Oh, SRA/McGraw-Hill, if you're still poking around...

Since y'all have been kind enough to come out this way, I do have some follow-up questions....

Where in that contract that you posted does it actually say that you have approval over the content of the speeches in question? You "propose" that the author gear a message a certain way, but I can't actually see anything in those pages that spell out a requirement that says all speeches must be given to you for approval.

Can you point out what I'm missing?

I believe that if you don't ask for that in the contract, the speaker would NOT expect otherwise. I think this is what Ms. Polacco was saying, though I'd like to hear her clarification as well. And I look forward to yours here in the comments...