Screen Actors Guild National Headquarters

Presidents: Walter Pidgeon, Leon Ames, HowardKeel, Ronald Reagan, George Chandler, Dana Andrews, Charlton Heston,John Gavin, Dennis Weaver, Kathleen Nolan, William Schallert, EdAsner, Patty Duke.
National Executive Secretaries: Jack Dales, until close of 1972;Chester "Chet" Migden 1973 - 1981; A. Kendall "Ken"Orsatti, from 1981.
National Executive Secretaries: Chester "Chet"Migden 1973 - 1981; A. Kendall "Ken" Orsatti, from 1981.

Important events: second story added to the building, as spacegets tight – Guild branch representatives added to NationalBoard of Directors – "pay-per-play" enters CommercialsContract – Theatrical strike (March/April 1960) results infirst pension & health plan, and residuals for films sold toTV – President John F. Kennedy assassinated – RunawayProduction on-going concern – "American Scene" languageenters contract – U.S. enters Vietnam War - in 1968 –Guild Board tightens "conflict of interest rule" to precludea member with any production interest, no matter how small, fromserving on the Board of Directors – SAG Conservatory established– non-Communist "loyalty oath" removed as requirementof Guild membership – SAG Film Society begins – CommercialsStrike (Dec. 1978 - Feb. 1979) – Theatrical/TV strike (July-October,1980) gives new impetus to discussion of SAG/AFTRA merger –SAG Foundation established.