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Block Booking
List of U.S. Congress Anti-Block Booking Bills (to 1940)
Legislation intended to abolish compulsory block booking and blind selling
has been introduced in Congress as follows:
| 1927 |
S. |
1667 |
by Sen. Brookhart (Iowa) |
on Dec. 13, 1927 |
| 1932 |
S. |
1003 |
by Sen. Brookhart (Iowa) |
on May 7, 1929 |
| 1934 |
S. |
3770 |
by Sen. Brookhart (Iowa) |
on Feb. 23, 1932 |
| 1934 |
H.R. |
8686 |
by Cong. Patman (Tex.) |
on March 16, 1934 |
| 1935 |
H.R. |
3654 |
by Cong. Celler (N.Y.) |
on Jan. 3, 1934 |
| 1935 |
H.R. |
142 |
by Cong. Celler (N.Y.) |
on Jan. 3, 1935 |
| 1935 |
H.R. |
887 |
by Cong. Celler (N.Y.) |
on July 16, 1935 |
| 1935 |
H.R. |
4757 |
by Cong. Culkin (N.Y.) |
on Jan. 25, 1935 |
| 1935 |
H.R. |
6472 |
by Cong. Pettengill (Ind.) |
on March 5, 1935 |
| 1935 |
S. |
3012 |
by Sen. Neely (W. Va.) |
on May 13, 1935 |
| 1937 |
S. |
153 |
by Sen. Neely (W. Va.) |
on Jan. 6, 1937 |
| 1937 |
H.R. |
23 |
by Cong. Culkin (N.Y.) |
on Jan. 5, 1937 |
| 1937 |
H.R. |
1669 |
by Cong. Pettengill (Ind.) |
on Jan. 5, 1937 |
| 1938 |
H.R. |
10077 |
by Cong. Edmiston (W. Va.) |
on March 29, 1938 |
| 1939 |
H.R. |
145 |
by Cong. Edmiston (W. Va.) |
on Jan. 3, 1939 |
| 1939 |
H.R. |
244 |
by Cong. Culkin (N.Y.) |
on Jan. 3, 1939 |
| 1939 |
H.R. |
1810 |
by Cong. Celler (N.Y.) |
on Jan. 5, 1939 |
| 1939 |
S. |
280 |
by Sen. Neely (W. Va.) |
on Jan. 4, 1939 |
MORE - Block Booking information
SOURCES:
Benjamin Werne, "The Neely Anti-Block Booking and Blind
Selling Bill—An Analysis," Contemporary Law Pamphlets, Series 6,
Number 1, New York University of Law, New York, 1940.
See Bibliography
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