The Connecticut labor news., 1923-08-11
Big Film Company Plans
 Propaganda for ''Open Shop"

try, art and science, clean comedies and wholesome dramas"
 It is stated that the market for the corporations films IS practically un- l linifted' and the reader IS urged to buy iberally of the 3o,ooo shares of preferred per cent stock, par value $Ioo share, which it Is proposed to tissue : | Reasons" for Buying Stock. Ten reasons" are given why the reader should lose no time in buying the stock Among the reasons" are:
 Because a nation facing danger resulting from false teachings of re- lligion, economics and sociology can be saved by truthful eye pictures.
 Because 1t Is the duty of Chris tianity and loyal Americans to defeat the spreading gospels of disorder, gred, discomfort and other sin.
 Because the American Motion Picture Corporation is meeting na- tional obligation in practical way"
 But above all is placed the alleged fact that money put into the stock of the corporation will bring a high re- turn and that it's profits are founded on a solid basis.
 Founders Back Cooperation. The close connection between the lcorporation and the anti-union Ma tional Founders Association is proved by copies of>Weekly letters sent out by the association and which have come into possession the Interna- tional Labor News Service with other material already quoted from. In a letter dated April 10, 1923, President Barr of the National Founders Asso- ciation declares that great social danger faces the country because of the growth of radical thought on re- l ligion, government and industry. He adds that education" is the essen l tia1 antidote to this state of mind said to exist among part of the popula- l ton and then directs attention to hte Church Motion Picture Corporation. l He continues:
 "It is now proposed to create a Foundation organization American Motion Picture rporation-Edi Editor) which will have channel for contri- buttons, but will also be commer- cial business capitalized at three mil | lion dollars of preferred stock, pay ing eight per cent which will be of fered to the public, and particularly to the men engaged in industry whose support is invoked and imperatively needed not merely from patriotic and educational point of view, but for the preservation of industry in lpresident of this new Foundation, with MT. John Edgerton, president of the National Association of Manu- l facturers, as chairman of the board. | We shall devote our energy to make | this Foundation success, and we I have undertaken the plan only after l the most thorough study of the pro- posal itself, and of the situation which it Is intended to correct"
 Hints at War on Unions.
 After. thus declaring that the American Motion Picture Corporation proposes to save society, which is pictured i'll imminent danger from the Reds" MT. Barr makes the fol- lowing statement, which many see as a direct hint that the corporation plans to fight the principles of trade unionism:
 l cial beliefs in America were those taught by the sturdy, old fashioned church; the sacredness of the home, ogity, the inherent duty of every man to make a living for himself and de lpendents, his right to work according to his ability and, unthreatened, to enjoy the fruits of his labor, the1hon- esty and self-respect which Is the re- suit of faithful work, the high duty oi service to God and man. A change IS taking place"
 Apparently MT Barr's fellow cap- italists did not unanimously rush to pledge support to the American Mo ton Picture Corporation, as on May 3I, MT. Barr returned to the subject in his weekly letter, saying that though responses were extremely gratifying" the fact remains that l ALL industry should be represented in this enterprise" He adds:
 1 We sincerely hope that every reader will constitute himself an advance agent after he has ana enthusiastic industrialist will very promptly discover that the great power of this new movement is 1T promoting better Americanism, ( reverence for the Constitution ane the. restoration of equality before the law for all people"
 MT. Barr cannot suppress his ami mus to organized labor, as is showr by a letter dated June 2I, in whicI he declares that "closed shop restric tions" cause high building costs. H, says: There are more jobs thar Ibricklayers, which is the ideal tha
 the unions have been seeking, thu uneconomically raising their wage
 and greatly increasing the price O building and raising rents.'
 Enough has been quoted from thu literature of the American Motio1
 Picture Corporation to indicate 1t
 attitude. But even more significant as has been pointed out in the forego
 ing, Is the we'll known anti-union rec
 ord of it's officers Union member can he trusted to mi the evidence to