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Myths o. Racial Indignation
In The Housing Field

Editors Note: This is the third nsament reprinted
newspaper THE Indignation" pub
by American Jewish Congress- Naomi
Levine, director, Program Department
(Third InstaIIment)
pressure block
awhte neighborhOOd the Philadelphia
defended themselves real
putting reading HOUSE
is NOT FOR SALE Those who wished to start panic selling in the
hope buying cheapy reseng higher prices
not made welcome Such neghbohood keep values
economic and moral and the process WI" gain some excellent new
important remember too that there were free housing
market United today
Negroes represent
cent of the total population the North they
restricted the choice of their homes ghetto there
would be little they any single
Even todays segregated housing market the chances of Ne
invading suburban highly unlikely Despite
earning capacity Negroes today
few Negroes
community expose their
children to the difficulties of adjusting to such community Like all
people, he he Negro usually he
or ng his investment in an area where he knows he will be unwe
children
that numbers Negroes will white
EN- a ignores completely the normal reluctance of people to
leave the security of their hostile
CONCLUSION: Negro
neghborhood change the neghorhood Only
hysteia negborhood radically
its face residents stay put and if they do succmb to the
high
hood will retain
Myth 81 NEGROES MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY
FACTS The best this
developments
Germantown Pa ealthy
nonproft cooperative Queens NY Parkway Village NY
nerracal development primarily for UN Wndemere
Place St Louis comfortable
the fashionable section
interraca housing development
$160 class mention minority
families have kept their property
the odtme residents The Philadelphia Human Relations
in discussing this problem states:
important Negro keep
their property well right
blocks where Negro homeOwne properties
far better than the previous white
Another basic explode this myth
based stereotype MISUNDERSTANDING considers
exclusively sum believes
created Stun conditions
recognize that Sums
failure of landlords in slum make
houses and the failure the housing
regulations the
these Usually it the advancing
with lack of maintenance by Indifferent
have other place that the
ditons NOT THE JEWELERS. Whites observing Negroes Twin.
under these conditions blame
the Negro is THE VICTIM NOT THE CAUSE"
Ito be continued next week.
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not apparent IN spite or It's mag
nitude.
The big lie has been achieved by
careful and deliberate omission. It
is not what we see on our TV
screens, but what we don't see
that constitutes this diabolical fab
rication.
Lie Starts On Madison Avenue
This awful prevarication has
it's origin in the neon-lighted sky
scrapers of New York's inventive
Madison Avenue. Here the builders
of all the better mousetraps go for
advice on how to sell them to a
gullible public already overbur-
dened with debt and taxes, but
still anxious to make use of liberal
credit so easily extended"
From there it goes to TV which
stands with arms extended always
ready to embrace another sponsor
with a bankroll.
And TV, busy in it's vaults count
ing it's $3O,OOO,OOO per week and
growing crosses, feeds the message
from Madison avenue to the ever
hungry video tube without once
raising its own eyes from the
mounds of NICOLA to see what the
viewing public is absorbing.
And so the big lie is born and
bored into the souls of the millions
transfixed daily by the magic eye.
Now what is the big lie?
Here 1t Is-The Big Lie
It is simply this: With the ex-
ception of one particular brand
of razor blades that seem to have
a special appeal to athletes, par
ticularly baseball players, none of
the products that go to make up
the more abundant life in America
are used by Negroes.
If we are to believe what we see
on television-and we are, aren't
we then Negroes use nothing
from abdominal supporters to zip
pers-not any of the products in
between the two Alphabetical ex-
treme- except as pointed out earl
Ter, one special brand of razor
blades.
Negro Domestic Workers
One of the traditional Negro
jobs in this country is domestic
work cooks, maids, buffers, chauf-
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feurs, scrub women, washerwom-
en-, window washers, janitors.
What products these people use
to perform their tasks is a ques-
ton left unanswered by Madison
Ave. or TV. The popular brands
of washing powders, detergents,
cleansing powders and miracle
cleaning fluids, window sprays and
other foamy compounds that
chase the dirt away" are never
used by Negroes on TV CONNER
Gals. In fact Negroes just don't
appear on the Negro TV CONNER
Gals at all.
No Negroes In TV Commercials
Have you ever seen a Negro
drive an automobile in a TV COM
mercial - any kind of auto
super or compact, sports model or
conservative, new or second hand?
Yet everybody knows Negroes
own and drive cars. How they get
their gas and oil supply is a my
stery. They must go directly to
the oil fields of Oklahoma or
Texas. In the commercial spectac-
ulars that show the super service
given the buyers of super-powered
gas in super-service stations there
is never a Negro motorist-not
one.
A shut-in who gets his only view
of America from the big eye must
wonder if Negro women wear bras
or stockings, or shoes, or jewelry
or any clothes at all.
All Negroes DO Is Shave
Similarly, the only thing that
Negro men do like white men is
shave and only the Negro ball
players do that.
And the poor little Negro kid
dies never drink milk, or orange
juice, or eat cereals or bread or
cake or ice cream or yell joyfully
look, ma no cavities"
And what brands of wine and
beer do Negroes drink that in
spires their ministers to such or
atorical onslaughts against de-
mon rum? Certainly it can't be
the same advertised on TV because
only whites consume those.
It might be true as some whites
claim that Negroes have a distinc-
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BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
MINNEAPOLIS BIRTHDAYS

