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Line 17: In 1937, Hays was appointed to lead an independent investigation with a group (called the Hays Commission) to study an incident in which 18 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]] when police opened fire on them. They had gathered for a parade for which the permits had been withdrawn at the last minute. His commission concluded the police had behaved as a mob and committed a massacre.<ref>[http://www.llmc.com/TitleLLMC.asp?ColID=3&Cat=136&TID=7037&TName=Ponce%20Massacre,%20Com.%20of%20Inquiry,%201937 ''Ponce Massacre, Com. of Inquiry, 1937''], Hays Commission, Law Library Microform Consortium, accessed 12 December 2012</ref> ==Film censorship case ''Whirlpool of Desire''== From IMDB entry for ''[[Whirlpool of Desire]]'' (France, 1935): Albany, New York - Monday, January 23, 1939: "The French film ''Remous'' was shown Friday to five judges of the [[New York State Appellate Division]] in proceedings in the attempt by Arthur Mayer and Joseph Burstyn to get a license to screen it in New York State. The picture has twice been denied a license, first in August 1936, when it was rejected as being "indecent", "immoral", and tending to "corrupt morals". It was again rejected in November 1937. In March 1938, it was screened for the [[New York Board of Regents]] who, on April 14, disapproved application for a license. Arthur Garfield Hays, counsel for Mayer and Burstyn at yesterday's proceedings, ridiculed the objections of Irwin Esmond and the Regents to certain scenes, pointing out that the film was French and would appeal only to an educated audience. Counsel for the Regents based his plea on the film's theme of sex-frustration, arguing that it would be unwise public policy to show it to all classes of people."<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160754 IMDB entry]</ref> ==Writing==