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Evening star., 1955-01-30
Area Hospital Finances Soar
To Realm Of Big Business

The payroll increase has hit
hospitals the hardest. The ay-
erage annual payroll increase for
1850 to, 1854 for IA Of the areas
hospitals was $6e7 ,269 or 5.3 per
cent. The total for the four
years has been set at more than
50 million, according to the Hos
pital Council Of the Metropolitan
Area.
Operating expenses have fol-
lowed right along. The average
annual increase for the same
hospital has been $685.. .563 or an
increase Of 40 per cent.
Payrolls Are Heavy.
OF the 40 Washington-area
hospitals. including those fed
orally operated. the payroll
amounted to $28, ,40S 1851 in 1854,
or 66 per cent Of the total oper-
ating expense Of $42.723.l17.
Hospitals have had to employ
more people. In 1916, hospitals
signed up 156 persons per 100
patients. At present, It's up to
1913 persons per 100 patients. It's
expected to go higher.
There are reasons. In nom
skilled branches, like kitchen
help, employees organized and
hours were cut. And as medicine
came up with new machines Of
diagnosis and therapy, hospitals
were forced to hire high-priced
technicians to operate them.
With people buying more health
insurance. hospitals had to hire
bookkeeperS to handle the mass
OF blanks and forms required for
each patient with insurance.
Hospitals have also converted to
full cash salaries where once
they substituted for cash pay
ments lodgings. meals and laun-
dry service.
Hospital officials Of the area
feel that so long as the Nation
fares well financially, hospitals
win get along despite their some-
times tenuous state. When the
economic picture is bright ma
tionally, people can be found in
greater numbers in hospital
beds.
But OF particular concern to
local hospitals this year is their
contract with the Health De-
partment concerning the treat
ment Of INDECENT patients. This
year. according to hospital Of
ficials. they will make a strong
plea for an increase in the pres
ent rate which is $14 a day. They
will ask for $l6 q day.
Hospitals must accept indi-
Evening star., 1955-01-30

gents If their training programs
for doctors are to exist. But be-
cause they accept the non-pay-
ing patient the eight contract
hospitals IN the District suffered
q $4,000 deficit traced to the
$l4-a-day payment, according to
the Hospital Council.
The Health Department in its
fiscal '56 budget recommended a
Evening star., 1955-01-30
By John McKeIwoy

In some respects. the private
non-profit hospitals of the Wash
ington- n-area are big business.
They employ over 5000 persons
from elevator operators to In
terms. have labor troubles. OPP
crate equipment worth thou-
sands In expensive plants and
meet an annual payroll Of more
than $l4 million. Counting Fed
eral hospitals in the area, the
payroll is over $28 million.
Yet. In other respects. these
same hospitals -at least the
non profit institutions = are
small business" Some just get
by financially each year. some
don't. One went into q 500, 900
deficit last year. Hospitals Of
the area included in the non
profit bracket are Georgetown,
George Washington, Sibley, CO.
lumbia, Providence. Emergency,
Episcopal. Garfield, Chiidren's,
Alexandra. Arlington and SUI
burban.
As business, hospitals have
sort Of split personality while
functioning close to the center
OF q community's financial swirl.
And as a business. there's moth
ing quite like a hospital.
Planning Is Difficult.
For one thing, private non
profit hospitals can't plan for
big improvements or expansion
like big business which annually
sets aside funds toward studies
OF preventable waste and motion.
Nor can they sink thousands into
new designs or procedures, then
gamble the venture will pay on
in following years. When they do
make a little profit. the money
usually is turned back into up
keep Of quickly out-dated faciIi-
ties, 0ut-dated because modern
medicine moves fast.
When hospitals do make pro-
gressiye moves, say in the form
Of construction. they have to pass
the hat or get some form of Fed
eral aid. Some depend on yearly
fund appeals just to make it
through the year.
Major differences which set
the hospital apart financially
from other businesses include the
fact they must run on a 24-hour
basis which means three shifts of
employees arriving every eight
hours. What the hospital is sell
ing is medical care and that has
to be rendered at ali times,
usually to a person fiat. on his
back who doesn't want to be
there in the first place.
Expenses. Increasing.
Like other businesses. hos
pitals have been forced to spend
more money each year to obtain
the same goods and services.
When measured in terms Of
dollars, the increase in expendi-
lures of hospitals from 1885 to
1852 was 199 per cent. About
three-f1fths of the increase in
total expenditures over these
years may be attributed to in
fiation. The remaining two
fifths can be applied to a change
OF standards in medical care.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

