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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... never dream of having them pass judgment upon the coarse of study without our advice and counsel . You would not dream of sending your children to school and letting them pass judgment on what they should be taught . Children of tender ...
... never dream of having them pass judgment upon the coarse of study without our advice and counsel . You would not dream of sending your children to school and letting them pass judgment on what they should be taught . Children of tender ...
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... never been before so august a body as this . I have in my own environment frequently " sassed " my Congressman , assuming many times the rights of an old friend to talk plainly , and I have gone before my own legislature and asked for ...
... never been before so august a body as this . I have in my own environment frequently " sassed " my Congressman , assuming many times the rights of an old friend to talk plainly , and I have gone before my own legislature and asked for ...
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... Never in the world , but these Dickens pic- tures stimulate interest in such literature . Now , I want to tell you what the Hays organization has done in the way of giving counsel and help to those 26 State organizations whenever needed ...
... Never in the world , but these Dickens pic- tures stimulate interest in such literature . Now , I want to tell you what the Hays organization has done in the way of giving counsel and help to those 26 State organizations whenever needed ...
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... never yet met anything but the utmost consideration and the utmost courtesy from the managers whenever I have asked for a preview , and I have always gotten it . There has always been the fullest cooperation of the industry with the ...
... never yet met anything but the utmost consideration and the utmost courtesy from the managers whenever I have asked for a preview , and I have always gotten it . There has always been the fullest cooperation of the industry with the ...
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... never please 100 per cent of their patrons any more than a novel or stage play or magazine or news- paper is capable of pleasing 100 per cent . I am confident , however , that the manhood and womanhood of America is sound and whole ...
... never please 100 per cent of their patrons any more than a novel or stage play or magazine or news- paper is capable of pleasing 100 per cent . I am confident , however , that the manhood and womanhood of America is sound and whole ...
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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...