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0-19 (Rev. 7-17-68) € / Is Rejected in f U.S. Flag Case The iction of Yippie lead- er Abb’ offman for descrat- ing tte Aimettcan flag last fall was upheld today by the D.C, Court of Appeals. Hoffman was arrested 3 when he wore ‘a shirt resembling the the flag ta a congressional The court riled. tha that Hott. man’s conduct amounted to *‘de- filing” the flag in violation of a new federal iaw that makes “S sting “fot three-judge Spe or a panel, Ct Chief Judge Andrew M. rejected the contention of Hoffman’s attorney, Gerald B. Lefcourt, that the law is unconstitutional. “Contemptuous Conduct” Cited : “Surely the government has ~- a substantial, genuine and im- . portant interest in protecting wo; the flag from public desecration 'by contemptuous con duct,” ‘Hood wrote in a five-page opin- ‘ion. “We find the statute to be a eo regulation . and does not unnecessarily im- ‘U.S. Court of Appeals ana, if lit’ isn't overturned there, to ithe Supreme Court. Hoffman, 31, was arrested when he appeared to testify on _— his protest activities at the 1968 Democratic — ational Conven- Con Nov. 2 On Nov. the late Judge ; Andrew J. Howard Jr. of the Hae Court of General Sessions found - Hoffman ety and sentenced ° : him 2™ days in jail or a Say Betore’ the D.C. Appeals Court, Lefcourt argued that ra desecrating the American fla : F aE c PerSterent 2 Beg hy . . aS 0 ie Se ROE a EE ha oa ae TU ot cee ee Tolson DeLoach Mohr Bishop Casper Callahan Conrad Felt Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room wen Holmes tt) “ Gandy Job-v NO" 191. The Washington Post Times Herald The Washington Daily News The Evening Star { Washington’ ©: The Sunday Star (Washington) Daily News (New York) Sunday News (New York) New York Poat The New York Times The Sun (Baltimore) The Daily World The New Leader The Wall Street Jounal The National Observer People’s World Examiner (Washington) ve gr }4-43 =e a aa - “5 “4 RY