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158 MOTION PICTURE COMMISSION, would allow about four reels of films to be shown in an hour, taking the maximum number of hours that one could sit during the day, and that would be K) reels; four hours at four reels an hour would be IG reels in a day; that would make, at a maximum. 100 reels, or 9G to be accurate, a week, with a person sitting every working day, and if they did that they could ^ee 100 reels a week or 5,000 reels during the entire year. That would not allow for the originals which are being produced throughout the country, and I figure that the minimum production of originals would be from 12,000 to 15,000. So you would have to have at least a committee of 15 divided into three portions of five men each. The Chairman. And they W'ould have to work every day ? Mr. ScHECHTER. Yes, sir. The Chairman. Every working day of the year? Mr. ScHECHTER. Yes, sir; and four hours a day viewing films, and they could not possibly do any other business; they could not even write a letter. The Chairman. Now, in these States where there are censorships, about what is the cost to the manufacturers? You have had some experience with that, I presume? Mr. ScHECHTER. There has not been any State which has imposed censorship as yet except Ohio, and that started about a month ago. Kansas has passed a bill and it has been enjoined. The Chairman. I thought there were about four States. Mr. Scheciiter. Yes; I am getting to that. Kansas has passed a bill which has been enjoined, and it is now up for decision. New Jersey attempted to put a bill through, but upon argument and presentation of the facts it was not reported; the same is true of Massachusetts—the bill has never been reported out. Mr. Thacher. What about Pennsylvania? Mr. ScHECHTER. Pennsylvania is about to put the bill through; it has passed the lowTr house, and the last information I had was that the bill would probably be put through some time this week. Dr. Chase. Is it not true that Pennsylvania has passed the law, but failed to make an appropriation? Mr. ScHECHncR. If it has, it is not within my knowledge. Dr. Chase. That is my information; that it passed the law but failed to make an appropriation, and I thought they were already beginning their work. Mr. ScHECHiTiR. I want to state that the only State is Ohio, Dr. Chase. What about California? Mr. ScHECHi'ER. I do not think there is any such law in California, and I do not know of any tax imposed upon us there. Perhaps thev attempted to put a law through, but I do not recall about it. And now as to Ohio: Dr. Chase mentioned it and I am ^oing to saj a word about it. That question is now being argued before the United States Supreme Court Dr. Chase (interposing). I am willing to concede everything I can to my antagonists, but there is only a little time left, and I feel I want to make some of these points. The Chairman. We asked him to give us that information. Dr. Chase. Yes; that is all right. They aie going to file a brief which will cover that. Now, I want to put in the record, as evi- dence of the inefficiency of the National Board of Censorship, the