10 Friday, September 9, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Defense of Nazis Costing ACLU in Terms of Membership CHICAGO — Because of their defense of • a Nazi group, the American Civil Liberties Union reports it has lost more than 2,000 members. According to Douglas E. Kneeland in the New York Times, ACLU leaders said that every new appeal to a higher court on behalf of the National Socialist Party of America's intention to march throughout the pre- dominantly Jewish suburb of Skokie appears to lead to another surge of resigna- tions. PHOTOS While standing firm in In Living Color their determination to de- fend what they believe is WHILE YOU WAIT the Nazis' right to free READY IN MINUTES speech, ACLU officials No Appointment Needed All ti have expressed the fear Types of identification photos. Block and White or Color that the resignations would necessitate sharp cutbacks BLOW UPS on the staff and curtailment UP TO APPROX. 18"x24" of activities. Black 8 White-or color (PASSPOR • Photo ID Cards • All Types of Photo Reproduction Work • Laminating • Instant Color Portraits Aryeh Neier, executive di- rector of the ACLU, said the last time the legal de- fense group had lost such a high proportion of members was in 1960 when it defend- ed George Lincoln Rock- well, the late American A t These S.S. Kresge Stores Only Northland Center 569-1502 VE 7-2431 Oakland Mall 585-6200 FIRST TIME BEING OFFERED Charters to Israel (from New York) from $469 00 per person (for one week stay) WEEKLY DEPARTURES For Details, Call: REUVEN-559-2770 RD. GOLDSTEIN 17520 W. 12 MILE T RAVEL SOUTHFIELD (ONE BLOCK EAST OF SOUTHFIELD RD.) Nazi Party leader, to hold a rally in New York City. Neier said his organiza- tion has received more than 4,000 letters protesting the Illinois chapter's representa- tion of Frank Collin and his Nazi group. David M. Hamlin, Illinois ACLU executive director, and David Goldberger, legal director and the princi- pal attorney in the Nazi case, Raid they have found themselves personal as well as institutional targets of abuse because of their group's involvement in the Nazi defense. Goldberger, a Jew, says that as a result of his in- volvement in the case,. friends and family mem- bers have turned on him, and some people have stopped speaking to him. Admitting the Nazis "are not basically decent human beings," Goldberger is de- termined to defend the Nazi group. "They have rights," he said. "They have the First Amendment! I. take great pride in defending this issue. I am not going to be deterred from defending a client's right to speak just because I disagree with his speech." Hamilin and Goldberger report however, that there is no pressure from within the ACLU itself to back off the case because of bad pub- licity. 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