Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1948)

'Tuesday, October 19, 1948 Motion Picture daily Republic N.L.R.B. Election on Nov. 3 II National Labor Relations Board exminer John J. Carmody yesterday set Jov. 3 for an election among Republic's home office "white collarites" to .etermine whether the employes want Ad be represented for collective barfining purposes by IATSE Motion irjPicture Home Office Employes Local Mo. H-63. A "definite majority" of rj he "mployes, H-63 claims, has rei '_' ! membership in the Screen ^ht'y4 and Professional Employes juild and now seeks H-63 representaion. Election date was set at a hearing it the NLRB here. Among those atending were James Rogers, IATSE rnternational organizer ; Joseph Condon, H-63 organizer, and J. E. McMajion, Republic secretary. H-63, UA Will Begin Pact Negotiations on Thursday IATSE Motion Picture Home Office Employes Local No. H-63 negotiators will meet here on Thursday with United Artists' secretary Harry Buckley to .open negotiations on a ^contract for the newly-certified H-63 Junit of "white collarites" at UA, it ,was announced here yesterday by Joseph Conlon, H-63 organizer. Aarons Is Reelected Warner Club Head Annual meeting of the national 'Warner Club was held over the weekend at the Warner home office here. Delegates re-elected Stuart H. Aarons 'president. Other officers named include : j Robert McClure, vice-president; Bernard Rosenzweig, vice-president in charge of membership; Harry Mayer, vice-president in charge of social activities ; Ruth Weisberg, vice-president in charge of welfare; Fred Stengl, vice-president in charge of claims; Robert Salomons, treasurer ; Sam Wolowitz, assistant treasurer ; Joseph D. Kary, secretary. New Realart Branch Atlanta, Oct. 18. — Realart of the South will open a branch in Jacksonville, Fla., in the near future, Ralph Peckham, general manager, discloses here. JVbw. --de luxe all-sleeper service New York to Paris every Friday 4 P. M. EST Fly on world-proved TWA Constellations. Cocktails, champagne, vintage wines. Filet mignon dinner. Bed-size berths! Hot breakfast! Call TWA or your travel agent. Film Salesmen (Continued from page 1) two weeks after a year ; automobile expenses of seven-and-one-half cents per mile for "country" salesmen, and $3.50 flat per day for "city" salesmen, with no reductions to be effected in cases where higher rates are now received ; hotel and meal expense of $8 per day, retroactive to Sept. 19. Contracts cover a period of two years, but provide for reopening of negotiations at the end of the first year on wages and/or expenses. "Maintenance of membership shop" has been conceded by the companies provided the majority of Colosseum members vote to have it inserted in contracts. NLRB will be petitioned for such an election. If included, that provision would mean a salesman could not resign from the union until the end of the two-year contract period. Representing the Colosseum in the negotiations were Mel Keller (committee chairman), Frank Flaherty, N. Provenchure and attorney David Beznor. Companies' negotiating group included C. J. (Pat) Scollard (chairman), Harry Buckley, Joseph McMahon, Charles O'Brien and attorney Burton A. Zorn. Keller Succeeds VanDyke As Colosseum President Chicago, Oct. 18.— Mel Keller, Warner salesman at Portland, Ore., has been elected the second president of the Colosseum of Motion Picture Salesmen, succeeding A. M. VanDyke, 20th-Fox, Chicago. Other officers elected by the 82 Colosseum delegates to the organizations' first national convention here were : N. Provenchure, secretary ; H. B. Wynn, Jr., Pat Halloran and George Tice, executive vice-presidents ; Bill Warner, Western regional vice-president; Milton Simon, Midwest regional vice-president ; Tom McKean, Southern vicepresident; Charles Dortic, Eastern vice-president. 6 US Companies Face Italian Strike Threat Some 1,800 Italian employes of six U. S. distributors in Italy have been preparing for a strike on an unspecified day this week over refusal by some companies to grant workers the right to organize a union that would discuss a contract on a national basis, according to press dispatches reaching here from Rome. Meanwhile, operators were called out on strike on Friday, but union orders were widely disregarded, the press reports said. Truman Story Told In Special Reel A special press screening of "The Truman Story," a 10-minute reel that will be shown in the nation's theatres beginning tomorrow, was held here yesterday at Universal-International's home office projection room. The reel was made by Universal News in cooperation with the Democratic Party, and is being used under a pooling arrangement by all five newsreels as a public service. "The Dewey Story" was shown in theatres last week. New CBS Video Outlet WNHC-TV, New Haven, has been added to Columbia Broadcasting's television network. W. Virginia Owners Will Meet Nov. 12-13 Cincinnati, Oct. 18. — The West Virginia Theatre Managers Association, with a membership of 200, will hold its 15th annual convention at the Netherland Plaza Hotel here, Nov. 12-13, instead of at White Sulphur Springs on another date, as originally planned, it was announced by Wendell H. Holt, Richmond, president. The organization is an affiliate of Allied States. John Adler Elected (Continued from page 1) is to be named at the next meeting. Board of directors are : Zone 1A : Milwaukee area, Edward Johnson, Mrs. Helen Hanke, Arnold Brumm ; zone 1, Charles Trampe, Milwaukee ; zone 2, Floyd Albert, Mt. Horeb ; zone 3, George Panka, Prairie Du Chien ; zone 4, L. V. Bergtold, Westby ; zone 5, Russell Leddy, Green Bay ; zone 6, Eric Brown, Plymouth ; zone 7, John Hanus, Antigo ; zone 8, Sig Goldberg, Wausau; zone 9, John E. Adler, Marshfield. Director at large — F. J. McWilliams. Over 300 attended the sessions. "A number of problems remain to be solved," said Charles Niles, director of Allied Independent Theatre Owners of Iowa-Nebraska, "but the Smith-Berger plan is impressive and I look to a brilliant future for it." Two Are Elected to Mich. Allied Board Detroit, Oct. 18. — Continuing with the progress in the field election of members of the board as provided for in recently adopted changes in the constitution and by-laws, two more meetings have been held by members of Allied of Michigan. At a meeting held at Paw Paw Town Hall, Ray Branch was elected a member of the board from the fourth district and Mort Dennis was named alternate. At Grand Rapids, members elected Herb Boshoven from the Franklin Theatre, Grand Rapids, a member of the board and John S. Oatley of Rockford as alternate. Allied Asks (Continued from page 1) 28. If the board approves, the proposal will then go to the Allied convention, there. Attending the executive committee meeting were Myers, Allied president William Ainsworth, Benjamin Berger, Ray Branch, H. A. Cole, M. A. Rosenberg, Martin G. Smith, Nathan Yamins, convention committee chairman Abe Berenson, and reservations committee head Maurice J. Artigues. To Promote 'Stay Happy' Joan Fontaine, co-starred with James Stewart in "You Gotta Stay Happy," Rampart production being released by Universal-International, will sponsor a 10-city flying tour of Mrs. America and her husband for advance promotion of the film. Mrs. Ray Strohmeier of Philadelphia was chosen Mrs. America last month. FUN EXPERTS ACCLAIM li EDDIE CANTOR says: "You'll be holding your Sides when you see this blue ribbon cast romp through the funniest picture in years1" And PARAMOUNT Preview Audiences Everywhere Have Elected It "The Funniest Hit In Years"