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Jazz Festivals .... Page 10

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Hope E. StoddardAssociate Editor

AUGUST, 1959

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CONTENTS6 Where They Are Playing

7 Municipal Band Praised

8 Facts Between the Lines

9 Claude Gordon and His Band Move Right Along

10 Jazz: Chicago and Newport Festivals

12 The Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act

13 Bands Are for People

14 Summer Music Out -of -Doors

15 Over Federation Field

15 Resolution No. 21 Adopted by the Convention

16 Modern Drumming-Charles Perry

18 Chico Hamilton-Dom Cerulli

20 Jazz Improvising for All Instruments-Walter Stuart

22 Official Proceedings

35 Official Business

46 Tune Trends

COVERChico Hamilton

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Above: MAXINE CAUBLE (piano, organand vocals) is booked for the season atthe Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N. C. . .

Organist LLOYD BURRY continues at theEdwin Hotel in Toronto, Ont.

EAST

Atlantic City's (N. J.) Steel Pierhas signed Gene Krupa and hisQuartet for a week starting August7. Other upcoming dates for thegroup include Baker's KeyboardLounge, Detroit, Mich. (August24 to 30) ; Storyville, Harwich,Mass. (August 31. to September6) ; and Colonial Tavern, Toronto,Ont. (September 8 to 12) ... TheGlenn Ross Orchestra is bookedat Steel Pier from August 28 toSeptember 3 opposite the Dukesof Dixieland.

NEW YORK CITYBefore opening at the Round-

table on June 22, Jack Teagardenhad a batch of protest cardsprinted up addressed to Rep. Wil-bur D. Mills, Chairman of theHouse Ways and Means Commit-tee, calling the 20 per cent cabarettax unfair, discriminatory and"long overdue for repeal or atleast reduction." These cards wereplaced on each table nightly andmore than 2,000 were signed bypatrons and mailed by the club.

MIDWEST

There was dancing "under thestars" at Metropolitan Beach onLake St. Clair during July. LyleCarlyle and his seven -piece orches-tra with vocalist Betty Brown pro-vided the music on July 11 and onJuly 25 and Dave Martin and hiseight -piece orchestra entertainedon July 18. Square dancing, heldat the open-air pavilion everyWednesday night, was hosted byDave Taylor.

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Kai Winding and his Septetplay the Sutherland Hotel on Au-gust 5, 6, 8 and 9; Playboy Festi-val, August 7; and Detroit's Roos-ter Tail, August 10 to 15 . . .

The Buddy Field Duo is currentlyengaged at the Le Bistro nightery.

. Trumpeter Leonard Sues andhis Dixielanders opened a threeweeks' stay at the Preview Loungein July . . - The Arthur LymanCombo, an exotic jazz group fromHonolulu, Hawaii, will be at thePolynesian Room of the Edge-water Beach Hotel through Au-gust 31.

SOUTHPianist Vi Sheldon is booked

at Champ's Restaurant and Cock-tail Lounge in Washington, D. C.,for an indefinite run . . . DonBaker's Orchestra, featuring thevocals of Lynn Carole, has beenheld over for the summer at theKing and Prince Hotel, St. SimonsIsland, Ga. . . . Jazz clarinettistPete Fountain, who until March15 was one of Lawrence Welk'sChampagne Music Makers, hastraded a TV audience of millionsfor Dan's Bateau Lounge on Bour-bon Street in the French Quarterof New Orleans, La.

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chael Monte, percussion and voc-als; Fred Hall, piano and organ;and Charles Annaloro, sax, bassand flute) is approaching its sec-ond year of entertaining nightlyat the Aztec Steak House in Pa-cific Beach, Calif.... Pianist -ac-cordionist Monique is in her fifthmonth of an indefinite engage-ment at Jim Murphy's Jockey Clubin Inglewood, Calif.... Dave Hop-kins' Orchestra is signed throughLabor Day at the Feather RiverInn, Blairsden, Calif.

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The National Bank of

South Dakota praises the

unique place of the municipal band in our American cities.

Sioux Falls is unique amongcities of its size because it stillretains the atmosphere and per-sonal appeal of a small town.

One of the reasons for this isthat city and area residents canstill come to the community parksin the summertime and listen inleisure to the music of the SiouxFalls Municipal Band.

Times were when most everycommunity had a band, even downto the smallest hamlet. But of lateyears, a public which is fast los-ing its social instinct and prefersthe impersonal entertainment pro-vided by radio and television hascaused the demise of local musicalorganizations.

Because of this, many a young

adult will never know the peace ofmind and physical restfulness thatcan come during an evening oflistening to stirring marches andfamiliar brass strains. Nor willthey know the pleasure of leaningback on a park bench or lollingon the grass, eyes closed and al-lowing the caress of music to washaway the troubles of the day.

And many youngsters will neverknow the thrill of being allowedto romp in the park, past regularbedtime hours, during the bandconcert.

Yes, here in Sioux Falls thesmall town flavor remains .. .thanks to such organizations asthe Sioux Falls Municipal Band,which performs on Sunday and atmidweek each summer. This is atradition now in its 40th year . . .

a tradition the band displays inarea communities on several sum-mer trips.

In the interest of continuing theSioux Falls reputation for beingfriendly, we urge fellow towns-people and area residents to turnout for these concerts ... to listenand enjoy ... and to applaud theefforts of band members.

The next concert is at EastsideLibrary Park, 8:00 P. M., Thurs-day, July 16. Plan now to bringthe family. And watch the paperfor announcement of other sched-uled concerts.

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We have just received a folder called "1959Concert Music USA" which we read throughwith considerable interest. It is publishedby the Public Relations Department, Broad-cast Music, Inc., and it contains some quiteinteresting data.

Let us take the items one by one to gettheir full import.

"More than half of the 2,000 symphonyorchestras of the world are in the UnitedStates today."

The fact is not pointed out that Europestill thinks of a symphony orchestra as anorganization of professionals while in Americait has become in many cases a collection ofstarry-eyed hobbyists.

"There are 1,142 symphony orchestras inthe United States, compared with less thanone hundred in 1920."

It might be apropos to define a "symphonyorchestra" at this point. The 1,142 com-munity orchestras not only lack the neces-sary instrumentation for a symphony orches-tra but the members lack the necessary tech-nic, not to speak of lack of salaries at anyprofessional level.

"Since 1948 about 1,000 compositions bysome three hundred American composershave appeared on long-playing recordings."

This makes an average of less than onehundred compositions a year-not many, con-sidering the output.

"Americans continue to spend more moneyat the concert music box office than they dofor baseball."

One should hope so! The baseball seasonis short in comparison. Many cities do nothave paid baseball at all. Later on the Reportstates: "About $340,000,000 was spent on all

WE MUST OPERATE INTHE PUBLIC INTEREST!

spectator sports in 1958. In contrast to this,Variety reported that $50,000,000 is spent onan average at the concert music box office."

"Sales of music instruments, accessoriesand sheet music went over the $436,000,000mark in 1957. Thirty million Americans areestimated to be playing musical instruments,compared with 14,300,000 in 1936."

But how are these instruments being played,with what hope of mastery, with what hopeof making livelihood therefrom?

"More than 8,500,000 children play musi-cal instruments and receive instrumentalmusic instruction in schools and with privateteachers, compared with only 2,500,000 in1947. There are more than 68.000 instru-mental musical organizations in schools inthe United States, with 23,000 orchestras and45,000 bands."

True, school music has staged a boom. Butwhat happens to the young players when theygraduate? How many musical instrumentsare gathering dust in attics because the youngpeople just have to find a way to make aliving-and music isn't it?

"Americans continue to spend as muchmoney for the purchase of recordings of con-cert music and high fidelity equipment onwhich to play these recordings as they doon all spectator sports."

What percentage of this money filters intothe hands of the live musicians who have re-corded it? About one percent, if that much.

"During 1958, 1,175 AM and FM radiostations programmed an average of 10,716hours of concert music during each week, anaverage of 9.2 hours per station per week."

Does "concert music" mean actual broad -castings of live concerts, or does it include, aswe suspect, the broadcasting of recordings ofconcert music?

"There are 728 opera -producing groups inthe United States. There is an average of morethan ten opera performances every day inthe United States."

"Opera" is often presented with two singers("The Telephone") and these, amateurs. Apiano is usually the "orchestra." Many "com-panies" consist of ten or so novices ardently"putting on" opera for their friends, ofcourse for free.

"During the 1958-59 season the AmericanSymphony Orchestra League received reportsof more sold -out houses and the highest con-cert music ticket sales in all cities since theLeague has been keeping records. The Leaguereports that there are 1,142 symphony or-chestras in the United States. Of over 750symphony orchestras, 45 had budgets of morethan $100,000; 23 of them, budgets of morethan $250,000. In addition, there are about270 college orchestras and about 100 youthorchestras. Over half of these have beenformed since 1947."

The American Symphony Orchestra Leaguehas increased its membership considerably

(Continued on page thirty-four)

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CLCUD[ TDOAND HIS BAND ...move right along

"This contest is the best thing that's happened to the dance bandbusiness in the last twenty years."

That is the understandably jubilant statement of ClaudeGordon, winner of the A. F. of M.'s first Best New Dance BandContest.

The aftermath of the contest surprised everyone concernedwith it, and Gordon most of all.

"We've been solidly booked through the Northwest alreadyand by the time the year is over, we will have played dates inevery part of the country," he explains. "Our bookings alreadyinclude long stands at the Willowbrook Ballroom in Chicago, theNew York State Fair in Syracuse, and an appearance at theMinnesota State Fair in St. Paul, as well as solid one-nighters toand from these dates."

The contest winners made an appearance on the Dick Clarktelevision show May 23, their opportunity for national recognition.Other fruits of the national victory in the contest were a completeset of band instruments and a contract with Warner BrothersRecords for an album soon to be released.

"But more than anything else," Gordon relates, "We feel goodabout the new activity in the field of dance band music sincethe contest."

Not only the "Gordon Clan," as his fourteen -piece orchestrais called, but most of the other young bands who participated inthe various contests have been winning solid bookings.

"I think the Federation has proved beyond a doubt that therestill is a big market for danceable music. A lot of musicians havewon steady employment since the contract. As a member I can'tthink of a better way for us all to spend our dues money thanin supporting projects to promote live music."

Claude Gordon is originally from Helena, Montana, the thirdchild among five in a musical family. His father, in additionto being a distinguished dental surgeon, was an accomplishedmusician. First as a clarinet soloist, later as a violinist, he notonly worked in bands in the northwest, but conducted, composedand arranged. The Gordons formed a family band, with Claudeat trumpet. For a number of years they served as the stafforchestra at radio station KFBB in Great Falls, Montana.

Claude migrated to the more lucrative fields of SouthernCalifornia after organizing and leading high school bands inMontana. On the coast he played trumpet with Matty Malneck,Frankie Masters and Paul Weston.

Later he went into radio work with the CBS staff orchestraunder Wilbur Hatch and Lud Gluskin. He worked many of thetop network shows.

"I dreamed about the dance band business, though," he explains,"and when I left a good studio job to organize my own band myfriends thought I'd slipped a mental cog."

Gordon's young band (average age, about twenty-four) enteredthe 1959 local contest in Los Angeles, swept through that and theChicago semi-finals, and went on to win in New York.

Gordon is a "strong" leader and has definite theories aboutdance bands. He's not shy about putting them into practice.

"Today's dance band has to do more than provide good danceablemusic. Today's audiences want showmanship as well, and we haveto give them what they want."

The Gordon Clan does just that. Beginning with the Scotch

theme the name infers, Gordon's musicians wear plaid jackets, useplaid music stands. Their theme is "Loch Lomond."

The showmanship is carried on in special arrangements. The"Fantasia" medley, which won so much recognition during the con-test ( and on the Dick Clark show) was the result of what Gordon calls"a counterpoint of music and action."

Technically, Gordon's band is built on contrasts and emphasizeshis own trumpet styling. He uses a "technical trumpet in a moderndance band setting" which produces a fat sound with open and closedbrass effects. Gordon's sound often has a trumpet lead for his saxes.The result is exciting and driving music which he fits into a dance-able rhythm.

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CHICAGO and NEWPORT FESTIVALS

The Playboy Festival:

By the time this magazine reaches itsreaders, the Playboy Jazz Festival, held in theair-conditioned Chicago Stadium August 7,8, and 9, will have gone into history. But atthis writing it is still in preparation. Thesepreparations have been among the most ex-tensive of any thus far encountered in jazz'sfar-flung field. Take a look at the festival'sfive programs and it will be clear what wemean :

Friday evening, August 7: Miles Davis Sex-tet, Count Basie Band, Joe Williams, DizzyGillespie Quintet, Dave Brubeck Quartet, KaiWinding Septet, Dakota Staton.

Saturday afternoon, August 8: Duke Elling-ton Band, Jimmy Rushing, Dukes of Dixie-land, Oscar Peterson Trio, Jimmy GiuffreThree, The Signatures, Bobby Darin.

Saturday evening, August 8: Count BasieBand, Joe Williams, Lambert, Hendricks and

Louis Armstrong

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Ross, Ahmad Jamal Trio, Jack Teagarden, All -Stars, Don Elliot, Earl Bostic Sextet.

Sunday afternoon, August 9: Stan KentonBand, Four Freshmen, June Christy, SonnyRollins Trio, Nina Simone, Austin High Gang,David Allen.

Sunday evening, August 9: Louis ArmstrongAll -Stars, Ella Fitzgerald, Red Nichols andHis Five Pennies, Stan Kenton Band, ChrisConnor, J. J. Johnson Quintet, Coleman Hawk-ins.

The Emcee for all five shindigs: Mort Sahl.The signing of Ella Fitzgerald was one of

the major triumphs. In her only festival ap-pearance of the year she flew directly toChicago from Monaco, where she was starringin a royal affair in Monte Carlo for PrinceRainier and Princess Grace on Friday, Au-gust 7. Special arrangements were made forher transportation from Europe to the windycity for the August 9 performance. She isalso being featured in the August 9 Sundayevening performance.

Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong, strickenwith pneumonia during a tour of Italy in lateJune, made a remarkable recovery and at thiswriting is definitely scheduled to appear alsoon August 9. In discussing his near fatal at-tack, Armstrong summarized his recovery with"you put some grease in a used Cadillac andit'll run for thousands of miles."

In the concluding program of the gala three-day jazz festival he will join Ella Fitzgerald,Red Nichols and his Five Pennies, the StanKenton Band, singer Chris Connor and thecombos of J. J. Johnson and ColemanHawkins.

Armstrong's climactic appearance highlightsthe festival tribute to the growth of jazz hehas fostered during his career in jazz.

...And up RODE ISM!) Way The Sixth Annual Newport Jazz Festival ishistory now. Only its implications remain.Over 63,000 fans from all over the worldbrought well over $200,000 to the box officeto see 228 of their favorite jazz musicians.Fair weather prevailed throughout the four -day event.

Ella Fitzgerald

The keynote was sounded opening night,July 2, by Buck Clayton, trumpet; Bud Free-man, tenor sax; Vic Dickenson, trombone;Pee Wee Russell, clarinet; Ray Bryant, piano;Buzzy Drootin, drums; and Champ Jones,bass, playing "Avalon."

After a few numbers with plenty of solo -go -rounds they were joined by trumpeter RubyBraff and blues singer Jimmy Rushing for"St. Louis Blues," a finger -popper that got thefestival off to a rousing start.

"The Four Freshmen" made their first New-port appearance next with their slick, modernvocal blending to their own instrumental ac-companiment.

Blends and Combines

First showing of the George Shearing Quin-tet, plus ten brass, was an innovation.

Gene Krupa took the stand after intermis-sion followed by pianist Ahmad Jamal, mak-ing his Newport debut with his trio.

The show stopper was the Count BasieBand : the bandsmen flexed their musicalmuscles on a pair of opening instrumentalsand then ushered in vocalist Joe Williams.The loosely swinging sound was infectious andsoon 9,000 feet were tapping in FreebodyPark.

Next, the Lambert -Hendricks -Ross singers,with their clever lyrics and using their voicesas instruments, set the audience on fire tillwell after midnight when the first chapter ofNewport, Vol. VI, came to a close.

On Friday afternoon about three thousandfans basked in the sun while Maynard Fergu-son engaged his fellow trumpeters in a duel inthe musical stratosphere. They also intro-duced a new composition entitled "Newport"for the occasion, with solo shots by SlideHampton, trombone; Wayne Shorter, tenorsax; and "The Fox" on the trumpet.

Kenny Burrell, brilliant young guitarist,and Johnny Griffin, who is fast gaining statureamong tenor saxophone stars, were next todisplay their talents.

Coleman Hawkins, "the man who inventedthe tenor saxophone," came on stage next withthe Roy Eldridge Quintet. "Little Jazz" and"The Hawk" just blew in a relaxed frameworkbut sounded amazingly modern!

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Helen Humes joined the quintet for a roundof blues vocals to close the set.

The electric bass in the hands of MonkMontgomery, who brought his California bassquartet to Newport for the first time, showedits possibilities as "The Mastersounds" playedseveral show tunes in the jazz idiom, a trickthat has brought them national recognition.Buddy Montgomery has a delicate ring to hisvibes that make you think you are listeningto the Modern Jazz Quartet. Richard Crabtree,piano, and Benny Barth, drums, make up therest of The Mastersounds.

"Brisk" Silver

Just say "brisk" as the one word to describeHorace Silver. His piano style and the solo-ists that surround him have a sterling quality.This brought the final curtain to the Fridayafternoon session.

The highlight of the Friday night show wasJohnny Dankworth, who brought his bandfrom London, England-a variation on "bring-ing coals to Newcastle." (This is the onlyband in England that plays a jazz book, ac-cording to festival announcer Willis Conover.Others play dance music and include jazz.)Their unforced rhythmic drive and polishedprecision proved their years of experience.

Dankworth's alto sax is supported by atenor and a baritone but where a full reedsection would be in American bands, namely,in the front row, here are a trumpet andtrombone. A tuba adds a nice bass floor, anda swinging drummer that would be a boon tomany an American ensemble gives the banddrive.

As Mr. Dankworth said of his red -jacketedside -men, "This is the first time that the red-coats have invaded New England in over180 years."

Miss Dakota Staton in an interlude of songsfollowed the Dankworth Orchestra. Then camethe Oscar Peterson Trio with Mr. Petersonshowing an even stronger rhythmic drive inhis pianistics now that Edmund Thigpen'sdrums have replaced the guitar of Herb Ellis.Through many years of association, RayBrown, poll -winning bass player, has becomean integral part of the Peterson sound.

Phil Napoleon brought on his OriginalMemphis Five for some happy jazz that soonhad the audience cheering. Mr. Napoleon re-sponded to the ovation with, "It took me sixtyyears to get to Newport, but I'm glad Imade it."

Sonny Igoe, staff drummer with NBC, inNew York, did a great job in place of TonySpargo, one of the pioneer New Orleans drum-mers, who was called home due to illness inthe family.

In contrast to the rhythmic drive exhibitedby Mr. Peterson, Thelonious Monk demon-strated crashing discords. His "Blue Monk"is a rhythmic little masterpiece.

The subtle, sometimes fragile nuances of theModern Jazz Quartet added a note of tran-quility. Pianist -leader John Lewis with MiltJackson, vibes; Percy Heath, bass and ConnieKay, drums, swing with electrifying restraint.

Dizzy Gillespie, clown prince of the trumpet.closed the show with his quintet wailing.

The more serious minded, as well as thecurious, were attracted to a series of morninglectures at Rogers High School in Newport.

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Dr. Marshall Stearns spoke on "The Roots ofJazz"; Prof. Sterling Brown, on "The SocialBackground of Jazz" and Eric Larabee, on"The Role of Jazz in American Culture."

Will Sandberg, premiere dancer of theStockholm Opera Company, in his presenta-tion of "Jazz Ballet No. 1" gave a new direc-tion to jazz-this while the regular afternoonshow was taking place at Freebody Park.

Mr. Sandberg created his jazz ballet withthe assistance of Leon James and Al Minns,plus Jacqueline Walcott who danced the balletto the music of the Modern Jazz Quartet play-ing John Lewis's "Fontessa."

After the Herbie Mann Quintet had openedthe Saturday matinee with a flute aperiti/,Jimmy Smith did some things that the manu-facturers of electric organs never imaginedpossible. Art Blakey brought a message withhis Jazz Messengers, and Charlie Mingusshowed a new musical personality-forceful,and strong.

Roland Hanna displayed his amazing versa-tility. The Goodman-Dixie-Mingus line doesn'treflect the best of "Hac" Hanna, who shouldbe featured with his own group next year.

Miss Tishiko Akiyoshi added an Interna-tional note with her trio with French tenorsaxophonist, Barney Wilen.

Marshall Brown, music educator, scored atremendous hit with the Youth Band-they'reall from the Greater New York area and mem-bers of 802 to a "man"!-which played withsuch intensity and precision' and with suchperfect intonation that it took one's breathaway. Alto saxophonist, Andy Marsala, is aveteran at age sixteen, having appeared withboth the Farmingdale and International Youthbands at Newport.

An evening with Erroll Garner and DukeEllington and his Famous Orchestra was thebill Saturday night. Loudspeakers blared thenews to thousands of people outside the parkthat no more tickets would be sold as a ca-pacity crowd had filled every seat to thefarthest reaches of the concrete stand.

Garner's percussive rhythmic drive coupledwith melodic invention, his unpredictable,

Erroll Garner

spontaneous feeling, his improvisational forte,showed him to be at top form. As for DukeEllington, his band is without a peer. Solo-ists abound and Johnny Hodges, Harry Car-ney, Cat Anderson, Harold Baker and SamWoodyard all had their innings. A popularfeature was the introduction of trumpeterClark Terry's new composition, "LaunchingPad."

"Mr. Five by Five," the popular JimmyRushing, ambled on stage to round out theshow before a rousing closer.

Final Show

For the final show Sunday night, Stan Ken-ton and his band of "highly organized chaos,"was highlighted by the alto solos provided byCharlie Mariano.

A small group of ace musicians provided abackdrop for scintillating Pat Suzuki in herprogram of jazz -oriented songs including ascat vocal on the "Peter Gunn" theme.

The speed of world travel is shrinkingworld musical cultures into a common de-nominator. The Dave Brubeck quartet offereda trio of new works inspired by music theyheard on a tour that took them through Indiaand the Middle East.

The compositions reflect a variety of timesignatures not common to jazz, the last one,as Brubeck says, "written in a time signatureso complex that there is no sense in trying todescribe it."

In place of the ailing Louis ArmstrongHenry "Red" Allen and his "Natural Giants"from the Cafe Metropole in New York, wascalled in by festival officials. They sailed into"Yellow Dog Blues" for an opener with BusterBailey, clarinet; J. C. Higginbotham, trom-bone; Sammy Price, piano; and Rufus Jones,drums-and Kenny Burrell and his guitar asan added attraction.

Jack Teagarden, who had appeared earlierwith Bobby Hackett joined the group for thefinale as Mr. Allen blew the sixth NewportJazz Festival into history.

-Harold T. Flartey.

Duke Ellington Henry "Red" Allen

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THE WELFARE

AND PENSION PLANS

DISCLOSURE ACT

The following statement as to the requirements ofthe recent Act may serve to dispel misunderstand-ing among some of our local officers regarding it.

On January 1, 1959, a new law, known asthe Welfare and Pension Disclosure Act, be-came effective. Many locals of the Federationare affected by this law which requires cer-tain steps to be taken by local unions, employ-ers or joint plans operating pension or wel-fare funds.

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH INTERNALREVENUE RULINGS

This new law is not to be confused withRevenue Ruling 58-143, which stated that anylabor organization which co -mingles with itsgeneral funds any plan for the payment ofsick, accident, death or other benefits to itsmembers would lose its tax exempt status.That ruling is now under reconsideration bythe Internal Revenue Service and pendingcompletion of such reconsideration, unionshave been assured that there will be no en-forcement of the ruling. The law discussedhere presents completely different problems,divorced from tax consequences, for labororganizations.

OUTLINE OF PROVISIONS OF THE ACT

Definitions:Welfare: Medical, hospital, surgical, sick,accident, death or unemployment benefitplans.Pension: Any plan providing pension or re-tirement benefits.Coverage: All union, employer or labor-man-agement plans "in commerce."

Duty of disclosure and reporting: Two typesrequired:

1. Description of plan-(Form D-1) wasdue last April 1st.

2. Annual Financial Report-(Form D-2)is due 120 days after end of calendaror fiscal year.

These reports must be "published" as setout in Section 8 by the "Administrator"(meaning the person or persons actuallycontrolling the money of the plan).

Publication:1. Copies of filled -out D-1 and D-2 must

be available in the principal office forexamination by participants and bene-ficiaries.

2. Copies of D-1 and D-2 must be mailedto any participant or beneficiary whomakes a written request for same.

3. Two copies each (D-1 and D-2) mustbe filed with Department of Labor-available for examination by generalpublic.

Enforcement:1. Willful violation-$1,000 or jail for six

months.2. Any "administrator" who refuses to

honor request of participant or bene-ficiary for furnish copy may be liable tosuch person at rate of $50.00 per dayfrom date of failure or refusal.

3. Federal Courts may restrain violationsand enforce act.

4. False swearing - five years and/or$10,000.

EXPLANATION AND COMMENT ONCERTAIN OF ABOVE PROVISIONS

What kind of benefit plan must file?The short answer is, for our purposes, all

kinds. These bills have a "shot -gun ap-proach," so that almost every conceivablebenefit plan is covered (including death bene-fits, unemployment benefits, health and wel-fare, accident insurance. medical, surgical,

Drawing by Dedini.

pension or retirementless of whether or notare made for the planplan is insured, fundedbasis.

benefits) and regard-spécific contributions

or whether or not theor on a pay-as-you-go

What kinds of filings are required?

A. Description of the plan. (Form D-1.)This involves filling out two copies of a formsupplied by the Labor Department, alongwith an easy -to -understand explanation book-let. This filing was due on April 1, 1959.However, it is understood that relatively fewhave met this deadline. While the Labor De-partment is not permitted by the Act to giveany binding opinions, interpretations or as-surances, we can safely assume that no actionwhatsoever will be taken against any planwhich files in the near future, assuming, ofcourse, that failure to file when required wasnot due to a deliberate effort to evade or vio-late the statute. All locals operating any kindof benefit plan ought promptly to obtain FormD-1 and the accompanying explanatory book-let from the Labor Department and file asquickly as possible. (Write to: Departmentof Labor, Welfare and Pension Reports Divi-sion, Washington 25, D. C.)

B. Annual Financial Report. (Form D-2.)This also involves filling out two copies of aLabor Department form, known as Form D-2,which is likewise available from the Depart-ment in an explanatory booklet. similar to theone accompanying an income tax return.

This report is due to be filed 120 days afterDecember 31, 1959, if the Fund operates ona calendar year; if on a fiscal year, 120 daysafter the end of such fiscal year.

While there has been, and continues to be,some confusion regarding the operation of theWelfare and Pension Disclosure Act, it is nowclear that all benefit plans are covered, thatevery Federation local having such a plan iscovered and that filings should be made. TheForm D-1 descriptive filing which was dueon April 1, 1959, should be made as soon aspossible and the financial report (Form D-2)should be made at the end of the appropriate(calendar or fiscal) year.

Copyright 1959 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc.

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DetroitLeonard B. Smith started his fourteenth

year as conductor of Detroit's Belle Isle Con-cert Band on June 14. The season lasts foreight weeks and there is a concert everynight except Mondays, with a complete changeof program for each performance. Broad-casts of this band's programs on radio andTV are carried as public service features.

This summer the fifty-four piece band hasas soloist harpist Eugenia Kuhnle. Other solo-ists will feature the cornet-here Smith willdo the honors-clarinet, saxophone, piccoloand xylophone. During the latter part of theseason the winners of the 1959 Belle IsleVocal Auditions will also participate.

Rochester, New YorkThe Rochester Park Band, John W. Cum-

mings, Conductor, and the Veterans ParkBand, Francis S. "Pat" Pethick, Director, areboth under contract to the city of Rochesterand are signed to give twenty concerts eachin the city parks. Most of these concerts aregiven in the two new band shells. One ofthese, the Highland Park Bowl, is situatedin the center of a park known for its beauti-ful lilacs. The other new shell is situated onthe shores of Lake Ontario at Charlotte Beach.To allow better presentation of the band con-

certs in parks where no shells are available,the city has constructed a new portable stagebuilt on a large truck. This truck is equippedwith music racks, sound, and even carries alarge screen and projection equipment to per-mit community singing.

Newark, N. J.From June 21 to August 30 the City of

Newark is sponsoring a series of thirty-ninesummer concerts in Branch Brook Park, Inde-pendence Park and West Side Park. Six ofthe symphonic band concerts are being pre-sented in cooperation with the Music Per-formance Trust Funds of the Recording In-dustries with the cooperation of Local 16. Theseries is under the supervision of Dr. WilliamM. Weiss, Director of Music Education, New-ark Board of Education.

New York CityThe Guggenheim Memorial Concerts, now

in their forty-second season, are a feature ofNew York City's summer life. The fifty -con-cert series under the direction of RichardFranko Goldman started June 17 on the Mallin Central Park, and, as in the past years, theconcerts are being heard alternately in thatpark and in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, on Sun-day, Monday, Wednesday and Friday eve -

pings. It is estimated that over a half millionpeople attl'nd these concerts each summer.They are offered free to the people of NewYork by The Daniel and Florence Guggen-heim Foundation.