Apr 2-Ella May Mccoy, 500
18th Av N; Mrs. Bessie Mae Gres-
ham, PITT Clinton Av.; Norland
Mccoy, 516 goth Av. S; Albert
Prater, 523 Humboldt Av. N;
Mrs. Bessie Davis, SO4 Fremont
Av. N; Mrs. Fred Lee, sos Eighth
Av. N; J. E. Primm, 5O32 Irving
Av. N; Mrs. Charles Davis, 1112
Fremont Av. N; Garland Mont
gomery Ross, $50 Dupont Av. N.
Apr. 3 - Richard T. Morrow.
4416 Clinton Av
Apr Mrs. T. B. Stovall Sr.,
1928 Fourth Av. S; Louise K.
Mosby, 1929 Clinton Av.; Louis
Whitlock Sr., 1854 Clinton Av.;
Coventry Royster, 1900 Portland
Av.; Mrs. Andrew Wilson, 1852
Smelling Av.; Josie Irene Johnson,
1909 Oakland Av.
Apr 5 - Miss Marian Hoard,
29Oo Portland Av.; Mrs. H L.
Adams, 2114 E. 35 St; Mrs. Rob
ert Bannarn, 1928 Minnehaha Av.;
Janet r. Bailey, 45O5 Fourth Av.
S; James Sims, 9O7 Fremont Av.
N; James Robinson, 3848 Oak
land Av.; Denise Darrell Wallace,
1926 E. 34th St; Albert Walton
Jr., 1874 Stevens Av.
Apr. 6 - Charles Mayweather,
271O E. 25th St; Mrs. Margaret
Ford, 1913 Olson Memorial HWY;
Mrs. Roy L. Jackson, 56S Seventh
Av. N; Charles Crockett, 626 Ere
mont Av. N; Dolores Henson, 800
Aldrich Av. N.
Apr. James w. Ward, 1897
Fourth Av. S; Rev. H. w. Bolts
Sr., 9O2 Morgan Av. N; William
Mccoy, 4533 Clinton Av.; Charles
White, 1859 Smelling Av.; Jesse
Patterson, 7O4 Fremont Av. N;
Dwain Robinson, 1888 Oakland
Av.; Marie Robbins, 3S45 Second
Av. S; Stephen Douglas Tramel,
1903 Third Av. S.
Apr. STANLEY Gardner, 944
Bryant Av. N; Mrs. Theodore
Dean, 2745 Clinton Av.; Mrs.
Elizabeth Taylor, 800 E. 41st St;
Judith Ann Carmichael 1928 Third
AV. S.
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Large Crowd Attends
Helpers Club Party
At Gas COMPANY

