Religion: Hays Flayed

Against the cinema in general and its U. S. tsar, Will H. Hays, in particular, were trained last week the editorial cannons of The Churchman, Episcopal weekly.

In Washington had met an Editorial Council of the Religious Press. One of the questions discussed was: "What should be the attitude of the religious press toward the movies?" The Churchman took opportunity to editorialize as follows: "[Church journals] were willing, like other groups in America, to accept the statement of the motion picture industry that Will Hays had...

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