International projectionist (Oct 1931-Sept 1933)

EVOLUTION OF THE I. A. BULLETIN R. O. Baker SECRETARY-TREASURER, L. U. 269, LAWRENCE, KANSAS 'General BuUetm No. 266 luucd from the Generel Offices of the INTERNATIONAL ALUANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYES AND MOVING PICTURE f MACHINE OPERATORS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA SbIU 200S, 1460 Brondwar, Naw York, N. Y. TueMUy, SepL 1, 1931 f.'J,."?,'!," i^Vynne* v^ ,.j„,.™u™ ......v.Ardniore.'^Pa.; JOSEPH C 1,. WILLIAM T, MADIGAN. SIXIN Vice-Prisid r^JO^N'MeCARBOt.L.'' ' "" ' ""' '^"'^ ' " IMPORTANT NOTICE— Thi» Bdlletin must be read at the next specEal of your local union and permanently filed with its records. regular meeting NEW COLUMBIA BURLESQUE CIRCUIT i. playiDg the New Columbia Burlesqua CHARTER REVOCATIONS leel t: Car tor placing n In whose Reproduction of the front page of the General Bulletin, official organ of the International Alliance, as it appears today • and Properlyman. The such traveling inembors Is that the jurisdiction BueJi attraction opens ine eeaK both traveling-.' mechanics. The Inetructloa each ol the locfil.unloDB provides that one ot the travelln); pien ahali be a member ol the local unlon-ln whose Jurisdiction such attraction p lays 1 is opening eneDgemeDt. Tho second travel nig "member shall b« a member ol some local union Id wbo^ Jurisdiction no burlesque attraction will be opened. Thlh Is done (or the purpose ol seelnc that there Is no d J ?c rite I nation iji tho matter. b^vcry Ideal unU)n-[>laclne Iraveliag.QiecbiinlcB'wltb one of the burleBdue nltractions 'is required to noilCy (he Geniral OfTlce Immediately. ol tbc name of each of tbe members [ilaced, as well as Information concerning the local union <n which membcrahip.ls held. The meinbera accepting eneagemenls as Iravellng methanlCB wltS burlesque atlracllontj are cautioned as to Iheli' conduct while en tour. In-a large degree the responsibility rests with the General OCTlce. for the manner In which the liavellnK crew conducts llscK. Such being tbe case, membera engaged as traveling tUcctianlcs with burlesque ottri-.tlons are warned that any oxiiop taken by them that would be to the embarrassment oi (he International Alliance by reason of misconduct 'wilt-beBPVPrely dealt with and full measure of dlsclpllnej'inetea out. For the information ot traveling members with bur fcsaue attractions, the General OOlce desires It to be known ihal standard conditions covering ^^Lravelliig members obtain, thai Is, the same rules Gurrouddlitg the other legltimate allractlona will apply lo burlesque shows. Despite (he noU monthly Bulletia, and <lontalning the permitting their i published in the July ediilon ot tho ptioned "Delinquent Local Unions," earning that such dilatory taclles In. Therefore, In accordance with the* provisions of Article !, Section 13, on Pages 42 and 43 of the International Constitution and. By-Laws, ofllclal notlficcittoD was dispatched rom the General omce, loslructlng tho following locals-to r their charter, as provided by the section or tjhe i above specified' Junction City, Kan»<— Local No. 195. Waohlngton. la — X«cal No. 594^ Ashland, Wis ^Local No. 375. NO CHANGE IN TRAVELING CONTRACT The agreement now In effect regulailng tbe wages, con ditlons and working rules of our traveling members Is to be extended in Ks present form for a period of one year, dating from the first Sunday In September, 1931, and shall terminate on the Saturday preceding the first Sunday in September. 1932. .This carries with It the understanding that all wages, conditions and worWng rules shall be con tinued without change or alteraUbn: PLEASE FURNISH ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION TO CLAIM DEPARTMENT The attention of all members who have claims on file with the General Odlce is directed lo Ibe necessity ot their asaialing the Claim Deportment In effecting collection. It will be appreciated that there are a very large number ot such claims on record and It is Impossible to give each Individual case dally attention. For this reason elalmanis are respectfully requested aud urged to co-operate to the end that collection may be made. You can do this by communicating with General Secretary-Treasurer Fred J Dempsey, calling his attention to your claim; agahist the attraction which It Is filed: the name ot Iheowneror man nger, his present address. If you know it, and also the name of any attraction with which he may at the present time be associated In any capacity whatsoever If you have at any time filed a claim and have had no information ot late regarding It, please write to the Claim Department. This will assure It being given prpper attention. The G«peral Office Is anxious to help you ktid wtabes you to assist by bringing lo Its attention any matter of interest to you which has not yet been atteoded.ta ALTHOUGH the establishment of a craft publication was one of the earliest problems confronting the Alliance, seventeen years elapsed before an official publication \yas achieved. In fact, twenty-two years passed before the Union possessed a permanent and continuing organ. The second president of the Alliance, Lee M. Hart, thought the matter so important that he recommended to the 1895 Convention the publication of a journal. His recommendation evidently was the result of a desire for some means of unifying the new organization. Pointing to the results obtained by craft papers of other unions, he suggested a similar publication for the Alliance, adding that it might well prove a source of revenue as an advertising medium. Such a journal, he said, would contain the officers' quarterly