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Underwood, Robert C. "Observations Regarding Canon 35." Illinois Bar Journal, 55:194-203, November 1966. U1

Justice Underwood cites reasons why Canon 35 should not be eliminated or modified despite technological advances in broadcasting and television.


United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The Effects of Television on Children and Adolescents. Paris, The UN, 1964. 54p. (Reports and Papers on Mass Communications, no. 43) U2

An annotated bibliography with an introductory overview of research results, prepared by the International Association for Mass Communications Research, Amsterdam; edited by Wilbur Schramm. Includes sections on television and delinquency, the effect of violence, and television and maladjustment.


-------. The Influence of the Cinema on Children and Adolescents; an Annotated International Bibliography. Paris, The UN, 1961. 106p. (Reports and Papers on Mass Communications, no. 31) U3

Annotations of 491 titles, including both research and commentary.


United States. Attorney General. Attorney General's Memorandum on the Public Information Section of the Administrative Procedure Act. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1967. 47p. U4

A memorandum for the executive departments of the government on methods of implementing Public Law 89-487, which imposes on the executive branch an affirmative obligation to adopt new standards and practices for publication and availability of information. Disclosure is to be the general rule, not the exception; all individuals are to be given equal rights of access; the burden of justifying withholding a document is that of the government; and persons improperly denied access have the right to seek injunctive relief in the courts.


United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Education and Labor Committee. To Create a Commission on Noxious and Obscene Matters and Materials; Hearings before the Select Subcommittee on Education . . . on H. R. 7465 . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off, 1965. 143p. (89th Cong., 1st sess.) U5

Includes statements from representatives of Citizens for Decent Literature, Knights of Columbus, American Civil Liberties Union, Department of Justice, Post Office Department, and the American Library Association.


-------. Judiciary Committee. Copyright Law Revision. Hearings before Subcommittee 3 . . . on H. R. 4347, H. R. 5680, H. R. 6831, H. R. 6835, Bills for the General Revision of the Copyright Law . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1966. 3pts. (2056p.) (89th Cong., 1st sess.) U6

A series of hearings on the proposed revision of the 1909 copyright law (H. R. 4347). Testimony was given by scores of persons representing, on the one hand, the interest of authors, composers, publishers, printers, and producers of copyrightable works (e.g. Authors League of America, American Book Publishers' Council, and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) and, on the other hand, the consumers including educators, scholars, and librarians (e.g. Ad Hoc Committee [of Educational Organizations] on Copyright Law, American Library Association Committee on Copyright Issues, Association for Higher Education, and the Joint Libraries Committee on Fair Use in Photocopying).


-------. Copyright Law Revision. Part 1. Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1961. 106p. (House Committee Print, 87th Cong., 1st sess.) U7


-------. Copyright Law Revision. Part 2. Discussion and Comments on Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1963. 419p. (House Committee Print, 88th Cong., 1st sess.) U8

Transcripts of four meetings of the panel of consultants (1961-62) and comments received by the Committee on the Report of the Register of Copyrights on the proposed revision of the 1909 law. Comments were from persons representing producers and users of copyrighted materials as well as from such legal experts as Harriet F. Pilpel.


-------. Copyright Law Revision. Part 3. Preliminary Draft for Revised U.S. Copyright Law and Discussions and Comments on the Draft. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1964. 457p. (House Committee Print, 88th Cong., 2d sess.) U9


------. Copyright Law Revision. Part 4. Further Discussions and Comments on Preliminary Draft for Revised U.S. Copyright Law. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1964. 477p. (House Committee Print, 88th Cong., 2d sess.) U10

Transcripts of four meetings of the panel of consultants (1963-64) and comments received.


-------. Copyright Law Revision. Part 5. 1964 Revision Bill with Discussion and Comments. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off, 1965. 350 p. (House Committee Print, 89th Cong., 1st sess.) U11

Text of the revised copyright bill, transcripts of a meeting of the panel of consultants, and comments from individuals and organizations.


-------. Copyright Law Revision. Part 6. Supplementary Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law: 1965 Revision Bill. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1965. 338p. (House Committee Print, 89th Cong., 1st sess.) U12

Includes a comparative table: the 1965 revision bill, the present law, the 1964 revision bill, and the preliminary draft.


-------. Copyright Law Revision . . . Report to Accompany H. R. 2512. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1967. 254p. (House Report no. 83, 90th Cong., 1st sess.) U13

Background history, summary of principal provisions, sectional analysis and discussion, and a comparative table giving the text of the bill as reported, the existing law, and the 1965 bill. H. R. 2512 corresponds to H. R. 4347 in the earlier Congress. After extensive hearings and study the Committee attempted to reach a compromise between the often conflicting interests of the producers and consumers of copyrighted works.


United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Post Office and Civil Service Committee. Obscene and Pandering Advertisement Mail Matter . . . Hearing before Subcommittee on Postal Operations . . . on H. R. 426. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1967. 34p. (90th Cong., 1st sess.) U14


United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee. News Policies in Vietnam. Hearings . . ., August 17 and 31, 1966. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1966. 161p. (89th Cong., 2d sess.) U15

An investigation of the extent of freedom and censorship of news coverage in Vietnam, the role of the U.S. Information Agency and the public affairs agencies in the Department of Defense. The appendix includes text of a series of Voice of America programs on freedom of the press.


-------. Judiciary Committee. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure. The Newsman's Privilege. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1966. 62p. (Committee Print, 89th Cong., 2d sess.) U16

A study of the proposals for a federal law on "newsmen's privilege," with historical background and legal effect. Twelve states recognize this privilege which allows a newsman in certain instances to protect his sources. Although the common law recognizes privileges in certain areas, such as between an attorney and his client, there is no special privilege for newsmen at the common law. The study was prepared by Freeman W. Sharp, American Law Division, Library of Congress.


-------. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly. The Failing Newspaper Act. Hearings . . . Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1968. 2 vols. (90th Cong., 1st sess.) U17

The bill would exempt from federal antitrust laws certain newspaper combinations, if necessary to secure the survival of a "failing newspaper." The press was badly divided over whether or not the bill would have the effect of preserving a diversity in press voice or the opposite.


-------. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights. Freedom of Information and Secrecy in Government. Hearings . . . on S921 and Power of President to Withhold Information from Congress. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1958. 2pts., 513p., 1022p. (85th Cong. 2d sess.) U18


-------. Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights. Copyright Law Revision - CATV. Hearings . . . on S.1006. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1966. 252p. (89th Cong., 2d sess.) U19

Testimony from the Register of Copyrights, Chairman of the FCC, and representatives of writers, and broadcasting and motion picture organizations.


-------. Copyright Law Revision. Hearings . . . on S.1006. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1967. 242p. (89th Cong., 2d sess.) U20

Includes testimony from the Organization of American Historians, the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, the Register of Copyrights, American Bar Association, Ad Hoc Committee of [Educational Organizations] on Copyright Law Revision, Committee on Copyright Issues of the American Library Association, and the American Council on Education.


United States. State Department. Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications. Protocol, with Annex, between the United States of America and Other Governments Amending Agreement of May 4, 1910, Opened for Signature at Lake Success May 4, 1949 . . . Proclaimed by the President of the United States of America November 25, 1950, Entered into Force with Respect to the United States of America, August 14, 1950. Washington, D.C., Govt. Print. Off., 1951 38p. (U.S. Department of State Publication 4085, Treaties and Other International Acts Series 2164) U21


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