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TALKING OF BUSINESS
Kone's Drive and Policy Expand
TronsferFim From Truck to 235

he commented. Labor makes
it more difficult"
There is always a problem
in my business" he continued,
"of obtaining reliable help.
Turnover is another big prob
lem"
He has attempted to solve the
matter in part by starting train
ing schools for his employees. His
traffic personnel, for example,
attend various schools and con-
ferences where mutual prob
lens and solutions are dis
cussed.
Values ResiIiency
These days" he said, "a
businessman has to be versatile
and resilient. Our problem is
to satisfy the customers-and
particularly long standing
customers.
Mr.. Kane has shown his own
reSiliency in a number of ways.
| In 1880, the company ex-
panded its transfer operations
to Baltimore. With pier stor-
age facilities there totaling
10000 feet, the company now
operates 235 pieces of equip
ment in the Washington-Bal-
timore areas. Its trucks make
from Is to 40 trips a day be-
tween the cities around the
clock every day of the week.
Established Warehouse
At the end of World War II,
Mr.. Kane again felt the need
to expand and diverSify-and
did so by establishing the Kane
Warehouse Co. in association
with his family.
The companies have pros
pered to the point of bursting
facilities, and as a consequence,
the Kane organization has
bought 5la acres of land on
Kenilworth avenue.
I'VE are starting this month
on a $500,000 terminal" he
said, land we expect to be in
it by the end of the year."
He stops short, though, of
any intention to expand into
the long haul trucking business
although the Kane Transfer
Co. is already bigger than many
long distance carriers.
Whats the use of killing
myself at IS years of age?" he
asked. II do all I want to do
right now"
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Capital at the age of three
weeks-Mr. Kane is neverthe-
less one of the city'S proudeSt
boosters.
Washington is a wonderful
CITY," he declared, "and it has
been very good to me-"
He has returned the favor
many times over with activities
in more than a dozen civic and
charitable groups, including the
Catholic Charities, the Police
Boys Club and the District Ad-
viSory Planning Council.
And he is as optimistic about
the future as he was in 1918.
Business is increasing in
Washington all the time" he
said. Il have no doubt about
the future as long as there is
a Government payroll here"
Says Taxes Too High
His principal complaint about
the city is common to many
businessmen; Taxes are too
high"
There is no reason" he
charged, why the District
budget should increase so much
when the population and area
OF the city remain the same"
He has also been worried, he
said, about a matter of common
concern to many businessmen.
THE type of equipment that's
available today makes the op-
Grafton of a business much
easier than it used to be-"
Evening star., 1960-04-05
D. c. Board of Trade
To Elect April 20

The annual meeting and
election of directors of the
Metropolitan Washingt o n
Board of Trade will be held
April 20. Polls will be open from
noon to 8 pm. at the Seven
teenth street lobby of the May
flower Hotel. A meeting will be
held in the grand ballroom of
the hotel beginning with dinner
at $50 pm.
c. R. Smith, president of
American Airlines, Inc, will be
guest speaker. Voting will be
for IL new directorships. The
directors will elect the officers
for the coming year on April 81.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
Graduate FeIIowships
Set Up by ASST

Graduate fellowships leading
to masters degrees in business
administration or economics at
American University, George
town University and George
Washington University have
been established by the Ameri-
can Security and Trust Co., its
president Robert C. Baker an
nounced. Each is for $4,000 an
nually for two years. An addi-
tional grant of $500 annually
is being made to each univer-
sity to administer the scholar
ship.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Dictionary for 'Neither-Nor'

