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V., P. "Une Menace pour la Litterature en Angleterre." Journal des Deébats, 35(2):705-6, 2 November 1928. V1
A report on the attacks by England's censor, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, on "immoral" literature. "Quant on pense qu'il est des Anglais qui osent critiques le siécle de Victoria! Mais sous le régne de cette illustre souveraine on était libre en Angleterre."
Vagts, Detlev. "Free Speech in the Armed Forces." Columbia Law Review, 57:187-218, 1957. V2
Vainstein, Rose. "Book Selection or Censorship?" California Librarian, 16:235-37, July 1955. V3
Vamis, John. "Newspaper Interference in Judicial Proceedings." Cleveland-Marshall Law Review, 10:59-69, January 1961. V4
The author appeals for higher standards of journalistic ethics which will protect the right of the individual from sensationalism and the overaggressive behavior of reporters. "There should be a right to damages from the press when individual rights are unlawfully invaded by overaggressive journalism."
Vance, E. L. "Freedom of the Press for Whom?" Virginia Quarterly Review, 21:340-54, July 1945. V5
Most questions involving freedom of the press are really questions of freedom of business enterprise and bear no relationship to protection under the First Amendment. The author recommends that some newspapers be endowed as educational institutions so that they might publish without having to please their corporate ownership. Schools and colleges should help to create informed readers by providing for the study of the newspaper as a social institution.
Vance, W. R. "Freedom of Speech and of the Press." Minnesota Law Review, 2:239-60, March 1918. V6
Discussion of the sedition laws of World War I and their interpretations by the courts. The author shows where and how the line can be drawn between legitimate criticism of the government and its measures and opposition to the government and resistance to the laws. He concludes that "a sedition law, supported by public sentiment, will be enforceable; while one violating the public sense of justice and freedom will register unfitness in verdicts of acquittal."
Vandenberg, Arthur H. "Freedom of the Press." In Problems of Journalism; Proceedings of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1930. Washington, D.C., ASNE, 1930, pp. 80-85. V7
An address by the United States Senator from Michigan, a former newspaper publisher.
Van den Haag, Ernest. "Quia Ineptum." Ethics, 72:266-76, July 1962. V8
The author offers "some hypotheses to explain censorship in principle, and particularly its origin, function, and effects, as well as its peculiar ambivalence." Censorship is a compromise "between the original wish to indulge infantile, anal, oral, and ultimately all sexual desires, and the later wish to control them. . . . Censorship serves both to curb and to stimulate, to intensify desire while restraining it. Above all it reduces anxiety." He likens censorship to fashion--it makes the hidden more alluring, and, like fashion, it is capricious. He sees little harm in most censorship of sex in television or the movies. He would require children to have permission of a guardian to see adult movies and he would prohibit printing anything about the sexual life of an identifiable living person without his permission. One of the many arguments against censorship that is "defective, not to say silly" is that "no girl has ever been corrupted by a book" (to quote New York's Mayor Walker), implying that literature is uninfluential and, therefore, harmless. This is wrong. "The thoughts and feelings which literature articulates and produces are quite influential. . . . Ultimately they influence conduct more perhaps than anything else," although the effect is difficult to measure. The liberal assumption is that individuals are capable of withstanding influences that may lead to unlawful acts. The acts are held illegal, but not the reading of a book that may prompt the act. The author likewise challenges the axioms of Jefferson and Mill that truth will prevail over error.
Van der Weyde, William M. "Brave Richard Carlile; the Year 1917 Marks the Centenary of His Battle for Freedom of the Press." Truth Seeker, 44:561-63, 8 September 1917. V9 §
Van Doren, Carl E., and Carl Carmer. "Freedom of the Press." In American Scriptures. New York, Boni & Gaer, 1946, pp. 234-38. V10
Excerpts from a radio broadcast of dramatic episodes in the American history of press freedom, leading to the First Amendment.
Van Doren, Mark. "Anthony Comstock." In Dictionary of American Biography. New York, Scribner, 1930. vol. 4, pp. 330-31. V11
A biography of the sponsor of the first federal laws against obscenity in the United States and founder of the New York vice society.
