Show THERE MAY BE SOME SALVAGE lOUT UT UT of- of the tiLe unwholesome mess at Louisiana I State university there may be something salvaged by strong minded students who are I capable of learning by the horrible example I method Four of them seem to give evidence of th the right mental equipment to cope with the tho situation They have petitioned the board of trustees for reinstatement after having been expelled as victims they hold of a fight involving their constitutional rights More rore po power er to them I Twenty six students signed a protest when H Huey Buey ey Long censored the college student publication publication publication pub pub- the Reveille because an issue contained contained con con- tamed an item his conceit could not tolerate When expelled 22 of them apologized and were reinstated Four stood their ground an and now ask ask- aska a hearing These four undergraduates have been given givena a Ii fine object lesson by the kingfish fi h quite unintentionally i It should teach them in 11 the bc best t la laboratory oratory manner just what freedom i of Ute or-Ute tile the press press means When the Reveille staff resigned after discovering that it was considered consid consid- I cred ered lese majeste to criticize the senator they I le learned nied d what newspaper editors of all times and pla places es have hae known that known that a newspaper is worth nothing whatever to its readers or to its p publishers blithers i if it is not free to express opinion and present facts without government or political political political po po- po- po interference The They will not need to be told again that a people is not free if its newspapers news p papers pers are gagged Their own sad experience with their own campus newspaper has pas taught them that much and the lesson will stick It will be the easier for them to understand understand understand under under- stand now just wh why one Olle of the first acts of ofa a dictator or despot is the clapping chapping down on of censorship on the press It will be easier for fortI tI them em to see how government by fear and force I is in countries where there is no free press In such European countries where g government has has' muzzled the newspapers other human liberties have he been n curtailed and the gre greatest test perils to national welfare exist It iRI is iR Worthy of note that in jn no speaking English I c country u h. h nor in Scandinavia nor 1101 Holland Switzerland j erland or Belgium is freedom of thought I or expression blighted by this form of op op- op- op pr It t is in LU these and other and other countries I t I 1 f. f J j 1 where the press is free that life and property arc are safest orderly government most firmly and liberty most abundant Notwithstanding Not Not- withstanding their tribulations L L. S S. S U. U students students stu stu- dents in journalism are arc learning a valuable lesson |