"One of the worst evils of a democratic state is public opinion. [It] must be subject to the vigilance of authority . . . Those who still clamor for so-called freedom of the press demonstrate that they are very backward people." Thus, Franco's Minister of Information Gabriel Arias Salgado explained the "philosophy" behind the proposed new press law that he was trying to have passed last week.
Arias Salgado's law would force Spain's 72 privately owned dailies to be even more subservient to the government than they already are. It would require a publisher to submit to the government the name of...
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