Film and Radio Guide (Oct 1945-Jun 1946)

28 FILM AND RADIO GUIDE Volume XII, No. 9 Council of America in relation to the general film-using public. Next came brief addresses by Benjamin A. Cohen, United Nations’ Assistant Secretary-General in charge of Public Information, and by Chester A. Lindstrom, of the United States Department of Agriculture. A lively panel discussion fol«)\ved on the general problems of the 16mm industry. Lincoln V. Burrows spoke for the manufacturers, Jacques Kopf stein for the distributors, Clem Williams for the libraries, Bernard A. Cousino for the visual educational dealers, N. H. Barcus for the projection services, and Emerson Yorke for the producers. ANFA-NAVED Unity Principal item of business was the report of the special committee on exploration of proposed collaboration for possible future unity between ANFA and the National Association of Visual Education Dealers. The committee reported that the suggestion originally raised four years ago by ANFA President W. K. Hedwig had now become current as a result of the initiative of 1). T. Davis, President of NAVED, and his Board of Directors. A resolution was unanimously adopted, by rising vote, welcoming “the cordial suggestion of NAVED for the exploration of the possibilities of unity” between the two organizations. NAVED’s courtesy is to be reciprocated by sending an ANFA committee to the NAVED convention in Chicago on August 6th for the puri)ose of continuing these explorations. Library of Congress Film Collection Another feature of this session was an unscheduled speech by John Bradley, of the Library of Congress. He reiterated the announced policy of the Library henceforth to consider the motion picture on a par with the printed word and that the Library’s facilities for cataloging, accessioning, and making available these new media of visual communication would follow the same general lines which had long applied to printed matter. Informofive Symposium The morning session of the second day, under the chairmanship of Canada’s Stan Atkinson, was featured by six information talks, each followed by questions and discussion. J. A. Maurer spoke on 16mm projection practice: William MacCallum, on sponsored films; L. E. Jones, on 16mm accessories; Nathan Golden, on the services rendered by the U. S. Department of Commerce to American business: Rev. William L. Rogers, on religious films ; and C. R. Reagan, President of the Film Council of America, on the aims and purposes of his organization. New Officers William F. Kruse, Manager of the Bell & Howell Films Division and of the Filmosound Library, was elected President: Stan Atkinson (General Films Ltd.) and Sam Goldstein (Commonwealth Pictures Cor]).) were chosen as vice-presidents. Harold Baumstone (Pictorial Films, Inc.) succeeded Kruse as secretary. George H. Cole (King Cole Sound Service, Inc.) continues as treasurer. Richard F. O’Neil (Visual Education Service, Inc.) ; Ed Stevens (Stevens Pictures) ; Thomas J. Brandon (Brandon Films, Inc.); Kent Rlastin (Eastin 16mm Pictures Co.) were elected to the Board of Directors. Resolutions of Interest 1. Formal endorsement was given the Photographic Indus try Co-ordinating Committee, which aims to promote better public relations within the industry, and to the Film Council of America, which aims to do likewise in relation to the general film-using public. All ANFA members are urged to support both. 2. Rapid expansion of resources and facilities was urged upon film manufacturers and processing laboratories, to keep up with the expanding needs of the 16mm industry. 3. All forms of political film censorship, and of arbitrary license requirements that “have no possible justification on the grounds of safety or competency,” as well as “unfair, unequal, and discriminatory special taxes levied upon the photographic industry,” were strongly condemned. 4. The Library of Congress program of recognition of the motion picture as an avenue of communication comparable to the printed word was commended. The Hock Bill for a single, federal-government film-agency was condemned. The bill introduced hy Representative Emily Taft Douglas, on behalf of the American Library Association, for the extension of itinerant library services, was endorsed, with the inclusion of motion pictures among its proposed facilities strongly urged. .5. The formation of local film councils, forums, and the like was commended, but criticism was leveled at “certain individual i)romotional elements without roots in either the film industry or in its public, concerned instead with private ends, cloaked with alleged public services.” 6. A warning was issued against prints of (luestional)le quality or title. All members are