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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
(COMIC BOOKS)
HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE
EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
PURSUANT TO
S. 190
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INVESTIGATION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN THE
UNITED STATES
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APRIL 21, 22, AND JUNE 4, 1954
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Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1954
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
WILLIAM LANGER, North Dakota, Chairman
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ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin |
PAT McCARRAN, Nevada |
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SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN THE UNITED STATES
ROBERT C. HENDRICKSON, New Jersey, Chairman
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WILLIAM LANGER, North Dakota |
ESTES KEFAUVER, Tennessee |
HERBERT J. HANNOCH, Chief Counsel 1
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1. Herbert Wilton Beaser succeeded Herbert J. Hannoch as Chief Counsel to the subcommittee on May 1, 1954.
CONTENTS
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Statement of Fulton, Hon. E.D., Member, House of Commons, Canada ----------------------------------- 248 Statement submitted by -- Eichhorn, William A., executive vice-president, American News Co., New York, N. Y. -------------- 279 Fiske, Joseph J., education director, Cartoonics, New York, N.Y. -------------------------------- 166 Kaplon, J. Jerome, chairman, juvenile delinquency committee, Union County Bar Association, Union County, N.J. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 293 Testimony of --- Appel, Charles, proprietor of Angus Drug, St. Paul, Minn ---------------------------------------- 233 Bender, Dr. Lauretta, senior psychiatrist, Bellevue Hospital, New York, N.Y. -------------------- 151 Black, Samuel, vice president, Atlantic Coast Independent Distributors Association, Springfield, Mass ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 266 Chamberlain, Harold, circulation director, Independent News Co., New York, N.Y. ----------------- 222 Clendenen, Richard, executive director, United States Senate Subcommittee To Investigate Juvenile Delinquency -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Davis, George B., president, Kable News Co., New York, N.Y.-------------------------------------- 236 Dybwad, Gunnar, executive director, Child Study Association of America, New York, N.Y. ---------- 119 Eichhorn, William A.,. executive vice president, American News Co., New York, N.Y. ------------ 274 Fitzpatrick, Assmblyman James A., chairman, New York State Joint Legislative Committee To Study the Publication of Comics --------------------------------------------------------------- 202 Freedman, Benjamin, chairman of the board, Newsdealers Association of Greater New York and America --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 215 Friedman, William K., attorney and publisher New York, N.Y. ------------------------------------- 146 Froehlich, Nomroe, Jr., business manager, Magazine Management Co., New York, N.Y. ------------- 167 Gaines, William M., publisher, Entertaining Comics Group, New York, N.Y. ------------------------ 97 Kaplon, J. Jerome, chairman, juvenile delinquency committee, Union County Bar Association, Union County, N.J. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 280 Kelly, Walt, artist, creator of Pogo, president, National Cartoonists Society, accompanied by Milton Caniff, artist, creator of Steve Canyon and Joseph Musial, educational director, National Cartoonists Society, New York, N.Y. ---------------------------------------- 109 Meyer, Mrs. Helen, vice president, Dell Publications, accompanied by Matthew Murphy, editor, Dell Publications, New York, N.Y. ------------------------------------------------------------- 195 Peck, Dr. Harris director, bureau of mental health services, children's court, New York City count of domestic relations, New York, N.Y. --------------------------------------------------- 63 Richter, William, counsel, News Dealers Association of Greater New York, N.Y. ------------------- 183 Roth Samuel, publisher, New York, N.Y. ---------------------------------------------------------- 195 Schultz, Henry Edward, general counsel, Association of Comics Magazine Publishers, Inc., New York, N.Y. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 69 Segal, Axel, president, Stravon Publications, New York, N.Y. ------------------------------------ 189 Wertham, Dr. Frederic, psychiatrist, director, Lafargue Clinic, New York, N.Y. ----------------- 79
EXHIBITS
[Number and summary of exhibits]
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1. Letter of Dr. Robert Felix, director of the Institute of Mental Health, addressed to Mr.
