Mr. WALKER. No; I would take it out altogether, and leave it as in patent cases--that only originals are entitled to be recorded. Such a thing as allowing a copy of an assignment of a patent or a copyright to be recorded in the place of the original is entirely unknown, and it would open the door widely to fraud. The CHAIRMAN. Your time has expired, Mr. Walker. Mr. WALKER. Yes. I wish to express my thanks to the committee for hearing me so long and so patiently, and to express my best wishes for the future of the bill, and my own entire willingness to contribute, if I am found to be competent to contribute, to the perfection of the bill hereafter. Senator SMOOT. Mr. Walker, I have been wondering, for the hour that you have been delivering your intelligent speech here, on what basis your congratulations were extended to Mr. Putnam and other persons who took part in the preparation of this bill. [Laughter.] Mr. WALKER. Why, I am surprised that you did not see that. Mr. PUTNAM. I can say, Senator, It is because they have had the benefit of such lucid criticism at such an early stage. I can say that it was not expected by us that anyone would take up this bill with such a penetrating intelligence as Mr. Walker has shown, within a week after its introduction into Congress. Mr. WALKER. And I wish to say to the Senator from Utah, if I may be permitted, that while I have criticized this bill in plain terms, the framework of the bill as a whole is very scientific, and in one day or two days I could so amend the bill as to entirely remove all my objections and still preserve the substance of the scheme which Mr. Putnam has put upon paper. Senator SMOOT. I have been very much interested, Mr. Walker, in your statement. Mr. SULZER. Mr. Chairman, I agree with the Senator from Utah; I have been very much interested in what Mr. Walker has said, and I was going to make this suggestion: That he be allowed to file a brief with the committee, which will be printed in the record as a part of the record. The CHAIRMAN. That was understood the other day. Mr. WALKER. Thank you very much. Mr. SULZER. Mr. Chairman, I would be glad to have the committee hear now Mr. Nathan Burkan, who represents the publishers and composers of music. Mr. CURRIER. Mr. Sulzer, two gentlemen who are now present have come all the way from Chicago to address the committee and have just this moment gotten here. The CHAIRMAN. We will hear Mr. Burkan after them. Mr. CURRIER. We will hear him later.