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130 Senator. I have not seen it.

Mr. . I think the point I quoted

Senator. What report are you referring to?

Mr. . Tn 1949 when I said some of these were "as uncouth and savage pictures * * *."

Senator. Is that from Miss Frank's report?

Mr. . A survey in 1949 in which she participated.

The. The Chair might say to the Senator from Ten- nessee that Mr. Dybwad put about 3 or 4 reports in the record this morning,

Senator. They were all fairly favorable and I have read those you furnished here. Of course, you do say that some of the horrible ones are not good and then you go on to minimize and water if, down and say, after all, it is not a very important matter.

What I am getting at is that Miss Frank has written several reports for you.

Mr. . That is right.

Senator. Then, of course, Mrs. Gruenberg has written reports for you?

Mr. . That is right.

Senator. Is she on your staff?

Mr. . No longer.

Senator. Is Miss Thompson on your staff?

Mr. . No.

Senator. Miss Frank is no longer on the staff?

Mr. . Oh yes; she is a part-time etaploy ee of our organization.

Senator. Who heads up your staff? Who writes the reports?

Mr. . In this particular field this would be Miss Frank, becanse she js the educafional associate of our children's book com- mittee.

Senator. Let us stay with this a minute. In other words, this supervising, veading comics and giving the position of the Child Study Association of Americn as to what effect, they have upon chil- dven, that is in charge of Miss Frank; is that correct ?

Mr. . Be ifw ice: However, if vou will permit me, Mr. Chairman, f will have to point ont one fact. Thronghout the period we have worked with children's books, we have worked through a chil- dren's book committee. 7 pointed out before that Biss Frank is a staf consttant to that committee. This committee meets every week.

In other words, it is not an inactive committee, it is a committee which meets every week at our headquarters, is the one which actually does the reviewing of books.

It is not so that Miss Frank reviews all books and then passes on her criteria to the committee. It is the other way.

Senator. Here is one report, Looking at the Comics1949, by Josette Frank and Katie Hart, for the committee.

Mr. . That is right. In other words, that report was written by them and Katie Hart was a committee member. Miss Frank was the staff associate.

In the first report you will find that the chairman of the committee is listed, and Miss Frank as educational associate.