Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-28
Chalk S a Big Wheel,
But Is Little Known
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ing force behind the American
Korean Foundation and as an
officer OF that Sill million char
liable institution has spoken
his mind to such men as Milton
Eisenhower, David Rockefeller,
Spyros Skouras and William
zeckendorf,
He is so careful Of details
that he will spend half an hour
on the telephone to New York
determining why two girl Sec
retarieS have taken the day of
Yet an intimate insists his
greatest fault is talking Oh
The top of his head and then
trying to live up to It,"
For the one person VINO dis
MlSes him as IAN arrogant. bru-
tai little so and So" there are
hundreds who call him the
most generous understanding
Efacious man Of their acquain-
lance.
! He gives 81 tips to his bar
bers and expensive gifts to his
friends. He treats his employees
with such justice and human
fly that the head Of the larg-
est labor union with which he
deals calls him IAN employer
with a conscience. But he has
flred a high lieutenant out OF
hand for not showing enough
enthusiasm for orders.
An immaculate dresser, hi
keeps 20 suits in Washington
aid so more in New York. Mos
Of them come from London OF
Paris and cost more than $500
He always wears black shoes
paris, $75) and pleated blue
shirts Except in the evening"
His vests are made with little
lapels and he has two for mos
Of his SuitS-one single breast
ed the other double. In tht
winter he carries gray glove:
but almost never puts them on
He has startled many of hi
acquaintance by quietly noting
q reference to something they
desired and sending it around
to them by chauffeur the mex
morning.
He has run the D. C. Transit
System in such a way that hi
has won the good viii of the
community and earned back hi:
100000 cash investment ir
less than two years.
On his Office wall are a GER
tifleate OF his admission tt
practice before the Supreme
Court and a letter from Presi-
; dent Eisenhower praising hi
economic views and wishing
him success.
one Washington banker hal
referred to him as Might!
Mouse" his airline employe'
can him 1.-The Superchief."
close personal friend calls hin
sthe Bantam Rooster" and hi
daughter says he reminds he
81 leonardo da Vinci.
ne carries in his pocket
pair of lucky brass dice ant
sometimes uses them to decid
Questions. Yet he is so trustee
al businessman that when h
wanted SO million cash to bu
the old Capital Transit Co.. h
went to the Nations secon
largest bank. Chase Manhattan
and got it without ever putin
the request in writing.
New Worlds to Conquer
Roy Chalk has never faile
II any business enterprise an
he has hung onto every sub
stantial property he has &C
qlired. He is by all appear
alices a completely happy ma
and yet he is more eager thal
ever to find new worlds
conquer.
The name of o. Roy Chal
has appeared more consistent
on the front pages of Wash
ifton's newspapers in the las
two years than that of an
other man except President Ei
senhower himself. Yet no
many people had heard of hir
before that? Almost none i
Washington and very few MOI
IN New York City. his HON
and the scene Of all his bus.
mes activity until then.
Roy Chalk was born in Lor
don on June z, 1907. H
father, Bennett Chalk, was