International projectionist (Jan-Dec 1935)

20 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTIONIST EVEN the most ardent pro-Labor citizen was forced by NRA dilatory tactics to despair of any real social progress for years to come, and long before the Supreme Court blasted the NRA codes right out of the picture. A book published by the Brookings Institution, economic research organization of Washington, D. C, minimizes NRA benefits to the country, including Labor. Discussing collective bargaining under the codes, the report states: To encourage vigorous enforcement of Section 7a . . .would have precipitated an industrial battle to the finish between trade unions and anti-union employers. These consequences the administration was not ready to face, partly because of the possible effects on re-employment and recovery, partly because of the long range implications of collective bargaining on the economic structure. Plainly stated, the foregoing excerpt means that the administration had no definite policy with respect to Labor and was reluctant to face the issue of the part to be played by trade unions in America. The passive attitude of the administration in the face of the severe drubbing administered to NRA by various courts finds the average worker convinced that New Deal social legislation is a sham. G. T. E. Reorganization General Theatres Equipment, Inc. (parent body of National Theatre Supply and various manufacturers) will receive from Chase National Bank 170,000 shares of Fox Film Corp. common stock,, under the terms of a reorganization plan. G. T. E. will also have two years in which to acquire an additional 320,000 shares of Fox at $15 the first year and $17 the second year. G. T. E. will also receive back from Chase 19,770 shares of National Theatre preferred and 24,640 International Projector Corp. stock. The plan provides that bondholders Joe Cifre Leaves N. T. S. Offers New Service Joe Cifre, for many years one of America's leading theatre supply dealers and a member of Boston Local 182, has resigned asrmanager of the Boston branch of National Theatre Supply Co., effective May 31. His successor has not been announced. Cifre will immediately launch a new enterprise under the firm name of Joseph S. Cifre, Inc., which will serve as technical consultant and purchasing counselors for every type of theatre equipment. Theatres desiring the service will pay a small annual fee. Cifre expresses confidence that his service will save the theatre the cost of the annual fee many times over. More than 20 theatres have already subscribed, according to Cifre. Cifre's connection with show business extends back for many years. His father opened the first 5-cent picture show in Boston in 1904. Joe himself has been a projectionist since 1906. • NEWS NOTES • of G. T. E. will receive 10 shares of stock for each $1000 bond and that the bank creditors will participate on the same basis. Also, bondholders and the bank creditors have been granted options to acquire 6 shares of additional common at between $10 and $12 a share. 52 for the plained. May 1935 'de-luxe" theatre is not ex The following directors of National Theatre Supply were re-elected at the recent annual stockholders' meeting: W. E. Green, M. V. Carroll, D. O. Hastings (U. S. Senator from Delaware and receiver for G. T. E.) ; E. G. Hines and Wm. Sheperdson. Officers reelected are: W. E. Green, president; M. V. Carroll, secretary and treasurer, and R. B. LaRue, asst. secretary. Vocafilm vs. Erpi Vocafilm having sued Erpi for $65,000,000 in an anti-trust action, Erpi entered a defense that Vocafilm had no right to sue because its patents infringed on those of A. T. & T. and its subsidiaries. Vocafilm's contention is that these patents are invalid. Upon being informed that Vocafilm had no funds with which to test the validity of the patents, Federal Judge Knox in U. S. District Court in New York, ordered that Erpi, having adopted this line of defense, would have to supply $10,000 to prove their validity. Another Chicago Killing Clyde Osterberg, organizer for an independent projectionist union in Chicago, died as a result of four bullet wounds inflicted upon him by unknown gunmen. Osterberg lingered for ten days before succumbing and, although admitting he knew his assailants and their reason for shooting him, refused to give any information. Erpi Agents Busy Erpi representatives are explaining to exhibitor gatherings the new Erpi servicing plan, involving allegedly vastly lower costs. The argument advanced embraces: no selling of other than Erpi equipment; vastly lower costs; a schedule of 12 visits annually for theatres operating less than a full week, 17 visits for tbe "average" theatre, and 52 visits for the "de-luxe" theatre; optional contracts. The wide variance between "necessary" service calls of 17 annually for the "average" theatre as compared with T. C. Barrows on Tour Thad C. Barrows, president of Boston Local 182, attended the S. M. P. E. Convention in Hollywood and then continued on to Honolulu. He will be gone six weeks. Local 182 tendered a farewell party to Barrows on May 12 at the Cocoanut Grove, Boston, which attracted a turn-away crowd of civic, trade and Labor leaders. Barrows, a member of several S. M. P. E. committees, is president of the Projection Advisory Council. Chase Big Fox Holder Chase National Bank holds 1,549,507 shares of 72.3 per cent of the Class A common stock of Fox Film, according to data filed with the N. Y. Stock Exchange. The J. E. McAuley Mfg. Co., of Chicago, makers of Peerless projection lamps, is listed as holder of record only of 8,333 shares. Rosenblatt to Quit Sol A. Rosenblatt, division administrator and national compliance director of NRA has announced that he will quit NRA and resume private law practice on June 15. Reports that Rosenblatt had been engaged as counsel to the I. A. T. S. E. were denied by President George E. Browne. Independent Dealers Meet The following companies have already arranged for exhibits at the forthcoming convention of the Independent Theatre Supply Dealers Assoc, in Chicago, June 15-19: H. A. DeVry, Carbon Products, Baldor Electric, Wenzel Co., Platter Sound, Brenkert Projection Co., Da-Lite Screen, Neumade Products, General Electric, National Carbon, Forest Mfg. Co., and Continental Electric. A Special Test Film For Craft From S. O. S. A specal test film prepared especially for use by projectionists has been developed by S. O. S. Corp. to meet the steadily increasing demand by the craft for such a servicing aid. The test film contains three sound tracks, two of which are practically the reduced image of the rungs of a ladder, having an 1100-cycle, or high, note on one side, and a 300-cycle, or low, note on the other. The film also has a 9000-cycle note for checking the optical system. This test film is used to check the correct alignment of the sound track on the sound head aperture with relation to the light, or scanning, beam. Reflecting widespread demand by the craft, this test film is available, together with special detailed instructions for its correct use, through S. O. S. at 1600 Broadway, N. Y. City Film is endorsed by I. P. as a valuable servicing aid.