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Show SIXTEEN GDTHAM' TtlESTOtflRK' Extension of Strike Is Ex-j j pected Today; Managers ; : Still Refuse Demands. ! . E;-- L'::.ver.H': service. ! XL: V YOMlv, Aug. IT. Wit!: sixteen , theaters CloseJ and the prospect of the ! Ftriice of stai;e hands and musicians in a;! the other theaters belns called out , tomorrow unless the managers yield, the ! striklnK actors wore confident today that victory is in sight. "We are prepared to go the limit." said : Charles O. S;irty. pi-sident uf the Ti:eatri- cal i:mpla ees' union, today. 1 "We had no desire to become Involved J in the strike, because our relations with ' t he managers always have been very ! pl-'-asant, hut wlien they threatened to I pruceed against the actors under the precedent established in the ftanbury hatters hat-ters case, we had to take action. "We can lie up every theater in the city and throughout the country if necessary. neces-sary. I hope It won't be necessary, however, how-ever, because once you turn the people away from th office it is hard to j,ret them back again. And then, t oo, t here are always a lot of unpleasant things aid in the heat of a strike that cannot be explained later on. Nevertheless, now that we have started this thing, we are goin to stick till the finish. "1 cannot understa nd the attitude of the managers in refusing to arid t rate with the actors. I have done everything possible to bring' about the mediation, but without any tangible result. The managers man-agers are holding a meeting today and something may come of lt, but I am doubtful." By Universal Service. 1 NCW YOTRK, Aug. 17. "I'll soil peanuts pea-nuts for a whole year right on the corner cor-ner of Forty-second street and Broadway ff the actors lose, providing you ruu an elevator for the same period if the managers man-agers lose." That Is the clofi of Ed Wynn. comedian, to any manager who feels Inclined to accept ac-cept It. Wynn Is for the Actors' Equity association with his whole soul and, while his challenge carries a bit of the humorous, humor-ous, the comedian was never more serious. "L'is grim humor. Ed Wynn is serious with his funny touches. George Cohan "lot's make a lot of nofse" is about the most heartbroken of New York's actors. The situation brought about by the strike has him all puzzled and balancing himself dangerously upon the precipice of losing friends. George has a lot of 'em and wants to keep them all. "If a committee of reputablo actors, whom I trusted and who trusted me, came to mo and said they would resign from the Actors' fiulty a ssoclatlon, I would resign from the Producing Managers' Mana-gers' association," ho said last night. "J would stick with them, and what's , more, I would back the new organization ! of actors with $100,000 of my own : money." ; "T want to go on record right here," ; said TA Wvnii, when he issued his defi, "that r love George M. Cohan. The ! actors up around the Equity hiss me for ! It, but t have the courage of my con- j victlons." Helen Keller, the gifted blind woman, is wholeheartedly with the actors. Phe let it be known today that she would let a moving picture made from events in her life fall before she would appear to lecture lec-ture in connection with lt. The film is j scheduled to be shown in a theater controlled con-trolled by members of the Producing Managers' association. . 1 Miss Keller will march in the parade tomorrow and will address the strikers later in the week. |