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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19
Family Farm Act Of 1860,
A New Concern, Anderson

The House Agriculture Committee
will commence public hearings on gep-
eral farm legislative proposals on
Thursday, Feb. 10, with Secretary
Benson as the first witness. On Feb.
20, the committee will return to the
general hearings.
MAJOR POINTS IN PROGRAM
Other points in my new bill, HB
1Oa57, are:
AS first alternative, the Market
ing Agreements Act is expanded to
include all commodities and to estab-
lish national agreements on COM
modity-by-commodity basis.
AS second alternative, particular
ly applicable to major commodities in
surplus, machinery is set up for COM
modify committees to formulate ma
tional program with the Secretary of
Agriculture consistent with basic
guidelines set forth in the legislation.
Such programs would be subject to a
referendum of producers and if costs
exceeded $40 million per commodity
would be subject to veto of the agri-
culture committees in Congress.
The principal ingredient in this
program is the balancing of supply
with demand, reducing to minimum
the need for subsidies.
The cost of the program would be
stringently regulated at not more than
per cent of the commodity gross.
The problem of surplus would be
handled by mandatory quotas 10 per
cent under estimated requirements,
thus drawing ON surplus stocks each
year. In addition, there would be
stepped-up purchases for the school
children and the needy. Also, for SUR
plus commodities, there would be a
soil base program with
in kind reinlbursable to the
farmers.
COPIES OF NEW BILL
AVAILABLE
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19
ours COSTS BY BILLIONS

To the taxpayers of America, it
means the costs of the farm program
will be reduced from nearly six bill
lion dollars year to- perhaps half Q
billion, a truly great achievement! .
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19
COPIES OF NEW BILL
AVAILABLE

!. Copies of my new Family Farm
Act of 1860 bill, HB 1o357, are avail
able if you desire to study the meas
ure. With it will be sent compre-
hensive analysis.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Aet 81 as. WITH foooc&ooe1 et keAN-L-RoeoMete

Is there boy alive who doesn't want tent his own? Here's
his castle he pitch himself the backyard family
camping trips, overnight safars with friends.
It's weahpood Standard durable vny coated for
greater protecon and complete with poles and stakes this bright
yellow tent perfect for Rooy enough hg
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Laurel Planning Corp.
To Offer Stock

The Laurel Planning and Re-
development Corporation, Or
ganized to acquire real estate
in Laurel, Md, has been au-
thorized by the Security and
Exchange Commission to offer
279,500 shares of Class A COM
mon stock for public sale at 81
per share.
Milton Kaplan is president of
the firm. His Harrison Con-
struction Co., Inc, is complet-
ing construction of the Laurel
Hills community of more than
200 homes and had already con-
tracted for the purchase of an
additional $50 acres.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
ice CApproves
Merger rofErie.
LackaWdnnd
By the Associated Press

The Erie and Lackawanna
Railroads have joined forces in
the largest railroad merger of
the century. The new COM
bined road should be in opera
ton within As days.
The Interstate Commerce
Commission gave its okay yes
terday. All that remains is for
the boards of the two railroads
to approve the ICES conditions
for the merger and to set up a
unified administrative opera
ton.
The combination Of the Erie
Railroad and the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road, to use the Lackawanna's
formal name. gives the new
company about 5000 miles of
trackage in New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois. The new
railroad will be called the Erie,
Lackawanna Railroad Co.
A majority OF stockholders
Of both companies already have
approved the merger, and it
was supported by many ship
pers and communities served by
the system. The action was
opposed by some other rail-
roads. railroad unions and a
group of Lackawanna stock
holders.
The ICES main condition of
approval was to set up provi-
sions for protection of jobs for
employees during a four-year
period. However. the commits
sion declined an outright lob
freeze" as asked by some Of the
unions on the ground that this
was impractical and untenable.
In their application the rail-
roads said about 1900 jobs
would be affected. But they
said more than this number
resign, retire or die each year,
so that few employees actually
would lose their jobs.
The ICC job protection pro-
visions require compensation
for any employees whose salaries
are reduced or whose jobs are
abolished.
The ICC also laid down con-
ditions to protect the rights OF
competing railroads and ship
pers. This does not freeze the
existing traffic pattern for the
area, but keeps the matter un-
der ICC jurisdiction for ad-
Ejustment as needed.
Holders of Erie common stock
are to get IA shares of Erie
Lackawanna stock for each o1
their shares. Lackawanne
stockholders will get the new
stock on an even exchange
basis. Holders of Erie preferred
stock, series A and B. also will
get the new stock on a share
for share basis.
! The new road will have assets
of $7l9 million and outstanding
long-term debts of 1919 million
Evening star., 1960-09-16
D. c. to Have GE
Computer Center

