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Kennedys. I'm just not ir
that league" Mr.. Day admits
From Springfield Mr.. Day
went to the University oi
Chicago where he majored In
political science. and was active
in the dramatics club and the
student senate. Under Robert
Maynard Hutchins' plan for &C.
CELEBRATED study he finished al
the University In three instead
Of four years.
Most Of his summers were
spent in travel with his family
He was in the university In
1884 when the Worlds Fair
was held in Chicago and he
and q friend rented out their
fraternity house as a hotel for
overflowing visitors. II made
1.500 beds that summer" he
recalls. II did all the cleaning,
scrubbing and about everything
else. We made some money,
though not a lot. But I didn't
have to sit around doing moth
ing that summer. I'm allergic
to doing nothing"
He was graduated from
Chicago in 1885 and the next
stop was Cambridge and Har-
ward Law School.
Harvard. to Mr.. Day. was a
high point. At the end of his
first year he had one Of the
highest grades in his class
This enabled him to become
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politics at the precinct level,
was q leader Of Kennedy volun-
teers in 1856 in Short Hills,
N. j., and has been an active
supporter Of Gov. Brown in
California. With other business
and professional men he organ.
lied the Democratic Associates
in Los Angeles to work within
the party.
His appointment has brought
a new-and perhaps unifying-
factor into CALIFORNIA; often
turbulent politics. DAY gener-
ally gets along in California
with all Democrats. which Is q
feat in ITSELF" said . Cali
fornian.
Already there Is talk OF an
even more active political role
for him in the future. Some are
thinking about 1862 when the
term Of California's Republican
Senator Thomas Kuchel win
expire.
If Mr.. Day has any thoughts
on this score. he is keeping
them to himself.
II come down here with the
idea I want to stay on this job"
he says.
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! one Of the editors Of the Har.
ward Law Review.
During his first summer va
cation from Harvard Mr.. Day
went back to Springfield and
worked in the law office OF
Brown, Hay and Stephens
which proudly traces its exist
ence back to Lincoln's old law
firm. In his second summer
he went to New York and
worked in the Elihu Root firm
Of Root. Clark, Buckner and
Ballantine. of which former
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York is now a leading member
Politics His Goal
After graduating, cum laude,
and passing the Illinois bar
exam. Mr.. Day went to
Lawrenceville in Southern Illi-
nois to practice because he
wanted to become active in
Democratic politics. He Joined
the firm Of Guy McGaughey,
q successful lawyer who was
active in politics. and remained
there for several months.
In 1889 he entered the
Chicago law firm of Sibley,
Austin. Burgess and Harper.
1t was one of the decisive turns
in his life. as Adlai Stevenson
was then a junior member Of
the firm and Mr.. Day worked
with him on a number of cases.
On July 2. 194l. with Pearl
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executive director of the Senate
Post Office and Civil Service
Committee, who will be his dep
uty. Although invaded by a
stream Of well-wishers and job
seekers, he was the most relaxed
person around, putting away at
times at a cigar, answering the
telephone, conducting inter.
views and getting briefings.
He talked freely on every
thing except specific plans on
what he will do as Postmaster
General. He said his general
goal would be ever-increasing
efficiency and economy and inn
proved service to the public.
Diplomatically sidestepping
the controversy over Postmaster
General Summerfield's efforts
to ban Lady Chatterley's Lover"
from the mails, Mr.. Day said :
Il have never read the book. /"
But he indicated he would con-
Germ himself more with "the
larger problems" He did en-
phasize. however, that the drive
against pornographic material
sent through the mails would
be continued.
Family Close Knit
One reason for Mr.. Days sue
cesses. a friend said, is that he
likes people and gets along with
almost everyone. When he went
to Los Angeles he became active
in many civic and community
activities Cmore than 80 of
themD. With alb his business
and community activity he still
finds time to be with his family
a great deal.
I'VE are very close" Mr.. Day
said. 1--WE like to take trips to-
gether." The Days have three
children, Geraldine, IT; Molly,
IA, and Jimmy. IL.
He describes himself as "a
fanaticap newspaper reader.
Five are delivered to his home
every day and another is re-
ceived at his office.
One California political asso-
ciate has said of Mr.. Days ap-
proach to politics that "he likes
to stay above the ballot" With
this Mr.. Day does not agree. He
points out that he began prac-
ticing law in Lawrenceville with
the intention of getting into
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experienced" Mr.. Rust coun-
seled. I'D try to find a young,
hard-hitting young lawyer"
On the way back to Spring
field Mr.. Day turned to Gov.
