MINWES OF

THE INTERlI'ATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SYMPHONY

AND

OPERA MUSICIANS

SEPTEMBER 2, 3 and 4. 1965

University of Toronto Toronto, Ont., Canada

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VOTING DELEGATES PRESENT

BOSTON Gerald Gelbloom

BUFFALO Thomas Coleman

CHICAGO James Hansen

CINCI~1NATI Henry Shaw

CLEVELAND Gino Raffaelli

DETROIT David Ireland

HOUSTON Geffrey Lerner

I1TDI~1APOLIS David Richey

LOS ANGELES Roland Moritz

METROPOLITAN Reinhardt Elster (not voting)

MINtT8APOLIS Stephen Cherette

NATIONAL Carlton Herrett

~~ YORK Robert Morris

PHILADELPHIA Fred Batchelder

PITTSBURGH Bernard Goldberg

ST. LOUIS Mel J erngan

TORONTO Anthony Antonacci

NEW HAVEN Ronald Quinn (not voting

VANCOUVER Dennis Miller (not voting)

AGENDA

I Chairman's Report

II Secretary's Report

III Treasurer!s Report

IV Report of Editor of Senza Sordino

V Report of Committee for Emergency Relief Fund

VI Report of Committee on Government Subsidy

VII Potices of Motion

VIII Emergency Relief Fund

IX Ee", Business

1. Application for membership

2. Fe", Contract Negotiations

3. Revision of Article 22 of A.F. of M. By-La",s

4. Payment of Expenses, Officers

5. Secretary's Allo",ance for 1965-66

6. American Symphony League

7. Pational Arts Council

8. Foundation Grant

9. Emergency Relief Fund

10. Special Recording Arrangements

11. Emergency Relief Fund (return)

12. Executive meeting ",ith President Kenin

13. Editor of Senza Sordino

14. Article 22 (return)

15. Viet Nam

16. Vancouver Delegate

17. Effect of ICSOM on Orchestras

18. Return of Questionnaires and Charts to Secretary

19. Payment of Secretary's Expenses 1964-65

20. Personnel Managers

21. Representative to A.F. of M. Convention in 1966

22. Contributions to E.R.F.

23. Site of 1966 Conference

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Thursday, September 3, 1965. 10:00 A.M.

Roll Call - Orchestras represented were: Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati,

Los Angeles, Detroit, Houston, Metropolitan Opera (not voting), New York

Philharmonic, National, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Toronto, New Haven (not

voting), Vancouver (not voting), with Indianapolis, Vinneapolis and St. Louis

arriving later.

On a motion by Philadelphia, the names of orchestra or member will not be

included in minutes except when otherwise designated and by maker and seconder

of motions. The motion was carried unanimously.

I. Chairman's Report

Chairman Zazofsky mentioned the disappearance of problems regarding ratification

of contracts. He said that the image of ICSOM at this time in certain areas is

not very good and it has been misrepresented in some cases. The latest incident

with which we must be concerned occured on July 13th 1965: The Ford Foundation

sponsored a Conference in lJew York City and invited the managements of 15

orchestras to send a playing musician.

Atlanta Utah Chicago Hartford Baltimore National Boston Minneapolis

The Orchestras invited to attend were:

Cincinnati Portland Indianapolis San Antonio San FranciSCO St. Louis Syracuse

~xtracts of notes taken by an orchestra delegate and pertaining to ICSOM were

read. Zazofsky said these comments indicate a growing fear and apprehensions

on the part of some that ICSOM is becoming a very strong organization; and fear

that A.F. of M's reluctance to recognize this, also represented an attempt to

abort and eliminate ICSOM as a driving force on the American scene. He said that

these charges must be answered and he is making attempts to get a transcript of

this one-day Neeting from McNeil Lowry of the Ford Foundations. If he cannot do

this, then he will make an effort to personally see McNeil Lowry and try to

reverse these opinions; in other words, he is going to try and set the record

straight. The first topic on the Ford Foundation meeting waS "o~personal

frustration as orchestra musicians". (Sigmund Koch was the moderator). George

Humbrecht, Cincinnati, brought up the question of preparing a handbook to remedy this.

