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0-19 (Rev. 1-20-61} Croreme Coury “Supreme Cours narrowly split ae ou Movie censorship strikes teed by the Conatitution. . - ome, ~~ ee ‘It limits the traditional guaranties ot the First Amendment, the key provision cof the Bill of Rights: ce hs Ufa evens shall make no law remnart- LAPT Bt CO CMRI sisgaeem BE sce tr 5 Carpe “ing. an establishment of religion ar pro- . “hibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people “peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government 1 for a redress of griev- ances.” { ' The decision, voted five to four, af- firms the power of states and cities to Tequire movies to be submitted to a board of censors before they can be shown, — ‘, Ct In question WAS A Chicago ordinanee - aimed: at immorality, obscenity and scenes deemed to incite breaches of the Peace, - ~ -of censorship from time immemorial. —z ab Woo TrebRras BAR OD Hurned the books, placed the schools, “Newspapers, radio, theater and ail other rena yoo bors directly at a fundamental right guaran- 7 ment control, :. | oe Se ae yy McGuire ooh ae i a of ha *. A aarsti Rosen ore ae y af | 3 Trotter This has been the anuounced purpose Tt was the. ali hi whan Hitler's Nezis _ First Amendment.” ~~ Pennetta Tolss an rT. a a W.C. Sullivan —_ Tele. Room volve confiscation of the attending Ingram terial, pl criminal prosecution re Gandy “autho pd oo eR ae 1.8 : ' oe Rid =~ P thing wholly Mr. Evant_oaasam > different. . Tt seta up sflect boards em- powered to judge, in private, what is good for the public Almost inevitably this far beyond such obvious things as ob ‘systematic thought control whenever demagogs in local power -—from Ku Kiuxers. tq religious and potitical fanmt- { ics—may 80 decree. As Ohief Justice Warren said in dig dissenting opinion, this decision “pre- sents the re al danger of eventual censor- _ship for every form of communication.” And, in the words of ‘Justice Douglas, “Whether—as here—city officials or— as in Russia—a political to ‘the newer of government ae Wye Bree ee Ths shaeeneee . Ho Such regime 1s per" Se Le wales pays claim d by the The Washington Post and Times Herald ss The Washington Daily News ec The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journai-American New York Mirror New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader ng The Wall Street Joumal ————_ Date REC. 671 ‘le Am LSS oe po ALD > ¥ OD fo \ NOT | RECORDED Jan 26 196 D2FEBQ- 1 U7 FEB 3 1961