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Jacoby on Canasta and the push for standard laws
Oswald Jacoby explains that anyone can claim official Canasta laws but a single standard is needed. The National Laws Commission, formed in 1949, drafted the 1950 Code now used by Regency Club and card manufacturers. The panel aims to simplify rules, reduce penalties, and standardize laws for the hemisphere by 1951 while making codes freely available to writers. Jacoby cannot answer individual reader questions, but will publish FAQs in his column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald Jacoby
NEA
St. Paul
Canasta
William E. McKenney
NE. A. Inc
Iaw
Walter L. Richard
New York
John R Crawford
Charles Goren
Philadelphia
Theodore Lightner
Albert Morehead
Ottilie Reilly
Hubert Lee Johnston
Los Angeles
Ralph Michaels
Chicago
Regency Club of
Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers
Richard
South America
Hemisphere
Commission