Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-02-10 | Page 31 | Film Censor Bill Drawn

FILM lM CENSOR BILL II OW DRAWN WASHINGTON W Feb Fb By 9 9 By By 1 N S JIh The first move rno e for tor federal censorship of mo moving Ing pictures Will was made In con congress res today tolay by Representative e William D Upha Up Democrat of Georgia th the dry leader accompanied hi hl bill In Inthe Inthe Inthe the hou house with a denial that c censorship cen censorship n- n was proposed 1 but he sug the establishment of ot A a fed fed- federal fed federal eral motion commission with au- au au authority to examine and approve scenarios scenario and to label films for tor family use which contain nothing harmful for chi dren Upha Upshaw ald me we bill was ae by the RIO Ret William Chase ot of N Y This This bill gives power Io to the commission to supervise super Ise the manu manu- manufacture facture of or a IL film bv sending rep rep- representatives rep representatives to study tudy the staging and acting of a II play before beCore It Is photographed photOgraph Upshaw said The The cOn commission may mat upon corn com com complaint plaint re ret revoke oie o the permit of any rum flInt it Ir any film which ha has a 8 per per- permit permit permit mit Is condemned by a any n court or state motion picture commission the tho commission must revoke the thep p permit But any film film whose permit has been re revoked may be submitted to the tho commission for Inspection and license The tea fee tor for a license or for tor or IL a permit i Is 10 per icel ted for the first film and 6 55 per pr re reel for all copIes There la Is no charge for education education- educational al ai religious or standard non non films lIms The movie commission would con of or the United States Statu com corn commissioner missioner of education an and six sIr oth- oth oth others ers era H to be bp appointed bv by the secre secretary tar tary tar of tit the Interior subject to tn re- re remo re removal mo motel moval al b bv the president The chair chair- chairman chairman chairman man would receive a year and the other members 00 op