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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 0P.-cottou
prices In the domestic market con-
tinued to move irregulariy within a
relatively narrow tradine rance last
week = and closed the period With mixed
At the end Of trading on Friday ae-
tive futures contracts on the New
York Cotton Exchange we're 80 cents
lower 70 so cents higher from the
close Of the week previous.
sustaining factors durinH the week
were limited TO trade an2 mill price
hxine and short covering. Meanwhiie.
onerings were furnished through real.
l4ine on advances and liquidation in.
uuenced ~ expectation the USDA's
second crop forecast, due Monday. will
show that the prospective outturn has
registered an Improvement since
Trade estimates suggest . eroD ont.
loos IS n September ! OF from about
lZ.2 million 70 12.e million bales
~ compared with the Aueust / ofieiaf
forecast OF l1,6g7.O00 bales.
selling was also Influenced during
the period By reports Of Continued
layorable weather conditions Ia the
belt and By reports OF slow buslness
in the goods market,
Exports for the week ended last
tuesday approximated only 10000
bales, according to the New York Cot
ton Exchange service Bureau, W.. 00, 0CO
nales week previous and 10000 N
the same week last year. For the
current season through September 4
they totaled $4,000 bales We. 15i 900
70 we same time last season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Strikes Blamed PcrtIy
For NeWsprint Cuthuck

MONTREAL, Sept. Z Dr.
Strikes in several United States
newspapers were partly to
blame for the cutback in pro-
duction by three Canadian
newsprint manufacturing COM
panies, a reliable newsprint
source said today.
North American consumers
stocks on hand at the end Of
July were up S7.2 per cent over
those at the end Of the CORE
spending month last year, he
said.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Power and Paper Co., Console
dated Paper Corp. Ltd. and
Canadian International Paper
Co.-announced cuts in pro-
duction schedules yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Consumers Hold Key
~ SYLVIA PORTER

"saturation' Of our wants and
desires as long as we have
earning power. confidence and
eagerness to raise our living
standards. AS our postwar his.
tory has dramatically Illus
trated. the more we have, the
more we want.
Experts Uneasy
Nevertheless. there is no point
in hiding from the uneasiness
among many Of the experts.
There is increasing worry
that because you've read SO
much about defense cutbacks
and SurpluseS in some indus
tries and the stock markets
slide-or because you're direct
ly hurt yourself-you1l be in q
cautious mood or worse.
There Is increasing anxiety
that you have become fed UP
with imitation and are ready
to resist buying until you have
forced prices down to q level
more to your liking.
There is increasing concern
that even If you do buy freely,
you1l not do more than Offset
the leveling of in other types
Of spending and you'll not give
the economy q new shot in the
arm.
Still. all this is just guessing.
And knowing how unpredict-
able ! am as a consumer and
how unpredictable you can be
too. I'm not rushing at this
moment to mastermind the
outcome.
You'll decide as an individual
worker, housewife and family.
You'll fash the signals soon
enough.
Distributed 1857. BY the Hall
syndicate. Inc. All Rights Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Bourd of ConsuIs
For Alb Appointed
By CrutchfieId

