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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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Attempted Nazi March in Skokie, 1977 and 1978, Digital Collection
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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>
<p>For further information, you can find more resources in the library. If you have questions or comments send us an <a title="email Skokie Public Library" href="mailto:tellus@skokielibrary.info">email </a>or call us at 847-673-3733.</p>
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<h3><a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Attempted Nazi March in Skokie online exhibit</a></h3>
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Skokie History
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Skokie Public Library
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Skokie's side : Smith tells 'other' side of '78 Nazi story
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Waters, Jennifer
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Mayor Albert Smith and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) leader David Hamlin discuss Hamlin's book "The Nazi-Skokie Conflict" on a television talk show. Includes photograph of Lee Phillip and Mayor Albert Smith.
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3/12/1981
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American Civil Liberties Union
Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
Hamlin, David
National Socialist Party of America
Phillip, Lee
Smith, Albert J., 1915-1993
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Skokie Review, Thursday, March 12, 1981, Pioneer Press Newspapers, Glenview, IL
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©Pioneer Press
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csr810312b.pdf
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
1980s (1980-1989)
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Skokie Public Library, Reference Department
newspaper clippings