Last year at the Convention in Washington it was decided that we would send

a telegram to President Johnson asking that ICSOM be represented on the Arts

Council. Zazofsky said he called the White House and asked to speak with Roger

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Stevens, Chairman of the Arts Council. He was granted an appointment to see

Mr. Stevens within 15 minutes of his call which illustrates the prestige of

our organization. Mr. Stevens was very interested and was anxious to meet

with the Executive Committee. He gave Zazofsky his number and said "let me

assure you that you have a friend in court". We should make some reference

again to Mr. Stevens about possible representation on the Couhcil. The delegate

from National suggested personal contact.

Symphony players were represented at the signing of the National Recording

Agreement recently signed by the A.F. of M. This is the first time that players

have been represented at these negotiations. The first royalty payments under the

terms of the new Recording Agreement will likely be paid by October 1, 1965.

We decided that SENZA SORDINO would be incorporated as a non-profit organiz-

ation. This was discussed at previous conventions but has not been acted upon.

The Chairman said in his opinion we should pursue this matter again, due to the

fact that this is the only printed material that could lend us libel.

III. Secretary's Report

Mr. Cox read the Secretary's Report on the activities of the secretary of

ICSOM during the period from September 1964 to September 1965.

Enquiries for membership in ICSOM were received from the following orchestras:

1. Houston Symphony 2. Hartford Symphony 3. San Antonio Symphony 4. London Symphony (England)

Instructions were sent to these orchestras along with a copy of lCSOM By-Laws and

the minutes of the Washington Conference.

Information about ICSOM and a copy of the By-Laws was also sent to the following

orchestras: 1. Vancouver 2. lNinnipeg 3. Dallas 4. Denver 5. Portland 6. Seattle

These orchestras were invited to send a delegate to the Toronto Conference as an

observer.

The Orchestra Fact Chart compiled in Washington was not received by the

secretary until the first of August. It was then duplicated and sent to all

orchestras.

The Contract and Rapid Communications Centre that was established at the

Washington Conference and located in Baltimore sent out their first contracts.

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Contracts of 10 orchestras were sent to ".11 ICSOH member orchestras.

In February a request was received from Hrs. Hilda Baumol on behalf of

Professors Baumol and Bowen to assist in an Economic Survey of the Performing

Arts. This study is being conducted by Mathmatica for the 20th Century Fund.

'~!ith their assistance, a questionnaire was drawn up and sent to all orchestras.

Hrs. Baumol has agreed to send the information and findings gained from this study

to ICSOM.

On Friday, June 18, the secretary had a m~ing with Hrs. Helen Thompson of

the American Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. They discussed the

possibility and desirability of establishing a liason between ICSOM and the League.

On the basis of this meeting, he will introduce a motion on this matter later in

our Convention.

This concluded the SsGretary's report.

Report approved on a motion by Philadelphia, seconded by Los Angeles.

Hr. Cox stated that he sent invitations to attend this Conference to 36

orchestras. The Chair~3n said that we started out with 26 orchestras. Obviously

some of the orchestras have not come because of money prOblems. He plans to

contact the F~rd Foundation, or some such Foundation, to see if they will give a

grant to enable ICSOM members to attend Conferences.

III. Treasurers Report

To await arrival of the Treasurer from Cleveland.

IV. Report of Editor of SENZA SOP~INO

R. Elster stated that two issues of SENZA SORDINO were published. He

apologised for the fact that four issues were not published. This was due to a

particularly heavy schedule, together with other problems. He received $500. from

the Treasury of ICSOM. ~fuile he did not have time to make a financial report, he

thinks there is a 'li,16.77 balance. He mentioned that he did not receive nnny

contributions for items from orchestras.

