Evening star., 1955-01-25
Employment Gains
Forecast for Area
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would come from these i've fac
tors:
/. The location here Of more
national associations, labor un-
ions, professional societies and
religious groups. He said Wash
1 ingtcn is the logical place for
them to be established.
| 2. The location here of Offices
of national corporations. num-
ber Of which already have been
established.
1 8. Research and development
organizations being set up here
in line with such an activity
that has increased markedly In
the last 10 years, and which Mr..
Watson said has built up a
substantial and highly quail
fed group Of people here"
4. The development of the
commercial, wholesale and dis
tribution industries.
5. The establishment of addi-
tional manufacturing activities.
Cites 1854 Expansion.
He said that in 1854 80 or
ganizations and companies rep
resented in this list were estab-
lished in Washington. They
employ 731 persons, he said, and
with additions to the service
industries they account for a
total employment of 1922 and a
total annual payroll of over So
million.
j. H. Carmichael, president of
Capital Airlines, gave Washing
ton a glowing testimonial as a
place in which to establish an
operating headquarters. Cap
ital moved from Pittsburgh in
1941 and is established at the
National Airport.
There is nothing / can say
about the move that isn't good"
he. said. He added that the
cornpany's needs as it has grown
fon workers and supply have
been met successfully. He said
the labor here is of higher type
than found in other cities and
most workers have a higher in
telligence quotient.
Describes Expansion.
He described his company as
expanding from one with $4.5
million in revenue in l941 to
SAB million In 1854 and said the
number of passengers carried in
creased from 1876, 600 to 2.6 mil
lion in the same period.
In 1941. he said, the company
moved 900 Of its 1900 employees
here, and last year 2,400 en-
ployes were based here Of -4.600
on the system. He said the sys-
tenn payroll in 1854 was $24
million, with half that amount
paid in Washington.
"The company is just on the
eve of our greatest development
program" he said. I'VE are plac-
ing an order for $67 million of
Viscount planes with turbo-prop
operation"
| He said the company expects
/ to do a business of from $50
million to $85 million in 1865.
Moving From New York.
Miss Marguerite Rawalt. pres
ident of the National Association
of Business and Professional
Women's Clubs, spoke as the rep
resentative of national organ
ization which is moving its head
quarters to Washington. The
headquarters are now in New
York.
She said the organization en-
ploys As persons and has an
annual budget Of more than
| $500, ,000. The organization is
looking for a building into which
| to move but is running into zon-
ing regulations. she said.
Thomas Melloy, president Of
Melpar. Inc, urged the confer
ence members to back up the
move for an additional airport
to help solve the horrible traf-
fic problems" and to improve the
schools. Mr.. Melloy added that
in referring to the schools he did
not mean buildings so much as
higher pay for school teachers.
Now Employs 1,40O.
Mr.. Melloy said his company
was established in Washington
in 1916 with IS employees. Now
the company Is in Virginia and
has about l.400 employees. Of
whom 800 are engineers.
He said one Of the difficulties
Of bringing additional engineers
here lies in the school situation.
On the question of zoning.
Harvey L. Jones, vice president
Of Sandoz. Inc, moderator Of
the Land Development and zon-
ing panel. described measures
being taken to re-cast the zon-
ing regulations. He said our
comprehensive coming map and
regulations are thoroughly out
Of date after 80 years
A forecast Of q continued In
crease in home building was
made by Len Haeger. research
ofiiciai Of the National Associa-
ton OF Homehuilders. Charles
T. Stewart, Of the National AS
sociation Of Real Estate Boards,
said that In 1854 sl2 billion had
been spent for home improve
nents and modernisation. not
much less than the tI3.6 billion
which MIR. Haeger had given for
the amount expended ON new
slrs'.