Word: motions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Argentine withdrew from the League in 1920 after motion to admit all sovereign nations to membership was defeated by the Assembly of the League...
...years children will be taught through motion pictures and not through books. Thomas A. Edison says so, and he is the accepted mentor of current civilization...
...Tigert, United States Commissioner of Education, is more cautious. He simply states that the educational use of motion pictures will gradually overshadow the commercial...
Thomas A. Edison: " Testifying in a moving picture trial in Manhattan I declared: ' There is nothing so powerful as motion pictures in influencing people. It is my opinion that in 20 years children will be taught through pictures and not through books...
William A. Brady, theatrical producer: "In a speech before the Chicago Woman's Club I said: 'Motion picture censorship in unAmerican. ... As a matter of fact, every reputable producer would send to Sing Sing any person who deliberately put a filthy scene on the screen...