NEW YORK. Sept. 16 (AP).-
General Electric Co. today dis
closed plans to step up its
participation in the computer
industry.
Eleven new data-proceSsing
centers and 10 additional sales
Offices will be opened in major
cities within two years, the
company said, in anticipation
of a one-third increase in in
dustry shipments of CONNER
cial computer equipment during
that period.
Data-processing centers will
open in Chicago, New York,
Philadelphia. Boston and Cleve-
land next year, G. E. said, and
in Minneapolis, Seattle, Allan
ia, Washington, Dallas and the
San Francisco Bay area in 1862.
Sales Offices to be opened
next year include one in Rich
mond.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
BY BARNARD LETTER
Star Stan Writer

Washington residents paid
$40 million last year to attend
movies. Admittedly it wasn't a
record year - artistically or
financially - nothing to ap-
proach the mid-fourties when
the annual take at movie box
Offices here reached SIS mil
lion.
But things are looking up
since the black days when tele-
vision was a newcomer and
millions Of people preferred
to stay cooped up with it in
their living rooms.
I'VE are slowly winning back
the patrons we lost in the early
days of TV" the manager of
one of the largest chain of
neighborhood theaters in the
District said in a typical COM
ment.
ITO attract patronage you
have to have a good picture
people won't pay to see. medi-
ocrity when they can stay home
and see it on TV for nothing"
he added.
Most managers agree that
Evening star., 1960-09-16

marketing, advertising and pub
lie relations to appeal to
the general public"
Gen Olmsted was principal
speaker at the annual dinner
meeting of the Montgomery
County (Md0 Bankers ASsocia-
tion, where he addressed an
audience of more than 100 Ma
tional Capital area bankers and
their wives. Among those pres
ent was Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corp. chairman Jesse P.
Wolcott. and other representa-
tives of banking supervisory
agencies.
Gen. Olmsted's Financial
General Corp. controls II banks
and five insurance companies
Throughout the country with
total assets of nearly $500 mil
lion and is the only bank hold
ing company operating inter-
state east of the Mississippi
River. The Bank of Silver
Spring, one of five banks in
the National Capital area, con-
trolled by the holding company,
was host for the meeting.
Evening star., 1960-09-16

grandson of Baptist ministers,
he has lived by the Golden Rule
CwhatSoever We would that
men should do to you, do ye
even so to them"-Matthew
7:12) all of his life. He ad-
vises those who seek success to
do likewise.
Mr.. Penney was born in
Hamilton. Mo-, and got his first
taste of merchandising as a IT.
year-old clerk at $2.27 a
month.
Ten years later he became
part owner of the Kemmerer
store with $500 saved and 500
borrowed.
Sales $4,000
The first years sales totaled
$4,000. In 1859 the Penney
stores crossed 81, ,400,000,000.
He soon bought out his part
ners and started opening stores.
Through the years they mush-
roomed at a fantastic rate.
Until recently nearly 80 per
cent of the Penney stores were
in towns of under $4,000 popu-
lation. But a changing Ameri-
can way of living has brought
changes to the Penney organi-
zation, too.
The stores we are opening
now are in suburban trading
centers of bigger cities" Mr..
Penney said. 1--WE are closing
smaller stores but will keep
those in areas where they are
profitable.
The great advantage of a
suburban store is parking IA
cilities.
But can't believe that
downtown stores are doomed
to extinction. These stores
have shown gains when en-
larged and improved"
Another change was the de-
cision to offer charge accounts.
For Sc years it was cash
and carry" Mr.. Penney related.
Its still carry but 900 of our
stores offer credit. It increases
business.
Mr.. Penney has been presi-
dent, chairman and honorary
chairman of the company. Now
he is only a member of the
board of directors.
But, white-haired. white
mustached and always sporting
a jaunty bow tie, he is a fami-
liar figure in scattered Penney
stores. He hits the road to visit
stores each year. He loves to
slip behind a counter and make
a sale or give a salesman a tip
on how to sell.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
J.C. Penney Turns s.;
Is Eager Storekeeper

