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Heinl Radio-Television News Service
4/6/49
SAM ROSENBAUM TAKES OVER FREE WSIC PROJECT FOR PETRILLO
The welfare fund won five and a half years ago by the American Federation of Musicians, AFL, is going under new management, writes A* H« Raskin in the New York Times*
"After distributing nearly ^4,500,000 to provide free pub¬ lic music programs, the union* s brash, bouncy president, James C* Petrillo, is turing control of the fiind over to a scholarly, softspoken Philadelphia lawyer who left the presidency of a radio sta¬ tion to become a wartime colonial in military government overseas,
"The change in administration of the fund is not likely to be as spectacular as the change in administrators, Samuel R, Rosen¬ baum, who has been designated as trustee of the fund by the manu¬ facturers of records and transcriptions, is lavish in praise of Mr,, Petrillo and the union for the way in which they have run the fund^,
"•The money paid in as royalties on records has been used as a public service and not a feed bag*, Mr, Rosenbaum says, ‘The union has never treated the money as a slush fund and has administer¬ ed it effectively and economically,*
"The new trustee *s freedom to make changes in use of the fund is severely limited by the deed of trust under which he v/as ap¬ pointed three months ago. The money must continue to be used to pro¬ vide free musical programs and it must be allocated on a geographic basis that corresponds exactly with the formula used by Mr, Petrillo in distributing funds among his 640 locals.
"The principal change that Mr, Rosenbaum foresees is in the type of musical service that v\?ill be provided through the fund. He expects to put much more stress on musical programs in schools and less on music in hospitals. He thinks this will help to crease a new interest and appreciation for music,
"The transfer of administrative control over the fund from the union to a neutral trustee was made necessary by the provi¬ sions of the Taft-Hartley Law, Mr, Petrillo and his attorneys draft¬ ed the proposal finally approved by the Department of Justice for the change, which permitted revocation of the union*s ban on the making of new musical records,
"The new agreement, vi/hich runs until Dec, 31, 1953, has a clause transferring control back to Hir, Petrillo if the Taft-Hartley Law is repealed or amended in such a v/ay that the union may legally designate the trustee. It is generally thought, hov/ever, that the union president v/ould favor retention of IVIr, Rosenbaum, who has long been a partisan of the union in its battles v/ith the radio and recording industries,
Mr, Rosenbaum concedes that the new system of trusteeship will result in the spending of a bigger share of the fund for over¬ head, Under the terms of the agreement, the trustee receives a salary of ^25,000 a year. In addition, he must maintain a central office from v;hich some 15,000 checks a month will be issued to musicians in all parts of the country,
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