Show Divorce News Ban C Causes auses Stir 00 c. c 00 I Dont Don't Agree I t 00 I Fannie Hu Hurst st st. noted author who VIlO believes i in l' l I limiting divorce news news- I B Ben n 8 B. B Lindsey famous I juvenile co court rf judge who I heartily disapproves v s legislative legis legis- i ban A r Of HI N lARf l ARE ARf DIVIDED O OI OW I ACTION Rabbi Wise Fannie Hurst All Favor Killing of Divorce News BROWNING D DOESN'T Judge Lindsey Declares Move Is Dangerous to Home Society Press NEW YORI Dec 11 AP Pas AP-Pas- Pas Passage sage b by the English house of commons com corn mons of a bill prohibiting newspapers news newspapers news hews papers from l publishing the details I of Pr divorce orce cases in interest terest to toda today today to- to da day among pe people p e of New ew York Indifferent in indifferent indifferent different fields While several churchmen and persons Int Interested sted re-sted In social problems problems problems lems preferred d not to make any comment thore thre was a pronounced trend am anion on them he to n p newspapers from JI is c ses J Dr Stephen S S. S Wise Jewish leader and rabbi of t t the the- free synagogUe synagogue synagogue syna syna- gogue of New York said One Is always hesitant about giving ones one's approval to legislation whether at home or abroad which limits limita the freedom of the press Nevertheless ss It i is 13 quite explicable to me that legislative bodies should deal with the problems of limiting the freedom of the press in the matter of divorce cases We have recently had some exhibitions Inthis inthis in inthis this country of oS the publication of salacious details In connection with divorce and other legal cases The press pre like the theatre would woOld do doWell dowell dowell well to adapt itself to the question of or whether It itI i is tp persist In Iii- makIng making mak mak- ing censorship c inevitable by bv pub pub- lishing as it now does the details of lewd and filthy affairs the press I and the theatre will do their own or it will be done f for r them through legislative pro processes Samuel lawyer who h has bas s figured red as attorney in several outstanding outstanding- divorce cases said Without having seen the text of the the- bill it is impossible to say whether V ther such Luck legislation is desIrable desirable desirable desir desIr- able here As a general proposition however I fa favor r prohibiting n the the publication of ot salacious details of divorce cases MUST STOP SOMEWHERE Fannie Hurst writer said Id While I r respect the freedom of the press the pendulum m has swung so sotar far tar that it seems to me that It would be beof of social service to call a n. limit somewhere Certainly anyone anyone any any- one can see what is going on on We Ve seem to have reached tle the stage age where we have ha no delicacy and de decency decency decency de- de in dealing with certain certain- sub- sub ln the press When z u a lack of tastes turns' turns journalism Into a horror then thep then I I. I can I-can can see where some form of at censorship would be commendable com corn Edward W. W Brown Browning rig wealthy real estate man who who- Is now en engaged engaged engaged en- en In separation litigations with his schoolgirl bride Peaches Browning said saW I am In favor of absolute publicity in divorce cases Light should be thrown publicly publicly publicly pub pub- on such cases so that the e truth trum maybe brought blought out enabling those who are in the rI right ht to be proved right and those who are are In in the wrong to be be- proved wrong The lives of people who are in 10 the right should be an open book and people people peo peo- pie who are not In the right are afraid to have light thrown on their lives t T don't dont we would have so many of these things Continued on rage page 6 OT OF N. N i f fAR t tARE I AR ARE DIVIDED OW ON OHmS BRITISH ACTION Continued Prom h rom Page 1 they were fully brought out bethe bethe be- be the public i m EER E ER Colo Dec c. c 11 APe AIe AP AP- AP e Ben Den B B. Lindsey founder of e Juvenile court and one of the I investigators of or the use uso of or modern divorce es of any legislation to ent ent newspapers from carrying tans tails of divorce cases The action of ot the house of or com com- op la Is one of the tho most dangerous lings ing any legislative body could o 0 he he- said today It It is Js is dangers danger- danger IThe s not only for or the education of ot public but it Is a dangerous rust rest at education and justice and ande the e 0 progress of society It Is a aUst 1st at a free pr press s for tor It pre pro T T-e T to the people learning what so- so ely 1 f is doing t Is necessary to the flon on ori onor of or society through the home J o e said that we know the troubles troubles' U at at are besetting the home and tat using divorce orce and it Is s through 8 publication of the causes that learn and diagnose conditions as to bring about their f rf Such legislation as that of louse of commons Is extremely It and cst establishes a precedent prece dent that is foreign to American Meals Js |