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T., J. H., Jr. "Postal Power and Its Limitation on Freedom of the Press." Virginia Law Review, 28:634-48, March 1942. T1
A review of the history of postal powers, particularly in time of crisis. While the Supreme Court generally is moving toward greater freedom of expression, there is no single unifying decision in the matter of encroachment of postal power on freedom of the press. The author hopes that the Supreme Court in 1942 will take a more tolerant view than in 1919.
"Tact, Taste, and Libel." Outlook, 103:245-46, 1 February 1913. T2
Comments on the New York Evening Post's defense of a man convicted of slander against the King of England. The Post "does not regard as morally reprehensible slanderous attacks upon those with whom it politically disagrees."
Taft, Henry W. "Freedom of Speech and the Espionage Act." American Law Review, 55:695-721, September-October 1921. T3
"Now that the war is over . . . and such propaganda cannot weaken our military resources, I believe that Communism can best be fought by argument, and not by repression." Address before the New Jersey State Bar Association.
-------. "Press and the Courts." American Law Review, 58:595-617, July-August 1924. T4
Criticism of newspaper coverage of the courts and a recommendation for the establishment of standards of professional ethics rather than the use of contempt to enforce fair treatment.
"Taft and Army Disagree over Books in Soldiers' Vote Act." Publishers' Weekly, 146:177-78, 15 July 1944. T5
Senator Taft objects to the Army's exclusion of books from overseas libraries, as a misinterpretation of the legislative intent in the Soldiers' Vote Act.
"Taft-Hartley and Press Freedom." Nieman Reports, 1(4):27-28, October 1947. T6
Relates to the restriction of communications activities of labor unions under the Taft-Hartley labor act.
"Take the Shackles Off Television News." Broadcasting, 67(24):54-55, 14 December 1964. T7
Robert W. Sarnoff, board chairman of N.B.C., and Frank Stanton, C.B.S. president, call for the revision of Section 315 of the Communications Act to eliminate the equal time rule in broadcasting. Stanton calls for an end to discrimination against television in the coverage of public proceedings.
Talbert, Samuel S. "A Basic Threat to Freedom." Quill, 51(8):14-15, August 1963. T8
"Apathy, timidity, fear, and a desire for popularity on the part of the individual citizen are probably greater threats to freedom of expression than orders and policies issued by bureau officials."
Talbot, Francis. "More on Smut." America, 48:500-501, 25 February 1933; "More Smut," America, 48:460-61, 11 February 1933. T9
A priest appeals to Catholics to take action against the sale of immoral literature.
Talfourd, Sir Thomas N. Laws against Blasphemy; Speech for the Defendant, in the Prosecution of the Queen v. Moxon for the Publication of Shelley's Works. . . . London, Edward Moxon, 1841. 58p. (Also published with an introduction by Telfourd in Roberts' Semi-Monthly Magazine, 1 January 1842) T10
The offending work was Shelley's first poem, Queen Mab. The prosecution, according to Talfourd in an introduction to the publication, was prompted by Henry Hetherington, who had himself been sentenced to four months in prison for the publication of Queen Mab and wanted the law to apply equally to the aristocratic bookseller, Edward Moxon. Despite the eloquent plea of Sir Thomas ("I commend into your hand the cause of the defendant, the cause of Genius, the cause of Learning, the cause of History, the cause of Thought"), Moxon was convicted and fined.
Tallmer, Jerry. "The Silent Treatment." Nation, 169:59-60, 16 July 1949. T11
An account of the "silent treatment" given to Paul Blanshard's American Freedom and Catholic Power by many book reviewers.
Tamblyn, Eldon W. "They Play It Safe: A Report of a Survey on Book Selection and Censorship in North Carolina Public Libraries." Library Journal, 90:2495-98, 1 June 1965. T12 §
"Is there censorship in North Carolina public libraries? How do they handle controversial books? And how do their book selection practices compare with those of California public libraries as indicated in the Fisk study? A 1963 questionnaire to selected libraries was designed to supply answers to these questions." This article is a summary of a Master's thesis in library science at the University of North Carolina.
Tanenhaus, Joseph. "Group Libel." Cornell Law Quarterly, 35:261-302, Winter, 1950. T13
Commentary on laws pertaining to group defamation, 1815-1949.
[Tanner, Henry]. The Martyrdom of Lovejoy. An Account of the Life, Trials and Perils of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy. Who Was Killed by a Pro-Slavery Mob, at Alton, Ill., on the Night of November 7, 1837. By an Eye-Witness . . . Chicago, Fergus Printing Co., 1881. 233p. T14
Cited by Gill in Tide Without Turning, as one of the five major sources of material on Elijah Lovejoy. In addition to contemporary newspaper accounts and discussions in Congress, Tanner's book includes notes by Dr. Samuel Willard, who had been witness to the events of 1837.
