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Gabel, Emile. "Freedom of Information." America, 109:133-35, 10 August 1963. G1
Freedom of information has a place in the church today as well as in the world of secular affairs.
Gagnon, Joseph H., and William Simon. "Pornography: Raging Menace or Paper Tiger?" Trans- action, 4(8):41-48, July-August 1967. G2
"Pornography is only a minor symptom of sexuality and of very little prominence in people's minds most of the time. Even among those who might think about it most, it results either in masturbation or in the `collector' instinct." In confronting pornography "agencies of criminal justice, and especially the courts, behave in a very curious manner that is quite dangerous for the freedom of ideas as they might be expressed in other zones of activity such as politics, religion, or the family." The problem is not that pornography represents a "clear and present danger" but that "the kind of thinking prevalent in dealing with pornography will come to be prevalent in controlling advocacy of other ideas as well." The authors are on the staff of the Indiana University Institute for Sex Research.
Gaines, Ervin J "In the Trenches." ALA Bulletin, 60:229-30, March 1966. G3
"Within the scope of our professional competence as librarians, the emphasis must be that we take no sides, that we insist on keeping the lines of communication from being blocked. Pornography is not the real issue at all, for the growth of pornographic literature is only a superficial symptom of the more profound movements . . . In defending the freedom of the press, the only end we envision is the safety of open discussion." Librarians will probably have to "endure with a certain fortitude the charge that we who stand for freedom are antisocial, abnormal, demented, or perverse." In almost every recent case where librarians have stood fast, they have prevailed over the censors.
-------. "A Proposed Revision of the Library Bill of Rights." ALA Bulletin, 61:409-10, April 1967. G4
Text of present and revised form approved by the ALA Executive Board in January 1967 and by the ALA Council in July 1967.
"Spring Harvest Festival." ALA Bulletin, 60:551-52, June 1966. G5
Commentary on the U.S. Supreme Court's "three- act musical comedy on obscenity, `Mishkin, Ginzburg, and Fanny Hill.'"
Gazette: International Journal for Mass Communications Studies. Leiden, Holland. 1955-date. Quarterly. G6
In addition to carrying occasional articles relating to press freedom, each issue includes a general bibliography, listing international literature.
Geis, Gilbert. "Identifying Delinquents in the Press." Federal Probation, 29:44-49, December 1965. G7
This sociologist concludes that "a program involving the publication of identifying information about youths appearing before the juvenile court is likely to cause more social and individual harm than it is likely to eliminate."
Gerber, Albert B. Sex, Pornography and Justice. New York, Lyle Stuart, 1965. 349p. G8
A history of literary censorship, with emphasis on the contemporary scene in the United States and Great Britain. Includes recent Supreme Court decisions and the difficulties the courts have found over the years in trying to establish a definition of the obscene. The book includes the text of two early banned works, The Fifteen Plagues of a Maidenhead and John Wilkes's Essay on Woman, and extracts from Fanny Hill, Candy, the homosexual magazine, One, and a number of pornographic novels. The author is an American lawyer, with experience in cases involving pornography. The publishers plan annual supplements to keep the book up- to- date. Reviewed in the May 1966 issue of the ALA Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom.
Getz, Leon. "Problem of Obscenity." University of British Columbia Law Review, 2:216-32, March 1965. G9
"It is the purpose of this article to explore some of the implications of the new [obscenity] test. Specifically, attention will be directed to the problem of ascertaining community standards of acceptance, and to some of the factors relevant to a determination of the extent to which they are or should be relevant for legal purposes. Some general comments will then be offered about the problem of controlling obscene literature." Particular reference to the Canada Supreme Court decision, Brodie, Dansky and Rubin v. R., Can. Sup. Ct. 681 (1962).
Giglio, Ernest D. The Decade of "The Miracle," 1952-1962: A Study in the Censorship of the American Motion Picture. Syracuse, N.Y., Syracuse University, 1964. 361p. (D.S.S. dissertation, University Microfilms, no. 65-3418) G10
Gillard, William A. "Freedom to Read: Censorship with Responsibilities." Hospital Progress, 45:92-96, December 1964. G11
"Censorship represents a prudent solicitude on the part of responsible adults to protect the innocent against anything that may be psychically harmful. The author [Director of Libraries, St. John University] makes some observations on the moral evaluation of modern realistic literature, particularly as it involves the so- called controversial books. He says censorship is not to be construed as harshly condemnatory but as a benevolent guide. He offers eight basic guidelines for Catholic novelists and readers."
Gillette, Paul J. An Uncensored History of Pornography. Los Angeles, Holloway House, 1965. 224p. G12
A witty but scholarly survey of pornographic literature from the Golden Age of Greece where it flourished, through its subsequent decline in the Middle Ages, its secret revival in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuties, and its meteoric rise in the post- Freudian world of the twentieth century. The author defines and analyzes the role of pornography and comments throughout on efforts to control and suppress it. The appendix lists authors and works of erotica.
