Automatic Age

April, 1938
AUTOMATIC AGE
C. M. A. of New Jersey A Success
Managed By LeRoy Stein
M R LE ROY STEIN, manager not only to themselves but to
of the Cigarette Mer’diser’s others that do and as a conse­
Association of New Jersey, is a quence forge to the front.
model for all association mem­
He credits the foregoing ad­
bers, whatever their affiliation, monitions to Sol M. Cantor,
to follow. In his monthly paper president of the International
distributed among the members Trade Composition Association.
of the industry Stein philoso­
But he insists that the prin­
phizes with the following state­ ciple can also be applied to any
ments :
association in earnest about the
“ Depression, recession and advancement and cooperation of
bad times are largely the result their own well beng.
of a loss of confidence in busi­
“ What applies to that Associ­
ness. Sometimes adverse legis­ ation,” he says, “ is applicable to
lation, revolutionary policies of all others/ especially the C.M.A.
administration, wild spending, of N. J. Every effort must be
or ill-time enforcement are the made to continue the function of
underlying causes for the break­ the association and its determin­
down of business progress. But ation to secure the utmost in ser­
under these conditions, trade as­ vice among its members. It is
sociations, which are among the only through honest cooperation
first to suffer, should be boom­ of all members that conditions
ing.”
in our industry can be improved.
This latter statement has been This is a time for sticking to­
brought out vividly to the edi­ gether.
“ The special membership com­
tors of A u t o m a t i c A g e by the
mittee
appointed for the sole
scarcity of news coming into
our offices from Associations purpose of cooperating with the
which were heretofore very ac­ manager in securing applicants
tive in their desire for publicity in membership has adopted the
and also in their longing to following slogan: ‘No operator
strive for better times to com e;
they are sure to remain station­
ary when other Associations
rise to the heights.
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is bigger than the Association,
whether member or non-mem­
ber.’
The committee welcomes sug­
gestions for the improvement of
the association through activi­
ties for the common good of all.
If you are interested, get in
touch with Le Roy Stein, man­
ager of the Cigarette Merchan­
disers Association of New Jer­
sey.
The Association’s first annual
banquet is shown on this page.
A crowd of 475 attended the
Exhibit of the Evolution of the
Cigarette Vending Machine.
Many of these also attended the
annual banquet, which was con­
ceded to be one of the best plan­
ned and entertaining affairs
held for some time.
The toast-master of the even­
ing was Le Roy Stein, who in­
troduced the first past president,
Mr. Charles Stange, who told
of the Association’s history.
Stein then introduced the new
officers of the Association. They
are: Samuel M. Malkin, presi­
dent; Milton H. Lewis, vice­
president;
Leonard Ziegler,
treasurer; John Sharenow, sec­
retary; Nat Silverstein, ser­
geant-at-arms, and Sol L. Kes-
selman, council.
“ Business men should flock to
their Associations for protec­
tion, advice, knowledge and ex­
perience.
When business is
faced with stormy weather, the
trade Associaton should be a
haven for refuge, for it is only
through close cooperation that a
business storm can be weath­
ered” , he adds so sagely.
Sound reasoning if we ever
heard any. Why other associa­
tions can’t follow this advice
and reasoning is a mystery and
if they don’t it will continue to
he a perplexity for many years,
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