AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

RESTRICTIVE UNION PRACTICES OF THE

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS

VOLUME 1

HEARINGS HELD AT WASHINGTON, D. C.
JANUARY 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, AND 22, 1948

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

80TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION

H. Res. 111

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 21, 1947

Mr. ALLEN of Illinois, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

FEBRUARY 26, 1947.-Agreed to

RESOLUTION

Resolved, That the Committee on Education and Labor, acting as a
whole or by subcommittee, is authorized and directed to conduct thor-
ough studies and investigations relating to matters coming within the
jurisdiction of such committee under rule XI (1) (g) of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, and for such purposes the said commit-
tee or any subcommittee thereof is hereby authorized to sit and act
during the present Congress at such times and places within the
United States, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has
adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require by subpena or other-
wise the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production
of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and docu-
ments, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued over the signa-
ture of the chairman of the committee or any member of the committee
designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by
such chairman or member. The chairman of the committee or any
member thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.

That the said committee shall report to the House of Representatives
during the present Congress the results of their studies and investiga-
tions with such recommendations for legislation or otherwise as the
committee deems desirable.

CONTENTS

LIST OF WITNESSES

Armstrong, Maj. Edwin H., professor of electrical engineering, Columbia
University, New York, N. Y.

Page

139-162

Asch, Leonard L., president and general manager, Capitol Broadcasting Co.,

Inc., Schenectady, N. Y-----

92-119

Bailey, J. N., executive director, FM Association, Washington, D. C‒‒‒‒ 66-92
Bannister, Harry, general manager of Detroit News radio stations, Detroit,
Mich----

320-331

Burke, George J., Jr., Ann Arbor, Mich., attorney for National Music
Camp_

250-251

126-138

Dillard, Everett L., president, FM Association, Washington, D. C‒‒‒

Diamond, Milton, general counsel to the American Federation of Musicians

of the United States and Canada, New York, N. Y___ 335–336, 403-475, 477-483

Geddes, Bond, executive vice president and general manager, Radio Manu-

facturers Association, Washington, D. C----
51-65

Gootee, J. Wharton, president, Local 484, A. F. of M., Chester, Pa‒‒‒‒‒ 483-496

Jones, E. Z., general manager, WBBB and WBBB-FM, Burlington, N. C.- 119–126

King, Gerald, president, Standard Radio Transcription Services, Inc.,

Hollywood, Calif__

229-238

Maddy, Joseph E., president, National Music Camp, Interlochen, Mich-- 239–255

Miller, Justin, president, National Association of Broadcasters, Washing-
ton, D. C.__

2-49

Mullen, Frank E., executive vice president, National Broadcasting Co., Inc.,

New York, N. Y....

257-270

Murray, James W., vice president, Radio Corp. of America, Philadelphia,

Pa., appearing on behalf of certain record manufacturers__

Pearl, Jack, representing the Association of Record Manufacturers__

Petrillo, James C., president, American Federation of Musicians, Chicago,

Ill-

179-218

201-206

333-401

Poppele, J. R., president, Television Broadcasters Association, New York,

N. Y.

162-178

Rackmil, Milton R., representing Decca Records, Inc-_-

204-205, 207-209

Ream, Joseph H., executive vice president, Columbia Broadcasting System,

Inc., New York, N. Y..

271-278

Riccardi, A. Rex, Larchmont, N. Y., assistant to the president, American

Federation of Musicians__.

475-477

Streibert, Theodore C., vice chairman of the board, Mutual Broadcasting

System, Inc., New York, N. Y_

283-288

Testut, Richard S., vice president and general manager, Associated Program
Service, New York, N. Y___.

Wallerstein, Edward, representing Columbia Records, Inc.

219-229
188,

190, 191-192, 194–196, 198, 214, 218

Woods, Mark, president, American Broadcasting Co., Inc., New York,

N. Y.

279-283

INDEX

Agreement between Local 47, A. F. of M., and motion-picture producers,
excerpts from (Mullen appendix exhibit 3)

270

All sets, production of, in 1940-47, and retail value of__

AM and FM programs, simultaneous service for, letters relative to, from-
Asch, Leonard L., to James C. Petrillo, and reply.
Petrillo, James C., to Everett L. Dillard__
Amendments to Taft-Hartley Act, recommendations for, by Hon. Carroll
D. Kearns, of Pennsylvania----