Free Speech in the Good War

RICHARD W. STEELE is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University where he received his doctorate in American history in l969. He has worked as an Archivist for the National Archives in Washington, D.C. and as a historian for the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He has written two other books and many articles.

• Introduction PART I: FRANK MURPHY: FROM FREE SPEECH FOR EVERYONE TO THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST UN-AMERICANISM 1919-1939 Repression Rejected Reform and a Mission for the Justice Department Un-Americanism and the Culture of Investigation The Onset of War Symbolic Prosecution PART II: ROBERT JACKSON: 'HOLDING THE LINE AT A DECENT POINT' Jackson and the 'Lawyerly Way' No American OGPU 'Drawing the Line at a Decent Point' Changing Concepts of Civil Liberties Dealing With Labor 'Subversives' PART III: FRANCIS BIDDLE: COMPROMISE AND RESISTANCE Proving Himself The Suspect List and the Enemy Alien No Tolerance for the Intolerant Censorship Black Sedition Exclusion, Denaturalization and Deportation Conclusion Obnoxious Speech on Trial