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The selection of films likewise was
left for the services to work out, on
an impartial basis. Senator Taft
said they now were selecting four
OF every six feature films which
came out weekly.
Political speeches also may be
broadcast overseas but the time must
be divided equally between ma ior
opponents, Senator Taft said. This
provision Of the law would not be
touched In the amendment.
Senator Taft thought use of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's picture on the from
tispiece of the new AAF book, over
which considerable controversy de-
veloped In the past two days, was
out under the proposed amend
ment.
Senator Green, on the other hand
thought it was up to the Army and
Navy to interpret the act on such
issues.
Maj. Gen. Alexander D. surles,
chief OF Army public relations, said
distribution of those copies of the
AAF book bearing the Roosevelt
picture and caption are being held
up pending legal Qualification be-
cause there is question as to
whether the picture violates Title v
(of the soldier vote law now that
the President is q candidate"
Difficult to Interpret.
Gen. Surles added that 1t was
"difncult" for the Army to interpret
the section, which contains \ prohi-
bition against Federal financed
political material designed to affect
In England, another law-the
Hatch Act-was operating to ban
British publications from United
States Army camps Col. Thomas
Kerschner, voting of1cer in the
European theater of operations, said
in London that the enforcement
was in accord with strict interpreta-
ton of the Hatch Act prohibiting
Government agencies and officials
from sponsoring political activity
or propaganda.
Todays meeting was given new
importance by the War Depart
ment's announcement wednesday
that two motion pictures have been
banned from distribution to the
armed forces both overseas and at
home for fear Of possible violation
Of the Soldier Voting Act.
ThA rNirfurAa SyIy{1spv,
tizing the career of the World War
President. and Heavenly Days.
telling of q trip to the Nations
Capital OF Fibber MCGEE and Molly,
radio comedians.
The Soldier Voting Act now pro-
hibits distribution by the armed
forces Of books. magazines or other
material containing matters calcu-
lated to influence the results of ma
tional elections.
In the meantime, the Army has
added SO magazines including The
Nation and the New Republic to
the approved list for distribution
to soldiers within the United States.
These additions brought to 2l8
the number of magazines now on
the lists, on the Army's finding that
a sufficient preference for them has
been expressed by the soldiers.
Technical MaSaxines Available.
The Army announcement said q
number Of technical, fiction and
specialist magazines not on the lists
are made available to soldiers
through Army facilities because the
question of political argument has
never arisen in connection with
them.
The list of 80 most recently ap-
proved included:
Adventure Comics, Adventure
Story. Amazing Stories. American
Rif1eman, Bataan, Cavalry Journal,
Coast Artillery Journal, Ellery Queen
Mystery Magazine, Field Artillery
Journal, Fun Comics, Green Lam
tern, Halt. Hunting and Fishing,
Jumbo Comics, McGraw-Hill Over
seas Digest, Movie Mirror, Mutt and
Jed, Nation. New Funnies, New Re-.
public, Overseas Comics, Phantom
Detective, Real Life, Saturday Re-
view Of Literature, Science News Let
ter, See, Sporting News, Superman,
True Aviation Picture Stories, True
Comics, True Love and Romance,
United States News and Yoo Hoo.