The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-01-27
ABOUND TOWN
WITH THE EDITOR

/ their contract with the union called
for double time on Sundays; second,
at that time gas rationing was in
effect, and the Sunday movies al
ways depend on people from out of
town. But these people stayed away
in droves, either because they didn't
want Sunday movies or they didn't
have the gas to come in to see them;
and third, because the Hagerstown
people patronized the Sunday mo-
vies so little that Warner Brothers
were forced to close two of their
theatres and just leave the highest
priced theatre open on Sunday.
The picture today, however, is en-
tirelv different. The present union
contract does not call for double
time on Sundays, and the employees
just have to work so many hours a
week, and if they work on Sunday
that's just counted as another day.
Secondly, there is no gas rationing
/ llOW, anu lOi tlldJ lGdSOli w al uSl
Brothers believe that they will be
able to pull the people in from out
side
| No ones ever going to convince
me that Warner Brothers is a char
table institution, because l had very
definite proof that they were not
when they were approached to rent
a room on the third floor of the
Colonial Theater Building for the
use of the newly formed Girls Club,
which is sponsored by ten of the
leading Womens organizations in
Hagerstown. The request that they
give consideration to the renting of
the room in question to the club
was brushed aside, and they weren't
even courteous enough to advise the
president of the organization that
they would not rent the room to
them
At the meeting l suggested to the
Senator and to several of the dele
gates that if there was need for
Sunday movies in Hagerstown, it
could be taken care of by giving
them the same opportunity to open
; as is now enjoyed by the baseball
club, the Municipal swimming pool
and the bowling alleys; that is, from
one p. m. to six p. m That would
] at least permit two shows on Sun
day afternoon, and ! think that
would accommodate all the people
who want to go.
! II should also be understood that
this opportunity was offered to
Warner Brothers at the time the law
was passed permitting bowling al
| leys to open from one to six on Sun
! day afternoon, but Warner Brothers
refused to have any part of it I'M
less they could open Sunday night
as well. At the meeting on Monday
afternoon I also suggested to Mr.
Chaser that they accept the same
hours as other forms of recreation
are permitted on Sunday, but he
again said that he didn't want it I'M
less they could have it Sunday nights
as well.
Finally, one thing that really
tickled me was Mr.. Glasser's ques-
ton - do we advertise in your
paper?" My answer to that as you,
! of course, can guess, was that War
ner Brothers, while this moving pic
ture controversy is going on, could
MT advertise in my paper, even if
they offered to pay me $1,000 an
| inch.
If I'm proud of anything, it is
the fact that l always have and al
ways will refuse to allow the edi-
torial side of my newspaper to be
influenced, in any shape or form, by
my advertisers or prospective ad-
vertisers.
And now here's the proof that the
tWo-hour meeting was an absolute
waste of time.
Despite the fact that Senator Nc
Laughlin told those present that they
had no idea what bill, if any, they
would introduce, the first thing the
Delegation did on arriving in An
napolis, was to introduce a bill per-
hitting Sunday movies from 100 to
800 p. m. and from 900 p. m. until
midnight, subject to a referendum
at the city election in March.
Tho G..naA C4a4a &C To..a.