Arizona republican., 1916-03-02
COMMISSION
 M TIES TO STOP b|RTHOF NATION

The city commission in regular ses- sion yesterday afternoon placed ban
 on the showing here of the moving picture entitled ",TThe Birth of Ma tion," adopted under suspension of
 rules an ordinance making 1t unlawful for any candidate for nomination or election to any office in the city to solicit funds for campaign purposes from any city employe, or for any city employe to contribute to such cam paiGn expenses, and approved the recommendation of the city manager that the contract be awarded the Cali fornia Arizona Construction company for the paving of NSouth Central ave with Tarvia filled macadam. The city fathers also approved petition asking for plans for the paving of North Fourth street from Washington street to Roosevelt street. In directing the city engineer to prepare such plans in structions were given that such plans should be so made that bids might be received on any or all of the classes of paving now classed as official, rather than for bitulithic alone as specified in the petition for the proposed paving. It was probably one of the most ii teresting meetings the city commission has held in many weeks. With tae matter of the petition for the paving of Fourth street disposed of, the city fathers listened to the reading of a letter from the congregation of the Colored Methodist church protesting against the showing here of the Birth of a Nation" film. The protest con
 veyed in the communication was sup ported by remarks from representa- tives of the Colored Womans club and by the pastor of the Colored Methodist church.
 Commissioner MacBean moved that the matter be referred to the board of censors created under city ordinance No. 50 with instructions that that bcGN witness the picture and then deter mine whether there were sufficient grounds to sustain the claim of the protestants that it was calculated to create race prejudice and therefore un- desirable Commissioner Corpstein was of the opinion that as the board of censOrs was present with the except n of the city manager, it was m1t Ger the board could decide upon then Ill there. As a board of censorS the com miSsioners then decided that the pie ture should be prohibited and this ac- tion was approved by the city fathers sitting as commissioners.
 The proposed ordinance relative to soliciting campaign funds from city employees was then read first in full and then by title and then upon mo- tion of Commissioner Richey, seconded
 by Commissioner MacBean Aent to third reading and final passage uLde, suspension of the rules.
 The ordinance in full is as follows:
 Be it ordained by the commission of the city of Phoenix. as follows:
 Section l. It shall be, and i hereby is made unlawful for any candidate for nomination or election to any office 0f the city of Phoenix to solicit or .'ecelve, either directly or indirectly, from any officer or employe of the city of i'hoe-
 nix, any money, or other thing of val
 ue whatever, for the purpose of de- fraying the expenses of or furtherin 7 such candidates nomination or cleo tion. either in any primary or general
 election, for nomination for or election to office.
 Section ?. II shall be. md 1t hereby is made unlawful for any officer or l employe of the city of Phoenix to con tribute either directly or indirectly any
 money, promise or other thing Of value whatever for the purpose of defraying the expenses of or furthering the nomination or election of any candi-
 date, either in any primary or general 1 election for nomination for or election
 to any office of the city of phoenix
 Section 3. 1t shall be, and It hereby l is made unlawful for any officer or l employe of the city of PhoeniN to be- 1 come member of any organization l combination or association organized
 for the purpose of furtherinE the cleo l tion of any candidate for office of the
 city of Phoenix or the nomination ot any candidate for such office
 . Section 1. It shall be. and it hereby i is made unlawful for any officer oI
 employe of the city of Phoenix to in-
 fluence or attempt to influence, directly 1 or indirectly, by force, violence or re i straint, or by inflicting or threatening
 to inflict any injury, damage, harm ol
 loss, or by dscharging from employ
 ment or promoting in employment ol 1 by intimidation or otherwise in anN
 manner whatever to induce or compe
 any officer or employe of the city oi l Phoenix to vote or refrain from votin. , for any particular person or person! l for nomination or election to any of