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Jordan, Henry D. "The British Press Inquiry." Public Opinion Quarterly, 11:558-66, Winter 1947-48. J102
A consideration of the forthcoming Royal Commission on the Press, appointed to study monopoly conditions in the British newspaper industry. The author denies that the inquiry is "the first step in a socialist attack on the freedom of the press," and believes that the only opposition will come from the extreme right.
Jordan, Wilbur K. The Development of Religious Toleration in England. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1932-40. 4 vols. J103
This scholarly work traces the development of religious toleration from the beginning of the English Reformation to the Restoration of the Stuarts. The conflicts over freedom of the press in the realm of religion are treated throughout the work, from the persecution of William Tyndale for heresy to the action against the Levellers.
Jordan-Smith, Paul. "The Responsibility of the Literary Critic: Some Indirections for Selecting Good Books." In Freedom of Book Selection; Procedings of the Second Conference on Intellectual Freedom . . . Chicago, American Library Association, 1954, pp. 75-89. J104 §
Jorgensen, Emil O. The Betrayal of Our Public Schools . . . Chicago, Education Protective Association of America, 1930. 31p. J105
The secretary of the Association addresses "an open letter to the officers of the National Education Association protesting against their action in ruling out of the schools the propaganda of the radical, liberal and reform organizations while admitting into the schools the propaganda of the 'power trust' and other special interests."
Jose, Victor. "Press Freedom Begins at Home." Quill, 40(9):11, 16, September 1952. J106
"If small-town newspapermen can make the principle of 'official records are public records' a reality in their communities, no restrictions in Washington will stop them."
Josephson, Matthew. "The Battle of the Books." Nation, 174:619-24, 28 June 1952. J107
Description and analysis of the mass hysteria concerning communism and the attacks by superpatriots on textbooks and book publishing, and the "intense activity in peddling the propaganda of prejudice, fear and hate." The author concludes that writers and publishers, on the whole, have not made an issue of freedom of thought versus censorship and have been meek during this crisis. Resistance has come from school principals and teachers and, particularly, members of the American Library Association.
Journalism Quarterly. Minneapolis, Association for Education in Journalism, School of Journalism, University of Minnesota, 1924-date. Quarterly. J108 §
A journal devoted to research in journalism and mass communications, frequently containing articles on freedom of the press.
Jovanovich, William. Now, Barabbas. New York, Harper and Row, 1964. 228p. J109
This commentary on book publishing by a New York publisher contains a number of references to book censorship including an account of the Yugoslav interference with the American publication of the work of Milovan Djilas.
Joyce, James. "A Curious History." Egoist, 1:26-27, 15 January 1914. J110
A letter from Ezra Pound which includes two letters from James Joyce, relating to difficulties in publication of Dubliners in England and Ireland. The New York publisher, B. W. Huebsch, issued the letters, written by Joyce from Trieste, in a promotional broadside, 5 May 1917.
-------. [Letter to Bennett Cerf re Publication of Ulysses] In Modern Library edition of Ulysses. New York, Random House, 1934, pp. xv-xvii. J111
In answer to a request from Bennett Cerf of Random House, who expressed his determination to fight for the legalization of Ulysses in the United States, Joyce wrote of "the history of its publication in Europe and the complications which followed it in America." This edition of Ulysses also includes Judge John M. Woolsey's decision lifting the ban on Ulysses (1933) and a forward by the defense council, Morris L. Ernest.
[-------]. Ulysses. London, John Lane, 1936. 768p. J112
Appendix A contains the injunction of Joyce against Samuel Roth in the pirated edition of Ulysses and the international protest of authors against this unauthorized and mutilated edition. Appendix B contains a letter from Joyce to Bennett Cerf, publisher of the first American edition; the decision of Judge John M. Woolsey of the U.S. District Court, who ruled that Ulysses was not obscene within the meaning of the federal statutes; the decision of Judge Augustus N. Hand of the Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the decision of the lower court; and the foreword to the Random House edition by Morris L. Ernst, counsel for the defense. The Woolsey and Hand decisions, which did much to liberate the Customs censorship in the United States are also reproduced in Downs, The First Freedom, pp. 83-89. Judge Curtis Bok of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Philadelphia, refers to these decisions in his own decision, Commonwealth v. Gordon.
Joyce, Jeremiah. Account of Mr. Joyce's Arrest for "Treasonable Practices"; His Examination before His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council; His Commitment to the Tower, and Subsequent Treatment; together with Remarks on the Speeches of Mr. Windham, etc. 2d ed. London, Printed for the Author, 1795. 30p. J113
Joyce was one of the English Jacobins, arrested and imprisoned for high treason for speaking and publishing activity in behalf of the London Corresponding Society and for alleged sympathy with the French Revolution. When Thomas Hardy, John Horne Tooke, and John Thelwall were freed by the juries in consecutive trials, the government dropped the charges against Joyce and the others.
