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The Evening Herald
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
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Providence police commission bars Victor Berger from public speaking after American Legion protest, citing risks to institutions and public peace.
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Jan. 2.—Victor Berger, who postponed an engagement to speak here Saturday night with the understanding that he would speak in the city at a later date, will not be allowed to make a public address here, according to a decision announced by Walter A. Presbrey, chairman of the police commission.
After conference with Mayor Gainer and the city solicitor on a protest filed by Providence post of the American Legion, the commission issued a statement reviewing Berger's record, and asserting that "to allow him to make an address in public here would permit him to further assail American institutions, besides endangering the public peace."
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Providence, R. I.
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Jan. 2.
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will not be allowed to make a public address here
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Victor Berger, who postponed an engagement to speak here Saturday night with the understanding that he would speak in the city at a later date, will not be allowed to make a public address here, according to a decision announced by Walter A. Presbrey, chairman of the police commission. After conference with Mayor Gainer and the city solicitor on a protest filed by Providence post of the American Legion, the commission issued a statement reviewing Berger's record, and asserting that to allow him to make an address in public here would permit him to further assail American institutions, besides endangering the public peace.