Evening star., 1951-05-21

will be Management Looks
Ahead; Senator Dirksen's. TAX
ing Stock of Our Defense Efforts. :"
President George Hansen of the
NRDGA will preside.
A special feature of this aft
ernoon's session of the personnel
group was symposium conduct
ed by training directors of Wash
ington stores on new approaches
to basic training problems. Dor
othy Faulkner of the Hecht Co.
was chairman.
Following an informal joint
early session at $3.50 am. tomor-
row, Fred G. Atkinson, vice presi-
dent for personnel and industrial
relations, r. H. Macy & Co.. will
preside at morning and afternoon
sessions on wage stabilization.
Among the speakers: Harry Weiss,
acting executive officer. Wage
Sterilization Board: Vincent P.
Ahearn, secretary. National Sand
and Gravel Association; John
Whittlesey and Mitchell j. Coo
per, Wage Sterilization Board
representatives.
Advertising Club to Vote.
The Advertising Club will hold
its annual election at Hotel Stat
Ter tomorrow, with interest cen
tering in the race for second vice
president and the selection of four
board members from a field Of Is.
Polls will be open from 1880 am.
to l pm.
Thomas Griffin of the Wash
ington Daily News and Clayton
Sanders of Peoples Drug are un-
opposed for president and first
vice president. respectively.
Battling it out for second vice
president will be: William Coyle
of the Washington Star. George
Kindley of Edgar Morris Sales Co.
and Raoul Blumberg of the Wash
ington Post.
William Sigmund, outgoing
president, will preside at the
weekly luncheon following the
casting of ballots. All past pres
idents of the club will receive en-
bossed certificates recognizing
their outstanding service.
Insurance Benefits Paid Here.
Life insurance death benefits
paid out here by leading COM
panies in the first three months
of 1851 totaled $3,415,000 on 3,701
policies, the Institute of Life In
surance reported.
Included was $2,006,000 on 686
ordinary life policies; also $897,-
900 on 888 group policies and
$4,000 on 2,127 industrial pol
icies.
The national total for the three
months was $440,039, 900 on $780,
300 policies. This included ST.
O86, 900 on 9,416 policies in Mary
land and $7,112,000 on 8.047 pol
icies in Virginia.
League Resources Gain.
Resources of District Building
and Loan League associations at
the end of April totaled $426,-
944,385, up $44 million from a
year ago, F. Wilson Camp, league
secretary, reported. Real Estate
loans rose to a new high of $378,-
$4,000 and accounted for most OF
the years increase.
Air express shipments flown in
and out of Washington in the
first week of May totaled 2,349, a
gain of 1873 per cent from the
like 1850 week. the Railway Ex-
press Agency announced.
Sales Class to Graduate.
Graduates of the salesmanshir
course sponsored at Southeastern
University by the Sales Executive
Club of Washington will receive
certificates at exercises Wednes-
day.
Ceremonies in the Electric Play
house, Potomac Electric Power
Co. Building, will be preceded by
a play Gracious Living" giver
by the Electric Institute, starting
at 8 pm. All members Of the
Sales Executive Club and thei,
wives have been invited.
Place in Ad Contest.
Two Washington utility com.
panies have won awards in tn,
1851 Better Copy Contest spon,
sored by the Public Utilities Ad.
vertising Association. Potoma,
Electric Power received a secons
place award for an advertisement
promoting the use of electricit,
and a third place for a single ad
vertisement on any subject.
Third place for complete adver
tising programs went to the Wash
tnkton Gas Light Go.