International photographer (Feb-Dec 1929)

Two Th, INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER August, 1929 .1-1-1-1. ■i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-a .i-i-i.i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i. ■i-i-i-i-i OFFICERS International Photographers of the Motion Picture Industries, Local 659 Alvin Wyckoff President Jackson B. Rose First Vice President H. Lyman Broening ... . Second Vice President Ira B. Hoke Third Vice President Arthur Reeves _ Recording Secretary Roy H. Klafki Financial Secretary Chas. P. Boyle Treasurer Wm. H. Tuers Sergeant-at-Arms Howard E. Hurd, Business Representative BOARD OF EXECUTIVES International Photographers of the Motion Picture Industries, Loral 659 Alvin Wyckoff Paul P. Perry Jackson J. Rose L. Guy Wilky H. Lyman Broening J. O. Taylor Ira B. Hoke Archie J. Stout Arthur Reeves Harry Zech Roy H. Kt afk Jean C. Smith Chas. P. Boyle S. C. Manatt Wm. H. Tuers R. B. Hooper Faxon M. Dean James R. Palmer Paul Hill During the past month we have had a number of companies reporting location trips. These trips have been reported in a satisfactory and business-like manner by the cameramen and have enabled our Business Representative to check everybody carefully, thereby assuring members full protection while away from home. As soon as you know definite details of any extended location notify the office the following information : Place of location. Time you expect to be away. Time of leaving. Names of all cameramen in the company. Your chief electrician's name. Names of your grips and propertymen. DON'T FAIL TO ATTEND THE ACTORS' EQUITY CARNIVAL Saturday, August 3rd Noon to All Night — at — The EDGEWATER GABLES CLUB Santa Monica Foot of Pico Boulevard On the Beach Everything on Earth in the Way of Fun and Entertainment AN OPEN LETTER July 13, 1929. To The Editor, International Photographer, Hollywood, Calif. Dear Sir: I am writing you this open letter in the hope that you may find space for it in the August issue of The International Photographer. For nearly seven months I have been trying to perfect the organization work among the Art Directors, Designers and Draftsmen in the moving picture studios. These men apparently feel that they should be permitted a separate charter, preferably with the International Alliance. This is impossible as the Brotherhood of Painters has been granted jurisdiction over this branch of work and, for a number of years, have controlled this work in the moving picture studios in New York City. From time to time there has been a little interest shown, and some of the men have asked me to get a definite ruling on the matter. This I have done, both with the Brotherhood of Painters and with the American Federation of Labor. In both instances the answer has been that our organization, The United Scenic Artists Local 235, has been granted the jurisdiction and no further charter will be granted. I feel that these men should line themselves up at once for their own protection and would be glad to talk with any of the men interested, or will meet them as a body and talk matters over. Local 235 already has about thirty of these men lined up and it is up to the remainder of them to join so that the rules, regulations and working conditions of these branches of the craft may be made under their supervision. Failing in this it will be necessary for the men already in to act on the problems that affect the art director, the designer and the draftsman. Any one interested can get further information by calling at 6472 Santa Monica Blvd., Room 208, or by phone, Granite 6155. Thanking you for the interest you have shown in this matter, I beg to remain, Fraternally, W. B. CULLEN, President, Local No. 235. LOST CARD Look for This Label Cl.ti Bit. C.p. »nJ MUIIbmt w.rktra LaM On all cloth hats and caps you purchase. No cloth hat or cap is union made unless it bears this label. The Union Label is not only a sign of wholesome, cleanly standards of manufacture, but it is a symbol of Americanism, as the Union Label appears only on American made products. Alfred E. Smalley reports the loss of his card, No. 35982. Finder will please return to office of Local 569, 423 Markham Building, Hollywood Boulevard at Cosmo. EVOLUTION, NOT REVOLUTION At a recent meeting of Local 659, Business Representative Howard Hurd, in speaking of the operation of the new wage scale and working agreement, said in part: "The millenium will never be reached. It is impossible of attainment; however, I feel safe in predicting in the course of two or three years your conditions will closely approach satisfaction of every member. This will of course be the result of evolution and not revolution. Evolution is a slow process. We have the maxim expressed in numerous ways such as "Rome was not built in a day," "Patience is a virtue" and so on ad infinitum. In the meantime your Executive Board has demonstrated very well its marked ability to cope with the producers and is certainly entitled to more faith now than was ever confided in them prior to the establishment of these conditions. We want you to have confidence in the fact that while there are a few tangled knots now, they will eventually be straightened out. What we need is your co-operation — your 100 per cent co-ordination in our ranks, and absolute in ideas written into the office occasionally, adherence to the regulations, prompt reports in cases of violations, prompt reports in attempts to evade the scale and if this confidence and co-operation is reposed in your executive body it means that within a short space of time we shall have absolute co-ordination in our ranks, and absolute co-ordination will hasten the desired results. Faith will figuratively remove mountains. There is more strength in faith than there is in a square mile of dynamite."