Home Secretary James Chuter Ede today told a delegation of the National Council of Civil Liberties that the government was considering whether it would be desirable to tighten the laws against fascist and anti-Semitic propaganda in view of the recent acquittal of James Caunt, editor of a weekly which printed an incitement to violence against Jews during last summer’s riots.
However, he hedged on the delegation’s demand that new legislation be passed to prohibit the spreading of fascist doctrines, pointing out the dangers inherent in attempting to suppress expressions of political opinion. He added that if subversive activities endangered the safety of the state, it would then be the duty of the government to seek further powers.
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