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-------. Dr. Thomas Cooper. Washington, D.C., 1850. 2p. (House Report II, 31st Cong., 1st sess.) U102
A recommendation for refunding the fine imposed upon Dr. Cooper in 1800 under the Sedition Act. Similar recommendations had been made in almost every Congress since 1825.
-------. Proposed Federal Group Libel Legislation. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1963. 23p. (Staff report prepared by Benjamin L. Zelenko and Theodore Sky, 88th Cong., 1st sess.) U103
Deals with the constitutionality and desirability of curbing the dissemination through the mails of materials that disparage various groups on grounds of racial, religious, or ethnic characteristics.
-------. Sedition. Hearings on S. 3317, H.R. 10650 and 12041, February 4 and 6, 1920. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1920. 288p. (66th Cong., 2d sess.) U104
-------. Sedition, Syndicalism, Sabotage, and Anarchy. Hearings on H.R. 10210, 10235, 10379, 10614, 10616, 10650, and 11089. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1919. 64p. (66th Cong., 2d sess.) U105
-------. [Sedition, Syndicalism, Sabotage and Anarchy]. Report to Accompany S. 3317. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1920. 9p. (House Report 542, 66th Cong., 2d sess.) U106 §
While seeking to give the Government adequate power to "crush out this spirit of force, violence, and destruction [against anarchy and sedition] . . . the bill is confined to the restraint and punishment of the use of force and violence and leaves 'free speech' and a 'free press' untrammeled and the right to advocate or teach any reform or change by peaceful and lawful methods without limitation." The two bills, as amended, are recommended for passage.
-------. To Punish Offenses Against the Existence of the Government of the United States. Report to Accompany H.R. 11430. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1920. 7p. (House Report 536, 66th Cong., 2d sess.) U107 §
-------. Western Newspaper Union. [Hearings] June 11, 1912. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1912. 293p. (62d Cong., 2d sess.) U108
Relates to the controversy between the Western Newspaper Union and the American Press Association.
United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Government Control of Radio Communication. Hearings before the Committee on H.R. 13159 . . . December 12, 13, 17, and 19. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1919. 476p. (65th Cong., 3d sess.) U109
United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Post Office and Civil Service Committee. Circulation of Obscene and Pornographic Material. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Postal Operations. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1960. 60p. (86th Cong., 2d sess.) U110
Appendix includes the report from the Select Committee on Obscene Publications to the British House of Commons, 1958.
-------. Detention of Mail for Temporary Periods. Hearing . . . on H.R. 4383 . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1958. 19p. (85th Cong., 2d sess.) U111
Testimony of Congressman John Dowdy and Herbert B. Warburton, general counsel of the Post Office Department, relating to a bill to close a loophole in the laws preventing the mailing of obscene matter.
-------. Detention of Mail for Temporary Periods. Hearings . . . on H.R. 7379 and similar bills . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1959. 101p. (86th Cong., 1st sess.) U112
Hearings on legislation recommended by the Post Office Department to assist in carrying out the existing law which provides for the exclusion of obscene matter from the mails. Includes testimony from representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Book Publishers Council, the Post Office Department, various church groups, and members of the Congress.
-------. Exclusion of Communist Political Propaganda from the U.S. Mails. Hearings . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1963. 64p. (88th Cong., 1st sess.) U113
Statements by Tyler Abell of the Post Office Department and Irving Fishman of the U.S. Customs.
-------. Improving Enforcement of Laws Prohibiting Use of Mails to Defraud and Send Obscene Literature. Hearings on H.R. 560. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1954. 35p. (83d Cong., 2d sess.) U114
-------. Obscene Matter Sent Through the Mails. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Postal Operations . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1959. 3 pts. (86th Cong., 1st sess.) U115
Testimony before the Granahan Committee from more than 100 persons, including representatives from churches, welfare, civic, patriotic, and women's organizations, customs and postal officials, psychiatrists, judges, law enforcement officers, and others concerned with the problem of obscenity and pornography.
-------. Obscene Matter Sent Through the Mails, Hearings, Nov. 13-Dec. 6, 1961. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1962. 355p. (87th Cong., 2d sess.) U116
Includes testimony from representatives of the Boston Police Department, Sunshine Publishing Co., Knights of Columbus, Philadelphia Citizens Committee against Obscenity, Citizens for Decent Literature, postal and customs inspectors, juvenile court judges, and district attorneys.
-------. Obscene Matter Sent Through the Mails. Report to the Committee . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1959. 61p. (Committee Print, 86th Cong., 1st sess.) U117
A report of the findings of the Subcommittee on Postal Operations (Granahan Committee), together with a suggested program for community action in the crusade against obscenity. Recommendations of the Committee include suggestions that "State governments consider adopting legislation to provide more effective and more uniform antiobscenity statutes" and that "local governments consider adopting more effective ordinances."
