The Omaha guide., 1933-07-15
MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITORS
SURPRISED TUESDAY IN
COUNCIL CHAMBER

came up for a vote which was rec
commended Monday by a committee
of the whole UNANIMOUSLY, the exhibit
ors and parties cocerned in the
amended Ordinance were quite sur
prised by the vote of Commissioners
John Hopkins, Roy N. FOWL, and
| Harry Trustin. It was said by one
exhibitor. "we expected to see Mr..
Hopkins vote against our amended
Ordinance. for we felt he was some
what inclined to favor the Union
Operators, shut the biggest surprise
| of the vote taken was the vote cast in
the negative by Commissioner Roy N.
FOWL and Commissioner Harry Trus
tin, both of who the exhibitors felt
would at least stay by the recon-
m~endations made by the Committee
of the whole Monday July 10. There
was some doubt expressed by one ex-
hibitor about Commission Trustin
voting against the Amended Ordin-
arce, and said that he thought there
must have been a mistake in The
Clerks counting the votes for they
were positive that Mr.. Trustin voted
IN the affirmative. However the rec
"rds of the roll call in the city Clerks
office show the following Commits
sioners Myers, Knudsen, Frost. Hop
kins, Butler for the affirmative May
or fowl, and Harry Trustin in the
negative, thereby leaving the votes
standing 5 in the affirmative and 2
in the negative.
On Monday the City Council re-
ceived and adopted 7 in the affirma-
tive and none in the negative the re-
port from the following Committee.
Commissioners. Dan Butler, John
Hopkins, and Frank Frost, which was
appointed by Mayor FOWL to hear the
grievances from the Motion Picture
Operators Union and their repre-
sentatives and the Exhibitors and
their representatives. This report was
recommended to the Council for con-
.'sideration in it's regular meeting
Tuesday the report was read and &C.
cepted by the City Commissioners, 5
IN the affirmative 2 in the Negative
At this same meeting the amended
Ordinance vas read for the final
reading and passage and the roll cali
showed 5 in the affirmative, one in
the negative and one absent, thereby
the act of this vote amended Ordin-
nee will become a Law in Is days.
This Amended Ordinance provides
for an examining board Of 8 appoint
ed by the City Commissioners, there
by eliminating the former Union
Operator, who was president of the
examining board, the president of
the operators Union, and also the Elk
hibifor. The new board will be made
up as follows: the city electrician. the
city engineer. and one fire inspector.
We believe this is a move in the right
direction for fair play for the appli-
cants in their examination. This law
will become effective within Is days
from July IL.
At this time the 2 Negro youths
who appealed to the Appeal Board of
the City Council following the de-
cision of the Motion Picture Opera
tors Board will carry out a mandate
by the appeal Board when they
appeared before them. They will take
the third examination from the new
board. and if they are successful in
passing the examination they will
Immediately apply for membership in
the Motion Picture Operators local
Union, which they have always ex-
pressed a willingness to do. They will
not under any circumstances become
a scab on Union Labor. For if the To-
cal Union refuses them membership
they will apply directly to the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor, general of
flee. This they hope will not be neces-
sary as Omaha is their home. They
were born, reared and educated here
and feel they will be given a full citi-
zen's consideration by all in this af-
fair.
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