The sun., 1916-10-08
HUGHES CHEERS UP
MOVIE PRODUCERS
Tells Them He Is Opposed to
Unrestricted Censorship by
Federal Officials.
RECEPTION IN MONTCLAIR
Nominee Visits Grover Clpve.
land Memorial in Caldwell
and Sees Relies.

Charles r.. Hughes confessed yester-
Gay tha, he was an ardent movie-weil,
one might as well say it-fan. with
half a hundred OF the biggest moving
picture men In the country t~hronging
around him at the Essex County Coun-
Try 1t and all eager to get his views
on . looming peril that makes them lose
sleep of nights. the proposed Federal
censorship bill. Mr.. Hughes not only ad-
mltted his fondness for screen dram ma
bu, treasured them pretty definitely as
10 how he stands on the Federal censor
ship proposition. He's against II.
The National Association of the Mo-
ton Picture Industry. which includes
Adolph Zukor. william A.. Brady, Lee \.
ochs, Willia'n l.. Sheriff.. Louis J. Lee
vine. Samuel II. Trigger and Walter W
irwin. has been holding \ conference at
the Essex County Country Club and
when they found there was a chance of
entertaining Mr.. Hughes and getting
their views definitely before him they
fairly leaped at the suggestion.
Mr.. Hughes Joined his friend Everett
Colby n the ,luh shortly after luncheon
Yesterday and was Immediately well
coined by the movie folk. They gave him
Q close up OF their hest welcoming
pose and then Walter W. Irwin. chair
man OF the associations executive COM
mittee. explained 10 Mr.. Hughes how
keenly the motion picture folk are con
eerned over the censorship menace
Hughes BilI's Eject Feared.
Mr.. Irwin said that a measure known
as the HUGHES bill uhc Hughes beins n,
relation of the Governor's) did not get
through Congress at the last session. bat
that II is to come up again. II that bill
went through. II was the opinion Of the
motion picture producers. they would
be ,eg.siated out OF business 10y a pack
OF busy bodies.
American freedom and OF justice YOU
cannot, countenance censorship said
Mr.. Irwin.
Mr.. Hughes replied Informally. with
the understanding that he was not to
be quoted directly. He said II must be
understood too that he. was speaking
merely a. q lawyer, as a private inAi-
vidual From that standpoint he was
fire.. to say that NJ was totally against
the proposition Of a Federal censorship
unrestricted and unlimited In power.
He believed that some sort OF fair
regulation was necessary and would he
we'll received by the industry. but he lid
not consider that an arbitrary censorship
was at all fair or necessary. As to the
movies generally. Mr.. Hughes said that
they had always interested him and that
he believed they were merely at the
beginning Of their unitarian and artis-
tic usefulness.
Reception 10 NOntc1air.
While the movie men were still making
q big noise To show how good they felt
Mr.. Hughes left the club and FASTENED
back to the Hotel Montclair. where the
who'll. town, practically. was crowding
around to shake hands with him.
Led by Mayor Louis r. podd. Union
\. Bethel, Erman J. Ridgway and other
well known Montclairans or Moniclair-
ties. Whichever they prefer. more than
i.000 persons. representing AL the politt-
cal parties. massei in and around the
hotel and .lhowsd one another for the
orportunity 20 shake hands with Mr..
Hughes. His light hand kept working
tor exactly AN hour and twenty minutes
Yesterday morning AT breakfast Mi.
Hughes received from william II. Van
Vart. secretary Of the Grover cleveland
Memorial at caldwell. y. j.. where Pres
ident Cleveland was born In 1887, an m
viation to visi; the memorial. Mr.
Hughes asked hts sc".C;try to telephone
an acceptance at once, and started FOR
Caldwell a few minutes after breakfast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes were received
BY Mr.. Van Wart, Mayor Frederick X.
Cook Of caldwell. Mayor William Little
Of North caldwell, and the Rev. Nelson
y. Chester, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church, which adjoins the Cleveland me-
mortal. the church Of which the Rev.
Richard cleveland was pastor when
Grover cleveland. his son. was born.
Guided by Mr.. Van Wart. Mr.. Hughes
went through the rooms Of the old house
and examined with much interest the
ielics and mementoes pertaining 10
Grover Cieveland's career. He was espe-
cially Interested in the writing desk
which Mr.. Cleveland used for many
years. and told Mr.. Van Wart that he
recalled having seen Mr.. Cleveland sit
ting at II many times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes AMI their asso-
ciates will return To this city tonight
after dining at the Hotel Montclair ard
!. wall 90 to their apartment at the Hotel
Aston to get ready for the third Western
tour. which begins tomorrow evening
Al 10 4. VI. tomorrow Mr.. Hughes will
motor TO Newark. where he will deliver
an address In Military Park.