A large group of members and
friends of the Helpers Club of st.
Peters AME church responded to
the clubs invitation and were
guests on Wednesday evening,
March %, of the club at the Min
neapolis Gas Company's Home
makers Holiday.
The 124 persons in attendance
were thrilled with demonstrations
by two of the companys home &C.
onomists of various foods which
were prepared and baked, with step
by step directions by the demon
strators. A program of recipes for
the various dishes prepared was
given to each one on arrival.
A highlight of the evening was
the anticipation of the drawing for
the attendance prizes, which in
cluded every dish prepared as well
as bags of groceries and other
prizes given to the luck winners.
Among those winning prizes
were Mines. Gabriel Boudreaux,
Catherine Woodland, Lula Hoskins,
Noah Smith, Rosemary Bantam,
Frederick Jones, William Scott,
and Mr.. James Thomas.
Mrs. Palmer Jackson was gen
eral chairman and was presented
with a red rose by the gas com
pany. Miss Martha Kay is presi-
dent of the Helpers Club.
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Mrs. Fred Schuck
Enjoyed Visit With
Relatives And Friends

Mrs. Fred Schuck Sr., S44 Fuller
Av., returned home Monday, March
21, from a five weeks vacation
spent in points in California, where
she went to visit her son, Fred
Schuck Jr. in San Francisco and
other relatives and friends.
Enroute to California she was
accompanied by Mrs. Earl Brent
Of Minneapolis and they visited be-
tween trains in Seattle, Wash,
with Mrs. James Kirk Sr., former
resident Of st. Paul.
She was royalty entertained by
her son Fred in San Francisco,
including a dinner party given in
her honor on Sunday by him and
the many sightseeing tours, lun-
cheOns and other courtesies shown
made her visit delightful exper-
fence. She visited Chinatown, Fish
erman's Wharf and enjoyed the
ocean drive and other courtesies
extended by cousin Scottie Smith
and Charles Oden.
She was guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leroy Golf in San Mateo and in
Compton, she was houseguest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Williams in
their beautiful home. Mrs. Will
liams is the former Betty Cassius
of st. Paul. She was honored at a
bridge luncheon by her hosts and
shared honors with Mrs. Earl
Brent of Minneapolis, who also
was their guest, and was accorded
other courtesies by numerous
friends.
In Los Angeles, she was house
guest of her niece and husband,
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Mcdonald,
she is the former Dorothy Schuck
of st. Paul. She was extended
courtesies by another niece, Mrs.
Elizabeth Howard and her father,
Hugh Schuck.
In Haywood she was guest Of
her niece and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pat Shepard and visited a nephew,
Nathaniel Schuck and was the re-
cipient of many courtesies extend
ed by relatives and friends. Many
other courtesies were extended
Mrs. Schuck by a wide circle of
friends and relatives during her
visit and she received numerous
gifts from other friends.
On the return trip, Mrs. Schuck
stopped in Seattle and was break
fast guest there of Mrs. Evelyn
Kelly Robinson and dinner guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Zettie Cox and
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Arts, all former st. Paulites.
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NhiIOh AN., WHO Will observe nef
natal day Friday, April /.
Helpers Club: Helpers Club Of
st. Peters AME church met Sun
day Afternoon, March 27, with Mrs.
James Crowder, 4l4O Oakland Av.,
as hostess, with a large number
of members in attendance. Plans
for money raising projects were
discussed.
IntramOurs Make Plans: Plans
were discussed for a barbecue to
be held May 81, when the Intra-
mours met Saturday evening,
March &c, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. James c. Campbell, 1858 Port
land Av. After business a social
hour was enjoyed and lunch served
by the hosts. Mr.. and Mrs. E. ].
Collins, 918 Fuller Av. will be
hosts at the April meeting.
Dinner Hosts: Mr.. and Mrs. Car
ter V. Ellis, 4548 Oakland Av.,
were hosts at a dinner party on
Saturday evening in honor of their
houseguest, Mr.. James Jackson of
Detroit, Mich, uncle of Mrs. Ellis.
