[2] Informal ways Klansmen recruited members included "with eligible co-workers and personal friends and try to enlist them".
These recruitment efforts were very successful, as such, Klan mem and used membership fees to finance large purchases such as the Klux Krest, a new home for Imperial Wizard William J. Simmons (founder of the 2nd KKK).
[5] In addition to recruitment drives and alliances with fraternal lodges and Protestant churches, the Klan also used controlled instances of violence to attract members.
[3] These charitable activities demonstrated the KKK's commitment to the nation's welfare and also "served as an effective public relations device by creating a more favourable opinion of the secret order and attracting new members".
These and many other factors made the Klan appealing to native-born white Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs) during the 1920s.