Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1944 April - Page 29
Philly Banquet Big
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BATES LABORATORIES
571 HILL AVENUE
GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS
WLB Panel Finds For Waxers
In Petrillo Music Dispute
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
30
FOR
APRIL
1944
WASHINGTON-A panel of the War Labor Board on March 11th recom-
mended that the fu ll board order the American Federation of Musicians to
lift its ban against canned music and return to the conditions which existed
on July 31, 1942, when AFM members were recording for Victor, Columbia
and dozens of other phonograph record manufacturers.
The panel, after lengthy hearings during which the Musicians and the
Waxers presented their respective sides of the controversy, found that James
C. Petrillo, union prexy, called a strike when he ordered a ban placed on
record production on August 1, 1942. In a two-to-one decision, the panel
recommended that the War Labor Board exercise its power to terminate the.
strike. The labor member of the panel, Max Zaritsky, president of the United
Hatter, Cap and Millinery Workers, dissented from the majority opinion.
In presenting its case the Musicians
Union asked that the three companies spe·
cifically mentioned in the dispute, Colum-
bia, Victor and the National Broadcasting
Co., pay a fee to a union employment fund
for each record made by members of the
union.
The majority members of the panel reo
jected this demand as "an unusual condi·
tion not customarily included in collective
bargaining agreements."
Petrillo had also stressed the unemploy-
ment angle in the music industry which he
claimed was caused by canned music re-
placing live talent. On this point the panel
held that: "Two union members out of
three use music as a side line or not at
all. The union claims that a member who
is not working full time at music is unem·
ployed. The panel rejects the union's defi-
nition. Furthermore, the panel finds that
unemployment cannot be studied in terms -
of so undifferentiated a group."
That Petrillo does not expect to take
the findings of the War Labor Board as
final should it follow the recommendations
of its panel, was shown on March 13th
when Petrillo declared that 59 companies
had accepted the union's terms while the
case was being considered and that th e
union would resist any back-to·work order
covering the small group still resisting the
union demands.
Petrillo contends that nothing more was
involved than the musicians' right to play
or not to play. Asserting there was no
strike, he said there was not even a labor
dispute and that WLB therefore had no
jurisdiction.
Next move in the controversy is up to the
War Labor Board.
Earl Holland Dead ·
CHICAGO-Earl Holland, district man-
ager for the J . P_ Seeburg Corp., passed
away March 1st at the Presbyterian Hos·
pital at the age of 66.
Holland had been connected with the
music business most of his life. He en-
tered Jhe field in the early piano days as
salesman for a retail piano store, subse-
quently was with the A. B. Chase Piano
Co. at Norwalk, Ohio; and then became
part owner in the Melville Clark organi-
zation, which later became the Q. R. S.
Music Roll Co. Upon leaving that firm he
joined Seeburg in 10933 as district man-
ager for the Southeastern states and more
recently supervised sales in the Middle
West.
Surviving IS one daughter, Margaret
Jane.
PHILADELPHIA-More than 300 music
operators, their employees and friends, met
at the Club Bali on February 20th to en·
joy the seventh annual banquet of the
Phonograph Operators' Association of East·
ern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Committee responsible for the gathering
included Harry Stern, Samuel Snyderman
and John Manion and those in attendance
proclaimed the banquet and entertainment
the most successful in the history of the
organization.
Jack Cade, business manager of the
association, acted as master of ceremonies
and introduced guests and prominents in
attendance who were limited to only taking
a bow. Only speech of the evening was
made by President Raymond Bernhardt
who briefly reviewed the work of the asso·
ciation in the year past and its plans for
the future.
Door prizes consisting of War Bonds
were next presented. Bonds were donated
by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Packard Manu·
facturing Corp., Duro Test Corp., Pfan·
stiehl Chemical Co., Permo, Inc., Decca
Distributing Co., Motor Parts Co. (Col·
umbia), Raymond Rosen Co. (Victor),
Keystone Novelty and Manufacturing Co.,
Automatic Equipment Co., Michael Spec·
tor, Keystone Vending Co., and Mayflower
Distributing Co.
Floor show featured Barbary Coast Boys,
Sonny Mars and DeLoyd McKay and music
for ·dancing was provided by Alan Fielding
and his orchestra.
