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I noted in the Saturday, November 1st issue of the Harvard CRIMSON, that according to the Boston Film Society, the movie, "Birth of a Nation," was not shown here at Harvard on Friday, October 31st, as scheduled, because of forcible "banning" due to pressure from "a Negro association," presumably the...
Although asked by the University to cancel its showing of "Birth of a Nation" only because it would be "unfair competition with student groups," the Boston Film Society told its patrons last night that pressure from a Negro association had forced "banning" of the film.
This is why "McCarthyism" is important; it represents a brand of political gangsterism that directly threatens these freedoms. McCarthy's use of non-judicial suspicion and fear for political purposes infringes freedom of expression and association, his shifting barrages of inferences and charges have helped to create a national climate...
When John Fox fired one of his red-baiting broadsides at the Boston Public Library, he raised the question of censorship. The Library's Board of Trustees thought it had an answer to Mr. Fox in its "no book-banning, no book-burning" resolution, but unfortunately, it has merely sidestepped...
A decision--unhampered by restrictive clauses--in favor of "no book-banning" would prevent this. It would make Communist literature accessible to anyone who requests it. Nevertheless, Mr. Friedman stoutly maintains, "We don't propose to be a source of supply for Communist propaganda." Perhaps he should be reminded that...