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230 Mr, Cuameprriarn. In these countries you mentioned io me just nor ?

Mr. . Yes.

AMLr. Curampernarn. We ship the actual copies you can buy here in New York City or any other place in the country.

Mr. . Your foreign outfit would send what?

Mr. Cizamurriain., I beheve they would ship them mats.

Mr. . Now, there have been some comments made concerning Ainerican comics, crime and horror crimes, m other countries. Are you aware of those?

Mr, Cuamugr.arn. No, sir.

Mr. . I bring it up with you, sir, because they mentioned specifically the Superman, And this was in the House of Commons in England about a year and a half ago in which it was said:

That there was a considerable market for this type of horror and sadistic literature, literature which glorifies the brute, literature which nndernmines (he hiw simply because it sugvests thar the Supertuan is the person why should take the law into bis own hands and mete out justice in his own way. ‘The most stuister thing about these publications is that they introduce the element of pleasure into violence, They enconrage sadism, and they enconrare sadism in association will an unhealthy sexnul stimulution.

Do you screen m anv way the materials you send abroad insofar as they may have an adverse reaction toward American foreign relattons ?

Mr. Cnamvrrniatn. As the Independent News Co., we do not.

J again cannot tell you what they do upstairs. As far as I know they ship the actual mats of the magazines that are sold here in the United States.

Mr. . They make no aitempt to say these do net portray the Uniled States in a favorable position ?

Mr. Cruampercain. That L cannot tell you.

Senator Texnixcs. In other words, I assume the general attitude is that if we are strony enough here to tale it in the United States, our friends abroad should be able to take it,

In other words, you would not, str, say, as counsel hag suggested, this is all right to <listribute in New York City and San Francisco; we should not have anything lke this going to Paris and London?

Mr. Crraspertatn. No, stv; as far as my knowledge goes of the foreign market, we have a foreign representative that must go over and present this package or this item te the various people in that couniry, to lirst of all get a man who will buy it and, il y, wet the Government to nllow them to get the dollar exchange for that item,

So I believe there is some sort of censorshij, or some sort of control exercised on what is distributed in those countries.

Again, I ain net fumiluur with it and TE cannot discuss it in detail,

Mr. . We have just put up on the board examples of some foreign-language comic books. Are any of those distributed by you?

My. Cirasiperiamn. Yes, sir. This Ga Gu. That is Ha Ha Comics. I think that is Romantic Adventure up there, if I am not anislaken.

Mr. . That is one of your love coinics?

Mr. Craarmentars. Yes, that is put out by American Comies group. T don’t recognize any of the others. Yes, down in this corner is Ad- ventures Into the Unknown.

Mr. . In the left-hand corner?

Mr, Crsnrpernary. Yes.