Evening star., 1944-07-17
Newcomer Heads List
In Treasury Report
On 1912 Salaries
BY the Associated Press.


A newcomer, Sidney r. Fleisher,
took first place with $645 900 In the
first edition of the Treasury's 1912
salary list. out today.
The report, which does not list
income from capital or investments,
includes individuals who received
SIS 900 or more from corporations
for personal services for the calen-
dar year 1912 or corporation fiscal
years ending in 1943. The internal
revenue code requires its issuance.
The figures listed are gross re.
ceipts before the payment of Fed
eral and State income taxes which
would reduce materially the net
amounts received.
Mr.. Fleisher received the money
from Goth Century-Fox Film Corp
He replaces. temporarily at least, L.
B. Mayer, the movie magnate, at
the head of the list.
"Other Compensation"
The entire amount paid Mr..
Fleisher was listed as "other COM
pensation," with no designations as
to salary, bonus or commissions.
Mr.. Mayer. who topped last years
list with s949 1854 In salary and
other compensation from Loew's,
Inc, was not included in today's
list. Treasury officials explained,
however, that supplementary lists
are issued regularly to include data
not available for the first edition.
Eugene G. Grace, president of
Bethlehem Steel took second place
on today's list. He received a SAL
ary of $3.50, 900 and a bonus of $751;
724 for total of $537 ,724, the same
as for the preceding year.
Thomas J. Watson, head of Inter-
national Business Machines Corp,
received 100000 in salary and 1926
548.94 in other compensation for a
total of S425. .54894. This was
enough to give him third ranking.
In fourth place, despite a reduc-
tion of $4,000 from the previous
year, came John B. Hawley, jr., of
Northern Ordnance of Minnesota
with 100000.
Movie Players in Report.
Movie players occupied con-
siderable portion of the 5l-page re-
port
Claudette Colbert got $500 900
from Paramount Pictures compared
with S240 900 a year earlier.
Some other Paramount salaries.
Blng Crosby. S336,lll: Paulette
Goddard. sl52 500: Bob Hope. sl48.-
1888 Samuel Goldwyn, Inc, Ltd
also paid Hope 100000; Frederic
March, 100000: George Marshall,
$l3l ,708: Joel McCrea. $50 900: Raw
mond Milland, sl30l25; Ginger
Rogers. s245 900; Victor Moore
sl03,l25: Preston Sturges, 1929 900; !;
Franchot Tone, $l21,OOO.
| Dorothy S. Kaumeyer received
$l27.4 .4l6.66 from Paramount. The
Treasury said parenthetically that
she's Dorothy Lamour.
/ Gary Cooper got $247 397 .O6 from
Samuel Goldwyn. Inc. Ltd.
Twentieth Century-Fox's list in
cluded Don Ameche. Sl94 5OO.Ol:
Jack Benny. $l25 900; Henry Fonda
$l67 ,625; Bryan Foy, $l69. 900; Betty
Cradle, s92,375; Sonia Henie, $780,
600; Tyrone Power, sl62872.
Bette Davis received S22O, 900 from
Warner Brothers. Other Warner
salaries: Humphrey Bogart. sl14.l25;
Olivia de Havilland. S799l6.66:
Enrol Flynn. $l75,OOO: Cary Grant,
100000: Ida Lupino, sl42,75O: Ann
| Sheridan. S82. 1888.
{. f. Wilson's Salaries.
Charles E. Wilson. who gets $8 900
year from the Government as
executive vice chairman of the War
production Board, is worth more
10 General Electric Co. The Treas
ury's annual list of big corporation
salaries shows Mr.. Wilson received
sl67 1864 in 1912 as General Elec-
TIC president. He received a salary
OF $77,9l664 and a bonus of $50 600
In the previous year. Mr.. Wilson
received s85 900 in salary and the
same oonus for a total OF SITS 900.
Big business other Charles F.
Wilson received 1903 1866 as presi-
dent OF General Motors Corp, of
which sl50,00O was salary. He re-
ceived s276,433.94 in the preceding
year.
Others Topping S2OO, 900.
Others receiving compensation of
100000 or more for the year in
cluded:
William Randolph Hearst. Cali
fornia, 100000: James S. Kemper.
Illinois, Lumbermens Mutual Cas-
ualty Co., $25l ,54363: Charles Rubel.
Maryland, Charles Rubel e. Co.,
S226.25O
Charles E. Sorensen. Ford Motor
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