In this topsy-tury world where only rarely are- the rewards proportionate to the effort. the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington has revealed the salary scales of the American people and bewilderment is only natural Based on the Treasury Department's income tax returns from 1937, the list reveals that out of ten of the highest-salaried personalities that year, seven come from Hollywood, and out of 20 at the head of the list, 15 places are occupied by actors, actresses or cinema executives. The highest paid American during that year was Mr. Louis B. Mayer, President of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who received U.S.$l 296.000 which is considered one of the high in American industrial or commercial history A few other industrialls's received high salaries but the others on the list were Hollywood stars headed by Mr. Frederick March, who received U.S.484.000 others earning between thi and U.S.$289,000 earned by Mr. Willian Powell and Mr. Clark Gable. The labourer is worthy of his hire, of course, but it is to be sadly supposed that only in the perfect world state will rewards be proportionate to the position and the effort. While Hollywood actors and actresses grin before the camera, and with the aid of p: ug camer men, technicians a sell themd sound experts, uily to the general US$75,000 a year the British Prime
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