[1] He moved to Phillipsburg, New Jersey where he owned a plastic pressing plant.
[2] During World War II, his factory switched from producing toilet seat covers to producing plastic records - which had previously been made from shellac.
[2] Seeing that the real money was in producing records and not knowing anything about the business, he hired Sylvia Langler (later his wife), who had experience in the industry.
[2] In 1944, he founded National Records[2] and hired Herb Abramson, a friend of his wife, as his A&R man.
As the business grew, he brought in more A&R men including Lee Magid, Bob Shad, and Jesse Stone.