You can't find your way
around the economics jungle
Of Washington and Wall Street
today without a dictionary tc
help you find out what experts
are talking about.
Business is satisfactory
Does satisfactory mean busi-
ness is producing to meet
expectations" as Webster's New
Collegiate defines the word:
The economy is 'in a moderate
rise to new highs" Is a mod.
crate rise l per cent or 10 pei
cent, or more, or less? We are
in a state Of equilibrium at Z
high level" and the economy
is moving "onto a plateau.
What. I mumble in irritation
are equilibrium" and plateau
supposed to mean to our jobs d?
In my battle against battle.
CAB on the job-paycheck-p profit
front, it is time to pound my
typewriter keys in alarm.
Here goes. -.
Business Is Satisfactory"
Synonyms often used are
business is good" or stable
or solid" or sound" They
mean that on the basic indexes
business is ahead of spring
1859. but there are upsetting
spots in the stock market, in
housing, in businessmen's ac-
cumulation of goods, and there
is a distinct lack of zip and
oomph in the atmosphere.
What's more, business is not
producing to meet expec-
tationS" and thus fulfilling Web
ster's definition of salts
factory" For the vast majority
of economists, industrialists
and f1nanciers predicted at the
start of 1860 that we'd be in a
strong upswing now and we are
not meeting those expectations.
Auto sales are not what auto
makers expected; steel con-
sumption hasn't scared as steel
makers expected.
Satisfactory" is not a top
notch compliment in our coun-
try. (That notation on your
school report card, you may
remember, meant you had a
better than passing grade, but
you weren't in the top groups)
And an economy which is per-
forming only in a satisfactory
manner can too easily slip be-
low passing if a greater effort
isn't made.
The economy Is ''in a mod
crate rise to new highs"
A moderate" rise means an
increase we'll below 10 per cent
and more likely below 5 per
cent. The white-tower boys can
shout to the skies that this rise
is best for us because we can
sustain" the pace, but most
Americans. in private at least.
don't agree. Such restraint in a
dynamic economy such as ours
seems dull, Disappointing.
Putting it in statistics. our
total output of goods and sery-
ices has crossed the historic
$500 billion mark, but now the
rate of rise has slowed to a
creep.
Business Is healthy"
That's a word politicians now
In Office prefer to use to de-
Evening star., 1960-04-05
Gichner Will Make
Rudur Shelters

A $250,000 contract for 40
aluminium shelters for installa-
ton OF radar equipment has
been awarded to Fred S. Gich-
ner Iron Works. Inc, by Hazel
tine Electronics Corp.
They are designed for trans
portation by air, but can be
transported also over highways
or floated ashore from a ship.
They will be produced at the
Gichner plant in BeltSWlle,
Md, starting around April IS.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
BY WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star Stan Writer

oheA SseA "AAhGA
Francis ]. Kane stepped out
Of his Capitol Hill Office to ad-
mire the handsome new Model
T truck-his first.
On one side, the legend read:
Kane Transfer Co., No. l."
On the opposite door was the
inscription: Kane Transfer
Co., No. q"
When anybody happened to
notice the discrepancy and
asked the whereabouts Of his
second truck, Mr.. Kane would
smile and answer:
Were working on it."
Drove Own Trucks
For two full years, he drove
the truck himself, building up
the business as he went after
that start in 1918.
AS a result, he said, "I know
every corner in the city Of
Washington. That accounts for
some of my success: I drove
the trucks myself"
Some Of Mr.. Kane's business
methods probably appear old
fashioned to a number of per-
sons in this age of conference
planning and passing the buck.
Mr.. Kane, for example, opens
all the Office mail himself. Its
the pulse of the business" he
said. You get all your criticisms
in the mail"
He Fills the Gap
Furthermore, on those rare
occasions when ore of his 200
employees payroll: 81 million
a year, forgets to make a
delivery, Mr.. Kane often takes
care of it himself in his white
Cadillac.
You've got to make your
word good" he insists. "They
all want to talk to Mr.. Kane
when something goes wrong"
But that is precisely the ap-
proach that has built his busi-
ness in AZ years from a one
man, one-truck operation to
one of the largest transfer
companies in town.
I'm not very tolerant of
peoples mistakes" he admitted.
I'm a little exacting, but 4
can't help it."
Not quite a native of Wash
ington-he was born in Tren-
ton, N. j., and moved to the
Evening star., 1960-04-05
New SuIes Outlet

Alber Downtown Rambler is
the new downtown sales outlet
for Rambler at 1880 Fourteenth
street, NV. Ted Glaser has
been appointed secretary and
general manager.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
Steel Inventory Curb
Seen Major Factor in
Smaller 1860 OUTPUT
BY DONALD B. HADLEY
Star Financial Editor

