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Danger of Press Censorship

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Aug 5, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 38.

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Danger of Press Censorship

The director of public safety in Pittsburgh has issued orders for the establishment of a bureau of censorship. While the present intent of this censorship is to bar the sale of any magazine transgressing the bounds of morality and propriety, this is certainly a dangerous step. The members of this bureau may so interpret “the bounds of morality and propriety” as to bar journals whose only offense is the advocacy of views opposed to the belief of the censors. This may not be intended; yet it is well for every belief, to be alert to the danger to our American citizen, no matter of what country in the establishment of any bureau of censorship over the press.