The "Vital" Paragraphs 3 and 4 (November 1933) (original) (raw)


The Militant, 25 November 1933

From The Militant, Vol. VI No. 53, 25 November 1933, p. 1.
Transcribed & marked up by Einde O’Callaghan for ETOL.

... 3. Not to permit the formation or residence on its territory of any organization or group, or of representatives or officials of any organization or group – which makes claim to be the government of, or makes attempt upon the territorial integrity of, the United States, its territories, or possessions; not to form, subsidize, support or permit on its territory military organizations or groups having the aim of armed struggle against the United States, its territories or possessions, and to prevent any recruiting on behalf of such organizations and groups.

4. Not to permit the formation or residence on its territory of any organization or group – and to prevent the activity on its territory of any organization or group, or of representatives or officials of any organization or group, which has as an aim the overthrow of, or bringing about by force of a change in, the political or social order of the whole or any part of the United States, its territories or possessions.

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