Tanner, Sheldon C. "Developments in Newspaper Libel Laws." Journalism Quarterly, 12:245-54, September 1935. T15
The article discusses three contemporary milestones in freedom of the press: the libel suit against the Chicago Tribune, the Minnesota "gag" law, and the Florida court decision on libelous stories received from a news agency.
Tanselle, G. Thomas. "The Thomas Seltzer Imprint." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 58:380-416, Fourth Quarter 1964. T16 §
A large portion of the article deals with censorship cases in which Seltzer was involved. In the summer of 1922 John S. Sumner of the New York vice society seized 772 copies of 3 books from Seltzer's offices in New York. They were Arthur Schnitzler's Casanova's Homecoming, D. H. Lawrence's Women in Love, and an anonymous work, A Young Girl's Diary. A New York municipal judge subsequently dismissed the obscenity charge against Seltzer after hearing testimony from such critics as Carl Van Doren and Gilbert Seldes. Two years later Seltzer was again indicted for sale of Schnitzler's book and A Young Girl's Diary and charges were dropped only when the publisher agreed to withdraw the books from sale and destroy the plates. The article also deals with the formation by George Creel, World War I censor, of an anticensorship organization known as the Joint Committee for the Protection of Art and Literature, and with Justice John Ford's efforts in behalf of censorship in the formation of the Clean Books League and sponsorship of the Clean Books Bill in the New York legislature.
Tapper, Colin. "Freedom and Privilege." Modern Law Review, 26:571-74, September 1963. T17
Relates to the case of the three British journalists, who were sentenced to prison for refusal to disclose the source of information relating to the William Vassall trial.
Tarkington, Booth. "When Is It Dirt?" Collier's, 79:8-9+, 14 May 1927. T18
Based on two plays he has seen, Tarkington considers what is art and what is dirt and where the two meet. His conclusion: "I perceived that a thing is not art if a pinch of dirt is deliberately added to it to make it sell."
Tarr, H. A. "Builders of American Democracy: John Peter Zenger and Freedom of the Press." Scholastic, 37:15-16, 30 September 1940. T19
Tauber, Maurice F. A Study of Motion Picture Censorship in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Temple University, 1939. 151p. (Unpublished Master's thesis) T20
Tavel, Emilie. Fair Trial and Free Press. Columbia, Mo., Freedom of Information Center, School of Journalism, University of Missouri, 1962. 4p. (Publication no. 71) T21 §
Reprint of three articles appearing in the Christian Science Monitor on the eve of the lurid murder trial of Willem Van Rie in Boston. The Monitor and Miss Tavel each received a Gavel Award from the American Bar Association for making an "outstanding contribution to public understanding of the American legal and judicial systems."
Tawse, George. "James Watson--the Edinburgh Printer." Bibliographer, 2:124-30, October 1882. T22
The story of the Edinburgh newspaper and book printer (James Watson, the younger) who led a somewhat precarious life under threats of civil suits and royal displeasure. He served a short jail sentence in 1700 for publication of his book, Scotland's Grievance Respecting Darien.
The Tax upon Paper: The Case Stated for Its Immediate Repeal. Published under the direction of the Committee of the Newspaper and Periodical Press Association for Obtaining the Repeal of the Paper Duty. London, The Committee, 1858. T23 §
"Taxes on Knowledge and the Newspaper Press." Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, 15:351-56, June 1848; 15:499-503, August 1848. T24
"We have no censors for the press, except those astute gentlemen, the commissioners of stamps and taxes. Our fetters are made of copper, with silver chains." The press is the only educational institution in Britain that is taxed. "Tax on knowledge is treasonable to good government. The penny stamp is seditious, and the eighteen penny duty is a misdemeanor against the best interest of the State. That red penny stamp on the corners of the newspaper is a badge of slavery, a barricade of knowledge as the Window-tax is a barricade to health and light--and the country cannot be free where both exist."
Taylor, Charles E. "The New Standard of Obscenity: Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957)." Ohio State Law Journal, 19:137-42, Winter 1958. T25
Taylor, Charles H., and Eliot Lord. "Libel and Signed Articles." Writer (Boston), 1:177-89, December 1887. T26
In an address at the Boston Press Club dinner, Taylor, the managing editor of the Boston Globe, urges that newspaper articles be signed as a means of assessing both credit and blame. Greater personal responsibility, accuracy, and fewer libel suits would be the result. Eliot Lord, managing editor of the Boston Evening Record, defends anonymity. The writer can feel freer to be frank. Furthermore, because of editing and cutting, and the composite story, a writer would not care to sign his name to the finished product. In any event, the paper should stand behind its writers.
