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Rh which goes back to 2½ years, contributed in any way, shape, or fashion to the Child Study Association of America.

Senator. Mr. Chairman, have we a list or has there been requested a litlist [sic] of contributors?

Mr. . I can give you an alphabetical list.

The. And the record of the board of directors.

Mr. . The board of directors.

Senator. And of the contributors?

Mr. . Of the contributors. You can have a complete list, and members, too, I mean, because in effect they might be the same. This is published information.

Senator. Do you not think it wonld be to your advantage, eerlainly, assuming that what you have told us to the best of your recolleclion is sustamed by the facts, to have such a list and have that mide a part of the hearing?

Mr. . The only diffteulty is that we do not have such a list readily available, but it can be produced, The membership list I can produce tmuneciately beeause naturally we have them on stencils.

(The documents referred to were received at a later date, marked "Exhibit No. 20," and are on file with the subcommittee.)

Senator. You do not feel, then, sir, that your organization is what might be called a front for the publishers of these crime magazines?

Mr. . No more than fronts for Viking, Harpers. Whitman, Doubledayname any one of the large publishers who lave liberally contributed over decadesand I make this point—to us in the face of the fuct that we are reviewing books of these very sume publishers,

Therefore, there is no differentiation as between the publishers.

I want to go on record, for instance, here and gladly point out that some of these publishers' gifts to us have been a considerable amount of money. This is, T think, the usual way in which organiza- tions of this type are maintamed and this is the reason why such organizations of a board of directors have lay people. leading citizens in a commenity, upon whore good name and reputation rests the repu- tation of the organization.

And for that reason I will be very pleased te submit this list.

Senator. Actually, you know a lot of organizations get good names to be out in front for them.

Mr. . That is right, sir.

Senator. They get committees of high-sounding names, but the important thing is, who back in the staff ts doing the work and the research and preparing the reporis and guiding the thing.

So my own observation is that in the field of comics the people you rely upon, three people, and the only ones here I have seen Lhat you base your study on, are Mrs, Gruenberg, who lias been in the pay of ecomte publications; Dr. Bender on the pay of the advisory board, and being prid by one; Miss Josette Frank, who is either being paid or has been paid by the comic books.

So as far as I can see, your comic book section of your child study group is certainly colored by the fact that these people are not working primarily for you. They are working for the comic book publishers.