is—it is so natural to them.
Scarcely an American home has not voiced its complaint against the movies. Perhaps no single method of entertainment has ever received such wide¬ spread and unanimous criticism as the movies, for the reason that everywhere their lure and their lascivious¬ ness have been felt. There are good pictures, of course; it were a pity if that much could not be said; we cling to that statement as if it might prove a ladder to lift us above the cesspool which the most popular form of public entertainment has become.
The case has been stated so often that repetition is needless. Responsible men and organizations have made their protests, without results. The moral appeal meets no response in those to whom it is made, because they are able to understand only appeals that touch their material interests. As the matter now stands, the American Public is as helpless against the films as it is against any other exaggerated expres¬ sion of Jewish power. And the American Public will continue helpless until it receives such an impression of its helplessness as to shock it into protective action.