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Box 18, Folder 30, Document 91
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SHEPHERD & CAMPBELL
U. S. AND FOREIGN PATENTS
PENNSYLVANIA BUILDING
TRADE MARKS PENNSYLVANIA AVE. AT 13TH ST., N. W.
FRANK G. CAMPBELL
DAVID L. SANSBURY
WASHINGTON
September 13, 1966
Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Sir:
I am writing to suggest what I believe would be a practical way of
putting a stop to the inciting of violence of normally well behaved colored
people by the Black Power gang.
They were able, I understand to create the riot by outright deception
in that they stated the suspected auto thief was shot while handcuffed, when the
truth was he had never been handcuffed and was trying to get away from the
policeman when he was shot. At Least, that is what I read in the Washington
papers.
I, therefore, propose that you secure the enactment of legislation
(by special session of your legislature, if it is not now in session) in the nature
of the following:
An Act
It shall be unlawful for any person, or association of persons
to create or publish or otherwise disseminate within the State
of Georgia any false statement which would tend to create disorder,
or to incite riots, or inflame persons against persons, or to incite
people of one race against the people of another race, or to incite
persons of one religion against persons of another religion.
Any person violating the provisions of the foregoing act, shall,
upon conviction thereof, be fined not [ess than two thousand
dollars or imprisoned for not fess than two nor more than five years,
or both.
Nothing in the foregoing shall be construed to restrict the freedom of
the press in publishing statements that are true nor shall anything in
the foregoing be construed to prohibit the publishers of established
newspapers from publishing statements which they have adequate
reason to believe are true, it being the intent of the Legislature to
prohibit the promulgation of false information calculated to disturb
the public peace,
Yours very truly,
eek oY CB 4
Frank G. Campbell
U. S. AND FOREIGN PATENTS
PENNSYLVANIA BUILDING
TRADE MARKS PENNSYLVANIA AVE. AT 13TH ST., N. W.
FRANK G. CAMPBELL
DAVID L. SANSBURY
WASHINGTON
September 13, 1966
Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Sir:
I am writing to suggest what I believe would be a practical way of
putting a stop to the inciting of violence of normally well behaved colored
people by the Black Power gang.
They were able, I understand to create the riot by outright deception
in that they stated the suspected auto thief was shot while handcuffed, when the
truth was he had never been handcuffed and was trying to get away from the
policeman when he was shot. At Least, that is what I read in the Washington
papers.
I, therefore, propose that you secure the enactment of legislation
(by special session of your legislature, if it is not now in session) in the nature
of the following:
An Act
It shall be unlawful for any person, or association of persons
to create or publish or otherwise disseminate within the State
of Georgia any false statement which would tend to create disorder,
or to incite riots, or inflame persons against persons, or to incite
people of one race against the people of another race, or to incite
persons of one religion against persons of another religion.
Any person violating the provisions of the foregoing act, shall,
upon conviction thereof, be fined not [ess than two thousand
dollars or imprisoned for not fess than two nor more than five years,
or both.
Nothing in the foregoing shall be construed to restrict the freedom of
the press in publishing statements that are true nor shall anything in
the foregoing be construed to prohibit the publishers of established
newspapers from publishing statements which they have adequate
reason to believe are true, it being the intent of the Legislature to
prohibit the promulgation of false information calculated to disturb
the public peace,
Yours very truly,
eek oY CB 4
Frank G. Campbell
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