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                  <text>Skokie issues Nazi march permit
By Phillip J. O’Connor
Nazi leader Frank Collin has been issued a
permit to march in suburban Skokie on

Sunday, June 25, it was disclosed at a Skokie
village board meeting Tuesday night. A permit also has been issued to a Jewish umbrella group for a counter-demonstration the

same day.

Both permits were issued by Village Manager John Matzer Jr.

Village officials said they will continue to
seek orders from both the U.S. Supreme
Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals here to
halt the march.
Matzer issued the permit to Collin’s National Socialist Party of America last Friday
without fanfare.
About 100 members of the Jewish umbrella group, led by former Nazi concentrationcamp prisoner Sol Goldstein, attended the
village board meeting and pledged to hold a
peaceful counter-demonstration.
COLLIN’S PERMIT calls for the Nazi
demonstration to be held in front of the
village hall at 3 p.m. on June 25.
Village officials indicated they felt they
had little choice but to issue Collin a permit
or face possible contempt of court citations
in federal court. However, they emphasized
that legal moves to try to block the march
will continue.
Goldstein told the village board Tuesday
night that he expects 50,000 persons to take
part in the counter-demonstration. Thirtyeight major Jewish organizations from the
Chicago area plan to take part, he said.
Leaders of the counter-demonstration said

they plan to first hold a rally at either Niles
East or Niles West High School, both in

Skokie, and then march to the village hall.
PLANS CALL for about 100 leaders of the
counter-demonstration to stand just across
the street from the Nazi demonstrators. The
100 leaders will be separated from the Nazis
by a line of police officers.

Collin earlier said that the planned Skokie
march will give members of the National
Socialist Party of America an opportunity to
declare themselves “either heroes or cowards.”
Collin said that he is mailing a directive to
party leaders across the nation ordering
them to participate in the Skokie demonstration, donate $100 to help replenish the party
treasury or resign.
Skokie is appealing to the U.S. Supreme
Court last week’s ruling by the U.S. Court of
Appeals in Chicago declaring unconstitutional three ordinances that barred the Nazi
march.
In other action, the village board deferred
consideration until next Monday of a controversial condominium-control measure that
would permit tenants of a building to block
condominium conversion.
Trustees were given copies of a report
from a Chicago Bar Assn. committee that
was critical of some provisions of the proposed ordinance.

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                <text>&lt;p&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visit &lt;a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline"&gt;Skokie Public Library's online exhibit&lt;/a&gt; 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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For further information, you can find more resources in the library. If you have questions or comments send us an &lt;a title="email Skokie Public Library" href="mailto:tellus@skokielibrary.info"&gt;email &lt;/a&gt;or call us at 847-673-3733.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>The National Socialist Party of America (Nazis) has been issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie on June 25, 1978. In addition, a Jewish umbrella group has been issued a permit for the same day to demonstrate against the Nazis.</text>
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