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (AP) =.
Opportunities for success are
just as good today as when I
started So years ago."
That's the belief of keen
eyed. vigorous J. C. Penney, one
of the worlds biggest store
keepers. who celebrated his 85th
birthday today.
AS usual, he spent part of the
day behind his desk in a corner
Office on the 18th floor of the
j, c. Penney Building in New
York City'S garment district.
He's a man Of deep religious
convictions and courtly man.
ners.
If a man is able to render
a superior service to his Gus
toners, he will succeed" Mr..
Penney said in an interview
The Penney name is borne by
l,700 department stores from
coast to coast.
IF I were starting today, I
would do just as l did. I
would go to a small town.
Il had an opportunity in
1902 to become a partner in
a store in Ogden, Utah, popu-
lation 10000. Instead. went
to Kemmerer, Wyo., population
1000.
First Store on Frontier
Il felt I could get to the
hearts of the people better"
Mr.. Penney's first store, a
weather-lashed, frame, two
story structure on a dusty
street of a frontier town, was
named The Golden Rule.
The son, grandson and great
Evening star., 1960-09-16
'Supermorket' Bonkino
Proposed by OImsted

Commercial b bankers were
urged last night to adopt super
market techniques in order to
compete successfully with nom
banking institutions for new
business in the years ahead.
Bankers must be aware of
the economic changes taking
place outside their doors and
alert to new ways to compete
more successfully against the
nonbanking institutions t h a t
are growing stronger every
day" Gen. George H. Olmsted,
president of Financial General
Corp. nd the International
Bank of Washington said.
Gen. Olmsted scolded the
banking profession gently for
loss of business to nonbank
organizations in years past.
For too long a time, most
banks were so busy in the COM
mercial vineyards that they ne
elected the mass public-and
other nonbank financial insti-
tutlonS came in to reap a har-
vest of business that have gone
to the banks.
"The spectacular growth of
the savings and loan associa-
tions, and the rapid increase in
credit union and finance COM
panies have taken from the
commercial and savings banks
during the last generation the
vast savings and lendings that
might have been theirs" Gen.
OlmSted declared.
Already, he said, some banks
are taking unto themselves the
concept of supermarkets of fl
nancial services for their Gus
toners" And, he added, bank
ers everywhere are now moving
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Cadillac to Make
Shorter Model

DETROIT, Sept. Is (AP)-
Cadillac for 1861 will drop its
most expensive car-the $13.-
600 Eldorado Brougham-and
will introduce one model shorter
than the rest of it's line.
General Manager Harold G..
Warner said the new shorter
sedan will have identical in
terror dimensions with other
CadillacS. The length will be
cut from the rear end. This
sedan will not be put on the
market until later in the model
year.
At the same time, MIR. War
ner said, Cadillac plans only
Standard-size cars-no COM
pacts-for this year and for
the future.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Grand Union Names
New Manager Here

Murray R. Socolof has been
named vice president and gen.
eral manager of the 31-store
Washington division of Grand
Union Co. He succeeds Thomas
J. Streithorst. who has been
transferred to the supermarket
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Noodles Sales
Rise, Net Off

Woodward & Lethrop re-
ported today that its total net
sales for the 52-week period
ending July 80 amounted to
$71 ,668,937 as compared to
$69.416,620 for the same period
in 1859.
Total net profits for the So
week period ending July 80
amounted to 50. $40, 900 as COM
pared to $2,566, ,576 for the same
period the previous year.
The slight drop in profits
was due largely to certain nom
recurring expenses, particularly
with respect to the opening of
the Wheaton Plaza branch
store, company officilals said.
They pointed out that the
figures were subject to the final
audit for the year.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
81 Home Loon
Activity Rises
Ry the Associated Press

GI home loan activities gen.
orally increased sharply during
August after a big dip in July,
the Veterans Administration re-
ported today.
Appraisal requests for new
units numbered 1880 in Aug
ust. 45.8 per cent more than the
8,483 in July. but down from
the 1928 in June. These re-
quests are considered an indi-
Gator of future construction ac-
tivity.
The appraisal requests for
existing units numbered 6,720
last month, up 1927 per cent
from July but still below the
1861 in June.
Va starts numbered 8,246 in
August, the highest monthly
total since last October's 9,442.
and 1112 per cent higher than
the July total of 1895.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Sept. 10 CAPD CUsDA).-
Hogs 4,500; active, butchers steady to
strong compared with yesterdays best
time: sows steady; good shipping de-
mand; mixed 1-2 200-240 lbs 1850
ixsS ISa5 liberal Dd ,xad snO%ing st sd6 61S
16.0O-16.65; a double deck mostly IS
293 at 1915; mixed 1-3 10000 lbs
15.75-16.50; mixed grade 1-3 and
mixed 2-3 300-400 ID sowS 1916
1880; mixed grade 2-3 and IS 400
65O lbs l2.75-14.00.
Cattle 300; calves none; not enough
slaughter steers or heifers on sale to
test prices; about dozen loads of
steers mainly choice and prime over
$50 lbs on hand from earlier in the
week, those being held for next Mon
days market; cows and bulls steady:
vealers steady; a few good 1,O5O ID
steers 23.00; a few standard heifers
10000; 90; utility and commercial
cows 1400-16.50; Gamers and cutters
II .50-15.50; utility and commercial
bulls 17.00-20.00; standard and gSod
vealers l7.0O-24.00; few utility
grades 1900.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
TALKING OF BUSINESS
Movies Rebound From Early TV
Drag, Gross Now $40 Million

