tctncy- d ud s . The CMA is se t for tha t
swe ll b lowout we wrote the folks a t
home about last year. They feed you
and fa tte n y ou and g ive you plenty of
eyefull s, and it's all • on the cuff-we
hope. Last yea r they set us next to a n
ope rator who kept weeping into h is
cups . The flo or show wa s on, and
pointing to the stage the op erator
moane d , "Look at a ll those joints, a nd
there a in 't an operator with a machine
a round!"
The ea gle was downed. Yessir! He
soared b y day a nd by nig ht he rose ,
b u t when Zeu s sent the clouds , a nd the
w eather w a s pea soup , he h ad to call
it q uits. It w a sn't a pla nt that took Bob
Hawthorne to h is folks ' h ome for C hris t-
m a s . He had to travel with the rest of
us Sunday d rivers, and was he b urned
u p] "Say," he cried, "I could have
w alked faster." That's what we're going
to do, too, next time.
New York operators returned very
mu ch impressed by the NACOMM Show
in Chicago. Ma nu fa cturers, they re-
porte d , a re not standin g still but are
looking w ell a head. A good m a ny of
the coinmen ren ewed old acquaintances
w ith frien d s a nd ca me awa y w it·h the
feeling that '39 will be a much better
year than '38. "And b oy , it will have
to b e ," they a ll agreed .
Martin Berger, CMA of New York
president and sal esmanager of Rowe
Cigare tte Service, is continuing his ef-
forts to form a national association of
cigarettemen. He believes th ey will be
able to opera te much more profitab ly if
their combined efforts a re integrated,
a nd inasmuch a s the nucleus of a na-
tion a l orrraniza tion a lrea dy exists it · is
his opinion tha t a little m ore pushing
will see concrete r e su lts.
Rumors to the effect that New York's
a musement tabl e operators will shortly
witness a decided change for the better
~e b eing s ubstantiate d by the increas-
i~g a ctivities of Joe Fishman and Al
Lip shay of the Amalgamated Associa-
tion . Fishman, one of the m ost ener-
g etic a n d resourceful secretaries in the
b usin ess, is m oving hea ven and earth
to g et a square dea l for the pinball
crowd in New York. The a dvent of the
New York World 's Fair, he asserted,
m akes it hig hly d esirable that the New
York City authorities and the Amalga-
mate d 's executives and members see
eye to eye on all issues. The probable
outcome : "We 're g oing to h old our
spots and get new ones," Fishma n pre-
dicted .
Al Blendow, formerly a ssocia ted with
Sam Kressb erg in the East Coast Phono-
gra p h Distributors, Inc., a Seeburg out-
let, is no lon ger connected with this
firm, a ccord ing to Kressberg 's announce-
ment. Blen dow is expected to a nnounce
his fu tu re plans shortly.
Lou Rose, one of the few old-timers in
a mu sement machine operation, is still
g oing strong and giving points to new-
comers. Recen tly Rose pointed out that
it w as the old-timers in the business
w ho m a intained their hold on m ost of
the spots while a lot of newcomers were
losing out. Many of the recruits to coin
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idea, Rose explained, that once a piece
of eq uipment is placed and is mechani-
cally right, their work is done. Instead
of letting it go at that, Rose a dvised,
"become a frien d of the location owner.
Make him what his location really en-
titles him to be-a partner in your busi-
ness. If you treat the location owner
only a s a 's top,' he will act like one,
and when I sa y 'stop' tha t's exactly
what I mean. "
Overhe ard late in December:
Little Boy: Daddy, look! There's San-
ta Claus.
Dadd y: Hush , child, that isn 't Santa
Claus, that' s Sam Yellen looking for a
s pot.
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Little Boy: And w ho 's that beside
him? He's carrying a tricycle, daddy.
Daddy: That, my dear child, is Jack-
son Bloom. You see, young man, Y ollen
a nd Bloom know that spots are pretty
hard to find so they both put on beards
and old clothes hoping that wouki get
'em by.
Little Boy: And will it- g e t 'em by?
Daddy: If it did, son, that would make
them Santa Cla us!
And be it here recorded: Irving Sher-
m a n sends greetings and best wishes
for a Happy New Year to all, and sends
the same greetings to coinmen every-
where on behalf of the operators in New
York.
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