Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-22
RULERS LIST HELD
MOST SURPRISING.
Declares Names Compiled by
Gerard Should Not BE
Taken Seriously.
By JOHN T. sINcLAiR.

men rule America" but re trained then
from naming these men.
since his return, two weeks ago, Mar
Gerard has been asked frequently "a
name his 90 men. Yesterday he an
nounced. his list. but instead OF 40, ne
named SO, confined largely TO Eastern
business leaders in railroads, public
utilities, steel, copper, amusemenes'
banking and journalism.
while the list contains the names
az many well known business leaders,
ss,ci1 as John %. Rockefeller, tr.; An
drew w. Mellon, J. p. Morgan, George
r. Baker, John D, Ryan, waiter Y.
Teagle and Henry Ford-to menIlo y
only the first seven OF his list-.stil ~
can hardly be called 9 CONFERENCE.-The
= small percentage of those who domi-
nate American business hfe.
If looks to me as though the liSt was
,osnpiled in great haste. Many Key m
S,,styies. such as farming, cotton, air.
craft Chemicals, rubber and silk, have
m representation at all. the Soutn
,uts little or no figure in MI GeraI1
ist: nor does the West, the Miuoie
Vest or New England. Yet some OF tne
in the Nation live in these sectlons OF
he United States.
~ret,s analyze Mr.. Gerard's list. In
xhe railroad field four names are gwen
w. w. Atterbury. Arthur O.. James.
he Van Sweringen brothers ana Danlei
). willard. Neither Patrick Q. crowley,
president Of the New YORK Centra.; nor
PAUL Shoup Of San Francisco, president
II the Southern Pacific, Is named IN
he list. to mention but two big rail-
.,al nvariitivAG
In the fieid- of public utilities. can
ti,e names of Henry l.. Do1erty OF the
rYitv Service Co. Floyd l.. Carlisle,
chairman OF the Niagara Hudson Power
CORPORATION; George b. Corteiyou,
president of the Consolidated Gas, ana
Sidney z. Mitchell, head OF the power
full Electric Bond q Share Co. and Its
Allied companies, be left out? Hardly.
Also the list should include A. F. Hook
enbeamer Of San Francisco, president
Of the Pacific Gas &c Electric Co., and
John q. Miller of Los Angeles, chair
man Of the Southern California Edison
Co. whose company has spent more
money bringing power and water over
the mountains Of the West than was
spent In digging the Panama Canal.
At least two more steel leaders should
be Included in the last-Cyrus 6. Eaton
Of Cleveland, now fighting for the con-
troll Of the youngstown Sheet q Tube
Co. and George M. Verify, president OF
the American Rolling Mills Co. OF
Middletowr, Ohio.
Only three leaders In the oil industry
were mentioned John d. Rockefeller,
f.; Walter Teagle OF the standard on
Co. Of New Jersey. and r. @. Holmes,
president Of the Texas Co. But Ken
meth r. Kingsbury, president OF the
Standard OIL Co. OF California, and
3. B. Resser, president Of the American
Petroleum Institute, have q right to be
among the leaders.
In the automobile field only two
family names appear--Henry Ford and
Fisher brothers But how about Alfred
p. sloan, IT, president Of the General
Motors CORPORATION, and Walter Chrys-
Ter, president of the Chrysler Corpora
tioiaY These men head two of the
largest units in the industry. A score
Of other automobile leaders might well
be included Charles w. Nash, presi-
dent Of the Nash Motors; Harvey Fire
stone OF rubber fame, and Hugh Chal-
mers Of Detroit. to mention but three.
p i. Weyertauser of st. Paul and
Taoome represents the lumber industry
but the name Of r. A. Long of Kansas
City. builder of Longview. Washington,
- xlot 1klC10tkSQs HUI 10 ally 1MGkIlUCk VA
the powerful Walker family Of Mime
sofa and California.
In the amusement field only two
names appesr-Adolph Zukor, president
Of the Paramount Publix Corporation,
and Henry NJ. Warner Of Warner Bros.
But how about David Saranoff, presi-
dent of the Radio Corporation Of
America? Can he be omitted from
such list?
The banking List is made up of three
New York commercial bankers-George
=. Baker, Albert H. Wiggin and Charles
=. Mitchell. but 1t does not include
George H. Reynolds or Melvin Traylor.
outstanding Chicago bankers, nor any
other commercial banker in the United
States, except William H. Croker Of
Hubert F1eischhacker, president of the
London, Paris aAd' American Bank of
Gan Francisco, and George r. Rand Of
Buffalo, head OF the Midland Banking
efain, should be added.
In the investment banking field. the
names OF Otto Kahn, head of Kuhn,
Loeb &c Co.. Clarence j. Dillon, of Dill
Ion, Read &c Co.; Walter Sachs, of
Goldman, Sachs d Co., and Harry
Stuart Of Chicago, head Of Halsey,
Stuart g. Co., are conspicuous by their
absence, as are also the names of Elisha
NJ. Walker. head of the Transamerica
Corporation, largest holding company
in the United States, and A. p. Gian-
mini, the California banking giant. A
=. Sarton, the Los Angeles banker, as
wen as Paul Warburg are also omitted.
In the field Of amunsements and
publicity neither NJ. H. Aylesworth,
president of the National Broadcasting
Co., nor William G. Paley, president
OF the Columbia Broadcasting Co., is
included.
Apparently no attempt was made to
cover the industries as q whole, OF
George A. and John Hartford, owners
of the 1900 A. & p. stores, and doing
q business exceeding $1,000. ooo, 900
year, would appear on the list. But
they do not. In fact these names
hardly ever appear in print.
The great shipping industry was
ignored. Can we forget Robert Dollar
of San Francisco of the Dollar Steam
ship Co., Phillip A. A. Franklin, presi-
dent OF the International Mercantile
Marine Co., and Paul Chapman of the
United States Lines? Not very well.
And SO the list could be amended and
extended indefinitely, take Orlando
Weber, president of the Allied Chemical
g. Dye, a most powerful business figure
today, let little known: or Walter
Nichols, interested In copper refining
chemicals and other allied lines-a most
dynamic figure in big business-yet hi.
name is seldom seen in print Any list
of SO men who rule the United States
could include the names Of r. c. Letting.
well, q Morgan partner; Julius H
Barnes of Duluth and New York, Harry
Chandler of Los Angeles, Robert w
woodruff OF Atlanta, Ca; pTheodor,
Gary Of Kansas City, j. G. Nichols
outstanding real estate developer O
kansas City, George X. Morrow and
George Eastman.
other names fully As powerful ana