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...Donner '21, W. S. Holbrook, Jr., '21, B. H. Kuhns '22, H. Starr '22, L. E. Thomas '20, J. J. Tutun '20, R. B. Varnum '21, C. H. Weldon, Jr., '21. The question which was argued was: "Resolved, That Congress should pass all laws necessary to suppress all propaganda for the overthrow of the United States Government by force and violence--constitutionality granted...
...this afternoon at 4 o'clock. All members of the College are eligible to compete. Entrants who report at this afternoon's trials should have prepared a speech, five minutes in length on either side of the triangular debate subject: "Resolved, That Congress should pass all laws necessary to suppress all propaganda for the overthrow of the United States Government by force and violence-constitutionality granted...
...eligible to compete at Monday's trials. Every man who reports at that time should prepare before hand a speech, five minutes in length, on Free Speech, the subject used in the triangular debate. The wording of the question follows: "Resolved, That Congress should pass such legislation as will suppress all propaganda leading to the overthrow of the United States government--constitutionality granted." Nine men will be chosen from those entering the preliminaries. Three will speak in the debate against the western University, and from the other six will be formed a second team to debate some eastern college...
...necessity of suppressing "red" propaganda is urgent since the safety of the government is very much endangered by it. The anarchistic movement has steadily grown and the effect that the disemination of this propaganda has had upon the great mass of illiterates in this country is very threatening. Anarchists are taking advantage of the great labor and social unrest in the country today and are working insidiously for the overthrow of the United States government. The present laws only punish a direct act; the incitment to insurrection still remains unpunished. For this purpose--the maintence of the safety...
...measure advocated bythe affirmative would inevitably result in the limtation of free speech since it would brand as criminal a vast, indefinable category of speech. Such legislation would, therefore, suppress all criticism of the United States government; would stop the necessary denunciation of existing evils; and would make impssible the advocacy of radical reform. The true function of government is to guarantee to its citizens the free exercise of these rights rather thatn to limit or deny them. The whole historyof repression shows us that all repressive measures have been inseparable from tyranny and that true progress has been away...