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Evening star., 1951-08-12

$4,000 engineering graduates. Only
$4,000 graduates were available. And
the outlook for the future is not
cheering. Last fall only $4,000 fresh
men enrolled in engineering schools,
which means that 1854 will bring a
Scanty Group of graduates numbering
between 10000 and $4,000. Many Of
these, moreover, will doubtless be
snatched up by the armed forces.
To counteract this shortage. the
Office of Defense Mobilization hopes
that women can be coaXed into the
field and that re-eXamination of per-
sonnel already at work might turn up
likely prospects for professional
training. ODM hopefully lunches
there may be people in industry,
working on jobs less important. who
could be trained in engineering and
become qualified engineers. Man.
power boss Arthur S. Flemming also
is blueprinting plan which would
make it possible for outstanding stu
dents to be deferred by selective
service and to receive any needed
financial assistance through Federal
scholarships, so that they may go on
to college
So far, the so-called dirty clothes"
jobs are being adequately manned.
except in the tool and die-making
industries To help keep these work.
ers on the job, ODM is asking the
Wage Sterilization Board to decide
whether wage adjustments are neces-
sary to relieve some situations.
Short Is Million Workers
Present plans call for the adj
dition of 2 million workers to oe-
fense production this year, and
another 25 million next year. The
normal growth of the labor force
will account of large slice of this
personnel. Automatic transfer of
workers from civilian to defense work
as their factories convert will bring
the total up to about million. That
leaves Uncle Sam with deficit Of
from million to is million toilers.
To take up the slack, Uncle Sam
has several prospects. He will have
to step up utilization of members of
our minority groups, such as negroes:
to use more intelligently the services
of older workers, including the re-
tired: to train and place crippled or
handicapped people, and to swell the
ranks of women marching back to
the factories.
If such recruiting drive were
successful, the factories could be
properly stated under existing sched-
ules and present plans for expansion.
But If war comes, production would
go into round-the-clock basis, re-
quiring sharp rise in skilled in
dustrial workers.
Right now, except in critical short
age areas, workers are putting in the
standard 40-hour week-which,
World War II proved, is the most
productive. Besides, about Is million
out of the % million workers covered
by labor laws work under collective
bargaining agreements calling for
overtime payments after 40 hours.
ODM officials are UNDERSTANDABLE
reluctant to court the industrial un-
rest-with all it's consequence on
production = which might attend
upon renegotiation of these collec-
tive bargaining agreements.
Labor draft" is, of course. fight.
ing phrase to labor men. And Man-
power Director Flemming can see
no need to use it. He says: Il am
against it because believe the de-
tense manpower program can be
handled on q voluntary basis"
Evening star., 1951-08-12

or able to solve the many pressing
difficulties which confront the ma
tion's diplomacy, trade and industry.
The Tories accuse the government of
doing many things wrongly. But in
two election campaigns and in an in
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weekend speeches. they have been
unable to find specific remedies.
No Cure Offered Yet
The Conservatives cry loudly
against high taxes. and claim the
long list of Socialist soak -ffe- indus
trialist levies Stif1e enterprise. But
they haven't said what taxes could
be cut and still leave enough money
to pay the bills.
They protest the high cost of the
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Evening star., 1951-08-24
Trustees of Cosmetics
Fortune Retained
BY the Associated Press

DES MONIES. Aug. PA long
legal fight involving a 81 million
trust fund was settled yesterday
when District Judge o. S. Frank
/ lin refused to remove F. w. Fitch's
two sons and two sonS-in-law as
I trustees.
I Mr.. Fitch. 81, founder of a
cosmetic firm which bore his
name. had filed suit against his
two sons, Gail w. Fitch and
Lucius w. Fitch, and his two
-in-law, Lester Sandahl and
Richard Young. asking that they
be removed as trustees of the
fund he set up for them in 1926.
Mr.. Fitch claimed the four
sons were guilty of mismanaging
the trust and paying themselves
excessive salaries.
In his decision, Judge Franklin
retained the four as trustees but
ruled the District Court must ap-
prove all salaries. dividends or
other business of the trust.
The company was sold in May,
1949. to Grove Laboratories of st.
Louis.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Retail Trade Shows
Moderate Increase
Over Week Before
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Retail
trade showed moderate gains in
the past week but remained
slightly below the scare-buying
level of this time last year, Dun
& Bradstreet reported today.
In scattered areas. however. the
dollar volume exceeded 1850.
For the country as whole VOL
ume was estimated to be from
/ per cent above to per cent
below a year ago.
Regional estimates varied from
levels of year ago by the follow
ing percentages: New England
and East, down l to up 3: South
unchanged to down 4; Middle
West and Northwest. down 2 to 6;
Southwest, up 3 to Z, and Pacific
Coast, down to 5.
Consumer response to back-to
school promotions on apparel wa
good. Fall dresses, coats ant
suits were popular. mems sport
shirts continued to sell well anC
price reductions on tropica
worsteds and rayon summer suit
stimulated buying.
Fresh fruit and vegetables were
among the best selling foods, anc
volume remained high in canned
and frozen foods. Cheaper meat
cuts and seafood sold well.
Clearance sales on summer
furniture brought. a spotty re-
sponse. Demand picked up slightly
for bedroom furniture. Refriger-
ator sales increased somewhat but
demand remained low for other
major household appliances.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Business Briefs
ST INCLUDES ONLY SELECTED ISSUE:

