Evening star., 1921-02-20
ASKS
FILM CENSORSHIP
BY D. c. OFFICIALS
Citizens Association Dele
gates Vote to Approve Su-
pervision at Hearing.


iast night. approved censorship TO,
motion pictures. indorsed the move
1nent to obtain an immediate increase
III the city's water supply and voted
down motion favoring the confirma
tlon of Commissioners Boardman and
Hendrick by the Senate.
Ihomas Donovan. Of the Central
Citizens Association fought against
the federation taking definite action
on the question of censorship until
after the Commissioners have held
the public hearing on the subject on
February %.
Inc delegates, however. adopted al
most unanimously a report of a spe-
cial committee recomme nding some
FORM of censorship. leaving the de-
tails to the Commissioners to work
out In accordance with this action
delegation from the federation will
attend the motion picture hearing.
Report Is approved.
Ihe delegates approved unanimous
ly report by George A. Finch, chair
man of the law and legislation COM
mlttee, urging Congress to make an
initial appropriation Immediately to
extend the Districts water supply
Mr.. Finch's report laid special en-
phasis on scheme Z of Maj. Tylers
report on the water situation here.
This scheme provides, briefly. for the
construction of an additional conduit
from Great Falls to the Dalecarlia reser-
project Mr.. F'inch's report follows:
1T is favored by the War Department
and other competent engineering author
tiles as the most practicable and econ
omical. A commendab!e feature Of the
plan is that it divorces the question of
the development of hydro-electric cur
rent from that of an increased water
supply. 1t is further understood that
within few days the~Secretary of War
will send recommendation to Congress
requesting an initial appropriation to be-
gin work on Scheme E. and it is hoped
to get it in a deficiency bill"
Substitute Rejected.
Chairman Finch of the law and
legislation committee was called upon
to report on resolution from the Con-
duit Road Association favoring the
confirmation of Commissioners Board
man and Hendrick. Mr.. Finch's com.
mittee recommended that before taking
action on this question the federation
should appoint a special committee to
obtain information from the Senate as
to the status of the appointments and
report back.
Delegate Donovan of Central moved
on record in favor of the confirmation
of the two Commissioners. On a rising
vote the substitute was defeated II
to 16.
The report calling for a special COM
mittee to get data as to the status of
Miss Boardman and Mr. Hendrick was
then adopted Is to IA.
Conditions at the Hamilton School.
for tubercular children, near BIadens-
burg road, were discussed for nearly
an hour following the reading of a re-
port by DR.. 3. T. Woodward, chairman
of the health committee, recommend
ing that efforts be made to improve IA
cilities at the school until a more
modern institution for these children
can be obtained.
Snowden Ashford, w. B. Westlake
William Henry White and other dele.
gates denounced the Hamilton build
ing as being unfit for tubercular chill
dren. Mr.. Ashford asserted il was
abandoned as school for healthy chill
dren twenty years ago. He urged as
temporary measure that portable
school buildings be set I'D on Some
high spot in the city, where the I'm
bercular children could get plenty NJ
air and light.
The committee on schools u,e =
structed by vote of the delepates >.
inquire into certain rules laid dov,
by the community center department
of the public schools which tb.
federation would have to foIIou, E,
it used the auditorium of Centra, Hi.h
School for series of Lecture.
citizenship. 1t was decided to nost-
pone the lectures until fall
One of the requirements laid dour
by the community center departn,ont
was that 20 per cent of the no.
ceeds of the lectures would GO to tho
treasury of the general civic oo.
to pay expenses connected vvith 49,.
running of that center. which acc,rs
ing to a letter from the con,,,,,.;.
center department, are not provid.d
for in the appropriation.