 May 14, 1938, East Orange, New Jersey: While refusing to discontinue  showing the reissued "The Birth of a Nation," as requested by the  East Oraange City Council, the Ormont Theater deleted sections of  the film termed "objectionable" in a petition signed by 608 people.  A.J.Rettig, manager, hit back at the petitioners, saying agitation  had been started to "cause unnecessary harassing of an orderly and  peaceful business."