On March 13th, a measure was passed by Indiana's legislature which makes it a misdemeanor for failure by a bookseller to register a title which is considered deleterious to minors. Under this law, a bookseller must not only pay a usurious $250 registration fee, but also provide a detailed description of the work which may include not only novels, but school texts dealing with health, and sexuality issues. And, if allowed to remain on the books, one may even expect history , and science, books, too, to eventually come under governmental inspection

This insidious practice now appears to have "moral" implications, and encourages book sellers to self-censor, i.e. to avoid the registration fee and hassle by simply not carrying any "suggestive" works

consistent with escalating Federal Communications Commission trend of slapping "public indecency" penalties

first law of its kind on the books anywhere in America, thus setting a dangerous precedent for freedom of expression