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Show UTAH THEATRE OWNERS MEET! Progress Made Against Un-' ! desirable Films Reported at Salt Lake Session Progress being made In the fight against undesirable motion pictures was the subject of discussion at the meeting of the Motion Picture Thea-ti-r i iwiers n I'tah held ;it the N'i u -house hotel at Salt Lake, Thursday, according to an announcement madv today by President H. E. Skinner. At the session of tho theater owners own-ers pledged their support to educational educa-tional pictures and to .special children's chil-dren's programs. They also discussed discuss-ed the matter of cpttipetltlVQ entertainment enter-tainment being shown throughout the country under she auspices of the schools and churches which have been exempt from war tax, which tin-theater tin-theater owners claim Is unfair, and In violation of the law, unless taxes are paid by the churches and schools Church property Is exempt from taxc-H but where admission i hurges arc accepted the churches are subject to tax. the theater owners maintain. Mr. Skinner said. "The I'tah owners went on record as having no opposition whatsoever to purolv educational pictures where the obJeFt Is for tho moral uplift." paid President Skinner today. ' feel that it Is unfair to Incroacfl upon our business in presenting ordinal) plays for tho purpose of raising money for other than purely church Interests Inter-ests or educational purposes " |