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Naeser, Vincent. "Some Aspects of the Social Function and Ethical Responsibilities of the Newspaper Press." Gazette; International Journal for Mass Communications Studies, 9:171-75, 1963. N1
The author discusses seven decisive factors in world- wide freedom of the press: freedom from dictatorship, freedom guaranteed under the Constitution, freedom from government control, freedom from labor conflicts, freedom from curbs on editorial departments, freedom from obstacles to the flow of news, and freedom from outside economic control.
Naftzger, Roger V. "Gulliver: The Right to Read." Top of the News, 22:389-95, June 1966. N2
A discussion of the philosophy of censorship, particularly as applied to high school readers, drawing an analogy to the position of Gulliver, held captive by the threadlike ropes of the Lilliputian.
Namurois, Albert. "Some Aspects of Freedom of Information." E.B.U. Review (European Broadcasting Union), 59:25-31, January 1960. N3
Following a review of the fundamental source of the right of freedom of expression, the author considers whether the media of information, particularly broadcasting and the cinema, are in a position to fulfill the mission assigned to them by virtue of the existing law. The inquiry is confined to the question of access to the event and includes Britain and the Commonwealth countries.
Natarajan, Swaminath. Democracy and the Press. Bombay, India, Manaktalas, 1965. 38p. N4
Nathan, George Jean. "Coprophilia." In his Art of the Night. New York, Knopf, 1928, pp. 89-92. (Reprinted in The Magic Mirror, Selected Writings on the Theatre by George Jean Nathan. Edited by Thomas Q. Curtiss. New York, Knopf 1960, pp. 92-96) N5
Irreverent comments on Anthony Comstock's crusade against morality in literature and drama. In the eighties the vice societies objected to depicting countless human frailties; now "drama may safely violate all the Commandments but the Seventh." Nathan accuses the professional vice crusader of enjoying the pursuit of vice. "You will never find a sewer repairer who can't stand the smell of sewage."
[Nathan, John]. "San Francisco Censorship - Michael McClure's The Beard." Evergreen Review, 11:16-20, February 1967. N6
Arrest of the playwright and the cast by police following the first performance in Berkeley.
Neider, Charles. "On Mark Twain Censorship." In his Mark Twain. New York, Horizon, 1967, pp. 133-55. N7
Nelson, Harold L., ed. Freedom of the Press from Hamilton to the Warren Court. Indianapolis, Bobbs- Merrill, 1967. 420p. (American Heritage Series) N8
A collection of essays, court decisions, newspaper editorials, and laws relating to general principles of freedom of the press, limits of freedom, criminal libel, contempt of court, abolitionist press, wartime press controls, sex and obscenity, sedition, newspaper monopoly, and secrecy in government. Includes text of the following court cases: Schenck v. United States, Gitlow v. People of New York, Near v. Minnesota, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, Commonwealth v. Clap, Beauharnais v. Illinois, Arkansas v. Morrill, Bridges v. California, U.S. v. One Book Called "Ulysses," Roth v. United States, and Grosjean v. American Press Co. There are excerpts from general works on freedom of the press by Thomas Cooper, Francis L. Holt, Zechariah Chafee, Jr., and Henry Schofield; comments on criminal libel by Theodore Roosevelt and Judge A. B. Anderson; statements on control of abolitionist literature by Amos Kendall, William Leggett, Andrew Jackson, and Postmaster General Holt; references to wartime censorship by General George B. McClelland and Abraham Lincoln (Civil War), William Hard (World War I), and the American Civil Liberties Union (World War II); comments on sex and obscenity censorship by Anthony Comstock and Theodore A. Schroeder; comments on radicalism by the National Civil Liberties Bureau and Zechariab Chafee, Jr.; and comments on secrecy in government by Francis Lieber and Dwight D. Eisenhower. A final chapter on freedom and responsibility quotes from the Commission on Freedom of the Press, the Warren Commission, and from various codes and credos.
