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ST. LOUIS, MO.- The initial Fall meet·
ing of the six memb ers of the board of
directors of the Associated Phono graph
Owners of St. Louis was held at the Mel·
bourne Hotel Monday evening, September
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28. Various problems confronting the in·
dustry were discussed and plans were for·
mulated to solve, in a measure, some of
the worst ones.
The six·ma n board outlined a bull etin
that is to be sent to all Association memb ers
CHICAGO (Special).- The petition of
urgin g them, in the nam e of Defense and
th e F ederal Government fo r an injunction
good business, to cut down th eir operatin g
to restrain James C. P etrillo from enforc-
costs, especially as it con cerns unn ecessary
ing an order prohibiting members of th e
service calls. An instance was recall ed when
AFM from making records for public pur-
a service man traveled 47 mil es to do a
poses was dismissed October 12th in F ed-
minor 're pair j ob th at was stri ctly unnec·
e ral Court.
essary because th e location owner exagger.
Assistant Attorney General Thurma n Ar-
ated th e extent of th e service job in phon-
nold sta ted to reporters that he expected
ing.
the fi ght to be ca rri ed to th e U nited States
The labor shortage and its effect upon
S upre me Co ur t.
various depa rtm ents of the industry was
In dismissin g the petition Judge Barnes
also discussed at length. Sugges tions made
h eld th at th e controversy was essentially a
by the va rious members of th e hoard of di·
labor dispute and cited th e U. S. Supreme
rectors would indica te that a si'x-point pro-
Court's deciSion in u, e Hutcheso n case in
gram , if fai'thfully adhered to by jobber ,
which it was established that, und er cer-
manufacturer, distributor and operator,
ta in conditions, the a nti -tru st law did not
would do mu ch toward securing additional
apply to labor unions.
effi cient h elp and insurin g th e continuation
Following the hearin g P etrill o let out a
of th e services of th e old help. Here are th e
blast at Broadcasters, Record Companies,
s ix points disc ussed :
Phono graph Ope rators and th e publi c in
1. Contact prospecti ve employees with a
ge neral and stated " The ban still s·tands."
propositi on th at would allow part time
work. Th ere are a lot of youn gsters goin g
to school who would welcome th e chan ce to
LOS ANGELES-H. A. Carp, local music
make some spending money.
operator, is proudly showin g a letter just
2. Revise your present system of remu-
received from Charles Posner, Administra-
neratin g your employees if it is thrown in
tive Secretary of th e United Servi ce Or-
a bad J ight wh en 'compared to light jobs
ganizations, thanking him for th e loan of
availabl e in defense industries.
three Wurlitzer phonographs in three local
3. Study th e working hours of your help
USO Canteens. The Carp phonographs are
and see if something can be don e to make
in the Hollywood USO Center, the Troops-
it possible for th em to have more time off In-Transit Canteen in the Union Station ,
at th e time th ey desire it.
and the USO Colored Canteen.
4. Go over the list of employees that h ave '
Carp h as donated the use of the ma-
worked for you in th e past and if any
chines to these USO centers for th e dura-
likely names are noted drop a card in-
tion of the war. In placing th em he opens
quirin g if th ey might be interested. This
the magazin e box and puts a metal strip
has been effective in securin g feminine office
stop in so that th e ra tchet can only wind
workers more so th an those in any oth er
up one play at a time. Then th e dogs are
ca tegory.
removed from th e Sc slot, whi ch makes it
necessary for th e service man to push th e
5. Sponsor social activities among the em·
chute in each tim e after making his selec-
ployees with the form ation of bowling
tion. In this mann er it saves the undue
teams, glee clubs, card parties and pi cni cs.
wea r possibl e if a button were used and an
This will go a long way in building loyalty
overly ambitious soldier pushed it r epeat-
toward th e firm and th e boss.
edly " just for fun."
6. Demonstrate to your employees that
In installing these machin es in USO Can-
you are anxious to see th em advance in the
teens, Carp gives th em th e sam e service as
business. Shift a worker to a job he really
a machine in one of his regul ar locations
likes. Promote a person alrea dy in th e or·
would r eceive. Each week h e vi sits th e spot,
ganization instead of goin g outside for one
oils and cleans th e machine, install s a new
whenever an openin g is made.
needl e, and swaps records worn out. On
top of th at he answers servi ce calls the
same as if it were one of his regular ma-
%
chin es. In hi s Hollywood spot one of the
INDIANAPOLIS - Th e P ackard Manu -
film colony's ace tun e writers has taken it
facturin g Corp. won th e distin ction of b eing
upon himself to donate a full stack of new
the first company in th e state of Indiana ,
discs each week.
and poss ibly in th e nation , to have 100%
Most certainly this is an excellent way
participation of its employees as 10% War
to build prestige for our industry. Wh at
Bond Buyers.
Carp has done in Los Angeles can be don e
Th e firm also had 100% participation in
all over th e country and TH E REVI EW will
thei r United War Fund campaign just com- b e happy to learn of other operators co-
pl eted. Employees saw to it that th e fin al
operating with the United Servi ce Organ -
results represented 167% of th e quota set.
iza tions in a like mann er.
on Bonds
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Petrillo Study Issued
NEW YORK - A pamphlet study of
J ames Caesar P etrillo's ban against electri-
cal transcri ptions and other. types of musi-
cal recordin gs, published a nd distributed
Octob er 1st by th e National Association of
Broadcasters, points out that :
1. Earnings of uni on musicians for serv-
ices in radio b roa dcasting have in creased
stea dil y with th e growth of radio until
today they exceed an estim ated $15,000,000
a year. Union mu sicians earn millions of
dollars additional in makin g recordings (at
a mini'mum scale of $10 per hour ) and
electri cal transcri ptions (a t a minimum
scal e of $18 per hour. )
2. Approximately 225 of the communities
in which broadcastin g stations are loca ted
do not have enough musicians to form a
local of the Ameri can F ederation of Mu-
s icians.
3. More th an one-half of th e membershi p
of th e American F ederation of Musicians
consists of non-professionals who ar e not
entirely dependent on music for a liveli-
hoo d.
4. Memb ers of the American F ederation
of Musicians are engaged in more than 150
oth er occupations, trades, businesses, and
professions; and for th em Il\usic is really
only a pin-mon ey sideline.
5. Undoubtedly th ere are some unem-
ployed musicians, es pecially in the large cit-
ies, but the majority of people about whom
P etrillo talks, while th ey may b e unem-
ployed as musicians, are not without gain -
ful employm ent in other occupa tions.
Entitled "The C Is For Caesar," the pam-
phl et is bein g widely distr ibuted, with the
fi rst copy goin g to Senator D. Worth Clark
of Idaho, chairman of th e sub-committee of
th e Senate which will investigate the P e-
trillo ban.
In a foreword , Neville Mill er, president
of th e National Association of Broa dcasters,
states that "the recent orders and acts of
James Caesar Petrillo have aroused wid e-
spread public interest because they seem to
be directed against the art of music itself.
These aggressions affect all Americans who
I isten to music, as well as all American
industries which depend upon music. Th ey
constitute a threat to wartime morale and
communications."
Declarin g that " the record and the tran-
sc ription are part and parcel of Thomas
Alva Edison's invention of the phonogra ph,
which is as b asic and important to music
as th e printing press is to literature," the
pamphlet asserts that " P etrillo has no more
legiti'mate claim aga inst these inventions
th an the hand copyists had against th e
nrinting press, the farm h and against the
harvester, the carriage maker against the
automobile, and th e weaver against th e
power looms." Moreover , it states, " P etrillo
should know th at his ban will decrease the
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