The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
Am uSement SuppIier Horried
 Leeds Hectic Life
 With Broadway
 Court testers
BY JACK GAYER


 United Press Staff Correspondent) New York, Aug. 14-CUP)-The telephone directory listing reads: 'Burtson, Bud. author" Bun Burt son isn't quite sure whether that description is correct or not, but he's positive that it's inadequate.
 This office is a factory, a dance studio, Tin Pan-Alley; booking of flee and a court of last resort all rolled into one," Burtson said as he stole few minutes from inpor- tunate customers to hide in his pri- vate cubicle. Sometimes I'm tempt ed to have the telephone people put it in their classified directory under 'Shambles, Wholesale"
 Busy Man
 Personally, I don't see how 1t could be that because, especially when you have lockers like the Sue Ryan ann Jane Dillon dropping into see you fairly often. Miss Ryan, a prominent soubrette of the musical shows, got tired of wait ing and crashed the inner sanc- tum.
 Look, Bud, I've got to have that material to
 T know. baby, but it just isn't ready. Here, Sue, I want you to meet this man from the United
 "Kowdydo. Ann, Bud, if I don't get that material right away I'll hit you on the head with the United 
 FTSSS
 The upshot of this was that Burt son promised to get Sues materials ready tonight even if it meant not getting any sleep.
 Supplier
 Burtson is one of those people rrominent in show business known only to the profession. He furnish eS special songs for night club and vaudeville performers, supplying both tunes and lyrics out of his own graying head. But there is more to it than that.
 T not only furnish the material but I coach the actors in present. ing it." he explained. Sometimes even have to sell them on the material after they've ordered it be- cause when they see an idea down in black and white they may not think it's funny.
 And I get involved in their ooox- ings-some of my customers nave a sharing deal with me; I advise, them on clothes and makeup. I have to catch their acts in and out or town to see if anything needs fix ing and if a topical reference In a number of runs its course I've got to arrange fast fix" ', In fact topical events were out distancing him in the office right at the moment. The Diamond Brothers Tom and Hugh (there used to De three but Harold was killed on USO tour), were in the next room with a pianist going over and over 8 number called You'd Never Know The Old Place Now"
 Fast Pace
 "Out of date before it ever was used" Burtson said. "The song is an explanation to soldiers about what things are like at home now with women doing all kinds of mems jobs, etc. Can't use it now. But they're working on it because I'm going to use the same tune and work switch on the lyrics to give it postwar angle. I've been think ing about working in something about the atom. At least that won't be here today and gone tomorrow" Burtson writes about five of these specially numbers, of three minutes or so each, every week. He does his writing at home, in Brooklyn (which he really loves, by the way), from about a. m. to p. m.
 My wife and boy are used to the routine now" he said. They don't talk to me all morning. After p. m., head for the factory and I'm never sure when I'll get back home" Among his more prominent cus- toners are Jerry Lester, Romo Vim