Legislation voted by the House of Representatives yesterday which would make agitators who cross state lines to foment racial strife subject to imprisonment would also apply to such anti-Semitic extremists as George Rockwell, advocates of the bill asserted here today. The measure, which now goes to the Senate, would make it a Federal crime to travel interstate or use such interstate facilities as the mails to invite violence. Penalties would include prison sentences of up to five years and $10, 000 fine.
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