The President resigns because he can't substantiate his military record
Another Writers Guild President Resigns
by The New York Times
LOS ANGELES, March 18 - For the second time since January, a president of Hollywood's largest writers' union, the Writers Guild of America, West, has resigned.
Charles Holland, who took over from Victoria Riskin after she resigned in January, became a figure of controversy after questions arose over his claim of having served as a Green Beret and having played football under a scholarship at the University of Illinois.
He made the claims in an interview with the guild's magazine, but subsequent searches of military and university records failed to substantiate either claim. Military records show that Mr. Holland served in the National Guard in Illinois and Massachusetts. The university had no record that he played football. But Mr. Holland, whose credits include writing for "JAG,'' maintained that he had not lied about his background.