-------. Protecting Postal Patrons from Obscene and Obnoxious Mail and Communist Propaganda. Hearings . . . on H.R. 142, H.R. 319 and Similar Bills, June 25-July 24, 1963. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1964. 207p. (88th Cong., 2d sess.) U118
-------. Protecting Postal Patrons from Obscene Mail. Hearings on H.R. 980 and Related Bills. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1965. 34p. (89th Cong., 1st sess.) U119
Bills provide for the return of obscene mail matter. Included are statements from the Citizens for Decent Literature, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Library Association, the Direct Mail Advertising Association (text of their standards of business practices), the American Book Publishers Council, the Magazine Publishers' Association, and the Los Angeles County Commission Against Indecent Literature.
-------. Protection of Postal Patrons from Morally Offensive Mail Matter. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1964. 15p. (House Report 1506, 88th Cong., 2d sess.) U120 §
Recommends the passage of H.R. 319.
-------. Return of Obscene Mail. Report to the Committee. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1965. 13p. (House Report 219, 89th Cong., 1st sess.) U121
Concerns H.R. 980. "The purpose of this legislation is to give every person, particularly a parent, served by the U.S. mail an effective and urgently needed means to prevent the forced entry into his home, or into the hands of his children, of mail matter which in his opinion is obscene, lewd, lascivious, indecent, filthy, or vile." The Committee recommends passage.
-------. Self-Policing of the Movie and Publishing Industry. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Postal Operations . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1960. 178p. (86th Cong., 2d sess.) U122
Statements by Richard Brandt, Independent Film Importers & Distributors of America; John G. Broumas, Theater Owners of America; Congressman Ken Hechler; Eric Johnston, Mrs. Margaret G. Twyman, Gordon S. White, and Geoffrey Shurlock, Motion Picture Association of America; Robert E. Kenyon, Jr., Magazine Publishers' Association; Dan Lacy, American Book Publishers Council; and Abram F. Myers, Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors.
United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Post Office and Public Roads Committee. Exclusion of Certain Publications from the Mails. Hearings on H.R. 20644 and 21183. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1915. 59p. (63d Cong., 3d sess.) U123
Proposal to make postal censorship include matter considered libelous.
-------. Offense Against Postal Service. Hearings . . . H.R. 5370, providing penalty for anyone who shall knowingly cause obscene matter to be delivered by mail or to be delivered at place to which it is directed to be delivered . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1935. 113p. (74th Cong., 1st sess.) U124
-------. Restricting the Size of Newspapers. Hearings . . . on H.R. 10960. December 15, 1919. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 137p. (66th Cong., 2d sess.) U125
United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Rules Committee. Rule Making in Order Consideration of S. 3317, Hearings on H. Res. 438 [for consideration of S. 3317, to prohibit and punish certain seditious acts against the Government of the United States, and to Prohibit use of mails for purpose of promoting such acts]. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1920. 203p. (66th Cong., 2d sess.) U126
Includes article by Alfred Bettman and Swinburne Hale, Do We Need More Sedition Laws?
United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials. Investigation of Literature Allegedly Containing Objectionable Material. Hearings on S. Res. 596 and 597. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1953. 388p. (82d Cong., 2d sess.) U127
The investigation centered largely on paperbacks, "cheesecake" magazines, and "comics." The Committee heard from publishers, distributors, churchmen, police officers, and postal officials. Statements were made by the following associations: National Council of Catholic Men, American Book Publishers Council, American Civil Liberties Union, Mystery Writers of America, Women's Christian Temperance Union, National Association of Photographic Manufacturers, and The Society of Magazine Writers. Annual reports of the censor detail of the Detroit Police Department (1950, 1951, and 1952) are included.
-------. Report of the Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1952. 137p. (House Report 2510, 82d Cong., 2d sess.) U128
The "Gathings Committee" was directed to conduct an investigation "(1) to determine the extent to which current literature--books, magazines, and comic books--containing immoral, obscene, or otherwise offensive matter, or placing improper emphasis on crime, violence, and corruption, are being made available to the people of the United States through the United States mails and otherwise; and (2) to determine the adequacy of existing law to prevent the publication and distribution of books containing immoral, offensive, and other undesirable matter." After hearing numerous witnesses the Committee made two recommendations: enactment of legislation to prohibit interstate shipment of obscene matter by private carriers (already prohibited by public carriers); and enactment of legislation authorizing the Postmaster General to impound mail addressed to distributors of obscene matter and to exempt the Post Office Department from the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act. A minority report, while agreeing with the serious extent of pornographic literature, objects to the investigation that has "embarked upon an ambitious expedition to determine the intrinsic and extrinsic nature of contemporary literature." The minority report questions the advisability of permitting the Postmaster General to impound mail and exempting the Department from the Administrative Procedures Act. Adequate federal and state legislation already exists for dealing with obscenity. The Appendix contains two articles: This Literature We Distribute by Samuel Black, vice-president, Atlantic Coast Independent Distributors Association, and Filth on the Newsstands by Margaret Culkin Banning, novelist.
