Warner A. Wicks, dean of students of the University of Chicago, announced today that the university would permit American Nazi Party Fuehrer George Lincoln Rockwell to speak on the campus tomorrow. Dean Wicks said permission for the anti-Semite to lecture demonstrated “the freedom we take pride in,” and that such freedom exists “in fact as well as in name.” Residents of a dormitory invited Rockwell to speak. Other students protested.
Chicago police riot squads were alerted today to defend the Nazi leader and his followers, it was learned. Officials of nearby Northwestern University canceled a scheduled appearance by Rockwell on the Northwestern campus earlier this month.
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