Taylor, E. G. "Intellectual Liberty and the Blasphemy Laws." Westminster Review, 143:117-39, February 1895. T27
In an age and nation that boasts of its freedom, there is an exception to the rule of toleration. Freethinkers and secularists are still victims of oppression. The author reviews the laws and court decisions that have deprived this class of their civil and political rights, including freedom to speak and publish. References are made to such leading blasphemy cases as Foote, Ramsey, and Besant and Bradlaugh.
Taylor, Frank L. "Broadcasting in the Courtroom." West Virginia Law Review, 60:312-19, April 1958. T28
Discussion of Canon 35 of the Canons of Judicial Ethics of the American Bar Association.
Taylor, G. Rattray. Sex in History. rev. ed. London, Thames and Hudson, 1959. 338p. T29
A history of changes in attitudes toward sex, which includes numerous references to heresy, obscene libel, and pornography.
Taylor, Glen E. "Obscenity not Entitled to Constitutional Protection as Free Speech under First or Fourteenth Amendment." Texas Law Review, 36:226-29, December 1957. T30
Notes on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957).
Taylor, Hannis. "Blow at Freedom of the Press." North American Review, 155:694-705, December 1892. T31
Criticism of the recent Supreme Court decision (Dupré, 143 U.S. 110-35) which gives Congress "despotic power" over the intellectual content of all communication passing through the mail, in contradiction to the freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment. Taylor writes of the "fiction" created by the Court that, since citizens have a right to transmit mail through other than the United States mails, the First Amendment is satisfied. Instead, the ruling "takes away the only substantial right which the First Amendment was ever intended to guarantee to him."
Taylor, Henry A. The British Press: A Critical Survey. London, Arthur Barker, 1961. 176p. T32
A British journalist appraises the nation's press in light of the report of the Royal Commission on the Press (1947-49). A large portion of the commentary deals with the freedom of the press--external and internal disciplines. Taylor discusses the work of the Press Council, particularly in "counselling a chartered libertine." "The reputation of the Press as a libertine arises from the circumstance that whereas the ordinary citizen is seldom in a position that requires him to exercise his rights to the extreme limit, the newspaper Press in its day-to-day activities is always ranging near the frontier that separates liberty from license." In Britain, he observes, there is no specific law guaranteeing the freedom or independence of the Press. "What passes as its charter is the recognition, long accorded by the dicta of judges, to the concept of the Press as a free institution endowed with the rights of the ordinary citizen."
-------. Freedom Number One: Liberty of Expression and the British Press. London, Signpost Press, 1944. 30p. (Signpost Booklet no. 16) T33
A defense of the British press, written by a Conservative editor who believes that the financial basis of the newspaper industry, i.e. income from advertising, does not interfere with the freedom of expression. "The newspaper community is inspired by a sense of service which is entirely unrelated to the commercial structure on which its organization rests." The real control of the press rests with the readers. The author discusses the effect of the press and the B.B.C. on public opinion, stresses the importance of press freedom, and warns of the dangers of State-imposed ideas.
Taylor, Howard B. The Theory of Privacy as It Affects Advertising and News in the Press of the United States. Columbia, Mo., University of Missouri, 1937. 125p. (Unpublished Master's thesis) T34
[Taylor, John E.]. A Full and Accurate Report of the Trial of Mr. John Edward Taylor, of Manchester, for an Alleged Libel on Mr. John Greenwood . . . at Lancaster, on Monday, March 29, 1819, before Mr. Baron Wood. Manchester, Eng., W. Cowdroy, 1819. 34p. T35
Although the case involved an alleged libel in letters written by Taylor to Greenwood rather than anything appearing in the public press, the case is of interest because, according to the defendant in his lengthy introduction on libel, it is "the first instance, in cases of criminal prosecution for libel in which the defendant has been allowed to call evidence in justification, and to prove the truth of the alleged libellous matter." Despite strict instructions from the judge for conviction, the jury found the defendant not guilty.
Taylor, Michael A. "The Censorship Bugaboo: Radio-TV Programming and the FCC." New Republic, 146:17-21, 2 April 1962. T36
The physical limitations of the broadcasting medium together with the "public interest" mandate from Congress necessitate some licensing power in the FCC. The courts have conclusively declined to limit the Commission's power to technical matters but have included program content as well. There is no prior censorship, only action after an extended series of acts that indicate the station is not operating in the public interest.
