Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-08
Korrick Has Token Active Part
In Many D. c. Civic Organizations


Iington. But he has never before
held public Office.
President Eisenhower's an
nouncement at Key West yester-
day was not unexpected; only
1.-THE timing came as o surprisN
Ito Mr.. Karrick.
/ Friday night the White House
'lhad called him and asked him
to see Gov. Sherman Adams
lyesterday-at $3.50 am. Mr.. Kar-
lriok said later Gov. Adams had
lsaid a. statement would be Is
lsued at Key West. When The
Star read him the text Of the
key West dispatch by telephone
early In the afternoon he ex-
pressed surprise that 1t had come
$50 promptly.
VIII Give Full Time
/ Mr.. Karrick was at We Chevy
Chase Club. He had played three
Iholes Of golf before deciding the
weather was too unpleasant.
Yesterday afternoon he went to
the offiie Of the Inter-Ameriran
Bar Association for regular Sat-
Iurday afternoon work. He has
been identified with that organ
Iization for eight years and is
Its acting treasurer.
i Mr.. Karrick indicated he will
mot take over his new Job ham
Ipered by any conflict Of inter-
ests. He intends to separate
himself from the boards Of va
,Irious organizations on which he
Is serving and to divorce himself
as much as possible from his
business interests.
/ He intends to give his full
Irime to District affairs.
/ He said he has no statement
to make at this time on his
attitude toward any public prob
Ilems. In fact. he made 1t clear
he intends tc approach the job
with mo fixed determinations
Instead. he said, he viii meet
the problems with an open mind
and study them.
| If his duties demands they
probably will-that he present
the key to the city to visiting
dignitaries, he will be able to
make the presentation speech in
the tongue of those recipients
from Spanish and French
speaking countries. He also
reads Portuguese but does not
speak 1t.
Knows Tax Law
/ He is q lawyer. with special
experience In financial and tax
matters. He Is a businessman
who knows the problems Of man.
aging property. He has an en-
lthusiasm for good music. al
Though he plays no instrument
land admits he cannot carry a
tune. He has been secretary Of
the National Symphony Associa-
Ition and is a former member Of
Its board. He Is now In that
category Of supporters Of the
orchestra known as sponsors.
/ Mr.. Karrick Is the next thing
Ito native Washingtonian. He
was born in Boston but has lived
here since he was 8. and he went
ito school here.
He is president Of the Fidelity
Storage Co., which his father
founded in 1905. That company
also manages the Karrick Prop
Ierties-seven apartment houses
and two business buildings
which Mr.. Karrick and his
brother, James L. Karrick. jr..
own.
/ Fidelity and Karrick Properties
together employ about 100 per-
sons One of Mr.. Karrick's
| pleasant duties was to procure
! 100 or more turkeys to present
lemployes at Christmas time.
Born In 1898
/ Mr.. Karrick was born on June
Il8, 1893. His father was James
il. Karrick. and his mother was
Henrietta Louise Brewer. The
Kaxricks we're q Kentucky fam
lily. the Brewers New England
Iers. and Stockbridge, Mass. was
1.-THE meeting ground.
/ Henrietta Brewers grandfath-
Ter was Josiah Brewer Of Berk-I
shire, Mass, a Yale graduate,
who went to Turkey as a mis-
lsionary in 1880. Her grand
mother was Emilia Field. a men,
Der of the numerous and far
ranging Field family of Stock
bridge. The first Of the Fields
arrived in Boston in 1929. the
/ first Of the Brewers in 1910.
| Illness and i'll fortune harassedI
1.-THE first James L. Karrick. He
brought his family from Boston
to Washington in 1899 to start
anew. He founded the Fidelity
Storage Co. and acquired the
first Of the properties to which
his sons have added. He built
the Fidelity Storage Building
lat 1920 U street NV.
/ The Karricks did not come
here as strangers. Mrs. Kar-
tricks father was David Josiah
Brewer, a justice of the Supreme
Court. He had been born in
Smyrna, the son of the Yale
graduate missionary. He had
had a law career In Kansas and
was judge of the Kansas Su-
Ipreme Court. President Benja-
min Harrison appointed him toI
1.-THE Supreme Court and he took
his seat on January 6, 1890.
Justice Brewer played his part
as a member of the Washington
community and was president of
the Associated Charities of his
day. The Brewers lived at 1923
Sixteenth street NV.
The family also included a Sec
lond member of the Supreme