reports, "as well as other gen into effect when 43 local unions had eral news of the order and of matters signified their willingness to participate, pertammg to our profession'". The pro The convention voted to table the letter. ceedmgs do not show that the convention At the same time a resolution was . r-» > -^^"--. Ilti n "^""^ President Hart s sug presented by the Cincinnati Local calling locals asserted their votes had been in ^^^ ^°^' for adoption of the Cummings plan ; correctly counted." FLOYD M.BILLINCSLEV CHOSEN AS SEVENTH VrCE-PRESIDENT IiKernnnonal Preaident Wllltnm F. Canovan has selccied Brother Floyd M. BUIIagaley, Rualncus Representative of Sao FranclECO. Collf^ Operators' Local UtUon No. 162. to till the vacancy existing In the office ot Seventh Vlce-Preat. lient. which was created by the rcslEoatlon of former Vice. President Cleve Beck. This appolatment met with the unanimouB approval of the General Executive Board and cnnflrmed the previous report that the selection would be SOUTHERN LOCALS CO-OPERATE. 16th coofercncs was held hi Executive Board'inembera of Atlanta, G^i., Local No. H^S; BInnlusbain, Ala., L.ocal No; 236: Chattanooga. Tenn.. Local No, ^59; Knoivllle. Teim„ Local No. 405. and Nashville. Tenn., I.ocal No. 626, In attendance. Representative William P. Raoul acilog Os Ih'*. presiding officer. This meeting was devoted to the discussion and exchange at latormation regarding the negotiation of new contracts. After hearing an eipoeltiorx'ot the controversy now existing In Blrntlngbam, where ten theatres have'beeu closed because of. the rcfnsal of the'Opcrators to agree to -terms laid down by the managemonta, suchterms being demanded In tbe face of signed af^rOements, the attending locale voluntarily agreed to levy a'^eekly aroent on their working members to asjlat the Blrmlng local otganlzatlOQ In Its fight. for a referendum vote." A year later, Mr. Hart presented the results to the delegates: the vote stood 1,399 for a journal and 4^2 against, although several The First "Journal' S. E. It is At the sanae Convention (1895), how moreover, a second resolution was pre"Sl.r '■^^°^"^^°" ^^\Pr.e^ented for a sented by the Toledo Local calling for f, " H or journal to be issued not less the adoption of the Toledo Union as the The first issue of the /. A. T to be the offici V"'' ^ rr Iir '"^ '''^'^^^ "'^^" '^^^'^ resolutions were Journal was dated April, 1910. Tli,-c ^ *i t^'^ organ of the Alliance . considered simultaneously. After consid certain that at least four issues were poned. "^^^ indefinitely post erable discussion, the delegates adopted published-April, May, June, and July. (unanimously, according to the conven Although the convention proceedings* tion proceedings), the motion of Dele would lead one to believe that the Jourgate Kelly to make the Toledo Union the nal was also published in August and in the librarian of Johns 1895 Membership Small It is interesting to speculate upon the reasons for the adverse vote. Financial *^*^*^^ P^P^"" ^^^^ ^^^ion automatically September, 1910, tl difficuhies and the small membership ^'^P°^^^ ^^ the Cummings' proposal.' Hopkins University says the library probably were chiefly responsible. Per ^^ ^^^ annual convention in Omaha records show only the first four issues capita tax was at this time only 20 cents ^^^ following year the delegates voted named above. Thus, the Journal was a year; and the total membership of the "^^ rescind the action of the preceding published for only a short time and then I. A. surely did not exceed 2,300. (The convention. Instead of the Toledo Union suspended. No reason for the suspen financial statement shows that per capita ^^^ delegates selected the Illustrated sion, or the date thereof, can be found was paid to the American Federation of ^^'"^^ ^^ ^^^ official organ.* Just how i" the printed proceedings; and, al Labor on only 2,000 members.) The long the latter remained the official paper though it is customary for publications total receipts reported at the 1895 Con '^ ^^^ shown by the convention proceedings. Again at the 1907 Convention a resolution was introduced which sought to have the Alliance publish its own official vention were less than $700. Two years later (1897), a letter from W. F. Cummings, Secretary of Cincinnati Local No. 5, was read to the con to announce any suspension in their concluding numbers, nothing of the kind was done in the Journal. In the absence of definite information, it is reasonable to suppose that financial diffi vention. Mr. Cummings suggested pub journal; but definite action looking to culties may have caused the suspension lishing a weekly paper, the size of which ward publication of an organ was dewas to be 27 in. x 38 in., 5 columns, ferred until "such future time as ways 8 pages. He thought that it should be and means can be found . . .'" And at named "The Grip." According to his the 1908 Convention, Mr. Hart, who was plan, each local would be entitled to 85 then Secretary-Treasurer, presented figyearly subscriptions and six inches of ures to show the cost of publishing a advertising each week. In return, each trade journal. By order of the Convenlocal union was to pay $10 monthly in tion the question of establishing an offi During the administration of Charles C. Shay, the Journal was reestablished by order of the 1915 Convention." Monthly publication was commenced in October, 1915, and continued until June, 1920, when the present General Bulletin was established. Financial troubles did not cause the advance. The plan, if adopted, was to go cial journal was sent to the local unions demise of the Journal in 1920, (only, in [14]