Word: menckenism
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...Mencken was unable to speak at the Liberal Club last night, but his attorney, Arthur Garfield Hays, counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, appeared in his stead. Mr. Mencken has agreed to be present at luncheon at the Union today...
Luncheon will begin at 1.15 o'clock, but Professor Felix Frankfurter will probably not introduce Mr. Mencken until somewhat later than 1.30 as the writer will be detained in court until a late hour. Admission to the luncheon will be limted, but following it standing room will be held in the Living Room, and the upstars dining room will be closed...
This will the first occasion on which Mencken has spoken since he took his oath not to speak in public. Last night was to have been the first time, but a conference with his publishers detained him. Mr. Hays, speaking for Mr. Mencken, took as his subject "Free Speech in America," and explained the workings of the prejudices which operate to make a farce of the principle of Free Speech in this country...
...course there are many who scruple at the publicity complex so manifest in Mr. Mencken's case. Yet, for once, the gentleman for Baltimore is on the side of sanity and discretion. If Boston is to harbor Tartuffes, it is well to be aware of the fact here, that one may protect oneself against them. And since the Watch and Ward Society is firmly established it is evident that Mr. Mencken is waging justified, protective warfare. Ethics are not the most facilely adjusted elements in any urban administration. Yet an occasional acquaintance with them hurts no one. Ward bosses...
...community to refrain from selling any book or paper on their list of the immoral, unmoral, and anti-Wardian Thus they have been able to act as dictators with no opposition. For they have remained sufficiently indefinite as a legal entity to prevent attack upon them. Mr. Mencken's point, according to his own words, is to bring them out in the open before a court. Thus their right to dictatorship can be once and for all tested. That he is right in this, few can doubt...