The Javits-Klein group libel bill presently before Fore the House does not specifically mention anti-Semitism since “the bill is aimed at all forms of racial or religious defamation a statement issued by the Commission on Law and Social Action of the. American Jewish Congress said today. The statement added that the bill was drafted and sponsored by the A.J.C.
“Croup libel legislation in Soviet Russia, Poland, Rumania and Yugoslavia are likewise expressed in general terms and do not mention anti-Semitism by name,” the statement said. The Congress statement, pointing out the need for a Federal group libel law, noted that “no Federal law today prevents or punishes the malicious circulation of falsehoods designed to incite race or religious hatred and only two Massachusetts and Indiana–have comprehensive group libel statutes on their books.”
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