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Rh That is where the little retailer has been caught selling something that he shoulday’t have soldthat particular book:

which ts the act that gets at the publisher or the distributor, the man that ss in New Jersey.

We have distributors in New Jersey, even though we do not hayo publishers,

This act, I am intormed by Mr, Witham R. Vanderbilt, as of yes- terday, was introduced, hac its first veading.

Next Monday, June 7, it will be, | hope. I understand it wi] be taken out of committee, the committee of Jaw enforeement, and committee of onr legislature, and will have a second reading.

On June J4, which unfortunately is the coneluding day of our present legislature, it should have its third reading unless we haye an- other sitdown strike hke we had in the New Jersey Legislature last week Le our Denoeratic friends sat down for some reason or other—I doit menn to place that in the record as beimg derogatory to the Democrats, but there was some other controversy involved and the State’s business was held np.

Tamassured that an June 7 this bill will have its second reading and then its third reading on the 11th. T am hopeful that this bill will havea dilatory effect, it will stifle the sending in of the salacious type of Hterature to the retailer,

If it does that, we can get 10 or 15 pereent of that sort of thing happening, I think we will have accomplished something.

Tam very much interested in following through the first proseeu- tion in a major State court of this act. I hope to be a part of it.

i know that there are recalcitrant dealers who do not cooperate. J have checked my own hittle home town inSummit. Asan ontgrowih of the Union County Bar Association's work here we formed the New Jersey News Dealers Association.

The. Before you pass on that, Mr. Kaplon, have you given any thought to the constitutionality of this bill?

Mr. Karton. I consulied with special counsel 10 the Governor, Mr. Comerford, who looked it aver several weeks ago. He was con- cerned as you and I, as lawyers, are cancerned, about eelisorship. He feels that on the standard for obscemty for adults, we have laws on our books as you know, that you eau in some way or other fic in or obtain a conviction if the periodical is obscene uuder our indictment laws,

But we are stepping tlis crune, so-enlled, down to merely making it a disorderly person. it ig very trivial in its conviction, A $5 fine just like we have today in our State, a fine for anyone who sells clga- rettes to a child under the age of 16,

That is where we found a place for this particular act. There lad been no conviction under that act, although I understand in ee den about 8 weeks age a merchant was hailed into court and fined $ for selling a cigarette toa child under the age of 16.

1 think that this partienlar Pe) aon ‘will not cause a flurry of complaints and indictments. [ do worry abont that. There are zealots. There are individuals who ave jet wilting for an oppor-