He suggested some ways of sharing the load. As Editor h0 has some important

things in mind - Perhaps the burdens of handling the publication could be

distributed in several ways; someone to handle the matter with the printers and

typesetters, help on the mailing and research, and the assistance of an associate

editor. The entire cost of this publication is apprOximately $200 per issue.

Four thousand copies are printed at each issue. About 26 orchestras receive copies

of this publication.

Report approved on a motion by Philadelphia, seconded by Chicago.

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V. Report of the Committee for the Emergency Relief Fund. (E.R.F.)

S. Denou, Chairman of the E.R.F. Committee reported that there are two legal

requiruments for setting up this fund, which could be set up in the form of a trust

fund. The first requirement is that the fund must be registered with the Secre~ary

of State, in the State in which the fund is located. Secondly a Court Order must

be obtained locally in the District of Columbia transferring these funds from the

Fational Symphony to the newly created ICSOM Fund.

The Chairman read the statement from the Washington Symphony.

Mr. Cox read an excerpt from the minutes (No.7) regarding transfer of funds

from the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington, to the proposed Emergency Relief

Fund of ICSOH.

Meeting adjourned 1:00 P.M.

VI. Thursday, September 2, 1965 2:00 P.M.

ReDort of the Committee on Government subsidy by Mr. Shaw. Cincinnati.

The structure of the F~tional Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act

of 1965, differs from H.R. 9587, the National Foundation on the Arts, which went

do.m to defeat in the House in 1964. It is Significant that the first mentioned

bill (H.R.6050) should sncompass both the Arts and the Humanities. 1,Te reluctantly

but necessarily, must ride the coat-tails of the Humanities if the bill is to have

any chance of passage. Thers does not seem to be any organized objection in the

House to monetary support of the HUFanities - chances of passage are excellent

for a dual-structured bill.

At present, H.R. 6050 has been reported out of committee and is now in the

House Rules Committee. The last organized opposition to Government support for

the Arts seems to have v~nished with a report from a recently held meeting of

the presidents and managers of nearly 40 symphony orchestras in Pittsburgh. It

was there stated that "spiraling costs and urgent pressures to extend the length

of orchestra operating seasons to 52 weeks are the prime factors that led to the

change of viewpOint regarding proposed Federal support of the Arts". We see,

significantly, a virtual complete reversal of stand from that made by the same

group in the last t~n years.

He urge that nothing be taken for granted and that individuals in all member

orchestras write or wire their Congressman to support H.R. 6050 when it reaches

the floor for a vote.

lIe wish to bring to your attention also Public Law 89-10, the "Elementary

and S" condary Education Act of 1965. Title III of this law has a great deal of

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significance for symphony orchestras throughout the nation. It provides for grants

which may be used for the development of progranm to provide supplementary education

activities and services. Live concerts and private or group lessons on musical

instrwuents are considered a supplementary education activity. Also, the develop-

ment, production and transmission of educational radio and television programs.

The services offered by cultural organizations are considered of value. Obtain the

co-operation of the public school superintendents in your area as well as the Board

of Trustees of your symphony to formulate a plan or program that could benefit from

tc,is piece of legislation. 1,.,lhatever program is arrived at must be presented to and

revi&w® by your State educational agency and by the U.S. Commissioner of Education.

_",ct now, as funding under the act he,s begun 2S of July 1st.

One hundred million ciollars hAS been appropriated for Supplementary ,services

and Educational Centres under Title III. i'm,other your orchestras get its share

depends on total cOillW.unity co-operation and iIT~ediate action on its part.

Mr. Shaw then read a bulletin which he sent out in }~y.

At 2.30 p.m. l".r. Cox introduced to the delegates It,r. J. Alan i'/ood, President

of the Toronto Musicians Association, Local 149 A.F. of M. In his address, Mr.

1,,100d welcom6d the delegates to Toronto, and invited them to a party to be held for

them at the Local's Hcadc!uartsrs that evening at 8.30 p.m.

VII. Fotices of Notion

Mr. Cox read the reco~uended changes for the existing BY-Laws.