Gillis, Kenneth L. "Obscenity: The Man, Not the Book." Illinois Bar Journal, 55:462-72, February 1967. G13
The Ginzburg case emphasizes the freedom not to read, or be annoyed by unsolicited obscene material. The Roth test ,can be short- circuited "if the disseminator s only sales pitch - for an item of minimal social value - is a brazen boast that his wares are obscene."
Gilimor, Donald M. "The Puzzle of Pornography." Journalism Quarterly, 42:363-72, Summer 1965. G14
"The author discusses the philosophic conflict, the legal aspects and the definitional dilemma involved in the areas of obscenity and hardcore pornography, and challenges some current beliefs."
-------. "Reardon Report: A Journalist's Assessment." Wisconsin Law Review, 1967:215-30, Winter 1967. G15
A criticism of the report of the Advisory Committee on Fair Trial and Free Press of the American Bar Association. "In spite of considerable resources, prestige, and what might have been rare access to real and prospective jurors, the committee's effort shows no evidence of any systematic analysis of the crucial, cause- effect relationship between news reports and jury verdicts."
[Ginzburg, Ralph]. "Playboy Interview: Ralph Ginzburg." Playboy, 13(7):47-54, 120-24, July 1966. G16
"A candid conversation with the convicted publisher of Eros and other erotica, condemned by a new Supreme Court criterion for obscenity." The Playboy Forum in the same issue (pp. 41-44, 140-44) is devoted to the Ginzburg decision.
Gipe, George A. Nearer to the Dust; Copyright and the Machine. With A Foreword by Felix Morley. Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1967. 290p. G17
A discussion of American copyright law and the recent developments in photocopying and computer storage and retrieval which the author believes threatens independent publishing. In his foreword Felix Morley writes: "Books have often been burned by tyrants who did not agree with the views expressed. A more efficient censorship is to eliminate profit from publishing and then bring that business under political control." The appendix includes the Authors League of America proposal for a licensing system and the Williams and Wilkins Company proposal for a Royalty Clearinghouse Facility. The book represents the point of view of authors and publishers in the controversy over protection of literary property versus wider dissemination of published material, the latter being espoused by librarians and educators.
Girodias, Maurice. "The Erotic Society." Evergreen Review, 10(39):64-69, February 1966. G18
An essay in defense of the erotic society and in response to an article by George Steiner attacking the erotic novelist, appearing in Encounter, October 1965.
-------. "Introduction." In his The Olympia Reader. New York, Ballantine Books, 1965, pp. 15-33. G19
The founder of the Olympia Press, Paris, relates his experience in publishing books in English that were often banned. The editor's introductions to the various selections from the Traveller's Companion Series also frequently refer to the experience with the censor.
Goggin, Terrence P. "Publicity and Partial Criminal Trials: Resolving the Constitutional Conffict." Southern California Law Review, 39:275-05, 1966. G20
-------, and George M. Hanover. "Fair Trial v. Free Press: The Psychological Effect of Pre- Trial Publicity on the Juror's Ability to Be Impartial; a Plea for Reform." Southern California Law Review, 38:672-88, 1965. G21
Goldberg, Arthur J. "Freedom and Responsibility of the Press." In Problems of Journalism; Proceedings of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1964. Washington, D.C., 1964, pp. 50-57. G22
"The first and primary responsibility of the press, in my opinion, is therefore as protector and promoter of all the rights and liberties of Americans. The entire Bill of Rights is in the press's charge - not only the free speech clause of the First Amendment . . . Our Constitution has made the press free. You have it in your charge to make it responsible. It is for you to demonstrate that press freedom and responsibility are viable and indivisible concepts.' Address to the 1964 ASNE convention when the speaker was associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Goldberg, Isaac. "A Move to Censor Music." Haldeman- Julius Monthly, 1:30-31, December 1924. G23
Ridicule of a proposal in the Kansas City Star that music should be censored. "There is a censorship for the film and for the stage [according to the Star] yet none for music, for which it is even more needed."
Goldman, Peter. "Supreme Court Decisions." Cernorship, 2(3):20, Summer 1966. G24
Commentary on the Ginzburg, Fanny Hill, and Mishkin decisions on obscenity made by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Goldsmith, Adolph O. "The Roaring Lyon of Vermont." Journalism Quarterly, 39:179-86, Spring 1962. G25
"Matthew Lyon was convicted under the Sedition Act of 1798, was re- elected to Congress while in jail, and cast the vote which made Thomas Jefferson president instead of Aaron Burr in the disputed election of 1800."
Goldstein, Richard. "The Good- Guy Censors." Village Voice, 11(43):10, 16, 22, 11 August 1966. G26
An account of censorship of pop music played over radio stations by disc jockeys.
Goodrick, Richard P. "Blackouts vs. Public's Right to Know." Grassroots Editor, 7(3):12-13, 36, July 1966. G27
The publisher- enforced newspaper blackout as a weapon against strikes.