Due mainly to conservative inventory policy. 1850
steel production will be off slightly from 1885, but still will
at relatively high levels between lis and 12O million
TONS reported here today by A S. Globrenner pres
dent of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.
Speaking before the Washington Society of Investment
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dent OF Youngstown Sheet q I
Speaking before the Was
Analysts at an Occidental
luncheon, he said, this will
represent operations at around
80 per cent of capacity. At
the present capacity, this rate
would approximate or perhaps
somewhat exceed the record
of 1T million tons in 1855, he
said.
He said the principal reason
for reduction in steel produc-
tion estimates was a recogni-
ton of the fact that steel in
ventories are not going to be
restored to what used to be
considered normal levels, and
added:
IF, as now seems likely, steel
production is going to be geared
more closely to actual consump-
ton. prospects for 1861 will not
be clouded by fears of inventory
liquidation"
The speaker cited declines in
auto. oil well drilling and hous-
ing activities, but stressed that
there are fundamental ele-
ments of strength in the busi-
ness picture"
Il refer particularly" he said.
"to the sustained high level of
consumers income and the riS-
ing rate of capital expenditures.
1t is difficult to see any sub
stantial decline in business
occurring under these circum-
stances"
Points to Growth
His own company faces the
l960s with confidence, said Mr..
GloSsbrenner. He cited growth
of the last decade. current ex-
pansion and development of an
aggressive management team
as reasons.
Youngstown Sheet operated
at 9712 per cent Of capacity in
the first 1860 quarter or about
3la points above the industry's
average, he said. The company
shipped to customers 100000
tons of steel products, compared
with $4,000 tons a year earlier.
The company's ingot capacity
has been expanded to 6,750.000
tons annually, compared with
4,082 900 tons in 1850. a gain
of 65 per cent, he said. The
industry-wide increase was 81
per cent.
Plant expansion and invest
mentS in raw material develop
ment have totaled S59l mil
lion in 10 years or about $170 a
common share, he declared.
Major Improvements now are
under way in both the East
Chicago and youngstown op-
Grating districts.
Ore Tests Scheduled
He said testing of iron ore
from the Wabush Lake devel-
opment in Newfoundland can
be started under actual blast
furnace conditions late this
summer or fall, as soon as rail
facilities have been completed.
Ore from this vast deposit,
being developed by Youngstown
and five other companies, can
be concentrated easily into a
product containing better than
go per cent iron, he declared.
Youngstown is in a strong
cash position and has a $50
million standby loan agree
ment, which can be used If
necessary, he added.
The company has no plans
for additional financing, but
shareholders were asked re-
Gently to give directors au-
thority to confer conversion
rights for up to 100000 COM
mon shares in connection with
possible issuance of bonds dur
ing the next year. he said.
Shareholders also have been
asked to authorize an increase
in the number of common
shares to Is million from S mil
lion to facilitate a possible fu-
ture stock split if it should
appear advisable.
II think we should have a
clearer picture of the future {
before deciding this question"
he commented.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
D. c. Firm Named

DAYTON, Ohio.-A. S. John
son Co., Inc. of Washington
has been selected as one of l3
parts depots in a Nationwide
network established by Airtemp
Division of Chrysler Corp.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
Atomic Development
Votes 1-Cent Extra

Directors of Atomic De-
velopment Mutual Fund have
declared an extra dividend of
! cent a share along with a
Evening star., 1960-04-05
OVER COUNTER

Washington listings on over-the-
counter markets furnished by the Ma
tlonal Association of Securities Dealers
as OF pm. Tuesday. April 5:
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FOREIGN EXCH'GE

NEW YORK, April (APD.-Foreign
exchange rates (Great Britain and
Australia in dollars, others in cents
and decimals Of q cent:
Canada in N Y
Evening star., 1960-04-05
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK, April S AP).-Yester.
days closing over,the-counteT United
States Government Treasury bonds.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
STATEMENT STATE OF THE
National Life
Insurance Comuanv

OF Montpelier, Vermont, on the al,
day OF December, 1853.
Evening star., 1960-10-28
FOUND

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ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE. NO.
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UMBRELLA, lady's. Sunday, Oct o.
Conn; ave. and Military rd. WO
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tersection Tilden. 34th; no collar;
slipped, aET rsTIlv vel Tannersd. At AMI
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l. Lay down directives for
disarmament negotiations.
2. Add 'flve more members to
the donation East-West dis
armament committee and call
on the committee to report
progress to the 99-nation q. N.
Disarmament Commission by
next May.
8. Urge atomic powers to hold
of on nuclear weapons tests
until agreement is reached on
q test ban.
4. Urge that no nation supply
another nation with weapons OF
mass destruction or means for
their delivery.
5. Call .on all nations to re-
frain from surprise attack.
6. Recommend that all ma
tions desist from actions that
might worsen international
tensions.
Z. Call for the outlawing Of
war and the means Of making
war.
8. Recommend effective in
lSpection at each step Of any
disarmament agreement so that
no country could gain military
supremacy at any step.
8. Demand that outer space
Evening star., 1960-10-28
lndio Leeds U. n. Push
To Retain Arms Talks

