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Health Law Urged to Combat Comics
Wertham attempts to persuade the Joint Legislative Committe to Study Comics to recommend legislature focusing on banning comics for the sake of public health.
Comic Book Firms Want Government to Ease Penalties
Presents a backlash to the bill passed in Canada in 1949 that put a number of sanctions on the distribution of horror and crime comic books.
Comics' Linked to Two Killings: Defender of Juvenile Books at Senate Inquiry is Told of Canadian Homicides
Looks to comics as being linked to two Canadian homicides, in which the murderers both read crime comics.
Crime, Horror Comic Book Cleanup Demanded by Delinquency Probers: Senators Hit Comic Books
Discusses the Senate Juvenile Delinquency Subcommitee's worries about post-war crime comic books.
Fear Undesirable Books If Comics Ban Lifted
Discusses a government decision to lift the ban on the importation of comic books from the United States. Outlines the anxieties present in censors about the amount of questionable comic book material that will soon be imported into Canada.
Fulton Demands Law That Defines Obscene Books
Fulton demands that the term "obscene" be better defined in legislation so that laws about the publication and distribution of such books can properly enforced.
Fulton Loses Crusade For Definite Penalty Against Crime Comics
Discusses Fulton's attempt to pass a bill that would see those involved in the production of comics being fined up to $10,000 for doing so. The bill did not pass.
Juvenile Delinquency: Letter To the Editor
A letter from a child to the editor of The Washington Post. The child condemns adults for being delinquents themselves.
Juvenile Delinquency Charged to Parent Neglect, Not Comics
Claims crime comics are not actually the main cause of juvenile delinquency. Chadwick states the family must instill a moral compass in the mind of the child so that he will not be influenced by these comics.
Letters: Crime Comics, Good or Bad?
Letter that was presumably sent in by a young adult. Mann questions the validity of censoring crime comic books, given that many believe that juvenile delinquency is more likely linked to upbringing.