Word: censorships
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...then he told of the problems he faced today. "My story begins in October of 1951," he said. Shortly after he had met with the "undercover boycott"--threatened censorship of "Streetcar Named Desire" by the Catholic League of Decency, he was called before the McCarran Committee to testify on his Communist activities...
...This just isn't true." Kazan declared yesterday. The secrecy of the Communist Party can be answered only by a forthright statement of fact, he said. Because unofficial, unorganized groups bring irresponsible charges, and because confusion over the ambiguity of one's position leads to self-censorship, a clear, open statement is needed, he said...
...American Newspaper Publishers Association, which denounced "creeping censorship" at its convention just ended (TIME, May 5), got rapped across the knuckles for the same offense. Noting that A.N.P.A. had barred reporters from its meetings on "suppression of the news," newspapering's trade magazine Editor & Publisher last week observed: "Has it ever occurred to you . . . how absurd you must appear? . . . You should practice what you preach...
Justices Black, Douglas, Jackson and Reed dissented. The law, wrote Black, opens the door to censorship of newspapers, movies, radio, etc. "Sugar coating" the law, he said, by calling it a "group libel law . . . does not make the censorship less deadly." The minority was joined by a chorus of newspaper editorials. Said the Washington Post: "The court's decision . . . raises a disturbing question as to where such censorship will end." Added the Chicago Tribune, which rarely sees eye to eye with the Post: "The Illinois statute . . . could be interpreted to outlaw books and plays about Okies. To call something...
...problem of creeping censorship has reached such a stage that U.S. editors at their own convention last fortnight stated: "The biggest uncovered story of the time might simply be the story of how much information the people [are] being denied-the uncharted map of that enormous area of Government activity behind the red-tape curtain...