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...flag bill, allowing educational and charitable organizations to carry red flags in public assemblies, which was introduced in the House of the state legislature on March 31, has been brought up for a vote. Instead of retaining and passing the bill in its original form, the House unexpectedly moved to substitute for this bill another one repealing the red flag law itself. Mr. Kennard of Somerville favored the motion and the amendment prevailed. The repeal bill was then passed to be engrossed...
...flag bill advocated in the report of the committee on legal affairs at the State House last week went through the first stage of enactment into law successfully when it was passed to be engrossed or drawn up in final form preparatory to enacting, by the House Wednesday afternoon. This bill provides for the amendment of the present act. Section 2 is to be stricken out and a clause substituted which differentiates between red flags which may be carried and red flags which may not. The so called Allen Bill was defeated by a voice vote, and the bill...
...flag, banner, ensign, or sign, in opposition to organized government, and no flag ,banner, or sign having upon it any inscription which is opposed to organized government, or which is sacreligious, or which may be derogatory to public morals, shall be carried in parade within this Commonwealth...
...report, with its suggested change must now be acted upon by the House and Senate, and if passed will allow the carrying of the flag...
...fight was started last fall, when a bill was proposed by Senator Bean, of Cambridge, to modify the law prohibiting the carrying of any red flag. At about the same time two other bills were introduced, with the purpose of repealing the act completely. The committee is composed of 15 men of whom there were four dissenters who favored Senator Bean's bill, which is a little more liberal than that advocated by the committee's report. When the matter comes to a vote strong opposition is expected from the Socialist party...