UNITED NATIONS, N. T.,
loot. 28 (AP) I'm an effort to
Ihead on a Soviet bloc boycott
of the United Nations disarma-
lment debate, India and six
other nations sought support
to-day for a compromise pro-
Iposal aimed at bringing the
West and the Russians back to
1.-THE arms negotiating table.
Indian Defense Minister v.
TX. Krishna Menon hinted at
1.-THE plan last night in a two
hour speech before the U. MS
I99-national Political Commit
tee which is debating the arms
Question.
| Mr. Menon said India would
ISoon offer the outlines Of a res
Iolution on the disarmament
Question.
Informed sources said India
has drawn up a 9-point pro-
IpoSal with Burma, Mexico,
Sweden. Venezuela. the United
Arab Republic and Yugoslavia.
| Diplomatic informants said
1.-THE United States reacted ia
vorably to the proposal, but
Russians complained it left out
ANY mention of Premier Khru-
shchev's proposals for a general
and complete disarmament pact.
Russia and other Soviet bloc
members have threatened to
boycott the disarmament debate
here unless the Khrushchev
plan is acceptable as the sole
basis for negotiations.
The Political Committee has
before it Mr.. Khrushchev's
iplan. another resolution by the
United States, Britain and Italy
calling for step-by-step disarm-
lament and q separate British
proposal to set up q panel of
experts to study inspection
methods.
The Indian proposal, 1t was
reported, would:
Evening star., 1960-10-28

ture. They have elected q Dem
ocratic Senator for the first
time in years. With control Of
the State government. and Of
the Government in many OF
the counties, the Democratic
organization has grown enor-
mously in strength.
Second, they are counting on
a large new registration OF
voters. The new registration
amounts to some 100000. The
Democrats claim that most Of
this new registration Is Demo-
cratic, put on the rolls by them
selves and by their allies, the
labor unions.
There is no way of proving
this because voters in this State
are not registered as Democrats
or Republicans. They could be
members of either party. It Is
interesting, however, to note
that for the first time New
Jersey has a total registration
Of over 3 million.
Swing County
Newark lies in Essex County,
one Of the very populous coun-
ties close to New York. It has
been known IN the past as q
Swing county" capable Of GO
ing either Republican or Demo-
cratic. Democrats claim the
county will turn In a $4,000
lead for Senator Kennedy over
Mr.. Nixon. This is strongly dis
.puted by the Republicans.
A more objective source esti-
mates a possible Democratic
lead of 10000. A Republican
estimate is for a 1900 lead
for Mr.. Nixon.
Hudson County, including
Jersey City. is traditionally 0
Democratic stronghold. It is
now claimed for Senator Ken
nedy by a majority Of 100000
with former Jersey City
Mayor John B. Kenny, the
present Democratic leader,
making the prediction.
In connection with Hudson
County it is interesting to turn
back to the election of 1928,
when the then Governor of
New York, Alfred E. Smith, was
the Democratic candidate for
President.
Smith, like Senator Kennedy,
was a Catholic. The late Frank
Hague, Mayor of Jersey City
and an iron-fisted boss, had a
well disciplined organization.
Yet the lead which Mayor
Evening star., 1960-10-28

tepubl1can - except when
Woodrow Wilson and Frank
lin D. Roosevelt were running
It will be even more amazing
in view of President Eisen-
hower's lead Of about 100000
votes over Adlai Stevenson in
1856.
Democrats, intent on Great
ing a bandwagon atmosphere,
say, Its in the air." Maybe
it is and maybe it isn't.
Here is q State in which the
Kennedy supporters-many of
them, at leaSt-are counting on
the religious issue for aid on
election day.
Rough estimates of the Cath
olic population range from 40
to so per cent, though both fig
ures may be too high. A very
large percentage of Catholics
are Democrats. There is no as
surance that those Catholics
who have been Republicans for
years viii shift over to Senator
Kennedy, also q Catholic.
Avoiding Partisanship
The evidence at hand is that
the Catholic church here is
avoiding political partisanship.
After the presidential nomina-
tions had been made and the
campaign was getting under
way in September, ! The Ad-
vocate, official organ of the
archdiocese Of Newark, first
carried an editorial Alled with
praise Of Senator Kennedy. A
week later 1t carried another
editorial in which Vice Presi-
dent Nixon was glowingly
praised. Some Of Mr.. Nixon's
most active supporters in New
Jersey are Catholics.
That the issue will aid Sena-
tor Kennedy, however, is likely
true. No young Catholic mother
reliShes the idea that her boy
can never be President, be-
cause he is a member of her
church. This kind of thought,
If implanted d by Protestant
clergymen-aS some have al
ready tried to do-can really
have effect on the voting No
vemher 8. It is no wonder that
Republicans look askance at
the proposal of some of the
Protestants to celebrate Refor-
nation Sunday by protesting
from their pulpits the election
Of Senator Kennedy on the
grounds of his religion.
Democrats Gain Strength
The Democrats, in their
claims OF an approaching Ken
nedy victory of large propor-
tions, are counting on impor-
tant political facts. First, they
have had control of the State
government-the executive
branch-for seven years, with
Gov. Robert B. Meyner at its
head. They have added to their
strength in the State legisla-
8, as@ t....,
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be reserved for peaceful pur-
poses. ...
The General Assembly,
meanwhile. unanimously adopt
ed a plan for surplus food to be
distributed to needy nations by
the Food and Agricultural Or
ganization.
The plan was similar to that
proposed by President Eisen-
hover on September 20. FAC
was asked to sell food, to be
provided largely by the United
States and Canada, at low cost
and for the currency Of the
country needing 1t. ]
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ON GUARD DUTY IN THE CONGO
Hague turned up for Gov
Smith was only $4,000.
G. %. p. Denies Claims

