A New York City official said today that investigation had indicated that the group which received a permit for a May Day rally to present Nazi George Lincoln Rockwell wanted to expose the Rockwell movement and that the permit would not be canceled.
Sidney Lansing of Franklin, N. J., who applied for the permit as the leader of “United Religions for a Better World,” announced Monday that the permit would be used to provide Rockwell with the right to be heard at Washington Square Monday between 10 a. m. and noon. Rockwell, informed at his home in Arlington, Va., about the proposal, said he had not been invited but that he would come to New York City if the permit was valid and if he was invited.
Lansing, reported by police to be a prolific letter-writer, continued his refusal to talk to reporters about his organization, the permit or the reasons for inviting Rockwell. However, both the Police Department and the Park Department said they were convinced the permit would not be used by Rockwell or for spreading the aims of his “American Nazi party.”
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