The Penn's Grove record., 1914-02-13
INTEREST IN
SALOON BILL
Provides for Drinking Places
Open Certain Hours on Sunday
TEACHING SEX HYGIENE
Assembiyman Fisher Proposes Law
Forbidding Subject in Public Schools
Measures introduced for Reg
uIation Of Moving Pictures.


Especial Trenton Correspondence
Trenton.-There is a lot of interest
in the proposal to put before the Leg
islature a bill providing for the keep
ing open of saloons during certain
hours on Sundays, without otherwise
interfering with the present provisions
of the bishops law. The idea put
forward is to permit saloons to open
for business on Sundays after 1 o'clock
on the afternoon Of those days. and
then to hold the proprietors to a rigid
observance of every other feature of
the Sunday liquor laws. Organiza-
lions Of saloon men and others are in
favor Of such a bill and it is expected
that they will find some members of
the Legislature in favor Of it. but that
there will develop the ~stiffest kind
of opposition from churches and other
organizations is certain. 1t is felt
that the latter cannot be convinced by
the arguments of those for such a
bill that it would provide a prope
solution of the problems which have
always resulted from the Sunday Ii
quor selling question. 1t is declared.
however, that the try will be made
during the present session of the State
~lawmaking body, and that it will at
least have the merit of trying out the
sentiment of the State in the matter
and deciding whether the proposed
legislation would have a chance for
enactment into law and practical dem
onstration by being placed in opera
ton. If the present plans are carried
out it will likely result in one of the
biggest fights in the Legislature OF
recent years.
Sunday Picture Shows.
Another matter which is exciting
Statewide attention is a bill for per-
hitting Sunday exhibition of moving
pictures, which have been inspected
by a State board of censors, in any
church, school, theatre or other suit
able place. Another bill provides for
a State body to censor all moving pic
lures, whether for Sunday or other
presentation. Both measures have
been introduced and have had their
first reading, but the battle which is
practically sure to result before they
get anywhere toward final passage will
not come until they are advanced the
next step through the law mill.
Sex Hygiene in Schools.
Still another matter which will pro-
vide one of the lively times of the
session when it gets a-going will be
a bill which Asemblyman Bennett H.
FISHER, of Montclair, declares his in
tention of introducing soon. It's OBJ
ject will be to prohibit the teaching in
the public schools of sex hygiene. The
idea of Mr.. FISHER is to make the pro-
visions of the bill apply to the primary
and grammar schools. but it is possible
that he may cause it to include all
high school classes except the junior
and senior grades, though there is a
movement on foot to have him exclude
the subject from all public school
classes, including those of the high
school. In his home town there is a
strong movement against the public
teaching in the schools of sex hygiene
and the local educational authorities
have prohibited it. Mr.. FISHER says
that his proposed measure was primar-
lily intended to reflect the local senti-
ment of his constituents, but that i'm
mediately after it was mentioned pub
licly the matter took on a wider aspect
and greater Importance in every way.
State finances and plans for econ
omy will also call for attention from
the people of the entire State when
they are finally formulated and put
before the Legislature in the shape of
bills. For the consideration of mat
tiers of that character a conference of
the heads of State departments was
called by Governor Fielder, but it was
later put off for ten days, presumably
because the State Economy and Eff
cheney Commission was not ready to
make its final report to the Governor
and the Legislature. Upon that report
and its recommendations will depend
much that the administration will do
OF attempt to do. 1t is confidently
expected that some of the recon-
mendations will have for their burden
eAS cDohAonAiCAt VI Soinc ucpdIeutSAto
bureaus or commissions and the con
solidation of others in the interest of
~lessening State expenditures, without
d~epriving the State of efficient work
in whatever department may be
changed to meet what are regarded
as new conditions, especially in con-
nection with the finances of the State
and the need for retrenchment which
was recently pointed out strongly by
Comptroller Edwards, if a deficit is to
GOING Ahead with Meadows Work.