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Rh Senator. Of the Child Study Association of America?

Mr. . Yes.

Senator. How long have you been in this position?

Mr. . Two anda half years. Most of the things I have reported, practically all, took place before I was with the association.

Senator. You are also a lawyer, you say?

Mr. . I had legal traming. I specialized in the field of criminology and penology.

Senator. You do not have any cases for clients.

Mr. . No, sir; Iam not a practicing huvyer. I am not adinitted to the bar,

Senator. You do not accept any retainers from anyoue?

Mr. . No, sir.

Senator. So your $10,000 is your own professional salary ?

Mr. . In New York University, where I am teaching in the evening, is etving what they refer to as compensation,

Senator. I think I understand what you mean.

Do you have children?

Mr. . Yes, sir; two children beyond the comic-hook age.

Senator. You were talking about the care you take with other people's children. Do you allow your children to read this kind of comics?

Mr. . Very interestingly they have not read them. They have not read that kind of comic. In other words, while I think it is exceedingly dungerous to generalize from one's own faintly, neverthe- less 1f you want a case in point, while my children read comics tn large quantities they never bought, exchanged, brought home, had hidden in their rooms or otherwise in their posession, this ype of erime cone. Whetier that reflects on their mother's high ethical standards, T do not know, but this is the fact.

Senator. Mr, Dybwad, ihere is something I find a liltle difficult to understand. You have gotten out yarious and sundry reports, Here is a repori by Miss Josette Frank back in 1949 quite favorahle to comics generally.

Mr. . In general, yes.

Senator. And here is one by Josette Frank back in 1948 quite favorable to comics?

Mr. . That is right.

Senator. Here is one by Mrs. Gruenberg. This was reported in Woman's Day in 1948, quite favorable to comics.

Mr. . Yes.

Senator. This is the one that the comics industry, Gaines and the people who publish these horrible comics, which undoubtedly do very much harmthese are articles that they always quote in sup- port of their position, We also had reports back in 1941, 1942, and 1943; I have forgotten the dates, 21] quite favorable to comics.

Mr. . Yes.

Senator. If you want to really be fair aboul the matter and follow up your testimony here today as to the kind of cainics that we are investiguiing here, the playing baseball with heads, violent murder, cutting off people's heads with an ax, why not get out a repert about these inslead of just the favorable ones?

Mr. . We have, sir.