Evening star., 1935-11-03
About IS Will Be Included in
Largest Delegation Ever
Sent From Here.
FLEMING TO RECEIVE
PRESIDENCY OF A. B. A.
Honor Follows Prodigious Work
on Legislation of Nation
Wide Importance.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

cation ever to attend convention of
the American Bankers Association in
another city will leave here the last
of this week for New Orleans, where
the sixty-first annual session will be
held.
Thomas J. Groom, second vice presi-
dent of the District Bankers Associa-
tion and chairman of transportation,
announced yesterday that late addi-
tions to the list mean that there will
be about IS representatives from the
Capital. This is about triple the
number originally expected.
During the next II months Robert v.
Fleming. president of the Riggs Ma
tional Bank, will be considered as the
most prominent banker in the United
States. As president of the American
Bankers Association, to which Of
flee he will be elected next week, he
will be asked to address all the State
bankers associations, host of meet
lngS OF investment bankers, boards
Of trade and like organizations and
at the same time be called upon for
an unlimited number of conferences
with Government officials on banking
and allied matters.
Honor Fully Deserved.
Now serving as first vice president
OF the A. B. A., his election to the
highest office in the gift of his fel-
low bankers has been slated for
months. The honor is deserved be-
cause of the prodigious amount of
work he has done for the national
association, especially on legislative
matters of Nation wide importance
and interest. Living in the National
Capital, he has been in a position to
render particularly valuable service
In recent years when the banks were
passing through depression times and
when legislation presented to Congress
was of far more than ordinary sig
nif1cance.
Not only has Mr.. Fleming stood at
the front in A B. A. affairs, but he
has found time to present the results of
his broad experience to the District
Bankers Association, of which he is
former president. In addition he
has found time to serve on many
corporation boards such as the Chesa-
peake 81 Potomac Telephone Co., Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Co. of New
York, Acacia Mutual Life Insurance
Co. and others. He started his career
as runner at Riggs in 1907. In 1925
he was elected president.
The record delegation going to New
Orleans Is due to two reasons. one to
pay tribute to Mr.. Fleming and the
other to enjoy what promises to be
one OF the interesting and instructive
programs in years.
Noted Speakers on Program.
Many of the highest officials in the
Government are to speak, while busi-
ness and banking will be equally we'll
represented. There is lively con-
test on for the Office of second vice
president. in which candidates favor
ing unit banking against branch bank
Ing expansion are in the foreground.
Every section of the association will
study Its own problems and customer
relations will be particularly stressed.
Many Of the Washington delegates
will stop of at Chattanooga for motor
visits in Chickamauga. Oglethorpe,
Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain
and other historic spots. Another
stop will be made at Biloxi for lunch
con at the beautiful home of Presi-
dent r. S. Hecht. Between sessions
Of the convention there will also be
many social events as well as golf.
As there will be two 12-car specials
out Of New York, it was decided to
make up another special in Wash
lngton. Many Of the washington
financiers will board this train, while
others will go on the regular Crescent
Limited. Both parties will leave here
around o'clock next Friday evening.
The roster Of the Capital delegation
includes:
Delegation From Capital.
F. G. Addison, jr., Security Savings
& Commercial Bank: L. P. McLach-
len, McLachlen Banking Corp; Mr..
and Mrs. s. F. Taliaferro, Riggs Ma
tional Bank: w. j. Waller, Hamilton
National Bank; Frederick P. H. Sid
dons. American Security & Trust Co.;
Victor B. Deyber. Second National
Bank: j. Frank White, National Bank
of Washington; Joshua Evans, jr.,
Hamilton National Bank: c. F. Bur-
ton, the City Bank Ord Preston,
Union Trust Co.; w. Frank D. Heron,
Union Trust Co.; Mr.. and Mrs. John
K. Mckee, Reconstruction Finance
Corp: Samuel H. Husband. Recon-
struction Finance Corp; Benjamin
johnson, Reconstruction Finance
ton Finance Corp; William Miller
Brown Hartman & Co.; Mr.. and Mrs
Albert S. Galley, Lincoln National;
j. M. Dagger, Federal Reserve Board;
James c. Elgin, w. B. Hibbs & Co.;
Gerald Keene, Second National Bank
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Hoskinson,
Riggs National Bank: Arthur J. Linn,
Hamilton National Bank; MIR. and
Mrs. Charles H. Doing, Washington
Loan & Trust Co.; Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas J. Groom, Bank Of Com
merce & Savings; Mr.. and Mrs. E. T.
Chewing, director of Bank Of Com
merce & Savings; l. I. Chorpen-
ing, Treasury Department chief ma
tional bank examiner; j. l.. Bailey,
bank examiner; Michael F. Calnan,
Liberty National Bank: Miss Catherine
Krieg, Riggs National Bank; Mr.. and
Mrs. C. G. Lamond, Clarendon Trust
Co, Clarendon, Va; Mr.. and Mrs.
James A. Messer, Columbia National
Bank; Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Colladay,
Second National Bank; Mr. and Mrs.
Karl w. Corby, w. B. Hibbs & Co.;
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Tompkins.
Riggs National Bank; George o. Vass,
Riggs National Bank: Bruce Baird,
National Savings g. Trust Co.; Mr..
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