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The only addition would be that it was a joint effort by Republican and Democrat senators alike.The Hays Code - and the successor MPAA rating system - only affect movies.
The Comics Code Authority (CCA) was established in 1953 as a reaction to right-wing propaganda blaming comic books for everything right-wingers saw wrong with America. It only covered comic books, not newspaper comic strips.
Both codes were in fact voluntary.
Newspapers each have their own editorial standards. The publication syndicates - King Features in the case of both Flash Gordan and Prince Valiant - also have their own rules.
The United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency.
This eventually ensnared porn (as it was as such) being delivered through the mail system with Bettie Page being called to testify before Senator Estes Kefauver (who was using the entire thing as a step stone to his hopeful presidential election)