Mr.. Jackson came to the city to
attend the wedding Of his great
niece, Miss Susan Nan Ellis to Mr..
Charles Edward tchfield,
which was a social event of Thurs
day evening, March "a, at 3Sth
Street Open Door Congregational
Church. Guests present were Mes
srs. and Mines. Milton Durham,
Glen Pullens, Cato Mckinney, Jack
Lyons and Mines. Thomas Jackson
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Napoleon Jackson, Alethia Jack4
son, Susan Napue, Mary Lee Parks,
Belinda w a shingto Louella
Brown, Ada Jones, Sam Smith,
Leila Jackson and Miss Florence
Mitchell. During luncheon the
group socialized and engaged in
gay conversation. The next meet
ing Of the club will be at the home
of Mrs. Ada Jones, GA Fuller Av.
on Monday, April IL.
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for her home in Texas City, Tex,
on Saturday, March 26, after
spending six weeks in the city
visiting relatives and friends. The
better portion Of Mrs. Jones visit
was used in getting acquainted
with her first and only grandChild,
Anthony Michael Jones, infant son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Jones Jr.
of 4S7 W. Central Av., who COM
pletely captivated his proud grand
mother. She also shared her visit
with her sisters and families, Mr.
and Mrs. T. A. Ruffner, Mr.. and
Mrs. Crosby Bailey of st. Paul and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Ampey Of Min
neapolis and also visited with Mr.
and Mrs. James Todd of st. Paul,
parents of the junior Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones, enjoyed meeting old
friends during her visit and was
briefed on happenings in the twin
towns.
Tea Time: The Cameo Social
Club is holding its Debutante Tea
for parents and prospective debu-
tanes on Sunday afternoon from 4
to 6 pm. at the home of the cot
illion chairman, Mrs. Lillian Bal
enger, $40 Dayton Av. All girls
interested, as well as their parents
are invited to attend.
Club Celebrates Anniversary:
The Oak Leaf Art Club celebrated
it's 33rd anniversary on Monday
March %, with a luncheon in the
Rose Room of the Emporium at
pm. Members present were Mines.
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tive odor because TV never shows
them using the same deodorants,
perfumes, scents, colognes whites
use, whether rolled on, sprayed,
smeared, poured or applied with
a fluffy puff.
Okay For Negroes To Sell Products
But if it seems a strange phen-
omenon that Negroes are never
pictured as consumers of Amer
ica's vast and varied output of
commercial products, it is even
stranger to us that Negroes are
frequently employed to help sell
them.
Top Negro singers MARBLE COM
mercial jingles for products which
according to TV Negroes never
use. Highly paid Negro performers
appear on programs sponsored by
manufacturers of products whose
commercials indicate Negroes new
er use.
Yet, these same Negroes who
sing or dance or clown on a spon-
sor's program are never called up
on to endorse the product when
the show is interrupted for "a few
words from our sponsor"
Incidentally, have you noticed
that the Negro performers are
most always guests on TV?
They're always appearing on some
one else's show. They're always
made welcome, of course, and fire.
quently they're starred, and, of
course, paid, but still they're al
ways guests.
No Chance To Play Host
Nat King Cole, once had a
chance to play host on TV, and
someone recalls that Billy Daniels
had an opportunity once to greet
some of his white colleagues.
But how is the Negro performer
expected to demonstrate his man.
ners as a host if he never has a
show which gives him the chance
to entertain those whose guest"
he has been so often.
So it's always a guest" never
host" on TV though everyone
knows that Negroes are as hospit-
able as anyone else-maybe more
so.
While all this may seem odd to
most of us, it may not be a my
stery at all to the brilliant den
liens of Madison Ave.
For after all, it may make good
sense not to show the Negro as a
consumer since he doesn't buy and
view TV-or at least we have
never seen a Negro doing that on
TV commercial for manufactur-
ers of the magic eye.
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TVS Biggest Lie
Is BY Omission
Enoc Waters SAYS
By ENOC P. WATERS, JR.

