The Cine Technician (1953-1956)

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172 CINE TECHNICIAN November 1956 Obituaries i Continued) not only because he was a fine artist who never spared himself to give of his best, but also because of his never-failing enthusiasm, his energy and ready generosity. In his twenty-five or more years of work in most of the major studios George became almost a legendary figure, and everyone who knew him will feel that the industry will be slightly less colourful without him. In his time he worked on some of the most important films to be made in this country; he was occasionally temperamental, sometimes explosive — but he never failed to deliver the goods and all who knew him in every grade of A.C.T.T. will remember him with affectionate respect. The cremation was at Golders Green on Wednesday, November 7th, and A.C.T.T., Art Directors and Scenic Artists were represented. F. A. TEATHER We also announce with deep regret that Mr. Frederick A. Teather, aged 54 years, a loyal and trusted member of the A.C.T.T., died in his sleep on the night of October 29th-30th. He was a conscientious employee of Younger Film Productions for over 20 years and continued with the Company when the merger of Younger Publicity Service and Pearl and Dean was effected. We offer our condolences to his wife and family in their tragic loss. CAMERA HIRE NEWMAN SINCLAI R— Mirror Shutter, Cooke Lenses and 24mm. Angineux Wide Angle, Single Frame Exposure and Electric Motor Drive. (Available fully adapted for CINEMASCOPE if required). NEWMAN SINCLAIR — Model 'G\ Cooke Lenses, Single Frame Exposure and electric motor drive if required. Kingston Tubular and Vinten Light Gyro Tripods. LOCATION CAMERA DOLLYS Metal construction, pneumatic tyres, dropdown jacks, lightweight tracks, etc. S. W. SAMUELSON FINchley I 595 General Council in Session Suez and Hungary Debated When members arrived for the November General Council at the Shaftesbury Hotel, they found on each chair an illustrated broadsheet from the Political Committee of the Co-operative movement, headlined " Law Not War. Eden Must Go ". The Council also had before it a number of urgent requests concerning the serious world situation; these included a resolution from the Shorts Committee asking the TUC to convene a special conference of Trade Union executives " to mobilise the Trade Union Movement against the Government's Suez policy", a letter from the TUC calling on the British people through normal constitutional Parliamentary methods " to bring effective pressure to bear on the Government " to cease all military measures against Egypt and to support the United Nations demand for an immediate cease fire and withdrawal of Israeli troops to the armistice frontiers; and also a report from Ivor Montagu of an emergency meeting of the United Nations Association on the Middle East and Hungary, which he had attended as A.C.T.T.'s delegate. So, as an emergency matter, taken after domestic business, the General Council unanimously carried this resolution : " The General Council of A.C.T.T., concerned with the threat to world peace, due to the grave events in Egypt and Hungary, requests the General Council of the TUC to call a special conference of all affiliated Trade Union executives at once to consider measures for preventing the extension of hostilities and ensuring the resumption of negotiations based on fairness to the interests of all concerned." It was explained that the idea of a conference of T.U. executives was one that had been carried out during the war. After the resolution had been put and carried unanimously — the Council considered a letter from the TUC appealing for financial help for Hungarian workers, and it was unanimously agreed to instruct the Finance and General Purposes Committee to send an immediate donation to the British Red Cross, and at the same time to consider, if necessary, making recommendations to the Executive Committee for further help to the Hungarian workers. RATES OF PAY FOR NIGHT WORK: It was reported that the Pinewood Committee felt very strongly that the question of Clause 14 (3) of the Feature Agreement covering Rates of Pay for Night Work which had been the subject of discussion with the management in 1953, should be strongly taken up again on the grounds that the Agreement is very plain and concise on this question. In view of the fact that the original discussions had broken down in 1953 because the management refused to accept A.C.T.T.'s interpretation of the clause, the Acting General Secretary recommended that the matter be referred to the B.F.P.A. as a dispute. This was agreed. NEW MEMBERS: A number of Sections appeared to want to formulate their own rules in connection with the acceptance of new members. After considering all the various resolutions from the Sections contained in the Organisers' reports, the Executive Committee decided to recommend to the General Council that a Conference be called of representatives of all the Sections concerned, with the Employment Officer, Executive Committee Members, and members of the New Entrants Committee present. The meeting should be held under the auspices of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee at the present time could do no other than observe the existing rules of the Association and indeed would be open to censure if it did not do so. After a full discussion, the proposals were agreed with the added suggestion that representatives of the Unemployed Section and Casting Department members be invited to the Conference.