-------. "If Anybody Wants to Know." American Scholar, 20:396-405, Autumn 1951. (Reprinted in Downs, The First Freedom, pp. 370-74 and Daniels, The Censorship of Books, pp. 103-6) V12
An American poet replies to his critics in an address before the Hudson County Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action, Jersey City, N.J., 20 February 1951. Van Doren's books were banned from the Jersey City Junior College presumably because of "objectionable" organizations Van Doren had belonged to at one time. Van Doren defends the American people and their government and warns against those who would destroy our freedom because of fear of communism.
-------. Man's Right to Knowledge and the Free Use Thereof. With an Introduction by Richard R. Powell. New York, Columbia University, 1954. 60p. V13
Commentary on a graphic exhibit of 60 panels prepared to explain and illustrate the theme of the Columbia University Bicentennial celebration, "Man's Right to Knowledge and the Free Use Thereof," with reproductions of the panels.
Van Loon, Hendrik W. "Sense or Censorship?" Woman Citizen, 9:9-10, 4 April 1925. V14
While opposed to all forms of literary censorship of books, the author favors stemming the tide of "mushy filth" on the newsstand--the so-called "confessionals," which threaten to destroy the less intelligent members of our younger generation. These magazines are dangerous because, unlike books, they are cheap and therefore likely to be read by the average citizen who may be corrupted. Van Loon objects to his name having been used in behalf of the Clean Books bill in New York, preferring parental watchfulness to police protection. To his own children he says: while you may read any book or see any play, "if I ever find you with one of those vile little confessionals I shall take you behind the barn and I shall beat Hades out of you."
-------. "Uplift Journals Please Copy." Commonweal, 1:202-3, 31 December 1924. (Reprinted in Beman, Selected Articles on Censorship, pp. 417-22) V15 §
The author tells of his attempt to interest newspapers in crusading against "filth" on newstands. He attacks the magazines of "revelations," "dreams," "romances," and "confessions" "which in their true nature are nothing but thinly veiled pornography."
Van Os, George J. "Defamation by Broadcast: A Lively Dispute." Houston Law Review, 2:238-50, Fall 1964. V16
Van Patten, Nathan. "Exclusion from the Mails." ALA Bulletin, 35:401-2, June 1941. V17
The Post Office Department informs the librarian of Stanford University, in answer to his inquiry regarding the failure of the University to receive shipments of Russian and Japanese books, that scientific and academic works are not being delayed or interfered with.
-------. "Librarian and Censorship." California Library Association Bulletin, 3:33-35, September 1941. V18
The librarian should be familiar with federal and state laws dealing with importation, sale, distribution, and possession of controversial printed matter. He should submit to suppression of such material by authorized agents of the government, reserving the right to court appeal. He should not submit to pressures from individuals or groups. He should restrict certain types of material in the best interests of the country, making known his reason for doing so. He should advise readers in the use of library materials, without making critical comment upon the reader's interests. The librarian should determine his course in the matter of censorship "by reason and not by hysteria."
Van Schaick, F. L. Press and State. Washington, D.C., Editorial Research Reports, 1948. (Editorial Research Reports, 2(11):651-66, 21 September 1948) V19
Divergent points of view between the Soviet doctrine of a captive press and the American doctrine of a free press with right to criticize the government and to present diverse points of view.
Van Sooy, Neal. "James King of William." Quill, 31(8):10-12, 16, November-December 1943. V20
An account of the martyred San Francisco, Calif., editor whose memory Sigma Delta Chi honored with the designation of his print shop as an historic site in journalism.
[Vane, Sir Henry, the Younger]. The Tryal of Sir Henry Vane. At the King's Bench, Westminster, June the 2nd and 6th, 1662. Together with What He Intended to Have Spoken the Day of His Sentence (June 11) for Arrest of Judgment . . . and His Bill of Exceptions. With Other Occasioned Speeches, &c. Also His Speech and Prayer, &c., on the Scaffold. [London], 1662. 134p. (Reprinted as Old South Leaflets no. 62 [24p.] and in Howell, State Trials, vol. 5, pp. 791 ff.) V21
In 1656 Sir Henry Vane, the younger, a Puritan author and government official, had submitted his pamphlet, Healing Question, to a member of Cromwell's Council prior to publication. On hearing no objection after a month he had the book printed. On its appearance Sir Henry was charged with sedition and sent as prisoner to the Isle of Wight. He was later released. In 1662 Sir Henry was accused of treason under the Restoration government and executed.
