Censorship in the United States. Edited by Grant S. McClellan. [print]

part 1. Censorship, the current debate: numbers 1. The current scene: a year's censorship harvest (Publishers' Weekly) -- numbers 2. Pornography; toward a new understanding: The fear of books John Henry Merryman (Stanford Today) -- A new definition of obscenity Howard Moody (Christianity and Crisis) -- Pornography or privacy George Steiner (Encounter) -- Christianity and pornography Joseph A. Schneiders (Crane Review) -- numbers 3. The case against pornography: On behalf of censors George P. Elliott (Harper's Magazine) -- Dealing with the smut business O.K. Armstrong (Reader's Digest) -- part 2. The Supreme Court; more freedom or less?: numbers 1. The legal testing of obscenity Ralph I. Lowenstein -- The Ginzburg majority opinion William J. Brennan, Jr. -- Two dissents in the Ginzburg decision Hugo L. Black and William O. Douglas -- A protestant view of the Ginzburg decisions (Christian Century) -- Confusion on obscenity; A Catholic view (America) -- A conservative view (National Review) -- A liberal view (New Republic) -- More freedom or less? / Jason Epstein (Atlantic Monthly) -- numbers 2. Fair trial versus a free press: A recent Supreme Court decision (Social Education) -- American Bar Association proposals Fred P. Graham (New York Times) -- Views of the American Newspaper Publishers Association Sidney E. Zion (New York Times) -- Views of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Sidney E. Zion (New York Times) -- American Civil Liberties Union's view -- numbers 3. Extending freedom of speech: The Julian Bond case (New York Times) -- part 3. Censorship politics: A new law John D. Pomfret (New York Times) -- A journalistic reaction -- The government as publisher; the USIA Geoffrey Wolff (Washington Post Book Week) -- The government as publisher; a reply Reed Harris (Washington Post) -- Government subsidies to publishers Arthur Greenspan (New York Post) -- The press, the President and foreign policy James Reston (Foreign Affairs) -- A footnote to history Clifton Daniel (New York Times) -- Freedom and the Press (New York Times) -- part 4. Censorship and intellectual freedom: The passing of the index of forbidden books (Christian Century) -- Let it be printed Elizabeth Bartelme (Commonweal) -- A new movie code Vincent Canby (New York Times) -- Self-censorship of TV (Newsweek) -- An attempt to rewrite history -- Writing history on approval Irwin Karp (Saturday Review) -- The role of the public librarian Kathleen Molz (American Scholar) -- Advice to librarians David Dempsey (Saturday Review) -- part 5. Censorship and education: The nature of academic freedom Henry Steele Commager (Saturday Review) -- Academic freedom is free speech Fred P. Graham (New York Times) -- The problem facing Catholic colleges Philip Gleason (America).

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