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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
COVER SHEET
SUBJECT: American Civil Liberties Union
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Morton Icove, Chairman of the OGLU Censorship Committee, and Rev} Jesse Ca_vileer,'-1:4Cleveland Unitarian minister and OJLU member, presented the ACLU views to a StateHouse Judiciary Subcommittee. Citing the Supreme Court's decision in "The Mizacle""»?_7;-case, that movies are a means of communication and entitled to the protection ofFirst Amendment, Icove maintained that any form of prior censorship of movies is un¥,_:_,~§";1,onstitutionale He also pointed out that the proposed bills are not constitutional
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' - V -' - ~ ~;":f;~ *In addition to three bills on movie precensorship, the OCLU also opposed a billextending the present obscenity law, claiming that it goes "beyond legal limits " by fgiving such vague definitions of "depraved and immoral" as "dissolute," "disgusting ,"I, I5?etc. 92 - __> , _ . :9.
A letter protesting the bills, from Oscar Steiner, chairman of the OHIO CLU, was-ff?placed in the record. Steiner claimed that the bills are infringements on freedom,of expression and right of free choice, adding that movies are subject to the same_"'"1 1%standards regarding obscenity as any other form of expression and there are statelaws providing for criminal prosecution of offenders. Noting that a vast number of 7'4films, as well as books, plays, paintings, etc., are objectionable according to thee;-,,_f,jstandards of some people and works of art when judged by others, Steiner claimedthat positive determination is virtually impossible without religious, racial and f.1_.*7f;,T_,2political prejudices and personal predilections. - -~ ~; 1 ._ _4 ~
- Fteiner also protested the lack of uniform operation of state censorship of ;;'1__4-,_;_j;=_imovie s, because uncensored films are shown on television. Both Steiner and Icove,;,_._v';f*,::-,$;_Zclaimed there is no proof that certain movies stimulate crime and juvenile de1irr'4uel1t;$'_J,-'_:'<Icove suggested that a study be undertaken by a House committee or by qualifiedmembers of Ohio State University into the subject of juvenile delinquency and related:»e*" "problems such as the effect of movies, comic books, newspapers _andmagaAzi.'ne8.___=:
' ~ 4 "The power to censor," Mr. Icove concluded, _"is the power to regiment, the powe__ -92to control thought and tosubstitute statism for-pa gove'rnu1ent'of freemen under 1aw'.;j._ _-Ie feel that_méinld.nd's greatest hope lies in keeping open the channels of, conununicdf; . Mon of ideas-"~'1* 1 - - H - c " 4, ;.; ;2.~:
. ,. -.. 1'"' "* " ~45 i$L.~:2:i:»,Demite the ACLU protest, the subcommittee reported e censorship billwhich ha_sf_,-_1,'.gbeen approved by the full House Judiciary Committee. However, the proposal is 655'Pected to meet stiff opposition. In addition to ACLU, movie columnists in the stateli» ».and theatre exhibitors are aroused by the new censorship drive;?T7 . '_'-~'._<_'_"_.,;I;,, I.4 . -- V ~ i ;' e - .'>-i"'_;"¢~".i'» flThe campaign to enact a new law was undertaken after Ohio courts invalida!ed'I_¢,=-~55?-Kthe long-standing state censorship law on grounds of vagueness, and rec_ej.1_gd i.rnpetus§"*__§§because of public concern over juvenile delinquency and th§an l?§Iqgship 1"-hetween this evil and films ' ' '-~- l -"Tm"- - ' . ei Jaw 1'!_9295.5Yl?~4-< -- ~ -4; . . ., - ~ _92;V__:=;;_.;
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A_ ey are oundto be disloyal. DisloydtyJnJbi-l-lwouldbe-estab1ish'edby past or present membership in arw organization advoa,~;_§¢;;,-ge;eating overthrow of the government, or which has adopted a polio of such adv " '5. Y oca¢3'3;>§:;,:;j or which approves the commission of acts of force or violence to dew persons theiriizgconst't ti - ' " i u onal rights. The commission would be authorized to hold hearings, smrm1ot:?I;§3~jwitnesses and secure state police aidpfor this purpose when necessary. Thechapters state that the grounds for establishing loyalty or disloyaltyare much tooj_ff_;;Ibroad and rest entirely on guilt by association, adding" that the proposed cornrnissiongfiggalso wouldhave a repressive effect on free discussion. _ _ _ _, - ' * ~ .5
~ A bill removing all legal rights, privileges and immunities from the CommurstsifeiParty or arw other group having as its purpose the overthrow of the over t b <» -¢»i_i*-'-5 men 371-an ,: force or violence is opposed by the ACLU chapters because "the outlawing of any -_ _ -.4" 4 , ,. political group is a dangerous precedent." _: 1 - --1 fl '1 ,'1 . ":17