Judge, Mark H. "Should Not the Publishing of False News Be by Law a Misdemeanor?" Westminster Review, 166:617-18, December 1906. J114 §
The author believes that the offending newspaper should be punished, the first offense by a withdrawal of mailing privileges and special press telegraph rates, the second offense by stronger measures.
"Judge as a Literary Critic." Catholic World, 116:392-99, December 1922. J115
Editorial criticizing the New York court ruling that dismissed the obscenity charges against Satyricon. It criticizes the demoralizing influence of the literati in defeating efforts at censorship. "A genuine Catholic needs no other censor than a Catholic conscience. But what about non-Catholic America?"
"Judge Woolsey on Ulysses; with Editorial Comment." Saturday Review, 10:352, 356, 16 December 1933. J116
An account of Judge John M. Woolsey's classic decision in freeing James Joyce's Ulysses.
"Judges of Obscenity." New Republic, 145:7, 27 November 1961. J117
Editorial relating to the charges brought by the police of Provincetown, Mass., against William V. Ward for publishing a story, "Tralala," in the Provincetown Review. The editor questions the qualifications of police and politicians to draw a line between art and pornography
"Judgment by Television." Columbia Journalism Review, 3(1):45-47, Spring 1964. J118
A review of steps taken toward clarifying and resolving the debate on free press and television versus fair trial, in the wake of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.
"Judicial Regulation of Birth Control under Obscenity Laws." Yale Law Review, 50:682-89, February 1941. J119
Commonwealth (Mass.) v. Corbett, 29 NE (2d) 151.
Junius, pseud. The Letters of Junius, Edited with an Introduction by C. W. Everett. . . . London, Faber & Gwyer, 1927. 410p. (An exact reprint of the Henry Sampson Woodfall edition of 1772. The first American edition appeared in Philadelphia in 1791) J120
A series of letters appeared in Henry Woodfall's Public Advertiser in 1769 under the pseudonym Junius. Letter no. 35 in the issue of 19 December was openly critical of the king and his policies. The letter was reprinted in various other papers during the next few days and created a considerable stir. Five printers and one bookseller, John Almon, were charged with seditious libel. Almon was tried first, found guilty and fined. Lord Chief Justice Mansfield had charged the jury to consider only two issues: (1) whether Almon had published the paper, and (2) whether the information it contained was as described. It was for the judge, he said, to decide whether the matter was libelous. Woodfall, the original publisher, was tried next, but the jury failed to agree. Two printers were found "not guilty" and the others were apparently not brought to trial. The identity of Junius was never revealed, but speculation as to his identity embraced many prominent statesmen and writers of the time. Everett lists 44 persons to whom authorship has been attributed. The Junius prosecutions caused considerable public criticism, but it was not until 1792 that the Fox Libel Act liberalized the rights of juries in libel cases. Junius' letters contain references to libel prosecutions of Wilkes, Almon, and Woodfall, as well as Junius' views on the use of the general warrant and the right of juries in libel cases. Junius disagreed with Lord Mansfield's restrictions on the power of juries.
Junker, Howard. "Smut Hunters: The New Jurisprudery." Nation, 201:358-60, 15 November 1965. J121
A criticism of the activities of the Citizens for Decent Literature.
Jupp, Alan, and Anthony H. Newton. Resolved: Advertising Is a Menace. Columbia, Mo., Freedom of Information Center, School of Journalism, University of Missouri, 1961. 5p. (Publication no. 58) J122 §
Excerpts from a debate at the University of Missouri, featuring two Oxford College students--Jupp taking the affirmative, Newton the negative.
The Juryman's Touchstone: or, A Full Refutation of Lord Mansfeld's Lawless Opinion in Crown Libels, Addressed to All the Jurors of England. By the Censor General. London, T. Evans, 1771. 95p. J123
The author cites laws and general grounds refuting Lord Mansfield's opinion in the Woodfall case. He argues that English juries in libel cases are competent to judge both the fact of publication and also the law.
Just, Ward S. "The Day the News Managers Quit." Reporter, 28:36-37, 9 May 1963. J124
An imaginary account of what would happen if Washington officials left news coverage entirely to the reporters.
"Justice Hugo Black on the 1st Amendment." Editor & Publisher, 95(24):15+, 16 June 1962. J125
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black believes that the First Amendment should be interpreted literally and absolutely when it says "Congress shall make no law . . ."
Justice of the Peace, Ltd. Obscene Publications; Being a series of articles reprinted from the "Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review." London, Justice of the Peace, [1954?]. 21p. J126
A review of some of the legal aspects of censorship in Great Britain with suggestions for alteration in existing laws.
Justitia, pseud. "Survival of the Inquisition." Adult, 2:329-30, December 1898. J127 §
The anonymous author defends Havelock Ellis' Studies in the Psychology of Sex in the obscenity case against George Bedborough for selling it.
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