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Nazis claim to seek rally permit
by Jennifer Waters

in Skokie, however, are not designed to
spread "the word of God," he said, but to
Michael Allen, · leader of the National
prove a point to Skokie.
Socialist Party of America, said his group
"After we won our right to march (in
is seeking a permit to march in an
1978), we changed our minds and decided
undisclosed section of Skokie as early as
to march in Marquette Park," he said.
Easter Sunday.
"The only reason why we didn't go &lt;into
Allen said he has been in contact with
Skokie) last time is because we made a
village officials about a permit for April
:deal with Chicago at the last minute and
19, and that he will make · an official
we would rather have been there. .Within
request sometime this week.
the past year and all the talk about Skokie
and the book by David Hamlin, they have
SKOKIE MAYOR Al Smith denies that
it all wrong. The politicians in Skokie are
there has been any official or unofficial
saying we chickened out. If they think that
contact about a march. "I think this is just
it is true, then we want them to know that
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the whole world knows by now how Skokie
"street activists" merely to fight the
feels," he added.
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Although Allen said that he would not
reveal his contact in village hall, he said he
felt that officials were trying to keep the
matter quiet to avoid mass hysteria. He
added that he does not think village
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from marching through Skokie because he
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dumb after all the money they spent the
last time."
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He was referring to the 1977-78 court
battles between the village and the neoNazi group over Skokie's attempt to halt a
planned march. The courts upheld the
Nazis plans, citing the constitutional right
to freedom of speech, but the group never
marched through Skokie.
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· march cannot be arranged, he will seek a
permit to hold a rally Sept. 20.
The Nazi leader added that he knew that
"with 40,000 Jewish survivors in Skokie,
the politicians almost have to fight," to bar
his group. · (According to the Jewish
Federation of Chicago, there are
approximately 6,000 Jews living in
Skokie.)
CORPORATION COUNSEL Harvey
Schwartz said that it would be premature
.to speculate what type of action the village
woutd · take if the Nazis were to seek a
permit; "lam not aware of any contact
. with the group," he. said. ."We are not in
the position. to do anything. AU we have
heard is the same that you have heard. All
we can do is react if anything happens at
all.''
Allen, who claims he generally does not
dislike Jews, said he wants to talk about
the Catholic religion . and "who really
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barrage of rock and egg throwing
expects. He said that he expects a
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about an hour to delay us by checking us
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Nazis claim to seek rally permit
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Michael Allen, leader of the National
Socialist Party of America, said his group
is seeking a permit to march in an
undisclosed section of Skokie as early as
Easter Sunday.
Allen said he has been in contact with
village officials about a permit for April
19, and that he will make an official
request sometime this week.
SKOKIE MAYOR Al Smith denies that
there has been any official or unofficial
contact about a march. “I think this is just
a rumor and I don’t feel I want to speak to
these types of rumors,” he said. “It would
be self-defeating ( to speak to this). I think
the whole world knows by now how Skokie
feels,” he added.
Although Allen said that he would not
reveal his contact in village hall, he said he
felt that officials were trying to keep the
matter quiet to avoid mass hysteria. He
added that he does not think village
officials would attempt to stop the Nazis
from marching through Skokie because he
could not “believe that they would be that
dumb after all the money they spent the
last time.”
He was referring to the 1977-78 court
battles between the village and the neoNazi group over Skokie’s attempt to halt a
planned march. The courts upheld the
Nazis plans, citing the constitutional right
to freedom of speech, but the group never
marched through Skokie.
Allen said that if the Easter Sunday
march cannot be arranged, he will seek a
permit to hold a rally Sept. 20.
The Nazi leader added that he knew that
“with 40,000 Jewish survivors in Skokie,
the politicians almost have to fight,” to bar
his group. (According to the Jewish
Federation of Chicago, there are
approximately 6,000 Jews living in
Skokie. )
CORPORATION COUNSEL Harvey
Schwartz said that it would be premature
to speculate what type of action the village
would take if the Nazis were to seek a
permit. “I am not aware of any contact
with the group,” he said. “We are not in
the position to do anything. All we have
heard is the same that you have heard. All
we can do is react if anything happens at
all.”
Allen, who claims he generally does not
dislike Jews, said he wants to talk about
the Catholic religion and “who really
crucified Jesus Christ.” His efforts to rally