Stevenson and said: IT heard
what Adlai Rust said. That
sounds like me-" And it was.
While he became very much
interested in the insurance
work, which eventually led him
away from the active practice
Of law, Mr.. Day continued to
sit as a member of what he
called Gov. Stevenson's "kitch-
en- staff" He was one Of the
advisers who early and often
urged Mr.. Stevenson to run
for President.
When Mr.. Stevenson became
the Democratic nominee Mr..
Day set up his headquarters in
Springfield and prepared the
summary of his three years as
governor which was used dur
ing the campaign.
Gets Prudential Post
When the Stevenson admin.
istration ended in Illinois, Mr.
Day joined Prudential at the
home office In Newark, N. J..
as assistant general solicitor
but with an Injunction from
Carroll Shanks. the company's
president. to learn all about
the business. He also Travelled
with Mr.. Shanks all over the
United States and Canada ano
helped sell the company's vari.
able annuity plan, which il
keyed to the value of common
stocks and the cost Of living
On January 10, 1857, he wa.
placed in charge of the compa.
ny's West Coast operations, su.
pervising $500 employees in /:
States, and SIS billion in in.
vestments.
Post Office a Challenge
Mr.. Day as Postmaster Gen.
eral will be in charge Of an op.
Grafton doing more than ST.
billion worth Of business a yeal
land running a deficit of Close
to $500 millionD, with $500
employees handling "a billior
pieces Of mail a. year.
If he is in any way dazec
by this challenge, Mr.. Day doe.
not show it. He breezed into
Washington last week for ar
orientation course and estab.
lished a beachhead in the Capi.
tol Hill office Of H. w. Brawley
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Harbor less than six months
away. Mr.. Day was married to
Louise Burgess. daughter of the
law firms senior partner.
In 1910, with the war going
on in Europe" said Mr.. Day,
II was convinced we were 60
ing to get into it." While he had
never been to sea, he signed
UP for naval training and took
a cruise as a seaman on the
old Battleship Arkansas. He
then enlisted for three months
Of intensive training at North
western University. But when
he had finished, doctors
thought he was color blind
and left him on inactive status
as a midshipman.
Gets Into the War
After the war began and
with the help OF MIR. Steven
son, who had become q special
assistant to Secretary Of the
Navy Frank Knox, Mr.. Day
came to Washington as q
special assistant in the Bureau
Of Aeronautics. He served In
the special devices section OF
the training division then
headed by Capt. Arthur Rad.
ford. later to become chairman
of the joint chiefs of staff.
In q routine physical exam
ination about a year later Mr.
Day received clearance on his
color blindness and went tc
sea after more schooling.
He served In the South
Pacific as executive officer OF
a subchaser escorting tankers
into Bougainville while fight.
ing was still going on. In time
he received his own command
In 1914. after additional train
ing. he was assigned to de-
stroyer escort duty in the
Atlantic.
He was in mid-Atlantic on
We day and was on his way
to San Francisco for another
tour Of duty in the Pacific
when the war against Japan
came to an end. II got out on
Saturday and reported back
to the law firm on Monday"
Mr.. Day said.
When Mr.. Stevenson be-
came governor of Illinois in
1948 Mr.. Day. who had worked
in a minor way in the cam
paign. was taken to Springfield
on Mr.. Stevenson's staff as a
legal and legislative assistant.
II had an office at the Gov
ernor's Mansion and practi-
cally lived over there" Mr.. Day
recalls. I'VE were quite a close
family"
Enters New Role
Once Mr.. and Mrs. Day drove
with Gov. Stevenson to the
Governors sister in Blooming
ton for dinner. At the dinner
Gov. Stevenson turned to an
other guest. Adlai Rust, presi-
dent of the State Farm Insur-
ance Co.. and said he needed
a replacement for his insurance
commissioner who was leaving.
Il wouldn't try to find someone
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v" "SWUotS " tUS NSuHsoy SuOtUSts
Tomosrow's article will Be on
Robert Kennedy. the incoming
Attorney General.
Heneger, who is retired and Is
now Mrs. Arthur B. Carls.
Mr.. Day remembers her as an
inspiring teacher, and Mrs.
Carls now living In Bluff
Springs, ILL.,, recalls him as an
inspiring pupil. Edward liked
to talk" she said in an inter-
view, "and if we had q problem
he always had q solution"
Likes Challenge
One Of his classmates in
grade and high school was
James B. Sinnott III, now q
New Orleans hotel executive.
