693
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1930-06-10
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Letter
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They have been having a meeting on Advertising Code which will be ratified this afternoon by Board ... "I wish that you ...
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2226
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1930-06-07
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Memo
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"Dangerous Business" retitled as "Play Girl"
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3336
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1930-06-06
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Letter
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Promoting the use of screen advertising, and suggesting that the industry cooperate with advertising experts Lennen and ...
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1243
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1930-06-05
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Letter and reply
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Progress of the Code -- inevitability that material made before the implementation of the Code will slip through for t...
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692
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1930-06-05
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Letter
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Lord had missed Hays in New York -- has written to Father O'Donnell of Notre Dame a brief account of Mundelein connect...
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1557
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1930-05-23
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Letter
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Regarding the advertising for the film Ladies of Leisure (although Markham refers to it as "Women of Leisure"). The repl...
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1627
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1930-05-14
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Letters
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Responding to a criticism of Her Unborn Child and Montana Moon.
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1646
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1930-05-06
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Letter
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Inquiring about the laws preventing the exhibition or importation of fight films. Hess replies.
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690
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1930-05-05
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Letter
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As yet Hughes had not signed the Production Code for Caddo, nor Christie for Christies Film Co, DeMille, Griffith, Roach...
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1571
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1930-04-19
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Letter
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Regarding The Little Accident and Strictly Dishonorable and the Formula. Joy inquiries as to whether either have gone th...
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1227
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1930-04-17
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Letter, memo
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The difficulty of getting censorship repealed in Chicago in the face of bad and salacious advertising
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1280
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1930-04-16
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Letter, memo
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The difficulty of getting censorship repealed in Chicago in the face of bad and salacious advertising
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1249
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1930-04-16
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Letter
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Evidence of early studio cooperation with the Code; description of distribution and functions of personnel in early Code...
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1272
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1930-04-11
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Letter and reply
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Complaint that reference to an "electric ice-box" is pro-Frigidaire propaganda
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1250
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1930-04-07
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Letter
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Contrary to the public's impression, many movies have yet to be released that were made before the implementation of the...
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2200
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1930-04-04
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Letter
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History of exhibitors' organizations since 1917 - MPEAA, MPTOA, Allied States.
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1252
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1930-03-28
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Letter
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Re the misrepresentation of South America in US movies, and the use of South Americans as villains. Will the new Code m...
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686
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1930-03-26
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Letter
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letters with press release sent to 1900 daily newspapers in US -- more detailed letter sent to 677 editorial writers o...
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685
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1930-03-18
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Letter
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Letter on Production Code and AMPP: "the earnest purpose of the producers is obvious and the method of enforcement shoul...
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1654
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1930-03-18
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Letter
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Re profanity in motion pictures. Jack Warner replying to pleas from MPPDA to tone down profanity. Questions individual's...
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1597
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1930-03-11
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Memo
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DeBra informing Hays of various proposals for the preservation of films of historical value. Included with this memo is ...
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702
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1930-03-08
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Memo
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New York eliminations on Party Girl
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1257
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1930-03-04
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Memo
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Joy wants more foreign censorship information which has not been forthcoming to date. Hays urges Herron to get on with ...
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1258
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1930-03-01
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Memo
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Joy wants to stop giving financial support to the National Board of Review (NBR), but Hays reacts cautiously despite the...
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1264
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1930-03-01
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Correspondence
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Hays seeks the opinions of member companies as to whether to adopt Joy's suggestion to sever links with the National Boa...
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683
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1930-02-26
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Telegram
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Hays understands Quigley "very much hurt" over Variety publication of Code, and asks Lord to mollify him.
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1259
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1930-02-24
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Memo
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Joy seeks and receives clarification about several Code matters, especially guidelines that apply to material that has a...
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684
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1930-02-24
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Memo
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Questions on Code operation in relation to Formula; wants more information on foreign censorship; suggests withdrawing f...
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682
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1930-02-21
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Letter
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Writing en route to New York, Hays discusses the method of financing the immediate implementation of the Production Code...
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681
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1930-02-20
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Letter
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Hays writes from Hollywood, saying there should be no publicity about Code until it is adopted by MPPDA. "It is no doubt...
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1236
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1930-02-18
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Memo
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Interviews with prominent churchmen concerning the probable church reaction in the event of a successful prosecution of ...
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2194
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1930-02-17
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Journal/magazine editorials
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Editorials from The Churchman from June to August 1929
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1562
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1930-02-15
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Memo
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In Chicago, advertisements for The Grand Parade are set out in such a way as to imply that it is actually an advertiseme...
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680
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1930-02-12
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Letter
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"We [he and Lord?] have spent the day putting into final form the conclusions of the sub-committee reached on yesterday"...
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671
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1930-02-10
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Record of meeting
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Discussion of Production Code in its draft form. Stenographic transcript of a meeting between producers, Lord, Quigley,...
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679
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1930-01-24
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Letter
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Early letter emphasizing the necessity for a new code of practice with the coming of sound.Hays, writing in Hollywood, w...
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2201
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1930-01-15
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Memo
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Discussing which account should pay for expenses of exhibitor organization members coming to conferences on the Uniform ...
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678
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1930-01-07
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Memo
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Hays memo on a conference with Wanger on Code -- negotiation over the viability of the old "Don'ts." Wanger wants a Co...
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2193
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1930-01-06
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Journal/magazine editorials
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Two editorials in The Commonweal, critical of Hays and Milliken, with memo from McKenzie to Milliken
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2184
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1930-01-04
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Telegram
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Publicity Directors' meeting discuses advertising, particularly of Party Girl. Several expressions of regret about laps...
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703
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1930-01-03
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Memo
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Party Girl not yet reviewed by Fisher. McGoldrick thinks no amount of cutting can clean it up
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536
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1929-12-20
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Letter
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Documents on the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCCCA) Commission on the Motion Picture and Drama in...
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600
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1929-12-20
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Letter
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'Previewing." Hays explains the whole concept behind previewing -- "We are not only making motion pictures but we are ...
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601
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1929-12-20
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Typescript
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'The Motion Picture Conference." Outline of the public relations function of the motion picture conference (including l...
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1281
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1929-12-20
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Miscellaneous
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Anticipating the forthcoming Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCCCA) report on motion pictures, Millike...
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1490
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1929-12-03
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Speech/address
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"Arbitration in Business" by Hays.
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3200
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1929-12-03
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Letter
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Lichtenberg is requesting an essay by Hays on the general subject of arbitration in business for educational purposes. T...
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2134
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1929-11-22
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Letter
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Sending copy of award for exhibitors for "excellency in the reproduction of sound pictures."
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639
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1929-11-22
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Memo
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Summary of speeches at the Convention of the MPTO of Ohio in Columbus on November 19-20. Myers, Rembusch, Lightman, Pet...
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2109
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1929-11-15
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Assessment of the arbitration situation in the industry, following the Thacher court decision. Includes 20 September 192...
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