New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Rl,leIaw Board
lists Films as
Enemy I'm Chief
Alliance. in an Official
Bulletin, Puts Sporting
and Amusement Interests
Down as the Right Wing
lis Confidence i'm Bowlhv
Denies That Ii Seeks 10
Impose Puritan Sabbath; ;
Cites 4th Commandment

The Lords Day Alliance of the
r'rited States, I56 Fifth Avenue, vester.
dsv made public through it's genera,
secretary. Or. Harry L. Bowlby, an of.
seiai bulletin comprising statement
sv its board of managers, letter tc
epsstors, official boards and all whom,
Il may concern" and Statement hy
,be clergy" The bulletin is headed
arhe Truth About the Blue Law
Propsgands."
In the statement the alliance charges
that the motion picture interests, Ger.
tain business interests and CONNER
called amusement and sporting inter
ests are supporting anti-Sabbath legis-
lative measures and commercializlnp
Sunday in various ways.
Films the Chief Enemy
Under q black typed sub-headine
@The Enemy Known, the alliance
names motion pictures as No. in the
"enemys" ranks. The objective Of the
motion picture interests, the statement
declares, els the wipiug out of every
vestige of laws protecting Sunday from
the statute books of every state in +ba
United States, and the procuring of
legal sanction for their Sunday bust
ness"
We do not say" the statement
reads, that there are no men of Chris
tian principle and character in the mo-
ton picture business, On the con
trary, We know that there are such
and we earnestly hope for an increas-
ing number. But it. is common knowI-
edge that at the present time the mo-
ton picture enterprise is largely con
trolled by d group unfaithful to
the religious traditions of their race
concerning the Sabbath, with whom we
have become only too familiar-sor-
did. soulless, Goddess worldlings. As
Sociated with them are persons OF other
races and faiths Protestants, Cath
eics and blatant atheists-who. igno-
rant of the evil consequences involved.
favor the Importation and the estab-
lishment IN America of the so-called
Continental Sunday-the Sunday of
work, dissipation and commercialized
sports"
Worldly Combination
The statement declares that there is
worldly combination opposed to Sab
bath day observance that ranks in
financial strength with some of the
country's greatest enterprises and pos
sesses j publicity potentiality scarcely
less than the public press.
The commerciaiized sporting and
amusement interests" the statement
reads, constitute the right wing of
this worldly array"
The alliance charges that the Inter-
national Sporting Club will realize it's
ambition when the Sunday prizefght
IN America is an institution, as the
sunday bullfght Is in Spain. Certain
business interests. the statement SAYS,
make UP "the left wing of the Anti
Sabbath aggregation
Outlining the position Of the Lords
Day Alliance the bulletin states that
the alliance was organized in 1888;
mat IL does not seek Ito impose a
Puritan. sectariau or any narrow pro
cram as to Sunday observances" that
II believes the Sabbath was ordained
by moral law, and that the alliance
Hoids that the Fourth Commandment
e still in full force and effect.
IheS bulletin expresses the confidence
o. the organization in the leadership
Of DR.. Bowlby aud pays tribute to the
courage and poise with which he has
met the bitter attacks Of the enemies
OF the Sabbath"
Ia the letter addressed to pastors.
oirlclal boards, and all whom it NAV
concern the alliance asks that the
truth about the blue law propaganda
he printed, and urges that pastors CO.
operate directly and substantially"