He recalled that Mr.. Day was
a brilliant student and valedic-
torian Of his class.
zone thing stands out In
my memory" Mr.. Sinnott
said. ED never seemed to be
good in mathematics. Then
someone put up q math prize
and he got his fine mind to
work and won it. He was Just
bored until there was q chal-
lenge."
Another friend said Mr.. Day
tends to blend right into the
Kennedy background" A grad
uate of the University Of Chi
cago and Harvard Law School,
by every indication he should
feel right at home in an ad-
ministration dominated by
bright, well-educated young
men.
Moreover, he can claim one
cabinet distinction. He will be
the only member who has writ
ten a novel.
It is called "Bartholf Street"
and was written while Mr.. Day,
then a young naval officer, was
on Atlantic convoy duty during
the last year of World War II
and found time heavy on his
hands.
Bartholf Street. published in
1947, created no great ripple
in the literary world. It sold.
Mr.. Day recalls. no more than
1000 copies. The novel was
about a young doctor who was
something of a heel" He has
a sequel in mind.
Born In Family Of Doctors
Mr.. Day was born October
II, 1914, in Jackson, Ill. where
his father, one Of a family Of
doctors, operated a private
clinic. When he was 3 years
old his family moved to Spring.
field, rich in the memories OF
Abraham Lincoln.
The Lincoln lore to which
he was exposed has had a
marked influence on his life
but not on his politics. Il
think he is the most completely
appealing figure in American
history" Mr.. Day says.
He went to the Butler School
where eventually he came under
the tutelage Of Miss Hegener.
She happened to call on his
father, now 81 years old and
still residing in Springfield,
when Mr.. Day was visiting
there last summer and they ex-
changed "reminiscences.
"She could tell when I was
getting restless" Mr.. Day re-
called. when I began twist
ing and cracking my knuckles
she would pile on the work.
From this time on I was in
terested in studying"
Miss Hegener recalled that
he liked to make speeches.
II remember telling him he
ought to be lawyer. she said.
In high school. while main
talning top grades. young Day
was active in the debating
society and in dramatics,
worked on the year book, and
was a member Of the glee club,
the science club, the French
club and "just about every
thing
University in 3 Years
Too slight for football. he
played then and still plays some
tennis. But he considers he Is
not qualified for touch foot
Evening star., 1961-01-12
BY CECIL HOLLAND
star star Writer


Last December Is James Ed
ward Day was called from a
reception in Los Angeles Bilt-
more Hotel to take a long-dis-
tance telephone call. After a
short delay. the President-elect
was on the line.
I'm thinking of naming you
Postmaster General" Senator
Kennedy said. would you be
interested in accepting?"
A lawyer by training and an
insurance executive by choice,
the 46-year-old Mr.. Day an
swered without hesitation.
VERY much so." he said
That night, he flew to Wash
ington. Two days later his ap-
pointment was announced in
Palm Beach, Fla.
Mr.. Day was perhaps the
least known to the public of
the President = elects cabinet
selections. His appoint m n t
came as q surprise to many.
But those who know the
Postmaster General designate,
a medium size individual with
an easy and relaxed manner,
were not surprised in the least.
Lauded by Stevenson
"He is a fellow with great
wit, humor and geniality. with
a sharp, incisive mind and an
infinite capacity for work. I"
said Adlai E. Stevenson.
Mr.. Day worked with the
two time Democratic presi-
Dental candidate in a Chicago
law firm and when Mr.. Steven
son became Governor of Illinois
in 1948, first as his personal as
sistant and then as insurance
commissioner. Hes damned
good" Mr.. Stevenson added.
Ed" said another friend,
"is one Of those thoroughly
organized. methodical people. :"
Mr.. Day was an early Ken
nedy supporter in California
and a Kennedy delegate to the
Democratic National Conven-
ton. He supported Senator
Kennedy in the campaign,
mostly as q fund raiser, but he
was more active as one of the
leaders selected by Gov. Ed
mund G. Pat) Brown to carry
on the battle for Proposition
I, q State referendum on a huge
bond issue to finance the
bringing Of water from North
ern California to arid Southern
California.