United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission. Investigation of Port Huron Decision and Scott Decision. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1948. 5p. (House Report 2461, 80th Cong., 2d sess.) U129
The Port Huron decision of FCC held in effect that radio stations have no right to censor libelous or slanderous statements in political broadcasting; the Scott decision was concerned with the rights of atheists to equal time on the air to reply to religious broadcasts. The Select Committee objects to the decisions. The Port Huron decision left broadcasters in the unenviable position between the FCC decision and state libel laws. With respect to the Scott decision the Committee asserted that "the broadcast of a regular religious worship . . . does not present a public controversy which in the public interest requires that time be granted to those who would destroy the church in America."
United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Special Committee . . . Concerning Right of Victor L. Berger to Be Sworn in as Member of the 66th Congress. Hearings. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1919. 2 vols. (66th Cong., 1st sess.) U130
Berger, a founder of the Socialist Party in the United States, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and a member of Congress (1911-13), actively opposed American participation in World War I. In September 1917 the Leader was deprived of its second-class mailing privilege by the Postmaster General and the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately upheld the decision (U.S. ex. rel. Milwaukee Social Democrat Publishing Co. v. Burleson, 258 Fed. 282, 1919). In February 1918, Berger was indicted for conspiracy under the wartime Espionage Act for 5 editorials in the Leader. He was convicted and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. In January 1921 the Supreme Court reversed the conviction because of the prejudicial conduct of Judge Landis. Volume 2 of the hearings, conducted when Berger was seeking a seat in the House of Representatives, contains the full record of the trial.
United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Un-American Activities Committee. Cumulative Index to Publications of the Committee on Un-American Activities, 1938-1954. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1962. 1344p. (87th Cong.) U131
The index lists individuals, organizations, and publications (including motion pictures, plays, radio and television programs, and songs) that have been mentioned in testimony or have submitted a report to the Committee. The Un-American Activities Committee was organized in 1938, under the chairmanship of Martin Dies, for the purpose of conducting an investigation of "the extent, character, and objects of un-American propaganda activities in the United States; the diffusion within the United States of subversive and un-American propaganda that is instigated from foreign countries or of domestic origin and attacks the principle of the form of government as guaranteed by our Constitution; and, all other questions in relation thereto that would aid Congress in any necessary remedial legislation." (House Resolution 282, 75th Cong., 3d sess.) The index covers more than 38,00 pages of testimony.
United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Ways and Means Committee. Birth Control. Hearings . . . on H.R. 11082, May 19 and 20, 1932. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1932. 149p. (72d Cong., 1st sess.) U132
United States. Congress. Senate. Alien and Sedition Laws; Debates in the House of Delegates of Virginia in December, 1798, on Resolutions before the House on the Acts of Congress Called the Alien and Sedition Acts. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1912. 187p. (Senate Document 873, 62d Cong., 2d sess.) U133 §
"To keep alive the memory of the doctrines which actuated the Republicans of those days, as well as to extend the reputation of the able speakers who appeared on that occasion, the present edition of the debate has been committed to press." This constitutes a reissue of the verbatim record of debates on the Virginia Resolutions, drafted by James Madison, opposing the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts by Congress.
-------. "Breach of Privilege." In Annals of the Congress of the United States. (2 December 1799 to 3 March 1801). Washington, D.C., Gales & Seaton, 1851, pp. 67-97, 114-25, 183-84. (6th Cong.) U134
Proceedings in Congress relating to the case of William Duane, Republican editor of the Aurora, charged with a "breach of privilege" for publishing the text of a bill before Congress. The right of Congress to protect its deliberations versus the liberty of the press was the issue at stake.
United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee. Defense Security. McNamara on S. Res. 191. Hearings . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1961. 246p. (87th Cong., 1st sess.) U135
Resolution to authorize the Committee on Armed Services to study the use of military personnel and facilities to arouse the public to the meaning of the cold war, 6-7 September 1961.
United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee. Special Preparedness Subcommittee. Military Cold War Education and Speech Review Policies. Hearings . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1962. 8 pts. (87th Cong., 2d sess.) U136
Hearings held pursuant to a Committee resolution "to study and appraise the use of military personnel and facilities to arouse the public to the menace of the cold war and to inform and educate armed services personnel on the nature and menace of the cold war." Much of the testimony revolved around policies for clearing speeches to be delivered by military personnel. A Department of Defense memorandum on clearance appears in part 1, pp. 294-97. Part 8 is an index to the hearings.
