[Backgrounds for this article as told by Jim Korkis: http://www.mouseplanet.com/9442/Walts_Forgotten_Essay]
It would be presumptuous of me to speak for the entire motion picture cartoon industry. You will think me immodest to limit this discussion to Mickey Mouse. I seem to he on the spot!
Standing on the spot, I will make three guesses as to the nature of Cartoon Pictures’ contribution to children. I will do it blind-folded. I fear no man!
To be honest about the matter, when our gang goes into a huddle and comes out with a new Mickey Mouse story, we will not have worried one bit as to whether the picture will make the children better men and women, or whether it will conform with the enlightened theories of child psychology.
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