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Fain, Gerald G., John Guman, and Frederick M. Tobin. "The Law of Defamation in Connecticut." Connecticut Bar Journal, 38:420-93, September 1964. F1
Faircloth, Earl. "Free Press Independent Judiciary: Neither Has Primacy Over the Other." Florida Bar Journal, 39:928-32, September 1965. F2
Falk, Richard A. "On Regulating International Propaganda: A Plea for Moderate Aims." Law and Contemporary Problems, 31:622-34, Summer 1966. F3
"It is the position of this article to oppose the use of international law to regulate international propaganda at the present time, except in very selective instances.
False Steps of the Ministry after the Revolution; Shewing that the Lenity and Moderation of that Government was the Occasion of All the Factions Which Have Since Didanger'd the Constitution. With Some Reflections on the License of the Pulpit and the Press. In a Letter to My Lord. London, Printed for J. Roberts, 1714. 34p. F4
Fanning, Odom. "Lifting the Lid on Science News." Quill, 47(9):11, 19-20, September 1959. F5
Farley, John J. Book Censorship in the Senior High School Libraries of Nassau County, New York. New York, New York University, 1964. 386p. (Ph.D. dissertation, University Microfilms, no. 65-969) F6
"Pressure to censor existed in the Nassau County senior high school libraries in the sense that the majority of the librarians had had experience with censorship attempts made in the past by members of the community. Present pressures to censor, however, consisted mainly in vague expectations of complaints if certain books were to be circulated . . . Voluntary censorship, the censorship performed because of the librarians' own convictions, was more prevalent than was involuntary censorship."
Featherer, Esther J. CATV: Problems and Promise. Columbia, Mo., Freedom of Information Center, School of Journalism, University of Missouri, 1964. 4p. (Publication no. 122) F7
A study of the pros and cons of community antenna television. A second report from the Center appeared in 1965 (Publication no. 135), and a third report of developments was reported in 1966 (Publication no. 152).
Feibelman, Herbert U. "How Can `Trial by Newspaper' Be Avoided? A League Committee Explores the Question." Commercial Law Journal, 70:100-101+, April 1965. F8
Report of a committee of the Commercial Law League.
Felsher, Howard, and Michael Rosen The Press in the Jury Box: The Case Against Trial by Newspaper. New York, Collier- Macmillan, 1966. 239p. F9
Using numerous examples from press coverage and court decisions the authors show how excessive pretrial publicity in newspapers, radio, and television has interfered with a fair trial for the defendants. In a final chapter the authors offer possible remedies. A critical review of the book appears in the May 1966 issue of the ALA Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom.
Ferry, W. H., Harry S. Ashmore, et al. Mass Communications with a View of our press by 14 foreign journalists and a discussion by Center staff members. Drawings by Robert Osborn. Santa Barbara, Calif., Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1966. 39p. (Occasional Paper). F10
"One of the basic issues defined by the Center as central to the well- being of the free society arises from political, social, and cultural responsibilities of mass communications. This publication brings together a wide variety of disparate views of the media, and discusses possible cures for what most thoughtful Americans agree is one of the most serious of our contemporary afflictions."
Fey, Harold E. "Truth and Censorship." Library Occurrent, 21:283-88, December 1965. F11
The speed of change, the advances in technology and communication enlarge the arena in which decisions must be made. "They also heighten the danger of mistake and make necessary the most careful examination of ideas." The author, a professor of theology, believes that our peril is created not by the wholly ignorant but by the half- educated who hold a conspiratorial view of history. "Our salvation lies in keeping our nerve, in holding open against all challengers the doors of knowledge through maintaining the freedom and integrity of our libraries, our schools, our news media, our ministries of service to people at home and abroad."
Finman, Ted, and Stewart Macaulay. "Freedom to Dissent: The Vietnam Protests and Words of Public Officials." Wisconsin Law Review, 1966:632-723, Summer 1966. F12
The article deals with public statements directed at the propriety of protests against American government policies in Vietnam.
Fischer, Ruth. "TV: No Place for Satire." Nation, 202:470, 18 April 1966. F13
A burlesque of Peyton Place (Parma Place) over a Cleveland TV station brought protests from residents of Parma, Ohio, and the program was banned.
Fisher, Paul. "The Press, the Government and Society." Grassroots Editor, 8(1):36, January-February 1967. F14
The major reason for the press not doing a better job of informing its readers is not government control or news management, but the response or lack of response in readers. A good newspaper is rendered impossible by "their general conservatism, their resistance to change and mental effort in the reading process, their willingness to accept the bland and oleaginous, their unwillingness to view the unpleasant except where personalities are involved, their distaste for dissent, and their willingness to punish the dissenter."
Fishman, Andrew M. "Libel Newspapers A New First Amendment Safeguard." Western Reserve Law Review, 15:803-7, September 1964. F15
New York Times Co., v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964).
