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

VII 1/T 1OtQuuVS
~ the Associated Press.
A newcomer, Sidney r. Fleisher,
took first place with $645,o0o 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
$4,000 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-Fo 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 s949,765.84 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 annually 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 $4,000 and a bonus of $751;
724 for total of S537,724, the same
as for the preceding year.
Thomas j. Watson, head of Inter-
national Business Machines Corp,
received 100000 in salary and $685.
548.94 in other compensation for
total of s425,54S94. This was
enough to give him third ranking.
In fourth place. despite a reduc-
ton of $4,000 from the previous
year. came John B. Hawley, IT,, of
Northern Ordnance of Minnesota
with 100000.
Movie Players in Report.
Movie players occupied con-
siderable portion of the 5l-page re-
pert.
Claudette Colbert got $3.50 900
from Paramount Pictures compared
with s240,000 year earlier.
Some other Paramount salaries:
Bing Crosby, s336,11l; Paulette
Goddard, $l52,500: Bob Hope, S148.-
1888 Samuel Goldwyn, Inc, Ltd,
also paid Hope 100000; Frederic
March, 100000; George Marshall,
Sl31, ,70S: Joel McCrea. $50 900: Ray
mond Milland, sl3o.125; Ginger
Rogers, s245,OOO; Victor Moore,
s103,l25; Preston Sturges, 1929 900;
Franchot Tone, $l2l 900.
Dorothy S. Kaumeyer received
S127,4l6.66 from Paramount. The
Treasury said parenthetically that
eilc OOIOlly bdmOur.
Gary Cooper got $247 .397.06 from
Samuel GoldWyn. Inc, Ltd.
Twentieth Century -Foxs list in
cluded Don Ameche, Sl94 .5OO.Ol;
Jack Benny, $125, 900: Henry Fonda
S167, ,625; Bryan Foy. S169 9,OOo: Betty,
Cradle, S92,375; Sonia Henie, $780,
600; Tyrone Power. sl62,872.
Bette Davis received 1920, 900 from
Warner Brothers. Other Warner
salaries: Humphrey Bogart. SLABS;
Olivia de Havilland, s79,916.66:
Enrol Flynn, sl75,oOo; Cary Grant,
100000; Ida Lupino, s142,750; Ann
Sheridan, s82,333.
c. E. Wilson'S Salaries.
Charles E. Wilson. who gets $1,000
year from the Government as
executive vice chairman of the War
Production Board, is worth more
to General Electric Co. The Treas
ury's annual list of big corporation
salaries shows Mr.. Wilson received
$167 1864 in 1912 AS General Elec-
trio president. He received a salary
OF S77,9l6.64 and bonus of $50 900.
In the previous year. Mr.. Wilson
received $4,000 in salary and the
same bonus for total of SITS 900.
Big business other Charles E.
Wilson received 5000, 1866 as presi-
dent of General Motors Corp. of
which Sl5O,000 was salary. He re-
ceived $276,43394 in the preceding
year.
Others Topping $500, 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.. $251, ,543.63; Charles Rubel.
Maryland, Charles Rubel & Co.,
s226.250.
Charles E. Sorensen. Ford Motor
Co.. s22000496; Donaldson Brown.
S2l7,20713; Albert Bradley, $685.
990.19; Marvin Covle, s2O3 SOB rs:
Ormond E. Hunt. 1922 ,243.38: Charles
F. Kettering, s217,O4S.63; Alfred
P. Sloan, jr.. S20045 and John T.
Smith, S2l7,06075, all of General
Motors.
Joseph Pulitzer. Pulitzer Publish
ing Co., s232 2,23l26; w. S. Clifford,
American Telephone G. Telegraph
Co., $210,250; George w. Hill, Amer
ican Tobacco Co.. s240.473: George
V. Coe, $218,377, w. N. Davey, $780,
800, w. H. La Boyteaux, 1921 ,843.
and H. w. Lowe, s20701O, all of
johnson q Higgins; R. V. Morris.
Walter Kidde & Co., Inc, S232 1853:
j. H. Rand, jr, Remington Rand
Inc. $254,917: R. T. Vanderbilt,
R. T. Vanderbilt Co.. Inc, $3.50 900:
c. w. Deyo, F. w. Woolworth Co.,
S250.974.
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