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Evening star., 1953-05-18
Group P|onsMeetinq

Representative Frances p. Boil
ton, Republican of Ohio, will be
the guest Of honor at the first
meeting Of the DC, League for
Nursing to be held tomorrow
night at Walter Reed Hospital.
Mrs. Bolton will extend greet
ings to the new organization dur
ing a program to begin at 8:15
pm. in Sternberg Auditorium.
Theme of the meeting will be,
What About Nursing" and
What Can the League Do"
Evening star., 1953-05-18

Those who will participate in.
clude: Mrs. Mildred Percy; Mrs.
Henry A. Bartlett, Miss Esther
Meyer and Miss Katherine OFT.
Sister M. Olivia Gowan, league
president and dean Of the CATH
olic University School of Nursing.
will welcome guests and outline
the main purposes of the new
league.
Miss ClariSsa Gibson, director
Of the DC. Visiting Nurse So.
ciety, is chairman Of the pro.
gram committee.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
By Elepi

There1l be little argument as
to who wears the pants in the
family If they are of the fancy
pants" variety that the ladies of
late have earmarked as their
own.
What makes these lounge and
play fashions so attractive to q
number Of women slim enough
to wear them. is their out and
out emphasis on elegance, their
versatility and above all their
femininity as opposed to many
other trousered styles.
You'll find fancy pants"
made up In everything from
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Added Zest

A dash Of tabasco sauce added
to macaroni and cheese or q
cheese rabbit gives good savory
flavor.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

j. Lee Johnson, jr., president
of the First National Bank, Fort
Worth, Texas: Business condi-
tions in our territory have been
at somewhat of a showdown, due
to the severe drought in West
Texas and the drop in cattle
prices. We have lost money We
otherwise would have had if
those things had not occurred.
However, we have a strong
demand for loans. Conditions
generally are good. I look for a
pickup this fall. I do not feel
there will be any further slowing
down to any great extent. The
overall picture is good.
Henry Kugeler, president of
the Denver National Bank. Den
YER, Colo: Locally in Denver,
business conditions are good
except for the livestock industry
which is in a serious condition.
Nationally, l think business is
still good. Generally, the out
look is good.
Denver is boom spot. We
have had an influx of popu-
lation. The oil people are mov-
ing to Denver and making it
their center. OF course, President
Eisenhower's presence has con-
tributed to business there. The
air lines have helped us, too. We
are located midway between
California, Texas and Canada
on the air lines and that has
added to our success.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

1t is either extraordinary fore
sight or pure coincidence that
the meeting here this time is in
the first year of the Republican
restoration. The choice of WASH
ington for the 1853 convention
the organizations 10th - was
voted three years ago.
Convention sessions will be
held at Constitution Hall and the
Hotel Statler. Tomorrow there
will be meetings of the associa-
tion's four constituent divisions
the Savings and Mortgage,
State Bank. National Bank and
Trust Divisions.
Speakers at the general ses-
sions Tuesday and Wednesday
morning will include Secretary
Humphrey; his deputy for mon
etary policy, w. Randolph Bur-
CESS, a former ABA president,
and w. Harold Brenton, presi-
dent OF the State Bank of DeS
Moines, Iowa, and president of
the association.
Benson to Be Speaker.
Agriculture Secretary Benson
will address the ABA's Agricul-
ture Commissions breakfast at
the Statler Tuesday morning.
Everett D. Reese of Newark,
Ohio. now vice president of the
ABA, is expected to be elected
president at Wednesdays session.
Homer j. Livingston of Chicago
is the only candidate for vice
president.
The entertainment program
includes cruises on the Potomac.
sightseeing tours. special Oman
tours of the FBI, and visits to
the Naval Observatory.
Mrs. Eisenhower has invited
the women visitors to a special
tour OF the White House at 4p.m.
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

Thomas Aitken, president of
the Peoples National Bank &
Trust Co., Belleville, N. j.: We
are not getting into a depres-
sion. Money is getting into
stronger and more conservative
hands-the hands of people who
are more thrifty. This is
healthy, too. People are begin
hing to realize they have been
too long on a honeymoon.
We need tax relief, of course,
but this is going to come as con-
ditions warrant. The business
outlook is very hopeful, nation
ally and also locally in our in
dustrial community near New
ark.
r. L. Ireland III, vice presi-
dent of the New York Trust Co.
Of New York: We are going to
experience further weakening in
certain lines, such as the trouble
We have witnessed the textile
business going through in the
past 18 months.
= I think the independent car
manufacturers will find the 60
ing increasingly tough. How
ever. I do not look for any Sc
nous overall decline in business
III the next six months or so.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
By John V. Horner

