From the swank Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif, came a new wave of raucous sound effects. It was no sign of new life in Walt's celebrated cartoon creatures. It sounded more like Donald Duck in a tizzy of indecision.
Most of the noise came from representatives of 27 unions protesting last week's layoff of 450 Disney employes, almost half the studio's staff. Replied General Manager John F. Reeder: the new pay schedule (a 25% increase—an estimated $1 million-a-year boost in the payroll) put into effect on the demand of the Screen Cartoonists Guild...
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