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Guest Editorial
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
THE FREE PRESS
There is a portion of the U. S. Supreme Court’s
decision saying that newsmen must supply informa
tion to grand juries in criminal investigations with
which we agree. As Justice Byron R. White’s opinion
for the 5-4 majority put it, the U. S. Constitution
does not exempt a newsman from “performing the
citizens’s normal duty of appearing and furnishing
information relevant to the grand jury’s task.”
But we think the high court erred drastically in
failing to apply the First Amendment’s guarantees
of free speech and free press to the special situation
of protecting a reporter from disclosing information
obtained from confidential sources.
As Justice Potter Stewart
wrote, in dissent, this ruling “in
vites state and federal authorities
to undermine the historic inde
pendence of the press by at
tempting to annex the journalistic
profession as an investigative arm
of government.”
Doctors, lawyers, and priests,
are by tradition and sometimes
by law protected in the right to
honor a confidence offered to
them in their professional capa
cities. In the case of the priest,
this takes on a sacred and relig
ious aspect.
We believe the right of free
press involves directly the right
of the newsman to, on occasion,
talk to confidential sources with
the implicit guarantee that such
sources will remain confidential.
We agree with the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors who
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called the ruling a “direct blow
at the right of the people to be
fully informed without hindrance
by the government.” Sigma Delta
Chi, the national professional
journalistic society, has endorsed
a similar stand.
“What was at issue here,” said
Robert Fichenberg, chairman of
the Freedom of Information Com
mittee of the editor’s group,
“was whether a reporter can be
compelled to reveal his sources
for a story in which the govern
ment may have an interest. If
he can, he becomes in effect an
agent for the government.”
We hope, with all due respect,
that the Supreme Court may see
fit to affirm the right of the
free press in whatever rulings
may be necessary to clarify the
effect of last week’s ruling on
the role of a reporter in a free
society.
‘Whatsoever Things’
BY DONALD E. WILD MON
TRADITION
a Tradition can be either helpful or harmful.
It depends on how it is used. Too often, as we
are all aware, tradition does more harm than it
does good. More often than not, I feel, tradition
has earned its place. But there comes a time
when tradition must be discarded and progress
Let me share with you a poem I found re
garding this thing called tradition.
One day, through the primeval wood
A calf walked home, as all calves should;
Eut made a trail all bent askew,
A crooked trail as all calves do.
Since then two hundred years have fled,
And, I infer the calf is dead,
But still he left behind his trail,
And thereby hangs my moral tale.
The trail was taken up next day
By a long dog that passed that
way;
*Vnd then a wise bell-wether
sheep
Pursued the trail o’er vale and
steep.
And from that day, o’er hill
and glade,
Through those old woods a
path was made;
And many men wound in and
out,
And dodged, and turned, and
bent about
And utter words of righteous
wrath
Because ’twas such a crooked
path.
The forest path became a lane,
That bent, and turned, and
turned again;
This crooked lane became a
road,
Where many a poor horse with
his load
Toiled on beneath the burning
sun,
And traveled some three miles
in one . . .
The years passed on in swift
ness fleet,
The road became a village
street;
And this, before men were
aware,
A city’s crowded thoroughfare;
And soon the central street
was this
Of a renowned metropolis.
And o’er his crooked journey
went
The traffic of a continent.
A hundred thousand men were
led
By one calf near three cen
turies dead.
They followed still his crooked
way,
And lost one hundred years a
day;
For thus such reverence is lent
To well-established precedent.
For men are prone to go it
blind
Along the calf paths of the
mind,
And work away from sun to
sun
To do what other men have
done.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Well, tradition has its place.
But to follow tradition blindly
can be self-defeating. All of us
have been down some of those
cow trails in the middle of the
city. Cows quit following them
years ago, but big city busses are
still traveling them today.
Give tradition its proper place.
Don’t deny it that. But make
certain that you aren’t ruled by
tradition. For many bus drivers
will tell you it was sure a lot
easier for the cow to follow
his route than it is to put a bus
over it.
(Tour the Holy Land and
Rome with Mr. Wildmon Nov. 27-
Dec. 7, 1972. His fifth tour.
For more info, write him at
Box 1368, Tupelo, Miss. 38801)
PTO Helps
Parents
Help Child
Vacation has passed like sum
mer shadows flitting across a
leisurely afternoon, and school
days are part of the daily routine
once more.
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Parents, anxious to see their
children a success, equip them
with all the necessary materials
for school, sometimes forgetting
that support is supplied by more
than pencils and textbooks.
The Parent-Teacher Organiza
tion provides that necessary
support for the child. Sponsored,
as its name implies, by parents
and teachers, PTO combined ef
forts go toward helping the child
in countless ways.
Help for the student does not
stop with the child, however, but
widens further to include closer
cooperation betwen the home
and the school.
Understanding the workings
of school life, furthermore, es
tablishes a communication line
between parent and teacher, ul
timately benefiting the child him
self.
PTO meetings are held only
once a month, and the return
is great.
Asa group, the PTO each year
contributes in a most worthwhile
manner to each school. All pro
jects made possible through the
financial assistance of the PTO
just could not be listed.
Now the organization is mak
ing plans for school year ’72-’73.
Initial plans call for a successful
membership drive. Let’s help this
organization help the child, our
most valuable resource.
This year, join the PTO. It’s
a step forward in the world of
education. It’s the parent and the
teacher united in a common goal
—helping the student enjoy the
challenge of learning!
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CATTLE
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BUYERS
Train now to buy cattle,
sheep and hogs at auctions,
feediots, sale barns, etc.
Write TODAY for a local
interview. Include your com
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number.
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4420 Madison
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Letters To
The Editor
SOMETHING ELSE STINKS
•Why should a few little people
quit POLLUTIN in the POT
when thousands of big polluters
have been, do now and aim to
continue running the POT over
into the streams, lakes and
oceans? Why not keep inhaling,
smelling and drinking the and- - -
stuff or clean it ALL up?
It’s enough to put out the fires
of Hell.
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PRESCRiPTiCTnTjRUGGISTiy
• JACKSON GA. *
ELECT
Edward (Ed) Cleveland
To Post No. 3
Butts County Commissioners
I am a life time resident and business man of Butts Coun
ty. I am concerned with the needs and growth of our county
and its people.
1. Being in my type of business I travel over Butts County
and all surrounding counties. It is very noticeable that our
neighboring counties are benefiting by having a County Water
and Fire Protection system. I realize BUTTS COUNTY could
be just as much or more prosperous by having this same secur
ity of protection.
2. I will work for better roads for all sections of BUTTS
COUNTY that are paved and unpaved.
3. I will work toward obtaining more physicians and
better medical facilities for the people of our COUNTY.
4. I will work with our local Police and Sheriff Depart
ment to stamp out all local and outside organized DRUG
pushers.
5. Asa business man I will be most concerned where our
Tax Money will be spent if I am elected for Post. No. 3.
6. If elected I will Cooperate and Work with the Com
missioners that you elect for Post No. 1 and No. 2 for the
benefit of the COUNTY.
I, ED CLEVELAND, humbly ask you to go to the POLLS
Sept. 26 and v OTE for ME as your COUNTY COMMIS
SIONER for POST NO. 3.
Vote For And Elect
Edward (Ed) Cleveland
Post No. 3
FOR CONTINUED SOUND FINANCIAL
CITY GOVERNMENT
RE-ELECT
C. B. Brown, Jr.
MAYOR
“There is No Substitute for Experience”
Vote For A Man
You Can Talk With
At Any Time Or Any Place
Vote Hammond Barnes
THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1972
