Heinl radio business letter (Jan-June 1943)

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1/8/43 SENATOR CLARK REINTRODUCES PETRILLO BILL On the second day of the new Congress, Senator D. Worth Clark, of Idaho, reintroduced his bill to restrict the powers of James C. Petrillo, President of the American Federation of Musicians. The bill would make illegal any orders of Mr. Petrillo to ban the production of records or electrical transcriptions. It would endeavor to bring the labor leader within the scope of the anti¬ trust laws and subject to possible injunctions preventing the enfor¬ cement of the prohibition against musicians playing for recorded music. Senator Clark said that Petrillo had advised him that he would appear at the hearings of the Senate Interstate Commerce Com¬ mittee which will begin next Tuesday, January 12th. Furthermore Senator Clark declared that if there was not speedy action in the Senate, he would go directly to President Roosevelt on it. "If we can’t get anywhere with this bill, which I plan to re-offer In the new Congress, then I'll appeal directly to the President”, Senator Clark said* "He has authority to take over plants where production has been halted by strikes, I am sure he has war-time power to curb the power of Petrillo to deny popular music to millions of Americans, including troops at home and abroad. "So far as I know, petrillo has not offered any concrete proposal as a compromise to either the broadcasting stations, the record and transcription manufacturers or others involved", Senator Clark added, "This matter goes far beyond any labor dispute* Elmer Davis, Director of the Office of War Information, told our committee recently that a continuance of the ban would force the closing of many small radio stations essential to our wartime communications. "He also said, and he spoke for the War and Navy Depart¬ ments, that the withdrawal of popular music from the radio stations and 5 juke boxes' would seriously endanger wartime morale on the home front as well as that of our troops on the battle front. "Quite a few stations have already closed or sold out for nominal sums. " XXXXXXXX Electric storage battery production quote for 1943, as announced by the War Production Board, is established at 100$ of number sold during 1941, under Order L-180 as amended January 5,1943. XXXXXXXXX 3 —