-------. Military Cold War Education and Speech Review Policy. Report . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1962. 203p. (87th Cong., 2d sess.) U137
United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce Committee. Equal Time Amendment to Communications Act of 1934. Report . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1959. 20p. (Senate Report 562, 86th Cong.) U138
-------. Equal Time. Hearings . . . June 26-28, 1963. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off, 1963. 266p. (88th Cong., 1st sess.) U139
-------. Freedom of Communications. Final Report of the Committee on Commerce . . . prepared by its Subcommittee of the Subcommittee on Communications Pursuant to S. Res. 305, 86th Congress. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1961-62. (Senate Report 994, part 6, 87th Cong., 1st sess.) U140
In 1959 a subcommittee on Freedom of Communications was appointed under the chairmanship of Senator Yarborough, to receive information and complaints concerning the treatment of news by media operating under government license, in order to insure freedom, fairness, and impartiality in news presentations. In 1960 the subcommittee was authorized to examine the dissemination of political opinions, news, and advertising and to accept complaints during the presidential campaign of that year. The subcommittee recommendations included: (1) The adoption by the FCC of the report on editorializing. Licensees should editorialize; strong convictions should be encouraged, but with fair treatment to news of the other side. (2) The adoption of ground rules for editorializing in behalf of or against a candidate. (3) Candidates should not be required to file scripts of speeches in advance. (4) A study in depth in the use of broadcasting for discussion of controversial issues is suggested. (5) "Censorship by the licensee by refusal to sell time for the presentation of a news commentary program by a commentator who may espouse a viewpoint contrary to that held by the licensee, or refusal to sell time for a speech or discussion program to be made by a public figure who, in the licensee's opinion may be 'controversial,' may be a denial to the public of its right to hear those contrary viewpoints which are so necessary for the formation of intelligent opinion and sound judgment." (6) The FCC should reform its procedures for handling "equal time" and "editorial fairness" complaints. Part 1 constitutes campaign speeches of John F. Kennedy; part 2, speeches of Richard M. Nixon; part 3, Kennedy-Nixon debates; part 4, network newscasts; and part 5, hearings before the subcommittee.
-------. Political Broadcasting. Hearings . . . July 10-12, 1962. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1962. 236p. (87th Cong., 2d sess.) U141
Hearings on an amendment to the equal time provision (Section 315) of the Communications Act of 1934.
-------. Suspension of Equal Time Provisions of the Communications Act for 1964 Presidential Campaign. Report . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1963. 13p. (Senate Report 501, 88th Cong.) U142
United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee. The United States Information Service in Europe. Report. . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1948. 2 pts. (Senate Report 855, 80th Cong., 2d sess.) U143
The first part of the report states the role of the U.S. Information Service and recommends a vigorous program to "tell the truth about communism just as directly as we seek to tell the truth about ourselves . . . that we shall gain confidence and respect and thereby help to spread the area of freedom and extend hope to the world for the solution of its problems through truly democratic and peaceful means." The second part discusses in detail the propaganda climate of various European countries.
United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations Committee. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. State Department Information Program--Information Centers. Hearing . . . Pursuant to S. Res. 40. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1953. 9 pts. (83d Cong., 1st sess.) U144
An investigation of charges that U.S. Information Libraries abroad contain Communist books or books written by Communists. Testimony by authors, publishers, editors, and government officials.
United States. Congress. Senate. Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. Condemning Communist, Fascist, or Nazi Film Exhibition in the United States . . . Report to accompany S. Res. 321. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1950. 3p. (Senate Report 2365, 81st Cong., 2d sess.) U145
Expression of disapproval of exhibition in the United States of motion pictures produced or directed by Fascists, Nazis, or Communists. No recommendation for censorship.
-------. The Network Monopoly. Report Prepared for Use of the Committee . . . by Senator John W. Bricker. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1956. 27p. (Committee Print, 84th Cong., 2d sess.) U146
"The information contained herein outlining the economic grip on the TV industry held by two major networks and a selected group of large affiliate TV stations is as foreboding as it is graphic."
-------. Political Broadcasting. Hearings . . . June 18-25, 1959. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1959. 324p. (86th Cong., 1st sess.) U147
Hearings on an amendment to the equal time provision (Section 315) of the Communications Act of 1934.
-------. Review of Section 315 of the Communications Act (1960 Temporary Suspension of Equal Time Provision). Hearings . . . January 31-February 1, 1961. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1961. 117p. (87th Cong.) U148
-------. Television Inquiry. Hearings before the Committee . . . pursuant to Senate Resolutions 13 and 163 . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1956. 8 pts. (84th Cong., 2d sess.) U149
Parts 1 and 2, UHF-VHF allocation problem; part 3, subscription TV; part 4, network practices; part 6, FCC regulation of networks; part 7, TV rating services, and part 8, TV allocation problems. In part 3, proponents of toll-TV argue it will increase the diversity of programs; opponents see it as a means of transferring cost of television from advertisers to the public. AFL-CIO believes it will "curtail greatly free use of a medium, which has become part of the American home." The American Civil Liberties Union believes that, despite imperfections, the pay-TV system should have a trial, if certain safeguards are provided.
