Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

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The Leading Dai Newspaper of. he Motior Picture Industry MOTION PICTURE DAILY Alert, Intelligent ahda%y Faithf|| Service^ the Industry in All Branches «'OL. 35. NO. 9 NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1934 TEN CENTS ^ew Theatre Union Scales Now in Work ,evey Says Rates Will "Knock 'Em Cold" "The new wage scales for ushers, initors and doormen will knock exibitors cold," Charles C. Levey, sectary-treasurer of Local 118, Buildlg Service Employes' Union, said esterday, as committees of three from very theatre in the metropolitan area aving employes in the union began ork on the new scales. ' "The new wage scales will be the ■-nployes' retaliation," Levey said, for the present $10 and $14 scales hich are economically unsound and hcially unjust." Levey declared that "recent wage eductions by theatre operators which •rought the maximum here to the linimum permitted by the code (.Continued on page 6) jabor Board to Rule )/i N. 0. Union Issue ' New Orleans, Jan. 10. — Whether nion men who go out on sympathetic :rikes when they have no grievances lemselves are entitled to consideraion is to be decided soon by the Na.onal Labor Board. A hearing has een ordered for Jan. 16. Last September, when vaudeville .eemed to be on the wane, Loew's "ave the musicians two weeks' notice, "hey went on strike. Operators and :agehands went out in sympathy and ^ere replaced by non-union men. Now le operators and stagehands are delanding reinstatement. 1 J nion Wins Kansas NRA Labor Dispute Arkansas City, Kan., Jan. 10. — : he first labor dispute arbitrated in lis territory under the industry code as resulted in a ruling favorable to ,nion employes. The I. A. T. S. E. jivoked the code's overriding proJision relating to wage scales and (.Continued on page 6) rack Miller Cited For Court Contempt • Chicago, Jan. 10. — Investigation ini the income of Tom Maloy. head : the operators' union, which brought I number of exhibitors before the rand Jury vesterday, has resulted in (.Continued on page 8) Dubinsky to Seek Test of NRA Power Opposing Enforcement of Aug. 23 Labor Terms Kansas City, Jan. 10. — Resisting union demands for a continuation of labor conditions prevailing Aug. 23, as provided in the code, Ed Dubinsky says he intends to seek a test of the XRA. "I have asked the National Labor Board to investigate who is violating the NRA," he said. Recently the I. A. T. S. E. filed a complaint with Division Administration Sol A. Rosenblatt against the Dubinsky circuit, alleging violations in St. Joseph, Mo., and citing the union's inability to reach an agreement in Kansas City. Since that time Rosenblatt has been in communication with Dubinsky and the Kansas City independent theatre (Continued on page 6) Virginia Awaits Open Sunday Bill Richmond. Jan. 10. — Another open Sunday bill is to be introduced into the Legislature which convened at noon today, according to Vivian L. Page, representative from Norfolk. Public interest is thoroughly aroused at present because of the arrest of Walter J. Coulter and several of his employes for giving a charity benefit (Continued on page 8) Ontario Expects No New Government Tax Toronto, Jan. 10. — Agenda for the session of the Ontario Parliament which opens shortly contains no measures intended to increase taxation on film exchanges or theatres, and no in (Continued on page 8) One Real Colonel Cincinnati, Jan. 10. — Although four local exchange managers bear the title of Colonel on the staff of Kentucky governors, Arthur Frudenfeld, division manager of RKO, can go them one better. He's a regular colonel of the U. S. Army. Allied Unit Mystified By Myers' Advice Chicago, Jan. 10. — A meeting of 75 members of Allied States unit here was thrown into a quandary today following the reading of Abram F. Myers' analysis of procedure in assenting to the code. Exactly what they are supposed to do appears now to be a mystery to them. When leaders of the local Allied unit refused to translate Myers' analysis into a definite recommendation, the question of code signing was thrown into the open meeting and resulted in a virtual demand that Myers and other Allied officers supply them with some genuine cue for action. Ed Trinz, of Lubliner & Trinz circuit, voiced the sentiment of the meeting in declaring : "We have always followed Allied's lead in the past and (Continued on page 6) Sirovich Comes To Independents' Aid Washington. Jan. 10. — Charges that independents are being penalized and discriminated against under the code have been submitted to Representative William I. Sirovich by Abram F. Myers, it was made known by the congressman today. In his communication, the general counsel (Continued on page 6) Testimony Completed on $18,000,000 RKO Claims Taking of testimony on claims filed against RKO by Rockefeller Center, aggregating approximately $18,000,000, was completed yesterday by former Federal Judge Thomas D. Thacher, sitting as special master to hear all claims contested by Irving Trust Co., equity receiver for RKO. Rockefeller Center's liquidated claims against RKO are based upon breach of leases in non-payment of (Continued on page 8) Code Assents Total 2,500 In Two Days Compliances Pouring On the Authority in More than 2,500 code assents have been received in the first two days at the Code Authority headquarters. Compliances are pouring in from exhibitors from all over the country, indicating that the industry is cooperating with the President and the NRA, according to an official spokesman. Included in the list were about 100 assents with reservations. These have been returned to the signers with new blanks and a letter pointing out that the form clearly indicates the "assent is invalid if qualified." Unless the signers of the invalid forms return the new blanks without modifications by Jan. 31, they will not be registered to qualify under the code, it was stated. It was emphasized there is no provision in the code giving individuals the right to sign twice, but since the authority is anxious to have everyone (Continued on page 6) Still Shorter Week Is Seen By Johnson Washington, Jan. 10. — Further reduction in working hours for practically all industries is under consideration by the Recovery Administration, it was made known today by General Hugh S. Johnson. This, with the coordination of all codes, is expected to be brought up for discus(Continued on page 6) Poster Code Meets Warm Denunciation Washington, Jan. 10.— Faced with bitter denunciation of his code by film producers, George P. Aarons, counsel for the National Poster Exchange Ass'n., today sought to withdraw the poster code for an undisclosed amendment to define the exact purpose of (Continued on page 6) Chicago Musicians Vary Stagger Plan Chicago, Jan. 10. — Approximately 300 local unemployed musicians will get one week's work each month under the plan inaugurated this week by the (Continued on page 6)