Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1930-1949)

Fallier, Jeptha D., Camerman, Television Features. Mail: 31-84—33 St., Long Island City, N.Y. (M) Gippner, Gerald O., Technical-Engineering Staff, Movie-Mite Corp. Mail: 2114 Cleveland Ave., Kansas City, Mo. (A) Goldberg, Morris M., Motion Picture Photographer, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Mail: 245 Gallatin St., N.W., Washington 11, D.C. (A) Gordon, Larry, Producer and Director, Television Features, Inc.; General Business Films, Inc. Mail: 480 Lexington Ave., New York 17. (M) Halprin, Sol, Executive Director of Photography, Twentieth Century-Fox Films. Mail: 101 S. Vista St., Los Angeles 36, Calif. (M) Ham, Richard T., Instructor, Motion Picture Photography, The Art Center School. Mail: 849 S. Kenmore St., Los Angeles 5, Calif. (A) Hatcher, George D., Teacher-Television Projectionist, Johnstown City Schools and WJ AC-TV. Mail: 1184 Agnes Ave., Johnstown, Pa. (A) Hatcher, Herbert E., Product Designer, Bell & Howell Co. Mail: 701 Ridge, Evanston, 111. (A) Hershman, J. B., President, Radio and Television School, Valparaiso Technical Institute, Valparaiso, Ind. (A) Hessler, Gordon, Film Editor, Films for Industry. Mail: 105 Riverside Dr., New York 24, N.Y. (A) Holmes, Porter, Boston University. Mail: 24 Park St., Brockton 48, Mass. (S) Inderwiesen, Frank H., Radio-Television . Engineer, Universal Television School. Mail: 1116 W. 40 St., Kansas City 6, Mo. (A) Leopold, Rudolf, General Mechanical Engineer, A. B. Du Mont Laboratory. Mail: Demarest Ave., Oakland, N.J. (M) Levey, Lawrence, Editor-Publisher. Mail: 304 W. 92 St., New York 25, N.Y. (A) Linden, Michael, Librarian, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. Letter to the Editor Mail: 168 Washington Park, Brooklyn 5, N.Y. (M) Lockwood, Harold A., Television Engineer, Farnsworth Television & Radio Co. Mail: 3216 Central Dr., Fort Wayne, Ind. (A) Matheson, Ralph G., President and General Manager, Matheson Company, Inc. Mail: 75 Greaton Rd., West Roxbury, Mass. (A) Mclntosh, James S., Assistant Director, Educational Services, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. Mail: 7813 Stratford Rd., Bethesda, Md. (M) McKnight, Boyd E., Engineer, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. Mail: 446 N. LaBrea Ave., Los Angeles 36, Calif. (A) Miller, Thomas H., Manager, Photographic Training Dept., Eastman Kodak Co., 343 State St., Rochester 4, N.Y. (A) Montes, Ventura, Technical Adviser, CMQ Radio Broadcast & TV. Mail: Calle A bet. 7th & 9th, Playa Miramar, Habana, Cuba (A) Phillips, William D., University of Southern California. Mail: Hickory Hill, Claremore, Okla. (S) Sadkin, Marvin W., Motion Picture Laboratory Technician, George W. Colburn Laboratory, Inc. Mail: 2925 W. 56 St., Chicago 29, 111. (A) Sandell, Maynard L., Engineer, Eastman Kodak Co., 343 State St., Rochester 4, N.Y. (M) Thompson, Orville I., Superintendent, DeForest's Training, Inc. Mail: 2533 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago 14, 111. (M) Van Weyenbergh, C., Manager, Western Electric Co. (France). Mail: 20, Place des Martyrs, Brussels, Belgium. (A) Wilson, Willett R., Chief Engineer, Photolamp Section, Westinghouse Electric Corp. Mail: 45 Glenbrook Rd., Morris Plains, N.J. (M) Young, Robert P., Sales, General Aniline & Film Corp., Ansco Division. Mail: 95 Beekman Ave., North Tarrytown, N.Y. (A) With reference to Mr. Cummings' letter in the June JOURNAL (p. 766), it is noted that the words "the soda ash residue that remains. . ." ignore my previous statement ". . . that this film was clean and free of any extraneous matter when it ignited." There is absolutely no sodium hydroxide, or soda ash as some call it, present on the washed and dried film because the material receives a very thorough cleaning, both mechanically and by washing, and it is well known that sodium hydroxide is very soluble. Furthermore, any minute trace that might be present would cease to 125