The Washington times., 1936-01-06
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mount Film Company during
1894, while Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, wife Of the President,
received $4,000 as contributing
editor Of q woman's magazine.
These are among the widely
varying salaries paid by American
industry as made public today in
q report submitted to Congress by
the Treasury Department.
The report was required by
Congress in the law which re-
: pealed ''pink slip" income tax
publicity. The Treasury was re-
quired to report salaries and COM
missions paid employees by corpo-
rationS over $4,000 year.
The information was sent to
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee for consideration, with no
recommendations Of any kind by
the Treasury. The report was
merely factual.
Many of the salaries recorded
have previously been reported
and made public by the Securities
Exchange Commission. The re-
port disclosed that high salaries
go to the men who guide and pro-
duce business for the great indus
tries Of the Nation.
Among those earning over
100000 q year are employees
listed as statesmen or sales man.
ayers. Presumably they profited
by bringing greater returns to
corporations.
> The report shed light on many
movie salaries, which have been
the subject Of wide speculation.
Salaries paid many Of the leading
actors and actresses, however,
were not recorded, the Treasury
report apparently being incom-
plete.
Chaplin, $143,OOO
Charles Chaplin received $143.-
900 during 1884 from the Chaplin
Film Corporation, while Mary
Pickford Fairbanks was paid $52.-
75O as president of the Pic6ord
Corporation.
Marlene Dietrich received $145,-
900 from Paramount Productions,
Inc, while Bing Crosby, Ltd, ,(the
corporation organized by the
crooner) got $l04, 499.9S for his
part in movies.
The wide range included $4,000
salary Of Gordon Mickey" Coch-
rane, manager of the Detroit
Tigers Baseball Club; $31,366.66
for Haywood Broun, columnist;
$4,000 from two corporations for
Walt Disney, creator Of Mickey
Mouse" and $77,S76 for Grover
Whalen, Of New York, as director
of Schenley Products Company.
The movie salaries reported in
cluded: DeMille Productions, Inc,
Hollywood, Cecil B. DeMille,
= $30,450; United Artists Corpora
ton, j. N. Schenck, president,
100000: A. A. Lichtman, vice
president, $751; ,089.S7: Paramount
Productions, Inc, Richard Arlen,
$57,666.66; George M. Arthur,
writer, $20,375; Lionel Atwill,
actor, $16,333.33: Max Baer, for
mer heavyweight champion, $751;
666.65; John L. BalderSton, writer,
$23,974.84; George Bancroft. actor,
$50, 1856; Joan Bennett, actress,
$36,979.16; Mary Boland, actress,
89,5S3.34; Carl Brisson, actor,
$84,050.80: Charles Bracket,
writer, $4,000; Kitty Carlisle,
actress, $52,083.32; Emanuel Co
hen, vice president, $78,826.62;; w.
C. Fields, actor, SIS, 083.33.
$337,479 For Miller
In many instances it was ap-
parent that corporations, owned
by one or a very few persons,
paid large salaries to the presi-
dent which otherwise would
have gone to him in dividends.
The salary Of B. D. Miller,
president Of F. W. Woolworth
Company. received 1887, 479.04: C.
y C. Conway, chairman Cont
mental Can Company, $295. 034.05.
Several managers of the Pru-
Dental Life Insurance Company
received larger salaries and COM
missions than the president.
Whether they were required to
maintain their own office stats
was not shown.
In one instance, it appeared
that Japanese and Chinese Of
ficials of San Francisco concern
drew salaries of from $4,000 to
100000.
Large salaries and those of
well-known persons included:
Arkansas Power and Light Com
pany. Harvey C. Couch, $780,
$50. acknowledgements Mail
Lines, r. Stanley Dollar, $780,
1890; j. Harold Dollar, $50, 900;
Bank Of California, North
America, Frank B. Anderson,
} $4,000; Charles K. Mcintosh,
$4,000; General Petroleum Cor
poration, A. L. We'll, 100000;
Hollywood Improvement Com
pany, Will Rogers, $23, 1896. 80;
IdahoMaryland onsoli dated
Mines, Inc, Enrol MacBoyle,
Vice President, $4,000; Richfield
Oil Company, William C. Nc
Duffie, receiver, $87,999.9 6:
standard Oil Of California, K. r..
Kingsbury, president, $136, 1858;
Oscar Sutro, vice president,
$9O,912. New York - American
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, Walter Clifford, president,
$210,050: American Tobacco
Company. George Hill, President,
$187, 1928: Paul w. Hahn and c.
r. Nelly. vice president. $50.