THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 12328, H.R. 12605, H.R. 12721 and
H.R. 12557

RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF RIOTS AND INCITEMENT
TO RIOT IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

OCTOBER 4, 1967

Printed for the use of the Committee on the District of Columbia

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1967

CONTENTS

H.R. 12328 (McMillan), a bill to prohibit riots and incitement to riot in the

District of Columbia...

H.R. 12605 (Nelsen), identical bill.

H.R. 12721 (Scott), identical bill.

H.R. 12557 (Bevill), similar bill.

H.R. 421 (Cramer), Federal anti-riot bill.

Staff Memorandum...

State and Federal Laws on Riot, Appendix..

STATEMENTS

Bevill, Hon. Tom, a Representative in Congress from the State of Alabama.

Broyhill, Hon. Joel T., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Virginia...

Department of Justice, Hon. Fred M. Vinson, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney

General, Criminal Division..

District of Columbia Government:

Kneipp, Robert F., Assistant Corporation Counsel.

Layton, Chief John B., Metropolitan Police Department..

Scott, Hon. William L., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Virginia....

United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Hon. David G. Bress.

MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

Attorney General of the United States, Hon. Ramsey Clark, and Hon.
Walter N. Tobriner, President, D.C. Board of Commissioners, joint letter
dated August 5, 1967, to the Speaker of the House, transmitting draft of
proposed anti-riot legislation for the District of Columbia..

National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Prof. Robert

Greenblatt, National Coordinator:

Letter dated October 2, 1967, to Chairman McMillan.

Letter dated October 4, 1967, to Chairman Whitener.

APPENDIX

"State and Federal Laws on Riot," the Library of Congress Legislative

Reference Service...