Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-11
Owners Decline to Disclose
Plans if Sympathetic
Strikes Are Called.
PEN WOMEN'S PRESIDENT
STANDS BY ORCHESTRAS
Situation at Standstill as No New
Proposals Are Being
Contemplated.

Washington moving picture theaters
will remain open irrespective of whether
the musicians walk out on September
10, A. Julian Brylawski, president of
the Motion Picture Theater Owners
Association Of the District, reiterated to-
day.
The dispute between the musicians
and owners came to a head yesterday
when the former group emphatically
rejected an offer from the owners to
abolish orchestraS in all theaters ex-
cept the Palace and Fox, continuing
them in these two on q smaller scale.
The musicians decided to reject the
offer at a mass meeting in Musicians
Hall yesterday.
1t was announced today that the or
chestras will be continued through Sep
TENDER 10, but that subsequent to that
date the theaters will have to get along
on canned music"
BryIawski Confident.
Representatives of the stage hands
and operators unions, which early in
the month threatened to walk out in
sympathy with the musicians, said to-
day they had received so further word
from their national ofi1ces and did not
September 10.
Meanwhile Mr.. Brylawski confidently
predicted that 1t would not be necessary
to close the theaters.
everything is breaking satiSfac-
torily," he said, land we do not expect
to close down."
Asked whether any arrangements
had been made to replace the operators
and stage hands, should they strike,
with non-union men, Mr.. BrylaWSH
said that the operators did not want TO
a. gtQQR
game"
Some Expect Adjustment.
In some quarters the belief was ex-
pressed that the difficulties would be
adjusted and that there would be no
walk out. Mr.. BrylawSki, however, said
he had not received any instructions
from the owners to make further oner
TO the musicians.
Thonas Reed, business agent Of the
Moving Picture Machine Operators
Local, and Thomas Trundle, representa-
tive Of the stage hands, both said today
that they are awaiting further instruc-
tons from national headquarters oeIore
taking definite action.
Mrs Grace Seton Thompson, presi-
dent of the National League OF Ameri-
can Pen Women, yesterday issued a
statement in which she said she would
'deulore. in common with all lovers
Of good music, any movement tnat
would curtail the opportunity OF the
public to hear the finest musical COM
positions played by living musicians.
Musicians Union Statement.
Canned music cannot satisfy real
ly cultured public taste and cannot
agree with q statement from New YORK
that washington Is Just another city,
I believe the best In music should be
available for washington patrons OF
dramatic art"
The Musicians Union issued the fol-
lowing statement after yesterdays
meeting:
"By absolutely unanimous vote. the
meeting refused to agree to the ar
rangement contemplated by the pro-
posals offered by the owners. The
members of the orchestras employed at
the Fox and Palace Theaters were in
the forefront in rejecting these pro-
posals, expressing themselves as willing
to make every sacrifice rather than
stand by while q death blow was being
struck at the art of music in this city"