Bill Simmons East ·
LOS ANGELES-W. E. Simmons, West·
ern Representative for Packard Manufac·
turing Corp., Super·Chiefed out of Los
Angeles, March 15th for a three week bus·
iness trip throu~h the middle west.
Simmons will visit Nashville, New Or·
leans, Chicago and the Packard plant in
Indianapolis before returning to the coast.
* * *
Daughter: "What is alimony, Mother?"
Mother: "It's a married man's cash sur·
render value, dear."
Order Y our Supply
of
NEW BENNETT DELUXE
NEEDLES
TODAY!
Send Us Your Old
Needles For Repointlng
w. E. SIMMONS
Factory Representative for
II Western States
1025 N. Highland Ave.
Hollywood 38
6SC7·5Z3·80·83·2A4G ond 70L7
These t ubes are next to impossible to secure. We have a da pters for ma ki ng t he changeover
that requ ire no changes in t he a mplifie r or re mote boxes .
#100-6SC7 to 7F7
1#205-2A4G to 2051 (Seeburg Guns)
110-5Z3 to 5U4G
210-2A4G to 2051 (Remote Music)
m:j~ :~ ~L~G5~~~k:Y3 or 5Z~ _
215-~~~!s:0 7A4·7A5 (Seeburg Remote
$3 .00 Each · in lots of Six
$6.50 Each, Minimum Shipment of Six
These have all been tried and proven thoroughl y satisfactory. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION .
Absolutely no worry. anyone can make the change, carry t hese in you r service kit as standard
equipment . One-third with order, bala,nce C. O . D.
HERMITAGE MUSIC COMPANY
416A BROAD ST.
THE BLUE BLOODS OF THE INDUSTRY READ THE REVIEW EXCLtJSIVEL Yl
NASHVILLE 3!, TENN.
RECTIFIERS REPAIRED!
YOUR OLD RECTIFIERS REBUILT LIKE NEW
Keep your games and Phonographs in A-I Operating Condition.
Send Us Your OLD RECTIFIERS to be rebuilt to give New-Unit
Performance and Longevity. We Have Rebuilt Thousands!
All Makes, Types and
Sizes Rebuilt For You
af
Each
Det ach Re ctifi ers from Transfo rme rs before shipp ing . Trans portation to us
must b e p re pa id . All rebui lt un its are re tu rne d C.O.D. , pl us transpo rtatio n.
BATES LABORATORIES
571 HILL AVENUE
GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS
WLB Panel Finds For Waxers
In Petrillo Music Dispute
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
30
FOR
APRIL
1944
WASHINGTON-A panel of the War Labor Board on March 11th recom-
mended that the fu ll board order the American Federation of Musicians to
lift its ban against canned music and return to the conditions which existed
on July 31, 1942, when AFM members were recording for Victor, Columbia
and dozens of other phonograph record manufacturers.
The panel, after lengthy hearings during which the Musicians and the
Waxers presented their respective sides of the controversy, found that James
C. Petrillo, union prexy, called a strike when he ordered a ban placed on
record production on August 1, 1942. In a two-to-one decision, the panel
recommended that the War Labor Board exercise its power to terminate the.
strike. The labor member of the panel, Max Zaritsky, president of the United
Hatter, Cap and Millinery Workers, dissented from the majority opinion.
In presenting its case the Musicians
Union asked that the three companies spe·
cifically mentioned in the dispute, Colum-
bia, Victor and the National Broadcasting
Co., pay a fee to a union employment fund
for each record made by members of the
union.
The majority members of the panel reo
jected this demand as "an unusual condi·
tion not customarily included in collective
bargaining agreements."
Petrillo had also stressed the unemploy-
ment angle in the music industry which he
claimed was caused by canned music re-
placing live talent. On this point the panel
held that: "Two union members out of
three use music as a side line or not at
all. The union claims that a member who
is not working full time at music is unem·
ployed. The panel rejects the union's defi-
nition. Furthermore, the panel finds that
unemployment cannot be studied in terms -
of so undifferentiated a group."
