International projectionist (Jan 1963-June 1965)

INTERNATIONAL PROJ ECTIONIST Volume 39 July 1964 No. 7 FRANK W. COOLEY, JR. Editor and Publisher RAY GALLO Executive Publisher AL BLOOM Managing Editor TOM KENNEDY Equipment Editor RAY GALLO ASSOCIATES National Advertising Representatives 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Telephone Murrayhill 7-7746 (Area Code 212) IN THIS ISSUE I.A.T.S.E. Convenes I.A.T.S.E. Works on Consent Decree Autoscope System Tried Sound Track by J. G. Jackson Queens Theatre Revamped News Notes — Technical Hints — Miscellaneous Notes 4 5 6 8 12 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTIONIST, published monthly by the International Projectionist Publishing Co. division of The Northern Publishing Co., Post Office Box 6174, Minneapo'is 24, Minnesota. Editorial offices, 1645 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis 3, Minn. Subscription Representatives: AUSTRALIA — McGills, 183 Elizabeth St., Melbourne; NEW ZEALAND — Wixon's, Ltd., 64 Courtnay Place, Wellington; ENGLAND and ELSEWHERE — Wm. Dawson & Sons, Ltd., Macklin St., London, W. C. 2. Subscription Pates: United Stores, Canada, and U. S. Possessions, $3.00 per year (12 issues) and $5.00 for two years (24 issues). Foreign countries: $4.00 per year and $7.00 for two years. Changes of address should be submitted four weeks in advance of publication date to insure receipt of current issue. Second-class postage paid at Minneapolis, Minn. INTERNATIONAL PROJECTIONIST assumes no responsibility for personal opinions appearing in signed articles, or for unsolicited articles. Entire contents copyrighted 1964 by INTERNATIONAL PROJECTIONIST PUBLISHING CO. -ca^^ro MONTHLY CHAT I.A.T.S.E. CONVENTION As this issue of IP comes off the press, I.A.T.S.E. will be meeting in Louisville. Ky. at the group's 47th annual convention. More than 1,100 delegates were expected to be in attendance as the vital issues facing the International Alliance are discussed and acted upon. On the agenda are some items that may be casting shadows on that assemblage at Louisville's impressive Convention Center. Chief among these, of course, are the unemplo) ment problems common to many locals. Matters of grave importance to the 60,000 or more members of I.A.T.S.E. are being covered in reports ranging from the status of efforts to ease the industry's tax burden to presentations of data on a nation-wide closed circuit medium and a newly proposed pension plan. I.A.T.S.E. President Richard F. Walsh, as convention chairman, will be conducting the sessions according to plans drafted during the week-long meetings of the board of directors that preceeded the convention. With people of this caliber hard at work on the problems that face the organization, there can be no doubt there will be some break-throughs soon to cheer the membership. It is most appropriate that this convention is being staged in Louisville, for it was there 30 years ago, with the nation climbing out of the depths of depression, that I.A.T.S.E. first visited the city. Viewing how small an organization convened then, and how great their problems were, and reflecting on the progress that has been made in the ensuing years, one quickly finds many achievements of which to be proud. And in this respect there is sufficient reason to believe any shadows that may lurk will be dispersed before long. A Legal Decision The Stanley Warner Theatre in Norwalk, Conn., agreed to pay §330.00 a week to the Union for the manning of the projection booth. The Union chose to employ three men. and to divide the $330.00 among them. The theatre then decided to eliminate winter matinees, and the Union agreed to receive $220.00 week instead of $330.00. The Union was still to have the exclusive control of the number of men and the number of hours, and kept three men working. These projectionists made application for unemployment compensation for each third week that they didn't work, and their applications were granted. After an appeal by the theatre, the Commissioner of Unemployment Compensation sustained the granting of the applications, holding that the men were entitled to receive benefits because they were idle each third week, under the reduced operating schedule initiated by the theatre. The theatre took an appeal to Superior Court, claiming that their reduced hours of employment were agreed to by the projectionists. The Court ruled, in part: "A voluntary' cessation of employment does not entitle a person to the benefits of the Unemployment Compensation Act. It would appear that the plaintiffs chose unemployment and they were not involuntarily unemployed." iP International Projectionist Julv, 1964