Railroad Freight Volume last
week amounted to 829, 1898 cars. an
increase of 2.5 per cent from the
week before but decrease of 90
per cent from the comparable week
last year.-Association of Ameri-
can Railroads.
BituminouS Production in the
week ended August 18 was 1O,-
290, 900 tons. compared with TO-
175.000 tons the previous week
and 11,301 900 in the CORE
spending week of 1950.-National
Coal Association.
Heavy Construction Contracts
awarded in the week ended Mon
day totaled $188, 1893. 900. compared
with $214,929,000 the previous
week and $198,771 900 in the simi-
liar 1850 week.-Engineering News
Record.
Real Estate holdings of life in
surance companies aggregated
nearly SIS billion as of June 80
nearly double the value of such
holdings at the end of 1945.-In-
Istitute of Life Insurance.
American Radiator Co. an
Inounced the purchase of Acme
Metal Products Corp, manufac-
turer of kitchen cabinets, with
plants at Dover, N. j.. and Blue
Island, Ill.
st. Louis San Francisco Rail-
road reported property damage
from the July food of 100000.
Thor Corp, of Chicago, has re-
ceived a 50 million order from
Republic Aviation Corp. to make
air frames for the F-84 Thunder
jet.
Pepperell Manufacturing Co.
net earnings of $5,523.-
TIT or $1136 a share in the year
ended June 80. VS.. S4.422. 1882 or
$9.10 the year before.
Consolidated Grocers Corp.
earned $174,O06,8O1 or $3.18 in
the June 80 fiscal year, VS.. $751;
333,723 or $1.n.
Consumers Power Co. earned
I$18,934.334 or $2.77. per outstand-
ing share in the year ended July
81. VS.. $17.665.081 or $2.86.
Eastern Gas e. Fuel Associates
earned $7,132, 1873 or $2.33 in the
July 81 year, VS.. $3,295,674 or "a
cents.
TOrrington Co. earned $5,787,-
694 or $3.55 in the June 80 year
VS.. SIS, ,289 ,598 or 1924.
Union Pacific Railroad earned
$29,410.425 or $500 in the sever
months ended July 81 VS.. $685.
981 ,026 or 1854.
Erie Railroad earned $5,568, ,774
or $1.79 in the seven months end
led with July VS.. $6.141,541 OF
I$2.O3.
Kansas Gas g. Electric Co
earned $2,897 .432 or $500 per out
standing share in the July 81 year
Tvs. $2.791 ,219 or $3.50.
Baldwin Rubber Co. earned ST.
224, 1927 or $3.11 in the six months
ended June 80 VS.. $1,445, ,941 OF
$3.67.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
u. 5. Demands West Reich
Freeze Red Chinese Funds
By the Associated Press