John w. Crutchfeld, chief
consul for Washington Chap
ter, American Institute Of
Banking. yesterday announced
membership Of the chapters
Board Of Consuls, which will
stage the annual fall roundup
Of Washington bank employees
interested in studying for q
banking career.
Mr.. Crutchfield, who is with
Riggs National Bank, named
Gus Partee Of Riggs. Kenneth
Thompson Of Arlington Trust
and Joan Whelan Of Suburban
Trust as associate consuls.
The board will hold its first
meeting at the Chapter House
Wednesday and later the chap
ter's Women's Committee win
present q fashion show. Wom-
ems Committee members from
the American Security a Trust,
Co., Second National Bank and
Citizens Bank Of Maryland win
serve refreshments. Members
Of the new Board Of Consuls
follow:
American Security 4 Trust, Charles
Allies and Corella Badgent: Anacostta
National. Frances Turner; Bank Of
Scmsrss Ethel EaES ss;, cii 49,, Rsnk
Judy unser: lincoln National. asT-
aaret Remson; McLachlen Banking.
Ethel Miller: Munsey Trust, Julie
Roche: National Bank Of Washington.
Gertrude Clark and Roger Cloves;
National Capital Bank. Jack Mellon.
National Metropolitan. Robert r. Hart
line: National Savings a. Trust. David
Good and Davis Bentley.
Riggs National Bank. Bruce Cain
and EdWard Gray; Second National
Raymond p stonsr: union ni; Trust, RAY Ras
3 Pufdnburger and John N. Little
wood; Alexandrio National James
seitzlneer: Arlington Trust, Kenneth
Thompson: Bank Of Annandale. Rich
fsnes mccarthy: Bank II Mar Msryland.
Richard stotler; Bank Of Silver spring,
Dale Eicholt1:. Burke and Herbert Bank
q Trust, Taylor Burke, jr,, Clarendon
Of Tskoma Park. Milton Z. Faserstroin,
Citizens Bank Of Maryland, Michael
Harris; FIRST 4 Merchants. National
OF Richmond. David o. VollenWeider:
First National Of Arlington. Burley
Coulter; FIRST 4 Citizens National Of
Alexandria. Charles Fenimore; Ma
tional Bank Of FAIRFAX, Alice Watkins;
Old Dominion, Robert N. Hughes; Mt
Vernon Bank A Trust. Donald Me-
Laughlin: Shirlington Trust. Gordon
Dewey: suburban Trust Eugent Probst
and Ray Beaver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
BY ED MORSE
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Sept. wall
Street this week showed its
extreme doubt concerning the
immediate outlook for business
as stock market trading sank to
its lowest rate in nearly four
years.
Traders and investors, large
and small. stayed out Of the
market In droves. They were
awaiting some clue as to
whether the next market trend
would be up or down, and no
clue came.
The daily average Of shares
traded on the New York Stock
Exchange dwindled to ], 1859, 796,
the lowest since the week ended
November 20. 1858. when the
average was 1,344.000.
The Associated Press average
of so stocks declined S2.2O to
$173.50. This erased the gains
made in last weeks advance.
Higher interest rates and the
leveling-on Of the business
boom continued as fundamental
factors in the market. Although
investment circles feared that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08

Rates Of dividends IN the FOREGOING
Ie1iq are annual disbursements based on
ton. Unless otherwise noted, special or
extra dividends are not Included. 4 Also
extra or extras. b Annual rate plus Stock
dividend. d Declared or paid n 1857 pi,is
stock. dividend. 9 Paid last year, fPay.
able IN stock DURING 1857. estimated cash
value on ex-diyidend or ex-dlgtrfbullon
date. 9 Declared Or paid 20 Gar this year.
\ Declared or paid this year. an accumn.
latlve issue with dividends In arroara
P PAID this year, dividend omitted, de-
lerred or no action taken Al last dividend
nesting, Declared or paid IN 1855 plus
stock dividend. Payable In stock dur
ms 1856, estimated cash value On ex
dividend o. redistribution date. y LiquI.
dating dividend. cid Called. XXX dlvi
o o ,so eIs sS ais.rbsion V,;s Es rights
wd When distributed. WI When issued.
No Next day delivery. Elm bankruptcy on
Ieceikership OF being reorganixed under
the Bankruptcy Act, or securities ~.
sumeo ~ such companies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
Stocks Decline inWeek,
I rodingHits 4-Yeor Low

fourth quarter business may
not be as good as originally
expected. there was great eau
ton about selling stocks, too.
Certainly there was no sign of
e stampede out Of good quality
issues.
The market lacked stimulate
ing factors this week. So far
as specific corporations were
concerned. it ignored pieces Of
good news.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

BituminOus Production in
the week ended August 81
totaled 1896 900 tons compared
with 9.880.0OO in the previous
week and 100000 in the like
week a year ago.-National
Coal Association.
Motor Vehicle Output last
week totaled o0.7Oo cars and
1880 trucks compared with
1868 and 20,8l5 in the pre-
vious week and 47,e2T and a.
SIS in the like week q year ago.
Wards Automotive Reports.
Crude Petroleum Production,
domestic and foreign. on Au-
gust 81 totaled 284, 223, 900 bar
rels, down 3.455,O00 for the
week.-Bureau Of Mines.
Buick Motors announced It
win complete its 1857 model
run tomorrow and switch to
new-model output on October /.
Business Loans by leading
banks in New York increased
by $34 million in the week ended
September 4. This compared
with q $3.50 million decline in
the previous week and a si05
million increase in the like week
a year ago.-Federal Reserve
Board.
Canadian Exports Of the five
principal grains. including
clearances Of wheat flour and
milled oats. totaled 1854 mil
lion bushels In the 1867 sea-
son. down 1915 million from the
previous season. - Winnipeg
Board Of Grain Commissioners.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. August
sales totaled 1914. 4o1, 370, up
SAC from 1856: for Z months
$2,l26. 062.2 55, up 5.Tss from
1856.
J. I. Case Co. in 9 months
ended July 81 had q loss Of
$685.. 805 compared with q loss
Of So, 703, 309 in 1856 period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08

