The creation of a permanent organization to fight obscenity in the motion picture industry and the stage, endorsement of the Legion of Decency, non-partisan organization recently formed by Catholic groups, and the appointment of a committee to confer with movie producers, distributors and exhibitors to point out the seriousness of motion picture contamination, was unanimously decided upon yesterday at a luncheon and meeting at the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, 329 West Forty-second street, participated in by representatives of Catholics, Protestants and Jews.
Those present included Mgr. Michael J. Lavelle, Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York; Rev. Joseph A. Mc-
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