Taylor, Peter A. Burning a Theology Book. Libraries of Mechanical Institutes: should they be free, or subject to theological censorship? A speech delivered . . . at the Halstead Literary . . . Institute, June 30, 1858. London, E. Wilson, 1858. 16p. T37
[Taylor, Robert]. Trial of the Reverend Robert Taylor . . . upon a charge of Blasphemy, with his defence, as Delivered by Himself, before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury, on Wednesday, October 24, 1827. To which is now added, the Judgment of the Court of King's Bench, and the Reverend Defendant's Address to the Court . . . London, R. Carlile, 1828. 48p. T38
This unorthodox minister was brought to trial for a blasphemous sermon, advertised in the press and by handbill, on the character of Christ, an exposure of "the atrocious villanies that characterize the Jewish vampire." Taylor was convicted and sentenced to a year in prison.
Taylor, Thurston. "Keep Calm and Support the Library Bill of Rights." Library Journal, 76:2063-64, 15 December 1951. (Reprinted in Daniels, The Censorship of Books, pp. 174-75) T39 §
The librarian of the Free Public Library, Worcester, Mass., questions the policy of Ralph Ulveling of the Detroit Public Library in handling pro-Communist materials. Ulveling's statement had appeared in the August 1951 Library Journal.
Taylor, W. S. "Why Not Censureship?" Sewanee Review, 43:311-26, July 1935. T40
Instead of censorship or unlimited intellectual freedom the author proposes a third alternative--"censureship." "Censureship would demand complete freedom of publication; but recognizing the rights of governments as much as authors, critics, publishers, and customers, for the sake of consumers, censureship would provide opportunity for the government's opinion of any intellectual or artistic production to reach the consumer along with the production itself." The scheme would not require prior censorship, but prior submission of the manuscript to a government agency in time for the agency to prepare its opinion. The producer of the work would be required to give the opinion of the government verbatim along with his own publicity.
Taylor, Winchell. "Secret Movie Censors." Nation, 147:38-40, 9 July 1938. T41
An account of the drive in the United States against Blockade, a Spanish Civil War story with an anti-Fascist theme. Opposition was from Catholic groups, from the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, and the Fox West Coast theater chain.
The Tears of the Press, with Reflections on the Present State of England. London, Printed and Sold by Richard Janeway, 1681. 9p. (Also in The Harleian Miscellany, vol. 8, pp. 527-29) T42
"The tears of the press were but the livery of its guilt . . . the ink has poison in it." The enormities of the press are caused partly by writers and partly by readers. The cure lies not so much in "breaking" the press but in "prophylactical" measures, employment of the press as "a battering-ram to destroy and overthrow the mighty walls of heresy and error" and to communicate "all wholesome knowledge and science."
Tebbel, John. "Freedom of the Air: Myth or Reality?" Saturday Review, 45(15):56-57, 15 April 1962. T43
Problems raised by editorializing on the air.
"Television and the Accused." New York County Lawyers Association Bar Bulletin, 21:166-74, 1964. T44
A report of the Association's Committee on Civil Rights dealing with the balancing of television's freedom of the press with the right of the accused to a fair trial. The report was approved by the Association's Board of Directors.
Television Information Office. The Library Television: Freedom, Responsibility, Regulation. A Bibliography. New York, TIO, 1962. 8p. (TIO Bibliography Series, no. 2) T45
A selected and annotated bibliography.
-------. Television in Government and Politics. A Bibliography. New York, TIO, 1964. 63p. (TIO Bibliography Series, no. 3) T46
A selected and annotated bibliography.
Teller, Edward. "Perilous Illusion: Secrecy Means Security." New York Times Magazine, 13 November 1960, pp. 29+. T47
A scientist criticizes government classification of scientific secrets as inimical to our interests and those of our allies.
[Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes]. The World's Most Famous Court Trial, Tennessee Evolution Case. 3d ed. Cincinnati, National Book Co., 1925, 339p. T48
A verbatim report of the Scopes trial, including speeches and arguments of attorneys, testimony of scientists, and William Jennings Bryan's last speech. In Irving Stone's Clarence Darrow for the Defense, chapter 12, entitled Your Old Man's a Monkey! deals with Darrow's part in the trial. The case involved the use of a high school textbook discussing evolution.
Tennyson, Charles. "The Libraries' Censorship." Contemporary Review, 97:476-80, April 1910. T49
Deals with censorship imposed by such circulating libraries as Mudie's, W. H. Smith, Booklovers' Library, the Times Book Club, etc., who classify all books submitted to them by the publisher as (a) satisfactory, (b) doubtful, and (c) objectionable.
