Evening star., 1941-08-03

Gary Cooper's Pay
OF S482,S20 Tops
LIST Of Big Salaries
Amounts lndustriolists
Receive Also Revealed
In Treasury Report
By the Associated Press.

In Treasury Report
By the Associated Press.
Film Actor Gary Cooper, with
pay check of s482,820, led the Ma
tion's industrial bigwigs and the
motion picture colony as well, in a
compilation of 1889 corporation
salaries made public yesterday by
the Treasury.
The list, however, did not include
three OF the leading Hollywood stu
dios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Uni
versal. ColumbiO, and corporate re-
ports on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission indicated
that Louis B. Mayer, head of
M-G-M. remained on top Of the
salary list with $697 DAB, as he has
for several years. Other actors may
have topped Mr.. Cooper, too.
AS far as the Treasury list went,
however, the first 10 salaries Gn-
cluding bonuses and commissions
for corporations keeping their books
on either 1889 calendar year or
1939-40 fiscal year basis, were (giv-
ing names, employers and compen-
sation):
Gary Cooper, Goldwyn and Para
mount Pictures, s482 800; Thomas
j. Watson, International Business
Machines, $442,560; George WASH
ington Hill, American Tobacco Co,
S420. .299; F. A. Countway, Lever
Brothers Co. tsoap manufacturers :,
$383,210; william S. Knudsen, Gen.
eral Motors Corp, $372,366; James
Cagney, Warner Brothers Pictures.
$368, 1888; John Ford. film director,
Argosy Corp, and Twentieth Gen.
tury-Fox Films, 1920 900; A. A. Som
erville, r. T. Vanderbilt Co., $278,-
486; E. c. Stone. Employers Liabil-
ity Assurance Corp, $272 1856, and
E. G. Grace, Bethlehem Steel Co.,
$271, ,224.
Knudsen Now Unpaid.
Nearly all these individuals have
been close to the salary top in
recent years, but it was the last year
for Mr.. Knudsen. Since then. he
has become the unpaid director of
the Office of Production Manage
ment.
Mr.. Ford was higher on the list
than was usual for film directors.
Two Washingtonians were listed
in the upper brackets by the
Treasury. William Montgomery of
the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance
Co. received $4,000 salary and
other compensation of $3.50, for a
total of s75,150; c. B. Dulcan, ST.,
of the Hecht Co. received s50,0O0
salary and bonus of s57,13783, for
a total of s107,13783.
The list represented only the
salaries over $4,000 paid by cor
porations. 1t did not include many
persons with much larger income
who draw their checks from invest
ments or other sources. Oficials
noted that Al persons had incomes
of sl,000,000 or more in 1889, and
few of their names were or the
salary list.
Also not shown was the pay of
leading radio entertainers, because
they are technically not employees
of either the radio chains or the
advertising sponsors. Thus Harry
l.. tBing) Crosby probably was one
Of the highest paid men of the year,
but the Treasury reported only his
$3.50 900 picture salary from Para
mount. The S. E. c. list indicated
that he also got s150,000 from Uni
versal Pictures, and drew big money
from radio contracts.
Other Big Pay Checks.
Other big Hollywood pay checks
shown by the Treasury included
Edward G. Robinson. Warner Bros.
s255, 600; Daryl F. zanuck. Twen-
tieth Century-Fox, $255 900; H. B.
Wallis, Warner Bros. s265, 900; ;
Adolph Menjou, R-K-O and Hal
Roach, $174,999; Fred MacMurray
Paramount. s24o,333; Carole Lom-
bard. R-K-O, s211.1l1; Ginger
Rogers, R-K-O, s219.500; Sonia
Henie. Twentieth Century Fox,
s24s, ,166: Enrol Flynn, Warner Bros,
s213333.
Mr.. Knudson led the motor in
dustry in its usual array of big pay
Others included Albert Bradley
$3.50. .684: Donaldson Brown. $217,-
908; Marvin E. Coyle, $230,273;
Charles F. Kettering, $3.50, ,406, and
Charles E. Wilson, s236 ,584, all Gen.
eral Motors Corp; Edsel B. Ford
and p E. Martin, each $168 ,999. both
Ford Motor Co.; the late Walter P,
Chrysler, 5000 900. Chrysler Corp.
Others in the 5000 600 class were
C. S. Woolman, Hales & Hunter Co
0llinois corporation), 1922 ,929;
Floyd B. Odlum, Atlas Corp. New
Jersey, 100000; Sir Douglas Alex
ander, Singer Manufacturing Co
New Jersey, 100000; Walter S
Clifford. American Telephone &
Telegraph Co. New York;, $209, $50
Paul M. Hahn, G. w. Hill, jr.;
Charles F. Neiley and Vincent Rig
gio, each received $230.179 from
American Tobacco Co. New York; ;
William S. Paley. Columbia Broad
| casting System (New York;, $204,-
270; H. F. Sinclair, Consolidated Oil
| Corp. New York;, 5000 ,290; Spyrous