SALARIES TOO HIGH
MOT 10 Y UK'T P 11E STARs
FIVE OR Si-i TIMES J.A BOER
HAN PRESIDENT
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(bid: i presidential inliuem-e. provision was wr'Jten lino a revised »u>Con picture code late on Friday by Mr. Sol RosfnblaU. N.R..) deput.l administrator calling; for tin*, assessment of fines up to £2OOO against producers found to have hired talent at unreasonably high salaries. The- revision followed -he disclosure that White House is opposed Li the payment to film people of salaries five or six times ns large as that °f the President.
As originally proposed, the cod o contained nothing which could be interpreted as an attempt to fix a minimum. It did, however, provide for checks on competitive bidding, for the services of stars, which practice i s generally held accountable for G>° size of some of the Hollywood salaries. The purpose of the new provision is described as being intended .‘‘to avoid the payment of sums unreasonably in excess of the lair value of personal services, which resiiß-ed unfair and destructive competition ’’
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12077, 17 October 1933, Page 7
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187SALARIES TOO HIGH Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12077, 17 October 1933, Page 7
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