The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07

est salaries, seven were paid in the motion picture and entertainment world. Of the top 20, IS went to actors, actresses, motion picture and entertainment executives.
 Top 10 Salaries
 L. B. Mayer, executive, Loew'S Inc, and Metro Goldwyn Mayer $1,296,503.
 J. Robert Rubin, executive, Loew's Inc. and Metro Goldwyn-Mayer- $754,254.
 N. M. Schenck, president, Loew's, Inc.,-$54l ,602.
 William R. Hearst, newspaper owner-$500,000.
 Frederic March, actor-$484, ,687.
 Greta Garbo, actress-$472, ,499.
 Mai. Edward BoweS, entertain ment executive-$427,817.
 Thomas J. Watson, president, h. ternational Business Machines Corp. -$419,398.
 Eugene G. Grace, president, Beth lehem Steel Corp.-$394,5 ,586.
 David Bernstein, executive, Loew's Inc.-$382,816.
 Second Highest Ten
 The second ten highest salaries were: George w. Hill, president; American Tobacco Co.,, $380, ,976; Marlene Dietrich, actress, $370,000; A. M. Loew, executive, Loew's, Inc, $356, ,074; Claudette Colbert, actress $255,555; Joan Crawford, actress, $a51, ,538; Spyros P. Skouras, theater executive, $346, ,054; F. B. Davis, Jr., President, U. s. Rubber Products, Inc. $322,999; Carole Lombard, actress, $314,OOO; William Powell, actor, $289, ,443; Clark Gable, actor, $289,000.
 The 1887 list showed substantial changes in the high-ranking list and revealed that salaries in general increased substantially over 1886.
 Mayors salary was the largest to be disclosed since start of publica- ton of the ways and means com- mittee lists. It compared with top salaries of the 1929 era in which grace in one year drew salary and bonus of $1,645,753 and Hill drew salaries and commissions substan- italy in excess of $1,000,000 year.
 Mayer Out of 1886 List
 Mayer did not show in the 1886 top brackets. The 1886 list was led by Chairman Alfred P. Sloan of General Motors Corp, with $561,- 311. In 1887 he was far down the list with $183 ,708. In second place in 1886 was Hearst with $500,000. A year previously he had been in first place with the same income and in 1887 $500000 won him fourth rank.
 William s. Knudsen, General Motors president, was third in 1886 with $459,878. In 1887 he dropped out of the top 10 with $247,210.
 Others who vanished from the top 10 included: actor Gary Cooper who dropped to $246,0 ,053 from $370,- PA; actor Ronald Colman who dropped to $195,528 from $362,500; actress Mae West who drew $323 ,00O in 1886 and was unlisted the next year; Charles F. Kettering, General Motors Vice-president who went down to $155, ,510 from $304, 400; Vim cent Fitzgerald, salesman for G. F. Ohrstrom & Co.,, Inc, who went from $320, ,296 to $99,771: and Rudy Vallee who did not show on the 1897 list although he drew $238,- TIA in 1886.
 Some changes were understood to be due to the fact that person had become head of his own enterprise, or received his income in the form of dividends. No income from stockholdings or other investments was included in the report.
 People in Public Eye
 Compensation in 1887 of various persons in the public eye included:
 Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, $16,587 for writing her daily newspaper column; Assistant Secretary of Navy Charles Edison, $43,505 as president, Thomas A. Edison, Inc; Gov. Ju- Illus F. Hei1 of Wisconsin, $44,000 as president, the Hell Co.,, Milwau- kee; Reconstruction Finance Cor poration Chairman Jesse H. Jones, $20, 900, as adviser to the Com merce Co.,, Houston, Texas: Thom- as J. Pendergast, Kansas City. po- litical boss, $30,000 as vice presi- dent. Ready-Mixed Concrete Co.,; former. Vice.. President. {. Charles Gates Dawes, $18.850, as board chairman, City National Bank and Trust Co, Chicago.
 James M.. Cox, one-time Demo- cratic presidential candidate, $26,- TOO; as president, Springfield, Ohio. Newspapers, Inc; Gen. Hugh & Johnson, one-time MIRA administra- tor, $15, $500. as a newspaper column ist; John D. Biggers, who conduct- d the New Deals unemployment tcnsus. 75.000. as president, Libby Fsrd- Owens Glass Co. Toledo. O.; Grover Whalen. New York Worlds Fair hesd. $62,699, from Schenley Products Co, Rep. Bruce Barton,