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ORDINANCE DiO. 546
Aid ORDIn?ANCE OF'~ `T'AE CI'I"! OF LYl~ttid00D RE~'UIR-
I~1G REGISTR.STIOPI Or MEMBERS OF CERTAIN. OR-
GANIZATIONS, AI?D PRO`TII7ING- r'OR THE USE OF'
P~EGISTRA'1'IOI4 Si'_~.`l'EI+lEN'I'S, AbTD LIF'iITIIQG `~OME
ACTI~rI'1'IES OF REGIS'!'P-TITS.
Z'he City Couneil of the City of Lynwood does ordain
as follows:
Sect 1: Definitions.
Within the meaning of this ordinance
a, "Explosives" means gun poti,;der, blasting potader, dyna-
mite, and every other explosive substance having a power greater than
or equal to ordinary black powder.
b, "Weapons" mea.rs revolver, pistol, dagger, dirk, slug,
high=powered air rifle, or billy.
c, "Alias" meads any name other than the true name of a
person w*hich such. person uses or has used or which he or she is knotm
by or had been knoern by.
d. "Membership" means any person who is recognized by an
organization as such or who is formally associated or affiliated t~rith
any organization or who accepts the policies or programs of any
organization and ~c~rho is active in its behalf.
Sec t_ ion ?: The City Council finds that:
a, There exist in the City of Lync~rood. active organizations
tahich are orgaizized to reach ends and use methods t~rhich are incompat-
ible crith our present constitutional system of government in the
United States, the State of California, and the City of Lynwood.
b, The goal of these active organizations is to seize
powers of government by and for a r,~inority rather than to acquire
power through the vote of a free electorate. They seek not merely
a charge of administration or reform legislation within the constitu-
tional framework. ~1'heir program only begins with the seizure of
government ~Jr'nich then becomes a means to impose upon society an
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le fundamentally opposed to thole presupposed
organization or princip
Their purpose is to forcibly
by the Constitution of the United Statstructure after the Muscovite
recast our whole social and political anizations reject the
model of police-state dictatorship. These org~
entire religious and cultural heritage of Western civilizat~an as well
as American economic and political systems. Their program is a
belated counter-revolution to the American Revolution designed to
undo the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill
of Rights, and overturn our system of free representative self-govern-
meat.
c, These organizations are dominated and controlled Y a
foreign government. To the threat of civil disorder they add the
threat of betrayal into alien hands. These organizations are not
native to this country, and their beginnings here are not an effort
of Americans to answer American problems.
c, Violent and forceful means are the calculated and The
dispensible methods to attain the goal of these organizations.
international police state has crept over,Eastern Europe by deception
coercion, coup d'etat, terrorism, and_ assassination. D;ot only has
this international police state overpowered its critics and opponents
it has actually liquidated them. 't'hese organizations in the United
StaY,es which are active in the City of Lynwood have copied the org2.n-
izational structure and their leaders have been schooled in the
same techniques and from the same tutors vahich established the
international police state in Eurlope. These organizations in the
United States which are active in the City of Lynwood have imported
international police-state disciplines ar_d techniques nottirithstanding
the fact that this country offers them a way to peaceful revolution
by the ballot; but instead of resting their case upon persuasion and
any appeal inherent in their ideas and principles, these organizations
adopt the techniques of a secret cabal, false names, forged passports,
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To these techniques they add
code messages, a.nd clandestine meetings- such as, picketing
occasional terroristic and threatening methods,
courts and Juries, political stri'_zes, sabotage, and destruction of
real and personal Property. the City of
e, That there exisrs within the perimeter of
er o~ use of force
Lynerood a substantial and serious specific Bang
ainst the present constitutional
or violence by these organizations ag of California,
form of governments of the City of Lynwood, the State
2t is further found that within the Perimeter
and the United States.
