George Lincoln Rockwell will be allowed to speak on the campus of Hofstra University here, according to a decision voted last night at a meeting of the university’s board of trustees. The leader of the American Nazi Party had been invited to speak on the campus, and the date had been set for February. Members of the faculty and of the student council had already approved the scheduled Rockwell appearance.
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