Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18

Three WaShingtonianS were
Stadium Commission. The 9TH
are divided between members Of
The local men are:
Fred A.. Smith. real estate
of the Second National Bank, an
toll Cadillac automobile agency.
Both Mr.. Akers and Mr..
Really were, in effect, reap
pointed by the present board of
District Commissioners. When
the first such commission was
organized in 1945 an earlier
board named them to serve.
Mr.. Smith, in effect, takes the
place Of former District Com
missioner John Russell Young
on the commission.
Mr.. Reilly is a native WASH
1ngtonian. He has had a dis
tinguiShed career in banking
and in civic affairs.
District Bar Member
He Is also q member Of the
District bar, having received his
bachelor Of laws degree from
Georgetown University in 1924.
He began his career in fl
nance. coupling it with the law.
when he became secretary of the
Washington Association of
Credit Men and general counsel
for the associations adjustment
bureau.
In 1886 Mr.. Reilly became
president of the Second Ma
tional. His first bank position
was as vice president of the old
Federal American Bank. That
was in 1881, when he was 20.
Five years later, when he was
"a. he became a bank president.
He was president of the Board
of Trade in 1947-48. He also
served as head of the Citizens
Committee on Public Works,
organized in 1852 to sell" Con-
gress on the necessity for the
Districts public works program.
Active Among Bankers
He also has been active in
the District Bankers Associa-
ton, of which he was president;
the Clearing House Association,
the American Bankers Associa-
ton and other financial groups,
In World War II Mr.. Reilly
was chairman of the Districts
War Finance Committee, direct
ing the third, fourth and fifth
War Loan Campaigns, which
saw $437 million in war bonds
sold in the District.
other organizations with
which he has been identified in
clude the Columbia Country
Club, Friendly Sons of st.
Patrick, the Community Chest
Federation and the Catholic
Charities.
Mr.. AkerS is president of the
Capitol Cadillac Oldsmobile Co.
He has been active in the bust
ness and civic life of Washing
ton for longer than 20 years.
Before coming here in 1884 to
head the then Capitol Cadillac
Co., he had spent 10 years as
an official Of the sales depart
ment of Cadillac in Detroit.
Earlier he had been with the
General Motors Acceptance
Corp.
Mr.. Akers was once before
with the National Stadium Com
mission and was its chairman.
He was general chairman of the
Community War Fund in 1912.
He has been active in the
Board of Trade and it's Greater
National Capital Committee,
and in the Community Chest and
Red Cross. He is a former presi-
dent of the essiona al
Country Club and a director of
the Burning Tree Club. He is
a member of the Masonic order
and of Almas Temple of the
Shrine.
He is a director of the Amer
lean Security & Trust Co. and
Of the Capital Transit Co.
FiShed With Eisenhower
Three years ago, Mr.. Akers
was one of President Eisen-
hower's fishing companions in
Colorado and hooked a rainbow
trout in a spot the President
suggested.
A native Of Wabash County,
Ind, Mr.. Akers in World War I
was a sergeant in an air
squadron of the Army and, in
the AEF. attached to the British
Royal Air Force.
Mr.. Smith. active in the real
estate business and in civic af-
fairs, is a former president of the
Board of Trade. Last April, Mr..
Smith and Leon Chatelain. jr.,
were listed as the principal stock
holders in a building company
planning a $25 million housing