Vanek, E. V. "Survey of Controversial Books." ILA Record, 10:27-29, October 1956. V22 §
An examination of "the areas in which controversial books are most likely to occur," and what makes a book controversial.
Variety. New York, Variety, Inc., 1905-date. Weekly. V23
This major newspaper of the entertainment business in the United States frequently carries news items relating to freedom of the press (or lack of it) as it relates to the movies, radio, television, and the stage.
Varma, Babu Ishwari Prasad, comp. Hyderabad Sensational Case; Complete and Detailed Proceedings of the Well-Known Pamphlet Scandal Case, with Full Speeches of the Counsels. Lucknow, India, G. P. Varma, 1893. 579p. V24
"The Vatican on Obscene Literature." Literary Digest, 93:31-32, 4 June 1927. V25
Comments on the directive of Pius XI to Catholic bishops to protect their flocks from immorality on the printed page and to call the attention of Catholics to the fact that the reading of immoral books constitutes a sin whether or not such books have been expressly condemned by the ecclesiastical authorities or listed in the Index of Forbidden Books.
Vaughan, Bernard, plaintiff " [The Jesuit Libel Case] . . . Vaughan v. The Rock Newspaper Printing and Publishing Co." In Concerning Jesuits. London, Catholic Truth Society, 1902. 64p. V26
Father Vaughan recovered damages for an alleged libel published in The Rock, 23 August 1902, under the title, Jesuit Outlaws.
Veeder, Van Vechten. "Absolute Immunity in Defamation: Judicial Proceedings." Columbia Law Review, 9:463-91, June 1909. V27
-------. "Absolute Immunity in Defamation: Legislative and Executive Proceedings." Columbia Law Review, 10:131-46, February 1910. V28
-------. "Freedom of Public Discussion." Harvard Law Review, 23:413-40, April 1910. V29
"The process of continual readjustment between the needs of society and the protection of individual rights is nowhere more conspicuous than in the history of the law of defamation. . . . Yet the law defining the affirmative offense, with its rigorous presumptions of falsity, malice, and damage, remains practically unchanged." The author considers the nature and extent of freedom which the law permits in the discussion of matters of public interest.
-------. "The History of the Law of Defamation." In Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History . . . edited by a Committee of the Association of American Law Schools . . . Boston, Little, Brown, 1907. vol. 3, pp. 447-73. V30
-------. "The Judicial History of Individual Liberty." Green Bag, 16:23-32, January 1924; 16:101-12, February 1924; 16:177-87, March 1924; 16:247-53, April 1924; 16:317-21, May 1924; 16:395-404, June 1924; 16:471-77, July 1924; 16:529-38, August 1924; 16:591-94, September 1924; 16:673-79, October 1924; 16:725-31, November 1924. V31
A popularly written account of the development of civil liberties in England from the seventeenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century, based on official records of trials for sedition and blasphemy. Includes portraits of men who figured in the trials--Lord Chief Justices Holt, Jeffreys, Kenyon, Eyre, Ellenborough, and Mansfield; John Lilburne, John Tutchin, John Wilkes, Thomas Erskine, William Cobbett, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Muir, Thomas Paine, John Frost, and Richard Carlile.
Velie, Lester. "You Can't See That Movie: Censorship in Action." Colliers, 125:11-13+, 6 May 1930. V32
Censorship of the movies as it is practiced in various parts of the country, with special reference to Memphis and its chief censor, 83-year-old Lloyd T. Binford, who describes himself as "America's most notorious censor."
Verani, John R. "Motion Picture Censorship and the Doctrine of Prior Restraint." Houston Law Review, 3:11-57, Spring-Summer 1965. V33
The study attempts to show that the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions with respect to prior censorship of motion pictures have been incompatible with its traditional doctrine of prior restraint. The author suggests a solution to the constitutional problems raised by motion picture censorship and relates his conclusions to the techniques currently employed by Boston to deter the showing of obscene films in that city. A full account of the Boston experience is given in the appendix.
Verinder, Frederick. "L[ondon] C[ounty] C[ouncil] Censorship." Freethinker, 39:541-42, 2 November 1919. V34
A report on the controversy over prohibition of the sale of free-thought, Socialist, and Communist literature in public parks.