Gordon, Giles. "Smith's Choice." Censorship, 2(3):37-39, Summer 1966. G28
How the book selection and rejection policies of W. H. Smith & Sons, Ltd., Britain's largest wholesale booksellers, dominate the trade.
Gothberg, Helen. "YA Censorsbip; Adult or Adolescent Problem?" Top of the News, 22:275-78, April 1966. G29
The author recommends that high school librarians give greater attention to the "reaction of the student himself when he first encounters ideas in opposition to his own beliefs." She suggests ways of dealing with situations where the adolescent approaches adult literature for the first time.
Gottesman, Irving. "Ralph Ginzburg Goes to Jail." Catholic Digest, 30(12):70-73, October 1966. G30
"When he admitted that pornography was his business the Supreme Court rejected his appeal."
Grassroots Editor. Carbondale, Ill., International Conference of Weekly Newspaper Editors, 1959-date. Quarterly. G31
The pages of this "journal for editorial writers" frequently carry accounts of weekly newspaper editors subjected to pressures and persecution for expression of their views or for attacking graft, corruption, or vested interests.
Gray, Richard G. Freedom of Access to Government Information. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, 1965. 674p. (Ph.D. dissertation, University Microfilms, no. 65-7882) G32
A study of the federal executive indicates the general level of knowledge about public affairs in the United States has not kept pace with the needs of society. "In a large measure this is because the people's right to know about the Executive Branch has been encroached upon until there is serious danger that the democratic way of life will be rendered unworkable if present trends continue." The author concludes that laws and regulations will not be effective unless there is a government- wide program to educate government officials in releasing information wherever possible.
Gray, Tony. "`Indecent and Obscene': Censorship." In The Irish Answer. Boston, Little, Brown, 1966, pp. 241-57. G33
A review of Irish censorship as it exists today.
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench. Copies Taken from the Records of the Court of Kin g's Bench, at Westminster; the Original Office - Books of the Secretaries of State, Remaining in the Paper, and Secretaries of State's Offices, or from the Originals under Seal. Of Warrants Issued by Secretaries of State for Seizing Persons Suspected of Being Guilty of Various Crimes, Particularly, of Being the Authors, Printers, and Publishers of Libels, from the Restoration to the Present Time . . . London, 1763. 80p. (Compiled by Philip Carteret Webb) G34
Great Britain. Parliament. The Humble Answer of the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, to the Message of the 25 of August, Received from His Majesty . . . with a Perftct Copy of His Majesties Message. With an Order of Both Houses Concerning Irregular Printing and for the Suppression of All False and Scandalous Pamphlets . . . London, Printed for John Wright, 1642. 4p. G35
Greatorex, Wilfred. "Power Games." Cernorship, 4(2):25-28, Autumn 1966. G36
The writer discusses his experience with television censorship (Independent Television Authority) in the suppression of a drama series, "The Power Game."
Green, Ervine. "The Right of Privacy - Nature and Extent of Liability for Unauthorized Publication of Pictures." Nebraska Law Bulletin, 19:177-89, June 1940. G37
A study of the nature and extent of liability for the unauthorized publication of the picture of another, or the legal right of the person whose picture is published, or another claiming injury from such publication, to prevent or recover damage for such publication.
Greenberg, Henry C. The Bench, the Bar and the Press: The Main Currents of Our Democracy. Kingsport, Tenn., Kingsport Press, 1951. 39p. G38
While recognizing the need in a democracy for the total dissemination of knowledge, Justice Greenberg recommends that "reporting be categorized, and exposed to those who have a legitimate need to know the event." He discusses the danger to the judicial process by improper newspaper publicity, praising the British practice of withholding editorial comment pending the outcome of a trial. "The court and the press by working out an agreement to safeguard the freedom that both are dedicated to protect can do so without denying to the people its right to see the processes of justice at work, or infringing upon the liberties of the press.
Greenfield, Jeff. "College Newspapers in Search of Their Own Voice." Harper's, 232:87-93, May 1966. G39
The author believes a school should "let its students run the risk of making up their own minds, however mistakenly, however immaturely, and let them offer those opinions at large."
Gropper, Mitchell. "Hate Literature - The Problem of Control." Saskatchewan Bar Review, 30:181-94, September 1965. G40
Grossman, James W. "Curbing Obscenity." Book Week (Washington Post), 3(36):1, 10, 15 May 1966. G41
Commentary on the Mishkin, Ginzburg and Fanny Hill decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Guback, Thomas H. Control and Cernorship of the Northern Press during the Civil War. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University, 1958. 226p. (Unpublished B.A. thesis) G42
Gustafson, Gustaf J. "Censorship." Priest, 20:295-99, April 1964; 20:401-5, May 1964. (Replies, 20:550-53, June 1964; 20:623, July 1964) G43
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