of the City of Lynwood the continued activities of the mecaners o
bring about the substantial and
these organizations will immediately these
serious specific evil of the use of force oovernments of the City
organizations against the present form of g
of Lynwood, the State of California and .the United States. There
er which is very great and imrsinent that
is a clear and Present Bang
the techniques, strategy, and methods -recently employed so success-
fully in other countries, including acts of. sabotage, coup d'etat,
armed insurrection, assassination, terrorism, interruption of utility
services, and organized insubordination of governmental employees,
will be employed by members of these organizations in the City or"
Lynt~rood.
f. Because of the presence in the City of manufacturing
plants devoted to the production of material and supplies for use of
the United States armed forces, the presence in the City of manufac-
turing plants devoted to the production of materials and supplies
necessary for the civilian defense of the citizens of the United
States, and its importance as a center of communication and tY'2.riS-
portation, all possible measures under the laer must be immediately
taken to safeguard and prevent within the City any use of violence
or forceful means for .impairing tY~e legal authority of the consti-
tutional government or interfering frith the military and civil
defense of the state, nation or city.
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g, The City Council further specifically finds that
(1) registration of members of these organizations who
reside in, are employed in, nave their business in, or enter the
City; Dons
(2) the prevention of their possession of concealed Vreai ,
explosives whether concealed or unconcealed; ntiood disaster relief
(~) denial of employment in the Ly
defense organization or agency i.n said
authority or aany other civilian
City are reasonable measures by vrhich to accomplish these ends.
Section Any person who resides in, does business in,
rola.ce of business in, or who regularly
is employed in, has a regular ,
enters or travels through any part of the incorporated territory
of t'r~e City of. Lync^rood must register tiJith the Lynwood Chief °f ra hs
if he or she is a member~~of any organization described in parag P
(a) or (b) immediately belo~r:
a, An organization that on or after the effective date of
this ordinance advocates as a present objective by speech, writing,
or action the overthrotr or destruction by force or violence of the
present constitutional form of government of the City of Lynwood,
State of California, or United States.
b, !~n organization that on or after the effective date of
this ordinance advocates as a present objective by speech, variting,
or action the destruction, injury> illegal interference, or tampering
with real or personal property in the City of Lynwood as a means of
accomulishing a hindrance, delay, interference, or obstruction of the
production or manufacture of material or supplies for the United
States military forces or for the Civilian Defense of citizens of
the United States. ester under this
Sect~~'~ ~nY Person required to re g'
ordinance shall oaithin ten days after the effective date of this
ordinance acknowledge under oath and file with the Police Department
of the City of Lynwood a registration statemeizt containing the follow-
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ing information:
a; Name and any alias or aliases of registrant.
b; Address of registrant's place of residence.
e. N~1e and address of registrant's employer, if any, and
the address and_ name under which registrant is conducting any busi-
ness, if any. Section 3 of
d, The name of all organizations defined in
which he is a member. aired to register by tyre provisions
Any person who is not req
of Section 3 and tano after the effective date of this ordinance is
or becomes a member of any communist organization and Dino commences
or continues to reside in, to be emp7-oYed in, to conduct any business
enter or travel through any part of the incorporated
in, or to regularly
shall within two days thereafter
territory of the City of Lynwood,
acknowledge under oath and file i~rith the Police Department of the City
a like registration statement. jstered pur-
Within tt•.*o days after any person who has reg_
suant to this ordinance changes his place of residence or his employ-
ment or his place of~ business or commences to use or become known by a
name other than a Warne which he has registered or becomes a member
of an organization defined in Section 3, the name of which is not
stated in his registration statement, he shall acknowledge under oath
and-file a new registration statement in the same form as provided for
original registration statements.
Section The Chief of Police shall keep and file all
registration statements under this Ordinance at the Police Department
arranged alphabetically according to the surname of the registrant.
He shall also compile and maintain from such registration statements
an accurate alphabetically arranged file or list of all aliases listed
thereon, together ti~rith appropriate references indicating the registra-
tion statement upon which each of such aliases is listed; and an accurate
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list of all communist organizations and
alphabetically arranged file or
listed thereon. 1~Ieither the registration state-
their addresses, if any, anizations
ments, nor said files or lists of aliases and communshallrbe exclusively
shall be available for public examination, but they ,
for the confidential use of City officials charged with the d_utY of
ons, issuing pern'-its to buy,- sell
issuing permits to carry concealed weap
ointments to officer or positions
or possess explosives, or making app other civilian defense
in the Lynwood disaster relief authority or any
organization or agency in said city.