The Naumburg Memorial Concerts, con-tributed by Walter W. and George W. Naum-burg, are given four times during the summer-May 30, July 4, July 31 and Labor Day-on the Mall in Central Park.

ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee, is enjoying con-

cert band music this summer at Warner Park.The forty -piece bands are under the directionof Barry Jones and Morris Bales.

Montreal, CanadaSummer band concerts are being presented

in Lafontaine Park on Tuesdays for ten con-secutive weeks, June 23 - September 1.

St. Paul, MinnesotaConcerts twice on Sundays, afternoons at

Phalen Park, and evenings at Como ParkLakeside Pavilion are the band fare for St.Paul from July 4 to August 23. Ernie Zim-merman directs a band of all-stars in a pro-gram of popular and classic music.

ABOVE: The Rochester (New York) Pak Band, John W. Cummings, Conductor, currently in its fifty-sixth season in the parks of that city. BELOW: The Veteran's Park Band, Francis S. "Pat" Pethick, Director,which also plays in the city parks of Rochester, New York.

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Harry Farbman, asCONDUCTORS Musical Director of

the Redlands BowlSymphony Orchestra, on August 14 willhave violinist John Golz and on August25 will have soprano Marilyn Horneas soloists. As musical director he isbringing many other attractions to theBowl, including ballet and opera. Theseason will end August 28 with Verdi'sAida, with a company of 150 staged byGlynn Ross ... Mr. Barnett Breeskin,conductor of the Miami Beach CivicOrchestra, has in three years, broughtthis orchestra to professional status. Now city -sponsored, it numbersseventy-four instrumentalists and plays eight monthly concerts be-tween October and May in the 3,600 -seat Miami Beach municipalauditorium.

Harry Farbman

The Chicagoland Music Festival held August 22, will haveSPECIAL a symphony of match -flares. Each season at one point in

the program each of the 75,000 audience members at theStadium lights a match (provided by the Diamond Gardner Corpora-tion). This season, though, the myriad flickering lights will be actuallywritten into the score of a new work by Ferde Grofé, ChicagolandMusic Festival Suite, to be played by the seventy-five member FestivalSymphony, directed by Robert Trendier. The flare-up signal will begiven electrically just ten seconds before the match -lighting begins .. .The New York Stadium Concerts had a "shutterbug" evening June 30when amateur photographers were invited to "go to town" on theninety -six -man Stadium Symphony. The twelve best pictures won$1,500 worth of merchandise and concert tickets. While no flashphotography was permitted within fifty feet of the stage during theactual program, the shutterbugs were permitted to take pictures ofanything within the areas specified by their tickets of admission.The conductor of the evening, Thomas Scherman, repeated a shortsection of the Mendelssohn Italian Symphony at the conclusion ofthe regular concert so that photographers could converge on thestage for close-ups. The evening was jointly sponsored by StadiumConcerts and Photographic Fair, Ltd.

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Mr. Henry Siegl, Assistant Conductor of the Seattle Sym-phony, conducted the very fine concert presented by that orches-tra preceding the opening session of the A. F. of M. Conventionheld in Seattle in June.

"Municipal Concerts, Inc.,"HOUSING AND SHOPPING CENTERS of New York City, besides

presenting six concerts inparks, is presenting three in housing projects: the Thomas Jeffersonproject, August 16; the George Washington, August 23; and theQueens Ravenswood, August 30. They are under the baton of JuliusGrossman, and the sponsors are business organizations, the MPTFand private individuals . Forty members of the Baltimore Sym-phony have been engaged for five concerts this summer in theMain Mall of the Mondawmin Shopping Center on the outskirts ofthat city. Conductors are Edmund R. Cooke (July 18, 25, August 15),Richard Bales (August 1), and Herbert Grossman (August 8).

Mr. Bales' Union and Confederacy was presented under the com-poser's baton. The MPTF with the cooperation of Local 40, Balti-more, and industrial sponsors have made these concerts possible.

At Metropolitan Beach inBEACHES Detroit the Detroit Little

Symphony under the batonof Francesco Di Blasi presented fourSunday afternoon concerts in July.They were co -sponsored by the Huron -Clinton Metropolitan Authority and theMusic Performance Trust Funds of theRecording Industries with the coopera-tion of Local 5, Detroit ... Miami Beach,Florida, is having its weekly "pop" con-certs this summer. Played by a twenty -piece orchestra known as the "SummerSymphoniette," they are conducted byBarnett Breeskin. The weekly hour-long concerts presented Fridayevenings are provided free for guests of six of the large hotels.

Barnett Breeskin

Toronto is having one of the busiest summer musicTORONTO seasons in its history. Up until this year, the city's

budget for open air concerts has been $10,000. LastFebruary, the Toronto Parks committee announced that it was in-creasing this budget to $25,000. Private sponsors have increased thisamount to about twice that sum, and two major aims are now beingrealized: to bring new and different musical attractions to the parksand to increase greatly the number of concerts given all over the city.

A series of open air concerts by a symphony orchestra of eightyor more players under prominent conductors is being given everyWednesday evening for seven weeks from July 1 to August 19 atthe CNE main bandshell. These are co -sponsored by the TorontoStar, the Music Performance Trust Funds of the Recording Industrieswith the cooperation of Local 149, and the Toronto Parks department.The William Neilson Company will sponsor eight concerts Sundayafternoons from June 28 to August 16 on a large wooden peninsulajutting out into High Park's Grenadier Pond. A similar programis in progress in the Kew -Beach -Woodbine park area. Concerts arebeing presented in Allan Gardens on Tuesday evenings from July 7to August 6. On June 29, Queen Elizabeth's visit was celebratedby a mass military band tattoo at the CNE bandshell. About twentyother concerts are being given at various points in the city.

Not a dull moment, musically, in Toronto this season!

The National Symphony of Washington started some -FRIENDLY thing new and made a lot of friends by giving the

first free concerts for young people ever performed inUruguay on their recent South American tour. Playing a specialmatinee in Montevideo's Sodre Theater, Assistant Conductor LloydGeisler led the ninety-nine musicians in the same sort of program sofamiliar to Washington youngsters. Sixth grade children of Monte-video packed the huge hall to hear their first "live" symphony concert.Neatly dressed in school uniforms, they gaped in wide-eyed wonderas the musicians brought their instruments down the aisles for close

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MOZART AT MID -FIELD

The following editorial appearedn -The Tulsa Tribune" for July 6.

We wish to comment on a phe-nomenon.

Chamber music which oncecharmed eighteenth century salonshas found a new and attentiveaudience on a football field inthe once Wild West - namelySkelly Stadium in Tulsa. It's thefinest thing you ever saw, evenin a city accustomed to fine operaand symphonic concerts.

Out there each Thursday eve-ning, under the dark velvet of anOklahoma night sky, quartets andquintets drawn from America'sleading symphony orchestras bringto life some of the most rarefiedmusic of the masters. They seemoblivious to the din of the 11thStreet traffic.

The distinguished musicians arein this neck of the woods to in-struct at the first InternationalString Congress at nearby Green-leaf State Park. This is an earnestand enterprising attempt to over-come a national shortage of stringplayers by catching the best talentyoung. The Tulsa concerts, whichare free, are a kind of bonus forthe lucky Oklahoma hosts.

Overlooking the fifty -yard line,where thousands have stamped tothe music of marching bands andcheered the Golden Hurricane tovictory, sit row upon row of silentTulsans in rapt attention. Manyare in sport shirts. Children be-have as if they were in church.A boy in a feathered Tyrolean hat,attracted perhaps by curiosity, per-haps by something more, loungesin the aisle where his contempo-raries normally peddle ice coldpop.

The stage, an oasis of light andharmony in the darkened vastnessof the field, is a world apart. Everyounce of attention is focussed, likethat of a thirsty man, on Mo-zart's mellow, mathematically pre-cise rhythms. This could as soonbe the music room of the EmperorJoseph. Almost.

The applause breaks the spell,and you awake to the rattle ofpassing trucks and the finger of acar -lot searchlight swinging likea metronome across the heavens.

And you realize that you haveglimpsed a popular phenomenonwhich will be important to Tulsaas years go by, rock 'n' roll not-withstanding.

Perish the day we ever quitlustily stamping our feet and cheer-ing ourselves hoarse when the ball -carriers get through the secondarydefense. But it will be a great day,and it may come, when the openplace in Tulsa large enough tohouse a top string concert will bea football stadium.

The next concert is this Thurs-day evening at eight. Admissiondoesn't cost a cent. Don't miss it.

Local 526, Jersey City, NewJersey, is planning a Gala Dinner -Dance, in celebration of its fiftiethbirthday, on September 21. Theaffair will be held at SchuetzenPark in North Bergen, New Jersey.

Arthur Dondero, a member ofLocal 1, Cincinnati, Ohio, now "re-tired" for ten years, is a dedicatedman - dedicated to the cause ofstring music. He is teaching theviolin in small towns and ruralcommunities of South Central Ken-tucky. Besides this, every Mondayevening he rehearses the newlyformed Lexington Symphony Or-chestra. On Tuesdays he is part-time instructor in the music depart-ment of Centre College. He playsin the Berea Orchestra in thattown, in the Eastern KentuckyState College Orchestra and in theBerea String Quartet, of which heis first violinist. On Saturdays hegoes to Somerset where he has or-ganized a string ensemble. Con-gratulations to one of our memberswho knows what to do with hisretirement years!

"Entr'Acte," the periodical forLocal 406, Montreal, has voiceda sensible point of view in regardto names printed on the "UnfairList." It says, "When a place orindividual is registered on the Un-fair List, automatically no Fed-eration member is permitted toplay or do business with or in thepremises. It should go furtherthan that, however. Our strongest

FOR THE INFORMATION OF ALL LOCALS OF THE A. F. of M.

The following Resolution No. 21 was adopted by the Con-vention of the A. F. of M. which was held in Seattle, Washington.June 15 through 18, 1959:

RESOLUTION No. 21

Good and WelfareWHEREAS, President Kenin and the I. E. B. by sponsoring

the Best Bands Contest have taken definite steps toward en-couraging and implementing the re-establishment of the use ofLive Music, and

WHEREAS, This has met with public approval and acclaim,and

WHEREAS, The membership feels steps can be taken tofurther this plan; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That this Convention go on record asrecommending to each local that musicians on steady jobs bepermitted to participate in a non-commercial remote radio broad-cast not to exceed thirty minutes per day as part of their regularservice.

economical weapon is the boycott;we should therefore do everythingwe can to avoid assisting thebusiness of those exploiting ourmembers. It is wasted effort ifour members are not permitted towork on the premises when othermembers go and patronize theplace by purchasing its merchan-dise. So, if you want our proced-ure to bear fruit, you must backit up to the hilt, and by that wemean that you must keep awayfrom any place registered on theUnfair List and refrain from pa-tronizing it in any way, shape orform."

Dr. A. S. McCormick, Directorof the Doctor's Orchestra of Akron,Ohio, and a member of Local 24of that city, was recently honored

by the Duke of Edinburgh. It wasat a ceremony in London, Ontario,held in July on the seventy-sixthanniversary of the organization ofthe Royal Canadian Regiment.After the playing of the march,"Colonel -in -Chief," by the Regi-mental Band, the Duke compli-mented Dr. McCormick, who wasthe band's leader, on the perform-ance.

In keeping with its annual cus-tom, Local 689, Eugene, Oregon,is again providing a $60 scholar-ship to each of two Freshmen stu-dents of wind instruments enteringthe University of Oregon this Fall.This year's scholarships have beenawarded William Veley of CottageGrove and Steve Strobl of Eugene.

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Every movement we make requires a certain degree of tension,without which it would be impossible to play drums.

Tension is springy and resilient. It contains a flexibility thatlends itself to the needs of a situation, allowing the motions and thetime structure to stretch (to give) to the desired amount. However,one must be able to distinguish between normal tension-the degreeof tension required for the usual muscular action-and undue (ex-treme) tension, which when sustained for too long a period of timeresults in rigidity.

Rigidity is not elastic; it cannot be moulded to a desired form.It cannot be tempered, as is possible with normal tension. Instead, itis stiff and unbending, resists change of form and lacks the quality ofpliability. It is "fixed," and is uncompromising in its inflexibility.

Pliant StyleA number of years ago, while observing Jo Jones, then playing

with the Count Basie band, one thing in particular stood out aboveeverything else: the elasticity of his form. There was a pliant (yield-ing; capable of adaptation) firmness (steady; constant) inherent inhis playing, one that bent to his will. It had a "rubber -band" quality,as it seemed to stretch, and then return to its original form. I havesince been conscious of this quality and have found it in the playingof all drummers possessing a good drum -set technique. But, therehave been times when I have observed basically good drummers who.while attempting to .play relaxed. achieve, instead, a lethargic state,one deprived of vital energy. Hence, it seems obvious that the suc-cessful execution of figures, fill-ins, solos, and the playing of time,requires a structure which inherently contains a good degree of ten-sion. The answer then is not in the absence or presence of tension,but rather in the degree and control of tension. The answer is: con-trolled tension.

Conclusion

Among drummers, teacher and student alike, there exists an auraof confusion concerning the methods employed to develop drummisticskill. The perplexity. in part. stems from the indiscriminate use ofdescriptive language. lack of definition, and ambiguous explanations,pertaining to drum -set technique and its corresponding elements.Thus, it is my hope that the substance of these paragraphs may serveas a source of enlightenment, and perhaps even encourage a re-exam-ination of previously held views. But, if it does nothing more thanstimulate the thinking process. it will have succeeded.

Questions and Answers

Q. I would like to know how to get a variety of sounds from onecymbal. This is important to me, as on most jobs, I use only onecymbal.

A. You can obtain a variety of sounds as follows:1. playing on different areas of the cymbal,2. playing at different stick levels.

In the following diagram, area D represents the "bell" of thecymbal.

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Stick Levelsfull level

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For soft playing: quarter level.For normal volume: half level.For loud playing: full level.

Note: "Normal volume" will differ with the individual drummer.The "usual volume" is not too loud; not too soft: but rather in be-tween the two.

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One of the highlights of the 1956 New-port Jazz Festival was the appearance of aquintet with a radically new sound.

Before too long, Chico Hamilton's groupwas solidly established as one of the nation'sfavorite jazz combos.

Part of the secret of this quick rise to the toplay in the group's sound: a low-key, sensualmixture of the exotic and the swinging. Domi-nant in the new sound was the blend of ampli-fied guitar, cello, flute or clarinet, and bass.

Supplying the pulse of jazz were the drumsof Chico Hamilton.

Another part of the success story lay di-rectly with Chico. A superb drummer witha wide range of percussive color at his com-mand, Hamilton proved to be a strong leaderand a sound business man.

"I just had to be a leader," he explained."I was a sideman for fifteen years, and Ilearned a lot. But when you're ready tolead, you know it."

He started playing drums when he wasabout sixteen years old and a student atThomas Jefferson High School in Los An-geles. 'We had quite an alumni," he recalled.

I was a sideman for fifteen years,

and I learned a lot. But when you're

ready to lead you know it."" -Chico

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"Marshall Royal and his brother, Ernie, werethere. We had sort of an unofficial schoolband then, with Dexter Gordon. CharlieMingus, Ernie, Buddy Collette, and myselfand several others."

Shortly after the high school days, Chicosat in for Sonny Greer with Duke Ellington'sband, and it proved to be one of the topthrills in his young life. He admired thedrumming of Greer and of Count Basie'sgreat percussionist, Jo Jones.

He studied drums with Jones while in theservice. After his discharge, he toured withbands led by Jimmy Mundy and Basie.

He absorbed the change in drumming thatwas catching hold in those hectic jazz yearsimmediately following the war. The first thinghe did after leaving the service was to recordwith the late Lester Young.

He continued to work with various bigbands, among them Charlie Barnet, LionelHampton, Gerald Wilson and others, and hecontinued to polish his technique.

The year 1947 found him in Hollywood,where he soon became house drummer inBilly Berg's, a club featuring modern jazz.

by Dom Cerulli

It was here that he received, in large doses,experience as an accompanist to vocalists.The parade started with Ella Fitzgerald, andcontinued with Billy Eckstine, Billie Holiday,Harry Belafonte, and others. And when anopening came up as permanent drummer forsinger Lena Horne, he was well prepared tosit in and handle the chair.

He remained Lena Horne's drummer forabout seven years.

"One thing I learned," he said, "was thata drummer could really help make a greatperformance by keeping his ears and his eyesopen. I used to watch Lena's neck muscleswhile she sang. It got so I could tell what shewas going to do just by the movement ofthose muscles. And I could underline it onmy drums."

Chico admits that being an accompanist toa singer is the most exacting type of playing.But he added, "You have to be in control atall times. This keeps you sharp, and youbegin to develop an almost uncanny sense oftime. In addition, you develop little subtletiesof technique that big band work will neverallow."

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While carrying on as regular drummer inthe Horne group, Chico did considerablestudio work on the Hollywood sound stages,including all of the featured drumming in theParamount film, Road to Bali. He also foundtime to become a member of a new groupformed by a lean, intense baritone-saxistnamed Gerry Mulligan. With Mulligan, ChetBaker, and bassist Bob Whitlock, Chico madethe first Mulligan pianoless quartet recordingsthat started the baritonist on his way to greatpublic acceptance.

But 1955 proved to be the year of decisionfor Hamilton. In February of that year heformed his own group and opened at theStrollers in Long Beach, California.

"At the start," he admitted, "I didn't knowquite what I wanted. I only knew I wantedsomething new. A different and, if possible,exciting sound.

"We wanted to present good atonal musicwith a jazz base built around my conceptionof drumming."

The group, with its light and colorful sound,was somewhat startling to veteran jazz buffsbecause it featured an instrument rarely usedin jazz - the cello. Fred Katz, an accom-plished legitimate musician and successfulserious composer, held the cello chair, withBuddy Collette playing the reeds, CarsonSmith on bass, and Jim Hall on guitar.

But, however startling it appeared, thetimes were right and the music was right. Thegroup recorded for Pacific Jazz Records andtheir LPs sold well. The group was also fea-tured in Life magazine. It recorded cartoonsoundtracks and it played the leading jazzclubs to fine audiences.

"I never thought of expanding the size,"Chico explained. "We can play funky as canbe, then turn around and be dainty and petite."

The group's book, with compositions byCollette, Katz, Smith and Hamilton, covereda wide palette of sound and mood. This hasproved to be one of Hamilton's main sourcesof strength: the quintet can swing furiously-and it can whisper gently.

The group received another break when,following the success at Newport, it was fea-tured in an important role in the film, SweetSmell of Success. Also, its music was the pic-ture's soundtrack.

The popularity of Chico Hamilton's quintet(it placed third in the annual Down Beat pollthe year it was formed, and has sustained thattop rank pace) is not difficult to analyze. Themusic is appealing. It sounds fresh andimaginative. The group always looks goodon stand. Hamilton is articulate and wittyas master of ceremonies. When the groupplays, its members look-and sound-as ifthey know what they are about. The personnelhas changed through the years, but the grouphas retained its freshness and its swing.

"If anything," Chico smiled, "we are reallygetting to be funky. I think we're swingingnow more than ever."

The quintet continues to play the leadingjazz clubs in the nation, and has held thestand at Birdland-usually the Mecca of thehard -bop groups and the wailing big bands-with the same aplomb it displays at a concertor a festival appearance.

At last year's Newport Jazz Festival, Hamil-ton's group was featured in a key scene filmedby Raven Productions. At one point in theset on that misty Sunday night, Chico's footAUGUST, 1959

pedal broke, but few of the more than 10,000persons crammed into Freebody Park noticedthe mishap. However, the scene had to be re-shot because a spare pedal was exchangedduring the course of the number - "BlueSands" - and the young man who changedthe pedal dominated the scene.

Early Monday morning, long after the lastjazz aficionado had left the festival site, Chicoand his men were back onstand, playing aprivate concert for the camera.

Hamilton's quintet seems bound for con-tinued success because Chico is a sensitiveand intelligent person as well as a fine musi-cian. He gives freely of his time between setsor before and after concerts to meet themembers of his audience and chat with themabout jazz or philosophy or whatever sub-ject on which they find common ground.

"I think the greatest thing I've gotten outof music has been meeting people and dis-

cussing things with them. I feel that to com-municate musically with people, you have tobe interested in them. And it's always fas-cinating to get so wrapped up that you nearlyforget it's time to be back on the stand."

Today, the Hamilton group consists of Den-nis Budimir, guitar; Eric Dolphy, reeds; Na-than Gershman, cello; and Wyatt Ruther, bass.It records for Warner Brothers records, andthe evidence of its growth is there for every-one to hear on each new release.

"Since we began moving in this new di-rection," Chico smiled, "reaction in all therooms we play is excellent. I think we've gotmore of an identifiable sound now, a soundthat audiences immediately recognize and re-spond to.

"And, quite frankly, of all the quintets I'vehad in the past four years, I think this oneis the swingingest."

Standing, left to right: Wyatt Ruther, Eric Dolphy, Dennis Budimir and Nathan Gershman. NATHANGERSHMAN (cellist), who was born in Philadelphia, studied at the Curtis Institute of Music for threeyears, after which he joined the Cleveland Symphony, playing in it for seven seasons, under ArturRodzinski, Erich Leinsdorf, and George Szell. After his Cleveland work he went to New York wherehe played at Radio City Music Hall for two years and also free-lanced in television and legitimatetheater, besides filling recording dates-and meeting and marrying his wife, Anne. In 1954 he movedto Los Angeles where he free-lanced until joining the Chico Hamilton Quintet in 1958. WYATT RUTHER(bassist) is a graduate of the Pittsburgh Musical Institute and the San Francisco Conservatory. Hebegan playing jazz as trombonist in local bands around Pittsburgh and became interested in the bassviol in the Army in 1945. His first teacher was Adolphis Alsbrook of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He hasworked with Dave Brubeck, Lena Home, and Erroll Garner, and was teaching music in Ottawa, Canada,before joining the Chico Hamilton Quintet, October, 1958. ERIC DOLPHY (flute, clarinet, saxophone)was born in Los Angeles and received his schooling there. He studied privately with Lloyd Reese,Merle Johnston, Mrs. Monenineg and Soccorro Pirolo. The years 1950-1953 saw him in the Army. Hehas played with Buddy Collett, Gerald Wilson and John Anderson and had his own band in 1955-56.He joined the Chico Hamilton Quintet in 1958. DENNIS M. BUDIMIR (guitar) was born in Los Angeles.His experience with big bands includes those of Ken Hanna, Keith Williams, Bob Florence, Eddie Grady(Commanders), Tommy Alexander and Harry James. He has also played with Ronnie Ball, Red Mitchell,Eddie Cano, Ralph Pena, Buddy Collett and Barbara Dane. CHICO is seated, center.

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Improvised jazz solos are based on an existing harmonic back-ground. This harmony is expressed by chords and chord progressions.A melody line based on the chords as used in a particular song maythen become an improvised solo on that particular tune, even thoughthere may be no similarity in the actual melody.

Most musicians congregating for an informal session like to usethe chord progression of the twelve -measure "blues" which lends itselfextremely well to jazz ad-lib playing. Such blues improvisations canbe in every style from Dixieland or rock and roll, to modern jazz,depending on the materials used by the performer. In the most com-mercial version of the blues a set sequence is repeated with only minorchanges to compensate for different chords:

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Although this still is a twelve -measure blues, the additional chords andmoving melodic materials have expanded the blues concept into alarger form of composition, away from the early traditional blues.

By employing more modern techniques of composition, which arenot confined to notes of chords and scales only, even the blues chordprogression can take on new characteristics quite different from itsoriginal form. The next version of a modern blues in G is such anextension of the original jazz concept:

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CLAUDE GORDON AND HIS BAND(Continued from page nine)

Gordon feels that good music, tightly rehearsed and danceable,is what the public wants and what they've been missing. "You don'thave to play down to the public," he says, "and that includes theyoungsters."

He has a great deal of praise to offer to the A. F. of M. for itspart in the contest. He particularly mentions Local 47 President JohnTranchitella, VP Max Herman and Stanley Ballard, Secretary ofthe A. F. of M. and Chairman of the Best Band Committee, asbeing helpful. "What a thrill it was, too, for the young people in theorchestra to see the interest International President Herman Keninhad in us, too," he says.

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June 15, 1959President Kenin called the Con-

vention to order at 2:00 P. M.

For the first hour before the callto order by President Kenin, over1,000 delegates and their guestswere entertained by the SeattleSymphony Orchestra, Henry Sieglconducting.

The orchestra then played theAmerican and Canadian nationalanthems.

Alvin Schardt, president of theSeattle local, presided. He paid trib-ute to former President Petrillo andrecalled that Seattle had been the"breaking in" Convention for Pe-trillo almost a score of years agoand now welcomes a new President,Herman Kenin, in his first Conven-tion.

The invocation was by the Rev.Ernest A. Yarrow of FauntleroyCommunity Church.

President Schardt of Local 76 in-troduced the officers of Local 76 tothe Convention, after which he pre-sented Chet Ramage, chairman ofthe Local Convention Committee,who addressed the Convention andextended a welcome.

Chester Ramage, chairman of theConvention Committee of SeattleLocal 76, congratulated the weather-man on his tardy but welcome co-operation and, in introducing Gov-ernor Albert D. Rosellini, "a greatfriend of music in the State ofWashington," noted that Washing-ton's governor had proclaimed June15-20 as "Music Week" in honor ofthe A. F. of M. Convention.

Governor Rosellini said he was alover of music and was delighted tohave so many musicians as visitors.He praised musicians' locals inSeattle and elsewhere for their re-sponsible approach to civic affairs.

The creation of a Living Arts Com-mission for Washington is one ofhis aims, Governor Rosellini said,and the musicians will have repre-sentation on that body.

Happy working conditions are es-sential to productivity, the Gover-nor said, and the State of Washing-ton is blessed with enlightenedunion leadership. The musicians,under President Kenin's leadership,will go forward to great accomplish-ments. Governor Rosellini pre-dicted.

Victor A. Meyers, Washington'sSecretary of State and for twentyprior years its lieutenant governor,was next introduced as a life mem-ber of the Seattle Musicians' Unionand leader of one of its first bands.

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He noted that the politician'scredo is: "He who toots not his ownhorn doesn't get it tooted." Mr.Meyers welcomed President Keninas an old friend who long had "thesecond best orchestra on the westcoast." The Secretary of State notedthat modesty forbade his identify-ing "the best" orchestra.

Ed Weston, president of theWashington State Labor Council,was introduced as one who has dedi-cated his life to labor's cause.

Mr. Weston said the great devel-opment of the State of Washingtonwas due in a large measure to theunion label shop card and button.He paid tribute to Ida Dillon, amember of the Seattle Musicians'Union, for her devotion to the causeof labor.

He praised the labor leaders ofthe state and of Seattle, includingthose in the ranks of the musicians.for their victorious fight in oppos-ing right-to-work laws.

"We have fought hard to winthese victories for labor," he said,"and do not intend ever to losethem."

He welcomed all the delegates ofthe Federation of Musicians to Seat-tle and concluded, "we shall havefond memories of your visit afteryou have gone."

Harry Carr, president of the KingCounty Labor Council, told the dele-gates he was honored to serve onthe board of the Seattle Symphony.

Two hundred active unions existin the Seattle area, Mr. Carr said,enjoying excellent relations withemployers and the public. Public re-lations are becoming more and moreimportant in the trade union move-ment, and was a factor in aligninglabor and employers in the success-ful fight against right-to-work laws.Mr. Carr praised the Seattle musi-cians for their active role in labor.

Presiding Officer Schardt next in-troduced President Kenin and im-mediately the nearly 1,100 delegateswere on their feet for prolongedcheers. Before Kenin launched intohis response, the president of theSeattle Musicians' Union presentedhim with a gold card emblematic ofhonorary life membership in thelocal.

President Kenin informed thedelegation that immediately uponthe close of last year's Convention.the International Executive Boardgave serious attention to ways andmeans of returning the Conventionto an annual basis. He advised thatvarious procedures towards this endmight be accomplished by the adop-

tion of Recommendation No. 16 andhe urges the Finance Committee togive this early study and reportback tomorrow morning if possible.

He then summarized the Feder-ation activities during the past year,but prefaced his summary by com-menting on the great loss to thelabor movement in general and tothe American Federation of Musi-cians in particular, due to the resig-nation of President Jimmy Petrillo.

The highlights of his summaryincluded the following points:

The worthwhile contracts con-summated by the American Federa-tion of Musicians as contrasted withthe "sweetheart" contracts negoti-ated by the Musicians Guild ofAmerica in the motion picture in-dustry.

He cited that one of the most im-portant developments of the pastyear by the American Federation ofMusicians was the negotiation of apension plan which may be ex-tended to cover all working musi-cians and officers of locals. Hestressed that negotiations duringthe past year will result in employ-ment of much more live music ontelevision.

He charged the Federal Communi-cations Commission with glaring in-difference to the true public interestand called for all trade unions serv-ing the broadcasting industry tojoin the musicians in demanding di-rect representation for workers inthe entertainment field on the FCC.He said, "Not for too much longerwill those who received a monopolyof the air waves from a generouspublic continue to equate the publicinterest with their own fat profits.Not for too much longer will they beable to get away with such vulgari-ties as silencing the cultivatedmusic of the "Voice of Firestone"because Madison Avenue mogulsarbitrarily decide that cops and rob-bers will, for the moment, sell moresoap."