Hudson County has increased
in population and registration
by only a few thousand votes
since 1928. Republicans are
saying that if Hague could
only produce a margin Of So, ,0OC
votes for the tremendously
popular Smith. it's fantastic to
believe that Mr.. Kenny can
produce for Senator Kennedy q
lead of 100000 or more.
The Republicans deny fatty
the claims Of the Democrats
for a large victory in this State.
They say a conservative esti-
mate is that the State will 20
for Mr.. Nixon by 100000, and
that the least Mr.. Nixon could
win by, after giving the Demo-
crafts the benefit Of practically
all new registration, is $4,000
to 10000.
The G. o. P. managers say
that their Democratic counter
parts are overlooking the fact
that this is a presidential year;
that in presidential elections
Republicans turn out to vote in
great numbers. They say that
the Democrats, in their esti-
mates, are taking into consid-
Grafton only recent guberna-
torial and one senatorial elec-
ton. They say. too. that this
year the Republicans are solid
Ily backing Mr.. Nixon: that the
Efactional strife in the party
which has resulted in Gov.
Meyner's two Victories, does not
exist today. They also call at
tention, to the fact that Of the
"a Congressman representing
the State. 8 are Republicans
and only S are Democrats.
Evening star., 1960-10-28
THE POLITICAL MILL
Democrats CIoinns
In Jersey Doubted
By GOULD LINCOLN
Star Stan Writer

NEWARK. N. j. Oct. 28.-Democratc leaders are doing
neir best to npant the idea that Senator Kennedy will
AIRY the State by 100000 votes more ,s.~.
Senator Kennedy achieves any such victory it will be
mazng in State which has years been fundamentally
Evening star., 1960-10-28

kITES IoaEbScrd @Gssly sd sameSs; ylH S945
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE, No.
Evening star., 1960-02-07
TUESDAY


1I:l5
4-News. Weather. Sports.
COLOR. Rash. Forester. Simpson.
9-The Late Show. Movie.
ia Hours. 1.-The Devil Is q Wor1-
an" 1854. The story of She
wolf who wos the curse of her
viIIoee. May Britt.
II:z5
7-Boekstose. Bunny Wneck.
Il:3o
4-Joek Poor Show. Variety.
5-Storlieht Theoter. Movie.
VA Hours. "Poid to Kill" 1854.
A man tocino financial ruin hires
q killer TO put him out of the way.
Dane Clark, Paul Carpenter.
Inject MeGrow. Crime.
1900
7-city Detective. Crime.
1870
1.-The Lords Prayer.
loo
4-Inspirotion.
9-Meditotion. Weather.
Evening star., 1960-02-07

inol who is his Iook-oIike. Lee
Morvn, 6reto Thyssen.
5-Westminster Dog Show.
IA Hours. From Madison Square
Gorden, New York.
Lone Step Beyond. Drama.
THE Doy the World Wept-The
Lincoln Story" The story Of Abro-
ham LincoIn's assassination ond
his stronoe premonition of death.
Berry Atwoter, Jeanne Botes. John
NewIond, host-norrotor.
1880
4-Mike Hummer. Crime.
7-Keep ToIkins. Panel.
II:00
4-News. Local News.
COLOR. Richard Horkness, Russ
Word.
7-WorId News. McCoffrey.
9-News. Weather. Sports.
Mudd. Douglas. DonieIs.
Il:l0
7-Weother. Sports. News.
Allen. SieeeI. MoIkie.
Evening star., 1960-02-07
February 9

Dobie's parents that his only
chance for financial success is TO
enroll at fancy prep school.
Dwoyne Hickman, Tuesday Weld.
Evening star., 1960-02-07
1000

4-M-Squod. Crime.
THE Man With Fronk's Foce."
Detective Bollinoer risks his life
to pose os on international GRIM