The Film Daily (1945)

studio Strike Issue Before AFL in Clii. (Continued from Page 1) tion has an important place on the agenda of the 10-day huddle. Walsh has resisted the AFL council's order that the lA revoke charters granted to new studio union groups in an attempt to keep production going. The Federation's action was based on the ground that Walsh had no authority to issue the charters. Following announcement of the AFL's stand by Green at a Hollywood dinner given for him by the teamsters' union, the lATSE head let it be known that no move to make the order effective would be taken until the council's position was ratified by the AFL convention. Cancellation of this year's AFL convention in accordance with ODT regulations has altered this plan of action. The meeting was to have been held in October. The strike, now in its 21st week, was called by the Conference of Studio Unions in a dispute with the lATSE over jurisdiction involving set designers. Painters Take Over SPG In Coast Strike Move West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — L. P. Lindelof , head of International Brotherhood of Painters, has announced his organization has taken over SPG and has appointed President George Thomas, Jr., special trustee of SPG and he says that officers of the Guild who remain on picket lines can continue in office. The six members of the SPG executive board who voted against observing picket lines will be ousted. Joseph L. Clarke, general vicepresident of the Painters Union, issued an order setting Thursday noon as deadline for all SPG members to observe picket lines, with those failing to do so to be subject to disciplinary action. Major producers reported first break in ranks of screen story analysts guild, with 12 members of the organization returning to work at M-G-M yesterday. SOPEG's Board Approves ^Readers' Strike Stand Opposition of the readers' chapter of the Screen Office and Professional Employes Guild, CIO, to handling story material from Hollywood out of sympathy for the studio strikers, among whom are screen readers, has been endorsed by the executive board BACK IN CIVVIES Honorably Discharged l%ext Chilean Trade Pact to Tahe In Pix Washington Bur., THE FILM DAILY Washington — While motion pictures are not included among the commodities covered by the new U. S. -Chile trade agreement just announced by the State Department, well-informed channels declared here yesterday, in discussing item-omissions, that films will undoubtedly be found on the supplementary agreement which is due for negotiation next Summer, if not earlier. The current pact, which was concluded on July 30, has only one year to run, and represents an interim agreement dictated chiefly by economic considerations growing out of the present war. CHARLIE COLDFINE, from the Army to operate his Alden theater, Philadelphia. V. L. DRISCOLL, from the Army to manager of the Grafton, Grafton, O. Universal to Hold Five Regional Sales Meetings A series of regional sales meetings was announced by W. A. Scully, vice-president and general sales manager of Universal. The meetings will be attended by divisional sales managers, district managers, branch managers, salesmen and representatives of the advertising and publicity department. The first of the meetings, all of which will be presided over by Scully, will be in Los Angeles, Friday and Saturday; in Salt Lake City Aug. 14 and 15; in Chicago Aug. 22 and 23; in Cincinnati Aug. 25 and 26, with the final meeting in New York Aug. 28 and 29. Plans for the new season will be discussed. First Para. Block to Be Shown Aug. 16, 17 and 20 Paramount's first blook for 19451946 will be tradeshown Aug. 16, 17 and 20, it was disclosed yesterday by Charles M. Reagan, the company's sales head. The pictures are "Duffy's Tavern," "The Lost Weekend," "Love Letters" and "Follow That Woman." WB Fetes Marine Vets Chicago — Warner exchange hosted First Marine Division veterans at a cocktail party and preview of "Pride of the Marines" at the Congress Hotel last night, with Stanley Kramer in charge. of the SOPEG, which acted on a petition that it make representations to the film companies on this question at once. The SOPEG executive board named a committee to huddle with company executives as soon as possible, at the same time authorizing the homeoffice readers to desist from taking any action on the story material until the results of the meeting were known. A meeting of the entire SOPEG membership for consideration of the situation has been called for either Tuesday or Thursday of next week. **t coif^Bmi^oT In Connecticut today unique state-wide Christmas party for re-deployed soldiers! Starting Warners' national release of Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet in 'Christmas In Connecticut'! Stories and pictures in the papers, broadcasts over the networks! Big Show Big Showmanship Warners !