He summarized that our sourcesof hope might well be in the follow-ing:

1. Change of attitude in the gen-eral public so that they are nowbecoming sympathetic to our prob-lems.

2. Congressional cognizance ofour plight as typified by SenatorWayne Morse's recent activities infostering legislation to help combatthe importation of foreign soundtrack.

3. The creation of a Cultural Cen-ter in Washington to which he hasbeen appointed on the National Ad-visory Committee by PresidentEisenhower.

4. The "Best New Dance Band"and "The Congress of Strings" livemusic projects, as instituted by theFederation.

5. Deterioration of the dualunion.

6. The superb quality and cooper-ation which our membership hasdisplayed, and the first-hand knowl-edge which he has gained due toextensive travel and personal visitsto local and regional meetings.

President Kenin closed his reportwith a public expression of regardfor his predecessor, Jimmy Petrillo,his thanks to two retired membersof the official Federation family,former Vice -President Charles Bag-ley of Los Angeles and Leo Clues-mann of Newark, N. J., long-timeinternational secretary, and to hisstaff and members of the Interna-tional Executive Board.

His remarks were accorded astanding ovation and prolonged ap-plause by the delegation.

Delegate Davis, Local 60, movedthat a Credentials Committee of 23members be appointed. Motion car-ried.

The following Committee on Cre-dentials was appointed:

CREDENTIALS COMMITTEEDavid Winstein, chairman, 174;

Thomas P. Kenny, 12; Reg. C.Light, 24; James D. Edie, 26; MikeIsabella, 27; F. R. Dick Kadrie, 30;Harry W. Anderson, 41; A. F. Shan-abrook, 49; Robert C. Wilkinson,56; Anthony Russo, 65; Ben Bul-lough, 104; James R. Hurley, 107;Madea Cetta, 120; Charles S. Keller.Jr., 135; Donald MacLuskie, 140;Jack Shapi:a, 190; Ted Brooks, 256:Robert L. Foxen, 308; Mrs. OrionSims, 369; Biagio Casciano, 466;Alvah E. Shirey, 472; Donald W.Fields, 543; Dr. Harold F. Car-baugh, 770.

The Committee on Credentials re-ports through Chairman Winstein.

CREDENTIALS COMMITTEEREPORT

Mr. Chairman, Officers and Dele-gates to the 62nd Annual Conven-tion of the A. F. of M.:

Your Committee on Credentials,having reviewed the credentials ofaccredited delegates, begs leave toreport its findings.

Every local in our Federation ispaid up to date in per capita assess-ments.

All credentials presented werefound in order, only one delegate.Jesse Hicks of Local 185, being veri-fied by telegram from SecretaryD. A. Butler of that local. Delegate

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Hicks' credentials have been eitherlost or delayed. Your committee hascertified the delegate.

This Convention represents 616locals, 1,165 delegates being accred-ited to us. Transportation and dis-tances considered, this is a tremen-dous turnout and a compliment tothe charms of Seattle.

The Credentials Committee ex-tends its sincerest thanks to Secre-tary Stanley Ballard and able as-sistant, Fred Hochstuhl. We alsosalute graciously Treasurer GeorgeClancy and his staff for their gener-ous and timely help. These nationalofficers and their people make pos-sible the major portion of the detailwork necessary for a conventionlike ours.

The 21 members of your Creden-tials Committee who were presentat the scheduled meeting have here-with appended their signatures inconcurrence.

Respectfully,David Winstein, chairman, 174;

Dr. Harold F. Carbaugh, 770; Reg.Light, 24; Jerome D. Edie, 26; Don-ald A. MacLuskie, 140; Robert L.Foxen, 308; Jas. R. Hurley, 107;Harry W. Anderson, 41; Thomas P.Kenny, 12; Robert C. Wilkinson, 56;Ben Bullough, 104; B. Casciano,466; Dick Kadrie, 30; AnthonyRusso, 65; A. F. Shanabrook, 49;Charles S. Keller, Jr., 135; Mike Isa-bella, 27; A. E. Shirey, 472; J. Sha-pira, 190; Orion Sims, 369; MadeaCetta, 120.

The report of the CredentialsCommittee was adopted.

The new delegates were then in-troduced by President Kenin andwere welcomed by the applause ofthe other delegates.

President Kenin presented themembers of the International Ex-ecutive Board to the new delegates.

A resolution was introduced byDelegate Davis, Local 60, that thePresident appoint the followingcommittees:

membersLaw 23Measures and Benefits 23Good and Welfare 23Organization and Legisla-

tion 23International Musician 23President's Report 23Secretary's Report 23Finance 23Location 23

The resolution was adopted.

The following committees wereappointed:

LAW COMMITTEEHal C. Davis, 60, chairman; Ken

J. Farmer, 2; Don Duprey, 4;Eduard Werner, 5; Eddie T. Burns,6; Milton Foster, 7; V. Dahlstrand,8; Gus F. Fischer, 9; David Katz,10; Hal R. Carr, 15; Logan O.Teagle, 24; Ted Dreher, 34; JohnTranchitella, 47; Frank B. Field,52; Arthur A. Petersen, 67; CharlesMusumeci, 77; Carl L. Bly, 78; Nor-man E. Harris, 149; J. Martin Emer-son, 161; Harry W. Gray, 208; JackFoy, 369; Ed Charette, 406; AlKnopf, 802.

MEASURES AND BENEFITSCOMMITTEE

Edward P. Ringius, 30, chairman;Alvin Weiman, 1; George Harris, 9;Oscar L. Nutter, 17; A. J. Rozance,23; Victor Fuentealba, 40; Salva-tore A. Rizzo, 43; Max Herman, 47;George Wilkens, 60; William M.

Greene, 103; Robert W. Easley, 115;Steve E. Grunhart, 116; A. LeonCurtis, 138; George E. Gallagher,143; Raymond A. Schirch, 144; SamJack Kaufman, 161; Francis Cap-palli, 198; R. T. Payne, 257; HerbertE. Turner, 390; Mrs. Lyle C. Has-kell, 477; Michael Skislak, 526;Frank J. Casciola, 655; Hy Jaffe,802.

GOOD AND WELFARERobert L. Sidell, 1, chairman;

Lloyd E. Wilson, 3; Harry Walker,4; Harry S. Currie, 11; Alvah R.Cook, 62; George E. Murk, 73;James P. Perri, 77; Weymouth B.Young, 94; Joseph Dardis, 99; Rob-ert K. Harvey, 141; George C. An-derson, 149; Charles C. Halvorsen,166; James L. Falvey, 171; AdolphF. Coimbra, 214; Harry L. Benson,234; Alfred E. Kern, 263; HenryLowe, 274; Edwin G. (Zebe) Mann,325; Mrs. Mary E. Dickinson, 353;Harold P. Smith, 380; Newton E.Jerome, 512; Myron C. Neiser, 561;Alfonso Porcelli, 661.

ORGANIZATION ANDLEGISLATION

Chet Arthur, 399, chairman;Theodore Stenzel, 66; MarcellusConti, 82; Harvey E. Glaeser, 95;Howard R. Rich, 99; Russ D. Hene-gar, 114; Michael Marchuk, 215;Arthur H. Arbaugh, 223; Fred W.Stitzel, 238; E. D. Lupien, 252; JohnH. Addison, 293; Ray Reager, 311;H. H. Aldridge, 325; E. J. Sartell,328; Don F. Tarlecki, 341; WilfredYeaman, 367; Louis J. Koutnik, 423;Louis Rosenberg, 484; Mrs. EdwardF. Skalicky, 490; Hezekiah Oldwine,550; Martin O. Lipke, 610; VernSwingle, 618; Harry Halterman,764.

Vice -President Harris in thechair.

Secretary Ballard read the follow-ing telegram from Honorary Presi-dent James C. Petrillo:Herman D. Kenin, PresidentAmerican Federation of MusiciansOlympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.

Dear Herman:Sincere congratulations upon the

wonderful work you have done inyour first twelve months as Presi-dent of the American Federation ofMusicians. Just a year ago I pointedout to the Convention that no onecould ever tell what another humanbeing would do in a new situation,but I felt that you deserved achance to demonstrate your ability.I feel that your performance sincebeing elected to office more thanjustifies my confidence in you. Youradministration will continue to suc-ceed because you are always mind-ful of the fact that your successmeans the success of every memberof the American Federation of Mu-sicians. May you always have thestrength and good health to con-tinue the good work you are doingand climb to even greater heights.Please extend my best wishes toevery officer and delegate and tellthem I miss them all. I am alwayspraying for the continued successof the American Federation of Musi-cians. God bless each and every oneof you.

Sincerely and fraternally,JAMES C. PETRILLO.

The telegram was received withapplause by the delegates.

INTERNATIONAL MUSICIANGay Vargas, 424, chairman; Eu-

gene V. Frey, 1; R. H. Zachary, 35;Charles Quaranta, 69; William Pet-erson, 102; Carl F. Shields, 111;

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Donald E. Hacker, 195; Jack Stier -watt, 206; Alcide H. Breault, 216;Edmond J. Schott, 220; Floyd A.Crabtree, 299; E. J. Wenzloff, 309;Earl G. Heath, 374; Harry M. Rudd,382; Donald L. Angel, 404; M. CecilMackey, 479; Leonard Reed, 486;L. V. Fogle, 532; Bill Jameson, 537;Mrs. Edna Clendenin, 542; RalphConstable, 586; Joseph Riesgo, 721;William F. Boston, 806.

PRESIDENT'S REPORTHarry L. Reed, 184, chairman;

Glen Hancock, 32; Darwin H. Allen,37; Gilbert R. Rogers, 55; VincentE. Skillman, 71; Robert L. Hatch,87; Thurman Frock, 90; W. D.Kuhn, 121; R. Blumberg, 136; Mi-chael Lapchak, 139; Melvin vonRosenvinge, 155; Lee E. Logan, 167;Edwin H. Holt, 173; Mrs. WinnifredN. Hultgren, 184; Gene Crouse, 278;Don Jacoby, 284; Francis R. Fain,285; Louis J. Scott, 298; James R.Bacote, 335; Len Mayfair, 484; Jo-seph S. DeSimone, 630; Ernie Hoff-man, 771; Henry H. Joseph, 809.

SECRETARY'S REPORTKenneth E. Plummer, 20, chair-

man; Ben A. Gardner, 21; LarryPhillips, 34; Wendell Brown, 36;Robert M. Bowman, 70; Pete Anesi,98; Marshall Rotella, 123; C. E.(Jim) . Corbett, 196; Oscar J. Walen,204; John Cole, 215; Joseph Carra-fiello, 248; John W. Griffin, 372;Louis F. Horner, 373; Mrs. EvelynAllyn, 360; Milo A. Briggs, 381;James C. Morgan, 507; Victor Mus-chell, 514; Clemon E. Jackson, 535;John L. Boudreaux, 538; E. J.Smith, 546; Harry Bliss, 625; AlexJ. Demcie, 633; James McQuown,777.

FINANCE COMMITTEEHarry Chanson, 308, chairman;

David Holzman, 35; Joseph A. Ber-torelli, 40; John H. McClure, 63;Carl Dispenza, 108; C. L. Sneed,148; Clyde A. Hartung, 188; DonaldT. Tepper, Sr., 220; Matt Callen,269; Edmond McGoldrick, 369;James W. Whittaker, 375; WalterB. Timerman, 387; Louis J. Zebedeo,400; Joseph Friedman, 402; Chas.L. C. Hatch, 427; Henry Rosson,446; Russell F. Olson, 500; EnricoSerra, 595; Dr. Wm. S. Mason, 596;Artie Jones, 637; Terry Ferrell, 644;Ira Schneier, 771; Mrs. Peggy Jo-seph, 809.

LOCATION COMMITTEEHerb MacPherson, 86, chairman;

Walter B. Connor, 13; Sigurd Erick-son, 18; Virgil E. Dean, 25; EarlW. Lorenz, 29; Ernest E. Weaver,31; Raymond F. Frish, 48; AntonFassero, 88; Paul J. Cumiskey, 94;George T. Davis, 105; Forest R.Muhleman, 122; Michael C. Toma-sulo, 151; Allan J. Saunders, 180;George L. Smith, 197; Roy E. Smith,201; Raymond P. Brock, 337; Shel-don L. Hornbuckle, 444; Arthur P.Patt, 457; Mark Pierce, 463; Wm.Hermon Guile, 516; Mrs. Blanche A.Matthews, 652; Ray N. Tanaka, 677;Philip H. Young, 770.

A motion was made by DelegateDavis, Local 60, that the Conventionreconvene on Tuesday, June 16, at10:00 A. M., and recess at 12:30P. M., and reconvene at 2:00 P. M.to 5:00 P. M., and that these hoursprevail during the Convention,which is to be in session every dayuntil adjournment.

This motion was carried.

On motion made and passed, itwas decided that nominations ofofficers be held on Tuesday, June16, at the discretion of the chair,and the election be held at the closeof the Wednesday session, June 17.

On motion made by DelegateDavis of Local 60, and passed, itwas decided that resolutions maybe introduced up to one-half hourafter adjournment of the morningsession on June 16.

Delegate Davis, Local 60, made amotion that the memorial servicesbe held at the close of the morningsession on Tuesday, June 16.

Delegate Hagerty, Local 60,moved that all committee chairmenbe instructed in making their re-ports to delete all the "whereases"except in those cases where, in thediscretion of the committee chair-man and the chairman of the Con-vention, the reading of the "where -ases" is necessary for the properdisposition of the resolution.

Motion carried.

The following communicationswere read and spread on the min-utes:Herman D. Kenin, PresidentAmerican Federation of Musicians425 Park Ave., New York

Labor movement faces criticaltest in Congress. Your cooperationand action absolutely essential tosave unions from oppressive legis-lation under the guise of labor re-form. Legislative department pre-paring program for action by stateand local central bodies. Urge youto instruct your field staff to cooper-ate in their areas.

GEORGE MEANY,President, AFL-CIO.

Herman Kenin, PresidentAmerican Federation of MusiciansOlympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.

My greetings to the 62nd Conven-tion. Eighteen years ago I had thehonor of greeting the 41st in Seat-tle for Local 76 in person. Sorry Iam not there to give you a boost inyour first Convention as I didJimmy. I wish yourself and all offi-cers and delegates a wonderful Con-vention.

O. R. McLAIN,President Emeritus, Local 76,

Boise, Idaho.

Herman D. Kenin, PresidentAmerican Federation of MusiciansOlympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.

Kindly convey to all officers, as-sistants and delegates my highestregards and best wishes for a suc-cessful Convention. I deeply regretbeing unable to attend. I had lookedforward to this Convention for sometime with hopes of attending, butfate seems to have willed otherwise.

J. W. PARKS,Dallas, Texas.

Stanley Ballard, SecretaryA. F. of M. ConventionOlympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.

Serious illness of my wife pre-vents me from serving as electeddelegate to this Convention fromLocal 646. Greetings to officers andbest wishes for a successful Conven-tion.

C. E. SMITH, Secretary,Burlington, Iowa.

George V. ClancyAmerican Federation of MusiciansOlympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.

Had to take E. Mannoni off thetrain in Denver on account of foodpoison. Will return for home assoon as able. Sorry won't be ableto attend Convention.

MRS. E. MANNONI,Denver, Colo.

Stanley Ballard, SecretaryAmerican Federation of MusiciansOlympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.

Russ passed away June 14. Fu-neral on Wednesday, 10:30 A. M.,at Soller Baker.

CRYSTAL O. PRINTY,Local 162, A. F. of M.,

Lafayette, Ind.

Herman Kenin, PresidentAmerican Federation of Musiciansc/o Hal LeyshonOlympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.

Deeply regret that, due to impor-tant legislative issues now beforeSenate on which roll call votes areanticipated, I see no chance of mygetting to Seattle to address yourConvention next Monday. I am ter-ribly sorry that this situation hasarisen, but you know me wellenough to know that if it were atall possible for me to be with youI would do so. However, you canappreciate, I am sure, that my firstresponsibility is to my duties herein the Senate. I shall, of course,send a message of greeting to yourConvention.

Best regards,WAYNE MORSE,

United States Senate.

Herman D. Kenin, PresidentAmerican Federation of MusiciansOlympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.

Please extend my warmest greet-ings to the officers and delegates ofthe 62nd Convention of the Amer-ican Federation of Musicians. Iknow your deliberations will pro-duce new programs to benefit yourhighly skilled members who havebrought so much happiness toAmerica.

HUBERT H. HUMPHREY,United States Senate.

CITY OF HOPE NATIONALMEDICAL CENTER

National Labor Council208 West Eighth St.,

Los Angeles 14, Calif.146 W. Albermarle Ave.Lansdowne, Pa.

June 11, 1959Mr. Herman D. Kenin, PresidentAmerican Federation of MusiciansOlympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.Dear Sir and Brother:

Brother Al Manuti asked me tosend you this resolution which wewould very much like to have intro-duced to your Convention.

I want to thank you and yourwonderful international union andlocal affiliates for the help you havegiven to the City of Hope in thepast. It is only because such peopleas you care that this great hospitaland research center has been able

to give free service to working peo-ple for these 47 years.

Best wishes for a successful Con-vention.

Fraternally yours,LOUIS J. SOLOMON,

Regional Labor Director.

RESOLUTIONWHEREAS, The American Feder-

ation of Musicians internationalunion has learned through hard ex-perience that the goals of Americanlabor are not limited to higherwages and better working condi-tions; that adequaloe protection re-qui3'es a broader concern with thehealth and welfare of the tradeunionist; and

WHEREAS, Organized laborknows that it has an importantstake in the battle against the dis-eases which ravage the bodies andminds of its members and theirfamilies; and

WHEREAS, We can be thankfulthat pioneers in the ranks of labor,as long as 47 years ago, helpedfound the City of Hope wheresufferers from tuberculosis weretreated without one penny of cost;and

WHEREAS, the City of Hope Na-tional Medical Center is dedicatedto patient care, research and post-graduate medical education in thecatastrophic diseases such as can-cer, leukemia, blood, heart and chestmaladies; and

WHEREAS, In the fraternalspirit of the labor movement, facili-ties at the City of Hope are madeavailable to patients, not in a senseof charity, but as a matter of socialjustice, with full regard for humandignity and individual worth; and

WHEREAS, A substantial num-ber of international unions are pres-ently utilizing the facilities of theCity of Hope for their members;and

WHEREAS, Leading internation-al unions have given support to theCity of Hope in the form of union -endowed buildings, departments andequipment, as well as providing forday-to-day maintenance; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That -this In-ternational wholeheartedly endorsesthe work and services of the Cityof Hope; and therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, That the In-ternational urges its member localsto give financial support to the Cityof hope.

Delegate Davis, Local 60, movedthat we urge all of our members toconcur with the intent of the reso-lution. Adopted.

ANNOUNCEMENTSThe delegates were advised that

Arthur Dowell, who served as secre-tary -treasurer of Local 149, Toronto,Canada, for 22 years and who was adelegate to many conventions, ispresent as a guest with his wife. Herecently celebrated his 85th birth-day.

A round of applause was accordedDelegate John H. McClure of Local63 when the delegates were advisedthat he is 85 years of age and hastraveled over 3,000 miles to attendthis Convention.

Vice -President Emeritus CharlesBagley announced the arrangementspertaining to the memorial services.

The session adjourned at 4:30P. M.

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SECOND DAYMORNING SESSION

June 16, 1959The session is called to order by

President Kenin at 10:00 A. M.

President Kenin introduces MayorGordon S. Clinton of Seattle, whoinvited the delegates to inspect thenew facilities Seattle is providingfor visitors and its own growingbusiness community.

President Kenin next introducedMartin Segal, New York, authorityon pension plans, who told the dele-gates the proposed pension plan tobe made available to all A. F. of M.musicians.

He said such a pension plan laysa foundation for the future securityof musicians to enable them to bet-ter enjoy the fruits of their labors.

Mr. Segal praised PresidentKenin, the officers, and the Feder-ation's legal counsel for their effortstoward protecting the future ofA. F. of M. members and their fami-lies.

He said the government's socialsecurity plan provided only bareminimums, and the need for addedprotection and security for A. F.of M. members was obvious.

Mr. Segal maintained that themusicians pension plan affordedbenefits far beyond any privatepolicy a musician could buy, be-cause the premiums are tax free,and the interest return goes to thefund and accumulates more capital.

In conclusion. Mr. Segal prophe-

sied that the Federation's pensionplan would stand out over the yearsas one of the most progressiveactions ever taken by the officersand members of the Federation.

Lively interest by delegates in thepension proposal was evidenced bynumerous questions from the floorby delegates Rotella, Local 123;Musumeci, Local 77; Recano, Local440; Patnoe, Local 153; Paolucci,Local 38; Tesar, Local 70; Mar-chuk, Local 215; Vandenbrock,Local 668; Easley, Local 115; Char-ette, Local 406; Castles, Local 189;Simpson, Local 669; Cane, Local365; Titmarsh, Local 149; whichMr. Segal and President Keninanswered for upwards of a half-hour.

Delegate Cusick, Local 89, movesthat any further discussion concern-ing this pension plan take place atsome time other than during theConvention session, at which timefurther questions concerning thematter be referred to the properpeople in Mr. Segal's office. Sec-onded.

Motion carried.

The Committee on Finance re-ports through Chairman Chanson.

RECOMMENDATION No. 16

FINANCEInternational Executive Board

WHEREAS, The continuing defi-cits in our Treasury for the pastseveral years have been and still

are a source of grave concern toyour International Executive Board,who have long sought ways of ob-taining larger income for the Fed-eration, together with reductions inoperating expenses, and mindful ofthe ever higher economic spiral ofoperating costs in all endeavors,but more especially in our ownwhich are prominently evident byeven a cursory examination of theTreasurer's Report, and

WHEREAS, A survey recentlycompleted reveals that an averageof over 22,000 new members affili-ated with the locals of the A. F.of M. annually, and

WHEREAS, Considerable revenuecould accrue to the A. F. of M.Treasury without any expense tolocals if the affiliating memberswere required to pay a modest feeto the A. F. of M. in addition tothat paid to locals for the privilegeof membership, the InternationalExecutive Board recommends theadoption of the following:

1. Each and every new membershall, in addition to paying theproper Local Initiation Fee, pay anextra amount which shall be knownas the Prime International Initia-tion Fee, to any local with whichthe member affiliates. Such addi-tional amount shall be based on thefollowing schedule:Where the Local Initiation Fee is

from $5.00 thru $10.00, the PrimeInternational Initiation Fee shallbe $3.00.

Where the Local Initiation Fee isfrom $11.00 thru $20.00, the PrimeInternational Initiation Fee shallbe $6.00.

Where the Local Initiation Fee isfrom $21.00 thru $39.00, the PrimeInternational Initiation Fee shallbe $9.00.

Where the Local Initiation Fee isfrom $40.00 thru $50.00, the PrimeInternational Initiation Fee shallbe $15.00.

Where the Local Initiation Fee isfrom $51.00 thru $100.00, the PrimeInternational Initiation Fee shallbe $20.00.

2. The local shall, not later thanthe tenth (10th) day of the monthfollowing the member's affiliation,forward such Prime InternationalInitiation Fee to the Treasurer ofthe A. F. of M., together with aproper form of notification whichshall be furnished by the A. F. of M.to all locals for such purpose. Fundsso collected shall be placed in theGeneral Fund of the A. F. of M.

3. The Prime International Ini-tiation Fees to be initially imposedshall be based on the Local Initia-tion Fees existing on the date thisResolution is adopted. Such LocalInitiation Fees shall not later bedecreased without first receivingspecific permission from the Inter-national Executive Board. If a localdecreases or increases its Initia-tion Fees, then the Prime Interna-tional Initiation Fee shall be basedon the decreased or increasedamount as per the schedule in para-graph one (1) hereof.

4. If a local permits installmentpayments on its Initiation Fees, theamounts due on the Prime Inter-national Initiation Fee shall be in-cluded in the down payment made

A NEW STAR IS BORN!THOMAS PATTI

The NAMM Convention which was held in New York last June,

witnessed and heard two great performances. One was the

concert given by the brilliant Tom Patti, accordionist of tre-

mendous talent and technique, pioneer and pace setter in a

new conception of modern jazz, definitely destined to be one

of the real "Jazz Greats."... The other was the great perform-

ance of his amplifier, AM PEG'S new Accordiamp "THE NEW

YORKER IN STEREO." Both took the convention by storm.

Tom says, "The Ampeg Co., and I seem to have one common

desire, to achieve that certain SOUND. Once you have heard

or tried this Ampeg Accordiamp, together with the Ampeg

5 mic. stereo pickup, you'll know what I mean."

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by the new member, and the localshall report and remit same in con-formity with the requirements out-lined in paragraph two (2) hereof.

5. All of the above shall be sepa-rate, apart and in addition to anyprovisions of Article 3, Sections 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13.

6. This Resolution shall becomeeffective July 1, 1959.

The report of the committee isfavorable to the recommendationwith an amendment "to include anannual convention beginning in1960."

Discussed by delegates Costa,Local 289; Skillman, Local 71;Smith, Local 292; and ChairmanChanson.

Delegate Cusick, Local 89, askswhether a two-thirds vote is re-quired to adopt the recommenda-tion.

President Kenin replies that aruling will be made on the questionat the proper time.

Delegate Winstein, Local 174, sug-gests that the subject matter be con-sidered without the amendment.

Delegate Davis, Local 60, movesthat we defer further debate on thisrecommendation until the afternoonsession, and that we proceed withthe Memorial Services and theNomination of Officers. Seconded.

Motion carried.

MEMORIAL SERVICEThe service is conducted by Vice -

President Emeritus C. L. Bagley.PROGRAM

Memorial ServiceThe ensemble playing consists of

the following personnel, all mem-bers of Local No. 76: Henry Siegl,Walter Sundstew, Maybeth Press-ley, Elizabeth Englund, MarilynGarner, first violins; Erna Soter,Myra Mosher, Wm. Higgenson, Re-becca Brooks, second violins; MaryRychard, Wm. Bailey, John Work-man, violas; Phyllis Allport, CarolCanfield, cellos; James Harnett,bass; and Vilem Sokol, conductor.(1) Triptych "Andante"

Alexandre TansmanDESTINY

(2) "Andante Cantabile"Tschaikowsky

DESTINY Benjamin Franklin(3) Hymn Tune Prelude on

"Song 13"Orlando Gibbon

Arrangement byR. Vaughn Williams

DESTINY

ForewordWhat is Destiny? As it concerns

our lives?It is a predetermined, inevitable

thing that will happen in the future-in its completion emanating froma Great Power conceived of as con-trolling human life-and with us itmeans DEATH.

It has been said that "Death isso certainly a consequence of life,that there is no need to go forwardin haste to meet it." So let us con-template it with Deity as the Cen-tral Determining Power.

As far back as records and tra-ditions are available, we find thatthe plebians of all races worshippedmany gods and images representingthem. But the philosophers - thethinkers and savants, including Soc-rates, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras,the Egyptian priesthood and othersbelieved that there was but one Su-preme Being. And this belief has

gained ground down to the presenttime. Usually among the ancientsthe name of Deity was thought in-effable and not to be pronounced byhuman lips. But to us He is GOD.Consider the countless years thatlie behind us and the innumerableyears that are ahead-and our livesseem mere dots in the flight ofTime. History reveals the rise andfall of great and powerful nations.Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Assyria,Greece, Rome, the Holy Roman Em-pire and others were swept away bythe tide of Destiny.

Let us briefly examine some ofthe authoritative declarations ofthe past on the subject:

Epietetus, a Greek slave, after-ward manumitted, taught philoso-phy in Rome during the first cen-tury A. D. He left many thought-ful epigrams, among which are thefollowing:

"If heads of grain had feeling,ought they to pray that they shouldnot be harvested? * * * I would haveyou know that it is a curse neverto die. * * * The ship goes down,what, then, am I to do? WhateverI can. * * * I drown without fear,neither shrinking nor crying outagainst God, but recognizing thatwhat is born must also perish. ForI am a part of the whole, as an houris part of a day. I must come onas the hour, and like the hour passaway. * * * Regard yourself as buta single thread of all that goes tomake up the garment. * * * Seeknot that the things which happento you should happen as you wish,but with the things that happen tobe as they are, and you will findtranquility."

He said also: "Let death andexile and everything which appearsdreadful be daily before your eyes,and most of all Death; and you willnever think of anything mean norwill you desire anything extrava-gantly."

I read now from the 90th Psalm:"Lord Thou hast been our dwell-

ing place in all generations. * * *For a thousand years in Thy sightare but as yesterday when it is past,and as a watch in the night. Thedays of our years are three scoreyears and ten; and if by reason ofstrength they be four score, yet istheir strength labour and sorrow;for it is soon cut off, and we flyaway."

In Ecclesiastes 12 we find the fol-lowing:

"Remember now thy Creator inthe days of thy youth, while theevil days come not, nor the yearsdraw nigh, when thou shalt say, Ihave no pleasure in them;

"While the sun, or the light, orthe moon, or the stars be not dark-ened; nor the clouds return afterthe rain;

"In the day when the keepers ofthe house shall tremble, and thestrong men shall bow themselves,and the grinders cease because theyare few, and those that look out ofthe windows be darkened;

"And the doors shall be shut inthe streets, when the sound of thegrinding is low, and he shall riseup at the voice of the bird, and allthe daughters of music shall bebrought low;

"Also when they shall be afraidof that which is high, and fearsshall be in the way, and the almondtree shall flourish, and the grass-hopper shall be a burden, and desireshall fail; because man goeth to his

long home, and the mourners goabout the streets;

"Or ever the silver cord be loosed,or the golden bowl be broken, orthe pitcher be broken at the foun-tain, or the wheel broken at cistern.

