==Early business and political career==Payne then worked as a financial manager and chief disbursing officer for the Maine & New Hampshire Theaters Company, which operated 132 movie theaters in New England.
К началу 1930-х годов Пейн работал финансовым менеджером и главным казначеем в Maine & New Hampshire Theaters Company, которая управляла 132 кинотеатрами в Новой Англии.