Business throughout the United
States is good and can be ex-
pected to continue in healthy
condition
That is the opinion of cross
.section of delegates arriving IN
Washington early for the con-
yention of the American Bank
.ers' Association.
J, Many of the visiting bankers
.expect an economic adjust
;inent" but few of them fear any
Thing drastic in the way of
recession or depression. They are
:cheerfully optimistic.
!: Some of them believe the
country will be better off in the
long run if there is limited
adjustment. AS one put it, I'VE
:have to squeeze some of the
:Water out of our inf1ationary
condition
Z The Midwest is disturbed by
the decided drop in cattle prices.
,There also is concern over the
automobile market. Some soft
spots have been noted recently
III various fields.
But, by and large, the prospects
are considered bright for virtu-
ally every section of the United
States. Here are some typical
views:
G. H. StebbinS, president of
the Simsbury (ConnD Bank g.
Trust Co.; am convinced most
people want to see a really
honest dollar again. They don't
Nant the dollar to return to it's
lowest point but they want it to
buy a good bit more than at pre-
sent.
The economy can stand the
adjustment we face but I am not
Sure the people will take it
politically. Hence, the Eisen-
hover Administration may suffer
The consequences. SimSbury
business is tied in with the Hart
ford insurance companies and
Pratt & Whitney airplane en-
CINE plant. These are both roll
ing full steam ahead. No one is
worried about their futures.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

A. G. Elam, president of the
Southern Commercial & Saw
ings Bank, st. Louis, and reg
ional vice president emeritus of
ABA: We've been disturbed by
a few strikes but generally con-
ditionS out our way are pretty
good. We are bound to have
some adjustment economically
and that will be healthy for the
country in the long run. We
have to squeeze some of the
water out Of our inf1ationary
condition.
I'm a Dixie Democrat. But
after two years of the Roosevelt
Administration I couldn't stand
it any longer. People are begin
ming to realize that Santa Claus
is pretty sick and is liable to die.
And most of them are willing to
accept it. Furthermore, they are
willing to spend some money for
appropriate flowers.
\ X
Ernest A. Morse, assistant
cashier of the Commerce Trust
Co., Kansas City. Mo-: I think
that, generally speaking, busi-
ness conditions are normal in
our part of the country. except
for the lag in agriculture. Farm
prices have been pretty low this
past year. So. we are experience
ing little decline.
But people generally seem to
expect a continuation of good
business, both in our region and
throughout the Nation.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

Holman D. PettibOne, president
of the Chicago Title and Trust
Co.: Our business is an index
of real estate, of building and
sales. It's running 10 to Is per-
cent ahead of a year ago. We
can expect home building in the
Chicago area to slack off but
there will be some apartment
construction and a number of
costly developments, like COM
munity shopping centers out in
the country, beyond our suburbs.
At present, we in Chicago are
ahead of most other areas in our
line. One reason for that is the
fact that we didn't squirt ahead
previously, when others did. We
can expect some downward
trend because of building re-
strictions. Our industry will re-
act to any change in Govern
ment policy on matters like
down payments for homes.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

E. p. Bradley, president of the
American National Bank, Hutch
inson, Kans.: We had a small
wheat crop this year and, of
course, cattle prices are down
pretty badly. This makes things
tight.
In our State there are many
people with relatively small
herds, so the effect is widespread.
/ feel the administration should
put a floor under cattle prices.
Just as we have had a floor for
wheat. tobacco and some other
crops.
Ike is from our State and our
people are still behind him. I'm
a Democrat but I regard him as
a great man. He'll do what's
right. Ns
Ed German, cashier of the
Citizens Bank, Ell Dorado, Kans.:
Retail business is up 10 to Is
per cent over last year but our
cattle situation is really a sad
sister. Wheat is below normal
and corn is off some, yet crops
generally have held up fairly
well. In our trade area of 10000
people, the only thing over
which we have real concern for
the future is the cattle situation.
We surely must maintain
wages and commodity prices
throughout the country because
of the debt. We certainly don't
want any kind of recession.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

