New-York tribune., 1920-04-21
Marshall Appeals
FOrCOnnnOn Sense
In Ban ON Speech
Vice-President, Addressing
Associated Press, Urges
Punishment for Uttering
Revolutionary Remarks

A plea for common sense in the ap-
plication Of the laws governing free
dom of speech and press was made by
Thomas R. Marshall, Vice-P President Of
the United States, in an address before
members of The Associated Press in
the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday.
The Vice-President spoke at the
luncheon which followed the annual
meeting of the association as part Of
the American Newspaper Publishers
Association annual convention. At the
morning session all retiring directors
cf The Associated Press were reelected
by reclamation. They are: Frank B.
Noyes, Evening Star" Washington; /;
W: l.. Mclean, philadelphia Bulletin;
Adolph S: Ochs, New York Times" and
John R. Rathom, "Providence Journal"
Frank B. Noyes. who presided at the
luncheon. During the Introductory
phase of his address MIR. Marshall re-
ferrcd to the United States Senate,
over which he presided. as "the Cave
Of Acolus on Capitol HILL"
Live in Mutual Advisory Age
Speaking of the trend to regulate r
daily activities by act of Congress, he
said: owe are living in the mutual ad-
visory legislative age. BY that mean
that every man in America concludes
he knows what every other man in
America ought to do, and in order to
get him to do it Congress should pass
a law to make him 40 it.
~ verify believe there are men in
America who believe that if Congress
passed a law that in future there
should be no more club-footed people
born in this country club-feet would
disappear from our land"
Coming to the question of freedom
of speech, he likened the first amend
ment to the laws against murder in the
various states. He said the laws did
not tell a man he should not commit
murder, but warned him that if he did
commit murder he laid himself liable
to the full rigor Of the laws. In the
same manner, he said, 81 believe in
socking it to the fellow who causes
trouble in the republic by what he
says"
The Vice President drew distinc-
tion between the latitude that should
be allowed a native born and natural
ized citizen in advocating change in
government.
Divinely Ordained Government
"No one can convince me-" he con-
cluded, that ours is not divnely
ordained government. | think this
country is Anglo-S Saxon in brains. By
Anglo-Saxon brains l mean that the
great majority of our people look upon
government as a necessary part of hu-
man life, and that they should be sub
servlent to it, no matter how much
they may dislike or disapprove the laws
1T enforces. They will be subservient t
to those laws and obey them until by
orderly processes they can change
I'VE have about reached the crisis
in our troubles when Congressman
can appear in the House in denims.
In fact, if the American people would
only be content to buy those things
they can afford we would soon get rid
of the high cost of living trouble"
The annual convention of the Amer
'can Newspaper Publishers Association
Will continue through the week. This
morning the opening session of the as
sociatlon will begin at 10 o'clock in the
Waldorf. 1t will be followed bv n
luncheon of the "Ad" Bureau .