CINEMA: I.A.T.S.E.

The man who is known as the tsar of the motion picture industry is Will H. Hays. Potentially more powerful than Tsar Hays is a man named George E. Browne. His terrific title: President of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes of the American Federation of Labor. In Hollywood's studios 12,000 workmen are members of unions that have sworn allegiance to I.A.T.S.E.; in the projection booths of the nation's theatres, I.A.T.S.E. rules the roost. Should Tsar Browne and his lieutenant, William Bioff, call their men out on strike, practically the entire...

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