The
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o u r n a l
The National Business Paper of the Coin Machine Industry
V ol. 2 , N o. 2
Chicago, 111.
February, 1932
amzation
Based on Right Principles and Sponsored by a Contagious Spirit of
Good Will, It Is Perhaps the Most Progressive Move
Ever Made by the Industry
By Robert K. Gibbs
T
a k in g
the long awaited step, a
group o f outstanding leaders in
, the coin machine industry met
together With members o f the staff o f
T h e C o in M a c h in e J o u r n a l and
form ed the nucleus of what promises
cepted the offer of cooperation in the
spirit it had been extended. Two or
three, however, who seemed irrecon
cilable took it upon themselves to send
back the following telegram without
the sanction of the Automatic Mer
chandisers Association or its president :
The story of this new associa
tion is released this month
exclusively in this magazine .
The Coin Machine Journal
is always first with the news .
to be the strongest organization the in
dustry has ever experienced.
sentatives o f the J. P. Seeburg C orpo
ration, the M ills N ovelty Com pany,
the O. D . Jennings Com pany, the
R ockola
M anufacturing
Com pany,
the A. B. T . M anufacturing Com pany,
D . G ottlieb & Com pany, Genco, In
corporated,
the
Churchill
Chicago, 111., Feb. 10 , 1932
Repre
Cabinet
Com pany and T h e C o in M a c h in e
J o u r n a l form ed the association which
is to be known as The Coin M achine
M anufacturers Association o f Am er
ica.
Tentative officers were elected to
hold office until the assembly of prac
tically every manufacturer in the coun
try during the Big Show at the Sher
man Hotel, February 22-25.
Gone were past grievances, and per
sonal rivalries tlmt have heretofore
marked efforts to establish the strong
association the industry has needed
for m any years. A spirit o f co-opera
tion and friendliness towards all fac
tions prevailed.
.
As
of good
faith and right spirit the following
telegram was sent to David S. Bond,
president of the Automatic Merchan
disers Association, then in convention
at the Palmer House in Chicago:
Executive Committee, Coin Ma
chine Manufacturers Association
o f America, 625 West Jackson
Blvd., Chicago, 111.;
Surprised at contents of your
telegram. Astonished at expres
sions o f friendship, since past ac
tions do not indicate sincerity.
The hand of fellowship and co
operation is best displayed by
actions rather than words. If you
have any definite plans for co
operation, kindly advise and iden
tify executive committee.
A. M. A.
e v id e n c e
David S. Bond,
Automatic Merchandiser’s Ass’n,
Palmer House, Chicago.
Dear Sir:
The Coin Machine Manufac
turers Association of America at
a meeting o f its executive com
mittee, extends to you and your
members the hand o f fellowship
and cooperation and invites you,
your members and exhibitors to
attend the Sherman Hotel con
vention, February 22-25. Let us
all unite for the benefit o f our in
dustry and go forward united and
enthusiastic.
Feeling
that
nothing
would
be
gained b y sponsoring this evident feel
ing o f ill-will, J. Huber, secretary of
the new association, replied in this
tenor: ■
,
As a whole, the members of the Au
tomatic Merchandisers Association ac-
The Coin Machine Manufac
turers Association of America is
a newly formed organization.
Our one great purpose is to foster
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