Show J aN w ww I iA w t P t 4 f fr er r rw t 7 a 4 1 r. r i p f r i 3 rl r f Press Preas Stars Cut Million Dollar Recording Stars of metropolitan Opera and popular music world combine forces to make recording of Im Just Wild lid About Harry for President Truman's I library Standing arc are Gladys fi left n Stars Cut First Record For Truman After Ban NEW V YORK Dec 15 UP RI p playing Piano-playing President Truman will get an extra Christmas gift this record made year year year-a ear a a special for him to mark the end of the Petrillo recording ban The record features a million dollar cast of opera and popular singers The tune by coincidence Is Im Just Wild About Harry The conductor is James C. C pe Pe Pe- trillo The recording was made immediately immediately immediately imme imme- after Petrillo president of the A F L American Federation of Musicians and the phonograph recording companies signed a new year five-year agreement late Tuesday ending a 11 month 11 month halt in recording re recording recording re- re cording by union members As Petrillo waved a baton the tune was sung by opera stars Gladys Dorothy Kirsten Kirsten Kirsten Kirs Kirs- ten Lawrence Tibbett Jan Peerce Marilyn Cotlow Cotlow Cotlow Cot- Cot low Thomas Hayward and Leonard Leonard Leonard Leon Leon- ard Warren and popular singers Perry Como and Fran Warren Acts as Standby Tom Dorsey was in the act too but he didn't do much conducting must just just acted as a sort of ot standby for Petrillo The recording was the first to tobe tobe tobe be made after the ban in the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York studios by R RCA ReA C Victor A-Victor Others followed in quick succession succession succession sion through the evening and into the early hours Wednesday morning morning morn morn- ing and more were scheduled later Wednesday Columbia Records led off with four new recordings by radio star Arthur Godfrey and Capitols Capitol's first post-ban post number was done in its Hollywood studios by Jo Stafford Gordon McRae and Paul Westons Weston's orchestra Officials of Decca other member of the big four of the record field said they were in inno inno inno no rush to start recording R Victor ReA-Victor C Victor A-Victor planned to have at least one new record by Perry Como on sale In New York Wednesday But a company official official of of- said not many new record- record Lawrence La Tibbett Jan Peerce Leonard Warren I Fran Warren arren Tomm Tommy norse Dorsey Torsey Perr Perry Como Dorothy Doroth Dorothy Dor Dor- oth othy Kirsten Ciao Cloo Elmo and ami Thomas Hayward Haynard seated l Marilyn 11 Cot Cotlow low left pianist Tack Jack Priest t. t ings would reach dealers' dealers shelves in time for the Christmas trade Officials of other companies expressed expressed ex- ex ex pressed similar views Continues Fund The ban was ended by an agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment designed to continue a union welfare fund financed by royalties royalties royalties royal royal- ties on records But the fund willbe willbe will willbe be administered by an impartial trustee Samuel R. R R Rosenbaum of Philadelphia and not by the union itself as under the old contract that expired last Dec 31 The Taft-Hartley Taft law prohibited a renewal of the old arrangement and the union had refused to make any more records until a plan could be worked out for the benefit benefit benefit bene bene- fit of musicians who it contended were thrown out of work by competition competition competition com com- petition from records played on on the radio and in operated coin-operated phonographs The new plan was agreed to tolate tolate tolate late in October but its operation was delayed until both sides obtained obtained obtained ob ob- a government okeh on its legality That came Monday night anti the contract signing followed late Tuesday The royalties on records range from 1 to 2 depending on sale price and are expected to produce a year for the fund which will wilI be used to hire unemployed musicians to give public concerts |