Evening star., 1928-12-14
CENSORSHIP ASKED
FOR SUNDAY RADIO
LorG'S Day Alliance Would
Bar Jazz Music From Sab
bath BroadcaStS.
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

Special DiSpGtCn 10 Inc otdl'
NEW YORK, December 14.-The
Lords Day Alliance, closing its annual
convention here this week, Placed be-
fore the Federal Eadio Commission an
appeal for the censorship of Sunday
radio programs by the commission.
If the alliance has its way, cheap,
loud iszz" will be off the air SuncaJ.
and the commission will be ths mentor
of the Nations esCnetic ana SpTltual
needs for the day. so far as faoio -
concerned. Rev. H. w. Bowiby. national
secretary of the alliance. eXp!aned thc
purpose of the Organization as foLoW5.
"This vulgar. loud stuff is Just as
bad on the air as ii it were played IN an
Amusement mark or theater. We want
to sec the Sunday radio carry only pro-
grams which will be helpful and Splt-
ftually uplifting. We want to SOC every
thing eliminated which would be detrl-
mental to good morals or an insult 20
the dav We couldn't very we'll get this
into our program Of legislation BY
states. as It is more properly matter
for Federal regulation. For this reason,
we wrote to the Federal RADIO Com
mission. The commission replied that
ii had a lot of things to straightcn out :
Continues Base Bah Fight
The alliance represents 20 Protestant
church denominations, with an eS,Io ST.
mated membership OF about 2O'UUooV3
persons. AS a result OF Its acClFitleS, ~
appears that the national SUNDAY cIlecA @
rein will be tiahtened up two or thfee
notches this year. It already has passed
Ierislation in 46 states and Will nave
new bills in every state Legislature TINS
wear. including California. Oregon ana
the District of Columbia, thu only three
uolitical units in which 1t mas nov
passed bills
AS usual, the frontal attack this year
viii be against Sunday base ball ana
the movies. Mr. Bowlby carefully eX-
plained that this does not lnclude
corner lot base ball, played by ooyS.
The alliance is out to kill Sunday pro-
fessional sports and amusements, as
well ss to restrict industrial and bust
ness activities to the requirements for
public comfort and safety" The or
qsnization now he's branches in every
state eest of the Mississippi except Del
aware, and this year will move into the
West.
Sunday golf apparently is trouble
some problem. regarding which organl-
zation policy has not bccn 50 sharply
defined. Mr. Bowlby spoke with salts
faction of the activities of Gov.
Richards. Of South Carolina, in policing
country clubs, under State law. and
preventing members from employing
caddies or playing for money on Sun
day.
Commercialism Is DeplOred.
The following statement was issued
hv the organization:
"a constituencies commercialism IS
rapidly invading the Sabbath day. An
increasing number of business estab-
lishments. operators Of theaters and
moving picture houses, ORGANIZATIONS o.
professional and semi-pFod 7ssional ath-
letics, such as base bal, foot ball.
hockey, golf and tennis, are determined
to commercialize Sunday. Vast multi
tudes are called to work on the f1rst
day of the week. that Others may be
amused or entertained on this day
which the States and the Nation have
set apart as our national rest day"
tCopyrisht. 1927