Screen Guilds Magazine (May 1936)

I merely want to tell you a few things. In 1933 when the Guild was formed, an opinion was written by Mr. Ewell Moore and Mr. Beilenson, meeting exactly the points Mr. Tuller made. If The Screen Writers’ Guild were an illegal conspiracy don’t you believe it would have been attacked in the courts before now? If The Screen Writers’ Guild is a conspiracy, then, also, the Dramatists’ Guild is a conspiracy and it has stood the test of ten years without attack. I have been reading this afternoon the history of the struggles of Actors’ Equity in New York. At precisely this same juncture in its history the pro¬ ducers secured Mr. Bainbridge Colby, afterwards Secretary of State, to threat¬ en to sue the members of Equity. At exactly this juncture in its history the producers procured a letter from Mr. Nathan Burkan saying that Equity was an illegal conspiracy. Mr. Colby and Mr. Burkan did not prevail. Equity won in the courts and it won its fight. If there is any danger to anyone in the courts, it isn’t to us. It is to the producers. They have flagrantly vio¬ lated the Wagner Law in attempting to intimidate and coerce writers. T HE issue is clear. If you want a Guild, capable of protecting your rights, vote Article XII and the prin¬ ciple of amalgamation. If you do not, say so by your votes, so that those men and women who have unselfishly de¬ voted their time and efforts to your in¬ terests, may know your will and go about their private concerns. Personally, I believe in absolute sin¬ cerity that if you do not vote for Article XII by a substantial majority tonight you do not want a Screen Writers’ Guild at all. For three years the leadership of the Guild has labored to create a suf¬ ficient pow r er within the Guild to bring about a reasonable deal with producers. It has been recognized from the Guild’s inception that any writer organization without power could never achieve a deal of any nature with producers. In Article XII, and the plan for an early amalgamation of all writers that power is now being offered to you. If you don’t want it you don’t want a Guild or anything like the Guild. Ladies and gentlemen, we have done our work. We have, so to speak, asked you a question. The answer is yours tonight. C Jordon’s Yes, We Deliver Let Gordon’s plan your parties and save you money on quality merchandise. 9565 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD Phone OXford 1621 'HURRICANE SLING” A jigger of bourbon—a jigger of gin (A shorter measure would be a sin!) Add to this a sloe-gin jigger Which makes the drink a little bigger. Then half a jigger Benedictine To give the sling a silky sheen. Angostura—a drop or two (One for me and one for you), Half a lemon, half a lime (Daughter! This’ll make you climb!) And that is all, my darling daughter, Except some ice and Shasta water. The ingredients, needless to say, should be ordered from GORDON’S! The Largest LIQUOR Store in the West BEVERLY HILLS 4 • GYPSY MUSIC IX Czimbalom TUESDAY - THURSDAY - SATURDAY PAPRIKAS CHICKEN AND CHEESE BLINTZES FINE WINES AND FIQUORS 309 NORTH RODEO DRIVE 1 Block North of Beverly-Wilshire Hotel BEVERLY HILLS CRestview 11611 George Scott R. FRANK and DUNLAP Agency At Your Service Furniture - Antiques - Dra¬ peries - Reproductions - Bric-a-Brac - Refinishing Upholstering - Repairing Phene OX. 9816 WILSHIRE INTERIOR STUDIO Bear 9683 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills 1626 Vine Street, Hollywood, Calif. Hillside 3188 23 • May, 1936