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JosErn M. CummingSj Direct Examination. 2811
Q. How many are you now serving from the Dallas office? A. In round numbers, 275.
Q. Haye you since that time established another office, at Houston? A. I haye, sir.
Q. Does the 275 exhibitors whom you testified you were serving, include those who are served from both offices? A. It does.
Q. Have you made a canvass, or had a canvass made, of the State of Texas, to learn how many motion picture theatres there are in that State? A. Some two months ago I had one of my men make a careful study of how many theatres there were in the State as far as we could get at the data, and the figures reported to me were 503.
Q. What kind of houses were these 503? A. They included merely the houses which were showing continuously either six days or seven days. In some parts of our State, they keep open on Sundays ; and in other parts, they do not.
Q. This enumeration of 503 motion picture houses did not include any houses, so far as you know, and did not include, if your instructions were carried out, any houses which were only showing from time to time? A. As far as I know, they did not, sir.
Q. How many reels of film were being taken by the General Film Company in Texas at the time you took possession of its property assets and business? A. Thirty-six weekly. The entire output at that time.
Q. Have you increased the number of reels that you lease to exhibitors, since that time? A. We are buying 19 to-day, per week.
Q. Did you find this necessary in order to serve the increased number of exhibitors whom you have taken on? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Would you say that the fact that you had leased more reels had assisted you in providing suitable programs for the additional exhibitors whom you have taken on? A. Very materially. Without the additional output, we could not have taken on the houses at all. I might say that up to December 20th, we were buying 63 reels, which included the Exclusive Service. When that was discontinued, we had to discontinue them, of course.
Q. Does the figures of 275 customers include any who are taking less than a complete week's service? A. Yes. I should say there are ten what we call special exchange li