entertainment-in fact, the
only form in some places" he
said. Now everyone has a
wider choice-boating, bowling, ;.
outdoor sports and dozens of
other things are competing
with movies for the entertain
ment dollar"
The number of movie thea
ters dropped from Sc in 1948
to so in 1858, according to the
Department of Commerce. And
there has been no new con-
struction recently and ap-
parently none being planned.
Loew's Inc, which tore down
its old Columbia Theater at
Twelfth and F streets NV. last
year and broke ground on a
new luxurious theater, stopped
work and converted the prop
erty into a parking lot.
A spokesman for the chain
here said "the plans for the
new theater are in the hands
Of our board of directors. I
don't know what they intend to
do about it."
Marvin Goldman, manager of
the K-B Theaters which feature
both foreign and American
films, said today's movie au-
diences are looking for quality.
British films seem to be the
most popular of the foreign
films, particularly in comedy
and suspense, he said.
Americans prefer foreign
films with sub-titles in English
to dubbed-in English dialogue.
"a film such as La Strada'
tends to lose flavor when Eng
lish dialogue is dubbed in for
the original Italian" Mr.. Gold
man said.
NeighbOrhOOd Choices
The managers say they book
pictures they feel are speci-
flcally geared to their particu-
lar neighborhoods. At the
Circle Theater, 2105 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, for exam
pie, films are booked with the
college student-young profess
Sional in mind.
They are more sophisticated
and more discriminating in
their choice of films" the
Circles manager said.
His house books a number
of the old American classics
such as "Lili" and Sunset
Boulevard" because 80 many
people have never had a chance
to see these wonderful old
1llmS.
He pointed out that audiences
tend to change preferences
regularly so he books only two
to three weeks in advance.
They may be strong on
comedy for a month and then
switch to mystery and then
change to realistic drama and
If we don't book too far in
advance we can keep up with
their tastes" he said.
Its a strange thing how
people hear about good movies
and come, but they also seem
to smell a bad one, somehow,
and stay away"
Evening star., 1960-09-16
O'SuHWon Rubber
Declares Dividend

The board of directors of
O'Sullivan Rubber Corp, Win
chester, Va, has declared the
regular quarterly dividend of
Is cents a share on the 5 per
cent cumulative $40 per pre-
ferred stock. This is payable
October l to stockholders of
record September 81, Douglass
o. Grimm, treasurer and con-
troller announced.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Weather Cuts Down
Trade at Retail

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (AP).
Bad weather pulled retail
trade in the week ended
Wednesday below the previous
week and a year ago, Dun &
Bradstreet, Inc. reported today.
Hurricane Donna raked the
East Coast and an unusually
hot spell scorched the Midwest.
Dollar volume was 3 to 7 per
cent under a year ago.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Greyhound Completes
Bus Line Purchase

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (AP)
The Greyhound Corp. said it
had acquired from the Rich
mond. Fredericksburg g. Po-
tomac Railroad the latter's 40
per cent interest in Richmond
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
The acquisition was made by
payment of 183,75O shares of
Greyhound stock to the rail-
road. Greyhound Corp. pre-
viously owned 81 per cent of
stock of Richmond Greyhound
lines.
Richmond Greyhound lines
operates in Virginia, Maryland
and the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Emerson and Orme
Opens New Showroom

Mandy Lauer announced that
Emerson and Orme has opened
a new car showroom for Larks
at 4505 Wisconsin avenue, NV.
This location formerly was
Peake Motor Sales. Mr.. Lauer
said Emerson and Orme has
been an automobile dealer in
Washington for over 35 years.
The firm has opened car
service facilities for Bucks and
others at 4505 Wisconsin ave-
nue., NV, across the street
from Sears Roebuck & Co.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
John !. Thompson Co
EARNINGS Rise