in Skokie, however, are not designed to
spread “the word of God,” he said, but to
prove a point to Skokie.
“After we won our right to march (in
1978), we changed our minds and decided
to march in Marquette Park,” he said
“The only reason why we didn’t go (into
Skokie) last time is because we made a
deal with Chicago at the last minute and
we would rather have been there. Within
the past year and all the talk about Skokie
and the book by David Hamlin, they have
it all wrong. The politicians in Skokie are
saying we chickened out. If they think that
it is true, then we want them to know that
is a lot of you know what.”
If the march is held, Allen said he will
bring between 15 to 20 of what he calls his
“street activists” merely to fight the

barrage of rock and egg throwing he
expects. He said that he expects a big
turnout, such as last year’s rally in
Evanston’s Lovelace Park, but that he
hopes it will be peaceful.
If he applies for a permit, Allen said that
he will ask for between one and a half and
two hours.
“Because of my past experience, I will
ask for a longer permit,” he said “The
coppers are slick. They will stop us for
about an hour to delay us by checking us
for weapons. Then we’ll get to the rally and
have to set up our equipment. Then we’re
almost at the deadline and we have to
leave exactly when it is deadline.”
“We’re losing on the deal, so I’m going to
add a couple of hours,” he said.

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                    <text>Skokie’s side
Smith tells ‘other’side of ‘78 Nazi story
by Jennifer Waters
Amid a friendly atmosphere during
a WBBM-TV talk show with Lee
Phillip last week, Skokie Mayor Al
Smith discussed with author David
Hamlin the situations surrounding the
neo-Nazi rally attempt in Skokie in
1978.
The mayor, obviously pleased with
the turnout of the “Noonbreak” show,
said that he and Hamlin did not
display any personal adversary on the
air.
Hamlin supported the American
Civil Liberties Union with their fight
to protect the Nazi’s constitutional
right to freedom of speech during the
1977-78 court battles to keep the Nazis
out of Skokie. He has just released a
book, "The Nazi-Skokie Conflict," and
was in Chicago to promote it.
“It went really well,” the mayor
said. “David talked about a simple
case of the Nazis first amendment
right to freedom of speech and I
interrupted him right away.”
“I told him (Hamlin) that probably

he and the ACLU call Nazism and
swastikas freedom of speech, but I
call them terrorism. There is a
distinct difference between speech
and terror,” the mayor explained.
He said that he wanted to point out
to Hamlin his inaccuracies within his
book. “In three places within the book
he was very inaccurate, and he should
have known better. When he spoke of
the Illinois Supreme Court decision,
the Circuit Court of Appeal decision
and the Supreme Court decision, he
said that there was unanimous
approval, when there was dissention
(in each decision).”
The mayor’s decision to appear on
the talk show with Hamlin and in turn,
Gil Gordon of the legal department's
decision to be aired on a WGN talk
show, were to tell the “other side” of
the Skokie story, Smith said.
“If we had not gone on those shows,
then Hamlin would have had free
reign of the entire situation and it
would go uncontested. That is why it
was incumbent upon us to tell our side
of the Skokie story,” he explained.

�SKOKIE MAYOR Albert Smith discusses
the controversy surrounding the Nazi
attempt to march on Skokie with Lee
Phillip, host of “Noonbreak,” a WBBM-TV
talk show. See story on page 7.

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Michael Allen, leader of the National
Socialist Party of America, remains
steadfast in his claim that his organization
is seeking a permit to march through
Skokie, although village officials say they
have not heard from him.
Allen said Monday that he has been in
contact with village hall officials and that
he has requested “a confidential meeting”
to be set up within a week. He said that he
will be clarifying why his neo-Nazi group
wants to rally in Skokie and that he hopes
to obtain a permit at that time.
Allen said he is still looking forward to
marching in Skokie as early as Easter
Sunday, but has also chosen Sept. 20 as an
alternative to the April 19 date.
Allen said that he could not disclose who
his local contact is because the village
official “said he did not want to panic the
community.”
But village officials deny having any
contact with the Nazi leader. Skokie
Mayor Albert Smith said early Monday
that nobody had told him anything about a
call from Allen and that he was not aware
that any kind of appointment had been set
up with him.
Village Manager Robert Eppley
reiterated the mayor’s words later and
said that he checked with everyone in the
village hall, and that officials deny any
contact with the Nazi leader. ‘This may be
just some kind of publicity ploy, but we
haven’t heard a word,” Eppley said.

“I don’t know what this fellow is trying
to do, but no one in the village hall has had
any contact with him. We would certainly
let you know if we did,” the mayor said.
Allen also said last week that he had
been in contact with village officials who,
in turn, denied any conversation with him.
The Nazi group claims it is seeking a
permit to march in Skokie because Allen
said he wanted to make a point and
because he thinks that “everyone has it all
wrong,” in reference to the 1977-78 Skokie
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