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27. 1914.es Compre-uld Endn.iy is tbe one traffic prob-’ said W. H.»r the Chicago . in an address the Hotel Lae turning overi roads to the 1 the electrifi-to the end of! man all his l part of the ored the com-hicago as the er handling of outlined hisof the steam the subway at he loop.” Mr. of the Burling-ibway. say, at i Northwestern outh at Sixty-be electrified:tion with the lines outside track, a com-ich electrifica-rith the opera-In this way Id become part in New York, the inner belt or vacation of ild come up in If it should be tion of the rend the clearing ratiou by Octo-now passing •oad in the so-rould be trans-and the outerr the subway aer cent rentalubways by thebegun yester-ation Counsel ' said the ordi-ould be readyines is to lease of 3 per cent, the agreement months’ notice lys taken over s part of the2.torneys yester-iscuss whether t the offer of were not an-iow drawing,” osslble to com-system to cost 1 leave $7,000,-i the railroad ?tion fund, not :e for the year I $11,018,146.40. r 1913 amount-total fund tohowever, must pended by the omission, thus i fund at $13,-What theUNIVERSALWantsThe moving pictures produced by lessly, as the farmer would see thethe companies comprising the UNI- burning of his home without any waterVERSAL COMPANY are in no sense at hand to extinguish the flames.calculated to have a hurtful influenceNow, if we were asked to appoint aon child-life. Nor can they be so inter- Board of Censorship we would selectpreted save by a vigorous stretch of the such pe0ple as Henry P. Judson, pres-imagination.ident of Chicago University; Ella FlaggWe are aware that some moving pic- Young, superintendent of Publictures should be prohibited, but they Schools; Jane Addams of Hull House,are not UNIVERSAL pictures. Perhaps and Merritt W. Pinckney, presidingwe suffer by implied association, but to judge of the Juvenile Court.studious censorship such injustice would not be possible.These people are all deeply interested in Chicago and its welfare. TheyWe are more than willing to have are deeply concerned in the good ofour pictures viewed and passed upon, the coming generations. They appre-but we feel that in view of what has ciate Art Science, Literature. Theyoccurred in many instances, we are far know what is harmful and what ismore roughly handled than the charac- beneficial. They know precisely whatter of our pictures warrant.The scenarios, or picture-plays thatkind of moving pictures should be permitted and they wouldn’t cut and slash, . , j , . . without just cause. They would bringwe have turned down because of theirsuggestiveness and possible bad influence, far outnumber the pictures we have produced. In other words, we have been our own preliminary censorsa high degree of intelligence to the work and we contend that that is what it needs, inasmuch as the entire population of Chicago at some time or otherj , , , , , . , attends the moving picture plays,and have had behind us our con-sciences and a just appreciation of the fitness of things.In the production of our pictures in Chicago we have been allowed no liberty of thought, speech or action. We have no constitutional rights. And argument has been useless. Parts havebeen cut from our films that can’t pos-We are aware that these people could not be induced to act in the capacity of censors of moving pictures. We merely name them to show that our hearts are in the right place and our ideals worthy.What we want, Citizens of Chicago,is LIBERTY—JUSTICE—FAIRNESS.sibly be construed as menacing to mor- We do not want special privileges. als, yet the cuts have destroyed con- We do not want immunity.We want the same rights as any American Industry or Individual istinuity and made our picture-plays meaningless to the public.We have no redress. We have no guaranteed under the American Con-liberty. We witness the destruction of stitution.valuable films helplessly and hope-And that’s all we want.Universal Film Manufacturing Co.Carl Laemmle, President“The Largest Film Manufacturing Concern in the Universe”Studios in New York, New Jersey and California. Factories in New York and New Jersey. DistributingAgencies Throughout the Civilized World.Our Brands—Imp,” “Rex,” “101,” “Nestor,” “Gold Seal,” “Victor,” “Eclair ” “Crystal“Frontier ” lt;‘Pow-■t i* *itoftAers,” “Joker,” “Animated.”s..
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Chicago Examiner
Chicago, Illinois, US
Fri, Feb 27, 1914
Page 11
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