raise Of 10 cents in INDECENT pay
ments. While hospitals felt this
was only a minimum" require
ment raising the INDECENT sum to
$1.007, 600. the item was cut from
the Presidents budget with the
rate remaining at $l4.
According to the Hospital
Council, representing eight hos
pitfalls who contract with the
Evening star., 1955-01-30


gage loans terms Of recent years.
But loan funds viii be available
to meet the demand, the report
added.
Walter w. McAllister, chair
man of the board. said: THE
1855 projection on mortgage
financing needs requires the in
vestment of more than SIG bill
lion In new funds in the small
home field, exclusive Of approx
mately So billion required for the
refinancing of a part Of the pres
ent mortgage debt.
Needed for New Homes. VI
"Of the $16 billion, an esti-
mated $12 billion may be re-
quired to finance the purchase
Of newly built houses and "a bill
lion for additional loans on
existing homes.
Beyond their present re-
sources, the Nations financial
institutions and other lenders
are In a strong position to handle
this need for mortgage credit for
they win receive during the year
nearly 81 billion In monthly
payments and prepayments from
borrowers on their mortgages
outstanding.
I'VE estimate that about 1.2
million one-to-four family
houses will be built in the United
States this year. This compares
with IL million homes con-
structed during 1854, in itself q
near-record year for the home
building industry.
Stimulated by Law.
"The impetus Of the construc-
ton boom Of last year will prob
ably sustain higher building ac-
tivity through the greater part
Of 1855. stimulated by the new
provisions Of the housing act Of
1854"
At the end Of 1854, the total
mortgage debt on one-to-four
family homes in the Nation was
estimated at about $75 billion.
Forecasts are that the 1855
growth in the home mortgage
debt will be greater than last
years, which was $50 billion.
About q third Of this debt is held
by savings and loan associations
and cooperative banks.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

ing to pre-
liminary esti-
mates made
public yester-
day by the
Home Loan
Bank Board.
This is be-
heyed to be o
record figure,
8 t g m ming
from the cur
rent high rate
of hom 9
building and
the more lib
Evening star., 1955-01-30

would be at new high level and would
compare with . loan rate this season
Of 1923 cents per pound.
Exports for the week ended Tuesday
amounted to I33.000 bales. compared
with $4,000 the previous week and
$4,000 In the same week Of 1854. Ex-
ports for the season through January
I.46S, ,00o. at the same time last year.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

Rates Of dividends in the foregoing
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semi-annual dec
laration. Unless otherwise noted. special
or extra dividends are not included.
Also extra or extras. b Annual rate
plus stock dividend Declared or paid
In 1856 plus stock dividend. Paid last
year Payable in stock. estimated cash
value on ex-dividend or redistribution
date. & Declared or paid so far this
year. Declared or paid after stock
dividend or split-up. K Declared or paid
dividends In arrears. Paid this year.
dividend omitted, deferred or no action
taken at last dividend meeting. De-
dend Liuuidating dividend cid Called.
ur Under rule. xd Ex dividend. x-dis Elk
distribution. xr Ex rights. XIV Without
warrants. Wv With warrants. vt War
rants twd When distributed. wi When
issued. s1n bankruptcy or receivership
or being reorganized under the Bank
ruptcy Act, or securities assumed BY such
COmpafiieg
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Home-Finance Needs
Expected 10 Call for
SIG BiIIionin 1855

