturbing trend." It linked the late Pontiffs name with that of Khrushchev and Communist Gus Hall and added. "The best we can say for the man Is that he does not know what he is doing." The NSRP is following trails blazed by the Klan. which at its peak in the twenties had 4 million members. It boasted 500.000 Klansmen in Indiana. 450.000 in Ohio. 200.000 in New York. another 200.000 in California. and controlled politics in several Midwestern States including Indiana and Kansas. The NSRP has adopted the tactics of the Klan in suiting its appeal to the regionit is antioriental on the West Coast. antiMexican in the Southwest. wants the Indians kept on reservations. is antiNegro in the South. and antimigrant in areas where immigration is made to seem like a threat to the job security of residents.
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Immigrants are portrayed as a threat to job security.