Variety (March 1944)

12 PICTURES WeJiicstlay, Marcli 1, 19H. SAG Demurrer Gets Brushoif From Court in Rule 33 Batde with WB Studio Contracts 3;5 !K>,(iUll:PCl 1)1 p,.de6isioi,V ioi" AYSl'Wi'sin : Superkir cQtii'lv 'Klici'^ E. PjioneK'ia ■ T.tUccI but. ihe' dejiiul-rcr illccl by (he, ScvC>e 11 .Aet0rs GuIId, iiiid ■ gijye llie ■Qviiid i 3' tiato. answer, the, etitdip's an)oitci4dr.e,oiiipVniiit.,,' :R:tiJi:iig' ; jiicafis-thttithc ;Kiso:v\vyi;;go,i0iV';tHal,^ BftainM the entouomeiit of Rule 33 iRHid' the. ng)it-:,ta cliejiiaijdj 'damages,' ■'^'Riilfi; 33 ;:CaHs ;foi:; Ml sateties .'for filin ■ plaj.'prs ill-. .piAtirfes, , r^^ of tlio: time they ..are employed, even for bit pai'ts or waVli-On mUis. Suit is based on the action' of. the.,iGViild ill iiivokhig' the rHle' .Qii .the ,:p,rp"dt;ii;-. tion of •'HqllywoQjS-dantSdn,"^a semit; patriotic pifctttre. Av.hich .WbilliJ;:- hJive tinned o\ej $250 000 out of it$ profits to the Hollywood Canlecji Guild charged the .'.stiidio-;, with' 'tiTan^^ . "hig'lj pressure" pl.ciyeris ;i,nto; appcar- in.g. in the; .picture ''at.. saViiri'eis. ■ less- than thcv ueie accubtomed to receive.;, ., ■ . ■ Studio contended that the rule , would force payment of $150,000 to" $200 000 to some playeis lor a bucC sequence or a walk-through "All that'W.arndrs has flsjied?:'.thie Studio's, aiTionded ;oomplaiut' 'decIa,i-e^^^^^ free and ,,unrestriGted right 'to nego- tiate: with 'artists oil; a' strictly coin-: .mcrciat basis for their Services in the pictme ' Warners original demand to.r.$500,- 000 damages was omitted from the amended complaint, although the company reserved the light to ask for damages The picture had been in production approximately three weeks befoie it was shelved. SPU Vote Hearing Set for March 6 Hollywood, Feb, 29. Kational Labor Relations Boaid »et Mai ch 6 for heanng the petition ol the Screen Players Union for an election of Class B membeis of the Scieen Actois Guild to de<fignate a new collective bargaining agency. SPU plans to seek afltiliation with the American Federation of Labor, either through a separate Four^A chaiter or an independent one Meanwhile, SAG announces that, if .SPU wins a union contract, anyone belonging-to that organization will be requested to withdiaw from the Guild. RKO MANAGERS UNION AND CO. SET MEETING ■;ClC(iiiiiiig,- a vast; , jna.iprity ■ among mciiibcis aliOiidv em oiled, the Mo- lion ; pictxire [ Theatre Operating Manageis, Assistants & Cashicis Guild organised by these wBikeis in RKO thcatics of the metiopolil.iii ■N,,: Y;'., area, .\vilI..,li,oid .'a'''bcinferci.ice 011 March; ■,,,.13with , ■rep,reseri:ta- tives of the RKO SerMce Coip, RKO thealie management sub- Mcnarv. to discuss demands for cei-, tifiegti'qH ,-:as^'.i^ ■ 1)argaiil!rig agency: . The iiieetiiig was set; by- the Suite l.jboi Relations Boaid oiig- iiially ..for yesterday i.Tucsclay) br.t postppncd fay; niutiiHl, agreement,,;' ; : :The -,utiion embrace.s,inan?igers,, as-' sistaiits "and cashiers or, ta-easurci-s m RKO theafies in N Y, Biooklyn, Long Island and Westchestei county Noithcrn , New . J Gi aey ^las not -as-^^ been oiganized but ultnina'tely will be brought in, it is stated. Scales, minimums, overtime pio- Visions, ; sgverance,'pay v.and .otliev contractual demands have not been WOTked 'out, according to gpoltesmen, pending action on