Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1948)

2 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, August 25, 1948 Personal Mention WILLIAM F. RODGERS, M-GM distribution vice-president, left here last night for Toronto for conferences with Henry L. NathanSON, head of M-G-M Films of Canada. • Robert B. Spafford, Jr., former U. S. Navy training films supervisor, has joined RKO Pathe here as assistant to Phillips Brooks Nichols, manager of the commercial and television department. • Max E. Youngstein, Eagle-Lion advertising publicity vice president, will visit the San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Salt Lake City exchanges this week. He is due back in New York by the end of the week. • William B. Zoellner, M-G-M short subject sales head, left Los Angeles yesterday for Pittsburgh to confer with John J. Maloney, Central sales manager. • Ed Hinchy, head of the Warner home office playdate department, will leave here today for Washington.. • Ralph Cohn, Pioneer Pictures president, left New York last night for the Coast. • Gradwell Sears, president of United Artists, returned to New York from the Coast yesterday. • H. M. Bessey, Altec executive vicepresident, has returned tc New York from a vacation at Nova Scotia. 'Youth Staff' To Run Rivoli for a Day As part of its observance of Youth Month, from Sept. 1 to 30, the Rivoli Theatre here is to be operated by a "Youth Theatre Staff for a Day." An essay competition is to be held from which selections for the complete staff of to be made. The competition is open to any boy or girl who writes an essay of 100 words or less on "How I Would Run a Movie Theatre," addressed to Montague Salmon, managing director of the Rivoli. Members of the "staff" will receive "payment" in the form of bonds and other awards. Ohio Governor Urges 'Youth Month9 Aid Governor Thomas J. Herbert of Ohio this week sent a letter bearing the "Youth Month" stamp on its envelope to all exhibitors in Ohio calling on their active support for "Youth Month" in September, Theatre Owners of America reported here yesterday. The governor also called attention to "Report for Action," the documentary film financed by TOA as one of the steps in the campaign, and advised its widespread showing to local groups during non-theatrical hours. Sopeg Forces NLRB To Delay UA Poll New York regional office of the National Labor Relations Board has been forced to cancel, for the time being at least, the shop election which it had previously scheduled for this Friday among United Artists' home office white collar workers, it was disclosed here yesterday following a new move by the Screen Office and Professional Employes Guild in its threemonth-old jurisdictional controversy with IATSE Home Office Employes Local No. H-63. The SOPEG action causing cancellation of the election, which was arranged to give some ISO "collarites" the opportunity to vote whether they want to be represented by H-63 or "no union," was an appeal to the NLRB in Washington to overrule regional NLRB director Charles T. Douds' ruling disqualifying UA employe Cecilia Schuman as a candidate on the ballot. Douds had held that Miss Schuman, in seeking ballot recognition, was acting in behalf of SOPEG, which cannot appear on the ballot because it has not complied with the non-Communist affidavit provisions of the Taft-Hartley Law. SOPEG's complaint against Douds must be ruled on by the NLRB in a judicial capacity at Washington, it was explained. H-63 spokesmen were known to have feared "another delaying move" by SOPEG, and actually had looked for it in the form of an application for a court injunction against the holding of the election. Commenting on the latest SOPEG move, Russell Moss, H-63 business agent, observed yesterday : "For an outfit that claims to hate the TaftHartley Law so much, SOPEG certainly has used every 'out' it could find in the act to prevent a decent, democratic election among the employes of UA." H-63, Pathe Industries Begin New Contract Talks Today Wage increases, shorter hours and improved working conditions will be sought for Pathe Industries white collar employes at Bound Brook, N. J., and New York by IATSE Motion Picture Home Office Employes Local No. H-63 in new contract negotiations which will begin with company officials today, it was disclosed here yesterday by Russell Moss, H-63 business agent. Moss will head the H-63 negotiations contingent and Nick Tronolone, Pathe Laboratories vice-president, will head the company group. Poll Sopeg Members On New Contract Tonight The membership of the Screen Office and Professional Employes Guild will vote here tonight on new contract demands and also on the question of whether the union's present position of non-compliance with the voluntary provisions of the Taft-Hartley Law should be continued. One of the main contract issues to be voted upon is whether demands should be for 20 or 25 per cent increases. Other issues to be polled cover merit reviews, job classifications and grievance machinery. J. F. Chalmers Dead; M. P. World Publisher Greenwich, Conn., Aug. 24. — John F. Chalmers, for many