A plea for the public to stand behind and help the motion picture producers in their efforts to maintain a clean moral tone in film productions was voiced here this morning by Mr. Will H. Hays, former Postmaster General and now president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, before an audience at Carnegie Institute.
He declared he was entirely convinced of the sincerity and came: ness of the large producers and d tributors in the organization and he pledged his hearers the best efforts of his association.
"While asking for your aid and ce-operation," said Mr. Hays, "T would like to ask too that you judge us by our actual performances rather than by any promises we may make. We are building this industry for years to come—for generations to come—and, though our progress may seem perhaps slow at the beginning, the results, we are confident, will he certain and per-
Mr. Hays stated that $800,000,000 a year is paid in "movie" admissions and that the industry represents an investment of $500,000,000, employing 50,000 persons at annual salaries $50,000,000.
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