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Freedom of speech--freedom to oppose ideas and policies which have the support of popular majorities or of government officials and to express one's disagreement in emphatic terms--provided one does not advocate disobedience to law--is the heritage of every American citizen. It is an essential element of that democratic faith which we are now bending all our energies to defend. Freedom of speech and of opinion within university communities is peculiarly necessary to the survival of our national liberties and of our civilization. It is the special function of universities to provide a place in which...
...question at issue is one of national policy in an emergency in no way affects this principle. Students, like the rest of us, have no right to disobey the laws or to advocate disobedience to law. They have the same right as the rest of us have to express vigorous disapproval of anything which government has done or proposes...
Bellowed Boss Hague: "The question is -must the county of Hudson be crucified, humiliated and destroyed because you as citizens express yourself in behalf of its officials and their beliefs...
Although its opening meeting tonight will express a solid, non-intervention front, it is becoming increasingly evident that the Student Union is by no means committed to following this policy throughout the year...
Secretary and treasurer of the organization is Leo Rost'42, son of a noted Louisville distiller. Rost refused to reveal the size of the organization yesterday but he did express a hope that the Club might increase 50% in size during the next week...