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sincere and effective cooperation," Sil-
verstein appealed.
Gaining the floor Joseph Fishman,
managing director of the Amalgamated,
reminded members of the dance to be
given January 10 and urged all mem-
bers to attend for the purpose of a good
time and also to help the Association
make some money. Going over some of
the difficulties of the past year, Fishman
dedicated himself to greater efforts on
behalf of the organization for 1938 and
assured the members that if each one
cooperated and paid promptly for
stickers, they need not worry about their
future.
"We have seen some dark days in
'37, but if we stick together we'll stay
in business," Fishman said. " Sticking
together is best done by attendance at
meetings when and where called. Be
prompt on meeting nights. Please re-
member members live at distant points
and want to leave early. Above all ,
don 't forget that if the office doesn 't
have your support, it cannot go on.
Another thing: Appeal for money is not
pleasant and it isn 't always necessary.
Buy as many tickets to our dance as
you can. Sell 'em or give 'em to your
locations, and come down on Sunday
night with your wife and friends and
have a good time."
Following this , election of officers re-
sulted in the following roster: President,
Morris Silverstein; vice-president, Joseph
Schoenberg; treasurer, William Prag-
nell; financial secretary, Lou Rose; re-
cording secretary, Moe Gladstone; ser-
gent-at-arms, Martin Roth. The new
board of directors includes Marvin Lie-
bowitz, Lester Klien , Philip Kramer,
Harry Wasserman, Philip Sapir, Philip
Turk, Joseph Hirsch, Al Glickman, Jack
Jaffee , Irving Skrilow.
The last five members of the newly
elected board of directors have a term
of office for only six months according
to the by-laws of the Amalgamated.
The remaining five are in office for a
full year and constitute therefore a
senior group.
The meeting adjourned at 11:55 p. m.
after President-elect Silverstein conclud-
ed with a few words concerning mem-
ber cooperation in Good and Welfare .
Personals
Although Leon Taksen is not a mem-
ber of the Amalgamated he is a wel-
come visitm at every meeting and helps
things along by encouraging members
to flights of oratory. Asked if the Am-
algamated was his hobby, Leon stated
that if it isn 't it ought to be for it cer-
tainly gives him a kick.
Philip Sapir who is an art collector
as a sideline, got himself elected to the
board of directors because his friend
Harry Wasserman joshed him about his
popularity in the Association. "That
takes care of Harry," gleamed Phil not-
ing the returns.
Lee Rubinow , rotund ex-president of
the Amalgamated, was missing for the
first time in the writer's memory. Where
was Lee? You guessed it: Busy being
president at another meeting!
Al Glickman, Leon Taksen's partner,
Plans Completed for Show
By N. MARSHALL SEEBURG,
J. P. Seeburg Corp., and
NACOMM Convention Committee Chairman
As chairman of the NACOMM Con-
vention Committee, it is my great pleas-
ure to report that all plans have been
completed for the most impressive coin
machine exhibit in the history of the
industry. From the opening day of the
Show, January 17, until the final hour
January 20, the Sherman Hotel in Chi-
cago promises to be the scene of ac-
tivities and revelations that will keep
visitors in a constant state of pleasant
surprise. The 1938 Convention will be a
smooth-running, informative, instructive
and entertaining event from start to
finish. Every operator who has indicated
that he will attend the Show will find
the well-planned exhibit halls alive with
the new products of more than 100 ex-
hibitors. In addition to the regular dis-
plays, numerous manufacturers and dis-
tributors will follow the usual custom
of private showings of new equipment.
Weare advised that new products
are designed to meet the revised oper-
ating requirements which have affected
the majority of territories and, even to
those of us who are familiar with the
dynamic progress of the coin machine
industry, the new ideas to be presented
in all lines of coin operated equipment
and related devices are amazing, and
not only astonishing, but encouraging
as well. It is my firm conviction, and
that of all members of NACOMM that
the coin machine industry in every de-
partment will receive an impetus from
the results of the Convention that will
carry operating and manufacturing into
a new era of profitable activity.
Operators the nation over are vitally
interested in what the current year has
to offer, and advance registrations have
confirmed that interest. In addition to
the thousands of advance registration
forms sent out by the registration com-
mittee, many thousands more were for-
warded to operators by the various
manufacturers. The advance registra-
tion this year far exceeds that of pre-
vious years and Chicago hotels report
a flood of reservations with many more
expected before the opening day of the
Show.
Bonafide members of the industry
will be pleased to know that this year
they will be free to enjoy the Conven-
tion without interference from irrespon-
sible curiosity seekers. The advance
registration plan, so successfully car-
ried out last year, makes mandatory the
payment of a $1 admission fee for any-
has gone into the automobile business.
Al has become a dealer in used cars.
Leon explains that AI, not having
enough troubles in the coin machine
trade, decided to pick up some more in
the auto trade.
Martin Roth was a toss-up for vice-
president or sergeant-at-arms. He got
the lalter because, explained a friend ,
Marty likes to get as close to the door
as he can and when you 're vice presi-
dent, you can't be first out even if the
president doesn 't see you!
Marvin Liebowitz had to rush from
the meeting but he was back in time to
find himself leading the new board of
directors elected, as usual.
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one not registered. This will insure that
those visitors not connected with the
industry will be persons genuinely in-
terested.
Nothing has been overlooked to pro-
vide Convention visitors with amuse-
ment, entertainment and excitement, at
the annual banquet and with the dis-
tribution of many prizes-ranging from
radios to watches and luggage-during
the four days of the Show. The banquet
itself is planned to be more elaborate
than ever before. The entire resources
of the famous Sherman Hotel kitchens
will provide a hearty, tasty dinner dur-
ing which headline talent from radio,
vaudeville and night spots will stage a
floor show of unusual merit.
Members of the various committees
entrusted with the execution of Conven-
tion plans are to be commended highly
for their untiring efforts. To them we
shall owe the success of the Show.
As in previous years, intelligent and
serious discussion of problems confront-
ing various branches of the industry
will be held in a series of meetings dur-
ing the Convention. The schedule of
daily lectures and round-table gather-
ings will be posted on the bulletin
board in the hotel lobby, and it is ex-
pected that this year's Show will see an
exceptionally large attendance at such
meetings.
The business of operating and manu-
facturing coin machines is mature,
stable and forward-looking , and at no
time in the past has there been so seri-
ous a regard for the further stabiliza-
tion of operating and manufacturing a s
now. The keynote of the entire 1938
convention is optimism. It has been the
keynote of the industry since its begin-
ning, and it is that optimism which is at the
foundation of all our progres s. The progress
of our industry can be noted best at the Show
during the week of January 17, and on behalf
of the NACOMM, I sincerely urge every oper-
ator to make it his duty to attend .
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In the January, 1937 issue 0/ the COIN
MACHINE REVIEW, this picture preceded
th e announcement that C. R. Adelberg had
been named sales manager lor the Stoner
Corp. 0/ Aurora, Ill. Now , just one year later,
the same picture is used to show the man
who has just been made vice-president 0/
the Stoner Corp.