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Show MOVIE OWNERS BAN PEGGY JOYCE FILMS WASHINGTON May 12 Thf Motion Mo-tion Picture Theatre Owners' of Am-BClCS, Am-BClCS, ;it tliir annua) convention here todav adopted a resolution protestintr apainst any form of "centralized con-Urol" con-Urol" of the Industry "which would I In anv way tend to divert this great latency from the lines of wholesome, lonstructlvo service- now being performed per-formed on hchalf of nation, honv, church, school and community." Another resolution adopted declared that whereas "it has been currently reported that motion pictures aro to he produced featuring Peggy Joyce." and whereas the organization "has always been opposed to the exploitation exploita-tion on our Bcreons" of all ' -u h objectionable ob-jectionable lines of conduct." the del-legates del-legates to the convention "protesl acralnst the .-hibition of all such pictures pic-tures In the intercut of a clean screen and wholesome entertainment an.l that we do hereby declare to the 'American public that we will not permit per-mit the presentation of such pictures in our theatres." Other resolutions adopted provided for a vigilance eommltt'-e to guard I against "fake movie BtOCk," for usin-,' ,tho theatres for educational purposes, land suggesting co-operation with religious, re-ligious, educational, social and civic organisation a, Chicago was selected for next years n entlon. |