Why Lennon and Ono weren't deported for anti-war activities
International
ani-Staff
By Super Admin
New
York,
(ANI):
John
Lennon
and
his
wife
Yoko
Ono
managed
to
escape
deportation
by
the
Nixon
White
House
for
their
anti-war
activities,
thanks
to
some
high-powered
New
Yorkers.
Previously
unseen
letters
penned
by
then-Mayor
John
Lindsay,
Dick
Clark,
Rep.
Bella
Abzug
and
Joan
Baez
explain
the
circumstances.
"It
is
possible
for
one
to
disagree
with
their
personal
and
public
way
of
life.
Their
cultural
contributions
cannot
be
ignored," the
New
York
Post
quoted
Clark
as
saying
in
one
of
the
letters.
Lindsay
dubbed
efforts
to
boot
the
couple
"unusual
and
harsh"
and
"an
attempt
to
silence
constitutionally
protected
First
Amendment
rights
of
free
speech."
The
letters
will
go
on
display
an
exhibition,
entitled
'John
Lennon:
The
New
York
City
Years' at
the
Rock
and
Roll
Hall
of
Fame
Annex
later
this
month.
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