Mr. Freedman. That is right, sir. Iam one of the few they kuow is aclive in the association. Iam one of the few that will just fight them if they do that,
Mr. Beaser. The returns are made directly to the wholesaler?
Mr. Freedman. The driver picks the bundle up when he delivers sonietimes, and sometimes the day before, and sometimes we deliver it ourselves.
Mr. Beaser. They are returned by the wholesaler Lo the publisher; is that right?
Mr. Freedman. I assume that is what they do—no, I don't think so—I think that these books, if you are talking about. the comic books, the crime ones, they are not returned to the publisher or the wholesaler, but they go to other places, sometimes out of town and sometimes to the second-hand bookstores. That 1s where yeu will find most of your filthy books now.
Mr. Beaser. Yon mean they try to keep selling them in as many places as possible?
Mr. Freedman. They keep them on the market as long as they can.
Mr. Beaser. So what von get tn the bundle may not necessarily be the most recent publications, ‘Phey may have come from other news- (lealers ?
Mr. Freedman. Thatismght; they may have come from other news- dealers or out of town someplace,
Mr. Beaser. Actually, Mi. Freedman, would yon be able, if the systen: were a little ditferent, to select these magazines? How many magazines do you carry ¢
Mr. Freedman. Sometimes we cavry 500, a thonsand, 600).
Mr. Beaser. Weeklies, monthhes, bimentliles ¢
Mr. Freedman. Yes. It depends on the time of the year when you are doing business.
Mr. Beaser. Would yeu have an opportunity to sit down each week and go throngh a cheeklst of 800 magazines and decide how many you need and how many yeu do hat need 4
Mr. Freedman. We do that while standing at the particnlar stand.
Mr. Beaser. You do it for any of the publications?
Mr. Freedman. We see a book doesn't move any too fast. We just nuke a note of it and say we will cut down on thut one, while we are at the stand,
Mr. Beaser. You tell the driver or distributor?
Mr. Freedman. We either eall up the office or we tell the driver we don’t want these. Lf! they insist on sending them to you we must put them nader the counter and keep them there to re(uru them.
Mr. Beaser. Then you have to wait for credit?
Mr. Freedman. That is right.
Mr. Beaser. The incentive would be to sell?
Mr. Freedman. We try to push them if we can, to exist.
Mr. Beaser. Otherwise you have a lot of money tied up?
Mr. Freedman. That is right.
Mr. Beaser. Can you give us the names of the wholesalers from whom you have refused to accept crime and horror comics?
Mr. Freedman. Our secretary, Mr. J. Kay, has a list of all the names of the distributors. We will be glad to furnish them to you off the record. We just don't want to get tangled. There may be some legal angle there for a comeback.
