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The Day the Music Stopped
99% Invisible
The War on Labor and the Patrillo Agreement
During World War II, Washington saw unions as impediments to the war machine. Petrillo argued that musicians had to be seen as workers, just like pipefitters or miners. The director of the Office of War Information declared the ban a threat to the war effort. It didn't help that recording companies, broadcasters and editorial cartoonists were mounting a PR campaign against Petrillo.
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