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Tlie Leader Tribune
Published Weekly on Thursday
Established 1888
DANIEL K. GRAHL
Editor
"As a Man Thinketh In His Heart, So Is He”
Official Organ for Peach County. City of
Valley, and Macon Division of The Middle
Georgia Federal Court.
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Thursday, July 2, 1953
More About The Literature
Commission
One member of the Georgia
Commission. Hubert L. Dyar. editor and
publisher of the Royston Record, read
editorial comment of June 18 relative
the Georgia Literature Commission
takes us to task rather generously.
His letter is printed elsewhere on
page.
In order to clear the ■water, or
it a little more, we are going to risk
ing a little bit more about the commission.
Editor Dyar pointed out in his letter
the commission was created for the pur¬
pose of investigating and
to the various Solicitors-general of the state
the magazines and books which are lewd
and or obscene and which are on sale at
newsstands in Georgia.
Let us pause long enough to say that if
the commission will confine its work to
this realm we will give it our wholehearted
support. That is a perfectly legal and nor¬
mal way to handle the cases. Unfortunate¬
ly all of the publicity about the commission
has failed to play up this angle and have
pointed out that the commission has been
i t requesting” the distributors of such liter¬
ature to keep it off the newsstands.
We contended in our editorial of June
18th that the proper way to handle the
situation is through the courts of our state.
A commission which investigates and
makes recommendations to the elected
ficials of our courts system is a perfectly
legitimate and normal thing. But—let it
confine itself to such action, plus all the
great force of publicity at its command,
and there will be no real threat to free¬
dom.
Editor Dyar has taken us gently to task
by stating that he thought we wrote our
editorial without giving much thought to
the matter. It may be that the editorial
was poorly written but we hasten to as¬
sure our associate of the fourth estate that
we have given a great deal of thought to
the matter. You see, we have growing chil¬
dren and they apparently are blessed with
a great liking for reading. We have abso¬
lutely no desire for them to be constantly
in contact with such literature. We con¬
tend that morals cannot be legislated even
though it is necessary to have laws to pro¬
tect the general public from people with-
Personal Items
Mrs.. Charles B. Evans has
turned from Brevard, N. C.,
she spent several days. Miss
laine Evans has entered Camp
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out morals. A Christian educational pro¬
gram in the home, church, and schools will
eventually be the biggest factor in the elim¬
ination of the literature since some of it
is just within the limits of legality it yet
gives life to the evil designs of the writ¬
ers and purveyors of such filth. That type
of literature can be fought only through
the home, church and school.
Likewise our friend pointed out, as we
had in our editorial, that the commission
had no legal power to stop the sale or dis¬
tribution of the literature and thus could
not constitute a threat to freedom of ex¬
pression. We admit that we slipped up in
not pointing out why we thought it was a
threat to such freedom but we will now
hasten to correct that deviation.
As we said above, the only information
we have read about the commission was
to the effect that they addressed the dis¬
tributors of the literature with a request
not to continue the distribution. Regardless
of the fine character of the men and wo¬
men constituting the commission it is hu¬
man nature for any person approached
with such a request to feel that if he does
not comply with the request that political
and other pressures will be brought to bear
upon him. At the same time, unless there
is a law (as we now understand there ap¬
parently is) which specifically sets up a
group to make recommendations solely to
the courts, it is only a very minor move to
establish an iron-clad governmental cen¬
sorship. The world has certainly seen
enough of that type.
We were chided for wanting to know
names of the banned books or magazines,
Editor Dyar pointing out that such a de¬
sire must stem from another desire to rush
right down and purchase one of the ques¬
tionable publications. Our friend has ap¬
parently forgotten that the same books
and magazines are on sale all over Geor¬
gia and it’s not a very difficult matter to
buy all of the questionable ones we want,
whether they are declared such by the
commission or not. His letter also gave us
the impression that he and other commis¬
sion members considered themselves to be
strong and intellectual enough to read the
literature themselves but the rest of adult
Georgia are not. Publication of the names
of the books might make sale of those se¬
lected spurt for a short time but it would
also add additional publicity to the fight
against them.
