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Many good artists and idea men in any number of fields have often been known to scratch their heads and mutter: "I'd like to work in Walt Disney's studio, but I couldn't draw Mickey Mouse or those dwarfs if I had to." While this goes on all over the country, Walt and his men sit in their rapidly growing Hollywood studio and tear their hair as they say: "The men we're looking don't necessarily HAVE to know how to draw Mickey or our other characters. That age is past. "We have room for plenty of men who are not even so hot when it comes to drawing, but whose brains click off a wealth of good ideas. And we have plenty of vacant space waiting for men with experience in almost any field of art. There are men on newspapers and magazines, in advertising; there are mural painters and sculptors and caricaturists who could he of great value to us." The coming of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" opened up almost limitless vistas in the field of the animated picture. With three more full-length productions now underway, and the usual amount of work being done on short subjects, a trip through the Disney plant reveals story men who are able to draw only well enough to transfer their thoughts roughly – but graphically – on paper, dreaming up a host of excellent kiss for forthcoming productions. […]