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Letter to Editor
February 15, 1947
The Chicago Star
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
What is this article about?
Reader Esther Labinger criticizes the newspaper for reviewing Hollywood movies amid a lockout of 9000 studio workers, urging a boycott and refusal to review films until the labor dispute is resolved.
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On the movie lockout
To the Editor:
Since I first received your paper, I have been an ardent admirer of your policies, as an earlier letter of mine to you stated.
However, I am dismayed at one aspect of your features in view of the fact that you are united with labor and have the facts at your disposal. And this is that you continue reviewing Hollywood motion pictures, and even recommend the seeing of some, when you know that 9000 studio workers are locked out because the producers refuse to negotiate contracts with them. You printed several articles to this effect, and yet you ignore the request of the strikers that Hollywood pictures be boycotted.
Naturally, I am closer to the problem than you and have met many of these workers who are close to hunger for lack of any income for so many months. But since you have full realization of the problem, and stand fully behind these people, don't you think it would be a worthy and good thing for your paper to refuse to review any more movies until the strike is settled and to recommend to your many readers that they stay away from movies entirely?
I feel let down, but I am willing to hear your side of the story.
ESTHER LABINGER
To the Editor:
Since I first received your paper, I have been an ardent admirer of your policies, as an earlier letter of mine to you stated.
However, I am dismayed at one aspect of your features in view of the fact that you are united with labor and have the facts at your disposal. And this is that you continue reviewing Hollywood motion pictures, and even recommend the seeing of some, when you know that 9000 studio workers are locked out because the producers refuse to negotiate contracts with them. You printed several articles to this effect, and yet you ignore the request of the strikers that Hollywood pictures be boycotted.
Naturally, I am closer to the problem than you and have met many of these workers who are close to hunger for lack of any income for so many months. But since you have full realization of the problem, and stand fully behind these people, don't you think it would be a worthy and good thing for your paper to refuse to review any more movies until the strike is settled and to recommend to your many readers that they stay away from movies entirely?
I feel let down, but I am willing to hear your side of the story.
ESTHER LABINGER
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Emotional
Social Critique
What themes does it cover?
Social Issues
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Hollywood Lockout
Studio Workers
Movie Boycott
Labor Strike
Film Reviews
Producers Negotiation
What entities or persons were involved?
Esther Labinger
To The Editor
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Esther Labinger
Recipient
To The Editor
Main Argument
the newspaper should stop reviewing and recommending hollywood movies and encourage readers to boycott them until the lockout of 9000 studio workers is resolved, as it supports labor but ignores the strikers' request.
Notable Details
Previous Letter Praising Policies
Met Workers Close To Hunger
Newspaper Printed Articles On The Lockout But Continues Reviews
Feels Let Down But Open To Response