International projectionist (July-Dec 1934)

July 1934 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTIONIST 23 RCA Develops Personal Sound Movie Outfit One of the most interesting papers delivered before the recent meeting of the S. M. P. E. cited the development of a simplified apparatus which promises to make it possible for anyone to make personal sound movies in the near future. Since the advent of sound, RCA Victor Co. engineers have been working on the problem of developing a practicable amateur sound camera which would be compact in size, and simple and economical to operate. The sound camera discussed utilizes 16mm. film with a narrow track on one side for recording sound. It was described as a "newsreel" type, incorporating the sound recording system in the single light-weight camera case. As the subject is photographed, the operator talks into a mouthpiece leading to a vibrating metal diaphragm. This diaphragm, which is set in motion by the speaking voice, is coupled mechanically to a tiny mirror which vibrates in unison with it. A light beam directed on the mirror is reflected with its fluctuations on the sensitized edge of the film as it passes through the camera. For recording the voice of the person or group being photographed, as well as for atmospherical sound effects, a separate microphone attachment together with electrical amplifying and recording equipment are provided for convenient mounting on a specially designed "unimount" tripod upon which the sound camera itself may also be set. Origins and Purposes of Company Unions Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes Writing in the SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPERS THE destiny of the New Deal may well turn about its ultimate attitude toward Clause 7A of the NIRA. which supposedly confers upon organized labor the right of collective bargaining. While it is too early to accuse the government of having walked out from under its labor union commitments, it has certainly gone far enough in this direction to make the company union issue one of large current importance. Hence it will be worth while to know just what these are. The late professor R. F. Hoxie, one of our leading authorities on American trade unionism, concisely and accurately defined company unions as '"unions instigated and practically dominated by the employers, organized and conducted for the purpose of combating or displacing independent unionism." Company Union Origins The company union movement first started in Europe at the close of the nineteenth century, particularly in Germany and Great Britain. But the strength of the Social Democratic movement in Immediate Comfortable Vision In The : Smaller Theatres National Projector Carbons Provide Immediate Comfortable Vision and Watch Your Patronage Grow IMMEDIATELY upon entering the theatre patrons enjoy the comfortable vision which High Intensity projection permits in the large downtown theatres. The Alternating Current High Intensity Arc now offers this same advantage to the smaller theatre. NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY, INC. Car-bon Sales Division, Cleveland, Ohio . Xa^ Unit of Union Carbide [1|W^ and Carbon Corporation f^9& Branch Sales Offices: New York « Pittsburgh ■» Chicago « San Francisco Germany and of the Labor party in Great Britain prevented this development from gaining any considerable headway. The company union movement in the United States dates almost exclusively from the period since the World War. During the war the War Labor Board established shop committees for collective bargaining in more than 200 plants. At this time tbe American Federation of Labor was represented on the War Labor Board and fully intended that the shop committees would be dominated by trade unions. This was exactly what the employers were determined to prevent. Taking advantage of the economic slump after the World War and of the decreased power of organized labor, they threw out these unionized committees and replaced them by company unions. Of late years there has been a growing tendency to allow employes to vote upon whether or not they wish a company union, but this does not really make the union any stronger or more representative of the workers. Labor Must Control Market The inherent weaknesses of the company union as representative of organized labor are transparently clear to anyone at all familiar with the labor problem. In order to negotiate effectively with an employer, labor must control a large portion of the labor market in any indus