Mrs. w. N. Cuddy, member of
the board and formerly secre-
tary of the First National Bank.
Anchorage, Alaska: We have
observed some tightening of
credit but in our community it
is Offset by steady growth of
population.
Retail business is booming and
construction is strong. We are
continuing to gain by leaps and
bounds, principally because of
the two big military installa-
tions, Elmendorf Air Force Base
and Fort Richardson. We figure
we will continue to grow as we
have for at least several years
more. So business will remain
good.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

president. has been active in its
affairs for some years. She was
elected regional vice president
in 1949 and served for two years.
In 1850 she organized the West
Tennessee group of the associ-
alton.
She is manager of the Gov
ernment bond department of
her bank. She started her bank
ing career in 1929.
Once Headed Auditors.
Mrs. Mcclure has been asso-
ciated with the City Bank here
since 1889. She was elected au-
ditor in 1916.
She is a past chairman of the
Auditors Section of the District
Bankers Association and was
the first woman to hold that
office in the history of the Ma
tional Association of Bank Au-
ditors and Controllers.
She is a member of Washing
ton Chapter, American Institute
of Banking and of the Capitol
Group, Association of Bank
Women. AS association treas
urer, she will be serving her
second term.
Miss Cleary. Assistant Treas
urer of the United States, was
guest speaker at a luncheon yes
terday following two panel dis
'cussions in the morning.
The visiting women were en-
tertained by officers of the Dis
trict Bankers Association at a
reception at the Shoreham last
night preceding the annual ban
Quet. Kenneth Mcfarland, edu-
cational director of the Ameri-
can Trucking Association, was
guest speaker at the banquet.
The association is considering
breaking away from the tradition
of holding its annual meeting in
the same city as the American
Bankers Association and just
before that convention. A reso-
luton was approved this year to
authorize directors to pick a
time and site without reference
to the ABA event.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

c. r. Shewmake, president of
the Florida National Bank &
Trust Co., Miami: Local condi-
tionS with us are excellent. We
had a splendid winter tourist
season and the summer season
was much better than usual. Our
population is steadily increasing,
primarily because a large number
of retired couples decide to make
their homes in our community
So building is active.
Bank deposits are up substan-
TALLY over the past few years.
Loans are good. We expect some
adjustment-and any adjust
ment is bound to hurt somebody.
But it won't be drastic.
y 4 *
william r. Bush, vice president
of the Bank of Franklin, Mead
vile, Miss: In our section the
cattle business is off. But we have
been expecting a normal re-
ceSsion and it surely will level off i.
We are doing very well with
timber. oil activity and chicken
business. Our people are calm
about the outlook. They have
adopted a wait-and-see attitude
toward the Eisenhower Admins
tration. 1t is too early for any
final conclusions.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Woman Banker
Named Best Fitted

The Association of Bank
Women, meeting here, yesterday
presented the Jean Arnot Reid
Award to Miss June Marion
NeWcombe of the Community
National Bank of Pontiac, Mich.
The award is given annually
to one of 10 women graduates
Of the American Institute of
Banking with high scholastic
averages who are considered
best fitted to represent women
in banking. 1t was named for
the associations founder.
It was presented at a lunch
con at the Shoreham Hotel by
Mrs. Mary K. Cunningham of
the Northwestern National
Bank, eapolis, Mimi,
chairman of the founders trib-
ute committee. Miss Newcombe
received a scroll and $100 cash.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Bankers Program Listed

Greetings. William S. French,
jr., chairman, Fiduciaries Sec
ton, District of Columbia
Bankers Association.
Address by Robert A. Wilson
of Philadelphia. division presi-
dent.
Address, J. L. Robertson,
member, board of governors,
Federal Reserve System.
Election of officers.
Entertainment.
Potomac River cruises; sight
seeing tours; showboat cruise,
$50 pm; Naval Observatory
tour, 9 pm.
Tuesday.
First General Session, Consti-
tuition Hall. 9 am. delegates
will be required to be in their
seats not later than $50 ann.
Music. Air Force Drum and
Bugle Corps.
Invocation, the Rev. Frederick
Brown Harris. chaplain of the
Senate.
Introduction of former presi-
dents of the ABA.
Greetings, President Eisen-
hover.
Welcome, District Commits
sioner Samuel Spencer.
Address, w. Harold Benton of
Des Moines, president of the
ABA.
Three Pillars of Sound
Money" Secretary of the Treas
ure Humphrey.
Entertainment.
Potomac River cruises. sight,
seeing tours; White House tour
for ladies. 4 pm; Showboat
cruise. $50 pm; Naval Observa-
tory tour. 9 pm.
Wednesday.
Second General Session, Con-
stitution Hall, 9:15 am.
Music. Army Band.
The Shape of the Debt" w.
Randolph Burgess. Deputy Sec
retary of the Treasury.
Report Of Resolutions Com
mittee.
Address. Leonard w. Brocking-
ton, C.M.G., &C. Toronto,
Canada.
Election and Inauguration Of
officers.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

