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S6 JUVENILE DELIXQUEXCY from the prooTams I so often see that perhaps a copy of the television production code on most of the producers" and writers' desks in tele- vision is very near the bottom of the pile, and it is not too frequently consulted. Now, in motion pictures we have an administration and I am sure we have an administrator of very high principles, Mr. Geoffrey Shur- lock. I have disagreed with some of the tindings he has reached, but I certainly would like to say here that I have the utmost admiration for his uprightness and his good judgment and his tine experience. Now, in television there seems to be nobody doing that. Chairman KErAU\'ER. Mr. Mooring, in order to eliminate the com- petition in the extent of crime and violence between motion pictures and television, which is one of the elements that has led to some de- terioration of both, I expect there is going to have to be substantially the same code and same strict enforcement or compliance with the code in both industries. Mr. Mooring. Yes. Chairman KeFxVuver. If that competition is going to be eliminated. Mr. Mooring. Yes, indeed. Chairman Kefau\'er. All right, sir. Anything else ? Mr. BoBO. That is all. Chairman Kefafver. AVe appreciate your contribution. Mr. Mooring. Yes. Chairman Kefauver. You have made a digest of some important points which were not l)rought out in your statement, which will be printed in the record, Mr. Mooring. Mr. Mooring. Thank you very much. (The document referred to was marked ''Exliibit No. 6," and reads as follows:) Exhibit No. 6 Statement of William H. Mooring on Current Trends and Effects in Motion Pictures and Tele\'ision and Their Potential Bearing Upon Juvenile Delinquency general survey Criminal violence, human brutality, sadism, and other manifestations of psy- chopathic disorder, liave increased noticeably in motion pictures and on tele- vision within the past 2 years. Official Hollywood admission of overemphasis upon violence has been made by Eric Johnston of the Motion Picture (Producers) Association. (See Holly- wood Reporter and Daily Variety, May 2.3, lOS.j.) Concurrently and in many instances coincidentally, the treatment of sex in motion pictures and on television has been less restrained, although so far no admission of this has been made officially by the Hollywood motion-picture or television producers. Direct effect of these trends, separately or combined, may be difficult to connect by documentation with prevalent increases of juvenile delinquency. Nevertheless fair argumentation, backed by some documentation, will suggest, if not prove, that behavior patterns, esi>ecially among juveniles at impression- able age levels, are immediately and directly conditioned by motion pictures and television programs of high emotional content and criminal or immoral suggestibility. Motion picture producers have many times claimed that American films, incidental to their reflections of American culture, or what is commonly called the American way of life, inform and edify a worldwide public by and through their manifold representations of social, economic, and domestic advantages enjoyed by the American people at large.