certification. Union IS so far of an independent character, not being afliliatod with either ,the Arherlcah'' Federation;' of Labor ol the CIO, but is not being regarded , ih the" light pf a, cohipany, union though so far it is open only to eligible employees of KKO An election of oflicerS: has not as yet been ■ scheduledj but will probably be held at an early date. Meantime, the group is headed by George .Dunn, manager, of the 81 st Stioet, while the steeung committee includes Haiold Daly, A E Ain- stein, ,J6hn Thompson,: Joseph Tull'y, Laurence F. Greib, Leon Kelmer, and : Harry Lyons, who- occupy managerial or cashier capacities in RKO houses. Hollywood, Feb 29 Ilt'lon OUara inked playei ticket ^iitAWtro.';',■;■';;: ;"';■'"■,".' : a'i^i'fiiaii. Mi;Uak0\vsi<y :sighed' b^^ Rijpviblic; ;!^s^as^!ociAte ^pl•od\^cer,. , , ,ijc(aiiU'd Ziii:i:t "d.rbw. dialog, ticket at'Ropuijiie., - ; •; M,ieliiicl,:St'. Aijgel'.i player opfioii liited .byVBK'Q/'::;' ''':;;.;''';..':^ , '? : ■ V':v ■ ,■; GcprKc;.;C?al;lctpn:;.Browii,;, w'riter,' rtniewod^byvRffpuBlte^' . ' : } ■ ;, Ella .Mae .MQrse:'inkcd pact at, Uni- vti^al ,':-Sari;y ■ ^VarV'^.n.'' '(jr.feNv?:' ..composer ti'eivet,',at■ :i\i,e{rBi;'';:,'.";';'■■■ .;■•; ;'■..', '; Noil ONeills player ticket le- nc'o.'ud by Slti'iimQl.ji'it, ',.':' .>' ' .'■ ;'. J.anie.s' Crd,^'; pldyWl.;Option piekfe^^^^ itp .bj* 20tli-FQ?c,,:'*:;, ■, -;' '■ Ronnie StgalonJ dancer, signed by iMetro :; .-Sllai'iaii '.'.^McManiis drew .■. moppet ticket-'Eit^Mclrp,'.',^;;■':;;V ' • ',' .■■ Hai'vey, Jtiircis renewed as actor' by ,2D(h-Fpx;:' ;^ ■.■ ■ '. ■';':'-''''■ ■,;";:■-'■';,•.', Dick Currier, film editor, signed by Monpgram... ;'v ■ ^ Minii ■-. Chandler's' player , option litted by Paiamount. Tom Con^sav lenewed by RKO ♦♦•M-f-f-f-l Lefty's Notebook By Joe Laurie, Jr. Julie Gibson's player option lioi.stcd by Paramount. , ' ,, Rus.sell Wade, actor, renewed by RKO ;': Virginia Morris' play er pact ■., re-, newed by Paiamount, COL'S RETROACTIVE SALES DRIVES; 2 YRS. First known occasion where a sales drive IS being made retroactive to cover two seasons, tiie current film year as well as 1942-43, is: the one 'which Columbia ha.s inaugurated, known as "Dates to Win." Extending to June 22, it will take In business that was done by the Vaiious branches and sales made back to the 1942-43 season, with fewaids based upon that yeai's deals RS ^;well': as .thpse closecl Up , to"; the jiiiie date. • ' Drive will be high'.ii;h".cd by the broadest distribution of awaids Col has ever set up. A total of 24 blanches out of 31 will share, headed by the equivalent of four weeks' sal- aiy for the fust four, and three weeks for the ne\t four based on ;. resuMs .shown. ■ Under ; the award .setup,, division slipervisersi hrahch ,iliaiiag'ei-.i ,salesra,eo,: ofiice ijianagers •and bookers :in the Srexctianges wili ; Have an bppp.vttinity, tb participate to the distribution of prizes. -::■•■■: . ■ -.t WB's Net Operating Profit Up $260,000 In 1st Quarter '43-'44 Warner Bros, net .operating .profit rose , less than $260,000 in the first three months of the new fiscal year, as compaied with the fust quarter of the 1942-43 fiscal year Repoit issued last week shows $1,9&1,730 net after al! charges including Federal taxes, as against $1,723,383 foi concspond- irig period a year ;agp, Cortipany's quarter, which etided. last. Nby.. 27, shows profit equal to 53c on- 3.701,090 common shares as compaied with- 43c in comparable period a year be- fore, but after provision; for divi- dends on preferred then outstanding: :,L,Warners noteS tiiat'prbvisipri w ntade for XlosSes on fixed ais.Sets,' ailipunting , to $250,000, sold subse- quent to; Nov. 27. 