Evening star., 1937-05-04

| BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, May 4.-The Cen
tral Strike Committee, without an
nouncing the reason, called all wom-
an marchers OF the picket lines sur
rounding Hollywood motion picture
studios today.
An official said the decision was
made after that trouble last night
at the Westmores"
The House of Westmore, extrava-
CANT film colony beauty salon, was
damaged the owners said, to the
extent of $4,000. Three men and a
woman smashed mirrors, ripped car
pets and tapestries and smeared creo-
sote over the establishment
1t is owned by the four Westmore
brothers. Each is makeup execu-
tive in different major studios. None
has joined the makeup artists who
are on strike.
I'VE know that it was a framed
piece Of work" an ofiicial OF the
striking Federated Motion Picture
Crafts said today. ut was obviously
designed to turn public sentiment
against us
Il can say positively that none Of
our people went near the Westmore
salon last night"
AS result, however. woman strik-
ers were asked to remain away from
the picket lines today, the official
said. They may return later, he
added
We're not expecting trouble to de-
velop from this. But until the situa-
ton cools We don't want any women
on the lines"
Picketing Is Quiet.
! Picketing, meanwhile, continued
quietly and in about the same volume
as yesterday. Strikers said from 5000
to 5000 men would be on the lines
before noon today, but when the
studios first opened their doors at
9 am. fewer than 500 were counted.
The stars again passed through
the lines without incident, and pro-
duction executives said movie-making
would continue at normal rate
No cameras were observed among
the pickets. AS a deterrent, some
said yesterday they would photograph
members of other unions going
through the lines.
Plans for a mass meeting, open to
the public. were being formulated to-
day by the Strike Committee
The Screen Actors Guild and the
producers named committees to con-
fer beginning tomorrow, on the guild q
demands The chief one is recogni-
tion as the sole bargaining agency for
motion picture players.
Actors Go Through Lines.
Some extras were reported to have
refused to pass through the picket
lines, but the big name players went
through in numbers.
Strikers contended that motion pic
ture production was hampered but
Pat Casey, labor conciliator for tn.
producers, declared 80 far as the
t studios are concerned actual strike
conditions do not exist
1T already is quite evident that tn,
SSAiSA di DNNS VI sluuio Wi hClS dle
not in sympathy with this particula
strike effort"
Confident satisfactory agreement
could be reached with the guild, h,
said he was awaiting demands as t.
wages or changed working condition!
7 from the federated crafts. They hav,
demanded recognition for their union
before presenting other demands.
The guild will be represented in th'
. conferences by Robert Montgomery
president; Aubrey Blair, business agent
and Kenneth Thomson, executive sec
retary. On the Producers COMMITTEES
are Joseph M. Schenck. president o
t Twentieth Century-Fox; E. J. Fox
M.-G.-M. production manager; Ha
Wallis, Warner Brothers production
:. manager. and Samuel J. Briskin, pro
duction manager Of R-K-O.