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Ruling on ‘Ho The Authors Leqgue of Americ of the Siomen he f the Sioreme © perpetuated a situation in which there exists in the U. 8. “a form of censorship dangerous to the rights and “economic subsistence authors, : “We have reached s point where ikriters of motion pictures (and no oubt of plays, books and other reative work) are blacklisted, and eir product is not distributed,” Authors Ledgve biune TC a yesterda declared that the er on the entire profession of writ-, , 2Qo.a0cn_ t -__ Clegg Glavin Niel Rosen Tracy. Harbe Belmoyt Ad a . Mohr ° Tele. Room__ Nease Gandy Ilywood Ten’ case of the * w ing by the Congressional Commit- | tee on Un-American Activities.” Yesterday's statement warned that “Hitler lost his leading scien- ™ e League's statement asserted. tists, writers, artists and teachers And this is not on the basis of the | Because of discrimination Bae those who were not in step wi 7 : ‘This totalitarian regime... . Cems sorship by defamation, black! ing, compulsory public disclosu: ‘Jof views and association, is quite Flas effective as direct prohibition # |of creative work.” © é Officers of the Authors League are Oscar“Hammerstein, president; Joh meey, Vice-président, and Erik@Garnouw, secretary. The or- ganizations counsel includes Buss e : \ Raphaelson 4 ieee , Howat Find say « vimemt ontent or artistic or literary value | 54™S0 phaelson, ElmemRi of the work itself, but because of Richa gWodeets, Tin the personal associations, politics, Art hy, hy ae. onel MT! 9 and opinions of the writer. This is an ea Ru Good marNGoe censorship gone wild.” an men ercook, - Two and a half years ago, the aa . Authors League, which is composed of the Dramatists’ Gulid, the Au- thors’ Guild, the Radio Writers. Guild and the Screen Writers Page Guild, issued its first protest +. against ‘the immoderate, uncon- ~ trolied A ad a ing enercived Times-Herald ___ : a nip fee : Wash. Post eid Gag * a at 4 ae ? - Wash. News : “Wash. Star ep Us nHls ; / “,; irror _WW_ N.Y. M Brutal {E.