Sects 6' Any person required by this ordinance to regis-
fails or refuses to so register or any person Who after
Who
ter/tailf ully uilty
registering wilfully violates any provision of this ordinance is g
00.00 or six months' imprison-
of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of X65
ment in the Lynwood City Jail or the Los Angeles County Jail, or 'ooth
fine and imprisonment. Each day of failure or refusal of such person to
register shall constitute a separate offense.
Section Any person who trilfully makes any false or
r,isleading statement in, any registration scaeemesic or aifiaaviv Pj'c-
victed_ ror in t,iiiu ai°aiiiance shall be guilty of a misaemcauor putiic'xs-
aui.e ~Y a r'~.nC oz' give HuLia='e~ Dollars 0500.00) or six months' im-
prisonment in the Lynoaood City Jail or the Los Angeles County Jail or
both fine and imprisonment.
Sect__ i__o??.8~ AnY person rho registers under this ordinance
shall not be entitled:
a, To otanership, possession or control of concealed
tiseapons or explosives whether concealed. or unconcealed unless he has a
special permit from the Chief of Police rrYiich may not be issued unless:
b, To be appointed to any office or position in the City's
civilian defense organization or any other civilian defense organ5_za-
tion or agency in said city unless; such a person subsequent to -regis-
tration shall file an affidavit faith the Lyncaood Police Chief that he
is no longer a member of any of the organizations rrahieh merabersh9.p he
had previously indicated in his registration and that he does not present
advocate by speech, t~?riting, or action the overthrow or destruction by
force or vio7_ence of the present constitutional form of government of tht
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State of California or of the City of Lynvrood
United States or of the
advocate by speech, writing, or action
resently ~.~ith real
and that he does not p
~1 interference or tampering
in~urY> ilieg~ accomplishing.
the destruction, of Lynt,;ood. as a means of
or personal property in the City
or obstruction of the production or
a hindrance, delay, interference,
s for the United States military
manufacturing of material or supplie
of citizens of the United States.
forces or for the civilian defense
a• If any provision of this ordinance or the
Sect!'
ircumstances is held invalid, t e
erson or c rovision to other
application thereof to any p lication of such n~
remainder of the ordinance and the app
;rcumstances shall not be affected thereby
the immediate preserva-
persons or c-
Sect_ i_ o~~' This ordinance is for
tion of the pv:olic peace, health, and safety and shall take effect
immediat'ly upon adoption. The facts constituting such necessity are
outlined in Sectior. 2 of this ordinance.
Therefore t12is urgency ordinance shall take effect immediate-
ly upon adoption.
Sect_ i_ o_ n 11' This ordinance sha7-1 take effect immediate y
upon adoption. r steal]. certify to
Section 12: `fhe City Cler'_~ o, said City
the passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be published ante
in the Lynwood- Press, a tteekly neti~rapaper of general circulation, published
and circulated in said City of Lynwood
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held on the 5th day of September, 1950, and finally adopted
and ordered published at a regular meeting of Said Council held Ott ~~28
iq.?,day of y~ tAm r , 195C, by the following vote:
AYES' Councilmen --P~.,,,~,r_~_-~~` ~i Pr an~~~°n
Stroh !Villard
PdOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: C~tncilmen None
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CI`PY CLERK, ~.~ YNWOCD
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STATE OF CALZFOR ~~~ES~ ss.
COUN`1'Y OF LOS AN the City
CITY OF LYNWOOD Weds City Clerk of
the undersig the Council of said
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Officio clerk Oz d
and ex° true an
of LYnwOOd, the above is a
CitY~ dO hereby Certify that
~ adopted by the
copy of Ordinan°e N°°
that same Was
correct of Lynwrood and
City Council of the City stated.
and by the Vote therein
lg~.
passed on the date e tPmbP
Dated this 1Rth ds'y of
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