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146 of the United States Senate, will be the truth, the whole trnth, and nothing but the (ruth, so help you God?

Mr. . I do.

Mr. Braser. Mo. Friedman, will you state for the record your full name. address, and your profession ?

Mr. . My name is William Friedman. I reside at 240 East 90th Street, in New York City. I am a lawyer by profession and, ineidentaliy, inferested in some come magazines.

Mr. . Which comic magazines are you interested in? Are those the three, or do you publish others?

Mr. . Referring to the magazines which ave on the board, T am interested in the company which controls Mysterious Adventures and Fight Against Crime.

Mr. . Have vau anything to de with Beware?

Mr. . No, I have nothing to do with the magazine Beware.

Mr. . Have you anything io do with the magazine Dark Myvsteries?

Mr. . Yes, but the magazine Dark Mysteries, I assist in the editing of the magazine.

Mr. . That is put out by

Mr. . It is put out by a corporation known as Master Comicsthat particular magazine ts issned by a company known ns Master Comics. T don't remember if T ever had any interest in Mlaster Comics. At least [have uo interest now.

Mr. . You have no interest now?

Mr. . That is right, sir, except as assisting in the edit- ing of that inagazine.

Mr. . That is right.

Mr. . I am not the editor of this magazine. Tt ts edited by people which we retain, but that is not the important pont.

Mr. . You are the publisher of this magazine?

Mr. . I am associated with the publisher and one of the people interested in the company as an officer of the company.

Mr. . Are you responsible for vetting the magazine out?

Mr. . I accept responsibility in the sense that our corporation owns that. I don't think that there is anything wrong with the type of material which is presented on this board.

Now, this material is undoubtedly taken from a story with which at this moment I am not familiar. It is undoubtedly taken out of context in the story.

Mr. . This is the one, Mr. Friedman

Mr. . May I finish?

Mr. . Go ahead.

Mr. . This magazine is a magazine devoted to detective stories, crime stories, and as such these pictures and the pictures in those books show stories of crime and of detection.

Crime itself is not pretty. Detective work, police work, of itself is not delicate.

I heard testimony here yesterday concerning the fact that crime should not be shown in a revolting manner, Well, I disagree with