-------. The Television Inquiry. Television Network Practices. Staff Report. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1957. 102p. (Committee Print, no. 2, 85th Cong., 1st sess.) U150
This staff report deals primarily with network practices that have been challenged or criticized in hearings before the Committee. Includes examination of charges of restrictive practices, failure to comply with public service programming responsibilities, and the proposal that networks be subjected to direct regulation.
-------. To Amend Communications Act of 1934. Hearings . . . June 17-24, 1947. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1947. 671p. (80th Cong., 1st sess.) U151
Discusses radio freedom and editorializing.
United States. Congress. Senate. Interstate Commerce Committee. Anti-Block-Booking and Blind Selling in Leasing of Motion-Picture Films. Hearings before Subcommittee . . . on S. 280 . . . April 3-17, 1939. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1939. 651p. U152
-------. Compulsory Block-booking and Blind Selling in Motion-Picture Industry. Hearings . . . on S. 3012 to Prohibit and to Prevent Trade Practices Known as Compulsory Block-Booking and Blind Selling on Leasing of Motion-Picture Films in Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Feb. 27 and 28, 1936. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1938. 219p. (74th Cong., 2d sess.) U153
-------. Hearings on S. 6, for Regulation of Transmission of Intelligence by Wire or Wireless. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1930. 2 vols. (71st Cong., 2d sess.) U154
Includes testimony of Oswald F. Schuette, Joseph Pierson, and Kenneth R. Cox.
-------. Propaganda in Motion Pictures, Hearings . . . on S. Res. 152, Authorizing Investigation of War Propaganda. Disseminated by Motion-Picture Industry and of any Monopoly in Production, Distribution, or Exhibition of Motion Pictures, Sept. 9-26, 1941. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1942. 449p. (77th Cong., 1st sess.) U155
-------. Report to Accompany S. 3012. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1936. 11p. (Senate Report 2378, 74th Cong., 2d sess.) U156 §
S. 3012 relates to the prohibition of block-booking of films and other restrictive practices.
-------. To Prohibit and to Prevent Trade Practices Known as Compulsory Block-Booking and Blind Selling in Leasing of Motion-Picture Films in Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Report to Accompany S. 153. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1938. 11p. (Senate Report 1377, 75th Cong., 3d sess.) U157 §
The primary purpose of the bill is to "establish community freedom in the selection of motion-picture films. A secondary purpose is to relieve the independent motion-picture theater operator of a burdensome and monopolistic trade practice."
-------. To Prohibit and to Prevent Trade Practices Known as Compulsory Block-Booking and Blind Selling of Motion-Picture Films in Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Report [and Minority Views] to Accompany S. 280. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1939. 2 pts. (Senate Report 532, 76th Cong., 3d sess.) U158
"The primary purpose of the bill is to establish community freedom in the selection of motion picture films." Similar bills were introduced in the 70th, 72d, 74th, and 75th Congresses and hearings held in the 70th, 74th and 76th. The majority favored the bill outlawing block-booking and were backed in this stand by the National Motion Picture Research Council. The minority opposed the bill and cited widespread industry opposition.
United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee. Birth Control, Hearings . . . on S. 4582 . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1931. 84p. (71st Cong., 3d sess.) U159
To amend the tariff act and the criminal code to permit dissemination of birth control information and objects.
-------. Birth Control Hearings . . . on S. 4436 . . . [to allow, under certain conditions, use of mails to disseminate information on contraception . . .] May 12-20, 1932. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1932. 151p. (72d Cong., 1st sess.) U160
-------. Birth Control, Hearings . . . on S. 1842 to Amend sec. 211, 245, and 312 of Criminal Code . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1934. 175p. (73d Cong., 2d sess.) U161
-------. Censorship. Hearing before the Committee on H.R. 7151, An Act to Amend the First War Powers Act, 1941, by Extending the Authority to Censor Communications between the Continental United States and any Territory or Possession of the United States, or between any Territory or Possession and any Other Territory or Possession. December 14, 1942. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1943. 32p. (77th Cong., 2d sess.) U162
-------. Clarifying and Protecting Right of Public to Information and for Other Purposes. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1964. 17p. (Senate Report 1219, 88th Cong., 2d sess.) U163
Recommends that Senate Bill 1666 with amendments pass.
-------. Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency. Interim Report . . . Pursuant to S. Res. 89 and S. Res. 190 . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1955. 50p. (Senate Report 62, 84th Cong., 1st sess.) U164
An investigation to determine whether certain publications dealing with "crime and horror" contribute to juvenile delinquency. Includes a brief history of the so-called "comic book," a case history of crime and horror comic books, and testimony on the relation of the reading of the crime comics to juvenile delinquency. The study explored self-regulation within the industry and the responsibility of distributors and publishers. Appendix includes Code of the National Cartoonists Society, Code of the Association of Comic Magazine Publishers (1948), Code of the Comic Magazine Association of America (1954), and a list of comic book publishers and comic book titles, spring 1954.
