Phonograph Operators
of Eastern Pennsylvania
and New Jersey
President - FRANK ENGEL; Vice-President-
FRANK VISCIDI; Tre a s u rer-MORRIS MAR-
GOLIS; Secreta ry-MAURICE FINKEL_
By HARRY BORTNICK
One of the most important resolutions
of this group's history was passed at the
last meeting. The phonograph operators,
tired of seeing their best locations stolen by
independent, unethical members of the in-
dustry, resolved firmly to stand together
and battle against this cutthroat competition
which does not allow an honorable mem-
ber to keep a good location with a decent
profit.
Standing together and opposed to all op-
erators in the locality who steal another's
location, the members have decided to
fight, actively and firm ly, all location
thieves . In order to capitalize more strong-
ly upon their united strength and the weak-
ness of the unorganized location-stealers,
they will fight each independent singly.
They will listen to complaints of member
operators against the independent, and
then, when they have decided by a vote,
which man is the most active thief, they
will place themselves in battle array against
him. Using their combined 2,000 machines
against any single operator there is no
doubt of the outcome. No operator with
100 or even 200 machines will be able to
oppose their strength for long. The Asso-
ciation members will go to each location
which the offender has and offer their ma-
chines at lower rates than the other man
can prolitablr meet. The men have all
threatened to disregard profits until the
menace is ended .
Month by month they will take a differ-
ent man until every operator has either
joined the Association and agreed to abide
by its policies, or has desisted from the ob-
noxious practice which now threatens all
decent competition and rivalry in the pho-
nograph industry in this area. No quar-
ter will be given or asked, a COIN MA-
CHINE REVIEW reporter was told.
Morris Margolis, treasurer of the group,
speaking for the members, said: " We will
take the strictest measures to eliminate all
harmful practices from our industry. Al-
though we do not believe that any man will
insist upon combating other members of
his industry who only want to help clean
up the wrong moves of some 'bad boys'
who refuse to play along, we will place our
machines at any figure in locations held by
these mistaken operators. They must learn
to abandon outdated practices."
The campaign for membership progressed
better during the past month than at any
time since the organization of the group.
Five new members, several of them from
out of town, were accepted . They were:
Larry Yanks, of the Ray Music Co. ; Max
Bushwick, Capitol Amusement; Lew Suss-
man, Land S Music Co.; Alex Feldman,
General Amusement, Paulsboro, N . ]. ;
Mungin and Schneider, who make up the
Metropolitan Amusement Co. Applications
of several others were taken under consid-
eration.
All operators of music machines who
wish to affiliate with this organization may
contact Miss Pollack, Madison Hotel,
Twenty-second and Walnut Streets, Phila-
delphia.
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Didia Know That
ALEXANDER LEDERER, after being married
20 years, still tells his wife how much he
loves her? The guy thinks she is the only
woman on earth, and she really is-for
him. That's honest-to-goodness love when
you can " Love her in December as you did
in May. " A hearty hand and congratula-
tions to Mr. and Mrs. Lederer for a grand
love affair.
PHIL FRANK insists that the refreshments
be served first and the meeting come after-
ward? He may be right after all. Where
else can you get such delectable sandwiches
for nothing? Es gesinter hate, Phil.
JOSEPH MELLWIG always wins every bat-
tle he begins in the meetings of the organi-
zation? A regular vocal Napoleon, he has
never tasted defeat on our floor. Keep up
the swell suggestions.
WILLIAM R. YANKS has apparently got-
ten lost, gone astray or been stolen? Th e
Association boys are wondering whether
you don't like them or whether you 're too
busy tending machines to show up once in
a while.
JERRY and HARRY ELKINS deserve lots of
thanks and congratulations for the noble
work they have done in bringing in mem-
bers? Lots of I uck , and again, thanks.
Mayall your chi ldren be operators and
members of the organization . Mazeltoff.
We may even give you a leather meda l for
your good work.
LOUIS SUSSMAN, the new man who
makes lots of noise and brings lots of
laughs, will surely liven up the meetings
from now on? Maybe we'll get you a joS
on the stage if your humor is always so
contagious.
"COMMODORE" FRANK VENCIDI, a new-
comer from Paulsboro, has a yacht that is
the envy of the entire coast-line. Self-
appointed commodore of his fleet of one,
he has promised to take all the boys for
a trip sometime. He's spent plenty of gelt
getting it ready, and soon everybody will
be riding along under the blue with a rod
'" hand and a can of worms by his side.
Ah, for the life of a rich man.
MORRIS MARGOLIS claims that he wants
to have something more for the treasury so
that he wi ll have something to put into
the group's bank account. What we wou ld
like to know is when he will realize his
ambition to have a boy. He'd probably
put the kid to work, though, and loaf him-
self-or wou ld you, Morris)
MAURICE FINKEL raises plenty of cain
at meetings, but has done plenty of good
with it all. A pretty influential sort of
chap, Maurice knows what he is talking
about, and manages to get his way.
FINKEL and his High Point Amusement
Co. come in for congratu lations? Just be-
fore our news went out for publicat ion,
"aurice called in a last-minute ad, thus
becoming the first in the Association to call
the REVIEW'S correspondent for this serv-
ice. For further information, see the Bar-
gain Mart.
Golf is like business. The fellow who
does the least gets to be the highest up
and is paid the most money.
"She's my cigarette girl."
"Why do you call her that?"
"Because I just picked her up on the
streets."
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