New Britain herald., 1929-07-03

l such films without censorship and 1 without interfering with the proper | freedom of expression.
 There should be granted by con- gress to this new department of public welfare the right to com- i municate such information and in struction as shall be necessary for training in private and public mor- als, in good citizenship, and the prevention of crime, and for the public welfare by bulletins, posters newspaper advertisements, stereop- ticon slides. photographic records. motion pictures and the radio, and if necessary to the power to produce motion pictures and to erect a radio broadcasting station for such pur- poses.
 The justification Of the inaugura- tion of the new department of wei fare would be the prevailing spirit of lawlcssness and the critical needs of this new era in our na- | tion's history, New occasions teach new duties. Times makes ancient good unCouth
 The New Artillery
 Tn the prevention of the causes of crime, aggressive measures must be taken 10 cripple the comm ercial- ism which takes huge profits by en- couraging crimes. As long as crime is permitted to be exceedingly prof | itable it is likely to continue. The power of great businesses to i violate the laws with safety because , they can employ skilled lawyers and 1 political fiXcrS to take advantage of i the weaknesses of the law. the pro- l cedure of the courts, must be de stroyed if crime is to be eliminated.
 ''Prcsident Hoover has laid espo- cial emphasis upon his newly ap- pointed national commisson on laT observance and enforcement to re- orga nize the administrator of feder- al laws and court procedure in such | a manner as shall make swift and sure punishment especially upon rich and powerful criminals. It is not severity but swiftneSs and cer- tainty of punishment which is one
 Of the greatest needs of this crisis
 of our nations history.
 Tn order for the national com mission to eliminate the causes Of | commission to conduct a thorough investigation of the manner in which l great criminals have been able 10
 bribe political leaders, public off | cials aud police and elude conviction
 in the courts. It must be fearlessly
 done even though it shall involve an l alliance of crime with prominent
 political leaders and with individuals
 in high official positions. The fed
 Fral motion picture trust on July g. 1927 found certain persons to be
 guilty, after six years investigation
 of conspiring to monopolize the in
 dustry and ordered them to cease
 block booking, Two years have
 elapsed and block booking still exists
 The order has been defied. The de-
 lay in prosecuting these big offend
 CTS is most mysterious. The senate
 committee to which the resolution
 of Senator Walsh of Montana was
 referred in the last congress for d
 congressional investigation upon the
 subject made no report.
 Recently the independent ex-
 hibitors organized as the allied
 states association at a meeting in Chicago decided to ask a govern ment investigation of conditions eE-
 isting in the industry. They urge tn"
 enactment of a. law for the fedora
 supervision o the movie industry.
 When President Jackson heard that the United States bank claimed
 10 be bigger than the United States government he determined 10 show tha it was not so. The bank, by | loaning money to members of con gress, and by subsidizing the press had become what President Jackson called a hydra of corruption.'
 With the supposed ability tc swing the motion picture screen which is thesgreatest publicity agent in the country, so as 10 favor either party and either presidential candi- date, 1t is not surprising that lead ing public officials of both parties seem to have done what the motion l picture trust desired.
 "Tho Radio Corporation of Amer | ica, which has largely monopolized the radio world has now gone into the motion picture field and seems to be attempting to monopolize that interstate industry.
 If these two vast entertainments educational and publicity agencies | shall be allowed 10 form a monopoly | in violation of our antitrust laws, | the freedom of speech and the press 1 in America will be imperiled.
 "The constitution in section Of article 4 says: The United States | shall guarantee in every state in this union a republican form of govern | ment.' In a few states, the alliance of crime with professional politics has destroyed the republican form of | government. For the people there are no longer governed by their rep rcsentatNes but by political organ l izations which largely. unless deter I ed by indignant public opinion, act as the agents of such corrupt bus mess interests as are willing to buy | laws, officers or protection from en- 1 forCemenI of the law.
 This invisible government large | ly controlled by the liquor business i has increasingly of late supplanted | republican government in New York city, Chicago, Philadelphia and else | where. where gangsters, gamblers. and bootleggers rule by murder and l threats of violence.
 "Tho New York Evening Post on l Aug. 15, 1928, after thorough 'nves- i tigation, announced that there are | l5,e90 speakeasies in New York city which are paying from 10 to 15 mil i lions of dollars for protection from ! the police. Commissioner Whalen 1 recently announced that ibcra rn