Forum Newsfront

March, 1970

Federal CrusadeWashington, D. C.--The Federal Government has seized ten erotic drawings and paintings by internationally known artists and has threatened to destroy them. Citing President Nixon's call, last May, for a "crusade against the obscene," Justice Department official William Sessions stepped into the case when U. S. Attorney Stephen H. Sachs, a Democratic appointee, refused to sign an order against the art works, which include items by George Grosz, Hans Belmar and Karel Appel...