Sen. Sam. J. Ervin Jr., chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, invited AEJ to submit a statement in connection with subcommittee hearings in the fall of 1971 on the state of freedom of the press. AEJ President Hillier Krieghbaum and five other officers responded in writing to the “newsmen's privilege bill,” S. 1311, which had been referred to the subcommittee. The other officers were R. Neale Copple, University of Nebraska, president-elect; Wayne A. Danielson, University of Texas, past president; J. Edward Gerald, University of Minnesota, past president; Dwight L. Teeter Jr., University of Wisconsin, chairman of the AEJ Committee on Professional Freedom and Responsibility; and Harold L. Nelson, University of Wisconsin, past president. Their statement is printed below.