1943. This covered real estate and theatie propeity dis- posed of Corporations gross income totalled $34,413,961 for the fiist or better than $4,000,000 over the $30,^ 111,163 shown for the." three months ended Nov 28, 1942 Provision for Federal / taxes amoiinttd':. to . $3,945,000, including $120;POO .c.re,tWt>lpr debt -'retii'crnent and $210,000 post-war lefund both deducted from total, as againM $4,- 450,000 in coi responding peuod last year. Waineis showed $12 938,563 cash in tlie U S as of Nov 27 last year as compared with $8,948,791 on Aug. 31, 1943, Melton in M-G Tollies' Hollywood Feb 29. James Melton, MetiopoJilan opeia and .ra'ciip ^ing:er,',Qliecl5s'i.ii at Meii-o' Maich 10 (01 a role in 'Zicgtcld Fol- ■.^ 'lies:S;".;;. ■.;'. ...,i.;...; '-<■.■■ ^ ■ i':.r. ^,■ .:. Ciist Icacii? sighed'for'IhoVpieto : to: date,fii'e Fred:Astairb, Jiminy biK ,ratitev.tLiiiill0.38all anjj yjctor ^Mbxire; SANDBURG EAST 'TIL JUNE . ; ,i€:arr ^andburg:;- ^yiio ,'is^'^^^^^^^^ ■::brigitt!il fpr^. Metro,'to,' 'bpi-prpduced ^py ;Sidi'iBy- Fra^^yin^:^;^:as'_ postponed his fria tp,'the;:Studib:'■ .■ ;'■,;:':,^''', , .OrigiiiaHy.',' !ich!fedulcd, ,to ''':go_.: tlii.s '..mfHitli ,;he.. Vno.W ' •plans' •'to : rnalie' . the; trek in June. Manpower Woes Anew for Amus. Washington, Feb 29. Show bu manpower headache is due for a new high; according to latest dc\clopmenls here ; TippiT . caiii'e ; ill- the - President's; slaf eineiit Saturday (26) in which .lie in'dicafed that, most deferments for non-tatheis fiom 22 to 26 will be wiped out in the near lutuie Pie- Peail Haibor fathers in this age gioup aie also due to be guibbed right and lelt While the film and radio indus- ;tfieS" have :sprtte,:^s§ential '4 tions on a nationwide basis and some tlieatre jobs, have been labeled loijal- iy ■essential, .i the , new -drive to .meet the ;q;uptas: of. the;Army arid the Navy will;, probably; get. by July 1, . the; bulk of those deferied who aic un- der 26. Mr. Roose\elt threw out a stiong sugg.-stion as to how to till the gaps in the lanks ot civilian businesses: which will feel the squeeze. He' ■■aid: ■-",''> ' ■:■■■'':■':■-':'.v.'-i,.'''.''^:..- . "The overage, men, the pliysically disqualified, the returned spldier-and the won-.en of the .nation must be used \more' effectively- to replace- the able-bodied :rfle.n' in;'eritic£i,l 'industrjf and agriculture." ,;:'■ ;■' .> ; -'• "1 Numoeis released by the armed forces due to wounds, other physical di.sabiiity and, for,, otWr tfeasbBS is near]y::100,U00 monthiyv'Some indus- tries-are-going after these people in oiganized fash on. Show biz, to date, haff done little about it. Strolling Through Film Screen, New Vandalism Louisville, Feb 29 ■ 'ifee, -last ^str,a,\v''ih' ■vandalism .was perpetrated li,.st week at the Ken- tucky ' -(S.witpw ,Brbs. ■ sub.sequ-erit) pn the.;: mairt: ,sl'e!iTii'.,when :ybuths entercfj the tbeatire aftei'closing; time.: from an alley, and- proceeded -to-' walk through the screen, with, a property daiiiage; ai)ioLinting, to $500. Culpr,its \ve're not: apprehended, and opera loV,s of-: llie liouse,,, al'Q ,at a Ips.s to Under- .stijiiEl why; tfi6-;deed -wa,s .conirnittcdi ,a.s- the ■ v:andals'.; pertainiy;';. -is^er'e -nb-t .l3;yir!