FRANKFURT. Germany, Aug
24.-The United States has de-
manded that West Germany
freeze all of Red China's funds in
this country and is blocking
ST million of West German funds
until the Germans comply. off,
cials here said yesterday.
The move is part of the eco
nomic pressure being applied by
America against the Chinese Com
munistS who are fighting United
Nations troops in Korea. West
German trade shipments to Rec
China were halted some time ago
United States High Commission
officials said the request that Rec
Chinese funds be frozen was made
to the German Central Bank
(Bank DeutScher Laender) about
two weeks ago. But the bank said
lit must first have instruction;
from the Federal Government
So far as is known. American Off
Icials said, no action has yet been
taken.
They expressed confidence. how
ever. that the Germans viii
comply.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Aircraft Stocks Climb
On Heavy Demand in
.UpsIanting Market
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Air-1
crafts won heavy buying favor
today in a stock market that
maintained a slight forward edge.
The aircraft group was one of
the early leaders in yesterdays
market, and today it broke into
activity and moved ahead start
ing in the second hour
Surveys show a heavy defense
order backlog in the industry gen.
orally, and analysts contend the
industry would constitute the
backbone of American attack in
the event of an all-out war.
Plus Signs Predominate.
Aircrafts advanced by fractions
to well above point at times.
Elsewhere the market spread out
over practical range of around
a point a share either way with
plus signs predominating.
SteelS, oils, rubbers, copper
mining issues and some chemicals
contributed the bulk of market
support.
Utilities and rails did little as
groups and moved narrowly. Air
lines, motors and motion pictures
were unchanged to slightly lower.
Again today the big excitement
in individual issues was centered
in Texas Co. and Freeport Sui
phur, the two companies sharing
profits in Freeport'S development
of the big, new sulphur discovery
at the mouth of the Mississippi.
Freeport, up 1874 yesterday. added
more than 5 points at times to-
day. Texas Co. up 3 yesterday.
gained more than 2 today. Both
traded under their early morning
best.
Pan American Says.
Pan American World Airways
sagged quietly after the Civil Aero
nautics Board ruled the company
must repay more than SIS million
in back airmail payments, a re-
adjustment covering five years
through 1850.
Twentieth Century Fox was
down more than the average OF
it's group after reporting earnings
for 26 weeks ended June 80 equal
to 80 cents a share as against
i$1.59 a share for the comparable
period a wear ago,
Higher were Goodyear, Boeing
Douglas. Lockheed, Philco. Ana
conda Copper. American Smelling
/ lClimax Molybdenum, Du Pont
Dow Chemical, American Can
Standard OH New Jersey, and
United States Gypsum.
Lower were Chrysler, United
States Rubber, Allied Chemical
Eastman Kodak, Southern Pacific
United Air Lines, and Johns
Manville.
] Light trading and mixed price:
characterized bond trading.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Insurance Companie,
Report S1O.8 Billion
.0f New investment
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Nearly
$11 billion of new investments in
mortgages and securities were
made by the Nations life insur-
aimee companies during the first
six months of this year. the Insti-
tute Of Life Insurance reports.
The total of $10,812, ,000, ,000
compared with $4,740. 100000 in
the like period of 1850 and
brought the holdings as of June
80 to $59.985, ,000, 900.
The large new aggregate, the
institute said, was due in part to
the volume of refundings and re-
placements. The industry, for
example, exchanged about So
billion of marketable long term
az per cent bonds for the new
I234 per cent non-marketable is
sued last spring as part of the
Treasury Federal Reserve Board
accord on Government monetary
policy.
The institute described as "out-
standing" the half-year invest
ments in industrial bonds. The
life insurance companies pur-
chased about $1,447, 600, 900 of in
dustrial bonds. nearly twice the
acquisitions during the like perioc
of 1850. The total included large
extension of financing to defenst
plants, the institute reported.
Mortgage financing continued
large with $2,915, 600, 900 mort
cages acquired in the six months
half again as much as in the frs
half of 1850. This years aggregat,
was largely from commitment
made before the credit restriction
Of Regulation x went into effect
In spite of the New York Stat,
liberalization permitting certain
common stock investments by lif,
insurance companies stocks ac
quired in the first half of thi
year totaled only $138 million com
pared with $274 million during tn,
year-ago period.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Peanut Price Support Set
Al sig Above 1850 Level
BY the Assoeioied Press

RICHMOND, Va. Aug. 24.-The
State Production and Marketing
Administration says the 1851 basic
support price for Virginia-type
peanuts will be 1925 per ton-$19
above the 1850 level.
State Chairman C. d. Jordan
said yesterday base grade support
rates on other types of peanuts
will be: Runners, $206 per ton;
Spanish. 1929. and Valencias suit
able for cleaning and roasting,
$226. Other Valencias not falling
within this classification will be
supported at 1929 per ton.
Mr.. Jordan called the attention
of peanut growers to one new fea-
ture of this years support pro-
gram: Peanuts are not eligible for
support if they contain more than
n per cent damage or more than
Is per cent foreign material or
more than 10 per cent moisture.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Charter Halted
Bank Of Manhattan
From Chase Merger
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-The
1899 charter Of the Bank Of the
Manhattan Co. was the stumbling
block which halted discussions on
possible disposal Of its commercial
banking and trust business and
branch system.
This was disclosed today in a
statement by j. Stewart Baker.
chairman of the board. Conver-
sations had been held with Of
ficials of the Chase National Bank
of New York.
Mr.. Baker noted that because
the company was chartered prior
to the time when the statutes of
New York State authorized such
a transfer by vote of two-thirds
of the stockholders. any transfer
of the business Of the bank out
of it's effective ownership and
control either by sale or by mer-
ger, would require the vote or
consent of the holders Of all OF
the STOCK OF the company.
Reporting that counsel for the
bank advised that an objecting
stockholder could obtain an in
junction against sale or mer-
ger, Mr.. Baker added this, as a
practical matter, made it impos-
sible to consummate any plan
which provides for the transfer
iof the business"
/ Announcing the cessation of
conversations with Chase officials
Tuesday night, Mr.. Baker said
only that legal obstacles" had
/ become evident.
| An acquisition of Bank of the
j Manhattan's business would have
made Chase the Nations second
largest bank.
Evening star., 1951-08-24

