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Just below the Indians' stronghold -a brilliantly whitewashed Catholic church high atop a bluff-an Indian drove a bulldozer in and out of sight as he deepened the trenches and thickened the fortifications that would shield the militants against the approaching attack. On the perimeters, patrols spied on Government operations through field glasses. An Indian guard, fingering his .30-30 under the gathering storm clouds, boasted: "They are going to see how tough we are. Anything comes down that road, we blow it apart...
Will there be a federal "shield" statute to protect the confidentiality of newsmen's sources? If so, how strong a measure will be enacted? There was still no firm consensus in Congress last week despite the protracted debate. However, Representative Robert Kastenmeier, chairman of a House Judiciary Sub committee holding hearings on the dispute, made a cautious prediction: "The odds favorour coming out with some kind of recommended legislation." In the House generally, he said, "proshield forces are definitely stronger than anti-shield forces at this time...
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...SHOULD NOT EXPECT the press to doubt its own cause on its own pages. Most reporters are probably convinced of their ability to get the truth out to the public, if only they are allowed to shield their sources. Filled with awareness of their own competence, they are confident that their readers have no need for lonely pamphleteers...
...reporters who are most immediately hurt by the Caldwell decision are the elite. The New York Times can hardly be expected to care what happens to its amateurish competitors on the fringes of American journalism. But if the press's lobby is successful, we may soon find ourselves with shield laws which establish a privileged investigative elite, and sacrifice an important principle of the equality between all types of journalism and scholarship. Even in this dark time, when a strong press seems to be the best hope of maintaining the possibility of change, we should be careful that the price...