The State of Virginia granted legal status today to the American Nazi party of George Lincoln Rockwell and permitted it to lawfully incorporate as a company to do business in the state. The State Corporation Commission approved an application by Rockwell for a charter. The application bore a swastika and Nazi slogan.
In the application to be recognized as a legal company, the Nazi party stated its aim as “the gaining of political power in the United States by all legal means and elective processes” and the “education of the American public.”
Directors of the new Virginia company were listed as Rockwell, chairman, and Seth David Ryan, both of Arlington; and J. V. Kenneth Morgan, of Alexandria. Both Alexandria and Arlington are communities in Northern Virginia adjacent to the District of Columbia. Rockwell made known that the national Nazi headquarters in Virginia was now “legal” and “recognized by the state.”
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