Czechoslovakia: Normalization, Almost
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A Temporary Matter. Legalism has become one of Czechoslovakia's most successful tools of resistance. The National Journalist Union's weekly Reporter, for example, was reprimanded and suspended from publication early last month for its thinly veiled anti-Russian editorials. Its editors promptly demanded a formal court hearing of their case, and that mere threat of publicity proved enough. Reporter was put back on the newsstands. The parliamentary cultural committee added its salute to defiant journalism by adopting a resolution specifically commending the Czechoslovak radio for its dramatic invasion broadcasts. And as always, the spirit of resistance found voice in wry Czechoslovak humor, notably in a cartoon that took a poke at all the new "temporary" Soviet-dictated restrictions. It shows one man winding up to punch another and explaining: "I am going to belt you in the mouth temporarily."
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