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Motion Picture Association
of America, Inc. 1600 Eye Street, Northwest Washington 6, D. C.
ERIC JOHNSTON
PRESIDENT
January 2, 1957
Mr. Martin Quigley
Quigley Publishing Company, Inc.
1270 Sixth Avenue
New York 20, New York
Dear Martin:
The early reactions to the revisions in the Code appear to be quite favorable and for this gratifying response there can be no doubt that you deserve a good deal of thanks from us all.
I know I speak the wishes of everyone on our board when I say that we deeply appreciate your wise counsel in helping us with the revisions. Your suggestions, your contributions, have made it a better document.
The Production Code is surely one of the proudest chapters in the whole history of the motion picture in the United States. It was your creation. More than any other single individual throughout the years you made the Code system grow and flourish. From this Code system the industry drew strength and stature. Through the Code system the industry has exercised its responsibility to the public in a way unmatched by any other media of communication.
That paper you took with you on the train to Hollywood, in the early winter of 1930, has flowered into a system of selfregulation to which every responsible person in our industry adheres and to which I am sure every responsible person will always adhere. In our industry when we think of selfregulation, we naturally think of you.
As the New Year begins, let me congratulate you and thank you again.
With kindest personal regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,