Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan-Mar 1956)

PERSONNEL RELATIONS — AFM REVOLT SET FOR TWO AIRINGS Hollywood Local 47 votes today on impeachment of Maury Paul, Petrillo supporter. Incident also slated for review by AFM International Board in New York tomorrow. REBELLION against AFM President James Caesar Petrillo by Hollywood Local 47, will be aired in two forums this week, one in Hollywood as Local 47 members vote today (Monday) on impeachment of pro-Petrillo recording secretary Maury Paul and the second on Tuesday in New York at the regular March meeting of the AFM International Executive Board [B»T, March 19, 12, 5]. Meanwhile, the International Executive Board last Thursday notified Cecil F. Read, Local 47 vice president who now is acting president there and the principal anti-Petrillo leader, that he must be prepared to stand trial by April 1 at a place and time to be designated. Similar notices of national trial were sent by the AFM's board to several other key Read supporters. Renewed charges were filed against the Read group a fortnight ago by John te Groen, Local 47's president who was "impeached" by both voice and written votes at membership meetings in the past month for refusing to fight Mr. Petrillo. A special panel of the AFMs' IEB recently concluded a special on-the-scene investigation of the Local 47 fight in Hollywood and is expected to report at the IEB meeting Tuesday. Probe Discussed Messrs. Read and te Groen lunched Thursday in Los Angeles with Rep. Joe Holt (R-Calif.), who is a member of the House Education and Labor Committee. Rep. Holt earlier asked his committee to mail questionnaires to AFM concerning its music performance trust fund, the central point of dispute in Local 47's civil war. The committee is planning an overall investigation of all union pension and welfare plans. No one divulged details of the lunch meeting, other than that both leaders in the dispute reviewed their respective positions. The Local 47 rebels are fighting Mr. Petrillo because they claim Hollywood musicians are the major contributors to the $14 million trust fund and get too little in return. Biggest current source is the release of old movies to tv, they note, pointing out that while other creative contributors to the original movie get extra money, the musicians get none, all tv dollars going into the trust fund instead. Mr. Paul told B*T last week he will stand trial before his membership Monday and face the dispute. He contends the Read faction has obtained its position illegally according to Local 47 and AFM by-laws and feels it is time for a showdown. The AFM's IEB investigation panel earlier "cancelled" the meeting to impeach Mr. te Groen and ordered Mr. te Groen and all Local 47 members not to attend. The meeting was held anyway under Mr. Read's chairmanship, with one of the biggest membership turnouts in history, and Mr. te Groen was impeached in absentia. The Local 47 board, controlled by the Read camp, has removed Mr. te Groen from the union payroll and now is paying Mr. Read the president's salary of $250 weekly. Local 47 has 15,000 members. Local 47 Financial Secretary G. R. Hennon, a Petrillo supporter, is predicted as third on the impeachment list but Read spokesmen say this action will not be taken if he "cooperates." Page 62 • March 26, 1956 A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A , \ AAA AAA A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A. 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