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Rh Mr. . We try lo sell the wholesaler through our roadmen the same way as the manufacturer of cigarettes tries fo sell more cigar- eties to the wholesaler or the jobber handling them,

Mr. . Have you heard that pressure 1s being brought by the wholesalers upon the dealers?

Mr. . No, sir. It may be. I can't answer that. I am too far removed from that end of the business.

Mr. . There have been, you know, some statutes passed in some of the States outlawing tie-in sales?

Mr. . Yes.

Mr. . You still say that all these publications of yours are mailable in the post office?

Mr. . Yes, sir. If the magazine isif we know they are going to publish, rather, if we anticipate publishing four issues or more of a title we always apply for a second-class entry privilege. We can't get it on a so-called one shot. The magazine must be pub- lished at least four times a year.

Mr. . Is Focus mailable?

Mr. . Yes, sir,

Mr. . Is I Confess also mailable?

Mr. . To the best of my knowledge, they are. We have had very little difficulty with the post office. From time to time we have had some dispute im the N. and P. section because of the change in frequencies. There may be errors in the olfice pulling out the proper kinds of forms which might be nonmailable. Tt is very seldom.

Mr. . You think some of these may have been held nonmailable?

Mr. . Occasionally, it can happen. But invariably, we could go down there and straighten it out. That applies to one issue. It does net affect the magazines over the continuity of time,

Senator. In those instances where the material has been held to be nonmailable, have they been in terms of the advertisements or reading content, or both?

Mr. . It is generally considered as a package, Senator. That happens occasionally, and as soon as we find out the cause for that we immediately eliminate it. Again when that does happen you are working in an area of opinion. It certainly happens. A picture which may be accepted in a newspaper may become so prosaic, and you put the thing m a book and somebody will write in and say, "Gentlemen, that shouldn't happen," and the Post Office might take a stand one way or the other.

Senator. Is there some variation, too, in the postal districts?

Mr. . Not that I know of. I think the procedure is quite standardized. I think the Post Office has always been extremely fatr and reasonable in their attitudes. On the few occasions we have had difficulty coneerning the entire scope of the production per year we have always adjusted it satisfactorily.

The. What was the nature of those difficulties?

Mr. . We have run into an occasional problem such as this, We publish a comic book, My Friend Irma. Some time ago the Post Office ruled that suchI want to be very careful, I am not an attorneybut generally, if I remember properly, it was ruled to the