Earnings by John I. Thomp-
son g. Co., a scientific research
and development firm with
plants here and in Orlando,
Fla, and Bellefonte. Pa, totaled
more than 212 times those of
last year, according to John I.
Thompson, president. Mr..
Thompson said the 15-year-ol
firm earned $76,020 on billings
of $2,957,616. He predicted
that for the year ending June
80, 1860, business would reach
S3.3 million.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
AIcou Elects Moeee
Chairman of Board

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16 (AP)
Aluminium Co. of America
the election of Frank
L. Magee as chirman of the
board. He will continue as
,Alcoa's chief executive officer.
Lawrence Iitchfield, jr., will
replace Magee as president. Mr..
Iitchfield has been executive
vice president and a member of
the board. l. w. Wilson, board
chairman since 1857, will serve
as chairman of the finance
committee.
Evening star., 1960-09-16

the public may never return to
the movie theaters en- masse-
but business definitely is i'm
proving.
More Stress on Story
Among the changes noted by
the theater manager is the
demise of the "star" and the
increased Importance of the
story.
Stars such as John Wayne
and Marilyn Monroe still have
thousands of devoted fans but
If they are in a "dud" movie
even their fans stay away.
Many of the younger stars
such as Jack Lennon, Tony
Curtis, and Shirley MacLaine
have built up big followings
among the movies audiences.
But they still have to be in
a fine film like The Apartment
and Some Like 1t Hot to get
top box Office" said Charles v
Grimes, district manager of the
Stanley Warner theaters.
Mr.. Grimes said his chain
which has Is neighborhood
theatres here, attempts to be
diversified"
I'VE go by what our patrons
have shown a preference for in
the past" he said. Some
neighborhoods we just don't
show science fiction or west
erns but in others they are very
big"
Double features are the
same, he added. they go big in
some sections but not in others.
More Sophisticated
Mr.. Grimes and all the other
theater managers said today's
movie audience seems to be
concentrated between the teen
ayers and persons in their late
thirtieS.
"They are much younger and
much more sophisticated than
they use to be-" Mr.. Grimes
said.
Westerns, once a staple in
the industry, apparently have
lost much Of their attraction.
Unless it is a great one like
Shane or High Noon the
public isn't too interested.
guess they get too many of
them on television," one man
ager said.
Science fiction seems to have
lost some of its appeal to movie
audiences also.
Attendance still is the heav-
lest in all houses on week ends
and the summer months usual
ly are the best.
Maybe it's because summer
televiSion shows are bad, OF
the theaters are air condi-
toned" the manager of chain
of six theaters in the District
and neighboring communities
said.
His theaters show both for
eign and domestic films and
he said that almost always "it
is the vehicle that is the i'm
portant thing"
There was a time when
movies we're the chief form OF
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Security Storage Co.
Declares Dividend

Directors of Security Storage
Co.. 1140 Fifteenth street NV,
declared a regular quarterly
dividend of 40 cents per share
of common stock. 1t is payable
October 10 to stockholders of
record October 5.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Bank at Tokomo Park
Declares Dividend

Directors of the Citizens Bank
of Takoma Park declared a
regular quarterly dividend of Is
cents per share. 1t is payable
September 20 to stockholders Of
record September 20, according
to Board Chairman Robert E.
Lohr.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Drug Fair Sales
Gain " Pct. in Month

Drug Fair sales during the
month of August totaled ST.
$50, ,524, a gain of 27.68 per cent
over sales in the same month in
1859. Total sales volume for
the chains 54 stores in the
Washington area during the
first eight months of the year
amounted to $19,300,382. a 80
per cent increase over last year,
according to Robert L. Gerber,
chairman of the board Of
directors.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Stock Firm to InstoII
Memory Machine for
Instant Doto on Trodes
BY WILLIAM A. MILLEN
Star stan Writer

elecronc device that will give all the stocks traded
for particular day will be installed by Blair Co.,
coporated members of the New York Stock Exchange 96
Seventeenth street NV
Robert Schenck resident manager declared today the
Quotron is the first in Washington. said the
Evening star., 1960-09-16
August Construction
Totals $5,6o3,543

Julian P. Green, chief Of the
permit branch of the Districts
Department of Licenses and
Inspections, reports the total
value Of building operations in
August was $5,693,543. He said
private property operations to-
tailed $4,879,743. These are
authorized by permits.
Evening star., 1960-09-16
Suburban Life Holds
Picnic for Employees

The Suburban Life Insurance
Co.'S employees held their an
nual family outing recently at
Merlands Country Club. The
winner in the outstanding busi-
ness contest was Charles H