Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

Jiinr 17. S 1 1 C ) W iM K N ' S TRADE R K V 1 E W Page 15 1 / Jules Levy Cresson Smith Fred Ullman, Jr. S. Barret McCormick Harry Michalson Phil Reisman URGES DELAY IN NEELY BILL VOTE White Suggests Senate Study Committee Reports W'ashington — Deferring Senate action on the pending Neely antiblock-booking and blind selling measure for two weeks so that all Senators can thoroughly study both the major and minor reports b}' the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee was suggested this week by Senator Wallace H. White, Jr., one of the three to sign the minority report. Senator White also said that if Secretary of Commerce Hopkins was discussing block-booking and other industry subjects with industry leaders, ''I should almost think Senator Neely would delay bringing up his controversial measure until some official reaction was forthcoming from the Department of Commerce." Now on the Senate calendar, Neely's measure may be taken up at any time. It was intimated that the Senator might press for action this week while Allied's nation convention is in full swing in Minneapolis. The bill passed the Senate last year while Allied was in session in Pittsburgh. Neely, however, spiked this intimation with an assurance that he would make no effort to bring up his bill on the Senate floor until a week from Tuesday or Wednesday. DECISION RESERVED Court Holds Up Appeal of Trust Co.'s Claim Executives Headed For Meet VA. UNIT DEFERS Plans Completed for RKO International ACTION ON CODE Sales Convention at Rye, N. Y. Plans were nearing completion this week for RKO's International sales convention to be held at the Westchester Country Club, Rye, N. Y.. June 19-20-21. Managers, district managers and salesmen, both foreign anclt^ domestic, will be present at the The Circuit Court of Appeals last week reserved decision on an appeal by the Trust Company of Georgia from former Judge Martin Manton's decision which denied an application of the trust company to have its claim of $400,000 against Fox Theatres be given preferential treatment. The claim is for liabilities of [Fox Theatres as a tenant of the trust company on theatre properties in Atlanta. McConville on World Tour Columbia's Foreign Manager, J. A. McConville sailed Wednesday for Europe on what is the beginning of a world tour of the companjf's branches abroad. The tour will take him during the next nine months to Europe, Latin America, Australia and the Far East. gathering, it was announced. Among the executives of the home office attending will be Jules Levy, general sales manager; Cresson Smith, Western and Southern sales manager; E. L. McEvoy, Eastern and C a n a d i an sales m a n a ger; Frederic Ullman, Jr., vice presi(1 e n t of RKO Pai h e News; Ned Depinet, V i c e president of Ned Depinet ^ ^ t' George J. Schaefer, president (see cover) ; S. Barret McCormick, director of advertising and publicity; Harry Michalson, short subjects sales manager, and Phil Reisman, general foreign sales manager. Managers, salesmen and district managers from the far west and midwest will board a converttion special , train pulling out of Chicago Saturday afternoon. On board the special at the time of its departure will be salesmen and managers from thirteen branches, and two district chiefs. En route eastward the special train will make five stops at which delegates from sixteen additional offices will be picked up, making a total representation on the train from 29 branches. Delegations to board the train at Chicago will be from 13 branch More D of J Talks Washington — Further confeiences between Will H. Hays, MPPDA prexy, and other industry executives and the Commerce Department are definite, according to a Department spokesman. A meeting is being arranged to be held some time next week. It was said that the "Business Embassy" af¥airs with regard to the film industry "are moving along rapidly." cities. Also aboard will be H. C. Cohen, Western district manager, and W. E. Branson, midwestern district manager. There will be stops at Indianapolis, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo and Albany. Included in these groups will be Nat Levy, central district manager and S. M. Sachs, Southwestern district manager. Roanoke, Va. — Although the Distributors' new Trade Practice Code was discussed by the Virginia MPTO at its midsummer meeting here Monday, at the Hotel Roanoke, no action was taken. Before taking action on the agreement, the association wants further information in writing from the distributors. Among routine matters taken up at the convention were operating and maintenance costs. No date has been set for the mid-winter conclave, which is to be held in Richmond. FUST TALKED ABOUr -THAT P(rczHe^<