ri'. 'tilt*.'H•>? .'?•.•{;> ohn Henry Faulk, left, converses with Michael Library Committee, before his speech Tuesday night, tyerges, the Texas A&M chairman of the National Faulk spoke on “To Secure the Blessings of Liberty.’ irst amendment ‘precious’ Faulk supports free speech e gets 'S by Larry C. Couvillon Battalion Reporter Radio and television personal- John Henry Faulk said Tues- lythat the First Amendment is emost precious guarantee for free exchange of ideas. “People should censor the " J ivernment — the government j |l| louldn’t censor the people," T|U lulk told an audience in the lerling C. Evans Library. Faulk, 79, told how he fought “vigilante group” called fare, Inc., which during the cCarthy era tried to “suppress ■mmunistic conspiracies in the dioand TV industry.” Aware prosper® ^ y ac kjj st anyone who criti- M ed the government, he said, else to' Faulk was host on a radio program for CBS until 1957, when he was blacklisted by Aware for speaking out against them. He was labeled a com munist sympathizer and no one would hire him. “I come from a line of fron tier-type fighters, and I had to fight back.” Faulk said his reputation and career were seriously hurt as a result of the blacklist and he sued Aware for libel. But Aware didn’t have much of case, he said. The group argued that Faulk had spoken at a dinner where a well-known communist attended. He said that was true — he had spoken at a dinner for United Nations de legates. The “well-known com munist” was Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. Faulk asked for $2 million in damages, he said, but was awarded $3.5 million, of which he only collected a fraction. Faulk was called a defender of personal freedom by newspap ers, but despite the hero role, he said he couldn’t figure out why he had gone ahead with such a heroic act. He said he studied American history to find out why and real ized that the American found ing fathers believed deeply in their cause for freedom and posterity. 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