Viator, pseud. "Literature and Pornography." Colosseum, 3:287-90, December 1936. V35
"Vice Report and the Mails." Outlook, 99:353-54, 14 October 1911. V36
While approving in principal the withholding of obscene literature from the mails, the author objects to action of the Post Office in suppressing the official report of the Chicago Vice Commission.
Vickers, Robert H. Martyrdoms of Literature. Chicago, Charles H. Sergel, 1891. 456p. V37
The story of the development of great libraries, private and public, and their willful destruction by religious zealots, vandals, war, revolution, and government action. The narrative begins with the ancient Egyptian civilization and extends to modern times. The author is a member of the Chicago Bar.
Victor, Jon, pseud. "Restraints on American Catholic Freedom." Harper's Magazine, 227:33-39, December 1963. V38
A close observer of affairs of the Catholic Church, writing pseudonymously, discusses "how some of the Church's leading scholars--and spokesmen for Pope John's reform movement--have had their voices muffled . . . and how the news of their banning was kept from much of the Catholic press."
"A Victory for a Free Press." Saturday Evening Post, 237:78, 4 April 1964. V39
Editorial approval of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversing the $500,000 libel judgment of an Alabama court against the New York Times and 4 Negro ministers. "The decision made it clear that excessive libel awards of any kind are a grave threat to the boldness and initiative of a free press."
"Vigilante Censorship Is Spreading." Christian Century, 70:404, 8 April 1953. V40
Editorial comments on the spread of extralegal attacks on sellers of "objectionable" literature, with special attention to the Minneapolis scene.
"Vigilantes Object to Books in the Newark Public Library." Library Journal, 43:117-18, February 1918. V41
An editorial on the efforts of a vigilante committee to remove eight books from the Newark Public Library because they allegedly contained enemy propaganda. Librarian John Cotton Dana and the trustees refused to comply with the censorship demands.
The Village Voice. New York, 1955-date. Weekly. V42
This Greenwich Village weekly newspaper regularly carries news and feature stories of threats against freedom of the arts and letters, particularly the difficulties faced by producers and distributors of avant-garde films, magazines, and books. For example, in his Movie Journal for 12 March 1964 and 23 April 1964, Jonas Mekas reports on the action of city police against the film, Flaming Creatures, and his own arrest. Feature writer Stephanie G. Harrington covers the Mekas trial in the issue of 18 June 1964, and in the issue of 6 July 1964 the obscenity trial of Lenny Bruce (How Many 4-Letter Words Can a Prosecutor Use?). The issue for 30 April 1964 carried a lengthy report on demonstrations in front of Lincoln Center "to protest government limitations on freedom of the arts."
Villard, Oswald Garrison. "Freedom of the Press." In Public Opinion in a Democracy Proceedings of the Institute of Human Relations . . . (A special supplement to the January 1938 issue of Public Opinion Quarterly, pp. 56-59) V43
"The average owner--thank Heaven there are many notable exceptions-does not really consider his news gathering and publication as public functions at all. Far from it. It is solely his affair what news he shall print, or how it shall be displayed."
-------. "The New Fight for Old Liberties." Harper's Magazine, 151:440-47, September 1925. V44
The article cites the Yenowsky case of Waterbury, Conn., and the magistrate involved, as an "example of what may happen if one begins to save the country by imprisoning doctrines and punishing thoughts." Our sedition law is "skillfully drawn to give authority control of public opinion," and its most dangerous feature is "that it makes any magistrate the judge of what is propaganda, or doctrine, and whether it is or is not inimical to the State of Connecticut or to the United States."
-------. "The Newspaper and Government." Journalism Bulletin, 2(3):11-16, November 1925. V45
Most newspapers have long since freed themselves of party domination, but have a new bondage to government and its propaganda. "We of the profession were merely agents of government propaganda, much of it lying and false, during the World War." This propaganda is still being carried on by news conferences, handouts, and news leaks.
-------. "The Press and the War." Christian Century, 59(1):214-16, 18 February 1942. V46
A veteran newspaper correspondent and editor recounts the difficulties newspapers encounter during wartime. He makes a case for less government censorship so that the American people can know the truth about the war situation, including casualty lists.
