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16 mei 1918
Be it enacted, That
section three of the Act . . . approved June I5, 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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