Proposed Federal Motion Picture Commission: Hearings Before the Committee on Education. House of Representatives, Sixty Ninth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 1091 and H. R. 6233, Bills to Create a Commission to be Known as the Federal Motion Picture Commission, and Defining Its Powers and Duties. April 14, 15, 16, 17, 27, and May 4, 1926 ... |
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... Pettijohn , Charles C. , statement of Barrett , Wilton A. , statement of .. Rich , Miss Ruth , statement of 227 232 242,366 278 339 Joy , Jason S. , statement of- 347 Durant , Mr. Harry R. , affidavit of___ . 440 LaGuardia , Hon . F. H. ...
... Pettijohn , Charles C. , statement of Barrett , Wilton A. , statement of .. Rich , Miss Ruth , statement of 227 232 242,366 278 339 Joy , Jason S. , statement of- 347 Durant , Mr. Harry R. , affidavit of___ . 440 LaGuardia , Hon . F. H. ...
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... Pettijohn would know and could advise you . I have seen lists of them . I never have memorized them . I have never had a list in my possession ; but I was informed by Colonel Joy that that number of books and plays that did not seem ...
... Pettijohn would know and could advise you . I have seen lists of them . I never have memorized them . I have never had a list in my possession ; but I was informed by Colonel Joy that that number of books and plays that did not seem ...
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... brief in that case . They were turned down by the United States district court ; then they went to the United States Supreme Court and they failed . Mr. FENN . The Tykes Case ? Mr. PETTIJOHN . 130 PROPOSED FEDERAL MOTION PICTURE COMMISSION.
... brief in that case . They were turned down by the United States district court ; then they went to the United States Supreme Court and they failed . Mr. FENN . The Tykes Case ? Mr. PETTIJOHN . 130 PROPOSED FEDERAL MOTION PICTURE COMMISSION.
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... PETTIJOHN . Let us get the record straight . I happen to be the counsel of the Will Hays organization , and I know about this particular bill . The case was dismissed in the United States Su- preme Court after the Governor of ...
... PETTIJOHN . Let us get the record straight . I happen to be the counsel of the Will Hays organization , and I know about this particular bill . The case was dismissed in the United States Su- preme Court after the Governor of ...
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... PETTIJOHN . The first showing was for charity . Doctor CHASE . That is not the point ; we have an entirely different proposition . I am not saying my friends are not charitably inclined , but I am saying for 25 years this thing has not ...
... PETTIJOHN . The first showing was for charity . Doctor CHASE . That is not the point ; we have an entirely different proposition . I am not saying my friends are not charitably inclined , but I am saying for 25 years this thing has not ...
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Page 425 - And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Page 6 - No vacancy in the Commission shall impair the right of the remaining Commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Commission.
Page 19 - If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the act and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Page 16 - An Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes...
Page 14 - If upon such hearing the Commission shall be of the opinion that the method of competition or the act or practice in question is prohibited by this Act, it shall make a report in writing in which it shall state its findings as to the facts and shall issue and cause to be served on such person, partnership, or corporation an order requiring such person, partnership, or corporation to cease and desist from using such method of competition or such act or practice.
Page 12 - ... court of the United States for the district in which he resides or in which is located the principal operating office of the carrier, or through which the road of the carrier runs...
Page 4 - Articles normally in such current of commerce shall not be considered out of such commerce through resort being had to any means or device intended to remove transactions in respect thereto from the provisions of this Act. For the purpose of this paragraph the word "State" includes Territory, the District of Columbia, possession of the United States, and foreign nation.
Page 4 - That the Commission shall, on or before the first day of December in each year, make a report, which shall be transmitted to Congress, and copies of which shall be distributed as are the other reports transmitted to Congress This report shall contain such information and data collected by the Commission...
Page 5 - Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission), which shall be composed of five commissioners, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Page 13 - States the sum of $100 for each and every day of the continuance of such failure which forfeiture shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States, and shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United States...