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·we h2'<-e taken good care long ago to discredit the Gentile clergy."

-Prowcol XVII.

• I · ~ for tb.i s reason that we must undermine faith, eradicate from

the miD.: s of the Gentiles the very principles of God and Soul, and

re;:>…:ce these co nceptions by mathematical calculations and material

d~–ires . - -Protocol IV.

T..-..-o possible views are open to choic::: one, that this caricature of

representatives of religion is simp ly that of natural expressions of a

worid l::-· stare of mind; the other , that it is part of a traditional campaign

of sub~6ion. The former is the natural view among uninformed people.

It …~..·ou..'d be the preferable view, if peace of mind were the object sought.

But there are far too many indications that the second view is justified,

to perm!t cf its being cast aside.

The screen, whether consciously ..or just carelessly, is serving as a

rehearsal stage or scenes of anti-social menace. There are no uprisings or

re…-olurions except those that are planned and rehearsed. Revolutions are

110( spontaneouS uprisings, but carefully planned minority actions. There

have been few popular revolutions. Civilization and liberty have always

been set back by those revolutions which subversive elements have

succeeded in starting . Successful revolution must have a rehearsal. It can

be done bener in the motion picture than anywhere else: this is the

·..,isu2J education" such as even the lowest brow can u!lderstand. Indeed,

there is a distinct d i sadvantage in being "high-brow" in such matters.

~orrrd people shake their heads and pucker their brows and wring their

hands . saying, MWe cannot understand it." Of course, they cannot. But

if they understood the low-bro w, they would understand it, and very

clearly. There are two families in this world, and on one the darkness

dw e lis .

Reformers, of course, heartily agree with this as far as criminal

portrayals are concerned. Police protest against the technique of killing

a poticeman being shown with careful detail on the screen. Business men

object to daily lessons in safe-cracking being given in the pictures .

~oralists object to the art of seduction, being made the stock motif no

matter what the subject. They object because they recognize it as evil

schooling which bears bitter fruits in society. This kind of "visual

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education" is going on; there is now nothing connected with violent

outbreaks which has not been put into the hands of millions by the agency

of the motion pictures. It may be, of course, a mere coincidences. But

coincidences are also realities .

There are other developments in screendom which are worthy of

mention. One is the increasing use of non-Jewish authors to produce

Jewish propaganda. Popular non-Jewish authors' books have been

screened by Jewish producers and they are more effective as such

propaganda because they are backed by non-Jewish names famous in the

literary world. How much of it is due to the authors' desire to enter the

field of pro-Semitic propaganda, and how much of it is due to their*

reluctance to refuse amiable suggestions from movie magnates who have

already paid them liberal sums and are likely to pay them more, is

another question.

With the "movie bug" so rampant in the country, it js next to

impossible to supply enough pictures for the stimulated and artificial

demand. Some people's appetite calls for two or more pictures aday.

Shallow minded women see them in the afternoon and several more at

night. With all the brains and skill of the country engaged on the task it

would be impossible to supply a fresh drama or comedy of quality, .hot

out of the studios every hour, like bread. Where the Jewish controllers

have overstepped themselves is here: they have overstimulated a demand

which they are not able to supply, except with such material as is bound

to destroy the demand. Nothing is more dangerous to the social value of

the motion picture business than an exaggerated appetite for them, arid

this appetite is whetted and encouraged until it becomes a mania.**