"Then shall the dust return to theearth as it was; and the spirit shallreturn unto God who gave it.

"Vanity of vanities, saith thepreacher; all is vanity."

And Job 14 tells us:"Man that is born of a woman is

of few days, and full of trouble."He cometh forth like a flower,

and is cut down; he fleeth also as ashadow and continueth not.

"Seeing that his days are deter-mined, the number of his monthsare with Thee, Thou hast appointedhis bounds that he cannot pass;

"Turn from him, that he may rest,till he shall accomplish, as an hire-ling, his day.

"For there is hope of a tree, if itbe cut down, that it will sproutagain, and that the tender branchthereof will not cease.

"But man dieth, and wastethaway; yea, man giveth up the ghost,and where is he?

"As the waters fail from the sea,and the flood decayeth and driethup;

"So man lieth down, and risethnot; till the heavens be no more,they shall not awake, nor be raisedout of their sleep.

"If a man die, shall he live again?All the days of my appointed timewill I wait, till my change come."

And then there came ONE whosaid (St. John 14) :

"Let not your heart be troubled;ye believe in God, believe also inme.

"In my Father's house are manymansions; if it were not so I wouldhave told you. I go to prepare aplace for you.

"And if I go and prepare a placefor you, I will come again, and re-ceive you unto myself; that whereI am, there ye may be also.

"And whither I go ye know, andthe way ye know.

"Thomas saith unto him, Lord,we know not whither Thou goest;and how can we know the way?

"Jesus saith unto him, I am theway, the truth, and the life; no mancometh to the Father but by me."

BENJAMIN FRANKLINWhen I was in Philadelphia at

our Convention in June, 1958, Ifound time to visit a place I hadseen several times before-a placeI think should be venerated. It wasthe grave of Benjamin Franklin inChrist Church cemetery at Fifthand Arch Streets. A wall surroundsthis burying ground but at this cor-ner opens to support an iron grat-ing so that the sepulcher can beseen by the passerby. On each sideof the opening are bronze tabletsreciting in brief his life and ac-complishments. Beside him lies themortal remains of his wife, De-borah. They are both covered byfiat stone slabs. In my estimation,Benjamin Franklin was in manyrespects the greatest character ofthe eighteenth century.

Here is an utterance of Franklin:"We are spirits. That bodies

should be lent us, while they affordus pleasure, assist us in acquiringknowledge, or in doing good to ourfellow creatures, is a kind and bene-volent act of God. When they be-come unfit for these purposes, andafford us pain instead of pleasure,

instead of an aid become an incum-brance, and answer none of the in-tentions for which they were given,it is equally kind and benevolentthat a way is provided by whichwe get rid of them. Death is theWay. Our friend and we are invitedabroad on a party of pleasure,which is to last forever. His chairwas ready first and he has gone be-fore us. We could not convenientlystart together; and why should youor I be grieved at this, since we aresoon to follow and know where tofind him."

And a novel composition to beobserved is the self -written epitaphof the deceased. In the followingform it reads:

"THE BODY OFBENJAMIN FRANKLIN,

PRINTER (LIKE THE COVEROF AN OLD BOOK, ITS

CONTENTS TORN OUT, ANDSTRIPPED OF ITS LETTERINGAND GILDING) LIES HERE

FOOD FOR WORMS. YET THEWORK ITSELF SHALL NOT

BE LOST. FOR IT WILL(AS HE BELIEVES)

APPEAR ONCE MORE IN ANEW AND MORE BEAUTIFULEDITION CORRECTED AND

AMENDED BY THE AUTHOR."The late American poet James

Whitcomb Riley brings this outlineof Destiny to a close with his one -stanza work:

A PARTING GUEST"What delightful hosts are they .. .

Life and Love!Lingeringly I turn away,

This late hour, yet glad enoughThey have not withheld from me

Their high hospitality.So with face lit with delight

And all gratitude, I stayYet to press their hands and say,

'Thanks ... so fine a time. GoodNight."

CONCLUSIONI have presented only a few of

the many thoughts that are to befound in the archives of the past.They say that Destiny will bring tous another and better life whichwill become known when "we haveshuffled off this mortal coil." Thusreligion and philosophy joined to-gether constitute the hope of hu-manity.

Let us bow our heads in prayer.O Lord! Prime Mover-Creator of

all things-in whom we live andbreathe and have our being, we askThee to give gentle rest to the soulsof our departed-those former dele-gates who have gone from us sincethe Convention of 1958. Grant thattheir efforts in the interests of mu-sicians may be an example for thoseof us who remain, to go on with thework. Support us we pray througheach day of this ever troublous life-give us wisdom and strength tocontinue our journey until theshadows lengthen, and the eveningof life comes and the busy world ishushed, and the fever of life is overand our tasks done. Then of Thymercy grant us a safe destiny andrest and peace at last. Amen.

I will now read the names of theformer delegates who have passedaway since the last Convention:Name LocalWalter L. Homann 8John Anderson 23George Southall 23Robert A. Wilhelm 26William Groom 62Fred A. Keller 73

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Louis R. Schvom 77Clarence O. Seip 89Carl Stunick 106Brad F. Shephard 127George W. Snyder 135Anthony Ferdinand 139Clarence Jornlin 156Russ R. Printy 162Robert I. Lusk 165Robert W. Cizek 171Charles G. Martin 184E. Sherwood Beardslee 186D. Mark Slattery 196Joseph Gross, Sr. 204William J. Wetzel 204Charles Wolstenholme 226Leonard Sergeant 276Robert L. Bensinger 303Mike Peshek, Jr. 375Lee Gustine 437Dr. S. R. Cain 415Clyde Conrow 443Arthur M. Wiggins 444Roy C. Gibbons 472John J. Firenze 526Eugene D. Brown 541Daniel C. Price 561Jerry J. Berger, Sr. 590D. E. Walsh 642L. Winters 765Artie Matthews 814

At the close of the service thedelegates stand in silence for oneminute.

The following communicationsare read and ordered spread on theminutes:American Federation of MusiciansOlympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.

Fraternal greetings and bestwishes for a harmonious and suc-cessful Convention.

E. M. HOGAN,General Secretary -Treasurer,

United Garment Workersof America.

President Herman KeninAmerican Federation of MusiciansConvention HeadquartersSeattle, Wash.

Fraternal greetings and bestwishes for harmonious and success-ful Convention.

SIDNEY LERMAN, Secy.,Local 364, Portland, Maine.

Special order of business, nomi-nation of officers.

NOMINATION OF OFFICERSFor President:

Herman D. Kenin, Local 99,Portland, Ore.

For Vice -President:Wm. J. Harris, Local 147,

Dallas, Texas.

For Secretary:Stanley Ballard, Local 73.

Minneapolis, Minn.

For Treasurer:George V. Clancy, Local 5,

Detroit, Mich.

For Members of the InternationalExecutive Committee From theUnited States:

E. E. "Joe" Stokes, Local 65,Houston, Texas.

Charles H. "Pop" Kennedy,Local 6,San Francisco, Calif.

Lee Repp, Local 4,Cleveland, Ohio.

Alfred J. Manuti, Local 802,New York, N. Y.

Martin Lipke, Local 610,Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.

For Member of the InternationalExecutive Committee FromCanada:

Walter M. Murdoch, Local 149,Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Gurney Titmarsh, Local 149,Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Delegate Davis, Local 60, movedthat this Convention elect six dele-gates, in addition to the Presidentof the Federation, who goes byvirtue of his office, to represent theA. F. of M. at the AFL-CIO Conven-tion. Seconded. Motion carried.For Delegates to the AFL-CIOConvention:

Hal C. Davis, Local 60,Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mike Isabella, Local 27,t New Castle, Pa.Robert L. Sidell, Local 1,

Cincinnati, Ohio.Frank B. Field, Local 52,

Norwalk, Conn.Edward Charette, Local 406,

Montreal, P. Q.., Canada.Biagio Casciano, Local 466,

El Paso, Texas.Edward P. Ringius, Local 30,

St. Paul, Minn.Kenneth E. Plummer, Local 20,

Denver, Colo.Wm. Hermon Guile, Local 516,

Hillsboro, Ill.Secretary Ballard read the list of

nominees for election.

Delegate Davis, Local 60, made amotion that an Election Committeeof 30 be appointed.

Motion passed.

The following committee was ap-pointed:

ELECTION COMMITTEEAndy Tipaldi, 406, chairman;

John E. Cooper, Sr., 5; Harold C.Olsen, 8; James Buono, 16; DeweyBlane, 19; W. Clayton Dow, 42;Stewart J. Wagner, 51; Grady More-head, 117; Jack W. Russell, 147;Chip Essley, 210; Eddie Texel, 255;Ben F. Thompson, 266; Frank Na-gele, 289; C. V. (Bud) Tooley, 303;Nicholas A. Narducci, 319; E. D.

Graham. 375; Paul T. M. Hahn, 379;Joseph Dorenbaum, 400; Clifford A.Lachance, 409; Richard M. Sigley,411; Frank A. Frederick, 439;Ralph Recano, 440; Guillermo Po-mares, 468; Joseph P. Rose, 510;Gilbert Snowden, 518; Ray M. Daw-son, 594; Frank LiVolsi, 626; AlbertSeitz, 650; John E. K. Akaka, 677;George F. Allen, 708.

Announcements.

The session adjourned at 1:15P. M.

AFTERNOON SESSIONThe session reconvenes at 2:45

P. M.

Announcements.

Recommendation No. 16, whichhad been reported on during themorning session, is now furtherconsidered.

Delegate Lapin, Local 655, sec-onded the motion of Delegate Win -stein made during the morning ses-sion, that the amendment by thecommittee be considered separately.

President Kenin discussed therecommendation.

Treasurer Clancy also discussedthe recommendation and gave a re-port on the finances of the Feder-ation and the advisability of adopt-ing the recommendation.

Delegate Ferrell, Local 644, calledfor the previous question.

The chairman recognized the mo-tion but agreed that the two orthree delegates standing by themicrophones be allowed to makecomment.

Delegates D'Orsi, Local 86;Crouse, Local 278; and Rotella,Local 123; commented on the reso-lution.

Delegates Winstein, Local 174;Lapin, 655; requested permission towithdraw their amendment. No ob-jection.

Delegate Skillman, Local 71, dis-cussed the report of the committeeunfavorably and called for a rollcall vote on behalf of Locals 71, 306,655. 47. and 407.

Delegate Cusick, Local 89, calleda point of order that a vote on theprevious question was the only pro-per subject matter before the house.

The chair sustained the point oforder.

The motion on the previous ques-tion was adopted.

The report of the Finance Com-mittee on Recommendation No. 16was adopted.

Delegate Wartinbee, Local 201,asked whether the Constitution andBy-laws are changeable in the samemanner.

Federation Counsel Henry Kaiseradvised that Article 28, Section 20contains the information sought bythe delegate.

Vice -President Harris in thechair.

RECOMMENDATION No. 10International Executive Board

FINANCEWHEREAS, The 1917 Convention

of the A. F. of M. took action limit-ing Locals' Initiation Fees to amaximum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00),and

WHEREAS, In the intervening42 years no change in such maxi-mums has been made in spite ofthe tremendous downward trend inthe economic value of the dollar,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Section2 of Article 3 of the A. F. of M.By-laws be amended by changingthat section to read as follows:

"No local shall maintain an ini-tiation fee exceeding $100.00, andthe International Executive Boardshall determine whether or notmembers paying such a fee shallbe entitled to all benevolent andproperty rights of the local whichthey join."The report of the committee was

favorable to the recommendation,with the amendment that the wordsfollowing "$100.00" be deleted.

Discussed by Delegate Mayer,Local 664.

The report of the committee wasadopted.

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President Kenin presented HenryKaiser, general counsel for the Fed-eration, who reported on the press-ing problems facing the Federationin "three broad fields." He referredto recent litigation in the hotel in-dustry, the Los Angeles situationand legislation affecting labor onthe Washington scene.

He commented on the possible ad-verse effect to the A. F. of M. causedby recent rulings bringing the hotelindustry under the provisions ofthe Taft -Hartley Act.

He advised that it was his dutyas Federation attorney to discloseto the Convention the fact that re-sponsible suggestions of settlementof the litigation in Los Angeleshave been advanced. He could not,of course, as he explained, make apublic disclosure of the details ofthese suggestions. However, he ex-pressed his own and the Conven-tion's confidence in the Interna-tional Executive Board that if anysettlement is made, it will be to thebest interest of the A. F. of M.

He spoke of pending labor legis-lation in Washington, D. C., andmade a blistering attack on theKennedy -Ervin Bill as an unwar-ranted departure from basic funda-

mentals of democracy and freedom.He concluded his address by com-

menting on the cooperation and un-derstanding he has received fromthe International Executive Boardand especially commended Interna-tional President Herman Kenin forhis untiring efforts and dedicatedservices on behalf of the Federation.

His address is greeted with ap-plause.

Counsel Kaiser reported to thedelegates that notice of appealswere filed to this Convention byJustin Gordon, Leonard Hartman,Ted Nash, Uan Rasey and LarrySullivan in which the appeal ofthese members from an action ofLocal 47, Los Angeles, California,was denied by the InternationalExecutive Board.

He inquired if any of these appel-lants were present today inasmuchas the Convention is prepared tohear the appeal. There was no re-sponse. None of the appellantsappeared.

Announcements.

The session adjourned at 4:45P. M.

THIRD DAYMORNING SESSION

June 17, 1959The session is called to order by

President Kenin at 10:00 A. M.The Committee on Organization

and Legislation reports throughChairman Arthur.

RESOLUTION No. 14ORGANIZATION AND

LEGISLATIONWHEREAS, Through revelations

of the McClellan Committee iso-lated instances of corruption andracketeering were found in theAmerican Labor Movement, and

WHEREAS, In spite of pleasfrom the American Labor Move-ment for constructive and non -re-gressive legislation, the Senatepassed Senate Bill S1555 and hassent it to the House of Representa-tives which, if enacted, would bemuch to the detriment of the freeAmerican Labor Movement, and

WHEREAS, The democratic rightsof union self government would begreatly impaired and through dan-gerous regulation of the internalaffairs of unions in burdensome andharassing detail would only pro-mote gross confusion, and

WHEREAS, Under the guise ofdealing with improper activities inthe Labor Movement, Senate BillS1555 seeks to undermine effectivecollective bargaining by destroyingor weakening honest, decent tradeunions, and, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That the62nd Annual Convention of theAmerican Federation of Musiciansgo on record in condemning theSenate Labor Reform Bill S1555 inits present state of draftsmanshipas it would seriously hamper legiti-mate trade unions engaged in theirlegal pursuits and would unwar-rantedly jeopardize the liberties ofall honest trade unionists.

The report of the committee isfavorable to the resolution, and thatthe following arguments offered bythe proponents of this resolutionbe made part of the report on thisresolution. The report of the com-mittee is adopted.

REFORM LEGISLATIONPerhaps one of the greatest crises

ever to face the free American labormovement is the highly emotionalatmosphere that now exists relativeto labor and isolated instances ofcorruption revealed by the McClel-lan Committee. The wrong doingsof far less than 1 per cent of thelabor leaders of our country todayhave been ascribed and applied toall labor. The few unscrupulouslabor leaders have provided batter-ies of material for dramatic Con-gressional investigations as well asgood newspaper copy. The McClel-lan spectacle has created beyonddoubt a dangerous inherent general-ization that labor's shadow is ladenonly with corruption.

Labor corruption, no matter howsmall, should neither be minimizednor concealed. It exists. But to pre-sent this caricature as the image oforganized labor is a distortion ofthe fact. Unions and corruption arenot synonymous terms, and to at-tempt to identify the misdeeds of afew unsavory individuals with thegood deeds of the majority is agross injustice. No one class of oursociety has a monopoly on evil. Ourwhole fabric of society has beenfaced with the iniquity of corrup-tion and evil. Labor has no copy-right on evil and corruption.

The real moral and ethical prob-lem of labor racketeering, no matterhow small, should cause great con-cern among labor's ranks. By itself,no matter how small, racketeeringis immoral and unethical and it hasthree serious evils associated withit:

1. No matter how limited laborracketeering may be, it createdan ugly smear for all labor.

2. Labor racketeering providesthe excuse and justification forsavagely repressive anti -laborlaws in Congress and StateLegislatures.

3. Due to the highly suspiciousclimate surrounding laborleaders due to over publicizedinstances of labor corruption,

good, sound, responsible laborleaders will not stay in thelabor movement and young,creative labor leaders neededto nourish the ranks of laborwill be discouraged to enterthe labor movement.

The AFL-CIO has repeatedlymade public statements that theyare not opposed to the enactment ofa constructive bill directed at cor-ruption in labor which could not bedealt with effectively within its ownCode of Ethics. However, in spiteof the AFL-CIO cooperation avicious reform bill (S1555) hasbeen passed by the Senate and sentto the House of Representatives foraction. This ill conceived bill underthe pretense of dealing with corrup-tion would only seriously hamperthe American labor movement intheir legal pursuits and objectives.All the spectrum of collective bar-gaining would be seriously under-mined by weakening honest, decenttrade unions. With the ever-expand-ing importance of labor in the eco-nomic life of America all corrup-tion must be removed from itsmidst. The labor movement will inthe future have to maintain "puri-tan" standards not asked of anyother segment of our society. How-ever, the remedies and legislationrequired to maintain a good cleanlabor movement must be of a na-ture to not destroy the Free Amer-ican Trade Union Movement. Thepublic and Congress has a right toscrutinize and evaluate the activi-ties of organized labor. Thereshould not be, however, one stand-ard of judgment for labor and an-other for the other segments of oursociety. Senate Bill S1555 is a clas-sic example of class legislation!

ANALYSIS OF SENATEBILL S1555

New Federal Criminal CodeThe Act is riddled with harsh

civil and criminal penalties. Withthe Act a new section to the Fed-eral Criminal Code is born and ap-plies only to union leaders. Thereare ten provisions in the bill thatimpose fines up to $10,000 and oneto five years or both for such thingsas violation of rules issued by Sec-retary of Labor, failure to complywith complicated reporting sectionsof the bill, failure to disclose ma-terial facts, for aggravated assault(picket line fights) , and manymore. Never has there been such alaw passed in peacetime which im-poses such severe criminal sanc-tions for violations of rules andregulations issued by the executiveand administrative branches. Em-ployers who commit offenses in thefield of labor management relationsare subject only to cease and desistorders from the NLRB.

Union May Not Assist inDefense of Leaders

Even the many provisions of thebill that place heavy penalties onlabor leaders in violation of the in-tricate reporting segments of thebill do not satisfy the drafters ofthe bill. No labor organization maypay fines, or pay or advance the costof defense for any officer, agent, ormember who has been indicted foror convicted of any violation of themany complicated demands of theact. This vicious portion of the billis against all concepts of fair play.Officers will be in the shadows offear that they may have a suitagainst them at any time by a mem-ber or employer. The labor organi-

zation may not even come to thedefense of a labor leader who hasbeen charged unfairly in the execu-tion of his duties. What labor lead-er could remain in the movementwith fear that he will constantly bein court no matter how right hemay be? This vindictive provisionwas obviously designed to createan ineffective and a "do nothing"labor official.

Excessive Fiduciary ResponsibilitiesUnder complicated provisions

union funds would have to behandled such as now done by banksand administrators for trust funds.No direct analogy can be drawn be-tween the duties of a bank presi-dent which are limited to the safecustody of funds and the obliga-tions of a union officer which areto protect the money but also pro-mote the member's interest in col-lective bargaining and his generalwelfare. A bank depositor cannotbe compared to the dues -payingmember. The former has no voicein the management of banks byvirtue of his deposits; his sole in-terest is in safe custody and theinterest drawn on his money. Pro-mulgation of the fiduciary principlein the manner proposed in the Actcould place the objectives of alabor organization in great jeop-ardy as any minority group couldoppose and suppress legitimate ex-penditures so necessary for the suc-cessful maintenance of the union.Any minority dissident group couldvoice objection to any expenditurewithout exhausting their remediesin the union and thus tie up theorganization in costly litigation.

Unions Have No Right toDetermine Membership

Under a loosely worded section(601N) all persons who have ful-filled the "lawful requirements formembership" are members in goodstanding. Any communist, dual un-ionists, and provocateurs wouldhave to be taken in membershipafter their tendering lawful re-quirements of membership. All un-ions would lose their long-timeright to determine eligible mem-bers. Unions could be infilteredwith dangerous elements unlessthey retain the right to scrutinizepotential members.

National Conventions HamperedUnder Section 401F no monies re-

ceived by any labor organizationshall be contributed or applied topromote the candidacy of any per-son in an election. What becomesof delegates instructed by theirhome locals to vote for Interna-tional officers at a National Con-vention (such as the American Fed-eration of Musicians Convention)and their expenses are paid for bythe local? What happens if in aunion newspaper an editorial favorsa candidate for the "good" done byhim during the tenure of his office?There is no real interpretation inthis section on what is electioneer-ing and what are legitimate activi-ties of unions in regard to elec-tions.

Union Objectives andDemocracy Impaired

Under various portions of theAct vast powers are given to the"minority" or insurgent portions ofa membership. Members would havean undenied right to sue officers ofa labor organization (and the unioncannot defend that officer underother portions of the Act) for sup -

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posedly infringing on his rights andmany other reasons which can beinterpreted very loosely. One mem-ber in spite of our American prin-ciple of "rule by the majority" candisrupt the wishes of the majorityby disrupting union meetings and"shoving" unions and officers intocostly litigation. What organizationcan function without some conceptof discipline and "rules of order."The Act as written gives the minor-ity and any dissident portion of amembership dangerous and "overdemocratic" rights. The techniquesof administration involving largegroups necessarily require author-ity to act and to initiate policyquickly and decisively. There is nopoint in imputing sinister motivesto this fact by calling it bureauc-racy. The test of democracy inlarge groups is whether or not theinstrumentalities and opportunitiesexist for systematic exchange ofideas from both the minority andmajority factions of an organiza-tion.

Other Evils of Act1. The bill contains a provision

which amounts to a limitedban on recognition and organi-zational picketing.

2. Rights of strikers to vote inrepresentation elections hasbeen weakened.

3. Fantastic, elaborate financialreports must be filled out con-stantly in order to comply.

4. Union officers must make com-plete disclosures of personalfinances and all interests.

5. Parts of bill are enforced byDepartment of Labor and Fed-eral courts causing overlap-ping and ambiguity.

6. Broad powers are givenretary of Labor to investigateand bring civil actions againstany union or officer that inhis opinion it is necessary todetermine whether any per-son has violated or is aboutto violate any provisions ofthe Act.

7. Union officers who would signthe countless reporting formsrequired under the Act arepersonally responsible for fil-ing reports and for any state-ment contained in a reportthat may have been preparedby his accountants, bookkeep-er, statisticians, or commit-tees.

8. Any officer convicted of afelony (including aggravatedassault) shall not serve as aunion officer for five years.One unavoidable picket linedisturbance can in some casesbar a union officer from office.

RESOLUTION No. 15

ORGANIZATION ANDLEGISLATION

WHEREAS, Resolution No. 3 wasintroduced at the Philadelphia Con-vention, dealing with verbiage con-tained in Section 5R, Article 1,which states "The Board shall havefull power to allocate, disburse allmonies in the Recording and Tran-scription Funds, etc.," and

WHEREAS, This is no longertrue, however, the new by-law booksare still carrying this obsolete by-law. Resolution No. 3 was intro-duced to change the verbiage andinclude the proper agency who isdisbursing this fund, and

WHEREAS, This resolution wasreferred to the National ExecutiveBoard, with apparently no changemade to date, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That theproper correction be made in ourpublished by-laws.

The report of the committee isthat this resolution be referred tothe International Secretary.

The committee report is adopted.RESOLUTION No. 16ORGANIZATION AND

LEGISLATIONWHEREAS, Our President Kenin,

has vigorously pursued the policiesin effect at the time of his electionto the presidency, and

WHEREAS, President Kenin hasinstituted new worthwhile policiessuch as the Best New Dance Bandof the Year, and the scholarshipprogram known as the InternationalString Congress, and by other pro-gressive and sensible action hasachieved new strength and dignityfor our Federation, and

WHEREAS, President Kenin hasappeared all over the country toconfer with regional leaders at con-ferences and other meetings to keepus informed and to hear our localproblems, and

WHEREAS, President Kenin hasappeared in Washington, beforelabor leaders from all over theworld, prior to the A.F.L. and C.I.O.demonstration against unemploy-ment, and at this meeting urgedrelief from the odious 20% tax, and

WHEREAS, Perhaps because ofan inherent modesty, not justifiedby his labors, which have instillednew hope and desire for relief fromthe 20% tax, the Local 47 situation,and other problems - the unen-lightened public is not aware ofeither the fact that we have a newpresident or of his identity, there-fore,

BE IT RESOLVED, Our publicrelations council be urged to obtainmore publicity concerning the iden-tity of our new hope, the respectedand beloved President Herman D.Kenin, via the radio, newspapersand other means deemed advisableby our public relations council.

The report of the committee isthat this resolution be referred toour Public Relations Counsel, HalLeyshon Associates.

The committee report is adopted.RESOLUTION No. 17

ORGANIZATION ANDLEGISLATION

WHEREAS, The economic life ofthe Federation is sustained, for themost part, by the 10% travelingsurcharge, and

WHEREAS, The increase in theexpense and operating costs makesit imperative that additional reve-nues be found, not only for thebenefit of the Federation, but forthe many small locals who mustdepend for their continued exist-ence on additional outside reve-nues, and

WHEREAS, We in the New Eng-land area, as well as in other partsof the country, have seen the tre-mendous growth and popularity ofthe "Jazz" or "bop concerts" so-called, to the detriment of thedance musician, and

WHEREAS, The traveling danceunit, without the benefit of "names"or "advertising" must pay the Fed-eration's traveling surcharge of 10%the moment it performs outside ofits own jurisdiction, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That thewords "and units" be stricken fromArticle 15, Section 3, Line 8, andthat traveling units playing "bop"and/or "jazz concerts" be herebyassessed the customary 10% travel-

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ing surcharge when such engage-ments come under Article 15, Sec-tion 2A.

The report of the committee isfavorable with the amendment toinclude also traveling musicalshows performed by members ofthe Federation in night clubs, thea-ters, auditoriums, etc., and thatsame be referred to the Interna-tional Treasurer.

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The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 18ORGANIZATION AND

LEGISLATIONWHEREAS, Since 1929 and the

advent to the "era of mechaniza-tion" for music, unemploymentamong professional musicians hasincreased at an appalling rate, and

WHEREAS, While countless de-vices for replacing live musicianshave increased, the sources andmeans to nourish and develop LiveMusic have diminished to an alarm-ing degree, and

WHEREAS, It is an obvious andsad reality that the economic posi-tion of the creators of music is ina quandry of deterioration, and

WHEREAS, When the architectsof music are silenced through lackof opportunities, music will be for-ever embalmed in recording waxand steel, and

WHEREAS, A dangerous com-placent attitude exists among theAmerican public relative to the fu-ture of Live Music, and

WHEREAS, The solutions to pre-serve Live Music are within thegrasp of the American Federationof Musicians through assertive andpersevering Live Music campaignsby all of its locals, and

WHEREAS, Only through an edu-cated public relative to the plightof Live Music will remedial meansbe gained to preserve the futureof Live Music, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That theAmerican Federation of Musiciansretain a permanent National LiveMusic Promotion Committee to keepthe cause of Live Music before thepublic with such campaigns as therecent Congress of Strings and BestNew Dance Band of 1959 Contests,and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That the National Live Music Pro-motion Committee provide effectiveand practical Live Music public re-lation kits with ideas and means toimplement various Live Music Cam-paigns on community levels.

The report of the committee isthat this resolution be referred tothe International Secretary forstudy, with a recommendation thathe put same into effect if practical.

The Committee on Measures andBenefits reports through ChairmanRingius:

RESOLUTION No. 6MEASURES AND BENEFITSWHEREAS, A. F. of M. members

taking residence in another local'sjurisdiction, who have the oppor-tunity to solicit work and on manyoccasions perform with non-unionmusicians without knowledge orconsent of the local union.

WHEREAS, A. F. of M. membersteach in a school or college outsidetheir home local and perform as asoloist or with non-union musiciansor in an auditorium or hall that is

on the unfair list of the AmericanFederation of Musicians.

WHEREAS, It requires an exten-sive investigation to determine theactual status of the offending musi-cians so performing with non-unionmusicians or on unfair premises.

BE IT RESOLVED, That mem-bers of the A. F. of M. taking resi-dence in the jurisdiction of any lo-cal other than their home local andremain for a period of 30 days ormore, must register with the secre-tary of the local in whose jurisdic-tion he has entered and taken resi-dence.

The report of the committee isunfavorable to the resolution.

The committee report is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 7MEASURES AND BENEFITS

A Plan for Musicians in ResidenceCities all over the United States

are not now getting their share oflive music. Musicians drift towardthe main three centers: New York,Los Angeles and Chicago, becauseof lack of employment opportunitieselsewhere.