On the American consumer.
the outcome Of 1875 economic
game" now rests.
For how much you spend and
borrow in the next few months
win decide:
% Whether the economy
takes on new zip. price rises
stick and fretting about q BUSH
ness recession fades with the
fall:
"a Or whether we move
perceptibly into . leveling of
phase. price cuts outnumber
price rises and imitation be-
comes one Of our decidedly
lesser worries.
II you 60 enthusiastically for
the new 1865 cars. appliances
and gadgets and keep up your
buying in other areas, your
rising spending will Offset the
fiattening out in spending by
Government for defense, SPEND
ing BY business for new plants
and equipment.
II you begin saving more of
your income. then the imitation
spiral has been conquered for
now.
y. 8. Aims Cited
II this second event happens.
Government authorities will
have achieved their aim-to
halt the rise in living costs and
force the economy into a phase
OF slower growth by restraining
credit and encouraging cuts in
spending.
These are the crucial weeks
now we're entering the peak
buying period Of the year.
What clues do the experts
have to your moves?
Certainly. millions are earn
ing enough to spend freely.
Despite layoffs in some indus
tries and gloom in areas de-
pendent on defense contracts.
personal incomes are way
ahead Of 1856 and wages are
continuing to climb in many
fields.
Certainly, millions have
plenty Of buying power left.
BY now. many who bought cars
on stretched-out installment
loans in 1855 are free or almost
free Of auto debt. These mil
lions can take on new car loans
II they respond to the 1858
models and intense selling
campaigns.
Certainly. you have countless
unified wants and desires.
There is no such thing as q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08

A $4,000
MISTAKE



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/ decided to broaden my outlook
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new inventions, new industries, new
ways Of doing business.
One thing / did was to subscribe
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new trend affecting my business and
personal income. / get the facts in
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seize quickly q new profit-making
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Why didn't l subscribe to The
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This experience is not unusual.
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The Wall Street Journal is the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
CAPITAL SECURITIES

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. STOCK EXCHANGE
REPORT Complied By Executive omciais)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
CHICO LIVESTOCK

declined this week with barrcws ana
gifts selling 80 20 as cents down while
sowS held steady Butcher hogs over
80 pounds showed the least decline
sno SONS were IN demand. ending the
In the cattle market slaughter steers
ana heifers sold steady 70 50 cents
lower than . week ago Receipts were
as larse ss last week despite the Labor
than the same week a year aso. Tues
days run Of $4,000 head was the
largest for any day since last fail.
Mholesale dressed beef was steady 70
sb e5n's iass hoe hoes riy 6co T .c
900 testimatedl: Compared week
ago barrows and gifts so 20 rs cents
head lot q No. and 2 2ip ID butchers
lots a0O-sSs Is " WEIGHTS Ris "S along AV WITH
~ .OO-2i rs; bulk No. z and q COO 2ss
10 lots 20.5o-21 00 few lots No. 3 as
low as su23 small volume mixed
evenly from 10 $3.50. 80; T 4 short d sc;
Of No. 3 $50 ID butchers e0'SS; mixed
Grade lots Of 100000 10 sows closed N
le.Q0-20.00; lighter weights ranging
70 ~: 40 for selected lots around e75-
Y ny St ios ana an most 4sS-6oo ID weights
ealabie cattle 100; total 100 testi-
mated CompATed week ago: Slaughter
steers and heifers steady to 80 cents
owsr; two loads aveTage prime and
high prime 1926 and 1898 ID fed
steers 2S.1b and 1900; over 90 loads
prime 1i2b-i35O ID weights 2B.gB and
70 30; bulk choice and prime steers
~ 7b-2S.OO; choice $50 ID weieffS
"a 90; many loads mixed choice and
prime 1901 $50 ID steers % OO-27 20;
prime 1882 ID beeves 27.75: high choice
1000 u steers 20 30: most aood grade
steers 81 .5Q-2f 20; good 10 low choice
1899 ID weights 23.tb, and mixed good
and choice. $50 10 steers % 80; few
standard steers down 10 1880: load
prime lllO ID fed helfera 90 $50: choice
and prime heifefs 1880 lbs down 90. OO-
gS S9; EEK Icsds soss e mo1sIy shoIee
bulk good heifers ~ .0O-2e,5b; stand
ara 70 low good gradea i7.50.20. 90.
few Standard cows sold w 10 1900:
utility and commercial cows 1926
~ 30, mostly 1900 down; bulk can.
ners and cutters 10 3O-ta.2b. utility
and commercial bulls 1D,bO-1N,bO.
mostly 1BOO-ls, no: few choice vealers
20 90. good erades % .OO-2B 90: stand-
ard yealere i7.On-2a 90; utility veniers
lf.O0-f7.OO, culls s.0O-iAOO, mostly
1000 up. load choice $50 10 fecdine
steers a3.O0; load good $40 ID. feeders
h. stockers And feedlns steers i7.75.
2is5si some good stock steer calves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Sept. 2 UP.--Interna-
the Board Of Trade this week and Is
result grain and soybean futures
ended higher than z week ago.
Major influence on the market was
the Middle East situation in which
Syria vas reported likely 70 become
part Of the Soviet orbit and . poten-
tial threat to world peace.
A statement Wednesday By 10y Hem
derson. Deputy Undersecretary Of
state. upon his return from the Middle
East. gave the grain trade new life.
Nj. henderson told newxmen the
syrian situation was extremely Sc
ri0us" and he asserted IL might en-
danger the security Of the entire free
Although other factors such as the
usual weather and crop news. short
covering ana hedge selling entered
the market picture. the Middle East
situation was uppermost In the minds
OF traders most OF the week
As q result. wheat ended the four
day. trading week ia to 2N eents .
ago. Corn advanced TO 81 cents;
oats we're up - 70 Ia: rye up 23s
70 z; aoybeans. y 70 2Aa higher.
and lard declined II to 80 eentS q
hundred pounds.
RANGE OF prices for the week:
High Low Sept 9 Aug. 80
WHEAT fClId 4tVlel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08
OVER THE COUNTER