Fotic2 of motion Po. 1 - Moved to accept by It,r. Denov, Chicago, seconded by Toronto.

1. Article IV, Sect. 4: Add ..•.. "except that not more than one member of anyone orchestra shall serve on the Executive Committee at the same time".

Carried 15-0

Notice of i'lotion No.2 - Hoved to accept by Vir. Horitz, Los Angeles, seconded by 11r. Shaw, Cincinnati.

2. Article V, Sec. 3: Delete the words "?rinted in full and", so that it rGads, " •.• cause the minutes of each meeting of the ICSOM to be distributed ... n.

Carried 15-0

~'otice of Notion No.3 - Moved to accept by l".r. Ireland, Detroit, seconded by Vir. Coleman, Buffalo.

3. Artic 18 V, Sec. 6-B: ,liter the words, "shall be in keeping with", add, "Section 6 above and with". Add th2 word "specifically" before the word "defined".

Carried 13-1, 1 abstention.

~Jotice of Hotion Fo. 4 - Moved to accept by Chicago, seconded by Philadelphia.

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Article VIII: Add "Section the ICBOM".

2B - Th8 Executive Committee m~y not borrow funds on behalf of (This nsw section to be inserted between Section 2 and Section 3.

Carried 11-4, 1 abstention.

VIII. Emergency Relief Fund

A general discussion took place on the Emergency Relief Fund as proposed at

the :N'ashington Conference. Mr. Cox suggested that this fund should be created

by a motion passed at this Conference but not become a part of ICSOE By-Laws at

this tim". He then ~sked the Chairman to appoint a Committee to write the

necessary motion and ~ Co~~ittee of six was anpointed.

The follOwing conunents and amc,ndments refer to the Emergency Relief as

proposed and printed in the minutes of the 1,rashington ConfGrence of 1964. The

following comments were read:

1. I approve the principlG of such a fund.

2. Unless all members of the orchcstr~ can be comp811ed to pay to this fund,

collections would probably bo insufficient to meet the orchGstra's quota. This

nc;ed not prevent our partiCipation if ICSOM is willing to accept whatever we

c~n send to the fund. I see no way to compel members to pay.

3. Amend Sec. 4 so that it reads:

"Sec. 4 Honies from the fund shall be disbursed to a participating member

orchestra by the Treasurer. Such monies shall be disbursed only upon a loan basis,

and shall be repayable to the fund within two (2) calendar years, without interest

therefor".

Deleted words:

" ..... upon the aoproval of the Executive Committee, whose approval shall not

be unreasonably withh"ld".

Co~~ent; The Executive Committee should not have the power to approve or

disapprove the disbursement of monies from the fund. The possibility of

disQPproval by the Bxecutiv8 Committee ',JOuld create a wholly improper, unwarranted,

'lnd unnecessary restraint upon 3. membor orchestr3.' s right to rej ect ·3 contract

proposal. The right to strike is recognized by feder3.1 law. }:o artificial

restraints or restrictions should be introduced which mi~~t tend to infring0 or

encroach upon the right to strike. There are natural restraints upon striking.

These natural forces 2,re quite sufficient. The; EXE)cutive Corr~ittee should not

invade an area which by its very nature is strictly local, just ~s 3 member-

orchestra should not attempt to inv",de an ",rea Hhich naturally lies within the

jurisdiction of the Executive Committee.

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4. Amend Sec. 5 as follows:

IlSGc. 5 Applications for a 103n from the fund shall be executed by the

respective orchestra cOr'illlittee on behalf of the mcrilcr-orchestra, and shall be

submitted to the Tre'3.sur,r by said committee through the chairman. Application

forms, approved by the annual ICSOM Conference, sh311 be available from the Treasurer.

5. Transpose positions of Sec. 4 and Sec. 5.

Change Sec. 4 to Sec. 5 and Sec. 5 to Sec. 4. This is because an

ap~lication preccd8s a disburs8ment.

