Hays, William Harrison. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Hays, William Harrison

PRONUNCIATION:	hz
DATES:	1879–1954
VARIANTS:	Known as “Will.”
	American politician and motion-picture executive who as president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (1922–1945) established the Production Code (1930), which prescribed the moral content of American films from 1930 to 1966.


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