|;';fo:'crasii ^the'hpus^ tfie.,pis;-'';'V'-'";-' yr-' wr ''-/ '•'(■ 'I:/'.': House'/has->%ib"stage; 'sb^oiijy "W'iiy. ilie deiinqucn'is co:i!d euicr t!io house pto.p:«r...vvfVS, by walking thrbugh. the .<-crocn. S.T.all .-uriour.l oi caiMi.v '■i\:,1s' stpleti',: ;;but ;oth'erwi'se-',nPi,h-i,jig .was. diiitiirbcy.;..':':' .■..■;;■ ? '.■ Dear. Joe: ' ■;,:■■■ . ■..:;':,...'.'"■■, ; ^v^;-;- OoPlacro!!; Ciil.^ '■ ; ivie and;Aggie, just ■rinished,,a,,bpQk:ealt written; by'; W'i:liiaht: Mbultoii.;l\tai-sl^ ■ and-^Johii^^ Keflry!-Fellpr,' iitibli>iii8d by-Bjchard:R.'-Smi.l:lV t'or'tfii'ec\^ .:,'.'.:'';>;',.''"■:;■.' Thus book IS about Ficdiick Fieeman Proctor, the founder and owiici of the lamous ProtlO'vciK'tnt of thcaties He started in "how bu.sinr^s <i-, , n : aprpba.t,.;'bciiHg:Pfteihalt" the toui^/ahd; p!ayhig -.sfl)i5p:'yai'io date? in, America,;, lie;•brahched - »it^ theatife-mii,iiaser,^ aiid ovvhpr. lie open,ed:,,his flfet hbiis,e :',ii|;;i^^^^ Aibah^i*;- calliitg it Iie\'aiitine',s, noYcity thesitl'o-., He -bpehed abdut,'^,ti. and. in 18R9 opened I'roctor'.s 23"d St., N. ■':'^'r''r,: ' l;wi-Pte:you a;l:Ong:t,ime ago ,th 23rd St. theatre was formerly a chuich It was then made into S.imi Mole's Temple thCtUie Thty couldn't get a license Piortor built a new house in 1889 'The County Pan" was the fil.st show played 'theie, then Dockstadei's Mmaiels, ,uid the la'-l '-how was 'The Theatie of Aits and Letters," the stats "elling for ,$5 .a; copy. '^It,•;was 'then; Proctor's; bperied; as-a variety" hou.'ie/-w.ith: osii^, ■ liniious '-liow-, 11 am to 11 p in , with admission prices of Vt 2) .md 50c. 'Prpctor,.'w,'a,S:,t,h;e- brigiiTaipf of ilie "early-tiird'' matinee, adhiiltiiig pebplii: cheaper, tintil 1 ,p;nii- He theh biiiU the; beautiful Proctor's'5,8th St. 'tJieatre,;-' theh cam* PrPctjpr's 'Newark^ •Prpclor's ,125th ;,St,,: Proctor?s ih^Ptaiijlield'" Elizabeth and Peith Amboy, Now Jeisey, Schenectady, Cohocs, Ml Veuion and Yonkers, N, Y. The last house he built was Proctor's 86th St AUei this he .sold out for many millions to (he Keith intefests and icliied Longtime Showman Pioctor was a showman of over half a eentuiy and plaj^ed the grcitest ?iefs'-Jn ;V|iudeyilIfe;,'::aii:d! yet he; wa!«| littip -kilbwn' to- the;- aet$ "that playt^ ipr -hiiri; ; Proctor very seldon-i came btickstage. He; ,wPuld jn'ake .ioui'j , of'his tlseat.rosTo keep tabs on the bu.-iine.ss and' tlTO~gencral"cin;(i',ic:t \;v his manv piopcities, but iic\ei oi seldom would come back to mett the ■ boys and gals back.stage. A fine honest business man, but. not a coimi^ol showman Pioctor didn't have the homciness of a Tony Pastoi-, the mmoh of a B. F. Keith, the aggve,ssivel\ess of an E, F. Albee, the idealism ot a Peicy Williams, the showmanship ot a Hammeislein, the invcntivone.'-.s of a Marcus Loew, the inspiration of a William Morri.s, the arti.sticr.ess of a- . Mditm Beck, ihe coloi of a Mike Shea oi the subtlety ol a J .1 Muidock. Show 'businie.ss, was.; a , busifl6s,s With, Proctor^ , while the: otlier.s were .Ir^'.si- ; nbssmeri !Who; made':A'audeville ,'a , religion, 1 must . adniit some of 'em weren't very good churchgoers, if yoii know what I mean. . '- ; • ■.