Hollywood Professional Building

Presidents: Ralph Morgan, Edward Arnold, JamesCagney, George Murphy, Robert Montgomery, Ronald Reagan. WalterPidgeon.
Executive Secretaries:
Kenneth Thomson to Dec. 1943,
succeeded by his assistant,
John L. "Jack" Dales. The Guild rented the entire eighthfloor. Executive offices overlooked Hollywood Blvd. Board Room wasat building's rear, southeast corner.

Important events: IATSE grants charter to expelled AFofL union,the American Federation of Actors, initiating second attempt byBioff and Browne to take over all actor union jurisdiction - Guildthreatens strike against signatories if IATSE fails to back down– Bioff/Browne action results in serious discussion of mergeramong the actor unions – Congressman Martin Dies comes to Hollywoodseeking Communists – first Agency Regulations enacted by theGuild – U.S. enters World War II – Conference of StudioUnions (CSU) conducts several strikes – extras leave the Guild– fight ensues between Screen Players Union and Screen ExtrasGuild over representation of extras – first atomic bomb exploded–WWII ends – Communism spreads/Cold War begins –television goes national – "Hollywood Ten" HUAC hearings– Paramount Decree of 1948 ends the "studio system"– Korean War begins – Runaway Production becomes a notableproblem – MCA waiver granted – Guild wins jurisdictionfor filmed TV programs over the Television Authority (TvA) –TvA & the American Federation of Radio Artists merge to becomeAFTRA – first Screen Actors Guild strike (filmed TV Commercials)– second Guild strike (TV Programs) – first televisionprogram residuals.