The sun., 1919-08-14


ager ceases to be a contract between
citation IL the third party, and the pre-
dominant one. No matter how profitable
and pleasant the relations between the
Individual actor and manager may be.
these relations are at all times exposed
to Immediate destruction by a third
party. The Actors Equity Association
has demonstrated that II will not hest
tate to destroy these relations. The
present strike is a complete demonstra-
ton of hat fact.
The Producing Managers Association
again offers with any dependable actors
organization TO submit matters OF con-
tract fulnlment TO a joint board of
actors and managers. with an outside
umpire. The Producing Managers As
ISOLATION will bind itself to stand al
ways on the one great fundamental that
the theatre can only live when con-
tracts between individuals are supported
In their enforcement by every agency of
the theatre.
Bring us an actors association that
is founded on the same principle. We
will offer It a form OF contract thai is
better than the former Actors Equity
organization In which the managers
have faith. 1t cannot be the Actors
Equity Association"
Cast Said to Have Quit Equity.
From the headquarters Of the mana
gers yesterday It was announced that
the entire cast OF Civilian Clothes
playing the Apollo Theatre in Atlantic
City, had resigned from the Equity and
sought to join Mr.. Sothern's ~"organiza-
ton Others reported as taking the
same course were John Steel OF the Fol-
lies, who subsequently quit when Eddie
Cantor and the Dooleys broke up that
show Lionel Braha and e. Lyall Swete
of "Chu Chin Chow" Lola Fisher. Gladys
Hanson. George Parsons and Ralph Sip
perly of "a Prince There Was in Chi.
cago; bingham Pinto and Frederick
Graham. Jean Schwarz, the Dolly Sisters
n Sophie Tucker.
The managers also reported the break
Ing up of a growing secret service attrib.
] uted to the striking actors. From the
managers offices 1t was announced that
Ina Claire's brother, Ala Pagan, who
has a job in the office of Chamberlain
Brown, had been approached on the mat.
ter of sedition. An English actor. &C
cording to the reports, had come tC
Pagan n said that II he would supply
the Equity with the names of player:
placed in Jobs made vacant by the strike
he would be Handsomely paid"
How much. handsomely paid?" Mr.
Pagan is reported as asking.
Twenty-Five dollars a week. was the
reply, and naturally" the bulletin con.
cludes, "Mr. Pagan refused"
From the Century Theatre came the
important news t~elephoned/in by Morri:
Gest that at the matinee performance
of "Chu Chin Chow" another striker
refused to appear when Hlndenberg. the
donkey of the show, failed to show up
having been lost between the stable ant
the theatre. Mr.. Gest said he suspected
pickets had Influenced the donkey L
walk out.
Strike Fund Is Growing.
The actors strike fund showed health,
growth yesterday. In addition to tn,
$1,000 contributions from the stag
hands. Constance Binney sent over a So
bill, Eddie Foy sent his check for $3.50
and Dudley Field Malone made a lik,
contribution. John ]. McGraw, manage
OF the Giants. sent a contribution o
$1,000 and offered to play a benefit bal
game for the strikers. Henry Herber
of the John Ferguson Company an
nounced that he would contribute hal
of his salary to the fund while his en-
gagement lasted. Contributions were re
ceived from a number of actors who ar,
now in moving pictures in Los Angeles
TIT parade of actors who have reel
in the military and naval service did nc
take place yesterday. The striker
promise 1t for some day next week AM
say they will have between 400 and 40
men in line, ranking all the way from
~doughboy to colonel.
Former Attorney-General Wickershar