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^chines to individuals to the detri-
ent of the operator. Mr. Wagner
^°ved that the matter be settled in
following manner:—-“ That the
committee agree with the man-
JJturers that no machine should be
(.j,. to individual parties to the de-
^ent of the operator, and their
^®s®ien would be so notified, also
order clerks; and should a case
, this character arise, which cannot
^ settled locally, we shall get in
a^ch with the offending company
s ,7 they will co-operate with us to
jy l® the matter.” Seconded by Mr.
lehl an(j carried.
The manufacturers’ Association
^Pointed for their Committee of
at re?
act
with the Oper­
a s’ Committee in the conduct of
next Convention the following:
, hur Du Grenier, Ford Mason and
A- E. Gebert.
The following resolution was in­
duced and adopted:
< That a vote of thanks be extended
£ the editor of the AUTOMATIC
c
Harvey Carr, for the splendid
^'Operation which was given to the
i°nal officers in completing this
^^vention and exposition in New
*°rk City.
The meeting adjourned.
Last Days Proceedings
Reports of committees and elec-
gl0ri of officers featured Thursday’s
essions. The order of business was
as follows:
^ The Chicago Convention report
p*® read; and motion made by Mr.
j.,1. son, seconded by Mr. Diehl, that
® report be accepted. Carried.
Motion was made by Mr. Gibson,
ponded by Mr. Hoffman that the
^tire report of the National officers
e accepted as read. Carried.
g Mr. Lemke spoke on the Detroit
jtuation which was discussed by all
® delegates and officers.
Mr. Gibson made the following
, °tion: “ That the Detroit situation
e left in the hands of the, to-be
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elected, Board of Directors with
authority to use their best judgment
in the handling of the same after re­
ceiving a report from Mr. Lemke on
his return home.” Seconded by Mr.
Diehl. Carried.
Mr. Blendow interrupted the meet­
ing by reading the following tele­
gram from Mr. C. W . Ackerson in
Westerville, Ohio:
“ Ohio drastic legislation next two
weeks may kill all vendors.”
(Editor’s Note-—It is unofficially
reported that the La Fevre bill failed
to pass. More will be mentioned in
connection with this measure at a
later date.)
Mr. Grastorf explained that a man
by the name of Lefevre was about
to introduce a bill at Columbus,
Ohio, taxing all machines $10. There
would be a blanket license fee of
$1000. Slot machines will be confis­
cated on sight.
Election of Officers
The meeting then proceeded to the
election of officers for the year
1927.
President William Sheade was
nominated for President to succeed
himself.
He
was
unanimously
elected.
F.
C. Prange was nominated and
elected as first vice-president.
R. C. Woock, Milwaukee, was
nominated and elected as Second
vice-president, the vote being cast by
the secretary.
H. C. Lemke, Detroit, was nomi­
nated and elected as third vice-presi­
dent, the vote being cast by the sec­
retary.
George A. Grastorf, of Chicago,
was nominated and elected General
Secretary.
W . J. Zimmerman, of Chicago,
was nominated and elected by ac­
clamation as financial secretary.
O. E. Wagner, of Chicago, was
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