-------. "The Press and the War News." Christian Century, 61:267-68, 1 March 1944. V47
The author condemns Roosevelt's policy of secrecy in release of war information, and the newspapers for agreeing to voluntary censorship. There has been too much suppression of vital facts in the interest of a false optimism, "and the journalism that continues to give entirely misleading impressions renders a great disservice to itself, to the profession, and to the nation."
-------. "The Press as Affected by the War." American Review of Reviews, 51:79-83, January 1915. V48
A review of the financial burdens war imposes on the press through the increased costs in gathering war news, and the loss of advertising. Villard criticizes the "stupidity" of the English control of war news, which is "turning from a military into a political" censorship.
-------. "A Responsible Press?" Forum, 105:706-9, April 1946. V49
"The record of the American press during World War II and in the half year which has followed the end of hostilities is replete with sordid distortions of the truth. It is a record of shameful suppression, of too easy acquiescence in censorship, of apologizing and covering up for the mistakes of the military, of fanning hatreds against whole peoples even when the war was over, and of miserable incompetence and inadequacy in reporting the occupation of conquered countries and the struggle for freedom in colonial areas."
-------. "Sex, Art, Truth and Magazines." Atlantic Monthly, 137:388-98, March 1926. V50
The editor of The Nation examines the "true story," the "confession," the "snappy story," the "artists and models," and the out-and-out vulgar group of magazines on the newsstands. He believes that "anything like wholesale suppression would be a mistake. They will run their course in due time." If they should be firmly established and make money (as Bernarr Macfadden's True Story does) they will become increasingly conservative.
-------. "What the Blue Menace Means." Harper's Magazine, 157:529-40, October 1928. V51
Villard criticizes the DAR, the American Legion, and the ROTC for engaging in "heresy-hunting and padlocking the lips of speakers." He quotes from Scabbard and Blade which denounces Jane Addams as "the most dangerous woman in America."
Vint, John, et al. "Trial of John Vint with George Ross and John Parry for a Libel upon Paul the First, Emperor of Russia, Published in the Courier Newspaper, 1799." (In Howell, State Trials, vol. 27, pp. 627 ff.) V52 §
Proprietor, printer, and publisher were all found guilty and given prison sentences.
Virginia. Division of Motion Picture Censorship. Annual Reports. Richmond, The Division, 1924-date. V53
The General Assembly created the Virginia State Board of Censors in 1922. It was redesignated the Division of Motion Picture Censorship under the Attorney General's Office in 1930. Its first report was for 1922 through 1924 and it has made annual reports since that date.
Virginia. General Assembly, 1799-1800. House of Delegates. Communications from Several States, on the Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia Respecting the Alien & Sedition Laws; Also Instructions from the General Assembly of Virginia, to Their Senators in Congress and, the Report of the Committee to Whom Was Committed the Proceedings of Sundry of the Other States in Answer to the Resolutions of the General Assembly, of the 21st day of Dec. 1798 . . . Richmond, Printed by M. Jones, [1800]. 104p. V54
[-------]. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799; with Jefferson's Original Draught thereof; Also, Madison's Report, Calhoun's Address, Resolutions of the Several States, With Other Documents in Support of the Jeffersonian Doctrines of '98 . . . Washington, J. Elliot, 1832. 82p. (Another edition of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, edited by Robert I. Smith, was published in Richmond by Samuel Shepherd in 1835) V55
-------. The Virginia Report of 1799-1800, Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws; together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798, The Debates and Proceedings thereon, in the House of Delegates of Virginia, and Several Other Documents Illustrative of the Report and Resolutions. Richmond, J. W. Randolph, 1850. 264p. (In 1912 the debates were reprinted by order of the U.S. Senate as Senate Documents, vol. 39, no. 873; an extract of the Madison report with commentary appears in Levy, Freedom of the Press from Zenger to Jefferson, pp. 197-229) V56
In opposition to the odious Alien and Sedition Acts the Virginia House of Delegates adopted a series of resolutions (1798) and James Madison prepared a notable paper in behalf of freedom of the press, the Virginia Report of 1799-1800. These documents have appeared in numerous editions, in Richmond, Washington, Philadelphia, and Albany, since the first publication in 1800. This edition includes similar resolutions from Kentucky (drawn by Thomas Jefferson), comments from other states, and correspondence between Madison and Everett concerning the first Virginia resolutions.