This centralization works againstthe culture of America by denyingLive Music to most of our countryand it creates in the three centersan apparent over -supply of musi-cians.

Statistically, 265,000 members ofthe A. F. of M., not all of whom areplaying men, are furnishing musicfor 170 million people in our coun-try. If they were all regular per-formers there would be one musi-cian for each 641,509 people. Actu-ally, the ratio is even smaller.

A great art is suffering; thepeople's chance to hear and knowLive Music is non-existent, andunemployment among musicians iscatastrophic. It is a matter of sur-vival for musicians to solve thisproblem.

Even in the major music centers,commercial musical opportunitiesare drying up due to automationand the ever-increasing proficiencyof musicians.

The natural antidote to cannedmusic is non-commercial live music,which is a well -recognized need ofpeople everywhere. They are notgetting it because they do not real-ize that music they like and needcould be available at a nominal cost.In supplying the vast areas of ourcountry with non-commercial LiveMusic, employment possibilities ona guaranteed annual wage basiswould be unlimited.

A unit of 15 to 25 men for a cityof 50,000 to 75,000 is suggested,capable of performing for dances,shows, etc., also of furnishing thenucleus of a Community Symphony,and of splitting into various jazzor chamber ensembles. Emphasisis placed on small combinationsplaying popular music as well asother types, which could be joinedtogether for large events. Thesemusicians would be in residence inthe town and on call for any non-commercial, cultural usage theycould service. Classroom demon-strations, school concerts, serviceclub events, civic events, teenagedances, cultural and jazz concertsare some of the ways such a groupcould be utilized, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That whilewe support the A. F. of M. campaignof many years standing to obtainfederal subsidies for the arts, andfor music in particular, we urgethat efforts to obtain help on thelocal level from various private

sources of subsidy be made in ac-cord with the following plan:

1. The Ford Foundation, theRockefeller Foundation, or othersof like nature, be asked to grantfunds for one-year or two-year pilotoperations in two cities where em-ployment is at a minimum to main-tain groups of musicians to servicethese communities in providing mu-sic for cultural and entertainmentpurposes.

2. Funds so granted should beadministered by citizens of the com-munity in conjunction with the A. F.of M., local and national.

3. As soon as possible, the citiesthemselves should find ways andmeans of continuing these services,and by example, point the way forother communities to start such aprogram.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That the Federation take immediateaction to put the above into effect.

Dated this 15th day of June, 1959,at Seattle, Washington.

The report of the committee isto refer this resolution to the officeof the International President.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 8MEASURES AND BENEFITSBE IT RESOLVED, That before

any recording licenses are grantedby the A. F. of M., that locals inwhose jurisdiction the license is tobe granted shall be contacted sothey may investigate the applica-tion thus having the same privilegethey now have of passing on thebooking license application.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

The committee report is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 9MEASURES AND BENEFITSWHEREAS, Making the public

"Live Music" conscious will helpcreate employment opportunitiesfor our members, and should be ournumber one project, and the Fed-eration and its locals have investeduntiring effort, time and money todo so with "Live Music" promo-tions, the Repeal Campaign for re-lief from the 20% so-called CabaretTax, the creation and sponsoringof the Best Dance Band and Con-gress of Strings, all planned for andto make the public "Live Music"conscious, and

WHEREAS, It is recognized thatadvertising creates employment,and is so stated by the advertisingindustry, and the television indus-try of today, as an advertising me-dium has a captive audience ofmillions in our homes daily, and

WHEREAS, It is the policy oftelevision programming to givecredits by means of "The Crawler"at the opening and closing of pro-grams to individuals and organiza-tions that contribute to the creatingand presentation of such programsshown, such as the cast, producer,technicians, cameramen, music di-rector (sometimes), etc., and musicis a major factor in most TV pro-gramming not acknowledged by acredit, and

WHEREAS, Through the fine ef-forts of our capable President Her-man D. Kenin and the ExecutiveBoard, a new concept and relation-ship has been established with theTV industry, whereby more andmore programs now employ "LiveMusic," such as "Desilu," "MCARevue," etc., therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Presi-dent Kenin and the Executive Boardendeavor to have the TV industrygive a "Live Music" credit in allprograms using same. This wouldbring our "Live Music" campaigninto every home, every day via "TheCrawler." Suggested credits: "LiveA. F. of M. Music," conducted by

"A. F. of M. Live Music" by, etc., etc. Further, after

study, to bring this about as soonas possible.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 10MEASURES AND BENEFITSWHEREAS, The number of Mu-

sicians' Credit Unions is steadily in-creasing, and

WHEREAS, It is in the best in-terest of the Federation and itsmembership to protect these or-ganizations and their members fromlosses and excessive collection costsincurred due to the sharp practicesof a few individuals, and

WHEREAS, It is now possibleunder Federation law for a transferor traveling member to move freelyabout the country and take full ad-vantage of good standing in theFederation while ignoring and re-pudiating his just debts to one ormore Musicians' Credit Unions,now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Article12, Section 41, be amended to in-clude the phrase "or by a CreditUnion sponsored by a local," as theseventh to fifteenth words of saidsection.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

Delegate Jaffe, Local 802, dig -cusses the matter.

The committee report is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 11MEASURES AND BENEFITSWHEREAS, The 20% cabaret tax

is unquestionably one of the biggestproblems causing unemployment inthe music field and is seemingly atax that is a prime example of thelaw of diminishing returns, and

WHEREAS, Senator John J.Williams of Delaware, a most influ-ential member of the Finance Com-mittee has recently stated that hecannot see relief in sight due tothe present government spendingprogram, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That all dele-gates be commissioned to make asurvey of establishments in theirrespective jurisdictions, make ac-tual photographs of empty chairs,closed cabarets, closed hotel rooms,night clubs, etc., etc. - sendingcopies of their findings to SenatorWilliams and Hal Leyshon Asso-ciates, Inc., with reasonable esti-mates of unemployment, thus prov-ing to the Finance Committee thatthis law is really one of "diminish-ing returns."

The report of the committee isunfavorable to the resolution.

The report of the committee isadopted.

The Committee on Law reportsthrough Chairman Davis.

RECOMMENDATION No. 3International Executive Board

LAWWHEREAS, The Federation main-

tains a branch office for the Presi-dent in the area of Los Angeles,California,

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BE IT RESOLVED, That Article1, Section 1Q be amended to readas follows:

Section 1Q: The President's Of-fice shall be maintained in NewYork City, N. Y., and in the area ofLos Angeles, California, and all ex-penses of the President caused bytravel betweelat his offices in NewYork and Los Angeles shall be paidby the Federation, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That the West Coast representativebe designated as "Assistant to thePresident."

The report of the -committee isfavorable to the resolution with theamendment that the verbiage inSection 1Q is to be stricken afterthe words in the second line of theparagraph, to wit: " . . . in NewYork, N. Y."

The report of the committee isadopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 2International Executive Board

LAWArticle 13 is hereby amended by

adding the following new Section37:

Section 37: In the event that aclaim for wages is filed against aleader and the International Execu-tive Board finds that the leader hasimproperly withheld wages, suchBoard may, in addition to renderingan award for the amount of thewages withheld, include in theaward to the individual whosewages were withheld, an additionalsum not exceeding the amount ofsaid withheld wages as liquidateddamages.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

The committee report is adopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 1International Executive Board

LAWArticle 13 of the By-laws is here-

by amended by adding the followingnew section 5A:

Section 5A: A member of theFederation who engages musicians,either as a leader or in any othercapacity, must engage members ofthe Federation only, unless other-wise provided.

The proponents of this resolutionrequest permission to withdrawsame.

The request is granted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 5International Executive Board

LAWArticle 13, Section 35, of the By-

laws, is hereby amended as follows:A member who fails to make ap-

plication to his local within sixty(60) days of his discharge shalllose such rights as he may have hadwhen he entered the service, i.e.the right to return within sixty (60)days of his discharge and regainhis original membership status. Insuch event, said member shall berequired to make application in hishome local, in accordance with allthe laws pertinent thereto.

The report of the committee isfavorable with an amendment tostrike the word "shall" followingthe word "discharge" in the thirdline of the second paragraph, andsubstituting "may, at the discretionof the local."

The report of the committee isadopted as amended.

RECOMMENDATION No. 6International Executive Board

LAWThere shall be added to Article 9

of the By-laws, the following newSection 9:

Section 9Where the Board has rendered

its initial award in an arbitrationproceeding, whether or not uponthe default of any party, any partyto the proceeding may request areopening of that initial award uponthe ground of error or to submitnew evidence. An application fora reopening must be submitted inwriting to the International Secre-tary not later than 90 days afterthe date of the Board's award, andshall set forth the evidence reliedupon. The Board, in its discretion,may grant or deny the applicationafter reviewing the evidence sub-mitted.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

The committee report is adopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 7International Executive Board

LAWArticle 4, Section 1, of the By-

laws, is hereby amended as follows:Section 1A: Every musician em-

ployed, at any time, in making asound picture shall pay a tax of2%, based upon the minimum scalegoverning the work.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

The committee report is adopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 11LAW

International Executive BoardRESOLVED, That the Secretary,

in printing the 1959 edition of theConstitution and By-laws, be em-powered to correct all typographi-cal and grammatical errors cur-rently appearing therein, providedthat no such correction shall effectany substantive change.

The report of the committee isfavorable to the recommendation.

The committee report is adopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 12LAW

International Executive BoardWHEREAS, The sub -sections of

Article 1, Section 6, of the By-lawsare self-contradictory, and

WHEREAS, The section is asuperfluous one which has not beenused for many years,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Article1, Section 6, of the By-laws, berepealed.

The committee report is favor-able.

Delegate Wright, Local 302, dis-cusses the recommendation.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 1LAW

WHEREAS, The present law re-quiring traveling musicians to paydues at the beginning of the secondweek to the local in whose juris-diction they are playing, works ahardship on them because most oftheir contract jobs are of twoweeks, all of the traveling membersthink this law is unfair, and

WHEREAS, The traveling mem-ber is paying the 10% surchargeand paying his dues in his ownlocal and most of the time paying

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the 10% of what he is getting tothe Booking Agency, and sometime they have to bring theirfamilies with them, it makes it veryhard to make a living playing, and

WHEREAS, If the Federationwould change one word to thefourth week in Article 17, Section9, the traveling member would beworking four weeks instead of twoweeks, and would gladly pay thetravel dues,

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The report of the committee isunfavorable to the resolution.

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RECOMMENDATION No. 13LAW

International Executive BoardWHEREAS, Sub -section "A" of

Article 13, Section 25, is in violationof the Taft -Hartley Law,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Article13, Section 25, of the By-laws, berepealed.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

The committee report is adopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 14LAW

International Executive BoardWHEREAS, The American Fed-

eration of Musicians of the UnitedStates and Canada has always beendevoted to and practised the princi-ples of due process and trade unionjustice, and

WHEREAS, Certain words andphrases in the By-laws give theappearance of permitting the disci-pline of members without adequatenotice and full hearing, and

WHEREAS, Those words andphrases, though never so inter-preted or applied, have been thesubject of unnecessary criticism,now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That the fol-lowing revisions be made:1. Article I, Section 3-

Eliminate "erased."2. Article III, Section 14-

Eliminate "erased" in both places.3. Article XI, Section 4-

Eliminate "and erasures."4. Article XII, Section 41-

Eliminate "erase."5. Article XIII, Section 2-

Substitute "he shall be expelled"for "such action shall constitutehis expulsion in such locals where-in he held membership."

6. Article XIII, Section 3-B-Substitute for present languagethe following: "If a member failsto comply with such order withinten days from date thereof heshall be expelled from each andevery local in which he may atthe time be enrolled."

7. Article XIII, Section 19-Eliminate "erased."

8. Article XV, Section 10-Substitute "shall be expelled" for"shall stand expelled."

9. Article XXIII, Section 3-Eliminate all language beginningwith "he shall be considered ashaving resigned" and substitutetherefor "he shall be expelled."

10. Article XXXI, Sections 1, 2, 3-Substitute "he may be expelled"for "such act shall constitutesuch members' resignation frommembership in the Federation."

11. Article XXXI, Section 4-Substitute for present languagethe following: "Any member ormembers of any local who causeor apply for the issuance of an in-junction or restraining order inany matter within the jurisdic-tion of the Federation before ex-hausting all local and Federationremedies shall be expelled."

12. Article XXXI, Section 6-Substitute "shall subject suchmember to expulsion" for "shallconstitute such member's resig-nation from membership in suchlocal or locals wherein he heldmembership."The report of the committee is

favorable.The favorable report of the com-

mittee is adopted.

Vice - President Harris in thechair.

The Committee on Good and Wel-fare reports through ChairmanSidell.

RESOLUTION No. 13GOOD AND WELFARE

WHEREAS, Resolution No. 62,passed at the sixtieth Annual Con-vention of the Federation, prohibitsthe acceptance of any member ofthe Active Armed Forces into localsof the Federation, and

WHEREAS, For many years theCanadian locals of the Federationhave enjoyed the utmost coopera-tion with the Command of theArmed Forces in Canada, in thematter of restricting the activitiesof its bands to meet the wishes ofsaid locals, and

WHEREAS, It has been foundthat in carrying out the terms ofthe said Resolution (No. 62) manyCanadian symphony and philhar-monic orchestras have been unableto use personnel of the ArmedForces in chairs which cannot befilled by civilian members of theFederation; and this constitutesgreat hardship and inconvenienceto said orchestras and to the music -loving people of Canada, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Resolu-tion No. 62 be amended as to ex-clude from its effects all Canadianlocals and members of the CanadianArmed Forces, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That all matters pertaining to mem-bers of the Canadian Armed Forces,inasmuch as these matters pertainto Canadian locals, be consideredstrictly as local autonomy.

The report of the committee isthat this resolution be referred tothe International Executive Boardwith full power to act.

The committee report is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 21GOOD AND WELFARE

WHEREAS, President Kenin andthe I. E. B. by sponsoring the BestBands Contest have taken definitesteps toward encouraging and im-plementing the re-establishment ofthe use of Live Music, and

WHEREAS, This has met withpublic approval and acclaim, and

WHEREAS, The membershipfeels steps can be taken to furtherthis plan; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That this Con-vention go on record as recommend-ing to each local that musicians onsteady jobs be permitted to partici-pate in a non-commercial remoteradio broadcast not to exceed thirtyminutes per day as part of theirregular service.

Dated this 15th day of June atSeattle, Wash.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

The committee report is adopted.

Chairman Harris called the at-tention of the delegates to the factthat we have a father -son combina-tion in attendance at this Conven-tion as delegates and introducedDelegate Manelio Palombi, Local204, the father, and Richard F. Pa-lombi of Local 727, the son.

The following communicationwas read and ordered spread on theminutes:Herman D. Kenin, PresidentAmerican Federation of MusiciansSeattle Civic AuditoriumThird Ave. N. and MercerSeattle, Wash.

Regret missing first Conventionin twelve years. Greetings and bestwishes for successful Convention.

JOHN J. MORRISSEY,Secretary,

Local 143, A. F. of M.,Worcester, Mass.

President Kenin in the chair.

President Kenin interrupted Con-vention business to welcome theSecretary of Labor, James P. Mitch-ell, who was escorted to the plat-form by thirty delegates from NewJersey, the Secretary's home state,as the other delegates stood andcheered.

President Kenin said Mr. Mitchellwas visiting the Convention at con-siderable personal sacrifice, havingflown here from Geneva, Switzer-land. "I know of Jim Mitchell andhis works," Kenin said, "and he isnot a cabinet member who has sud-denly 'discovered' labor. We aremost honored to have him with us."

Again the delegates arose as oneman when Secretary Mitchell cameto the microphone.

He recalled visiting the musi-cians at their Milwaukee Conven-tion several years ago at the invi-tation of former President JimmyPetrillo.

"I wanted to come here and lendany assistance I can to your newPresident, Herman Kenin," the Sec-retary said.

He noted that the musicians haveembarked on notable promotionsfor live music; that new and excel-lent contracts have been negotiatedand that musicians now have a pen-sion plan available.

"I come from the I. L. O. meetingin Geneva where I found new coun-tries looking at the two great pow-ers, the U. S. and Russia and theythus far lean to our way of doingthings," the Secretary said. "Ourmain sales point is that Russia can-not match us in our regard for thedignity of man," he added.

A prime carrier of this messageis music, the universal language,and the musicians who have trav-eled abroad have reached a vastaudience, Mr. Mitchell observed.

"Your organization can drivehome the American way of life bet-ter than any other group," he de-clared as the delegates cheered.

By 1965 we shall have 193 mil-lions of people and a gross income

some 40 per cent more than today.In view of this expanding economy,we must provide more skilledcraftsmen, more schools, roads andother essentials, the Secretarywarned. "When you go back homebe sure you take part in a commu-nity program to meet these needs,"he urged.

The economy is zooming to newlevels; the need is to see that thisexpansion is in the right directions,Mr. Mitchell said, but he noted thatthere is a strata of low incomeearners who have no protection byorganized labor, or state or federallaws. -

"So long as this condition existsyou cannot raise materially yourown standards of living."

"I hope you will agree with methat the mass of farm workers andothers in this substandard categoryneed the help of federal laws andlet your representatives in Con-gress know that this reform mustbe made," the Secretary said.

Turning to labor-management re-lations, Mr. Mitchell said he waspleased to observe that PresidentKenin is following a policy of get-ting to know the employers of musi-cians apart from the bargainingtable. "There should be more of this'getting to know you' procedure inboth labor and industry ranks," hesaid.

Secretary Mitchell warned thatlabor legislation never can produceharmonious labor relations. Thathas to be done by labor and man-agement itself.

He pointed out that if the occa-sional hoodlum and gangster is tobe expelled from the labor move-ment, it must be done from withinlabor itself. "I would be the first,"he said, "to oppose any punitivelabor legislation." He stressed thegreat need for continuous cooper-ation between labor and manage-ment. He maintained that unlikelabor organizations in Europe, thestrength of American labor organi-zation lies within the rank and file.

He paid tribute to the New Jer-sey delegation "from my home statefor honoring me today."

The Labor Secretary emphasizedthat the working people of theworld must follow in the footstepsof American labor.

He said he hoped the AFL-CIOwould aid in every way the laboreducation of workers in Europe,Asia, and Africa.

He concluded: "We must all worktoward that end to prevent theCommunist nations from movingin."

President Kenin in thanking Sec-retary Mitchell said his union hadbeen cooperating for a considerabletime to help better world conditionsamong musicians. He expressed hisgratitude to Secretary Mitchell forrecognizing the problems of theAmerican musician and for his per-sonal efforts toward bettering theirdepressed condition.

Secretary Mitchell returned tothe rostrum to congratulate Presi-dent Kenin on his appointment byPresident Eisenhower as a memberof the National Advisory Councilfor a National Cultural Center.

He said, "It was my privilege andpleasure to recommend this appoint-ment of Herman to President Eisen-hower, and I know Herman Keninwill do the same grand job he isdoing in representing you."

Upon the recommendation of Sec-retary Emeritus Leo Cluesmann, afellow New Jersey resident, theConvention unanimously voted in

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favor of a motion by DelegateTomasulo, Local 151, to receive Sec-retary Mitchell as an honorary dele-gate.

President Kenin pinned a dele-gate's badge on the Secretary amidapplause and cheers from the dele-gates.

Delegate Cumiskey, Local 94,moves that a telegram be sent toDr. Roy Harris, Director of theGreenleaf Music Camp, and to Mr.Burch Mayo, Chairman of the TulsaChamber of Commerce, expressingbest wishes for the success of theCongress of Strings which openedat the Greenleaf Music Camp lastMonday. Seconded. Carried.

Vice -President Harris in thechair.

The Committee on Law con-tinued its report.

RECOMMENDATION No. 8International Executive Board

LAWArticle 4 of the By-laws is hereby

amended by adding the following:Section 1B: Every musician em-

ployed, at any time, in making avideotape shall pay a tax of 2%,based upon the scale governing thework. This tax shall not apply onthe first showing on network TVwhich for this purpose shall beconsidered in the same categoryas a live performance.

RECOMMENDATION No. 9LAW

International Executive BoardWHEREAS, The Federation has

negotiated new collective agree-ments with the television networksproviding for additional paymentsin the event of a use of a kinescopeor videotape beyond that of sub-stituting for a live broadcast, and

WHEREAS, It has been the prac-tice in the Federation to have adues tax payable on sound motionpictures, now, therefore, it is onmotion duly made and seconded,

RESOLVED, That each memberwho receives a re -use payment inrespect of services for recording,arranging, orchestrating or copying,any music in respect of which apayment is made calculated on thebasis of or with reference to thenational television recording rate,shall pay to the Federation a taxof 2% of such earnings at scalecommencing July 1, 1959.

The proponents of this recom-mendation, together with Recom-mendation No. 8, request permis-sion to withdraw same, inasmuchas Recommendation No. 22 is of-fered as a substitute.

The request was granted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 22International Executive Board

LAWWHEREAS, The Federation has

negotiated new collective agree-ments providing for additional pay-ments for the re -use of a kinescopeor videotape, and

WHEREAS, It has been the prac-tice in the Federation to have adues tax payable on sound motionpictures, now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Article4 of the By-laws is hereby amendedby adding the following:

"1B. Every musician who re-ceives payments for the re -use ofkinescopes, videotapes or similartelevision recordings shall, com-mencing July 1, 1959, pay a tax of

2% of each re -use payment re-ceived, based on the minimum scaleof such re -use payments."

The report of the committee isfavorable.

The favorable report of the com-mittee is adopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 15LAW

International Executive BoardRESOLVED, That Article 28 be

amended as follows:1. Add to Section 5 the follow-

ing: As soon as practicable afterappointing the Law Committee, thePresident shall appoint from thatcommittee, a sub -committee of five(5) to be known as the AppealsCommittee.

2. Add a new Section 6 (renum-bering all subsequent sections) toread as follows:

a. Where an appeal is taken tothe Convention from a decision ofthe International Executive Boardit shall be heard by the AppealsCommittee which shall render areport to the Convention. The mo-tion presented to the Conventionwill be the adoption of the Com-mittee's report. The usual rulesgoverning debate on such motionswill apply, except that the partiesto the appeal may speak on themotion even if they are not dele-gates.

b. A member of the Appeals Com-mittee may not sit on any case inwhich he has any interest or whicharose in a local of which he is amember. The President may sub-stitute members to the AppealsCommittee for those disqualified.

c. The President may direct theAppeals Committee to come to theConvention city for the purpose ofhearing appeals before the Con-vention officially begins.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 2LAW

WHEREAS, At the Annual Con-vention of the American Federa-tion of Musicians held at Denver,Colorado, numerous resolutionswere introduced in an effort torestore to all locals of the Amer-ican Federation of Musicians, theiroriginal local autonomy in the mat-ter of recordings and scales, and

WHEREAS, Due to contractualobligations existing at that timebetween the Federation and therecording industries, all of theseresolutions were referred to theInternational Executive Board fortheir consideration or disposal, and

WHEREAS, Practically all of therecording work is still being con-centrated in about a half dozen lo-cals throughout the country, there-by blacking out an opportunity ofnearly 700 locals to participate inthis lucrative employment, and

WHEREAS, This situation existsonly because the locals throughoutthe country have willingly thus far.accepted a tacit disciplinary action,much to the benefit of the few lo-cals throughout the country whoreap the benefits of this lucrativeemployment, therefore.

BE IT RESOLVED, That thisresolution be referred to the incom-ing International Executive Board.with a recommendation that a studybe conducted by this board duringthe term of the present contract

(Continued on page thirty-six)

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since being recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation Grant, and there-fore, in the normal course of things, would receive more reports. Thisdoes not indicate actually more ticket sales. As for the college or-chestras-yes, more are being formed. But what happens to theplayers after graduation? They go into insurance.

"As radio today is greater than it has been at any time in itsthirty -nine-year history, with over 146 million radio sets in operationand the average American family listening approximately 13.5 hoursper week, broadcasters continue to play a maj or role in bringingconcert music to large audiences. An indication of the tremendousaudience for concert music available to radio is the fact that morepeople hear a broadcast of the New York Philharmonic on a singleday than could have heard it in Carnegie Hall in 110 years."

Yes, radio pipes music to large audiences. But this is a questionof everyone paying the piper and no one paying the musicians.

"In 1930 there were two companies manufacturing concertrecords. In 1934 concert music record sales totaled about $75,000.In 1958 it was reported that 225,000 copies of the Beethoven Ninthhad been sold."

No wonder phonograph companies are selling concert records.Most of them require no royalties, and no other expenditure to musi-cians than a flat fee for performers for their recording session.

"The Institute of High Fidelity Manufacturers reported that thetotal volume of audio component business in 1958 was $260,000,000.It was estimated that the 1959 volume will go over the $300,000,000mark."

This age is characterized by two things: million -dollar music in-dustries and ex -musicians working at non-musical jobs.

SUMMER MUSIC OUT-OF-DOORS(Continued from page fourteen)

inspection. Throughout the program various instruments of theOrchestra were explained by a Spanish-speaking commentator anddemonstrated separately by the musicians. The music ranged fromHaydn, Mozart and Berlioz to "Pop Goes the Weasel" and "TheLone Ranger Overture" . . . The Empire State Music Festival isparticipating in the Montreal Festival Program. In addition to theproduction of Pizzetti's Murder in the Cathedral, conducted byLaszlo Halasz, the Symphony of the Air will perform two concertsin that Canadian city under the baton of Wilfrid Pelletier.

The proceeds from the Sunday afternoon concerts-BENEFITS June 28, July 26, August 30-at Paul Masson Vineyards

in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Saratoga, California,directed this summer by Ferenc Molnar, go for music scholarship fundsat the San Francisco State College and the San Jose State College .. .The opening performance, July 10, of the Empire State Music Festival,held at the Anthony Wayne Recreation Area in Bear Mountain-Harri-man State Park, was a benefit for the Tuxedo Park School.

Summer series are always more poetically named thanTITLES winter series-a practice which should be even more en-

couraged. For instance the concert series presented by theLower East Side Neighborhoods Association in New York City iscalled "Evenings -by -the -River." (Wilfrid Pelletier conducts a forty-seven -piece symphony while tugs chug up and down the East River.)

The five concerts presented at Waikiki Shell by the HonoluluOrchestra are called "Starlight Syncopation."

The dedication of the newly remodeled SinnissippiDEDICATION Park Band Shell in Rockford, Illinois, on June 25,

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The Copa Night Club, and Gordon

Official IIIISIIIOSS COMPILED TO DATEDendoff, Columbus, Ohio, $190.00.

New Islander Club, and William L.Hudson and George A. Fagin, Astoria,Ore., $950.00.

The Offshore Club, and James Thax-ton, Blythedale, Pa., $450.00.

The Eldorado Ballroom, and MorrissJ. Merritt, Houston, Texas, $650.00.

David Marshall, Newport News, Va.,$375.00.

The Stage Door, and James Karfilisand M. Stanfield, Toronto, Ont., Can.,$450.00.

CHANGES OF OFFICERSLocal 73, Minneapolis, Minn.-Presi-

dent, George C. Murphy, 32 GlenwoodAve., Minneapolis 3, Minn. Phone:FEderal 3-8205. Secretary, George E.Murk, 32 Glenwood Ave., Minneapolis3, Minn. Phone: FEderal 3-8205.

Local 156, International Falls, Minn.-Secretary, F. Lillian Jornlin, 1021Ninth St. Phone: ATlas 3-8298.

Local 162, Lafayette, Ind.-Secretary,Mrs. Crystal O. Printy, 213 Sylvia St.,West Lafayette, Ind. Phone: 3-2323.

Local 244, Glasgow, Mont. - Presi-dent, Gordon L. Wickham, 828 TenthAve. North. Secretary, Robert A.Taylor, 517 Fourth Ave. North.

Local 505, Centralia, Wash.-Presi-dent, Marcusa Oss, 1577 Seventh Ave.,Chehalis, Wash. Phone: SHerwood 8-3770. Secretary, George A. Lohr, 212North Tower, Centralia, Wash. Phone:PErshing 6-5851.

Local 506, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.-Acting Secretary, Arthur Driscoll, Box44, Rock City Falls, N. Y.

Local 623, Denver, Colo. (colored)-Secretary, Orea S. Marshall, 2530 Clark-son St., Denver 5, Colo. Phone: Key-stone 5429.

Local 700, Bend, Ore.-President, R.D. Church, Route 2, Box 65-B. Phone:EV 2-1853.

CHANGES IN ADDRESSESOF OFFICERS

Local 462. Atlanta, Ga. (colored)-Secretary, P. S. Cooke, 2931 BakerRidge Drive, N. W. Phone: SY 4-0882.

Local 557, Freeland, Pa.-Secretary,Anthony J. DeScipio, 925 Center St.Phone: 779-R.

Local 686, Rapid City, S. D.-Secre-tary, Richard L. Christy, c/o DorothyH. Terry, 2317 Arrow St.

Local 750, Lebanon, Pa.-Secretary,George W. Swanger, Jr., R. F. D. 1.Phone: Schaefferstown 43-R-4.

CHANGE OF CONFERENCEOFFICERS

NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCEPresident, James L. Falvey, 32 Luther

St., Chicopee, Mass. Secretary, FrankB. Field, 76 King St., "Brooklawn,"Bridgeport 4, Conn.

DEATH ROLLAkron, Ohio, Local 24-Walter D.

Stotler.Boston, Mass., Local 9 - James A.

Barry, Carmine Solombrino, John J.Lawlor.