•;. ..'■■.'.';; Keith-rroclor Split The book doesn't tell the inside stoiy of the great Keith and Pioctor splilup: The authors j'.ist .>--ay that Proctor .sued for .dis.soUition o!:' tlie partnership: and won. Proctor was one of the heads of the United Book- ing: OlTicev w'.hieh; made many a pretty-penny, from charging-5% -to the actois to book them. Pioctoi was also the first to make the actoi play Sundays in New Yoik on his out-ol-town contiacts that didnt allow Sunday show* He was one ot the lust to leplace vaudeville With slock companies, ha\ing,had the finest stock companies m the city. Pioctor maiiied Georgie Lingard, a talented and populai soubiet ot the '90's, and they lived very happily on their large estate at Laiclimont It was the only maiiiage for each and it lasted many years. Mis Pioctor IS still alive and i.s » great ta\oiite with her neighbois. The book seems to have been wiitten "lUst for the lecoid ' Im sine Pioctoi could have told a lot about the inside of vaudeville th.it would have made good reading,. but, even if he was alive he:was not the type. 1 o ; le'.l anythiiig^ abou! his. or, anyone else's part in t!ie great bu.siiie'y.s 'of • vaudevJIe He was veiy loyal to his employees, was the lust to give them ; insurance, etc. When: he died he, left mo.st of them some money: aiso -left - a lot of money to the Actois' Fund and the National 'VaudeMllo Aiti.sls Something many of the gieat manageis who made millions in the vaude- ville field foigot to do All'ill all, the book is okay, for "the record'' but doesn't r.dd anything to the gieat unwiitten histoiy of vaudeville At that, if biought b.ak ; many pleasant memories to me and Aggie of the Proctor circuit,.; on :Wlii(;h.' we spent many happy years. I wish .lules Ruby were alive today '.o bock us into Pioctoi's Newalk so we could meet our old pal Louis Golding, the manager. Sez Your pal, V'-;; ■"•';;-■'",--•'■.■■" ;:;,„-^>"', ':-:"-.•'':-■:. ;';>'-;•"■:..;."■■'-::■ '^ •■:■'.";•■■-:', :Lc|ti/; I PEACE, IT'S WONDERFUL Usually Scrapping :NW Pixmen Now More tilubby ITALIAN'BERNADEHE' FILM BEING RELEASED :, ■'A' producedfiV-,Fraii'ee'. fllm,,':ih-the Italian language, made several year.s ;agp - and known as -'La.; Vita 'Dl .Beriiadette,",, is': how;Vbeing; offered ;C,oi:io'urreht: with pre-release engage- .ments ;of ,20th-FOx's "Song, of Berna- :defte;'^ ;current;- oh; N- Y., arid :Los^ Angeles,-engagem'ents. ,•, ' - -': ■ . , Tia'i-K.ted 'La Vila Di Bcina-- dejte", hneans ''The Life; of Berna- <ie;tc," .It, played a two-.week en- -gagdriieht, ;ende'd. ./TJhursday; ' niglit 'l'24),. at- the.--'Maj'pr on Canal slrceti N Y, which has been on a foieign policy foi a year now. It was booked into the hotise by Frank De Sonni : Whilfi;; 2pth-Fok;knbws' about ■the; Italiafl; .piotu'rB-::;pii, :Bernade{te and that it:..pl;iyed.'the; Ma:jo'r,, rio;repre-^ sentjitibn.s,' -are,-.knowii to, have been -teade.-.. • .■ ■ ... • . : - From Stoker to Bridge Hollywood, Feb 29 .;. Wi)li,am:B;endiXi, c.itrrebtly.'^p^^ a lOiighncck lole m "The Hairy Ape" toi .luIc'S fjcvv, moves to Paramount '•iip,.xU.ii5#th ,-i'oi', an. -eciually '-luiggcd,' -.'part fls;tlic ,'fi,r;st'plate in the old'Dana; 's'tfii. i-tprv,,;, "Two ■ Yciins; Before the ,i\^HSt;•'^" ;';', ■,'■;.:■;■•■■.''; ''.