49
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1922-01-01
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Club documents
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Rules of the F.I.L.M Club, N.Y. It aims to maintain a Credit Bureau for the dissemination and exchange of information a...
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3301
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1922-01-13
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Contract
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Printed draft Uniform exhibition contract acceptable to the members of the Law Committee and therefore ready for submis...
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3302
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1922-01-31
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Letter
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Kirchwey's summary of the legal situation and benefits.
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3303
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1922-01-31
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Memo
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Kirchwey's summary of the legal situation and benefits
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65
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1922-02-03
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Letter
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Response to an appeal for funds for National Board of Review (NBR) from producers and distributors. Zukor promises "a l...
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2030
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1922-03-01
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By-laws
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Original membership and By-laws of MPPDA at foundation
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66
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1922-03-16
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Letter
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Reveals that two women, Miss Connolly and Mrs Speed, have been actively campaigning against censorship in the South, bac...
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67
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1922-03-24
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Letter
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An impassioned letter from a Southern anti-censorship campaigner ('Please be assured of my continuing interest in your e...
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54
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1922-04-07
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Record of meeting
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Certificate of incorporation of MPPDA Includes by-laws, as well as the names and addresses of the directors "until its f...
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55
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1922-04-10
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Correspondence
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There is a series of letters requesting attendance at quarterly and special meetings in 1922 and 1923 (04-10-1922 to 11-...
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2023
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1922-04-10
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Letters, memos
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Routine correspondence about dates of Board meetings, 04-10-1922 to 08-28-1923
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3320
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1922-04-10
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Rules
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Rules and Regulations for the Establishment of Boards of Arbitration to hear and determine claims and controversies aris...
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121
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1922-04-22
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Letter
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Steffes forwards to Hays an aggressively-worded resolution taken at a meeting of the MPTOA. It is in the form of a ques...
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1283
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1922-05-01
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May 1922: proposals about reorganizing Film Clubs/Boards of Trade to not operate illegally in contravention of the anti-...
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117
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1922-05-09
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Memo
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The memo is offered as opposition to the Lusk censorship legislation before its final approval by the Governor. It outl...
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118
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1922-05-09
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Clipping
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Non-Partisan Campaign Bulletin: -- explanation of the legislative demands of Organized Labor in New York State. Attach...
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2024
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1922-05-18
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Letters
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Fox, Godard, Hammons, Laemmle, Loew, Quinn, Selznick, Zukor, appointed as members of MPPDA Executive Committee.
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2025
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1922-05-18
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Letters
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Fox, Hammons, appointed as members of MPPDA Finance Committee.
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2026
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1922-05-18
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Letters
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Loew, Joseph Schenck, appointed as members of MPPDA Membership Committee.
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68
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1922-05-22
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Memo
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Detailed outline of operations of National Board of Review NBR (sent at Hays' request). Includes personnel, origin, org...
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50
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1922-05-25
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Memo
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Summary of the current situation regarding Film Clubs and Film Boards of Trade.
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122
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1922-05-27
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Letter
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Kent's personal evaluations of members of MPTOA involved in Uniform Contract negotiations.
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3
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1922-06-01
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List of personnel
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Names and addresses of the Committee on Public Relations, including the organizations to which they belong. Also lists ...
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45
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1922-06-01
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Court proceedings
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Complaint in Court of Common Pleas in the County of Philadelphia by a cinema owner against the Film Board of Trade. He ...
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57
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1922-06-01
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Record of meeting
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First meeting of Membership Committee -- The question of who is important enough to invite to join the MPPDA.
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3285
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1922-06-03
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Letter and memo
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Comments on MPTOA memo in preparation for negotiations over uniform contract: "I am greatly disappointed ... Why don't t...
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52
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1922-06-07
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Miscellaneous
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Correspondence and telegrams to and from Hays, involving studios and the Labor Council, concerning the unionization disp...
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123
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1922-06-10
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Memo
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Contains MPPDA and Theatre Owners Chamber of Commerce membership lists; also a resolution taken at a TOCC meeting author...
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3288
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1922-06-14
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Letter
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Doubting the workability of an arbitration system with a board divided 50/50 without provision of an umpire and without ...
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3291
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1922-06-14
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Letter
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Proposing clause for uniform contract. 01-1218 -- 01-1222 principal negotiators reject the suggestion.
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124
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1922-06-15
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Press release
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Announcement of commencement of negotiations between the MPPDA, led by Hays, and the Board of Directors of the MPTOA, le...
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3286
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1922-06-15
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Press release
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Documents relating to meetings between MPPDA and exhibitor representatives discussing the Uniform Contract in June 1922...
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3289
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1922-06-15
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Exhibitor's Bulletin
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"What has been accomplished by the MPTOA" and "What the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America is Now Planning to Acco...
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3287
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1922-06-16
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Memo
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The practice of members of the FBTs, operating under the so called Hoy system, of black listing Exhibitors through simul...
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125
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1922-06-17
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Letter
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Complaint about a "cheap, deliberate, lying attempt" by the MPTOA to "discredit" the film Reported Missing in the Exhibi...
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126
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1922-06-17
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Telegram
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Report of cancellations of bookings of Reported Missing as direct result of Exhibitor's Bulletin article. He has secured...
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3290
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1922-06-21
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Letter
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Enclosing a draft contract: "... I hope you will agree with me that this draft marks a decided advance in eliminating, a...
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4
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1922-06-22
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Resolution
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Outcome of a meeting at Waldorf-Astoria on 22-06-1922 between Hays and community and industry representatives to "discus...
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5
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1922-06-22
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Record of meeting
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Addresses delivered at the get-together meeting of the MPPDA at the Waldorf-Astoria, prior to the formation of the Commi...
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70
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1922-06-22
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Speech/address
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The Dissatisfaction with the Film and a Suggested Plan for dealing with it. Rigidity of distribution system principally ...
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127
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1922-06-24
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Letter
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Kirchwey outlines his own understanding of the purposes behind creating a Uniform Contract in the first place. These in...
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130
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1922-06-26
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Miscellaneous
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Extensive documentation concerning the Uniform Exhibition Contract. Hays is being careful to construct the contract in ...
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3292
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1922-06-26
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Letter
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Noting the exhibitors want the arbitration clause eliminated. They also wanted other minor amendments, including a spec...
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3293
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1922-06-30
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Letter
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On another amendment proposed by MPTOA, relating to an advance deposit: The distributors claim that payment on account o...
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3295
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1922-06-30
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Letters
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routine letters arranging meetings on uniform contract discussions
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51
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1922-07-01
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Miscellaneous
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Items concerning the formation of the National Exchange Managers Association to foster the common interests of distribut...
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1
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1922-07-06
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Court proceedings
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N.Y. Supreme Court - Hinman's ruling that newsreels cannot be placed outside the control of the Motion Picture Commiss...
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6
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1922-07-07
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Memo
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MPPDA public relations activity. Proposed organization and role of Committee of Fifteen. Suggestion for formation of lo...
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7
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1922-07-07
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Record of meeting
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Relationships between the various committees; restatement of the aims of the Public Relations Committee (CPR); employmen...
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53
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1922-07-11
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Correspondence
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This material relates to meetings of the Law Committee, mainly routine correspondence confirming meeting dates in 1922 ...
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