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Who's Who
in the
Disney Strike

The images below are color-coded as to who, at the start of the strike, is aligned with the strikers (the Screen Cartoonists Guild) versus the loyalists (the Federation of Screen Cartoonists and their successors)

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FOR THE GUILD:

Baur, Franz – A traffic boy at the Disney company, and Guild meeting attendee

Baldwin, Howard – Striking Disney animator, member of strike's Negotiation Committee

Bodle, George E. – Attorney for the Guild (partner with Yager)

Clark, Joe – VP of Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, & Paperhangers of America

Janofsky, Leonard– Screen Writers Guild's lawyer, the Federation's first lawyer until he presumed the Federation to be company-led

Lamb, Herb – Production Control Manager at the Disney company

Lambertson, Phyllis – Guild negotiating committee & vice chairman of the Guild's Disney unit

McClellan, Murray – Striking Disney animation Asst, member of strike's negotiating committee

Peterson, Ken – Striking Disney animator, member of strike's Negotiation Committee

Pomerance, (S) William K. – Representative and Business agent of the Guild following the Disney strike

Ravin, Rita – Secretary for the Guild, member of the strike's negotiating committee

Ritchie, Jean – Ex-secretary of Federation, striking Disney inbetweener.

Schrader, Lyle – International representative of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America

Walsh, Walsh – Los Angeles regional director for National Labor Relations Board

Yager, George A. – Field examiner for the NLRB (partner with Bodle)

FOR THE FEDERATION and WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS

Baumister, Jim – Artist at the Disney company, member of Federation negotiating committee

Caldwell, Verne – Supervisor of public relations in charge of publicity at Disney company

Christensen, Grace – Head of Ink & Paint at Disney

Garrity, Bill – Production engineer, personnel capacity at Disney company; production control manager in 1937

Hand, Dave – Disney studio supervisor since 1936

Kinney, Jack – Director for Disney: Pinocchio, Goofy shorts since 1940

Lundy, Dick – Animator ('32-37, '38-'39) and director('37, '40 on) at Disney company

Jackson, Wilfred – Director at Disney company since 1930

Morris, George E. – Secretary-Treasurer of Disney company

Nater, Carl – Partner with Adelquist, negotiating committee at Disney company

O'Rourke, Anthony G. – Director of labor Relations at Disney company since February, 1941

Painter, Howard – Legal Counsel for Federation of Screen Cartoonists, ca. February, 1941

Pierce, Perce – Director, Disney company

Pressley, Hugh – Personnel manager ca. 1941 at Disney company

Sharpsteen, Ben – Production supervisor at Disney company

Smith, Dorothy "Dot" – Head of Ink & Paint at Disney company

Spreckels, Walter P. – Labor consultant for Disney, April 1941.; immediately prior was Los Angeles regional director for NLRB

Ward, Leo – Attorney for the Federation as voted in 1940

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