Show FilM INDUSTRY HAS DIPLOMACY DIPlO AGY Pictures With Delicate International Tinges Are Censored HOLLYWOOD Calif June IS iSBy By By The Associated Press The state department of o the films rums launched five years ago to censor portions of ot picture pro pro- productions productions productions which have hae delicate in international In- In International tinges has grown to toa toa a a. point where diplomatic ex ex- exchanges exchanges ex- ex changes have been had with ir sir all aU foreign nations l F. I. I W. W Beet secretary of ot the Association of Motion and Picture Producers said t today oday hundreds of ot pictures had been turned over overto overto overto to the public relations repart repart- ment as it is known in film rum circles Some have ha e been aban aban- abandoned while othera have ha been sharply trimmed to avoid parts that might prove objectionable to nationals of ot foreign countries When hen such film stories storiE's come cometo to his notice the secretary of ot the department searches his file tile fileto fileto to see if any previous representations or letters of ot Information have havo been received which touch on the subject involved in If IC so so he makes the necessary n corrections corrections corrections at once If It no such information Information Information tion Is available however he ho gets in touch with the local con con- consul consul consul sul of ot the tho country affected and informs him hint just what the pic plc- picture picture ture will show The consul then either acts in the capacity of ot a censor or refers the matter of his government In rare cases ambassadors at Washington have been called on onto onto onto to decide whether favorable or adverse feeling be created by certain scenes or titles Sev Sev- Several Several eral times pictures with Mexican locales localE's have been sent complete to Mexico City for Inspection by bythe bYthe bythe the educational and foreign rela rela- relations relations departments department of the Mexican government before being per per- permitted permitted permitted to projection In the United States Slates said laid no working agree agree- agreement a ree- ree ment existed between the federal government and movie mo foreign reign to censorship department but that the system actually constituted co cooperation co- co cooperation cooperation operation with the foreign affairs offices of ot the government so far fa faras ray faas as the film industry was con COIT- Tho The commercial phase Is not lost sight of or he said because a film which offended patriotic feeling or 01 racial pride could scarcely be a financial success I abroad |