Also opposed is a bill providing for security clearance of children's camp ""'*'f-ifv?"§*,i-versonnel, applying to any camp where five or more children from 7 to 18 stay durinfgithe summer months. Persons employed atsuch camps wouldhave tofile statements ofrt?their loyalty, under oath, with the Commissioner of State Police, declaring that _thé§''Jere not, and never ha'd been, members of any organization advocating overthrow'ef~'the;§;g;%i-government or acts of force denying other persons their constitutional rights. ' The~;;f;x-ifKCLU groups stated there is no apparent danger to the nation's security in thisfield, the bill relies on guilt by association and the definition of proscribed->_;",:"_-*':',il1T';organizations is broad enough to permit varied interpretations. -<1;sf{fj-_Aj_f--?7ffL_L
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" The Gainsville, Georgia, Daily Times, throughits editor, Sylvan Meyer, took_,a;s.1~stand in February supporting a'"'_5I§I Fefng in the Georgia General Assembly w!rich92-*4-@511would convert the "fee" system of paying courthouse officers to a "salary" "basis._. ,3.-3Under the fee system, the county clerk, sheriff and ordinary are paid on a piece ,-f@_jwork basis for the number of arrests and other law enforcement activities they carry?~{on. Opponents of the system assert that it concentrates county law enforcement_on'.f_~§.';those crimes that yield the_ biggest return and tends to ignore crime prevention and;investigation where no revenue will be produced, They advocate a straight salary¢gQ;;f>for these officials. _ - - - __ t .
when the Times came out for the straight salary bill, Hall County Sheriff C.92927}f;%rWilson and County Clerk MD. Duncan voted to deny the Times its regular desi.gr1ation._§e,as official legal organ for the county - the official printer of legal advertisementgg- and the revenue which goes with the designation. Ordinary Frank Hood did not g§.;,f_*;?§along with the -action of his two colleagues. r - e- __ I ..
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. . , , . _ .|;.f.;;'fw:-", pf~ "If these officeholders expect their punishment to force a change in the editor%§~vsial policies of the Times, they have made an error. '~Je had honestly hoped they worjl~.§;._:be tolerant enough to recognize that in a democracy honest differences of opinion q_=_;Ii§.are not only the custom, but are permitted freedom by the Bill of Rights." .
Since the controversy started, the General Assembly has passed the salarybill and it will face a local referendum in November. The Daily Times has pointed92_;_j%-'_§;out that the bill provides for incumbent officials to finish their present termsunder the lucrative fee system.- _ . _ _ '_ ';;_'.é'>¥f
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A Missouri state legislative committee rejected by a 20 to S vote_an effor't'tol_§;Ibar nudism and nudist publications in the s'tate...In its annual report, the New Y<2'11kf»§§-"<State Committee Against Discrimination describes the law which it administers as ta;n'§;..-T?accomplished "social fixture in New York.State." On the law's tenth anniversary;it said, the impact of the law can be observed through the state and seen in "the -~;T.~>T*=§Igeneral improvement in the status of the individual in the community."...One'of the:,_;nation's largest chemical firms, the Monsanto Chemical Corporation, has been found, .;guilty by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination of discrhvainatingéejiiagainst its Negro employees, in by-passing them in making'promoticn's to supervisgjr-y;> --Jobs. It is believed that the decision will carry -considerable weight in other 7_ _-; Hgstates facedwith similar cases, ultimately openi the way for 'morei-prwonnotion',;_9_§"fqualified Negroes.-.Damages amounting to $§2S,0OO.§ have.~been levied against Congr'es~man James G. Donovan and three others in a libel suit growing out" of a primary card; 'paign in New York's Yorkville section in 1951 Frank J;"Stella'and'Anne K. Toomey,§_;"'=' .Democratic party leaders, charged that defendansvnewspaper had pictured them.8s'.'l';-;;_,sCommunists or Communist sympathizers during the campaign. Donovan represents the__,-1district formerly held by the late Vito Marcantonio.» . Q ' -.~>4 ~
NOTE T0 EDITOIB: Enclosed in this week's issue of FEATU"<E Pl-E55 SERVICE is¢>~°the ACLU's' new pamphlet on censorship of comic books. The statement 5 which was,____"-Tsummarized in the May 23 issue of the SERVICE, has been filed with the Senate _';,_'_ ' - =-IJudiciary subcommittee studying juvenile delinquencyf 1 __ , ,,_ ;; _;;,]'_:.-
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