"G."

“ If we can establish a school of operating and issue certificates to graduates and have an enrolment of all duly qualified operators so that you can conduct an Operators' Bureau, I think it would meet a long-needed requirement. Now, if a good operator is required there are no headquarters to which to apply, and the trial of a poor operator is terrible for an entertainer to take chances upon. ”

“ An operator sustains a responsible position; the safety of human lives depends on his knowledge. Is he qualified to operate? Has any responsible board of inspection passed upon his qualifications? The League would help to protect the operator by equipping him with full knowledge of the danger points to be guarded against in his occupation. ”

“ No more men to be sent out by booking firms to make good who cannot get a light, to say nothing of putting on a picture, their chief recommended being cheap help. Within a few days a moving picture show man opened a place and hired a good, efficient operator at $25.00 per week. ”

“ To the managers of playhouses we say that it is due to them to know the importance of having a thorough mechanic at the machine, one who knows what size of wire will bring the current safety to the machine from the mains. One who knows that there must be no short-circuit in his rheostat. ”

“ If cheapness and quality could chum up, but they can't. "Knowledge is power," and operating is skilled employment, entitled to fair compensation. A man who knows this branch of employment thoroughly demands a man's wages. Until firms who employ operators wake up to this fact there will be a constant flood of accidents. ”

“ One who knows that if his carbons are left together he has a complete short-circuit that will put him out of business. One who knows the limitation of his machine and avoids being put out of business by trying to get a 25-ampere current through a 71⁄2-ampere metre. ”

“ It is earnestly desired that every operator in New York State will at once send his name and address to the editor of The Moving Picture World, 361 Broadway, New York, and by so doing safeguard the welfare of the public who enjoy and patronize the moving picture shows. ”

“ Every machine must also pass a rigid examination, must be equipped with safety magazines, must be sealed and tagged, and for using machines or exhibiting other than above specified a fine of from five to five hundred dollars may be imposed. ”

“ When operators are licensed, as in Massachusetts, where they are obligated to give evidence of their fitness for the position, such fires as occurred on the Bowery last week could not occur. Cheapness and ignorance of requirements may be blamed for the constantly occurring accidents. ”