Home financing needs Of the
Nation win call for the invest
ment Of more than SIG billion
in new money this year. accord
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Maryland Senate
Urged to Open Up
Laurel Turf Club
By the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS. Md, Feb. a.
The Maryland Senate was asked
yesterday to throw its weight
against the doors of the exclusive
Turf Club at Laurel race track.
Senator Philip H. Goodman
Democrat, of Baltimore wants the
Senate to urge the Racing Com
mission to request Laurel to let
everyone into the club upon the
payment of a reasonable admit
tance charge"
The club now admits only
members who are invited by the
track to join. A clubhouse and
grandstand is open to all.
Its present exclusive basis -
Goodman said of the Turf Club,
lis not in keeping with the sound
principle of democracy in sports
and tends to divide our citizens
into classes and to discriminate
against the small bettor without
whose contributions to the bet
terment of the breed. the Turf
Club could not exist"
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Speeiol pispatch 10 The Siar

WAKE FOREST. N. c., Feb.
22.-The University of Mary
lands basketball team has had
the same bad dream with the
same cast of characters twice
this season.
The Terrapins got away from
Wake Forest after losing to the
Deacons last night with the
dazed feeling that it all has
happened to them once before
this season, and they can't eX-
plain it. Last nights score was
75-71, with the Deacons putting
on a late rally to win the same
way they did back in December
at College Park when they came
from behind to get a 62-53 deci-
sion in overtime.
Terps Drop in ACC.
The defeat dropped Maryland
down to third place in the At
lantic Coast Conference with a
1914 record, moving idle Duke to
second with 9-3. The Terps are
through with family competition
until the ACC tournament
starting next week in Raleigh,
N. c. Duke has Virginia to play
tomorrow and North Carolina
Friday. North Carolina, cur
rently No. 4, has a chance to
move up past the Terrapins. In
addition to Duke, it plays North
Carolina State at home tonight.
Maryland's two games against
Wake Forest this season have
been strangely alike. In both
the Terrapins practically handi-
cuffed the Deacon'S All-America
candidate, Dickie Hemric. He
got only IA points the first time,
and last night he was held to
his lowest total of the season,
II points. His average is over
20 points.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Impressive Trabert
Plays Richardson for
Indoor Title Today
By the Associofed Press

| NEW YORK. Feb. 22.-The
new Tony Trabert, a truckhorse
with pony speed. is favored to
beat Davis Cup teammate Ham
ilton Richardson today for the
National Indoor tennis cham
pionship.
1--WE never seen Tony more
agile or more fluid on the court,
said Bill Talbert, United States
Davis Cup captain, after watch
ing Trabert smash Art Larsen OF
San Leandro, Calf. 13-11
10-8, 6-3. in last nights
semifinals at the 7th Regional
Armory.
Richardson looked good in
disposing of Ulf Schmidt, 80,
6-2. 6-3, 6-3, but his victory
was clouded by a throat ail,nent
which handicapped the 20-year-
old Swedish sensation.
Bothered with a cold for a
week. Schmidt turned up with
a pair of swollen tonsils which
he said ruined his effectiveness
as the match took on a mara
thOn COMPLEXION.
Has Trouble Swallowing.
Il couldn't swallow and T felt
as if I was choking Ulf said.
Il think l could have beaten
Richardson, otherwise"
The young SWedes ailment
was so severe he and his partner,
Irwin Dorfman, were forced to
default in the doubles semi
finals to Trabert and Vic
Seixas, who have won most of
the worlds honorS.
Trabert and Seixas have a re-
union in the finals today with
their earstwhile Davis Cup
buddies in Australia, Talbert
and Richardson, who beat Lar
sen and Eddie Moylan of Tren-
ton, N. j., 60, 6-3.
Although top-seeded in the
singles, Trabert and Richard
son oddly were underdogs in
their semifinal engagements be-
fore crowd of 1000.
Trabert. a powerfully built
athlete with the shoulders and
legs of a football halfback, was
not figured to have the speed and
f1neSSe to cope with Larsen. a
former indoor champion whose
lightning reflexes and sensitive
left-handed touch make him a
whiz on boards.
Trabert Displays Top Game.
Richardson. collegiate cham
pion and third-ranked nation
ally, likewise was conceded not
too strong a chance against
Schmidt, who like all other Scan
dinavians is at his best on hard
wood.
But Trabert flashed the finest
tennis since his championship
year OF 1858 to outclass Larsen.
He outfoxed and outmaneuvered
the agile Californian, scoring
time after time on furious net
exchanges and brilliant recov-
cries.
Richardson, whose ground
strokes are considered among the
best in amateur tennis. had too
many guns for the obviously
ailing Swede. He didn't lose his
service after the long first set
and broke Schmidt's powerful
delivery five times.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Worriors Too Strong for SkIur's
George, a Hit as Usual, Hopes
ToReturn as Home Town Pro
Star Stan Photo by John Koran.

