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City, threw some pertinent punches. After
staLing that his association was the strong·
est and largest. music group in the country,
he asked : "What steps are being taken to
bring Wurlitzer and Seeburg into CMrs
fold?" He also stated a nationar'association
is not feasible unless every locality is or·
ganized on a local basis first.
Dave Gottlieb said that CMI has tried to
enlist the membership of WurlitZili and See·
burg, but thu s · far have been unsuccessfu l.
He was optimistic ab-out getting them in the
near future.
L. D. Morris, president of the Missouri
Amusement Machine Association, suggested
that part of CMrs $150,000, contributed by
manufacturers, be utilized to place repre·
sentatives in the field and sell operators on
the benefits of joining an association.
Leroy Stein, executive director of the
Music Guild of America, Newark, fired· his
opening shot by declaring that "operator"
is a misnomer and is one of th e reasons the
phonoman is not receiving due respect.
" 'Operator' reminds a lot of people of Nel·
lie, the sewing machine girl. We should be
called 'merchants.' Our past troubles in this
business have been caused by the wrong
kind of thinkin g-or no thinking at all. I
am in favor of a national tax council; it is
badly needed. As for an association for dis·
tributors, that's up to th e distributors to de·
termine. A national associat ion of associa·
tion s is neede?, ,~ut it is problematical if we
are ready for It.
Stein feels there should be more th an one
award f.or the best P!lblic relations work of
the year. , He stated that operators could
save considerably on th eir fire, theft and
malicious damage insurance contracts if
they entered into th ese contracts as an asso·
ciation instead of as individuals. He recom·
mended personal speeches by operators be·
fore groups to cement good will and
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CHICAGO'-Star at National Vendor's
glittering booth was the electric automatic
merchandising machine. Individual com-
partment trays, 6V2 inches long and 214
inches wide, hold eight different types of .
merchandise; the machine accepts nickels,
dimes and quarters, and vends at any price
from 5 to 40 cents.
Of th e console type, it has a capacity for
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18
MARCH
speeches by outsiders to grou ps on behalf of
operators.
Declaring that distri butors are the weak
spot in th e Industry and that the manufac·
turers are at fault in not appointing the
right kind of distributor, R. H. Schneider of
the Phonograph Owners Association of East
St. Louis came out in favor of an association
for distributo·rs. He added an interesting
sidelight: his group has collected no dues
for two months because the present balance
on hand is more than am pIe. He also sug·
gested that operators boycott th e products
of manufacturers who are not members of
CM!.
Other speakers included F. McKim Smith,
president of National Association of Ma-
chin e Owners, who said that CMI should
sponsor a national mechanics school for ar-
cades to help alleviate the shortage; Harry
D. Lief, attorney for the Cleveland Phono-
graph Merchants Association; Charles Kan-
ter, secretary· treasurer of Automa tic Pho-
nograph Owners' Association, Cincinnati;
Jim O'Brien, business manager of P hono-
graph Operators Association of Eastern
Pennsylvania; Claude Hall, president of Ala-
bama Music Operators Association; Dewey
S. Godfrey, attorney for Missouri Amuse·
ment Machine Association; and Roy B. Cun-
liffe, president of Illinois Phonograph Own-
. ers, In c.
James A. Gilmore, secretary-manager of
CMI, announced that on February 21 he
would depart on a cross·country CMI memo
bership junket and would address various
groups throughout th e country. Los Ange-
les is first stop on his schedule.
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Correction
In last month's "Red Hot News" ap-
peared an item stating that Strikes 'n
Spares was being manufactured by Mik e
Munves Corp. That was incorrect. Strikes
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