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A crew of cartoonists and an orchestra working under the supervision of Walt Disney turn out the work while Walt looks out to see that the bills are paid and enough money rolls in to meet the payroll. "Who's the president or head of this concern?” I asked. "We haven't any president or any other officers,” Walt explained. "In fact, we are not even incorporated. I guess you couldn't call us a company. We just get together the bunch of us, and work things out. We voice our opinions and sometimes we have good old-fashioned scraps but in the end things get ironed out and we have something we're all proud of.” Walt began his career in Chicago where he went to art school. When he was about seventeen he picked up odd jobs on the Chicago Tribune working on layouts, and from there he drifted to Kansas City and tried to peddle his talents to the Kansas City Star. [...]