The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-24
BOARD OF CENSORSHIP
PLAN HEARTILY FAVORED
Though, II IL Too Late For Legislature
To Provide Statewide Censorship,
City Can Have II.
MOVIE MEN DO NOT OPPOSE
DIR. MCDANIEL Making study of Penn
SyIvan,a and Kansas Iaws-Be-
ljeyes Women Should Be On Board,
As They Better Understand Young.

Copies of the Kansas and Psnnsyl-
yania moving picture censorship laws
we're secured yesterday by Rev. DR..
George w. Mcdaniel. of the First
Baptist Church, who preached In that
church Sunday night on the necessity
for censorship in Richmond. Df' NC
Daniel In an interview last night sara
that while 1t is now rather tate TOT
bringing before the General Assembly
the matter of Statewide censorship
for legislative action at this session.
!, the city of Richmond can nave
board Of censors.
"Do you favor a Statewiae censor
ship?" Or. Mcdaniel was asked
las a broad principle yes; uec"u s
the entire state is interested IN the
shows of Richmond, and. further
more. they are shown in various cities
and towns In the State.
will Won make an effort to get a
censorship bill through the present
session p
In Kansas and Pennsylvania.
"The calendar" DR.. Mcdaniel re-
nped "is already. crowded. and the
time of the Legislature is far spent.
II might not be advisable to take up
.uch a question at this late day. How
ever. several States. among them KAN
sas and Pennsylvania, have censor
ship In Kansas the superintendent
Of public instruction is the censor. and
IN PENNSYLVANIA there are two people,
A gentleman and lady, appointed by
the Governor. Every show In KAN
sas pays a fee of 81 to the State treas
urer for being censored. and in Penn
sylvania the fee LIS s2.50,"
What do you think ought to be
done imme diately7"
"kichmond should provide a board
of censorship. have no doubt this
will be done, and my concern is that
we shall have the right kind OF a
board. If you do not get n proper
board il will only be a pretcNt and
makeshift."
How should such board be made
up?"
Women Should Be On Board.
IT am thoroughly convinced that II
ought to have one, or better. two wo-
men upon II. one of these could be
named by the Young Women's Chris
tan Association. which IS interested
primarily In our young women, and
the other by the Federation Of Moth
ers' Clubs, which is interested pri-
marily in the younger children. ~o-
man is a better judge # the effects
Of certain scenes upon the moral lives
Of girls and. maybe, boys. than -
man. Our children's training is large
~ In the hands OF the mothers and
there is every reason why women
should be on the board.
The suggestion OF Mr., Powers that
the Judge of the Juvenile Court and
the Chief OF Police be members OF the
board has great merit"
do you think ministers should he
on the board -
should Have No Ministers.
NO For two reasons: First a
minister might take a too Puritanical
view: second, IL he did not take such
views, those who are prejudiced
against ministers would ettrihuts to
him these views and the weight II his
opinion would he weakened
Asked concerning public sentiment
as he finds It, regarding censorship,
DR.. Mcdaniel said:
People Of all faiths, ami NJ no
faiths. have expressed themselves IN
the asst few days as beng heartily
ma favor Of c, nsorship lfuttnerm ere,
It should be said, I'm justice to some
OF the moving picture men. that the
press agent for Mr.. Jake VOLS shows
and the mana cement of the Bijou
have assured me that they do not OPP
pose local board of censors.