With the Department of Justice breathing down the collective necks of Hollywood because of their monopolistic practices, Will Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association (MPPDA) and the heads of the eight major studios met President Roosevelt at the White House in Washington DC to argue for self-regulation. After the meeting the formation of an industry committee to propose practices that would avert the growing pressure for legislation was announced by its chairman, Sidney Kent of Twentieth Century-Fox.
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