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Show BMmmmmmmmmml TO GUARD THE PRESS '.HH .B There should bo prompt cnaic- H nijont of tho proposed law declaring: H that when any periodical has beet ,H accorded second class mall privilege 'bbbbbbbbbbbI shall not bo suspended or annulled; :bbbbbbbbbbb! unless tho publication has suspended: Lmmmmmmfl bbbbbbbbbbI Its Issues for n period of six months M or uuless tho editor of publisher has. H been convicted by a court of viola- ;H tlon of tho postal laws and suipcn- fl slon or annulment of the mall prlv- , lieges Is recommended as part of tlus penatty. The right to tho seceodl ''bbbbbbbbbbI class mall privilege Is vital to that - nowspaper or other publication. A postmaster general who has the pow- 'iaaaaaaaai er to either suspend or annul Uuur. 'H right has n life or death power - H er the (rest. ' Newspaper 'publisher H do not ask any greater rights - 'H der tho law than Is accorded to lav- bsbbbbbi .'BBBBBBBBbI .dlvlduals and among 'those rlgktB .''iaiaii Is the right to trial by Jury. Bin- , tH ring a publication from the malto H bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbH may bo a' there serious penalty than . .H Imposing a fine or putting the editor", '1 In Jail. No man should havo th? power to inflict such a penalty. No Ijl mau should huvo -auch power over yl the press. , .HH , t . . . HBWBBBa |