Show JUE HARDYS HARDY'S Impeach Impeachment ent Action May R i iM Pherson Case SACRAMENTO Cal M 18 Ordinary AP-Ordinary legi legislative business was laid aside here today for the imp trial of Superior Judge Carl S. S Hardy of Los Angeles who Is charged with obstructing justice and committing misdemeanors ors in office through gh his activities in behalf ot of Aimee Semple McPherson son evangelist Attorneys lor- lor the jurist announced that they had prepared a demurrer to the five counts of the bill of impeachment Im- Im but that they expected it to be overruled Rex Hardy principal attorney and son of the defendant announced that no formal denial of the charges would be entered but that the senate senate sen- sen ate would be asked to discriminate between unethical and practices It If the demurrer Is overruled the COurt of impeachment may revive the famous case growing out of Mrs Mcphersons Mcpherson's equally famous kid kid- naping stor story ADMITS RECEIPT Judge Hardy who admittedly pa played ed an Important role in the tight fight to prove that Mrs Mis McPhersons McPherson's sons son's story was true has edged the receipt of 2500 from the evangelist at the time her ber account of her disappearance was being on page 5 Judge Upholds Upholds' Stars Star's Of Temperament Continued from pase 1 amount due her for tor services s. s The decision which held that as an artist Miss 1 Goudal was not subject sub sub- to the same rules of obedience as a menial award d her The suit resulted from the disI discharge dis- dis I charge of Miss Goudal then under contract to the Cecil B. B De MUle ume productions whiCh later was absorbed absorbed ab- ab i by Pathe In September 1927 I because temperamental outbursts constituted a breach of contract by herself Motion pIcture circles today predicted pre pre- that the decision would place an entirely new light on the relationship rela- rela of players with their employing em- em prod producers cers It was said that it might result in the upset of the whole contract system and the de- de nt of an entirely new type of working agreement between movie employer and artistic cm- cm The court held that Miss Goudal's Gou- Gou dais dals value was not In her I ability to obey slavishly for the humblest extra can do that but in her abil- abil it fly to inject the force of her perSonality per per- c. c and intelligence into th the acting actins The decision held that artists are servants and therefore not subject subject sub sub- to the conditions generally exIsting ex- ex between master and servant During trial tria of the suit several weeks ago Miss Goudal herself admitted ad- ad that she frequently disagreed disagreed dis- dis agreed with bet hel directors In makInS' makInS making mak- mak InS InS' a picture but she was within hen rights as an artl artist t. t The defendants defendants de- de countered that bar outbursts outbursts out out- bursts not only made the filming of pictures difficult but at times Impossible impossible im- im possible JUDGES JUDGE'S VERSION In speaking of the actress actress' work worl Jud e said If she could not have been com cam compelled polled by her contract to perform parts o ot an inferior character de- de to her artistic reputation was she not within her rights in objecting to particular scenes which did not give fun full scope to her artistic at- at abilities or in requesting that they be changed so as to show her herto herto to her best advantage We be- be Ue e she was MIss Goudal was being paid a salary of 1750 a week we-el at the time the contract was broken Under an option of the contract she was to be paid 2750 a a. w week during the year ear of 1928 Judge refused to award Miss Goudal the fun full amount sued for because she waited until January January Jan Jan- uary 1928 to file her complaint lIe d that it 11 should have become become be- be come evident eident to her in 1927 after she was discharged that the defendant do- do did not intend to call on her for further services and that in delaying she was not diligent |