A bill designed to prevent the growth of many so-called patriotic” and other organizations advocating riot, bloodshed, revolt and race hatred, received its third reading here and will be voted upon in the near future.
The measure, introduced by State Senator Lazarus Joseph, is aimed at a number of propaganda groups operating in the State. Its provisions, which if passed will be incorporated as Section 2242 of the Penal Code, include the following.
“Any person who shall within the State wear the uniform or the insignia, emblem, badge, or button of any propagandist political party, organization, or society for the purpose of or in connection with propaganda which is calculated or like to Incite to riot, revolution, or racial intolerance, hatred, or prejudice is guilty of a misdemeanor.”
It is expected that in the event the bill is enacted operations of Nazi and Communist organizations will be seriously affected. For some months there has been considerable discussion as to the legality of the badge of the League of Friends of New Germany, which is a silver American shield upon which the swastika is superimposed.
If it is found that the various Nazi groups operating throughout the State come within scope of the law, it is believed that many of their Hitlerite features will be cradicated. The uniforms of members of the League of Friends of New Germany, identical in many respects with those of stormtroopers in Germany, may come under the ban.
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