Mr. Palmer. Clubs are rated deluxe, A, B, C, and D and his was far from being deluxe, which allowed about a $10 a week less minimum.
Mr. Griffin. Do you remember what his rating was?
Mr. Palmer. I think it was a B house.
Mr. Griffin. The rating is deluxe, and below that is A and B?
Mr. Palmer. Yes. The other two houses, I believe the Theatre Lounge is an A and the Colony Club is a B, but it never, he never practiced minimum rate.
See, we only guaranteed the minimum rate. The artist could negotiate for anything above that.
Mr. Griffin. What factor did you take into account in determining what rate?
Mr. Palmer. These houses had already been rated prior to my coming into office here, and I didn’t feel that there was any necessity of reevaluating them.
Mr. Griffin. I didn’t mean you in particular, but what are the standards of giving new ratings in AGVA?
Mr. Palmer. There is controversy. I rate them primarily on seating capacity, cover charge, and type of show budget. It has not been delineated clearly in any of the offices.