•'-:";■>;''•; . S'clon; I.;Millcr produecs,';th, Alan :La;(!d iii- tlte' rbftia!!; tead ;atid Brlaii; Doi-ilcv'y ''as the ■i^ldppe.K-■ -„;.': '.■ -;;■. - Minneapolis, Feb 29 Getting together of independent exhibitprs,: branch ' riiahagers, film .salesrneiT and e.'cchange emplbyees at .NortliweSt Variety . club and ;Peel Fellow, club sociarafl'airs is having the efiect of improved relations withm the industiy m this teuitory where Iheie has been much belliger- ency, according to tiade leadeis. It's declared that theie's les-s an- tagonism among the conflicting film elcments npw than at !any time with.- ih' nsemory.- Independent exhibitbi^S show a friendlier attitiide.toward/the blanch manageis and salesmen. This has helped to make the lob of film selling easier and moie pleasant than in the past, the trade leadei.s say. An important factor in the situ- ation, however, is said to be the ^?'^^H^:*'P^'^^t'''8/^'esults ,in; iTiaity: of .the"'theatre» situations.; Most, of the .independeht diretiits aiid many of ttie Indiyidtial. .. independent' exhibitors aie enjoying prosperity, alihough, of comse, theie are numeious excep- tions, It's declaied by the exchanges RogeliviifTTRiley" Hollywood, Feb 29." :;L)fe ,ot ,: jatTie5^- Whitcom'b,^ Rljey' Hosier;poet:of. W past geiiei-alibn,' will :be fll.fried at ,Republic. .with Albert ;S.', Ilpgell prpd,udng; and=- directing frornvhis.,, o-wn: story, ,;i;The >Lif6: of Riley " '':•;Jo%'Wa}?f);e':is slatsd i!6r;tte haiiie rote,: '-with Martha ■Scott' •■as iemw. .-star:-; ■ •;;;-, ■.-.; ■;r.-'"' -'■ '■ REP'S 'HUERICANE' DICKER Republic i.s. dickering for the screen :,i1«lilf!-: tb "Let, :thfc. Hitrtifiahe Roai," lund by Rose Wilder Lane, flj'f!i;fl)nbli;,lu;rf abj;(tit :JQ;-years: ago. ; It I'RWitty ,i;ppoar<id'ih>ll-ie,'Reiid- ei s Di^f St MONO'S DOZEN SCRIBES HIGH FOR THE STUDIO Hollywood, Feb 29 Monogram's scribblirtg staff has reached an all-rtmle high this week with 12 scnpters on the 1944-45 pio- gram.- ^; ■; - ,;. ;"-- '''■;- ;:::'-';:'■•:';,' ,'■ ''■; Writers aie Arthui Cae^ai, Fi.,nk Beritick . Wisbar, George Sayfe,;. Charles R. Marion, George Callahan, Haiiison Oikow, Houston Bl<'(nch, Tim Ryan, Eddie Davis Robeit Ed- monds, Earle Snell and Fiank H. Young. Ex-U. S. Attorney Reps Theatres Vs. Stagehands St. Louis, Feb 29. Russell Ilaidy, ioimei Asst to the U. S Attoiney-Genelal and who fig- ured piominently lu the anti-tiust proceedings heie scveial jeais ago against the major flicker producers, et al, has been retained by local flicker house owners who nie en- gaged in a tiff Witli the Stagehands' Union, Local 5, over a wage increase demand Hardy and Jame.s Aithur, of the Fanchon & Mai-co local p,r,-', ganizatipri, ■■ who ,is head, of a cbminit- tee, representijig the theatre pvyriers, liav'e;beeii:, in a riumber .of' hilddJes; pieparing for a p a. befoie the WLB, where the controversy will linally be decided. Last week the thcatj-e owneis fi'id their answer with the Kans.is Citv WLB, and the .siagehand.s are expect- ,: e,d to:;do likewise'currently,;; It'is exr' . pected that Washington will be the scene ot the next meeting to iron out the problem. COL.'S NEW DIRECTOR ■: Dpn.ald- S. ,Straienv',has bee'n--''«^^^^ a. niertiber,,..pf.•;,doluiri.bla;, Pictures di-; leUoiate. He's a partner of Hallgaiten & Co , N Y a dncctor of U S Leather Co and Stahl-Meyet Co, He also is president of Tiaveleis Aid Society.