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A portion of the
amendment to Section 3 of the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917.
SECTION 3. Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully
make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere
with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports,
or false statements, . . . or incite insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of
duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct .
. . the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, or . . . shall willfully
utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language
about the form of government of the United States, or the Constitution of the United
States, or the military or naval forces of the United States . . . or shall willfully
display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully . . . urge, incite, or advocate
any curtailment of production . . . or advocate, teach, defend, or suggest the doing of
any of the acts or things in this section enumerated and whoever shall by word or act
support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at war or by
word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or
both.... |