The following bid and asked prices
Citation Of Securities Dealers. Inc. and
other ources but are unohlcial They
90 not represent actual Transaction:
tney are intended IS guide TO the
securities could have been sold dndl-
GATED BY che 'hid'l OF bought (indI-
Gated BY the 'askedD ct the time Of
eQmpllation li2 noon. Fridayl. Origin
81 any quotation furnished on re-
W "
Evening star., 1957-04-26

ball: Baltimore Orioles vs..
Washington Senators.
500, WINX--A recreation Of
the Brooklyn-P ittsburg 9 h
game. va
900, WMAL-FM--The Testa-
ment of Freedom. (Rand-
all Thompson.) Eastman
Rochester Symphony Or
chestra. Eastman Chorus.
1918, WWDC-Reserved For
You: The United States Air
Force Dance Band offer their
renditions of Sometimes I'm
Happy" and soft Pedal"
Baseball Tomorrow
1:55, WWDC, WTOP-Base.
ball: Baltimore Orioles VS.
Washington Senators.
Evening star., 1957-04-26
TODAY'S RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS

6:00. WOL-Milton @. Ford
Show: Selections by the Art
Van Damme Quintet.
500. WASH-FM-In the Con-
cert Hall: Handel, The Water
Music Suite (complete.) Fea-
turing the National Gallery
Orchestra Of Washington.
Richard Bales conducts.
1855. WWDC, WTOP-Base-
Evening star., 1957-04-26
TODAY'S TV
HIGHLIGHTS

7:O0, WTTG (5)-Badge TIA:
Sgt. Fridays life Is in danger
when he poses as a narcotics
buyer in tonight's episode.
$500, WTTG (5)-B Baseball:
Washington at Baltimore.
$500, WTOP (9)-Blondie: The
Bumsteads try to impress the
family of a girl with whom
Alexander Is in love.
$500, WMAL (7l - Adventures
Of Jim Bowie: "The Intrud-
err" Jim Bowie and a young
friend become involved with
a gang of Mississippi vandals
Scott Forbes.
$3.50, WMAL (D-Crossroads
"Jhonakehunga - Calle d
john" Rev. Jacob Stuck, oi
Evangelic al Reform e
Church, and a young Indian
restore tribal lands to the
Winnebago Indians Of Wis
consin. Hugh Marlowe and
Pat Hogan.
$3.50, WTOP t9)-Dick Powell
Zane Grey Theater: Jack
Lennon stars in Three
Graves" A tough gunman
meets opposition from an un-
expected source when he tries
to take over town.
$3.50, WRC t4)-Life of Riley:
(Color.) THE High Cost Of
Living" Riley and Gillis try
to prove they are better food
shoppers than their wives.
$3.50, WRC t4l-Big Story
Scramble" Reporter Matt
Conklin tries to settle the
tension and conflict among
townspeople when the two
boys from a nearby Air Force
base commit a brutal rob-
berry.
$3.50. WTOP (9)-Playhouse Of
Stars: Hey. Mac" Is the
story of an owner Of a
sportsmen's lodge whose
flshermen's paradise is upset
by the appearance Of q
beautiful divorcee. Gary
:. Merrill.
1000. WRC (4l-Cavalcade of
Sports: A 12-round Feather
weight Elimination bout be-
tween Miguel Berries and
Hogan kid" Bassey, Nigeria
1880, WTOP l9)-Person to
Person: Ed Murrow visits
with actor Howard Lindsay
and wife Dorothy Stickney
and Metropolitan Opera star
Roberta Peters in Scarsdale
New York.
HIS. WTOP t9J-The Late
Show: "The Cowboy" star,
the Cowboys Of America anC
is narrated by Tex Ritter anc
William Conrad. The true
story Of the American COW.
boys 1850.
11:15, WTTG t5)-Washingtor
Movietime: A meat packer.
daughter brings her father
to Texas for his health, but
because of her havoc-creat-
ing beauty. she is forced tc
disguise as a boy In West
Of the Pecos," Robert
Mitchum and Barbara Hale
(l945).
11:20. WMAL tD-Jackpot
Duckpin Derby: Norman
Titus meets Jilie Singer in 6
three-game match.
1920, WMAL (7)-The NIGH
Show: Portrait Of Lydia.
A romantic story Of two
artists in Paris. Donna Reed
Evening star., 1957-04-26
LATEST TV
INFORMATION

