PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE

August 16, 2017

THE HONORABLE KAREN L. HAAS

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Capitol, Room H154,
Washington, DC 20515–6601

Open Letter To The U.S. Congress

Re: Removal of Albert Pike’s Monument

Dear Congressmen and women, Senators of the United States,

This is an official petition to the Congress to remove the statue

of Confederate Brigadier General Albert Pike and the use of funds
to permanently care for, protect and preserve the only Ku Klux Klan
Confederate general with a statute on federal property in Washington,
DC.

This statue of hate, terror, slavery, murder, and segregation stands on a

pedestal near the foot of Capitol Hill, between the Department of Labor
building and the Municipal Building, between 3rd and 4th Streets, on D
Street, NW. Washington, D.C.’s Judiciary Square.

Inscribed on the base of the statue are the words, “poet” the terrorist
anthem of the KKK was his most famous literary work and “jurist” he was
called the KKK's chief judiciary officer, and reputedly wrote the organization
manual for the terrorist anti-black movement after the U.S. Civil War.

This statue is a tribute to the influence of Pike's organization, Scottish

Rite of Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction, of which Pike was the chief
or Sovereign Grand Commander. It has power in the Executive Branch,
and the Congress, and it is decisive in the courts. It has great power in
all branches of law enforcement and the military.
After the Civil War, Pike was found guilty of treason and jailed, only to be
pardoned by fellow Scottish Rite Freemason President Andrew Johnson on
April 22, 1866, who met with him the next day at the White House. On June
20, 1867, Scottish Rite officials conferred upon Johnson the 4th to 32nd
Freemasonry degrees, and he later went to Boston to dedicate a Masonic
Temple.

The immense bearded figure of the Confederate General Albert Pike

steeped in historical significance stretching from slavery to the civil rights
movement is looming over a public square in the nation’s capital. Why
has it never been removed in that predominantly African American city?

The Congress has failed to act in the past with all deliberate speed to pass
federal legislation to remove the statue and monument of hate honoring
the most important founder of the Ku Klux Klan, and the use of tax payers
funds to permanently care for, protect and preserve the only Confederate
General with a statue on federal property in Washington, DC.

The American people are hoping the 115th Congress will finally act to
remove the statue, that addresses the National climate of hate crimes,
terror, and murder as result of National and Domestic Terrorism and
Security challenges, with scores of innocent Americans subjected to
white supremacists, acts, terror, racially motivated assassinations,
assaults, discrimination, political rebellion, hate and violence in
honor of the Confederacy, (its statues and flags in America).

If the Congress refuses to act in our view it would constitute an utter

dereliction of duty, and failure to uphold the oath of office, to protect and
enforce the U.S. Constitution.

Thanking you in advance,

Mr. Roy L. Perry-Bey

Director Civil Rights
UNITED FRONT FOR JUSTICE
P.O. Box 1772- Hampton, Virginia 23669
ufj2020@gmail.com
804.252.9109
Albert Pike Monument near the foot of Capitol Hill, between the
Department of Labor building and the Municipal Building, between
3rd and 4th Streets, on D Street, NW. Washington, D.C.’s
Judiciary Square.