the blackboard all evening,
pushed in a pair of free throws
for a 14-12 advantage. 1t was
tied at IA and 16-all before Jim
Murray. Joe Graboski and
George turned on the heat to
make it 1920 going into the Sec
ond period.
Cliff Hagan of Kentucky. now
at Andrews Air Force Base, col
lected three personal fouls early
IN the game and was benched
until well into the second quar-
ter. While he was gone, john
ston. Graboski. Bob zawoluk
and Jack Moore received little
argument for rebounds.
Hagan and Larry Hennessey.
who did not start. kept the War;
rior reserves from completing
the rout in the second period.
They scored IA of Sklar's %
points as the team trailed, g.
I'd, dI nalIClIne.
Hagan High With "a.
From then on Sklar's held it's
own with a 1920 edge in the
third quarter and a 21-19 margin
in the fourth, attributable to
Groat's delayed squirt and a 12-
point job by Hagan near the
end. Hagan topped all scorers
with "a points.
Mike Sklar, the sponsor of the
once-a-week pros who had won
eight games in row and aver
aged 110.9 points, was disap-
pointed but not surprised by the
margin of defeat.
"The thing that worries me is
that this might hurt us next
Sunday. We play the Atlantic
City Coasters g pm, Turner's
Arena> and they're real tough"
Sklar was as worried about his
boys morale as the gate for next
sunday, it seemed.
The supporting card last night
included a performance by the
United States Air Force Drum
and Bugle Corps. Miss Gaby
Bruyere. a singer and can-can
dancer from France. tossing up
the first ball and a team of ra-
dio and television men defeat
ing a club of newspapermen, ga
80. The last mentioned may be-.
come an annual event, barring
contrary petitions from the
ho ck tho II -1oy,;,,o ,~o,@,,Ioa.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Senators Pilot
Gets Ink|ing Of
His Vast Job
HurIers Show Lack
Of Schooling Under
Hit-or-Miss System
Sior Stoff Correspondent

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 22.-
Chuck Dresser has received his
first shock as manager of the
Senators and now is fully aware
of the enormous task confront
ing him as he attempts to mold
a f1rst-division club from a team
long used to second-division
status.
"I've never seen anything like
this" an astonished Dresser said
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Same Bod Dreom Twice for Terps
Wake Forest Dozes MARYLAND
With Another Victory, 75-77

In both games the Terrapins
trailed most of the way until
late in the second half. Then
they took leads that ordinarily
would be considered safe the
way the minute double
foul rule works for a team that
can freeze the ball. But in both
games it was the combined work
of Wake Forests Jack Murdock
and Ernie Virgins in stealing
the ball and scoring in the last
few minutes that spelled down.
fall for Maryland.
Rally in Second Half.
No wonder the Terps are sort
OF dazed by it all. Trailing by
1896 at halftime last night,
they gradually worked their way
out of this hole and with less
than five minutes left were in
front, 68-63. Bob Kessler, the
games high scorer with 20
points, and Bob O'Brien, who
scored Is, were the wheels behind
Maryland's second-half surge.
After that. though, Murdock
and Virgins went into action.
Virgins scored, then stole the
ball and fed it to teammate
for another score. Virgins
scored again to send the Deacs
ahead, 69-68, with little more
than a minute left, after which
Murdock scored twice while the
Deacons were freezing the ball.
That almost is play-for- play
the way the Deacons came from
behind to tie up the first game.
after which Virgins and MUIR
dock scored to win in the over
time.
Evening star., 1955-02-22
By Dick SIov


