Evening star., 1938-01-09
Is TOP $3O0,0DO
IN1936SALAR|ES
SIoan's $561,311 Leads
| list-Gary Cooper Heads
Entertainers.
BY the Associated Press.

A congressional committee. giving
the public peek into the 1886 pay
envelopes Of the Nations highest-paid
industrialists. movie stars and finan-
ciers. disclosed yesterday that Alfred
P. Sloan, jr.. of General Motors,
topped the list with s561,31l.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee divulged the information,
which had been given to the Treasury,
by corporations which paid employees
salaries, bonuses. commissions and
other compensation of Sis. 200 or more
during the 1886 tax year.
Sixteen persons received in excess
OF $500 900 each for the year, the
report showed, and nine of them were
officials of the General Motors Corp.
William S. Knudsen. its vice presi-
dent. ranked second to MIR. Sloan
with s459878.
Cooper Earns s37o,214.
In the entertainment world. Gary
Cooper was tops with s370,2l4. Ten
movie and radio stars received more
than 100000 In addition to Mr..
Cooper, this group included Ronald
Colman. 1862 500: Claudette Colbert,
$350833; Mae West, who led the
list for the preceding year. 1923 1888;
Madeline Carroll, s287,e13; Warner
Baxter, s284,3S4: Marlene Dietrich,
s269.333; Ruth Chatterton, s24e 500:
Charles Boyer. s249.l45, and Rudy
Vallee. s238,744.
The report showed that 1886 General
Motors Corp. officials received SIS 900
or more and Sc of them got at least
$50,00O Among them were Donald
son Brown. vice president, S353.732
John Thomas Smith, general counsel.
$349.251; Lawrence P. Fisher, vice
president, s3O7.773: Charles F. Ket-
tering. vice president and director.
research laboratory, s304,4OO; Alfred
j. Fisher, supervisor of quality. $685.
423; Edward F.. Fisher. general man.
ager, Fisher Body Division, $303. .423,
and William A. Fisher, vice president,
Fisher Body Division, $303,423.
Some of the other top-flight in
dustrialists and their compensation
included:
Eugene G. Grace, president of the
Bethlehem Steel Corp, $4,000:
Charles M. Schwab, Bethlehem board
chairman. $l50,00O; James H. Rand,
jr, president of Remington Rand
Inc. Buffalo, N Y, $118,37l: Ernest
T. Weir, board chairman, Weirton
Steel Co., Weirton, w. Va, $71,785.
Mr.. Weir also was listed as receiving
an identical amount from the Great
Lakes Steel Corp.
Doherty's Pay Is 100000.
J. D. Biggers, president of the
Libbey- -Owens-F Glass Co., and
director Of the Governments unem-
ployment census, received 100000;
Henry L. Doherty. utilities executive,
got $l00, 900, and w. C. Teagle, presi-
dent, Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey,
$122,5OO.
c. w. Dayo, president Of the F. w.
Woolworth Co., drew $216,443, the re-
port said. and II other officials of the
same concern received more than
$4,000 each.
Kenneth G. Smith, president of the
Pepsodent Co., was listed as receiving
$102. .496; j. L. Kraft, president of the
Kraft-Phenix Cheese Co., $l50000,
and r. w. Woodruff, president of the
Coca Cola Co., $108,333.
The Du Points appeared in the re-
port, II officials of their companies
receiving in excess of $4,000. Lammot
du Pont, president Of Du Pont de
Nemours & Co., received 1929, ,406, the
report said.
Lillian s. Dodge, president and
treasurer of Harriet Hubbard Aver,
Inc, got 500, 900, and Mary Margaret
Mcbride, listed as an artist Of the
Radio Quality Group Service, Inc,
of New York, received So, ,23l.
Representative Bruce Barton, Re-
publican, Of New York, advertising
man and author. received $58, 1888 as
chairman Of the board of Batten, Bar
ton, Durstine g. Osborn, Inc, of New
York.
Frank Knox, Chicago newspaper
publisher and Republican candidate
for Vice President in 1885, received
$75,OOO as president of the Chicago
Daily News.
AL Smith, the former Governor of
New York, drew $43,333 as president
Of Empire State, Inc.
s. L. Avery, president Of Mont
gomery Ward Co., Inc, received $780,
le0, and r. +. Wood, president Of
9Aarl R0Ahllck Co 400 600