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Modified Bop. The life of a G.I. musician, even in the rear-line luxury of Seoul, would set his Stateside counterpart bawling for Petrillo. After playing for dances until around 11, he is likely to be up at 6 without even so much as a cup of coffee, bouncing over pitted streets to one of the airfields to play ruffles & flourishes and the General's March for visiting brass. In winter weather, instruments have to be doused with antifreeze, and metal mouthpieces have to be kept in pockets until the last minute. Army bands are not required to play...
James Caesar Petrillo, boss of the A.F.M., announced last week that his union will pick up the tab for all the music at the inauguration, including the performances of such high-priced bands as Guy Lombardo, Fred Waring, Emil Coleman and Wayne King. "I think we're showing the people that even though we voted for Roosevelt and Stevenson we're going along with Ike, even though he is a Republican President . . . Ike is my friend...
...year. If the Salary Stabilization Board in Washington approves the 60% increase, Murray will stand No. 4 in labor's list of big moneymen. The top three: George Harrison, of the Railway Clerks, $76,000 a year, John L. Lewis and James C. Petrillo, $50,000 each...
...Democratic labor leaders thumbed down Vice President Alben Berkley, 74, as a presidential candidate, the New York Herald Tribune's Columnist Hy Gardner compiled a roster of some union oldsters who are still going strong: William Green, 79, John L. Lewis, 72, Philip Murray, 66, James C. Petrillo and David Dubinsky, both...
A.F.L. Musicians Boss James Caesar Petrillo was deeply annoyed when he heard that one of his boys, Conductor Artur Rodzinski, had made some unauthorized (by Petrillo) recordings in Vienna last March. Now, getting wind that Maestro Rodzinski might cut a few more longhair platters in Europe, Little Caesar thundered: "If he wants to scab, he'd better get out of the union. And if he leaves...he won't be worth a plugged nickel. He'd walk out on the stage and [our members] would walk out on him. That's what would happen...