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MINISTER CLAIMS MOVIES ARE IMMORAL; STARTS CRUSADE finish," said Dr. Seleman. "We are going to make conditions such that a woman's virtue need not be the price she must pay for fame on the screen." txr3'?? f Dr. Charjes C. Selecman Los Angeles, Cal. Every once in a while this matter of morals bobs up in the movies. It's up again. Dr. Chas. C. Selecman,pastor of Trinity M. E. church of this city, has launch ed a crusade charging vice in motion picture studios hereabouts and has presented a mass of letters to the district attorney's office in the hope pi starting an investigation. "I am not attacking the motion pic ture industry," the minister said, "I merely maintain that some studios are immoraL" Backing Dr. Selecman in his charges is an organization of 25 min isters and practically all of the wom en's clubs of Los Angeles. The public assertion of the preach er regarding the practices of motion picture officials and the price de manded of young women for fame in the film world precipitated an ava lanche of inquiries. j "It is going to be-a fight'to the 1 WOMAN'S PEACE PARTY KICKS ON PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM Washington, Jan. 11. Vigorous protest against administration's pre paredness program was formally pre sented to congress today by Woman's Peace party, holding its second con vention here. Miss Jane Addams, chairman, and delegation of party appeared before house and senate foreign affairs com mittee. Their peace and anti-preparedness plan urged: A congressional joint committee investigate within six months condi tion of national defense, probability of hostile action by any foreign power and plans to reduce international friction by legislation and diplomacy; peace conference of neutral nations be called at once; third Hague peace conference; government ownership of. munition plants; joint commission of Americans, Japanese and Chinese to study oriental questions. o o CABINET MEETING CONSIDERS PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM Washington, Jan. 11. Rising op position to the administration pre paredness plan was considered at to day's cabinet meeting. The presi dent conferred on the same subject with Chairman Ray of the house mil itary committee. It was understood Ray told the ex ecutive the continental army plan apparently is doomed, but that sen timent favors some increase in the regular army and expansion of the national guard as a reserve army. In addition to making speeches supporting the preparedness pro gram it was learned today the presi dent plans to wield his personal in fluence with senators and represen tatives to counteract the influence of former Sec'y BryaQ , LmmmmmmumMmmmamm