Terrou, Fernand, and Lucien Solal. Legislation for Press, Film and Radio. Paris, UNESCO, 1951. 420p. (Press, Film, and Radio in the World Today) T50
A comparative study of the main types of regulations governing the information media, including professional codes.
Terry, Hugh B. "Electronic Journalism in the Colorado Courts." Journalism Quarterly, 34:341-48+, Summer 1957. T51
"When John Gilbert Graham planted a time bomb aboard an airliner, he indirectly aided in a substantial victory by Colorado news broadcasters over restrictions of Canon 35. State radio and television newsmen banded together to convince their judges that electronic reporters can cover a trial with fairness."
Terwilliger, W. Bird. "William Goddard's Victory for the Freedom of the Press." Maryland Historical Magazine, 36:139-49, June 1941. T52
A Baltimore editor in 1777 withstood the vigilante pressures of a local Whig Club and refused to reveal the name of the writer of an article in his paper, Maryland Journal. He received the support of the Committee of Grievances of the Maryland House of Delegates to whom he referred the case.
"Test for Obscenity--Requirement of Patent Offensiveness and Necessity of Judicial Determination Prior to Postal Censorship." Rutgers Law Review, 17:213-17, Fall 1962. T53
Notes on the decision, Manual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day, 370 U.S. 478 (1962).
"The Test of Obscenity." Author, 65:1-5, Autumn 1954. T54
A report of the decision of the Central Criminal Court of England in freeing the publishers of Stanley Kauffmann's The Philanderer of charges of obscene libel. Excerpts from the text of Mr. Justice Stable's decision, which "may prove a classic statement in English law." The case of Regina v. Martin Secker & Warburg, Ltd., et al.
"Textbooks Brought to Book." Time, 37(9):39-40, 3 March 1941. T55
An account of the controversial report of the National Association of Manufacturers' study of social science textbooks used in American high schools, conducted by Ralph W. Robey.
Thackrey, Russell I. "Legal Controls of Communications as America Enters World War II." Journalism Quarterly, 19:24-27, March 1942. T56
While legal controls of the press in wartime are a heritage of World War I, the Attorney General in World War II "has charted a liberal course with respect to opinion, and a widely respected newspaperman has been made censor."
Thaxton, Carlton J. An Analysis of the Twenty-four Novels Published between 1947 and 1957 Which Were Reported in Either the Censorship Bulletin or the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom as Having Been Banned or Blacklisted in the United States in the Years 1956 or 1957. Tallahassee, Florida State University, 1958. 188p. (Unpublished Master's thesis) T57
Thayer, Frank. "Cited for Contempt." Quill, 27(12):10-13 December 1939. T58
Suggestions to journalists for avoiding citation for contempt, offered by a professor of journalism and law.
-------. "Defamation and Freedom of Expression." Quill, 52(1):18-22, January 1964. T59
First in a series of articles on defamation, libel, and slander.
-------. "Fair Comment as a Defense." Wisconsin Law Review, 1950:288-307, March 1950. T60
Part of a larger study on libel being proposed by the author. "Fair criticism, though embarrassing and often severe, helps to crystallize public opinion and focus attention on merits and defects in human activity. To comment fairly on what is in the public interest tends to make better art, government, or business. The limits of fair comment are broad, yet every individual is not destined to suffer injury to reputation because these limits are extended. It is still fundamental law that every man is entitled to a good reputation."
-------. Legal Control of the Press; Concerning Libel, Privacy, Contempt, Copyright, Regulation of Advertising, and Postal Laws. With Cooperation on Research by Eugene O. Gehl and Harold L. Nelson. 4th ed. Brooklyn, The Foundation Press, 1962. 795p. T61
A legal casebook "based upon the experience gained in conducting classes and seminars in law of the press in the School of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin . . . Examples are based on actual cases, public records of judicial decisions." The appendix includes a selected bibliography, second-class mail regulations, and a table of cases cited.
-------. "Libel Per Se and Libel Under Special Circumstances." Quill, 52(2):20-23, February 1964. T62
Second article in a series.
-------. "Principal Defense in Civil Libel." Quill, 52(3):22-26, March 1964. T63
Third article in a series.
-------. "Shifting Concepts in Laws Affecting the Press." Journalism Quarterly, 28:24-30, Winter 1951. T64
An examination of recent decisions by courts and regulating agencies suggests that newspapers are clearly facing more controls.
[Thayer, Scofield]. "Comments [on Censorship]." Dial, 72:446-48, April 1922. T65
Comments by the editor on censorship of the stage. The basis for all prohibitions "is not so much hatred of the thing to be prohibited as the love of the power to destroy." A work of art is let alone if it has a moral purpose, "it may be damned and burned if it intends nothing but amusement." The artist should be independent just as the scientist is independent.