Cleveland, Ohio, Local 4-Roy N.Wirls.

Houston, Texas, Local 65-AndrewC. Ortiz, Jr.

Indianapolis, Ind., Local 3 -JohnJackson.

Kenosha, Wis., Local 59-Andrew H.Yorton.

Manhattan, Kansas, Local 169-Wal-ter E. Lane.

Monroe, Wis., Local 243-DonaldPlecitz.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Local 406-Joseph Wilfrid Gariepy.

Moundville, Mo., Local 755-DeanWhitworth.

New Haven, Conn., Local 234-Fred-erick L. (Fritz) Beurer, John F. Lawler.

New York, N. Y., Local 802-CharlesAllman, Emile Barbot, Marguerite Neal,Nicholas Viana, Sam Weiner, Elias I.Lifschey, Wm. A. McRory, AndrewGiannone, Hermon D. Waters, PhilipR. Philips, Rudolph J. Winthrop, For -

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tier Anselme, Smith Audley, FelixVandergucht, Frank Pennino, JosephFridel, Philip Rifici, Morris Nathan,Walter Bowyer, Weldon G. Wilber, Jo-seph Orlando.

Peoria, Ill., Local 26 - Charles E.Weber.

San Francisco, Calif., Local 6-Regi-nald (Rex) Dunn, Wm. J. Yaeger,Em'Marie Todd, Irene Jordan, BeverlyDutton Gately, Manuel Pinnella.

San Juan, P. R., Local 468-AgustinGarcia.

St. Louis, Mo., Local 2-Herbert A.Bleimund, Wm. E. Lauth, MortimerMillard, Al Tucker.

Toronto, Ont., Canada, Local 149-Frank E. Grant, Hans Wiegand.

Washington, D. C., Local 161-SaulM. Goldfarb.

Wheeling, W. Va., Local 142-MarionPagliari.

Willimantic, Conn., Local 403-DanielWolczak.

WANTED TO LOCATEHoward Richeson, a guitarist who

specializes in western music. He hasworked under the name of Rocky Ed-wards in many areas of Texas, Colorado,Wyoming and Idaho. His mother.Maude Richeson, is seriously ill at herhome.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts ofthe above person please get in touchwith Lee Maxfield, 2301 40th Street,N. W., Washington 7, D. C. Telephone:FEderal 7-1414 or FEderal 7-1424.

PLACED ON NATIONALDEFAULTERS LIST

The following are in default of pay-ment to members of the American Fed-eration of Musicians either severally orjointly:

The Elks Club, and E. L. D. Moss,Selma, Ala., $267.30.

The Riverside Amusement Park, andBob Fite, Phoenix, Ariz., $225.00.

El Zarape Club, and E. Garcia andF. Ross, Los Angeles, Calif., $5,793.31.

Hofbrau Restaurant, and Tony Ro-mano. Hartford, Conn., $2,016.00.

Tue's Dance Palace, and Ralph Tue.Dover, Del., $75.00.

Henry Deverner, Daytona Beach., Fla..$800.00.

Gallagher's Restaurant, and Joe Lip-sky, North Miami, Fla., $10,958.33.

The Islander Club, and EdwardDrozd, St. Augustine, Fla., $125.00.

Sherman Hechtor, Quincy, Ill. (SeeMinneapolis, Minn.), $175.00.

The Turf Club, and Gerald Higdon,Owensboro, Ky., $275.00.

Johnny Romero, New Iberia, La..$315.00.

Las Vegas Club, and J. B. Lucido andJoe Morea, Baltimore, Md., $43.84.

Don's Cafe, and Don Marion, Merri-mack, Mass., $338.80.

Sherman Hechtor, Minneapolis, Minn.(See Quincy, Ill.), $175.00.

The World of Tomorrow Shows, andBert Metzger, St. Louis, Mo. ( Alsounder Cincinnati, Ohio), $300.00.

Imperial Attractions, Inc., and T. J.Foley, New York, N. Y., $229.60.

Louis Shurr Agency, and Don Rondo,New York, N. Y., $700.00.

The World of Tomorrow Shows, andBert Metzger, Cincinnati, Ohio (Seealso St. Louis, Mo.), $300.00.

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COLORADODenver:

Lowry Air Force Base Officers' ClubFLORIDA

West Palm Beach:Coral Room, The, and Fontaine Trio

and Bert Shine

NEW JERSEYClifton:

Clifton Casino

OHIOLorain:

Palladeum Ballroom, and J. SoletPENNSYLVANIA

Danville:Palace Cafe

West Chester:West Chester Italian Club

REMOVED FROM NATIONALUNFAIR LIST

CALIFORNIALong Beach:

Lafayette HotelSan Diego:

Veterans War Memorial Bldg.,Balboa Park

CONNECTICUTHartford:

Lobster Restaurant, The

NEW MEXICOCarlsbad:

Lobby ClubRuidoso:

Martin's Dine and Dance and Bar,and Martin and Jerry Grindstaff,Owners

NEW YORKHudson:

Clermont Inn, and Messrs. GeraldGriffen, Sr., and Jr.

Rochester:Edward Barrack

OHIOCincinnati:

Steamer Avalon

PENNSYLVANIALebanon:

Sholly's TavernLewisburg:

Sigma Alpha Epsilon FraternityHouse, Bucknell University

Pittsburgh:Ellis Hotel, and Frank Ellis

WEST VIRGINIAFairmont:

Club D-Lite, Jimmy DeBato

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53 Club, The, and Joe MendusFLORIDA

Pensacola:New Savoy Lounge, The

MARYLANDHavre De Grace:

Bond, Norvel

MASSACHUSETTSFalmouth:

Falmouth Playhouse Restaurant, andJanus, Inc., and Charles E. Wilson

NEW JERSEYBloomfield:

Viola, RudySomerville:

Towne and Country Inn, and WalterMooney

West End:Paradise Isle

NEW YORKTannersville:

Grant Hotel, and Emanuel PetrakakisOKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City:Oklahoma Club, and Ike Hall, Presi-

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PENNSYLVANIABerwyn:

Vause, Jesse

TENNESSEEHalls:

Espey Park, and Luther AllenVERMONT

Manchester:Equinox House, and John Dewey

WISCONSINMilwaukee:

Wonderland Ballroom, and DerbyThomas

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAWashington:

Hedin House, Planet Room, and PaulStanley

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OHIOAkron:Louthan, Walter M. 2345

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Official Proceedings(Continued from page thirty-three)

between the Federation and the re-cording industries, with a view inmind of restoring to all locals with-in the Federation their originallocal autonomy held by these localsup to 1929, in the matter of re-cordings and scales, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That a report of this study be re-ported back to a future conventionprior to the expiration of the pres-ent recording contracts.

The report of the committee isfavorable with an amendment inthe first Resolve, line 5, after theword "conducted" to read: "To in-clude all recordings such as video-tape, motion pictures, etc.-broadenough to include all forms of re-cordings."

The report of the committee withthe amendment is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 3LAW

WHEREAS; At the Annual Con-vention held in Denver, Colorado,June 10th, 1957, Local 640, A. F.of M., Roswell, New Mexico, didintroduce Resolution No. 2, whichdealt with local autonomy in thematter of recording scales, and

WHEREAS, This resolution alongwith others dealing with the samesubject matter were referred to theNational Executive Board by theLaw Committee, and

WHEREAS, The situation is thesame today as two years ago-lessthan half a dozen locals are doingpractically all the recording workin the country thereby eliminatingall opportunities for nearly 700 lo-cals to compete for this type ofwork, and

WHEREAS, There is now a con-tract in effect between the Federa-tion and the recording industries,therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That thisresolution be turned over to the in-coming Executive Board for a com-plete study of this matter with aview in mind that local autonomy inthe matter of recording scales berestored to the locals of the Fed-eration, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That a report of this study be sub-mitted to the next Convention.

The proponent of this resolutionrequests permission to withdrawsame.

The request is granted.

RESOLUTION No. 5LAW

WHEREAS, Since the introduc-tion of several resolutions bearingon the restoration of local autonomyin the setting and adjusting of itsown wage scales in the matter ofcommercial recording scales in itsjurisdiction, there has been a preva-lence of "wild -cat," unauthorizedand/or boot -leg recordings appear-ing on both radio and television,and

WHEREAS, Local agencies andbroadcasters have entered into il-licit agreements with non-membersas well as members of the A. F.of M., to produce tapes and/or re-cordings for use on commercialjingles, recordings and transcrip-tions, etc., so as to circumvent therules and purposes of the Federa-tion, and

WHEREAS, This condition is be-coming more prevalent owing to

the inability of the local un'ion tomake or adjust scales for suchwork commensurate with the localcondition, and

WHEREAS, The modern advance-ment of this type of reproductionhas reached a point which can onlybe controlled by sensible bargain-ing and salesmanship at the locallevel, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That the en-tire subject matter of Article 24 ofthe Constitution and By-laws of theAmerican Federation be referred tothe incoming Executive Board ofthe Federation for the express pur-pose of restoring to all locals withinthe Federation, after expiration ofpresent contracts between Federa-tion and the Recording Industries,local autonomy in the setting ofscales and conditions within theirown jurisdiction.

The proponents of this resolutionrequest permission to withdrawsame as the subject matter is cov-ered in Resolution No. 2.

Permission granted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 17International Executive Board

LAWArticle 13, Section 18, is amended

as follows:A member who holds membership

in more than one local is bound bythe laws of the local in whose juris-diction he resides, except he entersthe jurisdiction of another localwherein he also holds membershipto play engagements with the mem-bers of such local as a sidemaneither in the local's jurisdiction orsuch as emanated from same.

The report of the committee isfavorable with an amendment toinsert the word "miscellaneous" inline 6 between the words "play"and "engagements."

The report of the committee isadopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 18International Executive Board

LAWArticle 3, Section 18, is amended

as follows:A local may confer full member-

ship on a member of another localeven though he resides in suchother local's jurisdiction. However,it cannot confer membership uponmembers of traveling bands exceptin strict conformity with the lawsof the Federation regulating theconditions under which travelingbands may join a local. Neither cana local confer membership uponmembers of another local or localswho play other engagements in-cluding miscellaneous out-of-townengagements, in its jurisdiction, norcan membership be conferred uponan out-of-town member or membersimported by a local leader whetheror not such importation has beenapproved by the local.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

Discussed by Delegates Recano,Local 440; Treasurer Clancy; Dele-gate Lipke, Local 610; Marchuk,Local 215; Walker, Local 124; Jaffe,Local 802; and Cane, Local 365.

Delegate Pratt, Local 457, movesthat the recommendation be re-ferred to the International Execu-tive Board for further study. Sec-onded.

The motion is lost.The recommendation is further

discussed by Treasurer Clancy, anddelegates Patnaude, Local 343; Har-

ris, Local 149; and Rotella, Local123.

Delegate Mann, Local 325, movesthat the report of the committee beamended to delete the balance ofthe verbiage after the word "juris-diction" in the sixth line from theend of the recommendation. Sec-onded.

Amendment lost.Delegate Sauchelli, Local 186, dis-

cusses the matter.The report of the committee is

not concurred in.

Announcements.

Delegate Smith, Local 380, movesthat a telegram of best wishes fora speedy recovery be sent to dele-gate -elect William Hesse of Local380, who is ill in the hospital inSyracuse, N. Y. Seconded.

Motion carried.

The session adjourns at 12:30P. M.

AFTERNOON SESSIONThe session was called to order at

2:00 P. M. by Vice -President Harris.

Chet Ramage, chairman of theLocal Convention Committee, intro-duced Mr. Tim McCullough, Sheriffof King County, who addressed thedelegates and extended a welcometo Seattle. At the conclusion of hisaddress he presented to PresidentKenin an honorary King CountySheriff's badge.

Delegates Rich, Van Hoomissenand Dardis of Local 99, Portland,Ore., came to the platform and pre-sented President Kenin with a goldlife membership card in Local 99,which is his home local.

He also received a gold life mem-bership card from delegates Serra,Lilly and Testa representing theVineland Local 595, the birthplaceof President Kenin.

Delegate Bernum, Local 33, PortHuron, Mich., presented Interna-tional Treasurer Clancy with a cer-tificate of life membership in thatlocal through which he first affili-ated with the American Federationof Musicians.

Delegate Paolucci, Local 38, askedfor a standing vote of the delega-tion in recognition of the outstand-ing work done by President Keninand the International ExecutiveBoard on behalf of the entire mem-bership of the Federation.

The delegates enthusiastically re-sponded.

The following communication wasread and ordered spread on theminutes:Hal LeyshonOlympic Hotel, 4th and SenecaSeattle, Wash.

Please extend my personal greet-ings to those attending the Musi-cians annual Convention and inparticular to your distinguishedpresident, Mr. Herman Kenin. Ihope the meeting will be highlysuccessful and as always the resultsof your deliberations and projectsplans will be of great interest tome. Again, I pledge my full coop-eration and support to the efforts ofyour organization which are vitalon a nation-wide basis and to manyof my friends in the Seattle area.I shall continue as in the past todo everything possible in my en-

deavor to eliminate the presentunjust and discriminatory tax whichjeopardizes the economic welfare ofthose in the entertainment field.Kindest regards and best wishes toall present.

THOMAS M. PELLY, M. C.

Delegate Gruchot, Local 30, re-quested unanimous consent of thedelegation to present a special reso-lution on the 20 per cent tax.

There were no objections and thefollowing resolution is introduced:

WHEREAS, We all know that theelimination of the 20 per cent caba-ret tax will help the musicians,therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That all thedelegates to this Convention berequested to write their senatorsand representatives in Congressasking them to vote for the repealof the 20 per cent cabaret tax.

On motion made and passed, itwas decided to concur with theresolution.

President Kenin in the chair.

The chair suggests that in ac-cordance with the action of the Con-vention on the previous day, Mr.William Larson, associated withMartin Segal Company, will meetwith any interested delegates in theOlympic Hotel at 7:00 P. M. thisevening to answer any questionspertaining to the Pension Plan.

Delegate Kauffman, Local 161,suggests that written questions begiven to Mr. Larson and he respondto same at tomorrow's session.

President Kenin advises that Lar-son must return to New York latethis evening.

Delegate Breault, Local 216, statesthat if the delegates are interestedin listening to the pension plan ineffect in his local, he will be happyto explain it.

The delegates indicated that thetime is not available.

President Kenin introduced "la-bor's second in command and agreat leader in his own right -William F. Schnitzler, secretary -treasurer of the AFL-CIO."

"I was disappointed not to findJimmy Petrillo here, because I havealways cherished his words of wis-dom," said Mr. Schnitzler. "I see agreat deal of your President Keninaround Washington these days, andprobably shall see much more ofhim there in his capacity as a mem-ber of the advisory commission tobuild a cultural center there."

The AFL - CIO leader provokedlaughs when, anecdotely, he de-scribed President Kenin as a "toughsalesman of music." He had warmwords for Secretary Emeritus LeoCluesmann, a fellow townsman ofNewark, N. J.

Mr. Schnitzler gave to HenryKaiser, A. F. of M. legal counsel,substantial credit for the emer-gence of a good bakers' union afterthe AFL-CIO expulsion of the origi-nal union.

Turning to national legislation,the speaker said the 86th Congresshas thus far proved a disappoint-ment, enacting only two bills oflabor's program, the railway em-ployment amendments, and a hous-ing bill.

Labor does not possess the ma-chinery to make corrections of allof the abuses revealed in somequarters of the labor movement, theAFL-CIO secretary -treasurer said.

36 INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN

So labor wanted some reform legis-ation, but not a repressive bill as

the present proposal comprises.AFL-CIO wanted an act to safe-guard union funds and make othercorrections.

Turning to President Kenin, Mr.Schnitzler half jocosely warned himthat he is subject to criminal prose-cution if he denies a rowdy dele-gate permission to harangue theConvention. This recourse could betaken, he said, under some of theso-called "reforms" legislations.

The National Association of Man-ufacturers and U. S. Chamber ofCommerce have done nothing tocorrect abuses revealed in theirranks, whereas labor has accom-plished much self -policing.

The 86th Congress, he repeated,is unpredictable, the AFL-CIO offi-cial told the musicians. "We hadhelped elect many liberals andhelped defeat a number of reaction-aries for Congress and there wasreason to believe the Congresswould make a notable record,"Schnitzler said. "Thus far it hasn'tturned out that way."

He said he was familiar with thefrustrations of the musicians intrying to get rid of the 20 per centcabaret tax.

"Over the last three years youhave conducted a vigorous and in-telligent campaign to prove thatthis ridiculous tax is destroying thejob potentials not only of musicians,but of perhaps an additional 200,000workers in the entertainment andcatering business," the labor leadersaid.

"Because our own legislative de-partment has worked closely withyour people for the repeal of thistax, I am in a position to testifyto the high character of the mis-sionary work you have done in Con-gress. Your representation on Capi-tol Hill has worked ably and tire-lessly," Schnitzler declared. "Thefact that you have not yet been ableto persuade both Houses of the Con-gress to provide relief from thisunjust tax is no reflection on theeducational work you have done."

Due to pressure by the adminis-tration against any tax cutting,most of such proposals have beenput temporarily in the deep freeze,Mr. Schnitzler said. The delegatescheered when he told them thatrepeal of the 20 per cent tax is onAFL-CIO's list of "must" legislationand that the house of labor wouldstay in this fight on the side of themusicians.

Referring to the West Coasttroubles of the Federation, Schnitz-ler said the AFL-CIO was sympa-thetic because when labor organiza-tions are divided, the rank and filesuffer and not alone the organiza-tion itself.

"Those people who have been op-posing the policies of your Federa-tion are doing no one any good.They belong in the ranks of theFederation," the speaker declared."After the record established byyour union in battling unscrupulousemployers, you should close yourranks and march solidly ahead."

Secretary Schnitzler castigatedmovie producers who indulge inrun -away film -making overseas andthen show their product in thiscountry without any indication ofwhere it was produced or the kindof labor that produced it.

He urged the members to aidtheir own public relations develop-ment by working at the grass roots.

He said the work of the union'spublic relations department would

be a lot easier if the unions didmore of their own public relationswork at home, leaving the officersand board members more time towork on a broader front.

Secretary - Treasurer Schnitzlersaid he was sick and tired of thecry that we must do something, be-cause Russia may be doing it. Hedemanded that America return toits own spirit of initiative and in-dustry to work out its own future.

He termed the current wage -pricespiral talk a false premise to buildthe inflation bogey.

Don't allow yourself to be kid-ded by false figures, he said. Allthis business about inflation beingcaused by raising the minimumwage is a distortion of the facts.

Mr. Schnitzler said the time hadcome for labor to take its rightfulplace as one of the permanent demo-cratic institutions of our nationallife-an institution to be treatedwith dignity and respect. He saidthe potential voting strength oflabor had never been realized onthe American scene. He pointed outthe hard work being done throughthe Committee on Political Educa-tion through its many state andlocal subdivisions to convince unionmembers how important it is toexercise their right to vote.

As an example of how it can beaccomplished at the local level, heconcluded by presenting the dele-gates of the New Brunswick, N. J.,local with COPE Citations repre-senting one hundred per cent regis-tration by its members. A similarcitation was won by the Sayre, Pa.,local.

President Kenin thanked Secre-tary -Treasurer Schnitzler for hisinformative and inspirational talkand welcomed his return at futureConventionsbadge on him.

Harold J. Gibson, general vice-president of the International Asso-ciation of Machinists, brought thegreetings of a million members ofthat union.

President Kenin introduced Vice -President Emeritus C. L. Bagleyand Secretary Emeritus Leo Clues-mann to the new delegates at theConvention.

Warm applause was accordedthese two retiring officers.

Delegate Isabella, Local 27, movedthat a telegram be sent to HonoraryPresident James C. Petrillo regret-ting his inability to be present atthis Convention and that we ex-press our best wishes for his con-tinued good health and every suc-cess and the hope that he will beable to attend future Conventions.Seconded.

Motion carried.

Vice -President Harris in the chair.

The Committee on Organizationand Legislation continued its re-port.

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underdevelopment, which havecaused widespread distress in cer-tain sections of the United States,comparable to such areas in othercountries which are and have beenassisted through United States for-eign aid programs, now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, theAmerican Federation of Musiciansof the United States and Canada,AFL-CIO, urge upon the Congressof the United States that it pass theArea Redevelopment Bill S. 722(House version) and that the Presi-dent of the United States sign thisbill.

The report of the committee wasfavorable to the resolution.

The committee report is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 33ORGANIZATION AND

LEGISLATIONWHEREAS, "The New England

Band Agreement" has been left outof recent "Constitution and By-laws" books since Harry Steeperstreamlined same, and

WHEREAS, This New EnglandBand Agreement has not been dis-cussed at any recent conventionand still is in effect, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That the NewEngland Band Agreement be con-tained in our Constitution and By-laws book in its proper position.

The report of the committee isunfavorable.

Discussed by Delegate Wright,Local 302, who asked if the "NewEngland Band Agreement" is partof the present laws of the A. F.of M.He was advised by Chairman Har-

ris that it is not.The report of the committee is

adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 34ORGANIZATION AND

LEGISLATIONWHEREAS, The citizens of the

United States of America and Can-ada have evidenced their whole-hearted interest in music throughliberal support of music educationin both the private and publicschools, colleges, and universitiesas well as by the private musicteacher, and

WHEREAS, The conditions whichmake possible the realization of acareer in the music profession bythose whose aptitudes and abilitieshave been superlatively trainedhave deteriorated to such a degreethat the general employment ofcreative and performing musicianshas virtually ceased, and

WHEREAS, The continued cul-tivation of music as one of the im-portant creative and recreative artsis dependent upon a favorable cli-mate for the exercise of the skillsand abilities of the creative andperforming musicians, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That theAmerican Federation of Musiciansmake every effort to combine withother interested music groups suchas the Music Educators NationalConference; the American Societyof Composers, Authors and Pub-lishers; the National Music Teach-ers Association; the National MusicCouncil; and any other interestedgroups in planning a program oftax legislation on the federal, state,and local levels which would pro-mote the hiring of professional mu-sicians both creative and perform-ing in the many possible outlets formusical production such as tele-vision, radio, concert hall, and thea-ter can provide.

The report of the committee isthat the resolution be referred tothe International Executive Board.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 35

ORGANIZATION ANDLEGISLATION

WHEREAS, The A. F. of M. iswaging a vigorous fight to abolishthe 20% cabaret tax, and

WHEREAS, The harmful effectsof the cabaret tax on employmentof musicians is well known, and

WHEREAS, The arguments pre-sented in favor of repeal of this un-fair tax by President Kenin, hiscommittee, senators and congress-men have been most impressive, in-formative and effective, and

WHEREAS, Since it now seemsthe best we can hope for at thistime is a partial repeal (10%), and

WHEREAS, The restrictions per-taining to the 20% cabaret tax areeven more harmful to the musi-cians and live music than the actualtax itself; such as, (1) a personhaving dinner with his family orfriends prior to the scheduled timefor dancing and who remain inthe dining room for some bever-ages after dancing commences issubject to the 20% on food andbeverages they have consumedprior to the start of dancing; (2) awaiter or maitre d' is not permittedto remind or advise patrons to paytheir check before entertainmentcommences and start new checkwhich is subject to tax (violationof this restriction is interpreted as"Conspiring to defraud the govern-ment") ; (3) a band playing fordancing must not be visible oravailable to non-taxable patrons(violation of this restriction re-sults in taxing entire room whereviolation occurred); (4) if a patronis seated in lounge or room whereband is not performing and choosesto dance, he is not permitted to doso, even though the party is willingto pay cabaret tax; (5) combos whoare hired to entertain in a cocktaillounge "may not entertain" per se(violation of this restriction resultsin taxing all patrons in the lounge).However, juke box and canned mu-sic does not constitute entertain-ment; (6) the blame for enforcingall these restrictions usually fallson the orchestra leader, musician'sunion or the management, whichconsequently results in loss of busi-ness, now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That futureefforts be directed towards enact-ment of legislation to abolish theseprohibitive restrictions pertainingto the 20% cabaret or any othermodified tax.

The report of the committee wasto refer the resolution to the officeof the President.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 47

ORGANIZATION ANDLEGISLATION

WHEREAS, It is a natural prac-tice amongst locals on the occasionof giving a name to their local, totake a name of local geographicalor historical significance. For ex-ample, Springfield, Mass., Local 171,being located in the BerkshireMountain Region has taken thename of Berkshire,

WHEREAS, Traveling musicians,on many occasions, in looking upthe name of the local, not beingfamiliar with the environment, fail

to find the name in the telephonelisting, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That all lo-cals be directed to adopt the fol-lowing uniform plan of listing inthe telephone directory: "A. F. ofM., Local ," to be followed bytheir own descriptive name, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That all locals be advised that theymay also have their original listingbut that they must request thetelephone company to include thelisting as noted above.

The report of the Committee isunfavorable.

The report of the committee isadopted.

Chairman Arthur thanked thecommittee for its cooperation.

The Committee on Measures andBenefits continued its report.

RESOLUTION No. 26MEASURES AND BENEFITSAmend Article 10, Section 4 (page

71), as follows:Add after the first word "IF," the

words a member or a-so that thefirst line of Section 4 will read asfollows: "If a member or a localsubmits satisfactory evidence to theFederation," etc.

The report of the committee isunfavorable.

Discussed by delegates Wright,Local 302, and Cusick, Local 89.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 43MEASURES AND BENEFITSWHEREAS, The official Amer-

ican Federation of Musicians' lapelbutton is symbolic of our fine or-ganization and to wear this lapelbutton is an honor and privilege,and

WHEREAS, Most union organiza-tions have buttons or pins to iden-tify their union affiliations, and

WHEREAS, The wearer of thepin or button proudly displays hismembership in the American Fed-eration of Musicians, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That all mem-bers of the American Federation ofMusicians be issued lapel buttonsor pins that shall be worn. Buttonsor pins to be paid for by the mem-bers of their respective locals.

The report of the committee isunfavorable.

Discussed by delegates Kadrie,Local 30, and Merrifield, Local 113.

The report of the committee isadopted.

Chairman Ringius thanked thecommittee for its cooperation.

President Kenin in the chair.

The Committee on Law continuedits report.

RECOMMENDATION No. 19International Executive Board

LAWWHEREAS, Article 1, Section 1N,

fixing the number, titles and sal-aries of assistants to the Presidenthas not been revised for some years,and

WHEREAS, These limitations onthe discretion of the President areunrealistic and constricting, now,therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Article1, Section 1N, be amended to readas follows:

"The President may appoint as-sistants in such numbers as he shalldetermine, subject to the ap-proval of the International Execu-

tive Board. The compensation ofthese assistants shall be fixed bythe International Executive Board.There shall be at least one assistantto the President assigned to servicelocals and members located in thewestern part of the United States.No assistant to the President shallbe a member of the Executive Com-mittee, but the appointees must bemembers of the Federation. Thetitle of each such appointee shallbe 'Assistant to the President.'Their duties shall be to assist inthe discharge of all lawful businessin such measure or manner as thePresident may direct. When mak-ing decisions or orders affectinglocals they shall be made only uponthe assistant having received in-formation from both sides of a con-troversial issue."

The report of the committee isfavorable to the recommendation.

Discussed by delegates Wright,Local 302, and Tesar, Local 70.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 20International Executive Board

LAWBE IT RESOLVED, That the Con-

vention authorize the InternationalExecutive Board to establish im-proved scales and conditions in allof the classifications of work cov-ered in Article 19, 20, 21, 22 and 27.

The report of the Committee isfavorable.

The committee report is adopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 21International Executive Board

LAWAmend Article 1, Section 3M of

the By-laws to read as follows:"The Secretary may appoint, and

determine, the duties of an Assist-ant Secretary whose compensationshall be determined by the Execu-tive Board."

The report of the committee isfavorable with an amendment thatafter the words "Assistant Secre-tary" add "who shall be a memberof the A. F. of M," the balance ofthe resolution to remain as is.

Delegate Marchuk, Local 215, dis-cussed the recommendation.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 23International Executive Board

LAWAmend Article 16, Section 26:Local unions may at their own

option assess a tax upon memberson all engagements played by themfor which the national law does notprovide a tax. The local tax shallbe figured on the local price of theengagement and shall in no caseexceed four percent.

All members not required to paya national tax or surcharge, otherthan those traveling with sym-phony or concert orchestras, whoplay engagements in the jurisdic-tion of a local other than that towhich they belong shall be subjectto payment of such local tax, pro-vided that the local also enforcessame upon its own members. Insuch cases the home local of themembers cannot impose a tax uponthem.

The report of the Committee isfavorable to the recommendation.

Discussed by delegate Winstein.Local 174.

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Delegate Henegar, Local 114,amends the resolution to includeconcert bands in the exemptionfrom the tax.

Discussed further by DelegatesRecano, Local 440, and Crouse, Lo-cal 278.

Delegate Jaffe, Local 802 calls apoint of order that the amend-ment is out of order.

Chair sustains the point of order.The original report of the com-

mittee is discussed further by dele-gates Perri, Local 77, and Harvey,Local 141.

