Creating a Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, Hearing Before the Select Subcommittee on Education...90-1, on H.R. 2525, Washington D.C., April 20, 24, 19671967 - 95 pages |
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... problems of obscenity in our modern society . In our common desire to meet the challenge posed by this billion - dollar big business , many of us tend to gravi- tate toward simple panaceas , or try to pinpoint vague , causal rela ...
... problems of obscenity in our modern society . In our common desire to meet the challenge posed by this billion - dollar big business , many of us tend to gravi- tate toward simple panaceas , or try to pinpoint vague , causal rela ...
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... problem of official censorship of obscenity . In the now famous Roth case , the Supreme Court stated that obscenity was not pro ected by the first amendment . Our highest court rejected its former Hicklin rule as too restrictive under ...
... problem of official censorship of obscenity . In the now famous Roth case , the Supreme Court stated that obscenity was not pro ected by the first amendment . Our highest court rejected its former Hicklin rule as too restrictive under ...
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United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor. problem and finally passed legislation to establish several specific tests for obscenity against which publications and other materials would be measured . The purpose and intent of ...
United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor. problem and finally passed legislation to establish several specific tests for obscenity against which publications and other materials would be measured . The purpose and intent of ...
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... problem , under the dynamic and aggressive leadership of your chairman , is going to get some action this time . We have , as you know , passed this bill three times in the Senate , the same general commission approach . We are poised ...
... problem , under the dynamic and aggressive leadership of your chairman , is going to get some action this time . We have , as you know , passed this bill three times in the Senate , the same general commission approach . We are poised ...
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... problem could be solved in many communities if people knew what they could do and how they should react . Information of this kind should be made available . Again I want to express my appreciation to you , Congressman Daniels , and to ...
... problem could be solved in many communities if people knew what they could do and how they should react . Information of this kind should be made available . Again I want to express my appreciation to you , Congressman Daniels , and to ...
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Page 22 - Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
Page 6 - ... may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 USC 73b-2) for persons in Government service employed intermittently.
Page 51 - A book cannot be proscribed unless it is found to be utterly without redeeming social value. This is so even though the book is found to possess the requisite prurient appeal and to be patently offensive.
Page 30 - A thing is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest, ie, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex or excretion, and if it goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in description or representation of such matters.
Page 11 - House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and. documents, as it deems necessary.
Page 11 - Commission. (c) MEMBERS FROM PRIVATE LIFE. — The members from private life shall each receive $100 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of such duties.
Page 6 - The Commission shall have the power to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as it deems advisable, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and...
Page 12 - The provisions of sections 102 to 104, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes shall apply in case of any failure of any witness to comply with any subpena or to testify when summoned under authority of this subsection. (d) The committee is authorized to appoint and, without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, fix the compensation of such experts, consultants, technicians, and organizations thereof, and clerical and stenographic assistants as it deems necessary and advisable.
Page 10 - Service of an individual as a member of the Commission or employment of an individual by the Commission as an attorney or expert in any business or professional field, on a part-time or full-time basis, with or without compensation, shall not be considered as service or employment bringing such individual within the provisions of sections 281, 283, 284, 434, or 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, or section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 USC 99).
Page 11 - POWERS OF THE COMMISSION SEC. 10. (a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS. — The Commission, or, on the authorization of the Commission, any subcommittee or member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places, administer such oaths, and require, by.