Theisen, Roman. A Moral Evaluation of the American Law Regarding Literary Obscenity. Rome, Catholic Book Agency, 1957. 109p. T66
The author of this thesis generally agrees with the Congressional Investigation Committee which found that "the legislation, both Federal and State, is sufficient," except in the protection of children, and that citizens should insist on the enforcement of existing laws.
Thelwall, John. Natural and Constitutional Right of Britons to Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage, and the Freedom of Popular Association; Being a Vindication of the Motives and Political Conduct of John Thelwall and the London Corresponding Society in General . . . London, The Author, 1795. 96p. T67
Thelwall did not use this speech at his treason trial but left the defense to his lawyer, Thomas Erskine.
-------. Political Lectures, containing the Lecture on Spies and Informers and the First Lecture on Prosecutions for Political Opinions, to which is prefixed a narrative of facts relative to the recent attempts to wrest from the people the palladium of their natural and constitutional rights, Liberty of Speech. London, 1795. T68
Thelwall, publisher of the weekly Champion and active in the London Corresponding Society, was a stout advocate of parliamentary reform and defender of the freedom of expression. He was tried for sedition along with other Jacobin pamphleteers. This work was intended to be followed by another volume, but volume 2 did not appear because the Attorney General seized Thelwall's notes and did not return them after the trial.
[-------]. [Trial of John Thelwall for Seditious Libel, 1821]. In Annual Register, 1822, p. 351. Commons Journals, 1821, vol. 76, pp. 943 ff.; Champion, 6 May 1821. T69
For attacking the Constitutional Association in the columns of the Champion, Thelwall was brought to trial on charges of seditious libel. He was freed by the court and the Chief Justice declared that officers of the Association who took part in the arrest and imprisonment had been unnecessarily harsh. Following his arrest, Thelwall wrote in the Champion: "This is, in fact, the commencement only of a great warfare about to be waged between the Liberty of the Press and the usurping tyranny of a detestable self-constituted inquisition."
[-------]. Trial of Mr. John Thelwall, Reported by a Student in the Temple. . . . In State Trials for High Treason. . . . Part Third. London, Printed for B. Crosby, [1794?]. 126p. T70
Thelwall was arrested in May 1794 along with Hardy, Tooke, and nine others for their activity in behalf of parliamentary reform and their sympathies for the French Revolution. Thelwall's papers, manuscripts, personal library, and etchings were all seized in a raid by the king's "messengers," never to be returned. After more than six months in prison, the last month in the charnel house of Newgate among corpses of dead prisoners, Thelwall was brought to trial. Thomas Erskine defended him and, as in the case of Hardy and Tooke who had been tried before him, Thelwall was found not guilty.
"They Snoop to Conquer." Saturday Review (London), 147:309-10, 9 March 1929. T71
Opposition to a proposal made by the London Council of Public Morality for legislation that anyone knowingly selling books to persons under 18 years of age should be punished under summary jurisdiction if such books are calculated to corrupt morals. "The wretched bookseller," the writer remarks, "will have to calculate not only the age of the recipient but the corruptive power of the book!" The Home Secretary cannot be depended upon as a judge, for he once said that "the coarser remarks in Shakespeare, if published in penny form" would undoubtedly be indecent.
"This Hush-Hush War." Christian Century, 59:1281-82, 21 October 1942. T72
The Navy's announcement that it would celebrate the first anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor by revealing the full story of the event, leads the editor to criticize the withholding of important information for a year. Censors should keep in mind the danger of loss of public confidence which it produces as well as the effect on the enemy.
Thomas, A. V. "Newspaper Control." Dial, 66:121-24, 8 February 1919. T73
The author charges that coercive ownership controls over editorial policy caused Canadian papers to desert Laurier in the last election.
Thomas, Alan W. "Complaints and Answers." Library Journal, 88:510-12, 1 February 1963. T74 §
One of three papers relating to selection of controversial materials, given at a staff meeting of librarians working with young adults at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
-------. "Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don't." Pennsylvania Library Association Bulletin, 18:13-16, May 1963. T75 §
The official responsible for adult book selection in the Free Library of Philadelphia discusses that library's handling of certain controversial titles--the basis for selection or rejection and the response of the public--pro and con.
Thomas, Augustus. "A Playwright's Views." Review of Reviews, 75:402, April 1927. T76
A playwright gives his reasons for opposing censorship. "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
Thomas, Donald. "Hicklin: Deprave and Corrupt." Censorship, 3:38-42, Summer 1965. T77 §
A discussion of the hypothesis, established as a tenent of English obscenity law by Lord Cockburn in 1868, that pornography corrupts its readers. The concept "still remains the fundamental justification of censorship by means of the Obscene Publications Act."
