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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, JUNE, 191,1
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National Council
Protests Tax
The National Music Council at its an-
nual meeting in New York recently passed
a resolution opposing the proposed 10%
tax on musical instruments, on the
grounds that such a tax would interfere
with the important part played by music
in the preservation of national morale dur-
ing the present emergency, both in the
military forces and among the civilian
population, and that the proposed meas-
ure would constitute a tax levy on one of
the most important tools of education in
the public school system and in higher
institutions of learning.
Copies of the resolution were sent to
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Secretary
of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, and to
Chairman Robert L. Doughton and all
members of the Ways and Means Commit-
tee of the House of Representatives, before
which hearings on the proposed tax
measure are now being held.
The Bulletins of the National Music
Council contain musical information of
a national character, including all bills
presented to Congress that affect music
in any way, and news of the activities of
all the national associations that compose
the Council.
Among the subjects before the Council
at present are the promotion of perform-
ances of opera in English in smaller cities;
the establishing of standards for Ameri-
can editions of foreign musical works; the
establishment of musical repositories for
orchestral compositions that may be easily
accesible in all parts of the country; and
the extension of the cataloging of musi-
cal entries in the Copyright Office of the
Library of Congress. Reports on these
subjects were given at the meeting.
Balloting for members-at-large to serve
on the Executive Committee for the com-
ing fiscal year resulted in the election
of the following: Carleton Sprague Smith
of the New York Public Library, E. C.
Mills of the American Society of Com-
posers, Authors and Publishers, Lilla Belle
Pitts of Columbia University, C. Albert Ja-
cob of the National Piano Manufacturers
Association, and Harrison Kerr of the
American Composers Alliance. The pres-
ent officers of the Council retain their posi-
tions until the bi-ennial election next
year.
Presidents or representatives of the
following organizations attended the an-
nual meeting: American Academy of
Teachers of Singing, American Composers
Alliance, American Guild of Musical Art-
ists, American Musicological Society, As-
sociated Glee Clubs of America, Colum-
bia Broadcasting System, Intercollegiate
Musical Council, League of Composers,
Mu Phi Epsilon, Music Library Associa-
tion, Music Publishers Protective Associa-
tion, Music Teachers National Association,
National Association for American Com-
posers and Conductors, National Associa-
ton of Music Merchants, National Associa-
tion of Music Merchandise Manufacturers,
National Association of Musical Merchan-
dise Wholesalers, National Association of
Schools of Music, National Broadcasting
Company, National Federation of Music
Clubs, National Guild of Community Mu-
sic Schools, National Guild of Piano
Teachers, National Music Camp, National
Piano Manufacturers Association, Phi Beta,
Sigma Alpha Iota and the Song Writers
Protective Association.
The National Music Council consists of
thirty professional and commercial organi-
zations of national musical scope and ac-
tivity, representing an individual mem-
bership of between five and six hundred
thousand.
Mfgs. Association
to Meet June 10th
The annual meeting of the National
Piano Manufacturers Association will be
held at the Hotel New Yorker, New York
on Tuesday, June 10th. There will be a
morning and afternoon session with the
usual luncheon at noontime. A large at-
tendance is expected. Many important
problems which are facing the industry
will be discussed and President R. C. Rolf-
ing will report on the recent hearing which
he attended before the Congressional
Ways and Means Committee in Washing-
ton.
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