Television programs for
the week are carried in the
TeleVue magazine with Sum-
days Star. Following is sup
Elementary information ON
today's programs received
after TeleVue went to press.
10:30 pm. WTOP t9)-
Person to Person: In place
Of DR.. Geoffrey Francis
Fisher. Archbishop Of Can
terbury. Edward r. Murrow
will interview Howard Lind
say and Dorothy Stickney.
Evening star., 1957-04-26
TeIevision Tomorrow Saturday,, April u, 1857

M 3 ,y S o. Parade ts e.hns ca. maaal sN Wig
a % detective M s.y s,.s ns.s sass to ssr:sa cixss
80 - ''' '''"
WuP-IS MeeIshen
~ Gao
ti2 Texas ansen a. The Big slNn q
Saturday Thsr stds n the Century
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31

true that some industries have
moved South in recent years be-
cause they wanted to take adj
vantage Of cheap labor market
and make high profits. But surely
it has been proved to the Ameri-
can people that it is not even good
economics, much less good citizen
ship. to make high profits at the
expense of bad living conditions
for American workers.
Even the moves to "right-to-
work States have not made their
gains as great as other growing
industrial States. For example,
compare employment increases be-
tween l947 when most "right-to-
work" laws were passed. and 1855
in right : 10 work and union
security States. Arkansas had U.s.
600 wage and salary workers in
manufacturing industries in l947,
and about $4,000 in 1864 Is
per cent rise. In Georgia, the in
crease was 20.8 per cent and in
North Carolina. IL per cent But
California, on the other hand. had
722,000 in l947 and IL million in
l955-a 52.4 percent increase.
Effect on Jobs
Do "right-to-work" laws help
people get jobs? Last year textile
workers in Darlington. S. c., found
they had no right to work. They
were jobless because they voted for
a union. AS soon as the union won
the election. their employer sold the
mill. Even the anti-union workers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31
THE PROS AND CONS
BY JOSEPH M. GAMBATEsE

Support for "right-to- work" laws seems to be
gaining momentum again after temporary setback
last year. Organized labor is back on the defensive
as it was in the early postwar period when most of
the ID State laws which ban union membership as
a condition of employment were passed.
Last years repeal of Lousiana's rght-to-work law
and defeat OF referendum attempts in Washington
State and Montana had engendered hopes among top
labor leaders that perhaps the tide was turning against
what they call "right-to-wreck" laws.
But this year rght-to-work interest seems to have
perked up again. nourished doubt by some of
the disclosures coming out of the current Senate nves-
ugation OF improper activities in labor and manage
ment 1.-TWO widely publiczed cases of strike violence
are believed largely responsible for right
law passed by Indiana few weeks ago-the first in
large industrial State.)
Repeal Efforts Set Book
Sentiment today apparently is SO aroused that
labor lobbyists have practically given up trying to
Kill all State rght-to-work" laws through repeal of
a section of the aft-Hartley law-Section l4(b)-
which permits States to enter the
held with "right-to-work" laws.
The Taft-Hartley law forbids the closed shop
contract which requires ali covered employees to be
union members at the time of hiring But Section
l4tb) permits the union" shop under which nom
union man can be hired by management but must
JOIN soon after starting to work. The effect of right
to-work laws Is to ban the union shop
Now the fear is that Congress may pass a national