Colonial Times, Inc., D.B.A. The Daily Rag v. Honorable Oliver Gasch, United States District Judge

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Petitioner Colonial Times, Inc., publishes an “underground” newspaper in the District of Columbia known as “The Daily Rag.” The December 8, 1972 edition of “The Daily Rag” displayed on its cover a sketch of an elderly woman, fully dressed, wearing a large lapel button expressing in harsh and graphic language disapproval of the District of Columbia food tax. United States Postal Service employees handling copies of this edition of “The Daily Rag” objected to the cover and as a result four copies of “The Daily Rag” were withdrawn from normal mail processing for attempted…