Word: censorships
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Imperial Japanese Government, having ascertained that news mentions of King Edward and Mrs. Simpson have been snipped out of periodicals before they could be sold on newsstands in Great Britain, recently put a firm query to the Foreign Office: Could this form of British censorship be enlarged to include the sacred person of the Emperor of Japan...
...official Japanese news censorship, one of the tightest in the world on political items, last month loosened up to pass this most candid-story-of-the-year in Tokyo's great newsorgan Nichi Nichi...
...doctrines of Communism? Have you ever been in Russia? Do you approve of the writings of Charles A. Beard?" Stormed wiry, liberal U. S. Commissioner of Education John Ward Studebaker: "The implications of the situation in the District of Columbia are of great significance. . . . We can tolerate no dictatorial censorship of thinking and learning." Promptly the convention thundered through a resolution condemning loyalty oaths, the Blanton Rider, "curbs on freedom of teaching...
...past two months has been recorded in the Press, and I fail to see why it should not be shown in the films." Always glad of a chance to blast any kind of censor ship, London editors found themselves in agreement with Viscount Cecil. "This time the film censorship has really passed all bounds," cried the Daily Herald. "Such dictatorship possesses a quality which can only be described as impertinence." "The cuts are obviously designed to save the Government's face," agreed the Leftist Daily Worker. "Is the Censor's job that of self-appointed protector...
Most important speaker lined up by Dean Frank Lee Martin, Dr. Williams' successor and longtime associate, was President Hugh Baillie of United Press. Addressing Journalism School students and guests, United Pressman Baillie painted a sad picture of Press censorship and repression the world over, perked up sufficiently to declare: "I envy you men and women who are just starting in. You've got a lot of fun ahead...