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Show 'deog rom other ditor , IN AN EDITORIAL entitled "Hiding "Hid-ing Behind a Slogan," the Berlin Ber-lin Reporter, Berlin, N.H., had this to say recently concerning freedom of the press: "The 'freedom of the press' is one of the fundamental rights of a free people but is not an exclusive possession of the press. "For this reason, it is important for the people of this country to understand un-derstand what the phrase means. It Is certainly apparent that some newspaper men have the idea that it extends immunity to the press in a manner that far transcends the right to print articles wtihout censorship cen-sorship or penalty other than those ' represented by libel laws. "The freedom of the press does not relieve the press of Its obligation to pay taxes, to adjust ad-just employment according to the laws of the land and to comply com-ply wih regulations issued to protect the nation In an emergency. emer-gency. Neither is It a cloak to conceal the facts about the ownership of publications, in violation of the law that requires re-quires disclosure of ownership." Diminishing Returns From the Evening Journal, Wash, ington, Iowa: "Concern over the tax problem lies largely in the fact that th ' law of diminishing returns has set : in. . Put federal taxes up another notch and the increase probably won't produce any more revenue . . . Business can be taxed out of I business. And that is precisely what '' is beginning to happen. The process ! can kill the goose that lays the ' I golden eggs, and the tax goose is beginning to look pale around its eyes. Moderation in all things, saith the sages. This applies to taxes, as ' well as cayenne pepper or chocolate choco-late candy." Private Enterprise From the Evening Banner, Greenville, Green-ville, Texas: "It is not our purpose to rush to the defense of the private power J companies, or to plead the cause of public power operations. But we L think the people are Intelligent jl enough to decide what they want and what they do not want. And we I) are convinced that private enter- 1 prise has made this country at ,i great as it is." j |