The mOguS of Madison avenue aided and abeed by the
ycoons of nv have perprated lie of such magnitude
has escaped detection by the critics who howed over
ola, fixes rigs and racketS.
In all fairness those who feel that the magic eye is drag
ging American morals uberranean depth achieved
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WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
MINNEAPOLIS

Apr 5-Mr. and Mrs. William
Whiteside, 5000 Third Av. s., 16
years; Mr.. and Mrs John S. Car
ter, 1909 18th Av. N, 46 years.
Apr. S-Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bow
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Social and Personal
K ST. PAUL

Suburbanites Met: The Suburbantes at the home OF
Mrs. Marenze Barber 925 Marshall Av Friday night March
During the meeting final plans made for the Easter
drawing Mrs Robert jackson is chairman. drawing will be
made the meeting April in the home Of Mrs Kenneth
owser County Road d. White Bear Mimi After the business
session refreshments served and social hour enjoyed
Returns Home: Mrs. Warren Henrietta) Jones, Sr, left
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Social and Personal
K MINNEAPOLIS

Twin City Bridge Club: Mr. and Mrs. NJ G. Evans were
hosts to the Twin City Bridge club Saturday evening March
70 Club prizes captured by Mr. Evans first and Mr.
Henry Johnson second Mrs Earl Brent guest prize
Other guests Mrs Gladys johnson and Mr. Earl Brent
Following bridge tasty lunch enjoyed during the social
hour
Birthday Greetings: Greetings Mrs. Roy Cobb 1886
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THE art of conversation is prob
ably Ianguishing because nobody
nowadays has time to listen" -
ID. o. Flynn.
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WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
ST, PAUL

Apr. 2-Mr and Mrs. Craig Will
hams, 40S Carroll Av. IL years;
Mr.. and Mrs. Vickus MCGOWAN,
995 Rondo Av., 20 years.
Apr. 3-Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Mcleod, 400 St Anthony Av.,
six years.
Apr. 4-Mr. and Mrs. Donald
O'Neal, 976 Iglehart Av., two
years; Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit Wheel
er, 767 Rondo Av., two years.
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Out-Of-TOwn BIRTHDAYS
MINNEAPOLIS

Apr. 4 - Mrs. Marvel Jackson
Cooke, New York City; Mrs. Carol
Allen Fleming, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Apr. 5-M. Stallin, Duluth, MINI.
Apr. 6-Mrs. Florence Johnson,
Los Angeles, Calf
Apr S-Leland Bailey, Indianap-
oils, Ind.
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and Norman Edward Long. Mr..
Jackson left for his home on Sun
day.
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man. Jr., 4445 Fourth Av. s., nine
years.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"

FORMANEK BROS. GARAGE
General RsPair on Ali Makes Of Cars
Standard Cos & Oil Products
Towing Tire Repair Batteries
73S Selby CA. 5-o279
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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ST. PAIL BIRTHDAYS

