Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-23 | Page 3 | Film Boycott is Threatened

FILM BOYCOTT IS THREATENED Three Faiths Join in Steps to Force Cleaner Movies NEW YORK June 23 FO Three JP-Three Three great religious faiths Prot Protestant faiths Protestant tant Catholic and vish Je Jewish advanced advanced to clean up the nations nation's motion picture theaters today while the industry itself wielded a sUffer stiffer broom The weapon of or the churchmen is public opinion a vacuum cleaner with which they expect to draw patrons from theaters showing undesirable productions Meeting in New York yesterday the executive committee of the Federal Fed eral Council of ot Churches hailed steps taken by Catholic and Jewish organizations and called on members of the 25 Protestant denominations which it il represents to boycott theaters if il necessary to assure clean pictures and vaudeville The federal council can see sec as yet little evidence of or intention by the producers producer of or motion pictures picture to improve improve improve im im- im- im prove th the moral quality of 01 films it said Will H H. Hays president of ot the Molion Mo Mo- lion tion Picture Producers and Distributors Distributors Distributors Mo I tors of or America announced that the industry had stiffened its safeguards by eliminating appeals from the production pro pro- c code de authority to the jury of producers in Hollywood The committee of ot the Reman Roman Roman Ro Ro- man Catholic in session in Cincinnati pressed plans to expand the legion of decency which would enforce its demand for clean pictures through the box office oHice Ohio Protestants simultaneously rebuked rebuked re- re the state board of or censors for letting so much get b by and a leader of or the Central Conference of or American Ameri Amen can Rabbis announced plans of ot his faith to act The Oregon conference of or the Methodist Methodist Methodist Meth Meth- odist Episcopal church demanded government government gov gov- regulation