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Predict speedy vote
on Nazi march laws
By ROBERT FEDER
Staff Writer
SKOKIE - Two area legislators
this week predicted an easy victory in
the state senate but a tougher battle in
the house for two bills designed to
block a Nazi demonstration in Skokie.
The senate judiciary committee
Tuesday, May 2, approved unanimously and sent to the full senate the bills,
which are being rushed through in time
to prevent the Nazi march set for June
25. Passage by both houses could come
within three weeks.
State Sen. John Nimrod (R-4th),
chief sponsor of one of the bills, and
State Rep. Alan Greiman (D-15th) said
in separate telephone interviews Tuesday that the bills may be Skokie’s last
hope to stall the Nazis, if court appeals
fail. But they acknowledged that strong
opposition on constitutional grounds
from some house members may mean
trouble after the bills pass the senate.
One bill, sponsored by State Sen.
Howard Carroll (D-15th) and co-sponsored by four other senators, including
Nimrod and Arthur Berman (D-llth),
would block the Nazis by reviving an
old law prohibiting the defamation of
any group which results in a breach of
the peace.
THE OTHER, sponsored by Nimrod
and also co-sponsored by four other
senators, including Carroll and Berman, would outlaw demonstrations
likely to result in physical violence and
ban symbols and uniforms having
“historical associations” with violence
(such as the Nazi swastika).
The Nimrod bill also takes into consideration the “racial and ethnic characteristics” of the community, in
determining whether violence will occur.
A third bill designed to prevent a
Nazi march - also sponsored by Nimrod - was not approved by the judiciary committee for senate
consideration. The bill would have given local officials the power to deny a
parade permit in cases where marchers are conspiring to violate the civil
rights of others.
The third bill was blocked by the
committee, because some members
were concerned about its legality, Nimrod said.
Both of the Nimrod-sponsored bills
were identical to bills introduced in the
STATE REP. ALAN Greiman (D-15th) (left) and State Sen. John
Nimrod (R-4th) : :“Great rush on” to prevent a Nazi demonstration in
Skokie.
house last month by State Rep. Calvin
Skinner (R-33d).
GREIMAN EXPLAINED that the
house failed to act on Skinner’s original versions of the bills, because they
were blocked by the house rules committee. Greiman, a member of the
committee, said he moved to pass the
bills along, but he was unsuccessful.
Asked about the two latest bills
Tuesday, Greiman said, "I think
they’ll pass the senate, but it won’t be
easy in the house. I think they’ll have
problems the way they’re written
now.”
Although legislators from most districts have expressed only mild concern, if any, for the Nazi march in
Skokie, Greiman said he and those
from this area “feel there is a great
rush on” now.
“I’m under pressure as a Jew who’s
concerned about a Nazi march in Skokie. I’m concerned because I live in
Skokie. And I’m torn apart by the emotional and intellectual pressures to consider,” he added.
NIMROD STRESSED the urgency
of the two bills passed Tuesday by the
judiciary committee. “What we’ve got
to do is keep giving the village (Skokie) the tools to work with to prevent
this march and avoid confrontation,”
he said.
Slightly more optimistic about the
bills’ chances in the house, Nimrod
said many legislators who also are attorneys have trouble with the constitutionality of bills like his. “These
attorneys might concur and be sympathetic, but so many have been involved
in the ACLU (American, Civil Liberties
union), they find a conflict in stopping
a march.”
The ACLU is providing legal counsel to the National Socialist (Nazi)
Party of America, which has been battling Skokie for a parade permit.
LAWMAKERS’ POSITIONS on the
Nazi issue, Nimrod said, are not related to political party. “This has nothing
to do with party. Some (legislators)
are concerned; some are not. But if
they’re at all serious about providing
Skokie another alternative and avoiding confrontation, both houses will pass
both bills,” he said.
Among those testifying on behalf of
the senate bills before the judiciary
committee Tuesday were: Skokie Trustee Morris Topol; Rabbi Harold Smith
of the Hebrew Theological college in
Skokie; Erna Gans and Sol Goldstein
of Skokie; Prof. Philip Kurland of the
University of Chicago law school; and
Joel Sprayregen of the Jewish United
fund.
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Predict speedy vote on Nazi march laws
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Feder, Robert
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State Representative Alan Greiman and State Senator John Nimrod introduce bills designed to block a National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) demonstration in Skokie scheduled for June 25, 1978. Includes photograph of Alan Greiman and John Nimrod.
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5/4/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Greiman, Alan
Nimrod, John
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Skokie Life, Thursday, May 4, 1978, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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Skokie Public Library, Reference Department
newspaper clippings