Leon Schlesinger, who had been producing cartoons for Warner Bros. since the mid-thirties, tried to lock out the Guild animators. This was the "Looney Tune Lockout", or "our own little Six-Day War" as union activist Chuck Jones called it. Schlesinger gave in after six days and signed with the Guild.
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Above: Locked out but happy -- Ben Washam (later president of Local 839), Roy Laupenberger, unknown, Paul Marin, Martha Goldman (Sigall). Left: Manny Perez tries the door. |
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