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212 HARVARD BUSINESS REPORTS
of sympathy on the part of the Los Angeles papers other than the Record, a four-page weekly bulletin edited by the president of Equity was printed in tabloid form. Three committees were appointed to conduct the following aspects of the campaign : ways and means, relief, and investigation of members. Support of the movement was pledged by the American Federation of Labor and the Los Angeles Labor Council. The message from president Green of the American Federation of Labor read as follows:11
It is difficult to understand why your organization is confronted with open hostility and determined opposition from those who know the value of organization and who claim to exercise that right themselves.
Early in July, a new ruling was made by Equity forbidding its members to accept contracts in silent pictures. At the same time it was decided to call upon each working member to contribute 10% of his weekly earnings to the regular relief fund as long as the struggle continued. As a result of the activities of the group of 33 actors mentioned heretofore, Mr. Gillmore appointed Mr. Francis X. Bushman as a committee of one to bring dissenters into harmony with the campaign organization. In addition to acting in this capacity, Mr. Bushman conducted unofficial negotiations with three representatives of the producers' association. Producers informed him that they were willing to make changes in the standard contract and would arbitrate the contract demanded by Equity, but would not deal directly with Mr. Gillmore or with anybody else representing Equity. The president of the producers' association stated,12 further, that the producers would have met Equity representatives if the latter had approached the producers in the interests of making an agreement before issuing its ultimatum of June 5.
A difference of opinion as to the conduct of the campaign arose among the supporters of Equity. One contingent favored a more militant campaign and deplored the day when Equity would be compelled to call upon union labor for help. Mr. Bushman, in behalf of the other faction, addressed a meeting with a plan for constructive and dignified activity leading to an
11 Film Daily, June 27, 1929.
12 Variety, July 10, 1929, page 21.