DEADLINE ON STATUE

The Community for Creative Non-Violence has been given until midnight tonight to comply with a federal regulation that requires the group to move a large statue depicting a homeless family from the U.S. Capitol grounds once a day or remove it permanently, according to Mitch Snyder, the group's leader.

Yesterday, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia refused to grant an order that would have permitted the statue to remain while CCNV members seek to overturn the federal regulation. The statue is the centerpiece of the group's vigil on the Capitol grounds.

Snyder said the group is seeking congressional intervention to prevent the statue's removal, which he contends would violate the group's First Amendment right to demonstrate.

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