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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PROGRESS
THE Chairman of the Committee on Progress of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, desires to take this opportunity to
present before the Society a summary of the progress during the past six months as reported through members of this Committee who are Chairman of the Standard Committees. This report is presented with a feeling of apology as to its meager contents. The Chairman would say, however, that many new and interesting developments have been confidentially reported from time to time under the stipulation that such data must under no consideration be placed in a report. In other words, the only information available to this Committee seems to be that which has been previously broadcasted through other mediums. If this feature is clearly understood the apology should be more courteously accepted.
In answer to a communication addressed to Mr. Will H. Hays, President of the Motion Picture Distributors and Producers of America, Inc., the following statements were received.
MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF AMERICA, INC.
By Will H. Hays
"The motion picture industry accepts the challenge in the demand of the American public for the highest quality of art and interest in its entertainment.
"The industry accepts the challenge in the demand of the American youth that its pictures shall give to them the right kind of entertainment and instruction.
"We accept the challenge in the demand of the American mother that the entertainment and amusement of that youth be worthy of their value as the most potent factor in the country's future.
"By our opportunities our responsibilities are measured. From him to whom much is given, much is required. The potentialities of the motion picture as a source of amusement, which is necessary, and a moral influence and educational factor are limitless.
"If this is so, and it is undeniable, then just as that opportunity is great, so in like measure is the responsibility. That responsibility is accepted. Our Association is dedicated to the aid of the industry in the discharge of these obligations. It is a task that commands the best efforts of every one.
"With an appreciation of this industry's importance in the business world and a full knowledge of its own great future, yet in that spirit of humility which recognizes difficulties and limitations,
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