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graphs bought in 1934; and, coupled
with this, is the fact that many phono-
graphs older than four years which
s hould have been fully depreciated, are
still on location, with their operator-
owners seemingly unwilling to replace
them , due to failure to get proper re-
turns to date on their investment.
Since operators who have only phono-
graphs that are less than four years
old naturally require at leas t one more
year of operation to depreciate their
oldest equipment fully and are , there-
fore , not in the market for any substan-
tial numbe r of new phonographs , the
phonograph manufacturer must look to
lhe operator of equipment more than
four years old for his present business,
in order to keep his plant running. This
can be handled to a certain extent by
operators who purchase new equipment,
trading-in the old equipment of other
operators not wanting to purchase new
machines.
Obviously, if the operators look to the
phonograph manufacturers to cooperate
with them by selling only to e stablished
music operators good phonographs at
reasonable prices, then certainly the
operators must show a ready willing-
ness to cooperate with the manufactur-
ers by seeing to it that they, the op-
erators, replace at leas t twenty percent
of their total equipment e very year, so
that the factorie s can plan on a steady
replacement program with which to
keep production schedules moving.
The operator and the manufacturer
have a common goal-to stabilize and
make the automatic music business per-
manent by giving the public the most
in automatic music for their money at a
reasonable and steady profit. The op-
erator cannot achieve this aim ii the
manufacturer forces him to take less
than live years depreciation on his
equipment; neither can the manufac-
turer reach his, ii the operator insists
on operating antiquated machines and
refuses to modernize to give the public
better music, as well as giving the man-
ufacturer a steady business.
How To Solve This Problem-Two-Way
Publicity-Announced Policies.
1. Manufacturers to figure their year-
ly production on a basis of not more
than twenty percent of their own-made
units owned by their operator-customers.
2. Operators to replace twenty per-
cent of their equipment each year.
Those not doing so, not to be sold in
the future by the manufacturers.
3. Manufacturers to agree, through
their association, on only one change of
models per year, all announced at the
same time.
4. No new operators to be created
or established. No public advertising. No
sales to locations by manufacturers or
by operators. If the latter violates this
clause, he is not to be sold by the man-
ufacturer (or through any agency) in
the future.
5. Manufacturers and operators to as-
sist each other in lighting adverse legis-
lation and other detrimental matters.
. . .
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Dusty: ,,"I believe in calling a spade
a spade.
Rusty: "I believe it's the safest policy
myself. I once tried to pass off a spade
as a club. That's how I got my two
fingers shot off."
BRUNSWICK
Every Artist an ARTIST!
Music Operators'
Association, Inc. of Houston
President - F. S. CLANCY; Vice-president -
SAM AYO; Treasurer-LESTER HEARN; Execu-
tive Secretary-W. A. NIEMACKL, ll05 Broad-
way, Houston, Texas.
By JOHN G. WRIGHT
Music Operators' Association of Hous-
ton set two new records-a new high
for attendance and a 100% vote pres-
ent-at the first business meeting of
1939 held at Texas State Hotel the eve-
ning of January 6. Every operating firm
was represented, making 100% voting
strength and only live were lacking to
make literally a 100% attendance.
Two applications for membership in
M. 0. A. of H. were read and voted on.
One, that of Harold Daily for operating
members hip, was accepted. The other
application was rejected.
A motion providing that a member
who had withdrawn from the organiza-
tion be charged not less than $100 nor
more than $1000 to be reinstated, was
defeated.
Election of officers was held, and a s
provided by the constitution, officers
were nominated from the floor and el-
ected by popular vote.
Those slated to guide the organiza-
tion during 1939 are: president, F. S.
Clancy; vice-president, Sam Ayo; treas-
urer, Lestern Hearn (re-elected); execu-
tive secretary, W. A. Niemackl. Board of
Directors: J. W . Williams, Fred McClure ,
William Peacock, Lester Hearn and Jack
Armstrong.
After the new officers had been
seated Herbert L. Heatly, by a unani-
mous vote, was elected honorary asso-
ciate member, and appointed legal ad-
visor. Such an honor has been conferred
only once before, when John G. Wright,
Texas representative for the COIN MA-
CHINE REVIEW, was elected honorary
associate member of the Association.
0. L. Bickley, Vice-President of Local
I.B.O.E. introduced L. W. Merchant, busi-
ness manager of same local, who had
been invited to explain the workings of
the union to the Association. President
Clancy read from the portfoilo of I. A. E.
P. 0. , explaining how phonograph oper-
ators had been inducted into different
branches of organized labor, and finally
into the one organization especially cre-
ated for them, the International Assn. of
Electrical Phonograph Operators.
George Cunningham spoke against
making any sort of union labor connec-
tions whatsoever. D. W . Willett spoke
in favor of affiliating with I.A.O.E.P.O.
After a committee of E. M. Gates, Lester
Hearn and F. S. Clancy had been ap-
pointed to meet with representatives of
I.B.O.E. , the matter was carried over
until next meeting.
Rarely is any business of a serious
nature transacted at a social meeting of
Music Operators' Association of Hous-
ton. Due to the fact, however, that the
group is still undecided as to the union
question, time was taken out at the Jan-
uary 19 social gathering to read aloud
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Commenting on the story, officials of
the organization said: "Judging from
this write-up, appearing in a magazine
that is an authority on operators' asso-
ciations over the whole country, those
operators in California have identically
the same set-up as Houston Operators
want."
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