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Coin Machine Review
••••••••••••••• DECEMBER, 1943 •••••••••••••••
The COIN MACHINE REVIEW for December, 1943 . Vol. II. No . 6. Published
Blackford, editor and publisher. NEW YO RK O FFICE (17) : Ralph P. Mulligan,
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Amendment Loses
Meet Is Gab Fest
WASHINGTON , D. C.-Th e 1943 tax
bill known as HR-3687 was passed by th e
House on November 24th and sent to th e
Senate for consid eration. As passed by th e
House th e bill did not co ntain th e recom-
mend ed tax amendment suggested and pre-
sented by th e As ociated Operators of Los
A ngeles County, and unl ess th e Senate
ma kes so me chan ges, th e sa mc li cense
sc hed ule as in the 1942 tax bill will govern
co in machin es.
Th e Senate Finance Committee will first
co nsi der th e bill and meetin gs will be
held, providing the Co in Machine Indu stry
another opportunity to intercede and ask
for a reform on th e license fea tures per-
taining to co in devices. Th e Senate Finance
Co mmittee will t.hen return th e bill to th e
Senate for discussion and voting. If amend -
ments are made and passed by the Senate
th e bill mu st th en be sent to a joint House
and Senate Co mmittee for approval.
Speaking on the Washington trip and
th e proposed amendment, Curley Robin so n,
managing director of AOLAC, sa id: " On e
definit e thing was acco mpli shed _ In th e fa ce
of a ll advice given us again t going to
Wa hington because of the f ear that pre-
dominated throughout th e industry, and
rightfully, that th ere would be a raise in
taxation , and now, although exc ise taxe
have been raised, th ere has been no raise
of any excise tax in this industry.
"A thorou gh study of our proposed
amendment will show three thin gs: 1) That
the pinball machine which is used for
amusement purposes only a nd where the
free plays or extended use is attached to
the game, but where there is no r edemp -
tion of such free plays or extended use, th e
machine will remain in th e old ca tego ry of
$10_00 per annum.
"2) That any a nd all marbl e ga mes, th e
result of operation entitling th e player to
ex tend ed use or redemp tion of free plays
shall be tax ed a t the rate of 25.00 per an-
num_
"3) That all Ie coi n counter ga mes, ir-
respective of kind , will be tax ed at th e
rate of $10_00 per machin e_
"HrieHy, all of thi s mea ns th at in stead of
bein g in th e $10.00 and $100.00 classifica-
tion , we will be in a 810_00 a nd 825_00
classifica tion . It will also place all counter
games in a $10_00 cIa sifi ca tion _"
AOLAC has retained capable l'epresen-
tation in W a hin gton in th e hope of steer-
ing thi s amendment throu gh th e different
com mittees so that this, or similar relief,
is given thi s industry_
CHI CAGO-Th e Second Wartime Con -
feren 'e of coin machin e operators, jobbers
a nd di stributors ca me to a co nclusion at
th e Hotel Morrison on November 17th and
a ll in attenda nce exp ressed th emselves as
havin g Ha goo d tim e."
1eetin g las ted for three days and drew
an attendance of prominent figures in th e
indu stry from a ll parts of th e na tion . As
an a ttend a nce of prominent fi gures in th e
sess ions whi ch opened on Monday mornill l!
with a group of speec hes by army and navy
pe rso nn el and a th eme speech by William
Gersh, New York , who sa id th e meeting
was ca ll ed for th e purpose of getting the
indus try togeth er for united effort to help
the wa r.
Those in attendance had other views as
to th e rea l purpose of th e meetin gs and
had hoped that so me form of national or-
ganization would result which would aid
the industry in so lvin g th e man y problems
thrust up on it in a wartime eco nomy. How-
ever th ose in charge had other id eas and
no one had a plan to offer.
Eventually th e suggestion went through
th a t a co mmittee of s ix be appointed to
fra me some sort of a ske leton organization
that co uld be di scussed at the meetings and
thus ma ke the exp ensive tri p worthwhil e to
th e out-of-towners who felt "sold down th e
ri ver" wh en no concrete plans were offered_
The. co mmittee labored a day, offered sug-
gestIo ns, asked for men to volunteer for of-
fices a nd work , rece ived no cooperation or
offers, and th e matter was te mporarily
shelved with th e a nnoun ce ment that the
co mmittee of six would co ntinu e to work
togeth er on plans in th e hope that so me-
The Re'view
extends sincere best
wishes fOl' a very
Merry Christmas
and
Happy, Prosperous
New Year
to its readers,
Everywhere
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Unfair Oealin9 s
TH E REVI EW passes th e foll owi ng infor-
mati on, received from a Chi cago Distribu-
tor, a long to the trade for any valu e it
might have:
" We wi sh to advise yo u that the W est
Coast Sales Co., 1831 68th Avenue, Oak-
land , Calif., ordered from us on June 7th
mercha ndi se which, at' th ei r request, was
to be shi pped to th em sight draft a ttached
to bill of lad in g and drawn on the Central
Rank of Oakland. The hipm ent was r e-
fu sed by the cugtome r, a nd th en se\'eral
weeks la ter he req uested th e sight draft to
be sent aga in to th e Central Bank. In s pite
of many letters on our part, as well as
follow-ups on th e part of th e ca rri er, Inter-
nati onal Forwa rdin g Co., this concern has
made no effort or offered a ny co mments
abo ut acceptin g sa id shipment. Correspo nd-
ence was signed by G. Brown as manager."
(See MEETING, Page 6)
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