Delegate Lapin, Local 655, callsfor the previous question. Carried.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 12LAW

WHEREAS, Disk jockeys andradio stations receive millions ofdollars by exploiting the recordsmade by musicians who were origi-nally paid very little for theirefforts,

WHEREAS, The commercial useof records has destroyed employ-ment opportunities for musiciansin radio stations, night clubs, dancehalls and many other places,

WHEREAS, The situation will be-come more intolerable in the futureunless some remedy is found tocontrol or prohibit such exploita-tion, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That thePresident and the Executive Boardof the American Federation of Mu-sicians be authorized to do every-thing possible to correct the situa-tion by seeking amendment to thecopyright law, by the introductionof other federal legislation, by di-rect negotiation with the recordingcompanies or by any other meanswhich they think might prove effec-tive.

The report of the Committee isthat the resolution be referred tothe International Executive Board.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 4LAW

WHEREAS, A Horse Show bythe very implication of the word"show" is a theatrical engagementwhere people are seated watchinga performance and not a dance orcabaret engagement

WHEREAS, Any rule which isignored by a vast majority of localsand people in general must not bea good one, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, To add thewords "horse show" to Article XV,Section 3.

The report of the Committee isunfavorable.

The committee report is adopted.

Announcements:The following communications

are ordered spread in the minutes.Leo CluesmannOlympic Hotel, 4th and SenecaSeattle, Wash.

Good luck in everything you do.You deserve the best life has tooffer.THE GIRLS YOU LEFT BEHIND

Leo Cluesmann,Secretary Emeritus

American Federation of MusiciansOlympic HotelSeattle, Wash.

Your decision to retire as secre-tary of the Federation has beenreceived with deep regret. For aman with your vigor and devotionto duty, this decision was a difficultone to make. May we wish youlong life, good health and happi-ness. We will miss you.

TREASURER'S OFFICE STAFF

San Angelo, TexasJune 7, 1959

Mr. Stanley Ballard, SecretaryAmerican Federation of MusiciansCivic AuditoriumSeattle, Wash.Dear Sir and Brother:

Unavoidable circumstances pre-vent Local 361, A. F. of M., sendingdelegate (Wm. V. Webster) to theConvention in Seattle, Wash. -Sorry.

Best wishes to all delegates andsuccess to the Convention.

Fraternally yours,WM. V. WEBSTER, Delegate

Secretary, Local 361P. O. Box 463

P.S.-Mr. Paul Huffor, travelingrepresentative, will explain the cir-cumstances involved in a personalinterview with you at the Conven-tion in Seattle.

Secretary Ballard called to theattention of the delegates that thereis a typographical error in the RollCall Pamphlet in the column indi-cating the total number of votes ofthe delegation. The correct numberis 1763 instead of 1766.

Special order of business, Elec-tion of Officers at 4:30 P. M., afterwhich the session adjourned.

FOURTH DAYJune 18, 1959

The session is called to order byPresident Kenin at 10:15 A. M.

ELECTION COMMITTEEREPORT

Chairman Tipaldi reports for theElection Committee:

Seattle, Wash.June 17, 1959

To the Officers and Delegates ofthe Sixty-second Convention ofthe American Federation of Mu-sicians:The Election Committee has made

a complete canvass of the votescast for the respective offices ofthe American Federation of Musi-

clans, and respectfully report thefollowing:Total number of delegates 1094Total number of locals 589Total number of votes eligible.. 1763Total number of votes cast 1740Void ballots 2

PresidentHerman D. Kenin 1740

Vice -PresidentWilliam J. Harris .. _ 1740

SecretaryStanley Ballard 1740

TreasurerGeorge V. Clancy 1740

For Members of the InternationalExecutive Committee from the

United StatesE. E. Stokes 1609Charles Kennedy 1564Lee Repp 1675Alfred J. Manuti 1589Martin Lipke 351

For Member of the InternationalExecutive Committee from

CanadaWalter M. Murdoch 1372Gurney Titmarsh 338

For Delegates, AFL-CIO ConventionHal Davis 1488Mike Isabella 1013Bob Sidell 1348Frank Field 1265Ed Charette 1480Biagio Casciano 910Ed Ringius 1333Ken Plummer 1018Hermon Guile 339

The following are declared elected:President-Herman D. Kenin.Vice -President - William J. Har-

ris.Secretary - Stanley Ballard.Treasurer - George V. Clancy.Members of the International Ex-

ecutive Committee from the UnitedStates: E. E. Stokes, Charles Ken-nedy, Lee Repp, Alfred J. Manuti.

Member of the International Ex-ecutive Committee from Canada:Walter M. Murdoch.

For Delegates, AFL-CIO Conven-tion: Hal Davis, Ed Charette, BobSidell, Ed Ringius, Frank Field, KenPlummer.

Signed:ANDY TIPALDI,

Chairman, Local 406.JOHN E. COOPER, SR.,

Local 5.HAROLD C. OLSEN,

Local 8.JAMES BUONO,

Local 16.DEWEY BLANE,

Local 19.W. CLAYTON DOW,

Local 42.STEWART J. WAGNER,

Local 51.GRADY MOREHEAD,

Local 117.JACK RUSSELL,

CHIP ESSLEY,

EDDIE TEXEL,

Local 147.

Local 210.

Local 255.BEN F. THOMPSON,

Local 266.FRANK T. NAGELE,

Local 289.C. V. (BUD) TOOLEY,

Local 303.NICHOLAS A. NARDUCCI,

Local 319.PAUL T. M. HAHN,

Local 379.JOSEPH DORENBAUM,

Local 400.GORDON A. MARSH,

Local 406.CLIFFORD A. LACHANCE,

Local 409.RICHARD M. SIGLEY,

Local 411.FRANK A. FREDERICK,

Local 439.JOSEPH P. ROSE,

Local 510.GILBERT SNOWDEN,

Local 518.RAY M. DAWSON,

Local 594.

FRANK LI VOLSI,Local 626.

JOHN E. K. AKAKA,Local 677.

GEORGE F. ALLEN,Local 708.

The report of the Election Com-mittee is adopted.

Chairman Tipaldi thanks themembers of his committee for theircooperation.

President Kenin thanks the chair-man and his committee for theirfine work.

Delegate Simpson, Local 669,makes a motion that for futureConventions, we continue the useof the same style of badges that wehave this year.

The motion is seconded andpassed.

Delegate Kadrie, Local 30, makesa motion that the session today con-tinue until adjournment. Seconded.

The motion is passed.

Delegate Winstein, Local 174,moves that guest speakers at fu-ture Conventions be limited to30 minutes to deliver their address.

The motion is seconded andpassed.

Vice -President Harris in the chair.

The Committee on Finance con-tinues its report.

RESOLUTION No. 38FINANCE

WHEREAS, In recent years, TheAmerican Federation of Musicianshas been faced with an ever in-creasing burden of complex and in-tricate problems due to the natureof our business, and

WHEREAS, The Federation offi-cers have met these problems headon, much to the advantage of therank and file membership of theAmerican Federation of Musicians.This is evident by the recent nego-tiations with the recording, TV andradio industries, which resulted inthe best contract ever secured bythe Federation in all its past his-tory, and

WHEREAS, A close study as tothe amount of salaries paid othertop officers of various internationalunions, clearly show the Federationsalaries to be meager in compari-son, and

WHEREAS, The salaries paid bythe American Federation of Musi-cians to our three top officers -President, Secretary, Treasurer -have remained the same for overTWENTY YEARS, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Article1, Section 1K, on page 21, line 2,Constitution and By-laws of theAmerican Federation of Musicians,be, and is hereby changed toread: Thirty-five Thousand Dollars($35,000) ; and also that under Arti-cle 1, Section 1K, on page 21, line 4,be, and is hereby changed to read:Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000). Therest of this section to remain thesame, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That Article 1, Section 3K, on page24, lines 3 and 4, Constitution andBy-laws of the American Federa-tion of Musicians, be, and is herebychanged to read: Twenty-five Thou-sand Dollars ($25,000). The rest ofthis section to remain the same,and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That Article 1, Section 4J, on page26, lines 2 and 3, Constitution andBy-laws of the American Federa -

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tion of Musicians, be, and is here-by changed to read: Twenty-twoThousand Five Hundred Dollars($22,500). The rest of this sectionto remain the same.

The report of the committee isfavorable to the resolution.

Discussed by delegates Marchuk,Local 215; Rogers, Local 55; Tran-chitella, Local 47; Bucci, Local 291;Cusick, Local 89; Murk, Local 73;and Skislak, Local 526.

Chairman Chanson also discussesthe matter.

The previous question is calledfor and carried.

The report of the committee isadopted.

President Kenin in the chair.

Delegate Kenny, Local 12, statesthat in the future, the Law Commit-tee consider the possibility of any-one holding the office of Presidentof the Federation be not permittedto hold the office of President ofany local.

President Kenin makes an ex-planation and states that neitherthe President, Secretary or Treas-urer holds any similar position intheir respective locals.

Vice -President Harris in the chair.He introduces Mr. Joe Lewis,

representative of the Union LabelDepartment of the AFL-CIO, whomakes a few brief remarks to thedelegates, thanking them for theircooperation in using union madegoods.

Secretary Ballard in the chair.He introduces Mr. George M.

Droneck, Field Representative ofthe Amalgamated Clothing Workersof America, who extends the greet-ings of his Union to the delegates.He, together with Mr. Lewis nowhold the drawing for the suit ofclothes and shirts being given todayas prizes from the AmalgamatedClothing Workers Union to thetwo delegates holding the winningtickets.

Delegate Newman T. Terrill, Lo-cal 733, won the suit of clothes;and Delegate Rees Lloyd, Local 203,won the three shirts.

Vice -President Harris in the chair.

The Committee on Finance con-tinues its report.

The following resolution No. 19is considered together with Resolu-tion No. 37.

RESOLUTION No. 19FINANCE

WHEREAS, The President of thisAmerican Federation of Musicianscomprising approximately 265,000members, has for many years pastreceived a salary of $20,000 per an-num, and in addition thereto a con-tingent expense account of $3,000per annum,

BE IT RESOLVED, Section 1-A,Article 1, titled "Duties of Officers"be amended to read: The Presidentshall receive a salary of $32,000.00per annum payable monthly in ad-dition thereto a contingent expenseaccount of $3,000.00 per annum forthe spending of which he shall notbe required to make an accounting,and when the interests of the Fed-eration or any of its locals demandhis leaving the jurisdiction whereinhe resides or the President's Officeis officially designated, he shall re-ceive hotel and traveling expenses.

(Remaining portion of Section1-K of said Article to remain as is.)

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That Section 1-M, Article 1, beamended to read: The Presidentshall not be eligible for election asdelegate from any local nor holdoffice in any local during term ofoffice as President of the Federa-tion.

(Remaining portion of Section1-M of said Article 1 to remain asis.)

RESOLUTION No. 37

FINANCEWHEREAS, In recent years, the

American Federation of Musicianshas been faced with an ever in-creasing burden of complex andintricate problems due to the na-ture of our business, and

WHEREAS, The Federation offi-cers have met these problems headon much to the advantage of therank and file membership of theAmerican Federation of Musicians.This is evident by the recent nego-titions with the recording, tele-vision and radio industries whichresulted in the best contract eversecured by the Federation in allits past history, and

WHEREAS, A close study as tothe amount of salaries paid othertop officers of various InternationalUnions clearly shows the Federa-tion salaries to be meager in com-parison, and

WHEREAS, The salaries paid bythe American Federation of Musi-cians to the President has remainedthe same for thirty years and thosepaid to the Secretary and Treasurerfor eighteen years, now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Article1, Section 1K on page 21, line 2,of the Constitution and By-laws ofthe American Federation of Musi-cians be changed to read thirty-fivethousand dollars ($35,000) and alsothat under Article 1, Section 1K, onpage 21, line 4, be changed to readfive thousand dollars ($5,000). Therest of this section to remain thesame, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That Article 1, Section 3K, on page24, lines 3 and 4, of the Constitu-tion and By-laws of the AmericanFederation of Musicians be changedto read twenty-five thousand dol-lars ($25,000). The rest of this sec-tion to remain the same, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That Article 1, Section 4J, on page26, lines 2 and 3, of the Constitutionand By-laws of the American Fed-eration of Musicians be changed toread twenty-two thousand five hun-dred dollars ($22,500). The rest ofthe section to remain the same.

The report of the committee isthat the subject matter containedin resolutions No. 19 and No. 37has been disposed of, and the reso-lutions therefore have been with-drawn.

The report of the committee isaccepted and concurred in.

RESOLUTION No. 36

FINANCEWHEREAS, Each local incurs

certain expenses in collection ofthe 10% traveling tax, and

WHEREAS, In most cases two -tenths return of said tax "to themembers who played the engage-ment" is not consummated, there-fore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Section7, Article 15, be amended to elimi-nate said two -tenths return and to

read: "six -tenths to the local inwhose jurisdiction the engagementwas played; four -tenths to the Fed-eration."

The proponent of this resolutionrequests permission to withdrawsame.

The request is granted.

REPORT OF THE FINANCECOMMITTEE

To the Officers and Delegates of the62nd A. F. M. Convention:Your Finance Committee after

hearing Treasurer Clancy and hisstaff and examining the Audit madeby Price Waterhouse and Company,of the AFM's finances, and afterlistening to the delegates' discus-sions in the committee room andConvention floor, wish to bring tothe attention of the Conventiondelegates the following:

Treasurer Clancy and his staffhave fulfilled the obligations andduties of the Treasurer's office asefficiently as possible.

It is the fervent hope of this com-mittee that the decrease in theGeneral Fund this year will beshown as an increase during ournext fiscal year due to the actionsof the National Officers in enactingsubstantial economies whereverpossible and the action of the Con-vention to bring in more revenues.

It is the considered opinion ofthis Committee that unless thisFederation shows a healthy increas-ing financial statement at the endof our next fiscal year, that the dele-gates to the next Convention comeprepared to enact such legislationas will be found necessary to recoupthe losses sustained over the lastfew years.

Our sincere thanks to the officersand delegates who appeared beforethe committee for their time andconsideration.

HARRY CHANSON,Chairman, Local 308.

DAVID HOLZMAN,Local 35.

JOSEPH A. BERTORELLI,Local 40.

JOHN H. McCLURE,Local 63.

CARL DISPENZA,Local 108.

C. L. SNEED,Local 148.

CLYDE A. HARTUNG,Local 188.

DONALD T. TEPPER, SR.Local 220.

MATT CALLEN,Local 269.

EDMOND McGOLDRICK,Local 368.

JAMES W. WITTAKER,Local 375.

WALTER B. TIMERMAN,Local 387.

LOUIS J. ZEBEDEO,Local 400.

JOSEPH FRIEDMAN,Local 402.

Local 427.CHAS. L. HATCH,

HENRY ROSSON,Local 446.

RUSSELL F. OLSON,Local 500.

ENRICO SERRA.Local 595.

DR. WILLIAM S. MASON,Local 596.

ARTIE JONES,

TERRY FERRELL,

IRA SCHNEIER,

Local 637.

Local 644.

Local 771.MRS. PEGGY JOSEPH,

Local 809.

The report of the Finance Com-mittee is adopted.

Chairman Chanson thanks hiscommittee for their cooperation.

The Committee on President'sReport reports through ChairmanReed.

PRESIDENT'S REPORTTo the officers and delegates of the

62nd Annual Convention of theAmerican Federation of Musi-cians, at Seattle, Washington,June, 1959:In reviewing the President's Re-

port, your committee would like toemphasize two important phasesthat vitally affect the entire Federa-tion membership. Of prime im-portance during the past year washis extensive travels, with much ofhis time devoted to visits through-out the country, addressing regionalConferences and local union meet-ings. There has been a closer re-lationship with the rank and file ofthe Federation than ever beforeand that is a healthy condition forany organization.

It has been an exceptionally busyyear and it is understandable thatbecause of conflicting engagements,it has been impossible to attend allthe functions to which he has beeninvited. The intimacy of thesesmaller gatherings has brought amuch closer contact with the mem-bership and if he finds it possibleto continue the policy within rea-sonable bounds, he will become per-sonally acquainted in all sections ofthis great and expansive Federa-tion.

Next in importance, to your com-mittee, seemed to be the establish-ing of the pension plan, in con-junction with the five-year contractfor recording musicians and the ex-tensive research that will make itpossible for all working membersof the Federation to participate ina similar plan, even if casually em-ployed. At the local level it ispurely optional but the plan isavailable if the membership of thelocal votes to adopt it in order toshare in the benefits provided.

The statistical data for the year1958 is not particularly encouraging.There was a drop of $11/2 millionin steady staff employment by radiostations in the United States and aninsignificant gain in Canada. For1958 the single engagement com-mercial radio work doubled, yet thegrand total on all radio employmentwas down $1 million.

In the field of television, steadystaff employment dwindled from $8million to $3 million. There were670 musicians on steady annualemployment in 1957 and only 340 in1958. The total employment through-out the Federation from radio andtelevision also fell from $21 millionto $15 million.

Theatrical employment continuedto show a decrease. The total earn-ings from phonograph records wereup only slightly and there was butlittle change in the earnings fromelectrical transcriptions. A sharpdrop was noticeable in the produc-tion of 78 and 45 rpm disks andthis followed the predicted trend.The 45 rpm extended play was un-changed and the 33 rpm popularityproduced a small increase. Thetotal retail value dropped from $325million in 1957 to $285 million in1958!

The "Congress of Strings" andthe "Best Band of the Year" pro-grams have brought sensationalpublicity everywhere.

40 INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN

President Kenin will play an im-portant role in creating the pro-posed national cultural center inWashington, D. C. His appoint-ment to the National Advisory Com-mittee by President Eisenhowerwas a distinct honor.

Repeal of the 20 per cent taxstill remains a problem and hasreceived favorable consideration inthe House on three occasions butsuffered for lack of sympathetictreatment in the Senate. Our "grassroots" campaign, if continued withsufficient vigor, promises ultimatesuccess in effecting a reductioneven if not complete repeal.

Your president has been effi-ciently served in his numerousprojects by the Public Relations De-partment, headed by Hal Leyshon.In the past two years there havebeen growing demands upon itsservices so that it now supervisessupplemental operations on theWest Coast and in Canada.

The inclusion of the two pamph-lets with the Convention materialwill be found especially useful insetting up an indoctrination coursefor new members. In point ofservice to locals, which call uponit for printed matter, informationand guidance on promotions at thecommunity level, your Public Re-lations Department has extendedits operations during the past twoyears. Your committee urges morelocals to avail themselves of thisservice which is available to all.

Your committee commends HalLeyshon and his associates for theirexcellent services and complimentsthem for a difficult job well done.We are certain that President Keninis equally appreciative inasmuchas he had worked actively foradoption of a public relations pro-gram twelve years ago and had dis-cussed the merits of the proposalat the Detroit Convention. His hopeended in fruition and the programwas established.

In the field of recording a yearago, President Kenin and the Inter-national Executive Board began ne-gotiations to trade Trust Fund con-tributions for live employment.Within one month after takingoffice agreements had been com-pleted with two of the largest pro-ducers of television film, meaningthat many "canned music" pro-grams will henceforth use "livemusic." You will also recall howspeedily a new contract was con-summated with the radio networksand a strike averted.

Your president discussed withSecretary of Labor James P. Mitch-ell the seriousness of permittingtaped music to be imported fromforeign countries and the decreas-ing employment opportunities forour members. President Kenin wassuccessful in having resolutions in-troduced in the House and Senate,calling for Congressional investiga-tions relative to the displacementof our musicians by foreign -madefilm track.

The results attained during thepast year are undoubtedly due toPresident Kenin's resourcefulness.In negotiating the contracts withradio networks and television filmproducers, he was fortified withyears of experience and the sincereinterest for the welfare of hisbrother and sister musicians ; a vir-tue to which he has dedicated morethan a quarter century of his life.We are proud of his accomplish-ments and deeply appreciative aswell. It is certain that the comingyear will record other notableachievements.

Your hearty approval of his ad-ministration was eloquently ex-pressed in yesterday's election, in-dicating complete satisfaction withthe administration, upon which wewill depend for higher thoughts,nobler deeds and greater achieve-ments! The endorsement of Presi-dent Kenin's capabilities by hispredecessor at the PhiladelphiaConvention was by no means ex-aggerated. Our President Emeritus"Jimmy" Petrillo can rest contentin the knowledge that "his favoriteson" has exceeded his fondest ex-pectations.

HARRY L. REED,Chairman, Local 184.

GLEN HANCOCK,Local 32.

DARWIN H. ALLEN,Local 37.

GILBERT R. ROGERS,Local 55.

VINCENT E. SKILLMAN,Local 71.

ROBERT L. HATCH,Local 87.

THURMAN FROCK,Local 90.

W. D. KUHN,Local 121.

R. BLUMBERG,Local 136.

MICHAEL LAPCHAK,Local 139.

MELVIN VON ROSENVINGE,Local 155.

LEE E. LOGAN,

EDWIN H. HOLT,Local 167.

Local 173.MRS. W. N. HULTGREN,

Local 184.

Local 278.

Local 284.

Local 285.

Local 298.JAMES R. BACOTE,

Local 335.

Local 484.JOSEPH S. DE SIMONE,

Local 630.ERNIE HOFFMAN,

Local 771.HENRY H. JOSEPH,

Local 809.The report of the committee is

adopted.Chairman Reed thanks the Com-

mittee for its cooperation.

GENE CROUSE,

DON JACOBY,

FRANCIS R. FAIN,

LOUIS J. SCOTT,

LEN MAYFAIR,

President Kenin in the chair.

The Committee on Secretary'sReport reports through ChairmanPlummer.

RESOLUTION No. 39SECRETARY'S REPORT

WHEREAS, Membership cardsissued by locals differ in respect tocolor, size and printed information,making it difficult to readily estab-lish the status of members, espe-cially with orchestras consisting ofmembers of several different areasand under unfavorable conditions inmany employment places, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That the Fed-eration secretary and treasurer beauthorized and instructed to formu-late a card the face of which to beuniform in size and color and show-ing required information as pro-vided by Article XII, Section 13, ofBy-laws; the reverse side to meetspecifications of individual locals inrespect to their dues -paying ar-rangement. Cards to be printed by

International Press and purchasedby locals.

The report of the committee isthat the resolution be referred tothe office of the International Sec-retary.

Discussed by Delegate Catanza-rito, Local 624.

The report of the committee isconcurred in.

SECRETARY'S REPORTCOMMITTEE

To the Officers and Delegates ofthe 62nd Annual Convention ofthe AFM meeting in Seattle,Washington, on June 15, 1959:Again it is our privilege to report

an efficient and successful year forour International Secretary's office.Secretary Emeritus Leo Cluesmann,who has been very proficient, re-signed on February 3, 1959, andwas succeeded by Stanley Ballard.

The smooth transition is evi-denced by the continued good serv-ice and efficiency which has alwaysmarked the Secretary's office. Sec-retary Emeritus Cluesmann hasbeen most helpful in this transition.He has spent many hours in theoffice since his successor was in-stalled.

The Secretary's report, thoughbrief, is comprehensive. It showsa gain in membership of 1,464 newmembers. Of the total AFM mem-bership of 265,327, 6,981 membersare in the armed services.

Your committee notes that thepast year has been a very busy onefor the Secretary and the Interna-tional Executive Board. Five spe-cial meetings, in addition to theregular mid -winter meeting, havebeen held. There has been an in-crease of 103 cases decided by theInternational Executive Board overthe number decided in 1958. 387cases are still pending.

We note in the Secretary's reportthat mention is made of employersplacing a claim against musiciansfor failure to appear for an en-gagement, and the necessity ofdefinite evidence supporting suchclaim. We would suggest that localofficers, if thoroughly convincedthat the employer has a just claim,assist such employer in procuringproper evidence.

Your committee again stronglyurges local officers to be promptin answering correspondence fromthe Secretary's office. The reportshows that some local officers arevery negligent.

The Secretary's office has col-lected claims in the amount of$138,550.64. Fines of $25,100.92 werecollected and turned over to theInternational Treasurer. One char-ter has been cancelled and oneissued, leaving the total number at685 locals.

We wish also to commend Secre-tary Ballard for the new style ofdelegate and guest badges whichwe have this year.

Your committee suggests that theSecretary investigate the possibilityof deleting the Official Proceedingsbooklet from the packet placed onthe Convention tables. Copies ofthis booklet are sent to all localsfollowing each Convention andcould be brought to the Conventionby the delegates. This would savethe Federation a considerableamount of money and effort.

We, your committee on the Sec-retary's Report, wish to express ouropinion that Secretary Stanley Bal-lard, with the help of SecretaryEmeritus Cluesmann should be con-

gratulated on the service he hasperformed in the few months hehas been in office. We look for-ward to many years of happy asso-ciation with him.

KENNETH E. PLUMMER,Chairman, Local 20.

LARRY PHILLIPS,Local 34.

WENDELL BROWN,Local 36.

ROBERT M. BOWMAN,Local 70.

PETE ANESI,Local 98.

MARSHALL ROTELLA,Local 123.

C. E. (JIM) CORBETT,Local 196.

OSCAR J. WALEN,Local 204.

JOHN COLE,Local 215.

JOSEPH CARRAFIELLO,Local 248.

JOHN W. GRIFFIN,Local 372.

LOUIS F. HORNER,Local 373.

MRS. EVELYN ALLYN,Local 360.

MILO A. BRIGGS,Local 381.

JAMES C. MORGAN,Local 507.

VICTOR MUSCHELL,Local 514.

CLEMON E. JACKSON,Local 535.

JOHN L. BOUDREAUX,Local 538.

E. J. SMITH,

HARRY BLISS,Local 546.

Local 625.ALEX J. DEMCIE,

Local 633.LEONARD W. HUGHES,

Local 770.JAMES McQUOWN,

Local 777.The report of the committee on

the Secretary's Report is adopted.Chairman Plummer thanks his

committee for their cooperation.

Delegate Werner, Local 5, ad-dressed the Convention concerningthe half century of service to theFederation by Vice -President Emeri-tus Charles L. Bagley, who becauseof ill health and upon the adviceof his doctor, found it necessaryto resign his position recently withthe Federation.

He makes a motion that the Con-vention direct the InternationalExecutive Board to pay to Vice -President Emeritus Charles Bagley,for the remainder of his life, suchsums, as together with his pension,will equal $5,200.00 per annum.

This motion is seconded andunanimously passed by the dele-gates.

Mr. Bagley is given a standingovation to which he humbly re-sponds, and thanks the delegatesfor their kind consideration.

Vice -President Harris in the chair.

The Committee on Good and Wel-fare continues its report.

RESOLUTION No. 27GOOD AND WELFARE

WHEREAS, Employment oppor-tunities for musicians have con-stantly decreased, and

WHEREAS, Live music in localcommercial television has dimin-ished to the vanishing point due toactions by station policies, and

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WHEREAS, Each of these tele-vision stations has made definitecommitments to the people of theUnited States through the FederalCommunications Commissionwhereby they promised to presentLIVE local entertainment in theirrespective communities, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That the Con-vention request the InternationalExecutive Board to use every ethi-cal, moral, public relation, or politi-cal pressure and effort to induce theFCC to insist that these successfulapplicants for TV permits fulfill thecontracts they assumed with theAmerican public when filing theirbrief of application, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That this Federation use every ef-fort to induce the FCC not to re-new or make permanent expiringor temporary permits of stationswhich have made no effort towardpresenting LIVE shows as projectedin their applications and to suggestthe transfer of such channels topersons or groups agreeable to thepresentation of live entertainmentwith its possibilities of employmentfor live music and musicians.

The report of the committee is toamend the resolution by adding thewords "radio and" in the sixth lineof the first Resolve, after the words"applicants for," and that the reso-lution as amended be referred tothe International Executive Board.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 28GOOD AND WELFARE

WHEREAS, At the PhiladelphiaConvention Resolution No. 48 pro-viding for biennial Conventions waspassed over the apparent wishes ofthe majority of the delegates, and

WHEREAS, The special commit-tee setup to study ways and meansto provide additional funds recom-mended passage of Resolution No.47 which provided a 60 -cent peryear increase in per capita tax peryear (5 cents per month per mem-ber), and

WHEREAS, Mr. Manuti of theNew York local used his influenceand prestige along with PresidentPetrillo's suggestion, Resolution No.47 was sidetracked and unwantedResolution No. 48 passed instead,therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That thisConvention rescind the action ofthe 1958 Convention and pass the1958 Resolution No. 47 and restoreannual conventions.

The proponents of this resolutionrequest permission to withdrawsame.

The request is granted.

RESOLUTION No. 29GOOD AND WELFARE

WHEREAS, The Federation hasruled that for a television stationthat is local in character and main-tains studios in more than one juris-diction, the jurisdiction for musi-cians is wherever the programemanates from, and

WHEREAS, Scales for program-ming of this type vary in each local,and

WHEREAS, In effect locals of theFederation are placed in the un-comfortable position of creatingscale competition in an effort tosecure the employment for its mem-bers, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That the In-ternational Executive Board studythis situation as soon as possible to

resolve same for the mutual benefitof all locals concerned.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

The committee report is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 30GOOD AND WELFARE

WHEREAS, "Jazz Concerts" havebecome very much in vogue on themusical scene today, and

WHEREAS, "Concerts" of thistype are in direct competition withmusicians playing ballrooms, nightclubs and all types of jazz or popu-lar music, and

WHEREAS, Employers of travel-ing dance musicians playing ball-rooms, night clubs, and casual en-gagements must pay an additional10% surcharge for the privilege ofusing traveling musicians, butwhose business is directly affectedby the competition of "Jazz Con-certs," and

WHEREAS, The original intentof Article 15, Section 3, of the A. F.of M. By-laws exempting "concertorchestras and units" from paying10% surcharge was meant to define"Classical concert orchestras andunits," and

WHEREAS, The present interpre-tation of our By-laws to include"Jazz Concerts" in the above cate-gory is unfair and discriminatingagainst musicians and employerspaying 10% surcharge for music indance halls, night clubs and casualengagements, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Article15, Section 3, be amended as fol-lows: The line reading "concert or-chestras and units" be changed toread "concert orchestras and unitsplaying classical music only."