-------. Cummins-Vaile Bill, Joint Hearings before Subcommittees of Committees on Judiciary on H.R. 6542 and S. 2290, April 8 and May 9, 1924. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1924. 79p. (68th Cong., 1st sess.) U165
Relates to a birth control bill sponsored by the Voluntary Parenthood League.
-------. Free Press and Fair Trial. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights and the Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1966. 762p. (2 pts.) (89th Cong., 1st sess.) U166
The relation between the constitutional right of free press and the constitutional guarantees of an impartial trial.
-------. Freedom of Information. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure . . . on S. 1666 and 1663 (in part), Oct. 28-31, 1963. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1963. 322p. (88th Cong., 1st sess.) U167
-------. Repealing Certain Provisions of Espionage Act. Report to Accompany S. 1058. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1932. 11p. (72d Cong., 1st sess.) U168
The report calls for the repeal of wartime acts that "invest the post office authorities with the power to determine whether an article or articles in a newspaper does or does not offend against the statute, a question often so delicate that learned judges of the Supreme Court have differed in conclusion." The act to be repealed "has been so administered as to make it to all intents and purposes a censorship law." A similar bill for repeal (Senate Report 83) was introduced in the 71st Cong., 2d sess.
-------. Transportation of Obscene Matters (Phonograph Records) . . . Report to Accompany S. 2811. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1950. 6p. (Senate Report 1305, 81st Cong., 2d sess.) U169
Recommendation for extending the federal obscenity law specifically to include phonograph records. Includes text of U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Alpers case.
United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights. Freedom of Information and Secrecy in Government. Hearing . . . on S. 186 and the extent to which constitutional rights are being infringed by undue secrecy in government. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1959. 64p. (86th Cong., 1st sess.) U170
Includes testimony of Arthur V. Burrowes, John W. Colt, William H. Fitzpatrick, James S. Pope, Eugene S. Pulliam (editors), Earl English, dean of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and Edwin M. Williams, director, Freedom of Information Center, University of Missouri.
-------. The Power of the President to Withhold Information from the Congress. Memorandum of the Attorney General. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1958. 2pts. (Committee Print, 85th Cong., 2d sess.) U171
The views of the Attorney General on the power of the President to withhold information from the Congress.
-------. Withholding of Information from the Congress. A Survey . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1961. 99p (86th Cong., 2d sess.) U172
A collection of letters from senators expressing views on the power of the President to withhold information from Congress. These letters bring up-to-date a similar survey made by the subcommittee in 1956.
United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee. Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency. Juvenile Delinquency (Comic Books) . . . Hearings . . . pursuant to S. 190 . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1954. 310p. (83d Cong., 2d sess.) U173
Testimony and statements from psychiatrists, publishers, newsdealers, cartoonists, and persons studying juvenile delinquency, given before the Kefauver subcommittee. A survey of literature dealing with the issue of crime movies, crime comic books, and crime radio programs as a cause of crime, prepared by the Library of Congress, is given on pp. 12-23. Also included in the "exhibits" are reports of the New York legislative committee to study the publication of comics, an evaluation of comic books made by a Cincinnati committee, the Code of the Comics Magazine Association of America, the Code of the National Cartoonists Society, and reprints of a number of articles dealing with the comics and juvenile delinquency.
-------. Juvenile Delinquency. Hearings . . . pursuant to S. Res. 274 . . . Part 16. Effects on Young People of Violence and Crime Portrayed on Television. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1965, pp. 3729-3860. (89th Cong., 2d sess.) U174 §
-------. Juvenile Delinquency (Motion Pictures). Hearings . . . pursuant to S. Res. 62 . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1955. 242p. (84th Cong., 1st sess.) U175
Includes statements from representatives of the film industry, editors, ministers, dealing pro and con with effect of the movies on delinquency. The Advertising Code for Motion Pictures is given on pages 169-72.
-------. Juvenile Delinquency (Obscene and Pornographic Materials). Hearings . . . pursuant to S. Res. 62 . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1955. 531p. (84th Cong., 1st sess.) U176
Includes testimony from police officials, postoffice and customs officials, and persons charged with selling pornography. Exhibits include a summary of state obscenity laws, advertisements, and reports of police investigation. Part 2 relates to hearings conducted in Providence, R.I.
-------. Juvenile Delinquency (Television Programs). Hearings . . . pursuant to S. Res. 62 . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1955. 141p. (84th Cong., 2d sess.) U177
Includes statements by psychiatrists, educators, sociologists, and representatives from the television industry and the FCC commenting on the causal relationship between viewing crime and violence on TV and juvenile delinquency.