years publisher of the Moving Picture World, prior to its merger with Exhibitors Herald in 1928, died here Aug. 20 after a six months' illness. He was 79 years old. Private funeral services were held yesterday. Interment was at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N. Y. The Moving Picture World was founded by the deceased's brother, the late James P. Chalmers, Jr., in 1907. Winners in Second Lap of U-I Drive M. M. Gottlieb of Chicago topped district managers in the second round of the Universal-International Presidential Sales Drive. Eugene Vogel, Albany, led branch managers in the East ; Irving Sochin, Cincinnati, in the South ; L. R. Berman, Chicago, in the West. Winning salesmen were Arthur Rose, Buffalo, in the Eastern division ; Harry Hynes, Jr., St. Louis, in the South; Ted Reisch, Chicago, in the West. SPG Members Reject T-H Law Compliance The membership of the Screen Publicists Guild has voted 125 to 44 against complying with the voluntary provisions of the Taft-Hartley Law, it was announced here yesterday. The vote was part of a national referendum now being conducted by the United Office and Professional Workers of America. AFM Delays (Continued from page 1) ing this afternoon at the New York headquarters of the union. Most of the time since the start of negotiations a week ago is understood to have been devoted to a discussion of living problems faced by Coast musicians. These discussions have been spearheaded by James C. Petrillo, AFM president. Doubt as to legality of certain AFM demands under the Taft-Hartley law is suggested as a possible reason for Petrillo's delay in presenting his proposals to the companies. Moss Name Changed Albany, N. Y, Aug. 24.— The Paul F. Moss Associates, Inc., New York, has changed its corporate name to International Tele-film Productions. Howard E. Reinhammer was the attorney. Another Video Applicant Detroit, Aug. 24. — The Grandwood Broadcasting Co. has applied to the Federal Communications Commission for permission to establish a commerI cial television station in Grand Rapids. Newsreel Parade THE recall of Consul General Lomakin and the arrival of Axis Sally mark current newsreel highlights. Human interest stories and sports are among the other items that round out the reels. Complete contents follow. MOVIETONE NEWS, No. 68— Tregrn trials face Axis Sally and Tokyo U. S. demands recall of Lomakin in iV.i' er case. Australia supports U.N. appeal to aid orphans. Invasion tactics shown in landing on Virginia coast. Football: professional Chicago Cardinals defeat college All-Stars. U. S. defeats France in swim meet. Expert maneuvers displayed in sailing regatta. NEWS OF THE DAY, No. 302 — Defense chiefs meet. TJ. S. takes stern action in case of Red teacher. Treason trials for Axis Sally and Tokyo Rose. China sets up Boys' Town. Fur fashions preview. Sports thrills. PARAMOUNT NEWS, No. 105— Middies, cadets in amphibious test. Cologne Cathedral reopens for 70Oth anniversary. Secretary Forrestal talks defense. Axis Sally arrives. Grid preview. Seattle sail classic. UNIVERSAL NEWS, No. 172 — Joint chiefs of staffs in hush-hush meeting. Recall of Russian Consul General demanded. Axis Sally arrives here. Outstanding daughters chosen. Miss Canada crowned. Fall fur fashions. All-Star football game. Motorcycle hill climb. Rodeo. WARNER PATHE NEWS, No. 3— Army-Navy war games. People in the news: U. S. top brass; Arab commander; Tokyo Rose; Axis Sally; Miss Canada. German crowds protest prices. Shanghai Boys' Town. Fur fashions for '49. Sports: All-Star game; Paris swim meet. NBC to Open Midwest Video Web Sept. 20 Detroit, Aug. 24. — National Broadcasting Midwest Television network, comprising Station WWJ-TV, The Detroit News, and four other televivision stations, will begin regular program operations Sept. 20, I. E. Showerman, NBC vice-president, announced today. 1 In addition to WWJ-TV, the original members of the Midwest network will be KSD-TV. St. Louis ; WTMJTV, Milwaukee ; WSFD-TV, Toledo, and WBEN-TV, Buffalo. Para. Wins Grant of Video Relay at L. A. Washington, Aug. 24. — The Federal Communications Commission today granted Paramount Television Productions, Inc., a license and construction permit for a new experimental television relay broadcast station in the Los Angeles area. The relay station will be used in connection with Paramount's Los Angeles video station. Two Cited Win Delay Washington, Aug. 24. — -The U. S. Court of Appeals has given attorneys for film writers Dalton Trumbo and John Howard Lawson until Sept. 30 to file their briefs appealing the writers' conviction in District Court here for contempt of Congress. Defense lawyers had asked an extra 30 days. This gives the Government until Oct. 30 to file its answering brief. MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherwin Kane, Editor; Martin Quigley, Jr., Associate Editor. Published daily, except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, by Quigley Publishing Company, Inc., 1270 Sixth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, New York 20, N. Y. 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