Mrs. Ruth E. Sheriff., assis-
tant vice president of the First
National Bank of Memphis,
Tenn, yesterday was elected
president of the Association of
Bank Women at the Shoreham
Hotel.
Mrs. Sheriff. filled the unex-
pired term of her predecessor.
Miss Catherine B. Clarey, who
resigned to become Assistant
Treasurer of the United States
early this year. She was elected
yesterday for a full term.
Mrs. Margaret S. Mcclure,
auditor of the City Bank of
Washington was reelected
treasurer.
Other officers elected were:
Miss Cora l. Blanchard. assistant
treasurer. Suffolk Savings Bank
of Boston, vice president: Miss
Mildred E. Flaniken. National
Bank of Commerce. Memphis. re-
cording secretary, and Miss Luise
A. Weiner, Union Planters Ma
tional of Memphis. correspond
ing secretary.
Vice Presidents Chosen.
Eight regional vice presidents
were elected by the women bank
officers as follows: Miss Elizabeth
Kleindienst. Chicago, Lakes Di-
vision; Miss Leah N. Woodruff of
Rochester. N. Y. Middle Allan
tic; Miss Jennie r. Williams of
st. Paul, Mimi. Midwest; Miss
Louise Seely of Boston, New Eng
land; Miss Sally NJ. Lanham,
Fort Lewis. Wash. Northwestern;
Miss Elsie Parker, Clarksville,
Tenn, Southern; Miss Louise
Stevens, Galveston, Tex, South
western; Mrs. Lillian Dode, Al
buquerque, N. Mex, Western.
The new officers will be in
stalled today at a luncheon at
the Shoreham, in the closing
event of the associations 31st
annual convention.
Mrs. Sherill. the asSociation' s
Evening star., 1953-09-20

Frank Anger, vice president of
the Chicago National Bank.
Chicago: There have been some
signs of a slight Softening in
certain fields. It is not alarming.
Steel is down a bit but retail
sales are holding up very we'll.
Also, there has been a decline
in the sale of agricultural equip
ment and some decrease in en-
ployment. But generally, we con-
slider the situation all right and
the outlook Nationally is good.
fairly typical of the country. so
the outlook Natinally is god.
L. A. Kempf and Robert E..
Hunt, vice presidents of the
Northern Trust Co., Chicago:
Conditions are very good. The
corn and Soybean crops are
among the best we've ever seen,
although some damage resulted
from the drought.
We do see some signs of diff
Guilty. such as in the agricultural
implement and automotive lines.
Nevertheless, no serious decline
is in sight.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Baltimore Man Killed
By Railroad Policeman
By the AssocIutad Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 20. - A
man who allegedly knocked a
railroad policeman to his knees
and was threatening him with
a sharpened screwdriver was shot
and killed today by another
railroad policeman.
The dead man was Samuel L.
Allen. jr., 28, colored, of Balti-
more. Officer Daniel E. Rum
bley of the railroad police was
held on a technical charge of
causing Aliens death.
Sgt. George H. Houck said he
had discovered Allen in q car
on a parking lot next to the
tracks and ordered him to get
out. He said the man knocked
him to the ground. and tried to
stab him with the screwdriver.
Rumbley arrived, saw Houck
on his knees with the man stand
ing over him and fired from 80
feet away. Allen fell with a
bullet in his neck and was dead
on arrival at a hospital.
The officers said they later
discovered the car in which the
man was found had a window
broken, ignition wires pulled
loose and the glove compartment
forced open.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

j. ]. Rutherford, president of
the First National Bank. Vista,
Calf: We are near San Diego
and Immediately adjoin Camp
Pendleton. We were hard hit
business-wise when the Third
Marines moved out-24,0 900 of
them-for the Far East. month
ago. In a town of 1900, we felt
that loss in almost every was.
We are hopeful that Marine
requirements will be coming to
Pendleton. And we hope the
Government will straighten out
our water situation. The camp
wants all water from the Santa
Margarita River. But some of it
is needed to irrigate the avocado
and lemon groves that cover al
most $4,000 acres just northeast
of Vista.
The Government should build
a dam, store water and sell it to
the irrigation districts. The
project would pay itself out in
so years. We need it for the
economy of our community,
III. ]. Harding, president of the
First National Bank, Pleasanton,
Calf, and president of the Inde-.
pendent Bankers Association of
the 18th Federal Reserve Dis
trict: AS far as we are con-
cerned, all business is holding up
well or is even better than a year
ago. We have a constant growth
of population, creating tremen-
dous demand for new construc-
ton and more salaried services.
Locally. there have been only
few spotty situations, which
can be attributed chiefly to un-
seasonably hot weather. such
as you had here not long ago.
Our agriculture is diversified.
We also have a bread-and-butter
crop: We raise millions of rose
bushes for shipment everywhere.
I don't know what it is but the
demand for roses is terrific. Per-
haps the world is turning to
flowers for relief from some of
its tension.
Nationally. we should expect
certain adjustments in our econ
omy We've been travelling
down a road at a fast clip. Now,
we want to turn a corner, or
change course. Obviously, to
do that. we have to slow down
enough to make the turn.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Bankers Checking In
For Big Convention
Opening tomorrow

