Be it enacted, That section three of the Act...approved June 15,
1917, be...amended so as to read as follows:
SEC. 3. Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall wilfully 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
wilfully make or convey false reports, or false statements, or say or do
anything except by way of bona fide and not disloyal advice to an
investor...with intent to obstruct the sale by the United States of
bonds...or the making of loans by or to the United States, or
whoever, when the United States is at war, shall wilfully cause...or
incite...insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty. in
the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall wilfully
obstruct...the recruiting or enlistment service of the United
States, and whoever, when the United States is at war, shall wilfully
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 the flag...or the uniform of the Army or
Navy of the United States, or any language intended to bring the form of
government...or the Constitution...or the military or naval
forces...or the flag...of the United States into contempt,
scorn, contumely, or disrepute...or shall wilfully display the flag
of any foreign enemy, or shall wilfully...urge, incite, or advocate
any curtailment of production in this country of any thing or things...
necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war...and whoever
shall wilfully 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 coun try 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...
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