Vitullo, Vincent F. "Censorship of Motion Pictures on Grounds of Obscenity." Illinois Bar Journal, 43:504-7, March 1955. V57
Vizetelly, Ernest A. Emile Zola, Novelist and Reformer; an Account of His Life & Work. London, Lane, 1904. 560p. V58
In chapter 9, The British Pharisees, the author deals with the celebrated trial of his father, Henry Vizetelly, for publishing English translations of Zola's works. Although the works were severely expurgated in translation, the National Vigilance Society objected to Zola's portrayal of French vice and the matter was eventually brought to discussion in the House of Commons where Vizetelly was declared "the chief culprit in the spread of pernicious literature" and his prosecution demanded. At the trial Judge Cockburn's obscenity test was invoked. Vizetelly was found guilty and served three months in prison. The trial cost him both his business and his health. One of the great disappointments in the affair was the lack of support in the newspaper press.
[Vizetelly, Henry]. Debate in the House of Commons: Trial and Conviction of Henry Vizetelly for Sale of Zola's Novels. London, National Vigilance Association, 1889. V59
[-------]. Extracts Principally from English Classics: Showing that the Legal Suppression of M. Zola's Novels Would Logically Involve the Bowdlerizing of Some of the Greatest Works in English Literature. London, [Compiled by and privately printed for Henry Vizetelly], 1888. 87p. V60
This pamphlet was prepared as a mock memorial to the Solicitor to the Treasury at the time charges were made against Vizetelly for publishing novels by Zola. Vizetelly's purpose was to show the inconsistency of suppressing Zola's work while permitting circulation of famous English classics which contain so-called obscene passages. The extracts, believed to have been selected by George Moore, include quotations from the works of Wycherley, Congreve, Shakespeare, Beaumont, Fletcher, Ben Jonson, Ford, Dryden, Defoe, Swift, Fielding, Smollett, Sterne, and Byron. Also included is Lord Macaulay's suggested suppression of the works of Wycherley and Congreve. Vizetelly, then a sick old man, was condemned to prison, and died shortly after his release. A four-page text of Vizetelly's letter to the Solicitor to the Treasury was also published as a separate leaflet. A list of the works extracted is reprinted in Ernst, To the Pure . . . , pp. 305-8.
-------. Glances Back Through Seventy Years: Autobiographical and Other Reminiscences. London, Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1893. 2 vols. V61
The memoirs of this British publisher include references to the persecution of Richard Carlile and his shopmen for their "swing" pamphlets, Cobbett's trial for libel (1831-32), the struggle against "taxes on knowledge," Hetherington's imprisonment, and the prosecution of Moxon for selling Queen Mab (1832-36), all in volume one. Volume two ends with 1870, short of the celebrated case of prosecution of the author for publishing the works of Zola.
Vizzard, John A. "The Production Code of the Motion Picture Association." In Lectures in Communications Media, Legal and Policy Problems Delivered at University of Michigan Law School, June 16-June 18, 1954. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Law School, 1954, pp. 127-36. V62
The author is assistant to the director, Production Code Administration, Motion Picture Association of America.
Vleeschauwer, Herman J. Censorship and Libraries. Pretoria, Union of South Africa, 1959. 165p. V63
A professor of library science at the University of South Africa considers the rising tide of censorship and the pressures on libraries throughout the world, in the setting of a broad historical background. The library should stand as a neutral institution in a world of ideological conflict. Its duty is to make its collection truly reflect the ideological conflict taking place outside its walls. The library is "a haven of tolerance in respect of people, ideas and books. In principle it should be capable of bearing witness to everything that thinkers have in the past committed to paper and thus presented for communication to their fellow-men and to posterity. . . . The social body should adopt the same attitude towards the library as the library has adopted towards the book, namely to allow it to be an institution which to a certain extent lives in and by the majesty of death." Professor Vleeschauwer rejects the idea expressed by Louis N. Ridenour (American Library Association, Freedom of Book Selection) with respect to rejection by libraries of the "pseudoscientific book." Instead of an "arsenal for democracy" the library should be an "arsenal from which all ideological parties draw their weapons."
Vogelbach, Arthur L. "The Publication and Reception of Huckleberry Finn in America." American Literature, 11:260-72, October 1939. V64
Includes references to the exclusion of the work from public libraries.