Jack George came home to
play basketball last night after
years absence and said he just
wishes he could stay here.
The 24-year-old former ST.
Johns High and LaSalle ace
rated one of the top all-around
athletes ever spawned in this
town, paced the Philadelphia
Warriors of the NBA in a wither-
ing first half that set the stage
for 10l-86 triumph over previ-
ously unbeaten Sklar's Stars at
Uline Arena.
! The score could have mounted
even higher. such was the Phila-
delphians' mastery. yet it was
a good show for the estimated
crowd of 4.200 who hankered
for individual heroics by the
Sklars. The District Mile O.
Dimes campaign received a net
Of slightly more than $1,000 for
its battle against polio.
George said he and his wife
Lois are very comfortable in
their beautiful" apartment in
Philadelphia and that he couldn't
ask for a better group OF men
to play with and under. But
his ambition Is to play in his
home town.
I'D really like to see big
league basketball come back
here. There's a rumor going
around that it will. YOU know.
I don't understand why it didn't
go here before" He was refer
ring to the failure of the Wash
ington Caps twice since World
War II. The rumor has it that
flight pro ball will be tried
a third time.
Wins Duel With Buddy.
George paired of against his
"old buddy" Dick Groat, with
whom he played at Fort Belvoir
in 1928, and got much the
better of the duel in the first
half. Groat was having a very
bad night from the floor while
George seemingly could do little
wrong.
George scored 13 of his Is
points before retiring midway in
the second quarter and gave a
flawless exhibition of passing
and foorwork.
But, as George put it, "You
can't hold down a great player
like Dick all night" and Groat
hit four of six shots in the third
quarter and proved to be the
crowd favorite.
1t wasn't until eight minutes
elapsed that the Warriors had
their first lead. Neil Johnston,
6-foot-8 and unstoppable under
Evening star., 1955-02-22

sports writer's and broadcaSterS
again gave tournament-bound
San Francisco a humping vote
of confidence today.
Except for George Washing
tons drop, the teams remained
in order down to eighth place.
Following San Francisco, on top
for the third straight week, came
Kentucky, La Sale. Duquesne.
Marquette. North Carolina State
and Minnesota. The last three
just moved up notch to fill
the vacancy created by CIV.
Utah, 10th a week ago. moved
into eighth place by a narrow
margin over UCLA, which held
ninth.
Maryland dropped from 11th
to a tie for 18th after losing to
N. c. State Saturday. 1853.
DOns Get IS Firsts.
San Francisco. winner Of 20
of its 81 games and already
named as an "at-large" entry in
the NCAA tournament, drew IS
of the ITO first-place votes and
953 points. Second-place Ken
tucky had II firsts and 1853
points.
George Washington was the
only one of the top 10 teams to
lose a game last week. dropping
an 1914 decision on West Vir-
ginia S home court. Most of the
leaders won two and Marquette.
I'd hitting 100 points twice, racked
up three to stretch its winning
streak to 81 straight.
Like San Francisco. the Ma
tons top defensive team, Of
fense- minded Marquette is head
ed for the NCAA tournament
and six others Of the top 10
stand good chances of playing
in that championship. Du-
quesne, an independent, has en-
tered the National Invitation
tournament.
Chance for Revenge.
George Washington will get
its chance to square accounts
with West Virginia in the South
ern Conference tournament
which decides that leagues
NCAA representative. La Sale
has the best record in the loosely
organized Middle Atlantic Con-
ference and likely will repre-
sent it in the NCAA. Minnesota.
Utah and UCLA all are leading
their conferences and will draw
automatic NCAA bids if they
win. North Carolina State is
leading the Atlantic Coast Con-
ference. but is banned from the
NCAA tourney even if it should
win the conference tournament.
which determines the tourney
representative.
Meanwhile Kentucky. beaten
only twice all season, finds itself
in the unusual position of being
forced to fight it out right down
to the end of the season for the
Southeastern Conference cham
and berth in the
NCAA tournament.
Adolph Rupp's charges have
three league games left to play
and at the moment they're tied
with Alabama for the lead. each
with 9-2 marks.
The Wildcats refused to play
in the NCAA tourney last year
because three of their top stars
were declared ineligible. This
(See BASKETBALL, Page A-l7.)
Evening star., 1955-02-22
Wertz in Beer Business

LANSING, Mich, Feb. %. up
Cleveland Outfielder Vic Wertz
now has Michigan's official per-
mission to go into the beer
business. Transfer Of a whole
sale beer and wine license at
Mt. Clemens to Wertz and his
wife was approved yesterday.