New-York tribune., 1918-10-08
Film Concern Announces 1t
Will Let Contract Lapse for
s'Patriotic Reasons
Official Asserts
Public Has Kicked
Accordingly, Film Service
Will Take Its Own Photo
graphs of News Events

The Hearst" will disappear Decem-
Der "a from the news pictorial known
as Hearst-Pathe News. as connection
with Hearst's international Film Ser
vice already has been all but severed
by the Pathe Exchange Inc. Officials
harrassing and often disadvantageous
from a business point of view to have
the name Hearst" linked with that of
their own finn with hyphen, and
Paul Brunei, vice-president and
general manager of the Pathe Ex-
change, announced yesterday that when
the contract with the international
Film Service expired on December "a
it would be allowed to lapse "for
patriotic reasons"
It was stipulated in the contract un-
der which the Pathe Exchange obtained
the use of pictures taken by the Inter
national Film Service that Hearst
name must be used in the title of the
news pictorial. The Pathe Exchange
now is taking its own pictures, but is
compelled by its contract to continue
to use II .arst's name until December "a.
Required Much Apologizing
Ever since the American public be-
came incensed over the lack of patriot
ism exhibited by Hearst and his news
papers we have spent good share Of
our time in apologizing and explaining
Hearst's connection with the pictures -
said Mr.. Brunei.
County councils Of defence and in
dividuals in different parts of the
country have even threatened to take
steps to bar the pictures in their dis
trlcts. In these cases we wrote and
explained that Hearst didn't own q
dollars worth of stock in Pathe EX-
change and that he had absolutely no
control of the film, except that his
company photographed the pictures.
Finally we decided for patriotic rea-
sons to eliminate Hearst from the pict-
ures.
"Of the s2,ooo,ooo capital stock is-
sued in our company, Charles Pathe
owns $1,800,O00 worth and Merrill.
lynch d Co., bankers, 7 Wall Street,
the other 100000 worth.
Will Take Own Pictures
We have hired our own camera men
and are taking our own pictures, but
we Will have to continue to pay the
Hearst concern its share as stipulated
IN the contract until December "a. This
means loss of more than $4,000 to
us, but we are willing to stand the loss
20 eliminate Hearst from any connec-
tlon with our organization
On hearing last June of assertions
that the Hearst-Pathe News obtained
favors from the Committee on Public
Information, Mr.. Brunei wrote the
House Committee on Ways and Means
IN part as follows:
Is an American Concern
"Pathe Exchange, Inc, is an Ameri-
can corporation, incorporated under the
no connection, direct or indirect. re-.
mote or contingent, with Mr.. Hearst or
any organization with which he is con
nected, nor does Mr.. Hearst directly or
lnolrecliy own or control one single
share OF stock in this company.
Our sole relation with the Hearst
subsidiary is to distribute films made
by 1T IN just the same way that we dis
.rlpute hlms made by other producing
Mr.. Brunei called attention to an ad
The effect that the International Film
Service after December "a would pro-
duce and distribute a news weekly to
he called the Hearst Internationa |
News, and stating that the name Of
Pathe would be discontinued. MIR. Rrn~
net said he wished to emphasize the
fact that during the last two years the
Hearst. organization did nothing in
connection with "Hearst-Pathe News
except to have its camera men take
the pictures.