6. Amend Sec. 7 - (A) 2S follows:

"Upon l

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Orchestras who retain legal advice - St. Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Boston, Indbn3polis, i"L;tropolitan, Pittsburgh (not accepted by Local)

Orchestras not retaining legal advice: - National, :rel-J York Philharmonic, VJinncapolis,

Houston, Detroit, Buff,alo, Toronto, Los AngGles.

It was requested that an :J.dditional item be added to the Yearly Chart, that is,

"Does your orchestra rek,in a lawyer".

Heeting 'l.dj ourned 7; 30 p.m.

Friday, Sept0mber 3, 1965 10.00 a.m.

S2VGnteen Orchestr3s r0presented (one not voting). The Cleveland delegate ilrrived.

Th8 Treasurer, Gino Eaffaelli of the CIGve18nd Orchestra read his r8port e.s follows:

Fifteen orchestras paid dues for the year of 1964-65. The present bank balance

if ",1,100.00.

On a motion by Philad01phia, seconded by Soston, th,e Tr6:;tsurer's report was accepted

unanimously.

3. RGvision of Artic Le 22 of the A.F. of N. By-Laws.

cection 1 of thE; A.F. of M. Constitution was read. Add the word "substanti,ally"

before permanent personnel be deleted from this Section. Notion was m:J.de by

fhi13delphb, seconded by Detroit to delete the above-m.,ontioned word. Notion

carried 14-1, with 1 abskntion.

Section 2 - Accepted as printed.

Section 3 - lied "Contract should be submitted to the Local and to the A.F. of M"

Philad61phi.:? mov0d to gdopt, seconded by Clevobnd. Carried 16-0

Section 4 - Delete beginning with "any contract" :md ending with "not exclusive".

Movod to 'lCC8pt by Philadelphi0., seconded by Cleveland. Carried 16-0.

Soction 4 - No Contr~ct beotweon Loc:11 Clnd the L'l8.n:lg8mEmt of '1 symphony orchestr'1

sh",ll be deemed to b0 in effect unless and until it is ratified by secret b2110t by

,t lSOlst n simple majority of the 8ntire memb()rship of said orchestrOl.

JVioved to accept by Boston, second d by Los Angeles. Carried 16-0

Section 11- 110tion was r.~1de by 2hiladelphi2., seconded by St. Louis to delete

Section 11. 15 in favour, with 1 nbst~ntion.

Y0W Section: Notion was mad0 by Boston, seconded by Philadelphia, to adopt the

following new Section:

(a) Every o:usician shall b':cngaged for a sp;;cific position.

(b) Any notice of non-rc;n0wal must relate to th,~t specific position.

QU0stion G~lled for - 14 in favour, 2 onposed.

JViotion carried 9 - 7

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Few Section: Fotification of a vacancy nust be published in the Internation:l.l

i'lusicbns' Journal, listing the exact position.

Motion to adopt trade by Chicago, seconded by St. Louis.

C:l.rried 10-4, with 2 :l.bskntions.

4. Pa-rment of Expenses

I·lotion W:l.S lll3.dG 0;; Boston, s"conded by Cincinn:l.ti, th:l.t ICSOE reimburse the

exp8nses incurrod by those G:embcrs of the Executive Committee :l.ttcnding this

ConfE:r.;;nco who ,'3.re not acting ·3.8 delogatos for their respective orch,~str1.s 3nd whoso

expenses :1re not biling borne by those: orchestr:l.s.

QU0stion cc:lled for - Notion carried unanimously.

5. Hotion was made by Toronto, secondod by Boston, th"lt '~n :l.mount of (;;200

cxplmsc'lllow:mce b.s paid to tho SccrGtary to cover 8xpcns8s incurred by the

S('crcto.ry for the YCClr from September 1965 to S·)ptiOmbor 1966. i"lotion cc:rried

unc.nimously.

