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Show PASTOR URGES MOVE CONTROL Federal Censorship Also Is Suggested at Senate Hearing WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. Censorship Censor-ship or control by the feiieral yi.vrn-inent yi.vrn-inent over the motion picture Industry wis urged upon a senate Jueli'i :' sub-committee Wednesday by Rev. William S. Chieae. Brooklyn pa.tor, who brought into the dlacus.sion thc-name thc-name of Postmaster General Hay The hearing was on a resolution introduced in-troduced by Senator Myers. Demoi rat, Montana, proposing an Investigation "f the motion picture Industry, based on charfes that it has entered polities I and has passed within the control of 1 .. Kox. Zukor, Ucmmlo nnd Loew and that Its influence Is to be exerted ex-erted to ohtain the repeal of censorship censor-ship laws already enacted and pre-. pre-. nt enactment of further legislation .ntr'il or supervise the pictures. PLKPOSES srspr.cTKD Tho lntluencc of motion pictures on American life was emphasized by Dr. Chase, who asserted that grave danger dan-ger lay "lii the entrance of the indus-1 indus-1 ty into politico" 'They have engaged the postmaster general to be their manager." he said, "and one of the duties which Is reported re-ported to be assigned to him will he to prevent the adoption of this resolution reso-lution of Investigation " Dr. Cttaae termed It curious" that I tho man selected should have been the former chairman of tho Republican Republi-can national committee. SENATORS DISAGREE. I Senator Myers asseru-d that there ' was an attempt in certain parts of the j Industry to use lt to promote Imnior-lality. Imnior-lality. He contended that the federal ; government had Jurisdiction to regu-( ; late tho industry in tho Interest of the public welfare. Senators SThortrldge. Rcpubllon, I 1 tllfornia, and Ashuret. Democrat.! Arizona, members of the sub-euntm.it-ice, Indicated grounds for Objecting to the proposed regulation, the former stating ho had used motion pictures in his campaigns and tho better suggesting sug-gesting that Senator Myers' statements tounded like IhnSo made In tho 11 chamber of Enxland 50 years ago. |