Fleishman, Stanley "Obscenity: The Exquisitely Vague Crime." Law in Transition, 2:97-110, Spring 1965. F16
The author reviews recent Supreme Court cases on obscenity, finding that there is "no judicial consensus as to the verbal formula to be utilized in separating obscene from constitutionally protected speech, and even less agreement as to the meaning of the words used." He concludes that the final solution to the obscenity dilemma will come only when the court affords works dealing with sex the same rights accorded all other expression.
Fleming, Thomas J. "`A Scandalous, Malicious and Seditious Libel.'" American Heritage, 19(1):22-27, 100-106, December 1967. F17
An account of the case of Harry Croswell, editor of the New York Wasp, and his trial for alleged libel of Thomas Jefferson.
Forkosch, Morris D. "Freedom of the Press: Croswell's Case." Fordham Law Review, 33:415-48, March 1965. F18
An analysis of the case of Harry Croswell, editor of The Wasp, a Federalist newspaper of Hudson, N.Y., indicted in 1803 for criminal libel.
Foxe, John. Acts and Monuments of John Foxe . . . With a Prdiminary Dissertation, by the Rev. George Townsend . . . Edited by the Rev. Stephen Reed Cottley . . . London, Seeley and Buruside, 1837-41. Vol. 4, pp. 557-704. (First published in 1563) F19
In Book VIII of his Acts, Foxe reports on the action taken against the clergy and laity by Henry VIII and his bishops for publishing, selling, and reading heretical books. "Seven godly martyrs" burned at Coventry for teaching their children the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments in English (1519), and Thomas Harding burned for reading an English book of prayers and for possessing English books of scripture under the boards of his floor (1532). Foxe also reports on the controversy over the book, The Supplication of Beggers by Simon Fish (1531), and the prohibition against the Tyndale translation of the New Testament by Cuthbert Tons tall, Bishop of London, and gives the text of Henry VIII's first proclamation containing a list of prohibited books, drawn up in 1529 with the help of the clergy. He tells the documented story of the martyrdom of Thomas Bilney, Richard Bayfield, John Teukesbury, and James Bainham, all burned in 1531 or 1532 under the authority of the proclamation. "Occasional executions for circulation of Reformation literature took place," writes Fredrick Siebert, "until Henry's final breach with Rome in 1534; then begins the list of executions of the adherents of Rome hea,d,ed by Sir Thomas More and Bishop Fisher.
Frank, John P. "Obscenity: Some Problems of Values and the Use of Experts." Washington Law Review, 41:631-75, August 1966. F20
The author favors the "pandering test"; he concludes that under the current court decisions the standards of obscenity are so low as to make experts superfluous; he discusses unanswered questions on the relationship of obscenity to social values of crime control and family life.
------, and Robert F. Hogan. Obscenity, the Law, and the English Teacher. Champaign, Ill., National Council of Teachers of English, 1966. 62p. F21
Two position papers dealing with the obscenity problem. Lawyer Frank considers the legal basis for determining obscenity in reading materials; NCTE Associate Executive Secretary Hogan responds in terms of the unique problems faced by teachers of English. Both conclude that the answer lies in educating the reader rather than suppressing the literature.
Frankhauser, Mahlon M., and P. Dennis Belman. "The Right to Information in the Administrative Process: A Look at the Securities and Exchange Commission." Administrative Law Review, 18:101-35, Winter-Spring 1966. F22
"The Securities and Exchange Commission administers a complex of statutes with a predominant regulatory objective ofprotection ofinvestors. In the performance of its functions the Commission has considerable discretion in requesting and obtaining sensitive corporate information. The authors examine the Commission's dispensing information."
"`Free Press- Fair Trial' Revisited: Defendant- Centered Remedies as a Publicity Policy." University of Chicago Law Review, 33:512-30, Spring 1966. F23
"This comment will review several measures designed to immunize criminal proceedings from the prejudicial effects of publicity and suggest a system based on automatic relief to defendants as the appropriate next step in limiting the prejudicial effects of extensive coverage of crimes."
"Free Press vs. Fair Trial." Civil Liberties, 241:4- 6, November 1966. F24
A review of this issue since the assassination of President Kennedy, including the Ruby trial, the Sheppard case, the report of the American Bar Association, and the activity of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Freedman, Janet. "The Birch Tree Grows." Library Journal, 91:624-28, 1 February 1966. F25
"The conviction that libraries and other commumcations agencies are controlled by Communists and their sympathizers has led the John Birch Society to establish a massive literature distribution program designed to appraise Americans of the `truth' about the extent and threat of the internal Communist conspiracy."
Freedom of Information Conference. University of Missouri. School ofJournalism. Freedom of Information in the Market Place. A Collection of Opinions Expressed during the Ninth Annual Freedom of Information Confrence Held December 4-6, 1966 . . . Columbia, Mo., Freedom of Information Center, School of Journalism, University of Missouri, 1967. 182p. F26
Fridman, G. H. L. "Press: Conflicts of Interest." Law Journal, 115:509-11, 30 July 1965. F27
Discussion of the report, The Law and the Press, issued by Justice and the British Committee of the International Press Institute and the book by David Williams, Not in the Public Interest.