6. Motion was tr.3de by Toronto, seconc",d by Philo.d01phia, th:1t ICSOM ')pply for

mcmborship in tho ~imcric.J.n S:rmphony Orchestr2 Longue:. As 3.n org:s.nizct..l..on, thG cost

ill .. ,25.00. Question cC'.lled for - uD~.nimous,'lnd the r:-.otion W3S c'lrried un:1nimously.

7. t-iotion W3S n:',de by Los An§>:;les, seconded by Boston, that th" Executive Board

Continue their Gfforts to scek representation on the "ntion:J.l Arts Council of the

Uni ted St3. tes • !'lotion cJ.rri"d u.'lanimous ly.

8. Motion was trudc by Toronto, seconded by Detroit, that the Exccutiv0 Board be

8r"I:)Qw,·r·cd to proceed to inv,~stig1tc tho possibilitios of rGcGiving '1 FoundatiOJ:l

Grant for the purposos of ICSOM. Hotion carried unanimously.

9. EmergClnCy Rdiof Fund

Motion WC\S madG by Toronto, seconded by Los fmgdes, that the International

Conforcncc of Symphony3.nd Op8r. Hus i ci:'lns Cr03,te a fund to bo known 'lS thG Emorg,oocy

Relief Fund of ICSOH. This fund is to be kopt in a s,')pClr"tc 3ccount, sep.'lr'lte from

th" general funds as outlined in ICSOH By-Lo.ws. It nelY r8cciv0 donations 'lnd con-

tributions 'lssigncd to it and L3Y b8 10'lnc": to assist 12,'mbor-orchestras experiencing

difficult,Y in concluding contractual n,;gotiations. }fonoy froL1 this fund my bo

loaned to a mccrrib'3r-orchestra upon cipplication by its orchestr'l cOGll:'.itt8G,'l.nd moon

the majority cons~nt of the officers of ICSOM.

ilm- nded this notion \S follows: This fund to be b"lnkod at a p:;rmncnt 10catioJ;l. Only

7 del~gates w

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10. ~ial Recording ~rrangcments IT3de in Orcho~tra Contr~cts.

A mClmbc'r-orchestra oxplaine0 the background and terms of their Snscial

R.ecording Agr'~0ment.

Motion was 0~d~ by Philadelphia, seconded by Cincinnati, that rCSOM strongly

protest th8 approval by the .A.P. 0: M. of the exchange of service for recording

and urge that this be prohibited in the futuro.

First Amcndm,mt:

Notion ;/8S m'Old0 by Toronto, sGconded by Boston, that 'l. 10tter be sent to the

A.F. of N. rGcommcnding that the Federation in the future does not permit the

cxchsnge of conc,: . .rts :3.Dd/or rehc1.rsa.ls for recordings.

Sc;cono. Am0ndment:

Notion was made by Pittsburgh, seconded by Los Angeles, to ::lmend the above

amendment as follows: Add "th.at tho Federatfon b" urged to r:lore cffectiv81y

police all recording contracts and repl3.ys of television tapes".

S~cond Amendment defeated. 4 in favour, 11 against.

Th~ first amcmdmont was cClrri8d un.1nimously.

Th8 Notion carried 14-1, ",ith 1 Clbstention.

11. Er:lerg8ncy Relief Fund (return)

Motior. w~s r.nde by Toronto th:"t rCSON ,·ngage tho legal services of Ruth

IhylG.nd to procure a Court Order to transfer the money fror:l the ',!ashington Strike

~und into the Emergency R8lief Fund of rCSOM.

Notion w:;s carried 15-1, with 1 abstention (viethsington abstained).

Friday, Seotor:lber 3, 1965.

The meeting reconvened s.t 8: 00 p.l'!. "lith 17 delegatss present, Hr. George

Z:czofsky rlcting ClS Chairm"ln.

12. Novod by Hr. R. Cox, S8cr",tary, that this Conference instruct the Executive

COmmitt88 to requ8st :1 meeting with the PrE:siclent of A.F. of N, l

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Motion 'lS originoclly pr8sc;nt~d by Er. Cox c.'1rried (For 15, 11bstcntion).