That Petrillo does not expect to take
the findings of the War Labor Board as
final should it follow the recommendations
of its panel, was shown on March 13th
when Petrillo declared that 59 companies
had accepted the union's terms while the
case was being considered and that th e
union would resist any back-to·work order
covering the small group still resisting the
union demands.
Petrillo contends that nothing more was
involved than the musicians' right to play
or not to play. Asserting there was no
strike, he said there was not even a labor
dispute and that WLB therefore had no
jurisdiction.
Next move in the controversy is up to the
War Labor Board.
Earl Holland Dead ·
CHICAGO-Earl Holland, district man-
ager for the J . P_ Seeburg Corp., passed
away March 1st at the Presbyterian Hos·
pital at the age of 66.
Holland had been connected with the
music business most of his life. He en-
tered Jhe field in the early piano days as
salesman for a retail piano store, subse-
quently was with the A. B. Chase Piano
Co. at Norwalk, Ohio; and then became
part owner in the Melville Clark organi-
zation, which later became the Q. R. S.
Music Roll Co. Upon leaving that firm he
joined Seeburg in 10933 as district man-
ager for the Southeastern states and more
recently supervised sales in the Middle
West.
Surviving IS one daughter, Margaret
Jane.
PHILADELPHIA-More than 300 music
operators, their employees and friends, met
at the Club Bali on February 20th to en·
joy the seventh annual banquet of the
Phonograph Operators' Association of East·
ern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Committee responsible for the gathering
included Harry Stern, Samuel Snyderman
and John Manion and those in attendance
proclaimed the banquet and entertainment
the most successful in the history of the
organization.
Jack Cade, business manager of the
association, acted as master of ceremonies
and introduced guests and prominents in
attendance who were limited to only taking
a bow. Only speech of the evening was
made by President Raymond Bernhardt
who briefly reviewed the work of the asso·
ciation in the year past and its plans for
the future.
Door prizes consisting of War Bonds
were next presented. Bonds were donated
by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Packard Manu·
facturing Corp., Duro Test Corp., Pfan·
stiehl Chemical Co., Permo, Inc., Decca
Distributing Co., Motor Parts Co. (Col·
umbia), Raymond Rosen Co. (Victor),
Keystone Novelty and Manufacturing Co.,
Automatic Equipment Co., Michael Spec·
tor, Keystone Vending Co., and Mayflower
Distributing Co.
Floor show featured Barbary Coast Boys,
Sonny Mars and DeLoyd McKay and music
for ·dancing was provided by Alan Fielding
and his orchestra.
Bill Simmons East ·
LOS ANGELES-W. E. Simmons, West·
ern Representative for Packard Manufac·
turing Corp., Super·Chiefed out of Los
Angeles, March 15th for a three week bus·
iness trip throu~h the middle west.
Simmons will visit Nashville, New Or·
leans, Chicago and the Packard plant in
Indianapolis before returning to the coast.
* * *
Daughter: "What is alimony, Mother?"
Mother: "It's a married man's cash sur·
render value, dear."
Order Y our Supply
of
NEW BENNETT DELUXE
NEEDLES
TODAY!
Send Us Your Old
Needles For Repointlng
w. E. SIMMONS
Factory Representative for
II Western States
1025 N. Highland Ave.
Hollywood 38
6SC7·5Z3·80·83·2A4G ond 70L7
These t ubes are next to impossible to secure. We have a da pters for ma ki ng t he changeover
that requ ire no changes in t he a mplifie r or re mote boxes .
#100-6SC7 to 7F7
1#205-2A4G to 2051 (Seeburg Guns)
110-5Z3 to 5U4G
210-2A4G to 2051 (Remote Music)
m:j~ :~ ~L~G5~~~k:Y3 or 5Z~ _
215-~~~!s:0 7A4·7A5 (Seeburg Remote
$3 .00 Each · in lots of Six
$6.50 Each, Minimum Shipment of Six
These have all been tried and proven thoroughl y satisfactory. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION .
Absolutely no worry. anyone can make the change, carry t hese in you r service kit as standard
equipment . One-third with order, bala,nce C. O . D.
HERMITAGE MUSIC COMPANY
416A BROAD ST.
THE BLUE BLOODS OF THE INDUSTRY READ THE REVIEW EXCLtJSIVEL Yl
NASHVILLE 3!, TENN.
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