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Could Be Enforced

"Although it has never been
enforced in recent years the
fact remains that it could be
enforced. We are afraid of its
being used or abused by
someone, "he said.

Mr. Mannix said the police
department did not follow the
rules of the ordinance

"During the 1970 strike
certain members of the strike
committee approached the
police department asking for
permission to distribute
literature. The police
department replied that 'we
don't give out permission'," he
said.

"The fact that it hasn't
been enforced is all the more
reason that a should be taken
off the books he added

In a letter to May Fran
Fife. Mr. Mannix said. "We
believe it is not appropriate for
the City of Charlottesville to
have an unconstitutional
ordinance on its books He
said that as far back as
the Supreme Court found a
strikingly similar provision to
be invalid on its ae