Show LEADERS A ATTACK IT AC WORK WOH Of CENSOR Cannot Reform People by Legislation Pollock Asserts NEW YORK March 4 4 AP AP- AP netter Better plays for tOl audiences and better better better bet bet- ter audiences audience for or lor plays are the tho re respective respective te re- J demands of representatives of the church and theatre worlds Spokesmen for the theatre a at t a dinner arranged by the federal council of churches churchs of ot Christ In America to bring the two groups of ot leaders together last night asked that church lead leaders rs throw their in influence influence in in- fluence to those working f for Or r better better bet bet- ter fer things Censorship was described as fu futile futile tu- tu tile by leaders from each group The Rev George Ried Andrews chairman of the committee on drama of the federal council said sala the less legislating done in the regulation regulation regulation reg reg- of art education and religIon religion ion the better for fOl civilization CENSORSHIP ATTACKED The best reformation Is always from the inside out and not from tho the outside in he declared If It you ou agree with us we want you of the theatre and Interested in the theatre to think with us and work with us toward a practical program of action Channing Pollock author and playwright voiced a a. demand for better attendances r Nothing is to be accomplished by censorship censor he said If yo you could make people good goad by acts of ot legislature legis lature the American p people peppie ople would be chemically ally pure pire He proposed a committee of men and women neither clerical nor professional which h would recommend recommend recommend mend approved plays and ignore others WORSE DANGER LOOMS Mr Pollock added Unless Unies Interest st like this is enlisted enlisted en- en listed Isted the theatres will perish and something more dangerous and d de destructive than the drama at Its Hs worst will take its ita place Will VJ H. H Hays head bead of ot the association association of motion picture producers and distributors disclosed that his organization had been working with the federal council of churches for more than a year There never before has been a alme time when the organized church could Influence any organized business busl- busl ness heiS as gh now it can help guide motion pictures Mr Hays said I |