The CHAIRMAN. That is the precise purpose of the statement made by Mr. Currier in behalf of the House committee at the first session or the second, and by myself in behalf of the Senate committee. Who is the gentleman that desires to be heard further? Mr. PUTNAM. Mr. Cromelin. The CHAIRMAN. You have how many minutes? Mr. CROMELIN. I understand that I have half an hour. The CHAIRMAN. You were limited, two days ago, to one hour for your enterprises. Mr. O'Connell had a little over an hour, and I am told that after I was compelled to leave for the Senate yesterday somebody representing these interests had fifteen minutes. We will give you fifteen minutes, with the privilege of submitting in writing any further statement that you desire to make. Mr. CURRIER. It is necessary to do that, for the reason that two gentlemen are on the way here from Chicago who want to be heard this morning, representing the same interests that you represent. Mr. SERVEN. I present, Mr. Chairman, a letter from the chairman of the copyright committee of the Music Publishers' Association, explaining how Mr. Thomae, who was criticised yesterday as being one of their delegates, came to have a seat with them in the conferences. It occurred to me that it would save time to have it read for the information of these gentlemen. The CHAIRMAN. You may put it in the record. (The letter referred to is as follows:) The CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON PATENTS. _Washington, D.C._ DEAR SIR: I beg to make reply to an accusation against the Music Publishers' Association of the United States yesterday by the manufacturers of mechanical perforated music rolls, cylinders, and disks, in which they claimed our association had corralled into its ranks, by promise and contracts, the Victor Talking Machine Company, of Camden, N.J. They further claimed that the Librarian of Congress had made no attempt to seek them out and give them representation at the various conferences he had called for the purpose of securing suggestions from organizations of authors, composers, and others interested in receiving copyright protection for their productions.