-------. "Leigh Hunt's Examiner." Censorship, 2(2):38-42, Spring 1966. T78 §
The clash of Leigh Hunt and his brother John with the political censorship of the early nineteenth century.
-------. "Licensing in England, 1538-1695." Censorship, 4:37-41, Autumn 1965. T79 §
"This system of licensing grew from a decree of Henry VIII, issued in 1538, and continued with modifications until the House of Commons refused to prolong the final Licensing Act in 1695." A brief history of a century-and-a-half of licensing of printing.
Thomas, Ella C. Libel and Slander and Related Action. 2d ed., Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Oceana, 1963. 73p. (Legal Almanac series 15) T80
Thomas, Isaiah. The History of Printing in America, with a Biography of Printers and an Account of Newspapers. Worcester, Mass., 1810; rev. ed., Albany, N.Y., Munsell, 1874. 2 vols. T81
An important source of information on suppression of early American newspapers, written by a printer with firsthand knowledge of eighteenth-century journalism.
Thomas, Ivor. The Newspaper. London, Oxford University Press, 1943. 32p. (Oxford Pamphlets on Home Affairs) T82
In a general survey of the British press Thomas, former editorial writer for the Times, believes the high standards of newspaper ownership are likely to prevent the British press from becoming a sinister instrument of a few press lords. He believes that lack of objectivity in presenting the news is more the result of the speed of work than any deliberate malice.
Thomas, John L. Law of Constructive Contempt; the Shepherd Case Reviewed. St. Louis, F. H. Thomas, 1904. 270p. T83
A criticism of the decision in the case Missouri v. Shepherd, 177 Mo. 205, 76 S.W. 79 (1903) in which the editor of the Warrensburg, Mo., Standard-Herald was convicted of contempt of court. J. M. Shepherd, in an editorial published during the case of H. R. Oglesby v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co., had charged the Missouri Supreme Court with bribery and corruption. The trial report in Shepherd's case includes a lengthy review of the history of the power of the court in matters of contempt by publication.
-------. Lotteries, Frauds and Obscenity in the Mails. Columbia, Mo., E. W. Stephens, 1900. 358p. T84
Includes abstracts of court decisions and statutes.
Thomas, John P. A Legal and Constitutional Argument against the Alleged Judicial Right of Restraining the Publication of Reports of Judicial Proceedings, as assumed in King vs. Thistlewood and others, enforced against the Proprietor of The Observer by a Fine of £500, and afterwards Confirmed by the Court of King's Bench . . . London, Printed by I. L. Turner for S. Sweet, 1822. 148p. T85
In the trial of Arthur Thistlewood and others for treason, April 1820, Lord Chief Justice Abbott prohibited publication of the proceedings of the court until subsequent trials should be concluded. William Clement, proprietor of The Observer published a report of the proceedings on the day following the conclusion of the Thistlewood trial. Clement was fined £500 for violating the order of the Court. Following an account of the case, Thomas presents arguments against such court restraints and concludes with publication of a "Proposal for An Act for the declaring and confirming the right and lawfulness of publishing without restraint, all fair and complete reports of the proceedings in the several courts of record."
Thomas, Joseph M. "Swift and the Stamp Act of 1712." Publications of Modern Language Association, 31 (n.s.):247-63, 1916. T86
Rejects charge that Swift was author of the suggestion for a tax on publications.
Thomas, Peter D. G. "The Beginning of Parliamentary Reporting in Newspapers, 1768-1774." English Historical Review, 74:623-36, October 1959. T87
Study based on newspapers of the period, particularly those of London.
-------. "John Wilkes and the Freedom of the Press, 1771." Bulletin, Institute for Historical Research, 33:86-98, 1960. T88
Thomas, Ralph C. "Libel and Slander: Defamation of Class." Oklahoma Law Review, 2:377-87, August 1949. T89
Thompson, Charles A. H. "Television, Politics and Public Policy." In Public Policy: A Yearbook of the Graduate School of Public Administration. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1958, pp. 368-406. (Reprint no. 25, Brookings Institution) T90
In discussing Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934, which deals with equal time for political candidates, the author points out that the industry has demonstrated its capability and intention of providing adequate time for the major parties and could take care of minor parties, "so long as it does not have to give substantially equal access to all legally qualified candidates who come forward."
Thompson, Craig F. "The Christian Science Censorship." New Republic, 61:59-62, 11 December 1929. T91
Concerns the efforts of the Christian Science Church to suppress Edwin F. Dakin's book, Mrs. Eddy: The Biography of a Virginal Mind, published by Charles Scribner's. Subsequent issues of the New Republic carry editorials and letters to the editor on the subject: 15 January 1930, 22 January 1930, 29 January 1930, and 19 February 1930.
