Show Freedom To Advertise vicious invasion of our dwindling freedoms was chalked up last month when the Bureau of Internal Revenue took action to try to gag private industry from using advertising to fight government Thus begins a long editorial in The American a monthly magazine which speaks for some of the weekly newspapers of this The ruling in question was that advertising placed by electric utility and presenting their side of the public-vs-private power could no longer be deducted as business expense for income tax Needless to all the proponents of socialized power greeted this act with shouts of The American Press also can't think of a more American way for business to battle for its rights than to take its case to the people by the use of advertising Surely this is more to be desired than behind-closed-doors which seems to be the is our hope that the electric companies will not only fight ruling in the tax courts but will go a step further and use part of their advertising space to acquaint the people with this attempt of the government to o advertise is an important part of freedom of the and should be guarded with equal It in many the one vehicle through which business can out in open This goes far beyond the fight over who is to produce this country's If a tax penalty can be used to prevent any any industry or any group from stating his side of a one of essential of the freedoms supposedly guaranteed by the Constitution is on its death- t And government tax weapon at the will decide what can or cannot be said in the advertising pages of our newspapers and |