-------. Motion Pictures and Juvenile Delinquency. Report of the Committee . . . pursuant to S. Res. 173 . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1956. 122p. (Senate Report 2055, 84th Cong., 2d sess.) U178
Factors underlying the present trend toward criminal violence in American films; relationship between brutality and violence in motion picture advertising; working of the Motion Picture Production Code Administration; conclusions and recommendations. The appendix includes the text of the television code and the standards of practice of the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters and the code of the Comics Magazine Association of America; a tabulation by class of films reviewed by thc Code Administration; lists of public previewing groups and motion picture councils (by state and city); and a list of state and city censor boards.
-------. Obscene and Pornographic Literature and Juvenile Delinquency. Interim Report . . . Pursuant to S. Res. 62 and & S. Res. 173 . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1956. 71p. (Senate Report 2381, 84th Cong., 2d sess.) U179
Includes testimony of psychiatrists, ministers, post office and customs officials, and persons accused of trafficing in pornography. The Committee expressed its serious concern for the effect on the adolescent from the estimated $500 million a year racket in pornography. The Committee recommended enactment of stricter federal laws to curtail the production, distribution, sale, and possession of pornography. It recommended reevaluation of state laws and city ordinances on obscene matter, the setting up of a National Advisory Crime Commission to provide data on violation of laws relating to pornography and narcotics. It also urged aggressive leadership in religious and civic groups in the fight against pornography and encouraged the giving of adequate sex education through the home, the church, and the school. Bibliography on pp. 68-70.
-------. Television and Juvenile Delinquency. Interim Report . . . Pursuant to S. Res. 274. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1965. 74p. mimeo. (88th Cong., 2d sess.) U180
Recommendations include suggestions for development of a plan to devote specific prime time each week to good programs for children, a revision of the license renewal requirement to consider programs for children, more effective sanctions against violators under the NAB code, a system of encouraging community comment on children's programs, and a research attack on more precise information as to the impact of television on juvenile delinquency. The concern of the subcommittee for freedom of speech and the press is given on pages 3-4.
-------. Television and Juvenile Delinquency. Report of the Committee . . . pursuant to S. Res 62 . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1956. 128p. (Senate Report no. 1466, 84th Cong., 2d sess.) U181
The Kefauver Committee explored the causal relationship between viewing of crime and violence on TV and delinquency behavior. While unable to establish proof of a direct causal relationship, it considered it wise to minimize the risk. Its recommendations included the setting up of citizens' listening councils, the assumption by the FCC of additional responsibility for program content, additional industry efforts to improve program content, the modification of the TV code, and the need for further research. The appendix includes the text of the NARTB Code, the Standards of Practice for Radio Broadcasters of the USA, a statement on Children and Television made by the National Association for Better Radio and Television, the Motion Picture Production Code, letters from various psychiatrists, and a bibliography (pp. 125-28).
United States. Congress. Senate. Post-Offices and Post-Roads Committee. Report to Accompany S. 2834. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1892. 4p. (52d Cong., 1st sess.) U182
The bill proposed certain restrictions on the transmission of obscene publications. The Committee "finds the fact that there is now on the statute books ample prohibitive legislation on this subject" and reports back the bill with recommendation for indefinite postponement.
United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business. Survival of Free Competitive Press. Small Newspaper, Democracy's Grass Roots. Report of Chairman to Members of Committee, January 2, 1947. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1947. 72p. (Committee Print 17, 80th Cong., 1st sess.) U183
United States. Defense Department. Armed Forces Censorship. Washington, D.C., Govt Print. Off., 1964. 58p. (Army FM 30-28; Navy OPNAVINST 5530.10; Air Force AFM 205-9) U184
-------. D. O. D. Information Policies. Columbia, Mo., Freedom of Information Center, School of Journalism, University of Missouri, 1965. 4p. (Publication no. 142) U185 §
"This paper is designed to provide a general explanation of United States Department of Defense policies concerning release of information. The department's control ranges from the Secretary of Defense to a small-unit adviser in South Vietnam; therefore, policies on specific questions can become complex. This paper, therefore, can do little more than serve as a basic 'primer.' Confusions as to policy and terminology occur even among those who work daily in these turbulent and often muddy waters."
-------. Military Security; Armed Forces Censorship, Sept. 24, 1954. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1954. 49p. (Army SR 380-80-1, Navy OPNAVINST 5530.6; Air Force Regulations 205-30) U186
-------. Military Security; Civil Censorship Oct. 22, 1954. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1954. 8p. (Army Regulations 380-83) U187
-------. Public Information: Establishment and Conduct of Field Press Censorship in Combat Areas: Aug. 15, 1952. U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1952. 20p. (Army Regulation 360-65; Navy OPNAVINST 5530.3; Air Force Regulations 190-11) U188
-------. Report. [Press Release]. Washington, D.C., Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1948. (Reprinted in Summers, Federal Information Controls in Peacetime, pp. 104-8) U189
Report of the Media Subcommittee, representing various media of the press, radio, and moving pictures, appointed in response to an invitation of Secretary of Defense Forrestal to advise on "how far we may go in keeping the American public informed about technical progress while protecting our secret and scientific projects."
