New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-09
Musical Union
Is Expelled by
National Body
Local Accused of Effort
to Block Concerts af
Lewisohn Stadium lis
Ousted From Federation
Many Theaters Involved
Changes in Crchestras for
Concert and Opera This
Winter Also Predicted

Musical Mutual Protective Union.
Local 30 of New York, with head
quarters at 30 East Thirty-fifth Street,
received notice yesterday of it's ex-
puision from the American Federation
Of Musicians, of which Joseph n.
Weber is president. The union is the
largest musical union in the worl5,
numbering 5000 members.
The expulsion followed an efort by
the union to block the Lewiston
Stadium concert season which opened
with Henry Hadley at the baton,g after
every effort had been made to upset
the arrangements, according to- Man
ager Arthur Judson.
The Stadium concert season began
with band OF eightyfour musicians
recruited from Chicago, Detroit, Phila-
delphia and Cincinnati, many of the
players arriving here just in time for
one rehearsal before taking their
places.
The expulsion of the Musical Union,
SO called, was declared last night to
foreshadow important changes in the
policies in such organizations as the
Metropolitan Opera Company, the New
York Symphony Orchestra, the Philhar-
monte Society Of New York and, to
lesser degree, in those Of all theatre
cal managers using orchestral music,
especially those staging big musical
spectacles. It was pointed OUT that
whereas hitherto the union had carried
matters with a high hand, its influence
on the musical life of New Yorktwouid
be rendered ineffective for harm since
the support of the national organiza-
ton had been withdrawn
President Weber, in discussing the
expulsion, said it had been due 10 in
Vulnerable complaints received from
outside cities of ill-treatment accorded
musicians coming TO New York by the
Musical Union, and to other causes.
Mr.. Weber said further:
The expulsion was made necessary
by complaints from widely scattered
localities against the Musical Union
because Of its failure TO recognize
transfer cards of outside musicians.
The complaints indicated that while New
York musicians have been recognized
everywhere else on presentation of
cards, outsiders coming here with
credentials have been denied recogni-
ton.
'Since the local union was brought
up on charges some time ago complete
substantiation of the charges has been
forthcoming. More recently Local 80
had appealed TO tbs national executive
board of the National Federation to in
terfere with plans for the Stadium cor
certs, declaring them unfair. 1t is to
be regarded as peculiar that ne COM
plants were made until plans for these
concerts were far advanced. As the
local union is no longer recognized, its
protests have, of course, been ignored
!. wish it to be known that, although I
am a member of the executive board.
asked to be excused from participa-
ton in the trial"
After the statement by Mr.. Weber,
Arthur KunZe, chairman of the board
Of trustees of the union, declared he
had not been notified and so far as
he was aware there had been no mott
fication of the board. He expressed
the opinion that no expulsion, could
have taken place without such Motif
cation.