Friedman, Leon. "The Ginzburg Decision and the Law." American Scholar, 36:71-91, Winter 1966- 67. F28
The author believes that the U.S. Supreme Court was offended by Ginzburg's "taunting and truculant claim to going as far as they had allowed him to" and that the decision "will unquestionably be treated as an aberration in the future." On the other hand, the Fanny Hill decision "established a rule that can stay with us for many years to come."
Friendly, Alfred, and Ronald Goldfarb. Crime and Publicity. The Impact of News on the Administration of Justice. Washington, D.C., Twentieth Century Fund, 1967. 325p. F29
"How far, on the one hand, may society go to limit public observation, and, on the other hand, how much impact on the processes of justice resulting from publicity about criminal cases can society tolerate? How can the conflict be resolved or diminished? What accommodations can be made?" A newspaper editor and a trial lawyer in this analysis of actual cases, find that "with all its faults, the press serves the cause of justice far more than it subverts it. For it is the agency of public scrutiny." They call for self- regulation rather than imposed restrictions on the press. Their recommendations include procedures for the Bar and law enforcement agencies, legal filtering procedures, experimentation in the use of television in the courtroom, advice on use of contempt power (they oppose use in the British manner), and remedies within the press for handling news of crime in a more responsible manner. Appendix: Responses from Prosecutors, Press Regulation by Law, and Prejudice at Dallas.
Fritchey, Clayton. "The Leakiest Winter on Record." Harper's, 232:42-48, March 1966. F30
A discussion of news leaks.
Frost, John The Trial of John Frost, for Seditious Words, at Hilary Term, 1793. Taken in Short Hand by Ramsey. London, Printed forJ. Ridgway and H. D. Symonds, 1794. 54p. F31
Frost, a lawyer, was brought to trial, accused of shouting in a coffee house: "I am for equality; I see no reason why any man should not be upon a footing with another; it is every man's birth right." He further declared that the English constitution was bad and that he favored having no kings. He was found guilty of seditious libel, despite the eloquent defense of Thomas Erskine, and was sentenced to six months in prison
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. New York, Stein and Day, 1966. 384p. F32
"This book gives an account of the chief pioneers of birth control, as family planning used to be called, showing the sort of opposition they encountered and describing their other public activities. The pioneers include: Jeremy Bentham, James Mill, John Stuart Mill, Richard Carlile, Francis Place, Charles Bradlaugh, Annie Besant, and Marie Stopes in England; Robert Dale Owens, Charles Knowlton, Ezra Heywood, Dr. William J. Robinson, and Margaret Sanger in America. Bibliography.
-------. "Censorship at the British Museum: The `Private Case' & Other Mysteries." Encounter, 27(4):68-77, October 1966. F33
A complaint that some 5,000 sexological and erotic works kept in the "private case" are not made readily available to the scholar. "Research in erotica at Bloomsbury is a jigsaw puzzle in which the missing pieces are kept from the solver until he knows what is on them."
-------. Private Case- Public Scandal. London, Seeker & Warburg, 1966. 160p. F34
Good- humored critirism of the practices of the British Museum in shielding the "cupboard books," works of erotica, both from the would- be mutilators and the serious scholars. He lists and describes some 250 erotic books from the collection of some 5,000 pornographic items in the "private case." By means of selected quotations the author analyzes the contents of the clandestine library, exposing some of the uneasy attitudes of the Museum toward its embarrassing secrets. In Chapter 10 the author discusses the contents of the SS collection, books suppressed because they have been withdrawn by their publishers or authors, because they have been the subject of successful libel action, or because they have been deposited on condition that they not be issued for a certain period. Included are The Fall of Tsingtau by Jefferson Jones (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1915), suppressed by Scotland Yard because it offended the Japanese government; Charles R. Mackay's Life of Charles Bradlaugh (1888), considered libelous by the Bradlaugh family; The Beecher- Tilton Scandal, and a number of other works considered libelous of Victoria Claflin Woodhull whose husband, John Biddulph Martin, sued the Museum (1894) to prevent its circulation of the Beecher- Tilton book which he charged libeled his wife; Coronation Commentary (1937) by Geoffrey Dennis because it libeled the Dukeof Windsor; the 1882 Christmas numberof The Freethinker for which its editor, G. W. Foote, went to prison for blasphemy; and a copy of Rib Ticklers, subject of the 1911 blasphemy trial of William Gott.
-------. "`To Deprave & Corrupt'" Encounter, 28(3):41-44, March 1967. F35
Shortcomings and anomalies in the British Obscene Publications Act of 1959, with special reference to the trial of Last Exit to Brooklyn, by Hubert Selby, Jr., before a London magistrate.
Fuller, John G. Incident at Exeter . . . The Story of Unidentified Flying Objects over America Today. New York, Putnam, 1966. 251p. F36
A report of the author's investigation of a rash of flying- saucer sightings in Exeter, N.H., which he considers a serious business worthy of national attention by science and government. He charges the Air Force with suppressing information. "The censorship of the political powers of the Air Force seems to be exercising authority far beyond the powers assigned to it by the civilian control under which it is supposed to be operating." One of a number of books and articles calling for further investigations and an end to government secrecy.
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