Continued From First Page.l
slump with a bang. but brought
CLEANS Of expectations Of shared
wealth to the eyes Of restaura-
teurs and merchants. Thomas
j Groom. president Of the Bank
Of Commerce and Savings and
head Of the ABA registration
committee. said he had been
informed the expected spending
by the visitors has been estimated
at So million.
He said it is also estimated
this will be one of the largest
conventions in the city's history.
Finding adequate hotel accom-
modations is a job which started
about IA months ago. Frank M.
Perley, head of the Hotel Com
mittee, said the visitors have
been assigned to rooms at 43
hotels officially. and that about
20 other hotels are also supply
ing quarters. Mr.. Perley is vice
president TO the American Secur-
ity & Trust Co.
Some of the visitors, particu-
larly those driving to Washington
and accompanied by children
are finding quarters in motel<
in outlying areas.
First Time Here Since 1884.
1t is the first time the ABA
has met here since early New
Deal days. The organization's S
last convention here was in 1884
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Meeting Set Today
In Effort 10 Avert
Hotel Strike Here
By Tom Burke

On the basis of past perform
ance. hopes for peaceful settle-
ment of a contract dispute be-
tween strike-threatening hotel
workers and % hotels here ap.
peared reasonably good.
Union and management ne
gotiators were scheduled to meet
at 1890 am. today with Federal
Mediation Commissioner Gilbert
McCutchen at the Sheraton Park
Hotel.
The hotel workers have voted
to strike anytime alter midnight,
when the current contract ex-
pires. ....
Spokesman for both sides yes
terday expressed the hope that
some agreement can be reached
at today's bargaining session.
Neither side appeared willing to
dwell on the prospects of a full
scale strike such as occurred in
1946 when hotel workers walked
out for 20 days.
Pattern May Repeat.
In recent years contract agree
ments have been reached on the
eve of threatened walkouts and
the pattern may repeat itself
today. -...
Samuel Levine, attorney for
the Joint Executive Board of the
Hotel and Restaurant Employees
and Bartenders' international
Union, declared:
Everything hangs on the
willingness of the hotels to break
the deadlock before the expira-
tion of the contract. We are still
hopeful that they will recognize
the fairness of the unions pro-
posals and not force 5000 people
out on the streets"
Union Demands.
The deadlock results from
union demands for a 15-cent-an-
| hour wage increase, schedule
OF eight holidays per year, i'm
provements in health and well
fare benefits, a union shop
clause and pension plan. with
the hotel association Offering to
renew the current contract as
it. stands. =
Only one other strike, besides
the 1916 one, has been recorded
during the history of negotia-
tlonS between the Joint Board
and the Hotel Association, ac-
cording to a union spokesman.
That was in 1889 when a 19-day
strike occurred :,
Should a strike occur many Of
the Nations bankers. now in
town for four-day convention,
may find themselves doing their
own housework, collecting linens
and towels in the hotel lobby and
being elevated" from floor to-
i floor by front-ofice officials OF
the hotel. Dining rooms and tap
rooms may also be closed as was
the case during the 1946 strike.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

George N. MOnrO, III, vice
president of the Manufacturers
National Bank, Detroit: The
automobile industry is down a
bit, pending some model change
overs, but everything else in
Detroit is going full blast.
Frankly, it's hard to foreSee
any appreciable drop in business
because there is too much money
available-money in wages and
money for buying-to cause a
serious decline. Of course, it is
hard to look too far ahead but
conditions appear very good,
w. E. BrOckman, vice presi-
dent of the Midland National
Bank. Minneapolis: Money is
tight and loans are high in rela-
ton to deposits. Borrowing is
near the peak out our way be-
cause of grain shipments.
Employment is very good. We
find no basis for a beariSh at
titude; We don't react as speed
lily to stock market changes as
in the East. We see no founda-
ton for these reactions.