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...Jack Valenti, 59, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, on why Third World countries do not produce films: "You cannot by edict, bayonet or nuclear threat force somebody to make a good movie...
...Jack Valenti, President...
Dynamite may have been required; patience was indicated. Let There Be Light remained suppressed for 35 years-until last month, when the Department of Defense finally authorized its release. There are good soldiers in peacetime too: silver stars should be awarded to Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, and Ray Stark, producer of three later Huston films, who lobbied with the Government to liberate Let There Be Light; Ron Haver of the Los Angeles County Museum, who organized the film's first public showing; and Joseph Me Bride, whose barrage of articles in Variety cast...
...executives began protesting vigorously. A few Congressmen suggested that the action would require a revision of the copyright laws governing TV programs. Said the National Association of Broadcasters president, Vincent Wasilewski: "The FCC is permitting cable systems to use an unlimited amount of broadcast programming for token fees." Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, complained that the ruling allows cable TV to "get what it wants with no permission from the owner...
...maiden major crisis for Morial, 49, the city's first black mayor, and eventually he capitulated. Morial agreed to negotiate with the Teamsters, and the police came back. But Valenti and his negotiators raised the stakes. This time they demanded, among other things, an increase in base pay, from $11,964 to $16,764, for patrolmen, contract coverage for ranking officers, and binding arbitration in disputes over noneconomic issues. The city balked. The new demands would have cost an additional $ 19 million, which it claimed it did not have. Morial accused the Teamsters of trying to wrest control...