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Schwartz: If Nazis come we’ll arrest them
DIANE DUBEY
Correspondent
THIS WEEK’s United States Supreme court decision has not paved the
way for a Nazi demonstration in Skokie, according to Harvey Schwartz,
Skokie corporation counsel.
Schwartz called Nazi plans to
march in the village July 4 “a grab for
publicity” and said that “if Collin
(Chicago-area Nazi leader Frank Collin) wants to parade in Skokie on the
basis he’s said, he’s going to violate
our ordinances and we’re going to arrest him.”
In the 5-4 decision handed down
June 15, the Supreme court lifted the
injunction issued in April by Cook
County Circuit Court Judge Joseph Wosik to prevent a planned May 1 march
by the Nazis. An extension of this injunction by Judge Harold Sullivan has
prevented the National Socialist (Nazi)
party from rallying in Skokie on another date.
“The basic issue at stake is that this
decision has no effect on Collin’s
marching-that is governed by our ordinances, not by Supreme court order,” Schwartz told The LIFE
Thursday, June 16, referring to three
ordinances passed by Skokie’s village
board May 2 to avoid further threats of
Nazi demonstrations.
THE VILLAGE ordinances, similar
in content to a Skokie park district ordinance adopted last October, required
$350,000 in liability insurance from any
group of 50 or more persons wishing to
hold a parade or public assembly. The
ordinances also prohibit public demonstrations by members of political par-
ties wearing military-style uniforms
and forbid the distribution of materials
which incite group hatred.
Collin has admitted to The LIFE
that it is virtually impossible for his
group to obtain the necessary insurance.
“If he (Collin) wants to test the ordinances, he doesn’t have to violate
them,” Schwartz said. “At this point
talk of a July 4 march is nothing but a
publicity stunt.”
After the Supreme court lifted the
injunction Wednesday, Collin told The
LIFE that Nazi delegates from all over
the country will march in Skokie on
July 4 with their Chicago-area counterparts.
Schwartz said it is “premature” to
discuss whether the village will seek
an injunction preventing the July 4
march, although he admitted that this
is a possibility.
DAVID HAMLIN, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which is representing the
Nazis, said that deliberately violating
the ordinances is a valid way to test
their constitutionality.
“The village has only one option but
we have at least two,” Hamlin said after hearing the Supreme court decision.
He explained that ACLU lawyers can
wait until the Nazis demonstrate and
get arrested or they may choose to
“wage an affirmative challenge to the
constitutionality of one or more of the
ordinances.”
Both Schwartz and Hamlin called
the Supreme Court decision “important
and significant” although, to Schwartz,
it was “not a matter the Supreme
court should take jurisdiction of.”
“It is important and significant insofar as what was decided, but the decision is very limited in scope, very
narrow,” Schwartz said.
“In effect, the Supreme court said
to Illinois that where there is a first
amendment rights issue and an injunction has been issued for any purpose,
there are two choices: to give the person a speedy hearing or to lift the injunction during the normal appeal
process. . . In this case the Supreme
court lifted the injunction because
there was no speedy process,”
Schwartz explained. He added, "I can
live with that.”
BOTH THE ILLINOIS Appellate
court and the Illinois supreme court
have refused, within recent weeks, either to overturn the injunction or to
hold a trial on the merits of the case.
“It could take a year before the
courts rule on the merits of the injunction or the validity of the ordinances,”
Schwartz said.
Hamlin, however, sees the decision
as “a significant statement about first
amendment protections. . . terribly
important law beyond its impact for
Skokie.”
Since the Nixon years, the pattern
has been for constitutional disputes
with governments to be turned back to
the state courts, he said, explaining
that this decision “requires state
courts to respond affirmatively to constitutional issues.”
“What the Supreme court is saying
is ‘We expect state courts to move,’ ”
Hamlin said.
Skokie, a community with a majority of Jewish residents, is home to as
many as 7,000 Jewish survivors of the
holocaust in Europe during World War
II.
To avoid confrontation between residents and marchers in the event of a
Nazi demonstration, village officials
will “have adequate personnel on hand
to enforce the ordinances,” said John
Matzer, village manager.
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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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Schwartz: If Nazis come we'll arrest them
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Dubey, Diane
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Village corporate counsel threatens to arrest National Socialist Party of America (Nazi) demonstrators. Recent court cases are summarized.
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6/19/1977
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
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Skokie Life, Sunday, June 19, 1977, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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csl770619a.pdf
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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Skokie Public Library, Reference Department
newspaper clippings