Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-11

would like to contrast that with tne
temperate utterance Of such men as Doc
tor Hart. Mr.. Van Rensselaer, and MT
Stokowski.
"lf the ministerial opponets ot the
bill would stop airing views and try 10
get down to facts they would realize
that instead Of trying TO put some
thing over our effort is to do service
to people who could not enjoy orchestra
music under other conditions.
II wish | could get these ministers
together and take them TO a sunday con-
cert where people from Kensington,
Frankford and South Philadelphia. would
he present. and then have these people
explain to the ministers what Nme theN
get home from work in the evenings ana
what they do with their time on sun
| days. They have nothing in the world
TO do. It's no wonder some of them get
| into trouble.
! Doubts Ministers Claims
THE ministers say they have 100000
| members of the churches behind them
| Actually I do not believe they have q
/ thousand. The trouble is that these men
get in a back room and lcgislatc with
out knowing the feelings and wishes OF
! the people.
THE ministers can't realize that TINS
is not a money-making proposition. We
are trying merely TO fulfill a duty We
| couldn't make money II We sold every
seat for every concert. The orchestra
faces heavy yearly deficit.
open Sundays are hound to come
sooner or later. The law is a dead let
ter now It can he easily eVaded II one
wants to cvade 1t. The longer IT takes
! to bring about more liberal sunday
by law, the wider open that sunday VIII
be when II comes
The Rev Mr. Forney. of the Phila-
delphia Sabbath Association, who led the
fight against the bill, said today that
the protest. which 50 FAR was confined
to Philadelphia. would now assume such
a general scope that Legislators twill not
dare disregard it.
Enlist All Protestant Bodies
In speaking Of the campaign TO pre-
serve the Sabbath quiet as II exists
under the cid blue laws, Mr. Forncy
said today;
"Our first pro,es, was confined largely
TO Philadelphia, It now will include
every Protestant organization of the
| state. we KNOW 1ne nlOtlon-plCluTe IN
dustry is back of this move, and that
1t is merely a plan to commercialize
Sunday.
we have proof conclusive that the
motion-pcture people framed this cam
paign for an open Sunday, and that this
| Rorke bill is merely an entering wedge
that is intended TO pave the way for
a wider opening
"All the Protestant organizations of
the section comprising | 100000 persons
are opposed to the bill and mean 10
fight it to the end
We know that the proprictors ot
movies were asked to furnish funds for
q campaign and that they were taxed
the price charged for each seat in Their
theatre for single performance We
know who is back of the whole scheme
| aud against whom to direct our fight >
Church People In Conference
Conferences of church people are be
ing held today relative to an even more
energetic fight against the Rorke meas
, ure than the one staged yesterday.
seldom. If ever before. have the cIerg,
, and the churches been reused TO IN,
turbcd meeting of protest Members OF
the House Judiciary Committee, before
leaving for Harrisburg last night, SAID
= that better order would be maintainot
> at tho meeting scheduled for next week
s. William + Rorke, father of the meas
. ure and chairman Of the committe
{ having tho matter in charge, declined t.
discuss yesterdays meeting