The evening world. Newspaper, December 8, 1921, Page 12

REPORT THAT HAY Story That He Will Be High Commissioner at $100,000 a WORD WOULD BE LAW. Some Motion Picture Men Ad- mit Merger of Industry Ha® Rumors to the effect that leaders | Yt.” fm the motion picture industry were| Hoover has been considefed by t magnates, but this could not be su Planning a gigantic combine with '‘iontiated. It is aaid that Mr. Hays eral plea for reasonable conciliation. ‘Will H. Hays, Postmaster General, and Mr. Zukor have talked th He shrank nervously from any sug- occupying the chair of High Commis-| tem over and it Is, hinted 1) gestion by the committee that labor along Broadway to-day. The story was that the Postmaster General would be made a sort of Judge Landis of the movies and his word would be law in moviedom. The whole idea was said to havo been planned when certain big pro- ducers were brought to the realiza- tion that “something had to be done” ie rejuvenate the industry and pre- vent poth its reputation and its finan- celal standing from slipping down the toboggan, It seems that almost everyone in the film industry bad “heard some- thing,” but no one could be pinned down to an absolute statement that ‘Mr. Hays would be offered the posi- tion of High Commissioner of the Mo- tion Picture Industry. Another idea spread by rumor was that it wouil mean a complete reorganization of the National Association of the Mo- tion Picture Industry, which takes in practically all of the industry within its membership, This, if it is true, is mews to the heads of the association. | ships in 855 jnatances. The range of plans,” announced an official of the association to-day. “We have heard’ character of Coast Guard activities.” ; heads of some producers or exhibitors, S TO BE LANDS OFTHE MOMES association that those at the head of the association would know some- thing about it.” On the other hand, Adolph Zukor, head of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation and one of the dominant that euch a reorganization plan was Year Not Confirmed, however, admit that Mr. Hays had ‘been offered the position of head of the new organization, but stated that announced Mr. Zukor. ‘There is such a plan on foot (a reorganiza- tion), Sut we have four or five men Been Contemplated. It is also rumored that Herbe-t Postmaster General asked for inore sioner and drawing a salary of|time in making a decision, presum- Unions incorporate, thus giving their on ably #o that he could take up the arene © year, thick and fast} rater with President Harding before of thele officers and the handling of making a final statement. William A. Brady said; “I know nothing @bout it. There has been a out of it.” oo of no contemplated reorganization F and nothing whatsoever of any such move. If there is such an idea in the being contomplated. He would not, | Was Shown by Witness at the Lockwood Hearing. several men were in the minds of the , Inquiry of the Lockwood Commit- magnates for such a position, tee into the charge that some bulld- “There ts nothing much I can say,” ing trade unions encourage their men to be work-slackers was about wound|ty-one rooms. up, Samuel Untermyer said to-day, with the examination yesterday of in mind to invite to hear jt and wo srugh Frayne, organizer of the Amer- have decided nothing definite a8 jcan Federation of Labor. The ex-|and they did.” qmination was more of an appeal for help than a search for information. Mr. Frayne's response was a gen-| end them. << RAID BY DRY AGENTS SCARES 200 COUPLES members the right to review the acts said the employers had an inveterate lot of talk along those lines for a Jong t¢Mdency to use the incorporation to time, but nothing creative has come apply court pressure to the disad- He reluctantly admitted an “un-| Street, ‘who was released on bail. fortunate spirit” was shown by the testimony of John Pearl of the Plas- terers' Union that he hated the em- ployers’ organization, sought to “put the harpoon into foremen” who bus+ tled their mon and rejoiced in im- posing fines on employers who de- manded large production. But Mr. Frayne said the spirit of many em- ployers was “just as unfortunate.” “Suppose [ tell you,” sald Mr. Un- termyer, “of an owner of an apart- ment house uptown who was in a hurry to finish it. twenty-two plasterers finished twen- ‘The owner made a bet of $100, with the walking delegate, that they couldn't finish the remain- ing sixty-three rooms in two days— said the Federation of Labor had no control over the local unions which|2¢,couples by searching for {quer had been chartered by international|kept everybody there until the searc! the international | Which was on a warrant, was unions had charters from the A. F. we, up to now, have heard nothing t y junions, though of it. It seems to me that if there was to be a big reorganization of this or L. —~>—-- figures in motion pictures, admitted Admits “Unfortunate Spirit” Mr. Frayne laughed in embarrass- 5 ment and said he had heard of such Electric Samovars things and that “conciliation” would agents under Martin J. Kelly visited Arcadia Hall at Halsey Street and Sar- atoga Avenue, one of the largest dance vantage of the unions. Mr, Frayne;halls in Brooklyn, at 1 A. M. to-day! and created great excitement among | The raiders covered rest was of, the manager) menson, twenty-five, jo, 726 made er. They say they found contraband liquor valued at $2,500. tn, ar- In three days $16.00 Dancers Held Untit clats ‘ Search Brooklyn Ht ote: Uneven Gracver: Leer & {union finances in court. Mr..Frayno} giz federal Prohibition enforcement 199 East {Sch Streat 1,021 LIVES SAVED BY COAST GUARDS In One Year Cutters Gave Aid in 1,933 Instances to Vessels in Distress. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. — Const Guard cutters and stations saved 1,021 persons during the twelve months ended Inst June 30, says the annual report to-day submitted to Capt, W. 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