-------. "Christian Science Censorship Again." New Republic, 62:44-46, 26 February 1930. T92
The author describes efforts being made by the local publications committees of the Christian Science Church to keep Dakin's biography of Mrs. Eddy off the library shelf.
Thompson, Denys. "Beaverbrook for Beginners." School Library Review, 2(4):126-27, Summer 1939. T93
The answer to the challenge to protect young people from the sinister propaganda rife in the world today is not censorship but education of children to discriminate in their reading. Before they leave school they should have an "emotional balance" that will serve as a protection against propaganda.
Thompson, Dorothy. "The Climate of a Free Press." Ladies' Home Journal, 65:11-12+, September 1948. T94
Discusses the widespread doubts that exist today about press freedom because of centralization of ownership and advertising control, and considers the extent to which such criticisms are justified. "A free press is indeed a press which appeals to reason in the light of facts, and one in which ownership and direction respect truth and reason. In our country it seeks to pay its bill by pleasing readers. And if readers also respect truth, they will keep it free and make it more so."
Thompson, Elbert N. S. The Controversy between the Puritans and the Stage. New York, Holt, 1903. 275p. Reprinted in 1966 by Russell & Russell, New York. (Yale Studies in English, vol. 20) T95
A study in the conflict between morality and art reflected in the Puritan literature and sermons which resulted in the theater closure act of 1642. Includes a critical account of William Prynne's attack on the stage in his Histrio-Mastix and a section on the dramatists' replies to their critics.
Thompson, Helen. "Censorship Defeated in Riverside Drive." Library Journal, 84:388-89, 1 February 1959. T96
Account of an attempt by a member of the Library Board of the Riverside, Calif., Public Library, to ban from the shelves all books by persons who had been unfavorably mentioned by the Un-American Activities Committee of the California legislature. The local newspaper reported the efforts and there was widespread opposition. A firm stand against censorship by the Library Board and the staff defeated the attempt.
Thompson, J. W. M. "The Press." Spectator, 212:244-45, 21 February 1964. T97
The author examines numerous press comments in Great Britain concerning the condemnation of Fanny Hill as obscene by the chief metropolitan magistrate. "What has emerged most strongly from the press comments has been a healthy uneasiness over the way the case was handled by the prosecution."
[Thompson, Nathaniel, et al.]. Tryal of Nathaniel Thompson, William Pain and John Farwell; for Writing, Printing and Publishing Libels, Reflecting upon the Justice of the Nation, in the Proceedings against the Murderers of Sir Edmond-Bury Godfrey; Added by Way of Appendix Several Affidavits . . . London, T. Simmons, 1682. 53p. (Also in Howell, State Trials, vol. 8, pp. 1359 ff.) T98
Thompson, a Catholic printer, had published two letters in his Domestick Intelligence defending Catholics against murder charges in an episode of the Popish Plot. The letters were written by Pain and Farwell. Publisher and authors were brought to trial and found guilty. Thompson and Farwell were sentenced to stand upon the pillory. A contemptuous mob hurled refuse and abuse on the men. Each defendant was fined £100.
Thompson, Ralph. "Deathless Lady." Colophon, I (n.s., 2):207-20, Autumn 1935. T99
History of the often-banned Fanny Hill, with a biography of the author, John Cleland.
Thompson, W. H., et al. "Press Freedom in Wartime; a Symposium." Labour Monthly, 23:115-25, March 1941. T100 §
"In view of the grave issues raised by the suppression of the 'Daily Worker' and 'The Week,' we have approached a number of representatives of democratic opinion for expressions of their viewpoint. While these contributors in several cases make clear their criticisms of the viewpoint of the 'Daily Worker,' they are united in protesting against the Government's action in suppressing this organ of working-class and democratic opinion." The contributors are: W. H. Thompson, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Sir Richard Acland, Sir Hugh Roberton, Lord Ponsonby, H. W. Nevinson, L. C. White, S. O. Davies, Ronald Kidd, and the Dean of Canterbury.
Thomson, James. Mr. Thomson's Preface to a Speech of Mr. John Milton, for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing. (Printed with George Walker's Substance of a Speech at the General Meeting of the County of Nottingham . . . 28 February 1780.) [London]. Society for Constitutional Information, 1780, pp. 9-12. T101
Thomson's preface to the 1738 edition is also printed in T. Holt White's edition of Milton's Areopagitica, 1819, pp. lxv-lxxi, along with White's comments about the Thomson edition.
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