United States. Federal Communications Commission. Broadcast Licensees Advised Concerning Stations' Responsibilities under the Fairness Doctrine as to Controversial Issue Programming. (FCC 62-1019, Public Notice-B.) Washington, D.C., The Commission, 1963. 2p. U190 §
Clarification of the fairness doctrine of 1949.
-------. In the Matter of Editorializing by Broadcast Licensees. Washington, D.C., The Commission, 1949. 25p. (Report no. 8516) U191
This report holds that broadcasters have the right to editorialize, subject to affording opportunity for opposing views. A reversal of the Mayflower decision of 1941. Includes text of the original fairness doctrine.
-------. [Letter to NAB on FCC's July 26 Fairness Notice]. Washington, D.C., The Commission, 1963. 3p. (Report no. 4802) U192
-------. Public Service Responsibility of Broadcast Licensees. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1946. 59p. U193
This "Blue Book" outlines the responsibilities of stations and networks to operate "in the public interest, convenience, or necessity." The report recommends the creation of professional radio criticism such as that published in Variety, the establishment of radio listeners' councils such as those in Madison, Wis., and Cleveland, and continued experimentation and research in educational broadcasting.
-------. Report on Chain Broadcasting. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1941. 153p. (Commission Order no. 37, Docket no. 5060) U194
While the United States has rejected government ownership of broadcasting facilities in the interest of free enterprise, concentration of control in the hands of a few powerful networks can become a dangerous pitfall in the freedom of communications. The report resulting from monopoly investigations in the radio broadcasting industry, led to limitations in the powers of the three networks (N.B.C., C.B.S., and Mutual) and to the separation of N.B.C.'s Blue and Red networks.
United States. Federal Radio Commission. Commercial Radio Advertising. Letter from the Chairman of the Federal Radio Commission Transmitting in Response to Senate Resolution No. 129, a Report Relative to the Use of Radio Facilities for Commercial Advertising Purposes, together with a List Showing the Educational Institutions Which Have Been Licensed. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1932. 201p. (Senate Document 137) U195
The Senate resolution asked 15 questions of the Commission including the feasibility of government ownership and operation of broadcasting facilities and what plans might be adopted to limit, control, and perhaps eliminate the use of radio facilities for commercial advertising purposes. To the last question the FCC responded: "Any plan the purpose of which is to eliminate the use of radio facilities for commercial advertising purposes will, if adopted, destroy the present system of broadcasting."
United States. Library of Congress. List of References on Censorship of the Press during the Civil War. Washington, D.C., The Library, 1917. 12p. U196
-------. Select List of References on the Regulation and Control of Radio Broadcasting in the United States and Foreign Countries. Washington, D.C., The Library, 1933. 34p. mimeo. U197
United States. Library of Congress. Division of Bibliography. List of References on Freedom of the Press and Speech and Censorship in War (with Special Reference to the European War). Washington, D.C., The Library, 1917. 9p. typewritten. (Select List 184) U198
-------. A Selected List of References on Freedom of Speech and the Press (Supplementary to Typewritten List of April 14, 1930). Compiled by Grace Hadley Fuller. Washington, D.C., The Library, 1938. 27p. U199
United States. Library of Congress. Legislative Reference Service. Obscene Literature. Digest of Laws Enacted in the Various States Relating to the Possession, Circulation and Sale of Obscene Literature. Compiled by Alice Brown. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1929. 22p. (Senate Document 54, 71st Cong., 2d sess.) U200
A compilation of the laws in the 48 states "relating to obscene literature in books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers and of laws on publications made up of criminal news, police reports, and accounts of criminal deeds. It does not include laws on prohibited advertising or on prohibited publications relating to sexual diseases, or provisions relating specifically to birth control, indecent posters, or prints."
United States. Library of Congress. Reference Department. European Affairs Division. Freedom of Information; a Selective Report on Recent Writing. Compiled by Helen F. Conover. Washington, D.C., The Library, 1949. 153p. U201
"The illustrations and examples are chosen with a view to avoidance, insofar as possible, of repetitive expression; with very few exceptions the literature examined is work produced in the last ten years . . . First place is given to the examination of the issue on the international level, in form of considerations, implementations and comment. Next, the question of freedom of information is examined on national levels, the United States, Great Britain, France and other states of Western Europe. . . . A short section on Latin America is intended to show that the considerable smaller body of writing does not indicate a less acute realization of the issue or a lack of yearning for freedom of expression." A particularly valuable contribution is the survey of various international press conferences, beginning with 1893, and their attention to press freedom. The bibliography interprets freedom of the press to cover all the mass media of communications.
-------. Freedom of Information; a Revised Supplementary Survey of Recent Writings. Compiled by Helen F. Conover. Washington, D.C., The Library, 1952. 40p. U202
A supplement to the previous bibliography, covering the past three years.
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