13. l·'omina tions were cSllled for the position of Editor of th'2 publication, SE~TZA

SOEDINO. Th8 only nominee 'laS Hr. S. Denov. Ballots were counted and the votE: was

unanir.,ous in fc:vour of Hr. Donov for this position.

Tho Chairman expressed the sincere thanks of the deleg~tes and ffiembers of

ICSOM for the work performed by the post editor, Hr. Hh:inllart.

l~ .• Hoved by Hr. Cox th",t ,qn3ddition to Article 22 read: "All radio broadcasts,

sustaining, commercial (md remotes, '\11 ·r. V. engagements, and all recordings are to

be p"lid to each mmb'3r in "'lddition to regular wGekly sal2.ry !It thG prewliling fee,

as found in the current wage sc o.18s "TClrrif-of-Feos" schedule prevailing in th8

Loc'11".

SGconded by Detroit.

Carried (For 12, Abstentions 4)

15. ThE ?hiladdphi.l delegate- O1sked for time to review the Viet FaD) situation "md

suggested the group go on record that ICSOH is Oppose.d to the Dni ted States

participation in Vi:t Fam. H:3.ny of the deleg3tes felt they could not speak on

behalf of the members of their orchestr:3.s without prior discussion. .lfter some

discussion, Detroit suggested that the Philadelphi'1 delegate prepare "nd circulate

n form l"tter Clsking for signatures of orchestra msmb8rs, reading "we, th·: following

members of the ________ .orchestra-------------". :,,'hen completed, this

ktter would bE- sent to the Unit8d states GoviJrnment. The Philildclphia delGgate

Clgrecd to do this and asked each delegate to present the subj ect to his own

ol'chcstrQ rDgardless of th .... ir own pGrsonal feeling in the matter. 1,'.Then questioned if

h; had been ctuthorized by his own orchestra to introduce this subj cct at the meeting

the Philadclphi~ member stated that he h~d not, but it was his own p"rsonal idea.

16. Although they are not members of ICSOl':, several momb8rs of tho 'hncohver

Symphony Orch8stro. ;lttcnded som.::.. sessions of th0 Conference. One of their ~embers

outlinod their ·"ndeavours to b"come a n:'ljor profession.'ll orchestra and th3t one

recent ~chiev()ment is that they ',Jere able to est"blish .~ weekly salary in their

l~tcst contnct. 1 •• Th8n qU2stioned, he disclosed that Clbout 75 - 80% of the; group

were full-time profession:J.l musicians, but they ',Jere not sure they were 13rge enough

to .join rCSOH. One delegnte felt that ICSOH needs small orchestr8.s such as

V",ncouver and th"t sma.ll orchestras need rCSOH, each can gain from thE) associCltion.

j,noth0r d21egate suggesed th::t ICSOH could set up minimum conditions for which small

orchestras could strive. Tho Vancouver group have .'l.sked the Federation to set up a

Can3dian Symposium. At this time, they 3sked if it would be possible to h::vG

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separate fees for "mailing list onlyd membership. Mr. Cox felt that this could be

explored, but felt that Vancouver does not fall into this category and would benefit

more from full membership.

17. The C~~irman invited each voting delegate to discuss the effects of ICSON in

their own orchestra.

P!1iladelphb referred to some Festival concert activities where musicians

play for only room and board and wondered how the A.F. of M. could endorse such action.

C;,ic."lgo advised that they are going into contract negotiations and wanted advice on

tenure (eliminate non-rene1

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hwich does not specify Buffalo Syrr,phony Orchestra. The only way to avoid this is to

plac6 a penalty on this possiblo omission.

Toronto stated they would like ICSOM to recomm:nd ,9. standard symphony contr9.ct

showing minimum standards.

