Calif. Music Operators' Ass'n
(SOUTHER N DIVI SION)
F. B. ROBINSON. Secretary
HARRY WINSLOW, President
BISHOP MOORE, Executive Vice-President
Headquarters: Suite 530, Transamerica Bldq .. Los Anqeles
organization can even the present scale be
MEETING OF APRIL 6th
maintained.
INTROD UCTION of Bishop Moore, Los
The advantages to the members of meet-
• Angeles attorney, as executive vice-presi-
dent of the California Music Operators' As- • ing each other socially at the meetings and
of discussing problems common to all has
sociation (Southern Division) by President
been proven. Under the code of ethics of
Harry Winslow on behalf of the board of
directors marked the April 6th meeting,
held at Paulais Cafe, 3033 W. Seventh
Street, Immediate incorporation of the As-
sociation was announced by Attorney Moore,
A large delegation was on hand, includ-
ing Frank Kirk, M. J. Frieze, C. T. Pres her
and E. E. Peterson of San D iego and the in-
evitable Phil Brown of Bakersfield, who
bought a life membership with four pints
of Schenleys after Sanders Brothers had
paid his initiation fee with two pints. L.
B. Webb held the winning ticket for a
quantity of Permo-Point Needles donated
by the record companies, and three dozen
records donated by American Record Corp,
(Brunswick-Columbia), Decca Distributing
Corp. (Decca) and Leo J. Meyberg Co.
(Victor ) brought $24.70 to the Association
treasury in a progressive auction , Final
bidder was Sid L. Fair. M . L. Harker of
the Bureau of Power and Light further re-
quested the co-operation of aJl phonograph
operators in completing plans for changing
- This photo of Homer Capehart, popular sales
over to 60-cycle frequency on municipal
head of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.. was
power lines.
snapped while Capehart was the guest of the
Harr y Dr ollinqers at th e ir new home, Nickel-
INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE
built, near Dallas.
COWBOY CAPEHART
T HE
California Music Operators Asso-
ciation is an organization which has
the organization, members may not canvass
or in any way interfere with another mem-
ber's location. The organization now
recommends a certain percentage to be paid
for locations, which percentage wi ll give a
fair return to the operator. When the
membership has reached a certain point, the
organization wi ll be able to positively fix
the scale instead of only recommending it.
We have now an agreement from one
of the largest manufacturers that car load
lot rates shall be allowed to our members
even when purchasing in L.c.L. lots. We
also are negotiating an agreement with this
manufacturer that our members are the only
ones who may purchase his machines in
Southern California. It is possible that
such agreements may be later completed
with other manufacturers, and it is the hope
of the members of this organization that we
will some day be able either by appea ling
to their intell igence or by other means,
cause all operators of coin-operated auto-
matic phonographs in Southern California
to obtain a fair return upon their invest-
ment. What operator can object to that,
and isn't that an objective worth striving
for?
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. Iri closing, I want to pay a just and well-
deserved tribute to Paul Blackford and h is
splendidly edited magazine, the PACIFIC
COIN MACHINE REVIEW. The splendid as-
sistance and loyal suoport which Mr. Black-
ford and this magazine have given us con-
tinuously since the inception of this or-
ganization has been an inspiration, is de-
serving of th e lasting gratitude and appre-
ciation of our members, and is something
to which we will all some day look back
upon as one of the main factors of the
success of this organization.
BISHOP MOORE,
Exewtive Vic e-President.
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been created to fiJI a vital need of the oper-
ators of coin-operated automatic phono-
g raphs, and that is the need for organiza-
tion. The absolute necessity for this or-
ganization and the many ways in which it
can and will be of immense benefit to its
members are obvious to all.
As individuals, the operators are power-
less ahd helpless in the face of arbitrary
and unwise taxation or other legislation
which may affect them, and without such ·
an organization, cut-throat competition is
inevitable.' In such competition, aJl oper-
ators will be finally forced to meet the scale
of percentage established by the least effi-
cient operator, which means that, ultimately,
there will be no profit for anyone in this
business, for the least efficient operator usu-
~lly goes broke in any business. Only by
organization and by co-operation through
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