Should the Government Control Motion Pictures? Con.

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  • Author(s): New, Burt
  • Source:
    Congressional Digest. Nov28, Vol. 7 Issue 11, p314-322. 3p.
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    • Abstract:
      Provisions in the Hudson Bill go farther towards putting the federal government in complete operating charge of an American business than any other measure ever proposed in the U.S. Congress. There are 10,500,000 separate transactions in the domestic motion picture field each year. Under this bill, the price of rental in every one of these transactions would be fixed by a bureau of a commission of 6 life appointees, the principal qualifications for 5 of whom would be, under the law, complete lack of previous experience in the production, distribution and exhibition of motion pictures.