COMMITTEE ON PATENTS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
FRANK D. CURRIER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, _Chairman_.
SOLOMON R. DRESSER, PENNSYLVANIA.
JOSEPH M. DIXON, MONTANA.
EDWARD H. HINSHAW, NEBRASKA.
ROBERT W. BONYNGE, COLORADO.
WILLIAM W. CAMPBELL, OHIO.
ANDREW J. BARCHFELD, PENNSYLVANIA.
JOHN C. CHANEY, INDIANA.
CHARLES McGAVIN, ILLINOIS.
WILLIAM SULZER, NEW YORK.
GEORGE S. LEGARE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
EDWIN Y. WEBB, NORTH CAROLINA.
ROBERT G. SOUTHALL, VIRGINIA.
JOHN GILL, JR., MARYLAND.
EDWARD A. BARNEY, _Clerk_.
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1906.
ARGUMENT (CONTINUED) ON H. R. 11943, TO AMEND TITLE 60, CHAPTER 3, OF
REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES, RELATING TO COPYRIGHTS.
COMMITTEE ON PATENTS,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
_Washington, D.C., May 3, 1906_.
The committee met at 11 o'clock a.m., Hon. Frank D. Currier (chairman)
in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN. I have received a telegram regarding the bill now before
the committee from John Philip Sousa, which reads as follows:
NORTHAMPTON, MASS., _May 3, 1906_.
_The Chairman and Members of Congress_,
_Committee on Patents, Washington, D.C._:
Earnestly request that the American composer receives full and
adequate protection for the product of his brain; any legislation
that does not give him absolute control of that he creates is a
return to the usurpation of might and a check on the intellectual
development of our country.