In comment w r e carried in an issue of
our paper prior to Juqe 18 we stated that
we felt Governor Talmadge and the legis¬
lature had motives of the highest calibre
in setting up such a commission and that
the purpose behind the move had our
wholehearted endorsement. We cannot
speak for any of the other editors of the
state but we know many of them person¬
ally and many more through their news¬
papers. We have never known any of them
to actively oppose any Christian work of
any church. As for us, our heritage from
the church is of such a fine nature that we
would find it almost impossible to oppose
any of their activities. We certainly do not
do so when we say that we believe the
commission, operating as we originally un¬
derstood it did, constituted a threat to free¬
dom of expression.
We believe that Editor Dyar will find
that all of the newspapers of the state will
be more than happy to help in the elim¬
ination of the lewd and obscene literature.
Yes, sir, we're just as anxious as the com¬
mission to eliminate such trash from the
newsstands.
With a duty of making recommenda¬
tions only to Solicitors-general the com¬
mission can provide a great service to
the people of our state. This they cannot
do by the use of coercion.
ahee there for two months. Little
Charles Evans spent several days
in McDonough with his grand¬
mother, Mrs. J. W. Booten while
! his mother was away.
A family reunion was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
E. Lee, Persons Street, last Sun¬
day. Present were Mr. and Mrs.
William S. Lee and three children,
Spencer, Becky, and David of Al¬
bany; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hall¬
man and children, Marnie and Ste¬
ven of Birmingham; Mr. and Mrs.
Joe T. Arnold and daughters, Mar
igene and Joanne, of Miami; Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Lee and John and
Ann Lee, this city; Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Hallman and Mr. and Mrs.
Heard Bartlett. The group enjoy¬
ed a picnic dinner at the Country
Club after the church services.
Mrs. Frances Arnold Pape and
children Patricia Anne and Mike,
have returned from Utica, N. Y.
Swan Explains
Flv Control
“Flics are a nusiance around the
house, they irritate dairy cattle,
reduce milk production and
just plain filthy,” County Agent
R. P. Swan said this week in urg¬
ing local dairymen to control the
pests.
The control program getting the
best results includes destroying fly
breeding plaf-s and applying an
insecticide recommended for dairy
barns and dairy cows.
The county agent reminded far¬
mers that they should follow man¬
ufacturer’s instructions when us¬
ing sprays, and he added that no
insectide will do the job unless
they help by cleaning up.
Stable flies like rotting vege¬
table matter, such as wet straw
and bedding, for breeding places,
it was pointed out. House flies
breed anywhere manure accumu¬
lates. Horn flies breed in fresh
droppings of cattle in the lot and
pasture. Cleaning up these places
was said to be important because
in hot weather flies can breed fas¬
ter than the best insecticide can
kill them.
Swan cited a report from Frank
W. Fitch and FI. K. Welch, Jr.,
dairyman for the University of
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Service, which revealed that Sou¬
thern farmers estimated that flies
cause milk losses of from 25 per¬
cent to 40 percent when the pests
are numerous.
The report called attention to
actual figures on 25 Southern
herds that showed that butterfat
increased in treated herds 3.2
pounds of fat per cow in the
month following treatment. In the
same period, untreated herds show
ed a decrease of 1.7 pounds of fat
per cow.
“In terms of cash,” the county
agent said, “a few cents worth of
a good fly spray paid hack more
than $4 worth of butter fat per
cow. In a herd of even 20 cows,
that is a very nice dividend. »»
Letter to the Editor
June 26, 1953
Honorable Daniel K. Grab!
