New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
National Motion Picture
Industry and Sabbath
Alliance Unite in War
on Puritan Sunday
Nationwide Film
Campaign Planned
W. A. Brady Defends
Women of Stage; Yarns
Public of Grave Peril


The National Association of the Mo-
tion Picture Industry and the Jewish
Sabbath Alliance Of America are pre-
pared to oppose vigorously the efforts
to obtain Sunday blue law legislation.
William a. Brady, president of the
motion picture organization, said yes
terday that its entire resources would
be called into play if necessary to
combat the censorship bill of the In
ternational Reform Bureau, now before
Congress, and the program Of the
Lords Day Alliance for Puritan Sab
bath legislation.
Screens in motion picture houses all
over the country, he said, would be
used to place the issue before the pub
lie and drive home the arguments
against such reforms.
The Jewish Sabbath Alliance of
America, national organization of
leaders Of the Jewish Church, sees in
the proposed legislation the greatest
menace that has confronted the OBJ
servance of the Jewish Sabbath in this
country. 1t intends to send commit
tee to Washington under instructions
to eight tooth and nail the suppress
sive measures that will rob the Jew of
his Sabbath
Jewish Leaders Confer
a call has been issued by the Rev
Bernard Drachman, president of the
alliance for a meeting at the Central
Jewish Institute, 1875 East Eighty-ffth
Street, to formulate a defense against
the attack upon the religious observ-
ances Of the Jews.
Jewish leaders held q conference or
the subject last night at 203 Henry
Street, at which the Rev. Saul Rubins
presided, and there is to be a public
meeting tomorrow night at 433 Grand
Street. The committee to be sent to
Washington is to be selected this week.
eve intend to give the Lords ALI
ance group the fight of their lives" said
William Rosenberg, executive secretary
of the Jewish Alliance. "Our members
have pledged themselves to give fnan-
cial as we'll as moral support and we
intend to see the thing through
The statement Of the Rev. Wilbur
Fisk Crafts, guiding genius of the
whole reform movement, in Washington
last Friday that the bureaus constitu-
ency in every city. town and hamlet in
America would be called on to swamp
Congress with appeals to enact the Ran
dali Federal censorship measure, aroused
the motion picture producers, distribu-
tors and exhibitors to the need for quick
action.
Coast-to-Coast Campaign
Long distance lobbying, by deluging
wavering Senators and Representatives
with letters and kilograms, has been
one of the most highly successful meth
DDS invoked by Dr.. Crafts whenever
things we're getting out of hand with
some reform bill at Washington. One
Of the slogans drummed into sympa-
thetic pastors and church members in
the bureaus leaflet is: THE mail box
is mightier than the ballot box"
Those who want their movies on
Sundays and want them unexpurgated
by board of censors are gong to be
urged on the screen from coast to coast
to write or wire their legislators their
feelings on the question.
The leaders of the industry are conf
dent they can grappie with the blues
and vanquish them by educating the
general public on the merits of the
controvers Arguments against Sum
day closing and censorship and an
swers to the arguments of the reform
ers are to be presented on the screen.
as we'll as through other publicity
channels.
Mr.. Brady's statement, besides de-
claring his organization was prepared
for a finish fight, fatty denied the as
sertions Of DR.. Crafts and the kew.
Howard E. Clark, Of Plainfeld. N. j.. at
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