Apr. 2-Mrs. Ella Curry, 296 st.
Adams; Mrs. Louis Cason, 1925
Thomas Av.; Mr.. w. D. Gray, 702
Rondo Av.
Apr. 3-Mrs. Louise Jones, 80
Rondo Av.; Mrs. E. Leon Ramsey,
953 st. Anthony Av.; Cecilia Lou
Use Ware, 244 Virginia Av.
Apr. Mrs. William Clark, 615
w. Central Av.; Mrs Della Hol-
somback, 41O N. Dale St; Donald
Wilson, 756 Iglehart Av.
Apr. 5-Dorothy Whitmore, 800
Rondo Av.; Mr.. A. ]. Todd, SS2
Rondo Av.; John Cotton, 667 Mar
shall Av.; Loren Turpin, 399 Vince
lock Pkwy.; Mrs. ]. L. Holman,
6S3 st. Anthony Av.; Mr.. c. H.
Parker, 766 Rondo Av.; Sadie Car
ter, 696 Iglehart Av.
Apr. 6-Dolores Walker, AL st.
Anthony Av.; Mrs. India B. Allen,
349 N. Western Av.; Mrs. Robert
Shoffner, 1889 Eustis St; Lyman
H. Myers Jr., 1858 Iglehart Av.
Apr. Mr.. Huron Shelton, 453
Kent St; Mrs. Henry Johnson, IT'S
st. Anthony Av.; Mrs. Louis Keith,
572 w. Central Av.
Apr. S-Mrs. Anna B. Hayes
I'll st. Anthony Av.; Mr.. John c.
Few, $40 Iglehart Av.; Viola D.
Watson, 26O Rondo Av.; Mrs. Con-
stance Freeman, S57 Iglehart Av.;
Mrs. Frank Gambol sS4 st. An
thony Av.; Ronald Robinson, FOG
Rondo Av.; David Richard Berry
59S w. Central Av.; John Brown
Jr., $40 Iglehart Av.; Willie Phelps
Jr., 722 Iglehart Av.; Archie An
derson Jr., 9S9 Rondo Av.; Della
Harroway, 426 Carroll Av.; Eula
NJ. Camp, 523 Carroll Av.; Diane
Moore, 800 Iglehart Av.
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Out-Of-Town BIRTHDAYS

ST. PAUL
Apr. 3-Mrs. William England,
Detroit, Mich.
Apr. 5-Miss Mary Lou Parks,
Springfield, Ill.
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tive odor because TV never shows
them using the same deodorants,
perfumes, scents, colognes whites
use, whether rolled on, sprayed,
smeared, poured or applied with
a fluffy puff.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25
Mining Fever
Ran Highest
Near Potomac

There's gold in them
there hills!"
That was the opinion of a
number of noted mineral
ologists as they cast eyes on
the particular rock formations
of Montgomery County close to
the Potomac River, particularly
in the great Falls area.
In 1865 q gold hunter from
the West Coast picked out par.
tcles of free gold from the
quartz of the region and the
county's little gold rush was
on"
Shafts were sunk in the For
rest property, in the canal. near
Ellicott Mills. Even an ex-Con-
gresham, McClurg of Missouri,
caught the gold fever and spent
much time scratching among
the rocks. 1t is estimated that
individuals and companies spent
100000 searching for the yell
low metal in Montgomery
County. Not one bar was cast
for the trouble.
II remained for a boy, the
son of Robert G. Davidson, to
make the first worthwhile gold
discovery in 1871. While tend.
ing cattle on his fathers farm,
the lad picked up a stone that
subsequently was sold for
$165.45. Shortly another stone
containing gold was discovered
in the same area and brought
500. Needless to say, Mr.. Da.
wilson kept his eyes on the
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Lofstrand
CONTINUED from Page 4


The Lofstrand Co. will manu-
facture parts as well as as
sen.ble the car, McHugh said.
The Rockville plant, located
on seven acres on Southlawn Ia,
is expected to double its manu-
featuring space for France Jet
production and personnel is ex-
pected to be quadrupled, Nc
Hugh said.
1.-THE fact that production of
France Jet here" McHugh said,
means increased employment
for local residents is a grea t
source of satisfaction to us at
the Lofstrand Co. We look for
ward to a long contract associa-
ton with France Jet. The pro-
fitable operations and con-
tracts of Lofstrand Co. will be
a stimulus to business here, gen.
orally, and give impetus to our
own expansion plans for other
lines we manufacture. either
under contract or under pro-
prietary rights.
France Jet is a two-seater
car with fiberglass body rein.
forced with aluminium" Nc
Hugh said. 1.-THE conception is
extremely simple and meets the
most complex requirements of
urban and highway traffic"
Small, elegant and attractive