Show A LIBERTY TO lii PH IRi sERVED S Two 1 two wo hundred years ago Peter enger tenter of ol the New ew lone Ririe azette Gazette was imprisoned I uy the Hoyal Governor of the Colony of New ew York because hedared he I dared H to criticize the Governors Governor's actions in his newspaper A jury set lenger Genger tree Iree after he had lain in jail for fOl- sev several ral days clays and declared it to be the right of every free man to speak I and write his opinions freely on any subject even the Royal Koyal I Governor F From Font that day on the freedom of o oi tn th e 1 press Tess has lIas been one onee of America s most cherished LIons l Numerous attempts have been made to place the newspapers newspapers news new I papers paper's of the nation under control Under the Alien ABen and e i 1 edition Act at the beginning of ol the last last century many s were im- im j im-j lor saying r what they nt oi those e in authority and alla actions l but ut so greatly great- great I I iy ly was wa public opinion arou aroused by I ulese handed high proceedings mat the tale very t to w me Life tate was the one guaranteeing the right of ol free Iree and ana a free Iree press i Lately there have been re- re re 1 I I in many quarters to LO control the Press of America I l oc onlY omy local lucal and state authorities authorities I ties Ies have llave tried to dictate what shall shaH not be lie printed but have been hints and mrea ure j those high ugh in the government Itself l loot iNot ot long ago an agent of the Department LJ Li Labor threatened to prosecute prose prose- prose 1 I cute for treason a newspaper newspaper I which printed a criticism oi or the list o to N unionize certain indus tries trees His threat was promptly i avowed by his superiors but bu t 1 since then similar threats t to 0 clamp down on newspapers S and reporters which dare to en criticize cri cri- i Ze the have I been bee n 1 j voiced by General Johnson him him- I 1 self I The United Stat States has not yet become a despotism t lVe v If e eare eare are not ruled by a Dictator The fhe first act of chose those who usurp power is always to try to control conI con con- I trot the Press |