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Rh was quite contrary to the code which we eventually established for the comic people.

The. Doctor, the Chair has before it a typewritten docu- ment entitled "Editorial policy for SupermanDC Publications." T will send that down to you and ask you 1f that is the code you helped prepare.

Dr. . I have seen this lately. No, this is not the one I helped prepare. The one I helped prepare is the one which was to this effect, that no character in the comic with whom the children could identify themselves, or their own parents, their own family, or their own country, or thetr own side, should be irretrievably damaged, killed, or mutilated, and netther should such a person with whom the child could identity himself or anyene on his side irretrievably damage or injure anyone else regardless of whether they were an enemy, or not.

That is to say, they should not have to bear the guilt of feeling that they were responsible for this damage having happened.

The. In what year was this code prepared?

Dr. . That code was prepared tn the middle forties.

The. Have you ever seen this code?

Dr. . I just saw that for the first time night before last.

The. That is the code under which this publication is operating, is it not?

Dr. . Yes. Ii involves more or less the things I say except they go to certain other things.

The. They are more specific?

Dr. . They are more specific. Some of these things I wouldn't be so specific about.

The. As I understand it, Counsel, that code has been made part of the record?

Mr. . Yes, sir.

(The code referred to was submitted earlier by Mr. Gunnar Dybwad and appears on p. 70 as "Exhibit No. 9.")

The. Does counsel have any further questions?

Mr. . Just one.

You mentioned buruing flames. Look at this picture here. It shows as a final scene a man being burned. You would object to that being distributed to children, would you not? JT gathered that from your last remarks.

Dr. . I would say this: I think I could distribute that to the children. I don't know who the man is. I don't think they know who he is, do they?

Mr. . Supposing it was a magazine which depicted him as the father of a child, a father figure?

Dr. . Then I would object to it. You see, I objected to this thine about the satlors heeause it was our sailors,

Mr. . You would also object maybe to the sight of a child's mother and father being electrocuted?

Dr. . Well, I object to seeing that under any circumstances, if you don't mind.

Mr. . I have no further questions.

The. Doctor, the subcommittee is very grateful to you for coming here this morning. We know how busy you are. I am glad we got several points in the record cleared up.