Vold, Lawrence. "Defamation by Radio." Journal of Radio Law, 2:673-707, October 1932. V65
The article is a condensation of a brief submitted in the case of Sorenson v. Wood, decided by the Supreme Court of Nebraska, 10 June 1932. The court contended, and the author agrees, that the broadcasting station actively participates with the speaker in carrying out publication by radio and shares the responsibility for utterances. Exercise of due care is not a defense if the utterance is defamatory. Publication by radio, because of its wide diffusion, must be governed by the laws of libel rather than slander.
-------. "Defamatory Interpolations in Radio Broadcasts." University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 88:249-96, January 1940. V66
"The purpose of this article is to support the view that radio stations under the common law of defamation should properly be held to the same liability for defamatory interpolations as they are for defamatory utterances contained in written or printed manuscripts transmitted to radio listeners by their broadcasting operations."
Volkart, Edmund H. Censorship of the Press in the United States; a Study of Social Control. New Haven, Yale University, 1947. 555p. (Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation) V67
The study considers censorship as a factor in social control. The author finds that most postpublication censorship in America today is in the area of sex expression. It consists of either quasi-legal or nonlegal action, with the vice societies and NODL as the chief practitioners. Such agencies have tended to avoid legal sanctions in favor of extralegal methods such as boycott and pressure tactics. He finds that censorship is a barrier to cultural change because it limits the variation of ideas and reduces the amount of deviant behavior. Part 1 deals with legal censorship by federal, state, and local government; part 2 discusses the quasi-legal censorship of the vice societies, the New York and New England societies in particular; part 3 discusses the nonlegal censorship of the Roman Catholic Church, relating to heresy, birth control, and obscenity.
"Voluntary Censorship of the Cleveland Movies." Survey, 30:639-40, 23 August 1913. V68
The chief of police authorizes patrolmen to serve as censors and make arrests. Movie managers ask for the appointment of a competent movie censor.
"Volunteer Censorship." Independent, 67:1460-61, 23 December 1909. V69
A defense of the Circulating Libraries Association of England which the author believes "is guilty of no censorship." It is simply conducting "a limited boycott." The author supports censorship of plays in Great Britain.
Von Hilsheimer, George. "Christians and Censors." Nugget, 9:4, 54, February 1965. V70 §
The general superintendent of Humanitas, a brotherhood of service, sees in the censor at work a man dominated by sex, his world "populated with copulating monstrosities." To censor works of art and literature that deal with the joyfulness of nature and that "elevates and redeems marriage from its too common state of a legalized prostitution is demon worship at its most corrupting."
Voorhees, Melvin B. Korean Tales. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1952. 209p. V71
One of the "tales" in this outspoken book on the Eighth Army in Korea deals with actions and attitudes of war correspondents; another deals with military censorship, imposed by the premature reporting of the death of General Walker, two days before Christmas when the Army was striving to halt the onrushing Chinese. There had been press revelations that endangered plans or lives ever since the war began, and 90 percent of the press correspondents in Korea said they wanted press censorship and a good many campaigned to get it. For the publication of this controversial book without approval by military authorities the author, a lieutenant colonel, was court-martialed, found guilty, and dismissed from the service.
Vorpe, W. G. "What Is Freedom of the Press?" Quill, 29(2):3-4+, February 1941. V72
A veteran newspaper editor defines freedom of the press as "the right of any editor, writer or publisher of any newspaper, magazine or pamphlet to express an opinion whether it be endorsement, denunciation, praise, criticism or suggestion, so long as these expressions are not treasonable." If individuals are unjustly accused they have recourse to the libel laws. He rejects the charges that the National Recovery Administration of the depression years was a menace to a free press and that "the desire for profit" threatens a free press. He also disagrees with the charges against the press made by Harold Ickes.
Vox Senatus. The Speeches at Large Which Were Made in a Great Assembly . . . When J. C. Phipps Made a Motion, "For Leave to Bring in a Bill to Amend the Act of William the Third, Which Empowers the Attorney General to File Informations Ex Officio," and . . . When Serjeant Glynn Made a Motion, "That a Committee Should be Appointed to Enquire into . . . the Proceedings of the Judges in Westminster Hall, Particularly in Cases relating to the Liberty of the Press, and the Constitutional Power and Duty of Juries." London, W. Woodfall, 1771. V73
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