The proponents request permis-sion to withdraw their resolution.

The request is granted.

RESOLUTION No. 31GOOD AND WELFARE

WHEREAS, "Record Hops" (so-called) are fast forcing "live musi-cians" out of business, and

WHEREAS, They have, up tonow, been servicing both public andparochial schools. Now they notonly sell their services to sponsors-but take over at public halls-renting them on Saturday nights,to the exclusion of live musiciansand also depriving the Federationof the 10% surcharge tax, and

WHEREAS, It has come to ourattention that the disc jockeys havenot only the approval of the radiostation, but the station furnishesthe equipment, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That the Na-tional Executive Board be asked toonce more attempt to find a solu-tion - either by conferring withradio broadcasters or AGVA to curbthis competition.

Dated this 15th day of June atSeattle, Washington, 1959.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

Discussed by Delegates Gallagher,Local 143, and Vandenbrock, Local668.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 32GOOD AND WELFARE

WHEREAS, The increase of costsin food, lodging, travel, etc., hasseriously affected the delegates at-tending the Conventions of theAmerican Federation of Musicians,and

WHEREAS, The great majorityof these delegates must use theirvacation time to attend these Con-ventions which also makes it man-datory for them to take their wivesand/or families to these Conven-tions, and

WHEREAS, There has been noincrease in the per diem to coverthese increased costs to the dele-gates, and

WHEREAS, Practically all of thecommercial types of public trans-portation now offer reduced ratesfor wives and families traveling thefirst three and four days of theweek, and

WHEREAS, The present day fa-cilities of transportation makes itpossible to travel many miles in afew hours, and

WHEREAS, An extra day oftravel time would make it possiblefor the delegates to take advantageof these reduced rates for transpor-tation and also provide additionalweek end travel time for those dele-gates who must travel by auto-mobile, and

WHEREAS, It is the duty of theAmerican Federation of Musiciansto aid its delegates in every waypossible within its power, therefore,

LET IT BE RESOLVED, That theConventions of the American Fed-eration of Musicians convene at twoP. M. on Tuesdays.

The report of the committee isunfavorable.

The committee report is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 44

GOOD AND WELFAREWHEREAS, The increasing num-

ber of drum and bugle corps are re-placing the brass bands in parades,

BE IT RESOLVED, When an or-ganization such as a lodge or a firecompany, in the jurisdiction of alocal engages a brass band to playfor a parade in the jurisdiction ofanother local, the price of the localwhere the engagement originatesshall prevail, but when any or-ganization outside of a local juris-diction engages a brass band toplay a parade in the jurisdiction ofany other local, then the highestscale shall prevail.

The minimum number of menshall be not less than 21 men in-cluding the leader.

The report of the committee isunfavorable.

The report of the committee isadopted.

Chairman Sidell thanks his com-mittee for their cooperation.

Delegate Light, Local 24, underspecial privilege of the floor, movesthat the delegates here assembledin the Sixty-second Annual Conven-tion go on record as thanking EliotDaniel for his untiring efforts inbehalf of his Local 47, and the en-tire Federation, in retarding theanti -union element who were seek-ing to undermine the status of allprofessional musicians.

The motion is seconded andpassed.

Delegate Peterson, Local 677,rises to thank the American Feder-ation of Musicians and all its mem-bers and officers, on behalf ofHawaii, for the help given to themin the granting of statehood forHawaii.

The Committee on InternationalMusician reports through ChairmanVargas.

RESOLUTION No. 45INTERNATIONAL MUSICIANWHEREAS, The net loss in pub-

lishing the International Musicianis again very large, $40,395, and

WHEREAS, We do not believethe International Musician shouldbe operated at a loss but at a profitbecause of replacement of ma-chinery, etc., and

WHEREAS, The net membershipof our Federation is 258,346,

BE IT RESOLVED, That the sub-scription price of the InternationalMusician be raised from 60c peryear to 80c per year, thereby in-creasing the income by approxi-mately $50,000 and thereby coveringthe shortage of the past year of$40,395.

The report of the committee is thatthe resolution be referred to the of-fice of the International Secretary.

Secretary Ballard suggests thatthe word "deficit" be substituted inthe last line of the resolve for theword "shortage." No objections.

The resolution and the report ofthe committee is discussed by Dele-gate Jaffe, Local 802.

Secretary Ballard assures thedelegates that he has no intentionat this time to increase the sub-scription rate.

The report of the committee isadopted.

INTERNATIONAL MUSICIANCOMMITTEE

To the officers and delegates of theAmerican Federation of Musi-cians, assembled in Seattle, Wash-ington, for its Sixty-second An-nual Convention:Your committee on International

Musician reports to you that it hasgone over the report submitted byour Secretary, Editor Stanley Bal-lard, of the International Musician,and we still find it is increasing inpopularity and is in great demand.Although operation costs have in-creased and operations show a loss,your editor has submitted recom-mendations that will tend to bringour loss to a lesser figure. Yourcommittee has informed the dele-gates time and again that it is animpossibility to operate your maga-zine at the low subscription rate ofsixty cents per year. To offset someof the losses, the editor has submit-ted a recommendation to publishthe "Unfair List and DefaultersList" quarterly in the InternationalMusician magazine, thereby savingsome $10,000 per year. Also the pur-chase of machine equipment here-tofore rented, will also save somemoney.

In making up the Unfair List andDefaulters List, may we request ifpossible, not only by alphabeticalorder, but also in jurisdictionalorder. In this way it will make itmuch easier to know the exact juris-diction the defaulter or those whomay be on the Unfair List is in.

May we again urge all delegates,when making their report to theirrespective locals, to ask all mem-bers to keep their addresses up todate.

In closing this report, we find itdifficult to find appropriate wordsto convey our sincere thanks for thewonderful work that Secretary LeoCluesmann has done for the Inter-national. May he have continuedgood health and a long, joyous, rest-ful life he so justly deserves formany years to come.

Your committee further wishes tocongratulate your new editor, Stan-ley Ballard, who, we know, will also

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do an outstanding job in keepingthe International magazine a mostinformative and enjoyable one toread.

May we also convey our sincereappreciation to Associate EditorHope E. Stoddard and all the staffwho have done so much to keep ourpublication an outstanding one.

GAY VARGAS,Chairman, Local 424.

EUGENE V. FREY,Local 1.

R. H. ZACHARY,Local 35.

CHARLES QUARANTA,Local 69.

WILLIAM PETERSON,Local 102.

CARL F. SHIELDS,Local 111.

DONALD E. HACKER,Local 195.

JACK STIERWALT,Local 206.

ALCIDE H. BREAULT,Local 216.

EDMOND SCHOTT,Local 220.

FLOYD A. CRABTREE,Local 299.

E. J. WENZLOFF,Local 309.

EARL HEATH,Local 374.

HARRY M. RUDD,Local 382.

DONALD L. ANGEL,Local 404.

M. CECIL MACKEY,Local 479.

LEONARD REED,Local 486.

Local 532.L. V. FOGLE,

BILL JAMESON,Local 537.

MRS. EDNA CLENDENIN,Local 542.

RALPH CONSTABLE,Local 586.

JOSEPH RIESGO,Local 721.

WILLIAM F. BOSTON,Local 806.

The report of the committee onThe International Musician isadopted.

Chairman Vargas thanks his com-mittee for their cooperation.

President Kenin in the chair.

A taped message from SenatorWayne Morse (D., Ore.), who hadbeen invited to come to Seattle toaddress the Convention, is heard.He advised the delegates that onlybecause of the pressure of his dutiesin Washington, D. C., made it im-possible for him to personally at-tend the Convention. He discussedhis introduction in the Senate ofa resolution, at the request of Presi-dent Kenin, to inquire into "run-away" film -making and the unregu-lated use of foreign music record-ings. Senator Morse's message saidthat he did not propose to sit byand see the public defrauded by aproduct that is often disguised asAmerican made.

His address is enthusiasticallyreceived by the delegates.

President Kenin thanks SenatorMorse and states that the musicianshave no finer friend than SenatorMorse. He asks that we send to theSenator the warm thanks of themusicians' union.

Delegate DeVitt, Local 66. makesa motion that a telegram be sent

to Senator Morse expressing thethanks of the American Federationof Musicians for his fight on ourbehalf.

Motion is seconded and unani-mously passed.

Delegate Capalli, Local 198,moves that a similar expression besent to Representative Aime Forandof Rhode Island for his sponsorshipin the House of relief from the 20per cent excise tax.

Motion is seconded and passed.

Delegate Schardt, Local 76, makesa motion that a message of thanksbe also sent to RepresentativeThomas Pelley of Seattle for hisunwavering support of musicians'aims in the Congress.

Motion is seconded and passed.

Chairman Chanson of the Fi-nance Committee reports further onResolution No. 38, which had earlierbeen adopted, and states that heinadvertently failed to mention tothe delegates that it was the intentof the signers of that resolution, aswell as the members of his commit-tee, that the resolution take effectat this Convention, and he somoves.

The supplemental report of theFinance Committee is adopted with-out objections.

Delegate Schardt, Local 76,moves that a round of applause begiven to the members of the infor-mal orchestra which had all weekentertained the delegates, and be-fittingly expresses the slogan "LiveMusic Is Best." These musiciansare as follows: Don Jacoby, trum-pet, from Waukegan, Ill.; Vic Fuen-tealba, clarinet, Baltimore, Md.;George Frieje, Indianapolis, Ind.;Wendy Williamson, piano, Anchor-age, Alaska; Bob Marshall, bass,Seattle, Wash.; and Mike Isabella,trombone, New Castle, Pa.

The delegates respond withcheers.

The Committee on Law continuesits report.

RECOMMENDATION No. 4International Executive Board

LAWIt shall be considered an act con-

trary to the principles of our or-ganization for a member to resignhis membership in one local andimmediately apply for membershipin another local for the purpose ofcircumventing compliance with thetransfer and/or traveling orchestralaws set forth in Article 14 and 17of these By-laws. A member whohas resigned his membership in onelocal, or a former member who hasreinstated his membership for thepurpose of resigning, shall not beeligible for membership in anotherlocal in which he has never heldmembership for a period of at leastsix months from date of resigna-tion.

The report of the committee isfavorable with an amendment thatall the words following the words"By-laws" in the tenth line, be de-leted.

Discussed by delegates Lapin,Local 655, and Jaffe, Local 802. Thereport of the committee as amendedis adopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 24International Executive Board

LAWArticle 25, Section 4, amend to

read:No member shall employ any

booking agent, or secure or acceptany engagement, for himself or forany other member, orchestra orband, directly or indirectly, from orthrough, or with the assistance ofany such booking agent, who doesnot hold a license or permit then inforce for that purpose from the Fed-eration. No member shall partici-pate in any employment or engage-ment so procured. Such violationby a member shall constitute theresignation of each violating mem-ber as a member of the Federation.

Article 25, Section 5, delete.The proponents of this recom-

mendation request permission towithdraw same.

The request is granted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 25International Executive Board

LAWArticle 25, Section 23, is amended

to read:To promote his business, a leader

may borrow money in any mannernot inconsistent with any law, ruleor resolution of the Federation, buthe first must secure the approvalof the president.

The report of the committee isfavorable.

Delegate McDonald, Local 608,amends that the words "of the A. F.of M." be added after the word"President."

Discussed by Delegate Wood,Local 473. The report of the com-mittee with the amendment isadopted.

RECOMMENDATION No. 26International Executive Board

LAWArticle 19, Section 2, add: "or

plane" after the word "automobile."Article 19, Section 3, add: "or

plane" after the words "singleberth."

The report of the committee isfavorable with the amendment thatin Section 3 of Article 19 of theBy-laws be changed to read: "Nighttravel shall consist of any travelingdone between midnight and 6:00A. M., and shall be by plane or anyother first-class transportation withsleeping accommodation consistingof at least a single berth." Thebalance of this section remainsas is.

The report of the committee asamended is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 22LAW

WHEREAS, Union musicianswork at one scale in their homelocal and play in other locals forless money, either with or withoutpermission of their home local,

RESOLVED, That no local hasthe right to make a special scale forits members playing in another lo-cal's jurisdiction.

The report of the committee isunfavorable.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 23LAW

BE IT RESOLVED, That the fol-lowing amenlment be added to Arti-

cle 23 of the By-laws and shall beidentified as Section 1-A:

"When a radio or television sta-tion is local in character and hasstudios in more than one jurisdic-tion, members of the Federationshall not be permitted to tape anyprogram for said station unless thefirst public performance of said pro-gram emanates from the jurisdic-tion where tape is made."

The report of the committee isthat the resolution be referred tothe International Executive Board.

The committee report is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 24LAW

WHEREAS, At the PhiladelphiaConvention Resolution No. 12 wasintroduced to reactivate the staterepresentative for those states orprovinces who needed or felt theycould be of service, and

WHEREAS, Our national By-lawsprovide for state representatives,but of late years this service hasbecome dormant, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That some re-port or action be taken on the 1958Resolution No. 12 which had beenreferred to the President's Office.

The report of the committee isunfavorable.

The committee report is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 25

LAWWHEREAS, Many members be-

long to locals where there is noradio and/or television station, and

WHEREAS, Article 23, Section1, is discriminatory against suchmembers, now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Article23, Section 1, be changed to read asfollows: "Traveling or miscellane-ous out-of-town orchestras are notpermitted to function as studio or-chestras in radio and/or televisionstations, as these engagements areconfined to members of the localunless the local decides otherwise."

Also, the following words be de-leted from Article 23, Section 2,"over a coast -to -coast radio and/ortelevision network."

The report of the committee isunfavorable.

Discussed by Delegate Vanden-brock, Local 668.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 40

LAWWHEREAS, Custom and usage

indicates that organized labor en-ters into negotiations for improvedwages and working conditions an-nually, and that the A. F. of M.does not, and

WHEREAS, The wage scalesadopted by the A. F. of M. as setout under Articles 20, 22 and 27 ofthe By-laws have remained un-changed for many seasons, and

WHEREAS, Article 27, Section 1,sets out the wage scale to be paidto the musicians providing accom-paniment for fairs (exhibitions),and

WHEREAS, The members mustbe of the same standard as thoseworking under Sections 20 and 22,and

WHEREAS, Wage scales underArticle 20 vary from $151.25 to$192.50 and appear to be somewhatinconsistent (e.g. Grand Opera $175,Ballet $192.50), and

WHEREAS, The wages set underArticle 27 had remained unchanged

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(11Lb) until a tew seasons agowhen it was increased by 10%,making it $137.50, now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That thescale under Article 27, Section 1,be increased to $150 for six daysper man and that the remainder ofthe section referring to wages berevised accordingly.

The introducer of this resolutionrequests permission to withdrawsame.

The request is granted.RESOLUTION No. 41

LAWWHEREAS, Section 8, Article 32,

states that conferences may nottake up any matter affecting legis-lation, which has the effect of re-ducing conferences to a lengthyexchanging of ideas at a local level,and preventing discussion of longrange Federation policy as it effectsthe members of that conference,and

WHEREAS, In most labor circlesconferences and the like form avery important part of the parentorganization, and form the only linkbetween national executives andgeographical areas, and

WHEREAS, Many time wastingmotions are put before the Conven-tion, which motions would be eitherdiscouraged, redrawn, or reinforcedto be presented in a way that thereis a chance to succeed if samemotion were worked over at a con-ference rather than taking the timeof the convention and its busy com-mittees, and

WHEREAS, With the possible ad-vent of biennial Conventions, thebest executive boards could usesome interim reports on conditionsof locals, and

WHEREAS, There is no provisionmade for a conference to speak assuch at Convention, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That Article32, Section 8, of the By-laws be de-leted and a new section be writtenwhich will:

1. Authorize formation of confer-ences with power to discuss anymatter other than matters whichare sub judice.

2. Define the boundaries of eachconference, the method of electingdelegates and the rights and privi-leges of same.

3. Protect the interest of the Fed-eration by insisting on the presenceof a Federation officer, and by dis-allowing any local to belong tomore than one conference.

4. Allow the conference to havevoice but not vote at the Conven-tion through its elected delegatewho will attend without cost tothe Federation.

The introducer of the resolutionrequests permission to withdrawthe fourth "whereas" contained insame. Permission is granted.

The report of the committee isunfavorable to the resolution. Thecommittee report is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 42LAW

WHEREAS, The A. F. of M. hasalways in the past attempted tofollow, as much as possible, duedemocratic procedures in regardsto Conventions, etc., and

WHEREAS, The general member-ship, local boards and officers wouldlike to have a personal contactwith business of the National Con-vention, previous to said Conven-tion, and

WHEREAS, Many rank and filemembers feel that much of thebusiness of the Conventions is "cut

ana dry" procedure ana deem itunnecessary to send delegates tothe National Convention; said con-vention being merely a "vacationwith pay for the delegates," and

WHEREAS, Many delegates at-tend a Convention without any pre-vious knowledge of the resolutionsto be submitted to the Convention.If each local could have advanceknowledge of resolutions to be sub-mitted by the National ExecutiveBoard for consideration by the ex-ecutive boards of the various homelocals, each delegate could attenda Convention better prepared torepresent the views of his homelocal; thereby bringing the "homelocals" in personal contact with thebusiness to be presented at theConvention, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That resolu-tions to be submitted for considera-tion at the National Convention bythe National Executive Board besent to each local at least four (4)weeks prior to the National Con-vention.

The report of the committee isfavorable with an amendment toArticle 28, Section 9, as follows:

On the second line following theword "Secretary" delete the word"and," also following the word"Treasurer" delete the word "and."On the third line delete the words"that of the" and following theword "auditor," insert the words"and any resolutions to be sub-mitted by the Convention by theInternational Executive Board" -balance of section remains thesame.

Article 28, Section 9 will thenread: "Printed copies of the annualreports of the President, Secretary,Treasurer, Auditor and any resolu-tions to be submitted to the Con-vention by the International Execu-tive Board, if possible, shall bemailed to the accredited delegatesto the Convention of the Federationnot earlier than three weeks andnot later than two weeks preced-ing the opening session of the Con-vention."

The report of the committee asamended is adopted.

Delegate Pezzano, Local 85,thanks the Law Committee fortheir courtesies extended to thesigners of this resolution when theyappeared before the committee.

RESOLUTION No. 46LAW

WHEREAS, In the past few yearswe have dispensed with an im-portant function of the Convention(the reading of the whereas in reso-lutions presented to the. Conven-tion), and

WHEREAS, We feel that this isunfair to the maker of the resolu-tion because it does not give himthe opportunity to express thereasons for presenting the resolu-tion, and

WHEREAS, We feel that this isdefinitely not in the best interestsof the Federation because the dele-gates are voting upon a resolutionof which they know nothing aboutthe intent of the resolution, there-fore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That thereading of the whereas be mademandatory on all resolutions pre-sented to the Convention.

The report of the committee isunfavorable to the resolution.

Discussed by Delegate Metzger,Local 561.

The report of the committee isadopted.

Chairman Davis thanks the com-mittee for their patience and co-operation.

President Kenin thanks the chair-man and the members of the LawCommittee for their fine work.

Secretary Ballard, who serves aschairman of the Federation's com-mittee directing the "Best NewBand Contest" and the "Congressof Strings" projects, reported onthe successful outcome of the na-tion-wide search for the "best newdance band of 1959" in which 175fine music units competed. Thetitle was won by Claude Gordon'sLos Angeles Band in finals held inNew York City on May 11, 1959.

Secretary Ballard also reportedthat 80 accomplished young stringinstrumentalists are now at GreenLeaf Lake, Tulsa, Oklahoma, wherethey are enjoying eight weeks ofinstruction under an all-star fac-ulty. This summer school for tal-ented youths was made possiblethrough scholarships provided bymany locals of the Federation andthrough the cooperation of Tulsacivic leaders, and Dr. Roy Harris,Director of the String Congress.

His report is warmly received bythe delegates.

President Kenin thanks SecretaryBallard on behalf of himself andthe International Executive Boardfor his diligent work and timespent on these projects.

Hal Leyshon, Public RelationsCounsel for the Federation andExecutive Director of its 20% TaxRelief Committee, reported on thestatus of the musicians' fight in theCongress to repeal the excise taxwhich Leyshon said was responsiblefor some 41,000 job losses to musi-cians and perhaps as many as200,000 additional jobs in otherranks. Leyshon complimented thedelegates on the thoroughness oftheir "homework," activity bylocals in the grass roots of everyCongressional district having madethe 20% tax problem the bestknown special tax consideration be-fore the Congress, he said. Morethan a score of bills to repeal thejob -destroying tax are pending, buta climate unfavorable to tax reduc-tions of any character left the out-come at this first session of the86th Congress in doubt.

President Kenin was describedby the speaker as an eloquent andforceful voice on Capitol Hill andelsewhere, Leyshon calling him the"Chief Public Relations Man" ofthe union. Former President JimmyPetrillo continues to be a source ofstrength in advancing the legisla-tive needs of the musicians at theFederal level, Leyshon said.

Mr. Leyshon's remarks weregreeted with applause by the dele-gates.

President Kenin thanks Mr. Ley-shon for his work on the 20% TaxRelief Committee.

The matter discussed by Dele-gates Mayer, Local 664; Rotella,Local 123; Patnoe, Local 153; Bout -well, Local 444; and Paolucci,Local 38.

The Committee on Location re-ports through Chairman MacPher-son.

Invitations were received fromthe following cities as possible sitesfor 1960 American Federation ofMusicians' Convention:

Las Vegas, Nevada.Atlantic City, New Jersey.Santa Barbara, California.

SIGURD ERICKSON,

VIRGIL E. DEAN,

EARL W. LORENZ,

ERNEST E. WEAVER,

RAYMOND F. FRISH,

ANTON FASSERO,

PAUL J. CUMISKEY,

GEORGE T. DAVIS,

The committee recommends thatthe 1960 Convention be held in thecity of Las Vegas, Nevada.

It further recommends that con-sideration be given the followingcities for future Convention sites:Atlantic City, New Jersey 1961Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1962Miami, Florida 1963Louisville, Kentucky 1964

It also thanks Santa Barbara,California, for its invitation, andsince it fits all requirements, couldbe considered for any of the abovedates.

We also have a standing offerfrom Hawaii, and we all hope thatways and means can be found inthe near future for us to visit ournewest state.HERB MacPHERSON,

Chairman, Local 86.WALTER B. CONNOR,

Local 13.

Local 18.

Local 25.

Local 29.

Local 31.

Local 48.

Local 88.

Local 94.

Local 105.FOREST R. MUHLEMAN,

Local 122.MICHAEL C. TOMASULO,

Local 151.ALLAN J. SAUNDERS,

GEORGE L. SMITH,

ROY E. SMITH,

RAYMOND P. BROCK,

Local 180.

Local 197.

Local 201.

Local 337.SHELDON L. HORNBUCKLE,

Local 444.ARTHUR P. PATT,

MARK PIERCE,

WM. HERMON GUILE,

Local 457.

Local 463.

Local 516.MRS. BLANCHE A. MATTHEWS,

Local 652.RAY N. TANAKA,

PHILIP H. YOUNG,Local 677.

Local 770.The report of the Location Com-

mittee is adopted.

RESOLUTION No. 20LOCATION

WHEREAS, The last four conven-tions have been held in the extremeeast or far west, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That the Lo-cation Committee try and place the1960 Convention somewhere in cen-tral United States.

The report of the committee isthat the subject matter has beendisposed of.

The report of the committee isadopted.

RESOLUTION No. 48LOCATION

WHEREAS, So many delegateshave expressed the desire for arepetition of the hospitality ex-tended to them in Santa Barbarain 1952, and

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WHEREAS, The City of SantaBarbara and Local 308 of SantaBarbara are presenting official andcordial invitation to all delegates,therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That the 1960or 1961 Convention of the AmericanFederation of Musicians be held inSanta Barbara, California.

The report of the committee isthat the subject matter has beendisposed of.

The report of the committee isadopted.

Delegate Crouse, Local 278, ariseson a point of personal privilege andrequests permission to introduce aresolution having for its purposethat the Convention authorize theInternational Executive Board topay the full per diem to Mr. RussellPrinty and Mrs. Crystal Printy ofLocal 162, Lafayette, Indiana, inas-much as Mr. Printy died prior toleaving for the Convention, andMrs. Printy could not attend due tothe death of her husband. DelegateCrouse further requests permissionto introduce a motion on behalf ofDelegate Grady James, also of Local162, Lafayette, Indiana, who be-came ill while at this Conventionand that he is presently hospital-ized in Seattle, Washington; thatthis Convention pay the per diemand the hotel allowance for Dele-gate James, and that in the eventhe is not properly covered by hos-pitalization, that the InternationalExecutive Board pay for his hos-pitalization.

President Kenin states that it hasalways been the policy of the Fed-eration to take care of the doctor'sand hospital expenses of a delegatewho becomes ill during the Conven-tion if such delegate has no insur-ance to cover same.

Discussed by Secretary Ballard,Treasurer Clancy and DelegatesHarvey, Local 141; Collins, Local 3;and Mayfair, Local 484.

Delegate Winston, Local 174, ob-jects to the presenting of any spe-cial resolution for this purpose, andhe calls for a point of order to theeffect that under the By-laws unani-mous approval must be granted be-fore any such resolution can be pre-sented.

The chair sustains the point oforder and rules that the resolutionis out of order inasmuch as it doesnot have the unanimous consent ofthe delegates.

Delegate Davis, Local 60, offersthe following resolution:

RESOLUTION ABE IT RESOLVED, That the In-

ternational Executive Board be, andis hereby authorized and fully em-powered to act upon, dispose ofand settle any and all matters orthings before this Convention,which for any reason are not actedupon, disposed of or settled at thetime the Convention finally ad-journs, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That the International ExecutiveBoard be, and is hereby authorizedand fully empowered to review alllaws, amendments and changes tolaws passed by this Convention,and to correlate and correct anyerrors or inconsistencies that maybe in the same, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That each and every controversyor thing now existent or which mayarise in the future touching or con-cerning the interests and affairs of

the Federation, and all matters andthings pertaining thereto, be, andthe same are hereby referred to theInternational Executive Board, withfull power and authority to act asmay in the discretion of the saidBoard be decided, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That the International ExecutiveBoard be, and is hereby authorizedto meet, confer and agree, duringthe ensuing years, with employersas to the conditions and wages togovern members of this Federationin fields within Federation juris-diction, with full power and au-thority to modify or change exist-ing rules or laws as may, in thediscretion of said Board, be con-sidered for the best interests of thisFederation and its members, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That the International ExecutiveBoard be, and is hereby given fullpower and authority to promulgate,revise, change and/or readjust allprices for traveling musicians andall other prices in such manner andto such extent as in the opinion ofthe Board may be for the best in-terests of the Federation and themembers thereof.

The resolution is adopted.

The following communicationswere read and spread on the min-utes.President Herman KeninConvention Meeting of American

Federation of MusiciansSeattle, Wash.

The National Coordinating Com-mittee of the Beverage Industry ex-tends to the officers and delegatesof the American Federation of Mu-sicians best wishes for a successfulConvention and assurances that itwill continue its cooperation withyour organization in efforts to re-peal the discriminatory cabaret taxwhich is causing so much hardshipon your members.

JOSEPH E. BRADY,Chairman and Legislative Director,Brewery Workers Union, AFL-CIO.

Attn. Herman KeninAmerican Federation of

Musicians ConventionOlympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.

Friendly greetings from thenorthwest branch of the AmericanGuild of Variety Artists. We hopeyou have concluded a very success-ful Convention and we pledge ourcooperation for mutual strength inhelping the members of AFM andAGVA in their endeavors in partic-ular. We thank the Portland andSeattle locals for their cooperation.Regards.

JACK McCOY,Branch Manager, AGVA.

Chet RamageBusiness ManagerMusicians' Association of SeattleLocal 76, A. F. of M.Civic AuditoriumTo all the officers of Musicians'

Association of Seattle, Local 76,and to the delegates at the Con-vention:In behalf of the officers and mem-

bers of Taxicab Drivers Local 465,Seattle, I wish to express our appre-ciation for the wonderful cooper-ation given this local in regards toour strike against Yellow Cab Com-pany.

With cooperation of this type wefeel sure that we will win this

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INSTALLATION OF OFFICERSThe following officers -elect were

installed by Vice -President Emeri-tus Charles L. Bagley:President-Herman D. Kenin.Vice-President-William J. Harris.Secretary-Stanley Ballard.Treasurer-George V. Clancy.

Members of the InternationalExecutive Committee from theUnited States-Lee Repp, E. E."Joe" Stokes, Alfred J. Manuti,Charles H. Kennedy.

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sole with case, $175.00. Also used Vega plectrumbanjo (pre-war), with case, $85.00. J. A. Perry,535 Slocum Road, North Dartmouth, Mass.LIBRARY (concert, for orchestra), over one thou-

sand numbers, overtures, opera and musical showselections, suites, marches, waltzes. Complete infolders and filing cabinets. Make offer. CharlesHrych, 1942 Scoville Ave., Berwyn, Ill.LIBRARY (Dance), ten books, 250 orchestrations;

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