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matters and serves as a coordinating agency in industrial relationships and functions as interpreter of problems and policies of public interest. It also represents the Industry in connection with all sorts of "anti" legislative measures which are a constantly recurring plague to the Industry. Its members find it an economical means of gathering useful information, and of securing necessary services and facilities.
The Academy of Hot ion Picture Arts and Sciences.. This organization which is a guild-like association of the production "branch of the Industry* was organized in 192? to deal with production problems. The Academy is controlled and financed by the producers. It has provided methods of adjustment and reconciliation among producers as well as between producers and their various classes of employees. It has attempted to "bring about industry-wide technical coordination by educational campaign's designed to reach all concerned therein, and has served as a clearing house for the collection of technical data in production. Its public-relations efforts have been focused towards contacting surve3^ experts, special organizations, and manufacturing and research concerns, rather than the press and the public.
Trade Union Activity
The Actor's Equity Association which is chartered by the Associated Actors and Artists of America and affiliated with the American federation of Labor has jurisdiction in the motion picture field. Its offices are located in Hew York, Chicago and Hollywood. In 1933, the Association had 1,418 memhers. These consist of both actors and actresses who had received screen credit (i.e. listing in cast of pictures) or professional recognition.
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