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George A. Miller, president and business
manager of the California Music Operators'
Association, declared that in the past 12
years 74 tax bills have been introduced in
the state legislature and that his association
was successful in defeating everyone of
them. "Our association does not go out to
seek new members; instead, prospective
members come to us. Our group has joined
the Tavern Owners' Association so we can
discuss mutual problems. If CMI will watch
the tax situation and try to keep the levies
regulated at a reasonable level; if CMI will
also try to get rid of the excise tax-we can
take care of the rest."
E. Jay Bullock, managing director and
secretary-treasurer of Southern California
Automatic Music Operators' Association,
said that he felt like a child among adults
because his group was only four months old.
"However, we have made tremendous strides
in that time. We now have 150 members,
with three or four new ones coming in each
day. ,Every location of every member is
listed with the association and the union.
The association also circularizes locations as
a part of our public relations program. I
recommend that CMI form a national asso·
ciation of organizations to exchange ideas
and get licenses and taxation uniform. Th ere
is weight in numbers."
Joseph Brilliant, president of Michigan
Automatic Phonograph Owners' Association,
said that operators are not able to make a
good return on their investment. "If the
manufacturer can curtail production, com-
petition will take care of the price prob-
lem. The cost of equipment is irrelevant
anyway; the important point is that the life
of the equipment-without requiring re-
placement because of new models-is of suf-
ficient length for the operator to realize a
good profit. Factories should find out how
much new equipment an operator can stand,
curtail production accordingly, and pick dis.
tributors with care."
The high cost of equipment, labor and
supplies' are not the main drawbacks to prof-
itable operation, according to Jack Cohen,
president of the Phonograph Merchants As-
sociation of Cleveland. "The trouble is that
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excessive excise taxes are passed to thcoPe\} , ., streets;" Griffith declared. He asked CMI to
ator, and he, in turn, cannot pass them to
make.an educational film s.tressing this fact,
the consumer nor add them to the sales
and also asked for suggestIOns to help com-
price of the product. A man '~o operates ~ bat unfair charges being pinm;d on oper-
100 phonographs buys about 300 ew rec-
ators .. '
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ords a week which bear an excise tax of $10.
William L. King of the Phonograph Oper-
When an· operator buys new macchines, ex-
ators ASliOciation of Eastern Pennsylvania,
cise tax is $50 per machine. And then there
in offering a solution to the problem, sug-
gested sponsoring juveni~e ,_dances once a
is the $10 yearly Federal location Ulx which
is invariably paid by the operator o'r taken
week and loaning. ma<;hines f r these par-
off the top. I urge CMI to take action with
ties. "This has been done su,~ssful1y in our
Congress regarding this matter."
territory," he said.
In order to discourage locations from buy-
With reference to educational movies,
ing their own machines, members of Wis-
James Mangan agreed that it was a good
consin Phonograph Operators', Association
idea but that the price of sound film-$SO,-
will not service a location-owned machine,
000 for a 20-minute movie-was too steep
but instead, refers the proprietor to the man
for CMI's currently limited budget. "Our
who sold it to him. C. S. Pierce, president,
ultimate aim is to make a movie divided
was the speaker.
into three sections - music, vending and
Evan Griffith, president of Washington
amusement-which can be used i~ behalf of
Coin Machine Association, brought up the
each operator of eac~ type of eqUIpment. In
juvenile problem and how certain unin-
other w?rds, t~e mUSIC man ~ould run only
formed groups are charging that machines
the musIC sectIOn of the film.
are contributory factors to delinquency. "On
Sidney Levin, attorney for the Automatic
the contrary, they help keep the kids off the
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