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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...short," summarized President Conant at the end of his sermon, "an effective citizen of this nation must today be a critical yet vigorous proponent of democracy. Indeed, one might say that to the degree that he is a living embodiment of the ideals of our free society, he is through his daily life making a significant contribution to the momentous history of our times. To the extent that he believes in democracy, he can certainly make it better, and in so doing assist in bringing peace and stability to an uncertain world...
...last July, most of the city's radio stations decided to defy Rule 904; they broadcast his confession. Convicted of contempt of court, three stations and a commentator were fined from $100 to $500 (TIME, Feb. 7). They appealed the decision, contending that it was a threat to free speech and a free press. Last week, at Annapolis, the Maryland Court of Appeals agreed; it threw out Baltimore's gag rule as "illogical." Declared the court: "We are well aware of the high motives [involved] in attempting to keep the stream of justice undefiled by sensationalism . . . [But] trials...
...therefore sinners. If their sins are sometimes startling, it is because they are men of imagination, artists. But all spring from our culture and even our religion . . . When some think themselves communist, it is as artists are communist, out of love for the poor. We must free them to work for us, give them the right to paint on our walls, and they will tell our great story as it has not been told in 500 years." To those who would draw the line at the abstractionists he says: "Abstract art has as much a place in church...
Later Dr. Crook discovered that the Services which had rejected his invention were having it manufactured free of royalty. He tried to sue the Government, but he did not get the necessary permission until 1943. When the suit reached the U.S. Court of Claims, the little professor won a unanimous decision...
...usual, Preston Tucker had an explanation for the grand jury's action; it was "the biggest rape of free enterprise ever perpetrated on this country." Soon, however, a jury would have a chance to decide who had been raped...