Editor, The Leader-Tribune
Fort Valley, Georgia
Dear Mr. Grahl:
I have just read your editorial
of June 18, regarding the state
Literature Commission. I should
like to thank you for your remarks
because I believe you, in a “round¬
about” way, have justified the ex¬
istence of the commission.
Your editorial seems to recog¬
nize the fact that there is so-called
obscene and filthy literature on
the news stands of our state. You
State that we have laws to deal
with obscene literature but you
do not seem to want those laws
enforced. That is the basic reason
for creating the Commission. We
are a body to study, make investi¬
gations and recommend to the So
ficitors-General of the state, so
that they might enforce the law.
If the public could only know,
and been through, what the mem¬
bers of the Commission have dur¬
ing the past three months, they
could see the things that would
make the devil blush. And these
filthy, rotten things are on our
news stands, and in the possession
of our children.
Why are these items on sale in
Georgia? Because we, as Georgia
citizens, and especially you and I,
as Editors, have failed to do our
part in enforcing the law. The So¬
licitors of the state can not pos¬
sibly read each of the thousands
of magazines and pocket-sized
books that are sold each month.
Someone had to help them, and
that is why the Commission was
created.
It is odd to me, as a newspaper
editor, that some of my friends
in the business are opposing the
work of the commission. You state
,n your editorial that we are a
threat to freedom of expression,
YET only two paragraphs below,
you state that the commission has
no legal power to stop the sale or
distribution of lewd literature.
How can we be a threat, at)d still
have no legal power?
I feel that you wrote your edi¬
torial without giving the matter
thought. You state that yoq
censorship, yet you are
of censorship in publishing
newspaper. How many news
do you censor, or ban from
publication, each week? If
are in the same position as
you probably fill several trash
•
I am happy to say that the Com¬
has the support of hun¬
of church and civic groups
the state. We have hundreds
letters from good citizens wish-
Soil Conservation
By II. G. Breedlove
Farmers in Crawford County co¬
operating with the Ocmulgee Soil
| Conservation District have built
f' stl l )onc * s in the past yeats.
I Some of the ponds have had
| good fishing due to proper care
of weeds, and keeping the fish in
the proper numbers.
Some of the cooperators that
have built ponds in the county are:
G. T. Mitchell, R. Rutherford, Hol¬
lis Jones, W. M. Dickey, L. D. Bay
yerlf, L. A. Slade, C. E. Thaxton,
J. W. Lowe, J. B. McGee, W. H.
Seagler, Frank Stembridge, Bud!
Carroll, J. T Mathews, Fate Mon
ing us success and stating that
they are for the work we are do¬
ing. The only opposition we have
had is from a few newspapers. It
is an amazing situation when the
newspapers have opposite opinions
from the church and civic groups
of the communities all over Geor
gia.
I personally appreciate your par
garph stating that your editorial
does not imply that the members
of the commission are not
able men. However, my time, ef
fort, and convictions are in this
work. It is my werk and when
you criticize the work of the com
mission, you are impuning the
work and efforts of the men who
make up the commission.
The commission can see no good
reason in releasing the names of
books or magazines found to be
obscene or lewd. Why should you
or anyone want the names unless
for rushing down to the news
stand to get a copy to read? We
have just seen in the Atlanta news
papers the fact that a young man,
accused of killing a young girl
after having sex relations with
her, called his mother to bring him
some real scarey murder com
ICS.
If the commission, by ridding the
news stand of obscene and lewd
books and magazines, if the com¬
mission can save one young man
or woman, one boy or girl, from
the pitfalls of illecit sex, abnormal
sex, dope or any other sin so glor
iously pictured in the books and
magazines, we will have consid¬
ered our job well done.
Let me again thank you for
your editorial. The more publicity
the commission has, the more peo¬
ple will rise to clean up the trash
threatening the morals of our
youth. With the help of Devine
Guidance the good citizens of
Georgia will accomplish this.
Fraternally yours,
Hubert L. Dyar
Hubert L. Dyar, Secretary
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