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Show Government Defines Proper Use of Flax in Commerce " ' WASHINGTON. . The American flag can't be displayed promiscuously promiscu-ously without violating the law even though it represents the "land of the free." To explain and clarify legal le-gal restrictions in connection with the use of the flag for advertising or other commercial purposes, the department de-partment of commerce has published a new handbook entitled, "The Flag of the United States Its Use in Commerce." Numerous instances have been re ported to the department of commerce com-merce of the questionable employment em-ployment of the national emblem for commercial purposes. In most cases the violation of the law was done unwittingly. While there is no federal legislation legisla-tion covering the use of the flag, every state in the Union has passed laws prohibiting its use for advertising adver-tising purposes. Similar laws appear ap-pear on the statute books of Alaska, Puerto Rico and Samoa. |