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MOTION PICTURE COMMISSION. 181 Mr. Brylawski. I do not renieinber of ever seeing '" Approved by the Xati<Mial Boni-d of (VMisorshi})," until nfter the Johnson-Jetl'ries fiirht. Dr. CiiAsi:. They weie not submitted to them at all. Init the pic- tures were shown without being submitted to them. Mr. Brylawski. That might have been. Dr. Ctiask. On page 1 of the bill I find this provision: Th:it the commission mny The CiiAHniAN (interposing). Section 8? Dr. CIIASK. Yes. That the coinmission may. if it has licensed .1 tilm. issue .-i seal and certificate foi- eacli duplicate thereof without an exnminatinn of such diu)lic:itc. n])on the p.iyinent of the license fee hereinafter provided. Then al^o turn to the last page of the bill, Mr. Towner. Before you leave that Dr. CiTASR (interposing). This is in connection with it and T think you will see the connection. It is on page 6, section 17: That three montlis after tiie connnission has begun to license motion pictures, and at any time thereafter, the commission shall have power to reduce the fees to such a" sum as will produce no larger income than is necessary to pay the entire cost nf the commission, including salaries and all other expenses. Now, these two sections bear upon the question. You will see it leaves the matter within the discretion of the Federal motion picture commission. They could reduce the fee to ."iO cents, to 5 cents, to 2 cents, and j)ossibly to nothing, if they found it wise. Section 8, you will see, leaves it "in the discretion of the commission to examine or not to examine. Mr. TowNKR. This bill will have to be amended in order to make it at all consistent. For in.stance, section 12 says: That a fee of M shall lu^ chnrged foi- the examination hy the commission of each film of l.iHM) feet or less. Now then, let us read what folloAvs: And r>0 cents for earh tilm which is a duplicate of any film which has been licensed. You see you are charging there for the examination of a duplicate film, and tlien in section 8 you say: That the connnission m;iy. if it h:is licensed a tilm. issue a seal an.d cer- tificate for each dui)licat(' thereof without an examiiudion of such duiilicate ujion the p.ivment of the license fee hereiriafter provided. But these are matters that can be remedied. I was just calling at- tention to them. Dr. Chase. I wanted to bring out one question which wa.s Mr. ToAvxER (interp(;.^ing).\Tust before you leave that, do you think 50 cents would lx> all right? Dr. Chase. I was going to touch upon that question, whether the 50 cents ought to be'omiUed or not and wheth.er the whole charge should be put on the original or larger users. That is an element that has not yet been alluded to, but which ought to be considered. Would it not be fairer to charge the manufacturer who uses 100 or 200 copies"more to meet the expenses of the commission as a whole than the small man who. perhaps, has on original and only uses five