ecutive committee of which James
M. Johnston, senior partner of
Johnston, Lemon & Co.. will be
chairman. Other members are
President Swope, Robert P. Nc
MILAN, vice president and general
manager, and Hubert T. Bisselle.
senior vice president of the Riggs
National Bank.
Record sales of the company in
the first half of this year we're
50 per cent above a year ago, it
was announced.
PepcO Dividends Declared.
Directors of Potomac Electric
Power Co. have declared a quar-
terry dividend of As cents on it's
So per cent preferred stock. pay
able october / to stockholders of
record September 5, and a quar-
terly of 2212 cents a share on
common stock, payable September
29 to holders of record Septem-
Der 5.
State Loan & Finance Corp. has
declared quarterly dividends of
3712 cents a share on the 6 per
cent cumulative preferred stock
and 20 cents on class A and class
B shaisj. The latter payment is
the flrSL since class A and B shares
were split 2 for July 9, and equals
the 40 cents paid quarterly on the
shares prior to the splitup.
A partial quarterly dividend of
7l2 cents a share was declared on
the neWly-isSued per cent con-
vertible preferred stock. series A,
covering 18 days of the quarter
from the date of issue, August %,
to September Is. All of the divi-
dendS are payable September Is to
stockholders of record September 5.
Tells Plans of ALB Women.
Mrs. Dorothy Lanham, chair
man of the Women's Committee
of Washington Chapter, American
Institute of Banking, outlined
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Produce Markets
Produce quotations from !

Produce quotations, from Baltimore fur
by the Asrcgure
SSsAfIs' No. /. eis inch Spi $50: - inch up
ap sS 5Ss Rsnsos DIaes eSh 5 nj We Weafhys f nff
vania bushei boxes, Champions. 2ls inch
and q. inch up. 2; s. No. l. a. cents,
bushel baskets; MARYLAND Bell of Georgia,
soft: lH:oS6545: Efbests%s: s. q 5. SS e. ;HHs l. I y
s9nhis6; .Pl =. 10; |. inch TIa. Up; 3 $5S: 5S
Penas5fSsns sls sfssni sushisS ES o. nes No. uO w
$50; 81. inch incl, up. s,s5-56; Eibertas' u s. s.
No asn nP iar uSGertone SGDT Zoo
Washed WASHED Penn Penngsivania Seobbiierssl slN 1.so-e5 @
New JERSEY saef eS eG cents so
pound sacks. Chippewas. l.05-fO
Sweet potatoess-About steady; bushel
Goldens. S5o4 oS 90 Porto WRineG Rieans Is5nla 45o
Poultry Quotations.
Poultry-Market barely steady; receipts
PSnds asd up asn5 asht FEW best iEyeEs 5
hens, heavy type. .30-32; mostly 80; light
type, few 81; ducks, N, no sales reported.
wheat Receipts, s39, 1920 bushels; ship
mentS; oS,ouu puSnelSi STOCKS, q l07 .996
bushels. No. 2 red winter, garlcky spot
domestic. ID; August, go: No. 3, 2. $50.
Corn-Receipts, l4.187 bushels; ship
ments. none; stocks. S63. .fS85 bushels
Oats-Receipts. 427 bushels; shipments.
none; stocks 25,31l bushels.
Barley-Receipts. none; shipments
none: stocks, 90.714 bushels.
Rye-Reeeipts. none; shipments. none:
stocks, 5.464 bushels.
Soybeans-Receipts, none; shipments
none; stocks. "a 952 bushels.
Millfeed-Receipts. none.
Eggs and Butter.
Eggs-Market slightly stronger. and
B large; about steady, others: demand
prices: A large, 69-10; few 72; A mediums,
62-B4; B large. $500; few So; current
receipts ungraded offerings. light; too few
ReceiptswButter. so5ee pounds; eggs,
26S cases.
Evening star., 1951-08-24
Brozil Clamps Down
On Cotton Exports

SAC PAULO, Brazil.-Because
of the tightness of the world cot
ton market, Brazil has decided to
meet its domestic needs for raw
cotton before permitting exports.
The superintendency Of money
and credit has decided also that
a higher level of credit will be
available for cotton farmers in
order to maintain the production
level.
Last year Brazil exported some
$4,000 metric tens Of cotton.
compared with $4,000 the pre-
vious year.