New Jersey Committee for the Right to Read. A Survey of New Jersey Psychiatrists and Psychologists Pertaining to the Proscription by Legislation of Sexually Oriented Publications for Persons under 18 Years. Final Report, January 1967. Caldwell, N.J., The Committee, 1967. 32p. N9
"The tenor of the response to this survey is that the reasons for passage of a law such as New Jersey Bill A- 768 [distribution of obscene matter to children under 18 years of age] are invalid in the eyes of most psychiatrists and psychologists who responded to this request for information." Eighty- three percent did not believe exclusion of sex literature from libraries and stores would encourage healthier attitudes toward sex in young people, and 62 percent said concealment of sexual and anatomical information might promote pathological curiosity. The appendix includes the text of the Bill and statements from respondents.
New York (City). Mayor's Citizens Anti- Pornography Commission. Report. [New York, The Commission], 1965. 11p. N10
The Commission consisted of 21 members representing diverse occupations and professions, appointed by Mayor Robert F. Wagner, who served as chairman. Members were presented with a number of books and magazines to see whether in their judgment they were obscene. The members unanimously judged as obscene Tropic of Cancer, Fanny Hill, Touch Magazine, and Candy. The Commission recommended an 11- point program to combat the evil of obscenity, which called for vigorous enforcement of existing laws, passage of additional laws to protect the morals of children, and establishment of federal, state, and city obscenity commissions to read and pass judgment on books alleged to be salacious.
"The New York Law Controlling the Dissimination of Obscene Materials to Minors." Fordham Law Review, 34:692-710, May 1966. N11
Efforts to draft a New York law that would be constitutionally acceptable.
[New York Sun]. The Freedom of the Press from Unlawful Restraints and Monopoly. [In the Matter of the Complaint of the Sun Printing and Publishing Company against the Associated Press]. [New York], 1914. 84p. N12
Appeal of the New York Sun to the Attorney General of the United States to invoke the provisions of the Sherman Anti- Trust Law against the Associated Press.
Newhouse, Wade J., Jr. "The Constitution and International Agreements or Unilateral Action Curbing `Peace- Imperiling' Propaganda." Law and Contemporary Problems, 31:506-26, Summer 1966. N13
On the basis of ordinary First Amendment doctrine, the author concludes that "there are serious questions as to the constitutional validity of language which might be included in proposed treaties and statutes proscribing warmongering, subversive, and defamatory propaganda." He also concludes that such proscription of warmongering propaganda by treaty "would face the same scrutiny as comparable domestic legislation when first amendment interests are invoked." Comments on Professor Newhouse's paper, by Nathaniel L. Nathanson are given on pp. 526-29.
Nixon, Raymond B. "Freedom in the World's Press: A Fresh Appraisal with New Data." Journalism Quarterly, 42:3-14, Winter 1965. N14
"Analysis of experts' ranking of 117 countries on a 9- point scale from freedom to control indicates economic level is most significant factor. Comparison with earlier studies shows more gains than losses in last five years."
Norman, Albert E. "Press Freedom Falters `Down Under.'" IPI Report (International Press Institute), 2(12):3-4, April 1954. N15
The Australian Bureau chief of the Christian Science Monitor finds that all is not well with press freedom in Australia.
Norris, Hoke, James R. Squire, and Robert F. Hogan. "Should We Censor What Adolescents Read? A Symposium- in- Print." PTA Magazine, 59:10-12, March 1965. (Reprinted in Education Digest, May 1965) N16
Suggestions for study and discussion and for a PTA program on censorship are given on page 36.
"Not on the List." ALA Bulletin, 60:691, 700, July- August 1966. N17
An instructive and amusing brouhaha over school library censorship in Hanover County, Va.
"Notable Prosecutions of the English Press of the Past." In Progress of British Newspapers in the Nineteenth Century. London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, [ca. 1900], pp. 177-83. N18
A popular account containing portraits of John Wilkes, John Horne Tooke, William Cobbett, and John Hunt.
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