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• SHEPHERD & CAMPBELL U. S. AND FOREIGN PATENTS TRADE MARKS PENNSYLVANIA BU I LDING PENNSYLVANIA AVE. AT 13TH ST .. N . W. FRAN K G. CAMPBE LL DAVID L. SANSBURY WASHINGTON September 13, 1966 Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Dear Sir: I am writing to suggest what I be lieve would be a practical way _of putting a stop to the incitiilb.g of violence of norm a lly we n behave d colored people by the Brack Power gagg. They were able, I understand to create the riot by outright deception in tha t they stated the suspected auto thief was shot while handcuffed , when the truth was he had ne ver been handcuffed and was trying to get aw ay from the policem an when he was shot. At [e ast, that is what I re ad in the Washington papers. I, therefore, propose that you secure the enactment of leg is lation (by speci al session of your legislature, if it is not now in session) in the nature of the f oUowing: An Act It shall be unlawfu l for any person, or association of persons to create or publish or otherwise disseminate within the State of Georgia any false statement which wou ld tend to create disorder, or to incite riots, or inflame persons against persons, or to incite people of one race against the people of another race, or to incite persons of one religion against persons of another religion. Any person violating the provisions of the foregoing act, shau, upon conviction there of, be fined not less than two thousand dollars or imprisoned for .not less than two nor more than five years, or both. Nothing in the foregoing shau be construed to restrict the freedom of the press in publishing statements that are true nor shaII anything in the foregoing be construed to prohibit the publishers of established newspapers from publishing statements which they have adequa te reason to be Iieve are true, it being the intent of the Legislature to prohibit the promulgation of false information calculated to disturb the public peace. �