The Gold Mine (May 26, 1928)

Vol. 2 May 26, 1928 No. 18 Winners Congratulated “It is with the keenest pleasure that I publicly congratulate the winners ol my Anniversary Drive. I want everybody in the organization to know that I am proud of the achievements of the men who won, and that I deeply appreciate the efforts put forth by every Universalite. “I have watched the progress of the Drive from the very beginning—have been keenly interested in watching the ups and downs of the various Offices—and again state that the Offices that came out on top certainly earned their laurels. “Thanks, boys—Thanks from the bottom of my heart to every one of you!” CARL LAEMMLE “Heartiest congratulations, Buffalo, Mon- treal, Milwaukee, Calgary and Salt Lake City! “And thanks for the effort, everybody. It was a tough fight, and the organization cannot honor too highly those who won, as well as those who fought no less valiantly, but with perhaps less success.” LOU METZGER “Boys of the West, I’m mighty proud of you! And now that we’ve proved that we can beat the East—let’s do it again and take the Carl Laemmle Sales Trophy away from them on Summer Charges!” M. VAN PRAAG “Congratulations, winners! The West as a Division may have beaten us, but it took Eastern Office to beat all others. I cer- tainly appreciatethe effort you put into the drive, boys. Let’s stage a come-back on Summer Charges!” TED SCHLANGER “I told you that Short Subjects would have a lot to say as to who would win the race—and they did! Great work, winners —keep it up, and remember your 47 %.” BEN Y. CAMMACK BUFFALO AND MONTREAL TIE FOR 1st IN LAEMMLE DRIVE; MILWA UKEE FINISHES 2nd DAVE MILLER Manager, Buffalo SUMMER CHARGES CONTEST A RACE FOR REAL HONORS Which is the best Exchange in the Universal organization? That is a difficult question to answer, because there are so many factors in- volved. But along about September 15th of this year we are going to know which is ONE of the best Offices, who is ONE of the best managers, and what men comprise ONE of the best sales crews in the entire outfit. We are going to know it because that (Continued on page 2) CARL LAEMMLE DENIES ANY MERGER FOR “U” Carl Laemmle, who arrived back in New York Friday from a week’s trip to Chicago and Louisville, emphatically denied that Universal is linked up with any pool of film companies, as was reported in a trade paper several days ago. “There is not one word of truth in the story published about the Universal pooling with any other company or companies,” he said. “Such a thing has not even been discussed or con- sidered.” West Triumphs Over East With the race among the leaders so close that final results were in doubt until the last penny’s worth of business had been checked and re-checked, Carl Laemmle’s 22nd Anniversary Drive ended with Dave Miller, Buffalo, and M. Leduc, Montreal, in a tie for first place. George Levine, Milwaukee, finished in second place—at the top of the Western Division—and the Western Division, registered a distinct victory over the East insofar as total divisional standings are concerned. The West thereby wins the $2,500 put up by the men of the East. With two Managers tied for first place, neither one earned the automobile which was offered as a prize to the Manager beating all others. Instead, both Dave Miller and D. Leduc will be awarded half the price of the car. Each will get a trine over $i,AAJ.0u ir cash. George Levine, of Milwaukee, quali- fies for the two weeks’ trip to any part of the United States or to Havana. “Too bad you haven’t got a wife, George.” The sales force and bookers of Buf- falo and Montreal will split the $750 offered the winning office in each divi- sion. The sales force and bookers of the Milwaukee Exchange also win $750.00. Calgary—Salt Lake Get Cash Frank Vaughan, Manager of the Cal- gary Exchange and his sales force and bookers, who finished second in the East- ern Division, will get half of the amount subscribed in the stars-directors pool, the total of which to date is $925.00. Half of the pool goes to Manager A. W. Hart- ford and the sales crew and bookers of the Salt Lake City Exchange, who came (Continued on page 3) GEORGE LEVINE Manager, Milwaukee D. LEDUC Manager, Montreal LOU METZGER RETURNS TO H.O. FROM CONVENTIONS Lou Metzger is back in New York after having conducted three of the most enthusiastic Conventions ever held in the history of the company. He reached his desk in the Home Office Friday morning, after having officiated in the “Brass Tacks” Sales Meetings at Atlantic City, St. Louis and San Francisco. Mr. Metzger came back bursting out with pep and electric with enthusiasm over the new product and the manner in which the announcement of the new line-up was received at each of the three meetings. Two other Home Office Executives who arrived in New York from the conventions during the week are Nat Rothstein, Advertising Manager and Director of Exploitation, and E. D. Leishman, Supervisor of Exchanges.