New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
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the reform bureau conference that any
appreciable number of pictures likely
to corrupt boys and girls were being
shown in the United States and that
the moving picture interests have a
s40,o00,00O slush fund. He also de-
nounced Mr.. Clark for his attack on
the Jews, who, he said, control motion
picture production.
The utterances of DR.. Crafts and Mr..
Clark are characterized in the state
ment as blatant outpouring of billings
gate from small group of self-ap-
pointed guardian angels, who have tax
en- it upon themselves to regulate and
set to their own satisfaction the minds,
morals and mode of life of the people
of this commonly considered free coun-
try"
'"Bigoted fanaticism run riot" is Mr..
Brady's comment on the anti-Jewish
phase of the crusade, intended, he says,
TO arouse race prejudice" by men
whose Christian-like qualities are
self-evident in their profiteering in
morality" He adds that "n so doing
they let the light Of understanding
| shine on their covert attempts to cloak
race hatred behind their blue Sunday
campaign"
The statement recalls that the Y NJ.
c. A., Salvation Army, Knights of Co.
lumbus and other agencies "associated
in the work Of building and upholding
the morale of the A. E. f. were only
too glad to have the hearty cooperation
of the industry in supplying motion
pictures that the men in France might
be decently entertained on Sunday
nights"
"If the morale of American soldiers
was worth preserving" Mr.. Brady COR
tinues, through the medium Of the
motion picture, what about the morale
Of the great American public? Isn't
that worth something?
when these self-appointed saviors
of the nation state that there arc any
number of immoral pictures being ex-
ing that which is not SO and they know
it. 1t is quite possible that here and
there are pictures which are not all
they might be, but is it not equally
true that DR.. Crafts and the Rev. Mr.
Clark are representatives Of calling
which is not always 100 per cent
worthy?
Arc there not among the many
thousands of fine men who wear the
for association in decent society
Certainly the newspapers not infre-
Quently give grounds for this thought
Resents Attack on Women
'And when these men say that mo-
tion pictures are now being nanufac
tured and exhibited in this country
which are of such character as to
make impossible their showing except
in China they say something that IS
an unqualified and absolute falsehood,
and I demand that they prove what
they say.
The motion picture industry is
international Reform Bureau before
Congress and the Legislatures of this
country-in fact, it demands that some
what doubtful privilege. 1t Will be only
too happy TO place men representative
Of the industry alongside of the
guardian angels and let the lawmakers
Of this country draw their own con
clusions.
: They slander at will They care.
lessly attack the character of the men
and women Of the theater and screer
without reason or restraint. We de
sire to inform them that they have
I now got TO stop. Our women are g:
dear to US as their wives and daugh
: ters may be to them, and we propose
, to protect them against the spleen o
: rabid fanatics running wild under th
+ guise of religious agitators.
; During the last FIVE years the scrcer
: and it's people have rendered grea
z service to our country. The time hs
: come when we must protect ourselves
v and we propose to do so. We have ou
: means of reaching the people. "
Y propose TO use them. We have KEEP
: out Of politics and financed no lobby
e lists.
n when these self-styled reforme-
e state that we have 100000 lobb
= in Washington they again say ths
d which is absolutely without founda
ton in fact May I inquire how muc
n their openly and brazenly acknowl
f edged lobbying is costing them? VIII
: pays the bills and why? If thei
. cause is so righteous, why the neces
sity for maintaining this lobby?
Quotes Comm andments
, "lf these slanderers, Jew -baiters an
- Catholic haters are not silenced "
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