Show P Petrillo trillo Retracts Thre Threat t to Halt Half Be Benny ny Show HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD Dec 4 UP UP- UP Jack Benny's Bennys radio show went on the ai air as usual Sunday night after James James' C C. C Petrillo decided not to c carry crry rry out his threat to b ban n union imus s from P because because be be- cause the National Broa Broadcasting I Co employed nonunion engineers Petrillo president of the the- American Amen Ameri can Federation of Musicians had threatened to ban members of Phil Harris Harris' orchestra from the air which w would uld have left Benny with no other alternative but to entertain enter enter- tam tain with his own doleful violin II music However Petrillo decided d not hot to carry out the threat pending settlement of the dispute f Benny said he hc was just an l innocent innocent inno inno- no cent bystander in the thc whole affair altair and nd no mention of the tho dispute was made In the gags used in tn the show 0 |