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<tr oe & Bulletin #1700 ~~ : May 30 The ACLU is conducting an intensive study of the problem, preparatory to taking’ . 8ppropriate legal action to test the constitutionality of the Post Officets power to}. ‘ban material from abroad. ; _ SP ee * COUNTY OFFICIALS REBUKE GEORGIA NEWSPAPER FOR PHINTING OPINION - An outspoken Southern newspaper has been punithed by three county newspaper: for expressing its support of a civic measure which the officials opposed, “ The Gainsville, Georgia, Daily Times, through its editor, Sylvan Meyer, took stand in February supporting a bill pending in the Georgia General Assembly which’ would convert the "fee" system of paying courthouse officers to a "salary" basis, : Under the fee system, the county clerk, sheriff and ordinary are paid on a piece =, work basis for the number of arrests and other law enforcement activities they carry*. on. Opponents of the system assert that it concentrates county law enforcement on’ those crimes that yield the biggest return and tends to ignore crime prevention and? investigation where no revenue will be produced, They advocate a straight salary‘ for these officials, . . : mo mae * When the Times came out for the straight salary bill, Hall County Sheriff C.W.='. “lilson and County Clerk WeDe Duncan voted to deny the Times its regular designation’: as official legal organ for the county ~ the official printer of legal advertisements: ~ and the revenue which goes with the designation, Ordinary Frank Wood did not Zo along with the action of his two colleagues, ae rs In attacking this’ éxercise of economic_pressure, the Times said »-"Thus ,-offic * jobs. It is believed that the decision will carry considerable weight in other‘ Judiciary subcommittee studying juvenile delinquency, | dom attempts, even on a level as local as our own Courthouse, to challenge the opinia of the press and to deny that the people have the right to hear ideas contrary to...) 5° that of men in office,- - . ; ; _ wet “"If these officeholders expect their punishment to force a change in the edito ial policies of the Times, they have made an error, ‘Je had honestly hoped they wot be tolerant enough to recognize that in a democracy honest differences of opinion | are not only the custom, but are permitted freedom by the Bill of Rights," Since the controversy started, the General Assembly has passed the salary syste bill and it will face a local referendum in November, The Daily Times has pointed.; out that the bill provides for incumbent officials to finish their present terms. under the lucrative fee system. ; ; : The Times has also stated that it will go on printing legal notices as a fre service to the community, :. a co so CIVIL LIBERTIES BRIEFS isis alt A Missouri state legislative committee rejected by a 20 to 5 vote an effort to : bar nudism and nudist publications in the state...In its annual report, the New York, State Committee Against Discrimination describes the law which it administers as an}! accomplished social fixture in New York State," On the law's tenth anniversary;:: it said, the impact of the law can be observed through the state and seen in "the general improvement in the status of the individual in the communitys"...One of the nation's largest chemical firms, the Monsanto Chemical Corporation, has been found, guilty by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination of discriminating: against its Negro employees, in by~passing them in making promotions to supervi states faced with similar cases » ultimately openi the way for more.-p romot ion, o: we. Qualified Negroes,..Damages amounting to $25,000.06 have. been levied against Congress-, man James G. Donovan and three others in a libel suit growing out of a primary cam= “ell paign in New York's Yorkville section in 1951 Frank J. ‘Stella and Anne K, Toomey 5° 7 # Democratic party leaders, charged that defendant's newspaper had pictured them as. Communists or Communist sympathizers during the campaign. Donovan represents the: district formerly held by the late Vito Mareantonioe,. 8 2 Us SN wa ES NOTE TO EDITORS: Encloged in this week's issue of FEATUTE PIESS SEMVICE ie’. ° the ACLU's new pamphlet on censorship of comic books. The statement 3 which was, —& Summarized in the May 23 issue of the SERVICE, has been filed with the Senate -