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For a Smart Vacation Wardrobe See Our New Shop in Beverly Hills—LASS & LADIES SHOP—9721 Santo Monica Blvd. Hollywood’s Exclusive... CHRYSLER.PLYMOUTH DEALER • 22 (Continued from Preceding Page) most important and the least important —and I can say to you that I HAVE MET FEW WRITERS WHO HAVE NOT WHOLEHEARTEDLY DE¬ CLARED THAT THEY ARE FOR THE PRINCIPLE OF AMALGAMA¬ TION AND FOR RATIFICATION OF ARTICLE Nil. In discussing the plan, a large group of writers expressed the opinion that the new Constitution of the League went too far in the direction of centralization and did not sufficiently preserve the local autonomy of The Screen Writers’ Guild. With this position the adminis¬ tration did not agree. It felt that the instrument sufficiently protected autono¬ my and that it did what was more im¬ portant, welded the writers of America into a unified whole. However, the members of this group elected a committee to represent them, and presented to the Board in writing, the points on which they thought the Constitution should be changed. None of the proposals were unreasonable. They represented the viewpoint of a large group of writers in the Guild. This committee pledged the Board that if the amalgamation were postponed until these provisions could be incorporated into the Constitution they would whole¬ heartedly vote for Article XII, and vote the amalgamation as soon as these changes have been made. The Guild is not only a democratic organization, it is a cooperative one. We cannot disregard important minori¬ ties. We cannot go faster than the gen¬ eral sentiment of the membership wants. Victory by mere numerical strength is not enough. We can only accomplish our purposes if the general sentiment of the writer community of Hollywood is solidly back of us. Bearing this in mind, the Board agreed to take the vote on Article XII and to vote the principle of amalgama¬ tion tonight—but to postpone the legal amalgamation until these changes could be accomplished. I N this morning’s Hollywood Reporter and Variety appeared an advertise¬ ment by Miss Bess Meredyth printing an opinion of Mr. Walter Tuller, the at¬ torney for Paramount, saying that the whole Guild plan was illegal and crim¬ inal. I pass the fact that Mr. Tuller is one of the attorneys for the producers; I pass the fact that in the past he has represented Mr. Louis B. Mayer, per¬ sonally ; I pass the fact that he is one of the leading reactionaries of the west. The Screen Guilds’ Magazine