18. Hr. "t. Cox, Secretary, asked for the return of questionnaire charts earlier

ssnt to delegates. He stat8d that he had be8n given tho O.K. to investigate

Foundation Grants. Mr. Cox requGsted a mailing address list of all orchestra members

b,j retl1rned to him on 3 x 5 index c:'lrds showing: (name - surname first) (instrument)

(address) (and on the right-h2nd side of card the name of tho orchestra). It was

noted that qU8stionnailBmust b3 returned in order to result in continuity. Ho felt

it was imperative to always have a responsible person in chargG at the Baltimore

Rilpid COlmnunication C~ntre and if the regular staff is not on duty he should be

advised '"ho the replacement will be.

19. Moved by Mr. Cox that his expenses for the last year in the amount of ",155.54

be paid. Seconded by Boston. Carried unanimously.

It was d2cided th~ majority of delegates could attend to·.oorrow's meeting until

about 2 p.m. before returning to their homes and the meeting for Saturday was called

for 10:00 a.m. sharp.

Th'3 meeting ad.journed 'It Ih30 p.m.

The Conference reconvened at 10:20 a.m. Saturday, September 4th 1965, with 15

delegates present (2 others arrived later).

20. Personnel Hanagers

The Chairman invited the members to a discussion on defining the role in which

the Pers onnel Hanager fUnctions. He is employed by Hanagement and/or Corporation and

often plays side by side with musicians in orchestra. In the United States it has

been suggested that he be restrictec from playing in the orchestra. Toronto advised

that they have a steward who writes reports on any infractions - h2 is paid by

Nanagement to do union job. It was pointed out that this would be illegal in the

U.S.!

- 16 -an additional amcmdment to Article 22 of the Federation By-Laws to be presented to

President Kenin dealing with the need for a Steward for. symphony orchestras. This amend-

ment will be drafted so as to embody the ideas and suggestions expressed by the delegates.

Seconded by Los Angeles.

Carried. For 14, Abst~ntionl.

Hr. Cox announced that h8 would send corrected By-Laws to each orchestra and they

are to be e.ttached to the present copies with the changed sections to be erased in

the old copi"s.

21. Moved by Boston that an ICSOM representativ8 be sent to thv next Convention of

th8 LF. of 11. for a purpose of promoting the objectives of 1CSOH.

Seconded by Houston.

Carried Unanimously.

The Chairman urged the members to note the necessity of lobbying among their

own orchestra members to support the objectives of rCSOH.

Moved by Cleveland that Mr. George Zazofsky of Boston be the 1CSOM representative

to attend the n~xt Con~ention of the A.F. of M.

Seconded by Los Angeles.

Carried un.::tnimously.

Boved by Houston thlt an alternate delegate be appointed in the person of I1r.

Sam Denov.

Seconded by Cincinnati

Carried unanimously.

Hoved by Detroit that each delegate be directed to report to his own orchestra

committee the proposeJ action of ICSOM regarding the role of Personnel ~anager. Each

c o!lh':li ttee will be urge a to draft suggested rules governing Pers onnel Hanagers and a

proper union r8presentative. They will submit 8a08 to the Executive Committee of

ICSSM by December 1st 1965.

,Seconded by C::'ico.go

Carried unaniHously.

Hoved by Detroit that the Secretary of rCSOl1 be directed to forward to the Editor

of the International liusician: (1) A copy of rcsow s invitation to ?resident Kenin to

3ttond this Conference (2) A copy of President Kenin' 8 reply naming Jl'Ir. Hood as his

personal represontative and (3) Our rEocognition "nd 3ppreciation of tlr. (~lan :·Jood' 8

"tkndance and constructive contribution to this Conferenco and (4) A su=ry of tho

work processed by the delegates of this conference.

Seconded by PHtsburgh.

Carried (For 15, Abstention 1).

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The ChQirman requested that oanes of current chairmen of all orchestra cO~E

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possibly could be September 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1966.

The Chairman expressed the th:3.nks of the delegates to the Toronto deleg:l.te

for his work and efforts in ~~king their stay in Toronto enjoyable.

The meeting was adjourned at 1;15 p.m.