Richard Clendenen, executive director, Senate Subcommittee to Investigate
Juvenile Delinquency --------------------------------------------------------------------------2 10
2. Survey made by the Library of Congress on Crime Movies, Crime Comic Books, and
Crime Radio Programs as a Cause of Crime ------------------------------------------------------2 12
3. Copy of article The Comics and Delinquency: Case of Scapegoat, appearing in December
1949 issue of the Journal of Educational Sociology --------------------------------------------2 23
4a. New York State Legislative Document (1951) No. 15, Report of the New York State
Joint Legislative Committee To Study the Publication of Comics -------------------------------1 28
4b. New York State Legislative Documents (1952) No.64, Report of the New York State
Joint Legislative Committee To Study the Publication of Comics -------------------------------1 28
4c. New York State Legislative Documents (1954) No.37, Report of the New York State
Joint Legislative Committee To Study the Publication of Comics -------------------------------1 28
5. Copy of Brain Washing: American Style -----------------------------------------------------------2 28
6a. Publishers whose comic books have been evaluated by the Committee on Evaluation of
Comic Books, Cincinnati, Ohio ----------------------------------------------------------------2 36
6b. An Evaluation of Comic Books, July 1953, printed by the Committee on Evaluation of
Comic Books, Cincinnati, Ohio ----------------------------------------------------------------2 40
7. 555 Comic Magazines Rated, reprint from Parent's magazine ---------------------------------------2 45
8a. Letter of Association of Comic Magazine Publishers, Inc., addressed to all publishers of
comic magazine alleging that comic magazines are communistic ---------------------------------2 60
8b. Copy of Are You a Red Dupe? --------------------------------------------------------------------2 62
9. Comics Code adopted by the Association of Comics Magazine Publishers ----------------------------2 70
10a. What Parents Don't Know About Comic Books, reprint from Ladies' Home Journal of November 1953 -1 90
10b. Comic Books -- Blueprints for Delinquency, an article appearing in the Readers Digest, May
1954 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 90
10c. Bound Copy of Seduction of the Innocent by Dr. Frederic Wertham -------------------------------1 90
11. Copies of educational comic books published by Entertaining Comics Group -----------------------1 97
12. Copies of crime and horror comic books published by Entertaining Comics Group ------------------1 105
13. Code of the National Cartoonists Society -------------------------------------------------------1 116
14. Comic Books Help Curb Delinquency, an article appearing in The New York Times, April 17, 1954 -2 117
15. Looking at the Comics: A Survey by the Children's Book Committee of the Child Study
Association, reprint from Child Study --------------------------------------------------------1 121
16. Chills and Thrills in Radio, Movies, and Comics, reprint from Child Study ----------------------1 122
17. What About the Comic Books?, reprint from Woman's Day ------------------------------------------1 122
18. Looking at the Comics -- 1949, reprint from Child Study ----------------------------------------1 123
19. List of Child Study publications available to the public ---------------------------------------1 125
20. Information concerning the names of the board of directors, the contributors, and the
members of the Child Study Association of America --------------------------------------------1 135
21. Code of the National Comics Publications, Inc. -------------------------------------------------2 139
22. Letter of Dr. Carl H. Rush, executive assistant, American Psychological Association, addressed
to Mr. Richard Clendenen, executive director, Senate Subcommittee To Investigate Juvenile
Delinquency ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 162
23. Copies of crime and horror comic books published by Magazine Management Co. --------------------1 183
24. List of books published by Stavon Publications -------------------------------------------------1 192
25. Printed material submitted by Mrs. Helen Meyer -------------------------------------------------1 199
26. Bound copies of several 35-cent novels ---------------------------------------------------------1 207
27. Brochure listing titles of books ---------------------------------------------------------------1 212
28. Names of magazine wholesalers who have refused to accept crime and horror comics ---------------1 219
29. Documents submitted by Mr. Charles Appel -------------------------------------------------------1 236
30. Samples of ads appearing in magazines distributed by Kable News Co. ----------------------------2 242
31. Window display and pledge card of the New Jersey News Dealers Association ----------------------1 285
32. Copy of interim report, juvenile delinquency committee of the Union County Bar
Association of New Jersey --------------------------------------------------------------------2 290
33. Depravity for Children, a group of articles appearing in the Hartford Courant from
February 14 to April 25, 1954 ----------------------------------------------------------------2 294
1. On file with the subcommittee.
2. Printed in the record.
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