This statement supports and endorses the Intellectual Freedom policies of the American Library Association (ALA) as exemplified by the ALA Bill of Rights. The case of Pico v. Island Trees Free School District provides a legal precedent in support of the idea that decisions to remove materials from the school library cannot be based on personal ideological reasons; two randomly selected issues of the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom and the "List of Embattled Books" in the September 1984 issue of Harper's Magazine demonstrate the current censorious attitude in schools and libraries; and a letter about the decision to perform the play "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You" serves as an example of support for free expression. In addition, the report of the Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography published in 1970 supports the principle of access to a diversity of materials. The commission is urged not to recommend governmental restriction on access to materials of any kind and to recommend the elimination of existing restrictions on the content of materials. Two references are provided, and appendices include selected pages from the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, the Harper's Magazine "List of Embattled Books," the Library Bill of Rights, and the letter about the decision to perform "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You." (KM)