Bingham Bulletin | 1931-06-25 | Page 1 | Freedom of Press Maintained

FREEDOM OF PRESS MAIN-L MAIN-L TAINED Setting aside the famous Minnesota Minne-sota newspaper "gag" law by the United States Supreme court, may be one of the most important decisions de-cisions ever handed down. Chief Justice Hughes, stressed the need for freedom of the press j holding that need to be greater. , than ever before. The law, in its Intention, may have been good to outlaw indecent and salacious sheets. But in its wording, it put newspapers at the mercy of political politi-cal corruption or dictation. There is no place in America for suppression suppres-sion of honest comment or criticism.