After the election, with Sen
ator Kennedy headed for the
White House and Proposition I
successful. too. Mr.. Day put
politics aside for the time be-
ing. Il was going about my
business" he said. IT hadn't
heard q breath Of any sug-
gestion I was being considered
for any position"
Business Experience Is Key
While highly acceptable to
the Kennedy administration as
a Democrat from a business
world dominated by Republi-
cans. Mr.. Day was not ap-
pointed on a purely political
basis. Nor was he chosen be-
cause the Kennedy administra-
tion wanted to give recognition
TO Southern California. his
The chief factor in the ap-
pointment, Senator Kennedy
emphasized in announcing it.
was his business experience and
competence and the vigor
which he has brought to that
experience"
Mr.. Day, a vice president of
the Prudential Life Insurance
Co. in charge of its entire west
ern operations, sees nothing
heroic in giving up his we'll
paying position ,(three or four
times what he will receive as
a cabinet Officer for a whirl
in Washington.
1--WE always been interested
in Government problems" he
explained. Being Postmaster
General. in his view, is a chal-
lenge and an opportunity.
Meeting challenging situa-
tionS seems to come naturally
to the Postmaster General
designate. Back in Springfield,
ILL.,, where he grew up, his
fourth-grade teacher in the
Evening star., 1961-01-12
THE KENNEDY CABINET
i Day Chosen for Business Acumen

This is the fifth in O series Of bio
graphical and interpretive orticIes
on members Of the Kennedy cabinet.
Tomosrow's article will be on
Robert Kennedy. the incoming
Attorney General.
Evening star., 1961-01-12

PRE-INVENToRY eIeoronee Of special
selected groups Of suits, topeoots, sport
eoats and sIoeks every sorment
right from stock. STARTS FRIDAY AT
OUR DOWNTOWN STORE ONLY.
Evening star., 1961-11-05
Home Front, NOV.1861

ALWAYS WILLING to be helpful The Star sought to explain
n certain which by 1851 had already be-
come peStiferouS
HALLOW EEN-Tonight 3lL being vigil
All HaOws All Haow The Catholic Church de-
All Halow observed
particular the calendar assigned them Haowmas has been
celebrated the mother country from time mmemoa by ringing Of
bells baking Of soul cakes certain ounetelng customs de-
sbed length Chambers Information for the People Here these
died "Oer called the boys
still celebrated ofther by going around hooking cab
find and hanging their
punder knobs and throwing into peoples doors and the
head unuck enough get within This practice
reprehenbe and should be stopped summari accidents
often happen and only since that thOughe
youths this the death delicate health through
the she received from their throwing of these vegetable
missiles her when she answered ring at the door
There usually animal kingdom dOwn-
Washington
CHICKEN THIEVES Saturday morning patrOlmen Kelly
while going great
cang chickens the alley between h and h
Separating the alley opposite
Unfortunately
dropping chickens
tighten themselves, and doing some fast running
attempting bedseads
pipe property with of
persons
giving him the right
succeeded until three stout soldiers and aborng
ditch by strength turned the animal
his feet, when he easily got out unhurt..
SUNDAY
Evening star., 1961-11-05

SUNDAY WASHINGTON c.
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number of officers declare they
will resign if Gen. Fremont is
removed, or will insist upon
creating him Dictator in the
Southwest, independent Of the
administration, the course of
which is bitterly denounced for
its vacillating policy.
On another page, The
Star submitted this eGtLStic
comment:
DICTATOR FREMONT.
So, so! Mr.. John C. Fremont
threatens to set up for a military.
Dictator, does he? Perhaps his
palatial establishment in St,
Louis, his magnificent body
guard, his afflatuses and in
flatuses, and all his gorgeous
suite were created with an eye to
the assumption of his auto
cratical dignities.
But seriously. we cannot sup
pose Mr.. J. C. F. quite ready to
end his career upon the gallows.
a contingency that must occur to
him as likely very speedily to be-
fall anyone who sets up for a
Dictator in the Southwest"
and we must come to the con-
clusion that the threat promul-
gated by or from the distin-
guished pathfinder is mere
by1Itum f,IImen, which it was
doubtless expected would bring
the Government at once to terms
in the matter Of retaining Ere
mont in his command. -.
Although there ,O0S such
agitation on the p0Tt Of Ere
mont's strongly loyal officers
and men, he iDouId hare
none Of Il, and insisted on
loyalty to the Union and has
successor. He IOosILd soon
shot0 up lOith command in
Western Virginia.
nix of war with Britain.
Evening star., 1961-11-05
Continued from Pooe ~

morning for the purpose; when
the President. in view Of the rea-
sons set forth in the letter, yielded
to the request Of the Lieutenant
General. and, under the authority
of the late act Of Congress, placed
him on the retired list ofthe army,
with the full pay and allowance of
his rank: and Maj. Gen. Mcclellan
was informed that the command
Of the army now devolved upon
him.
And i0h0t about Great
Pathfinder Fremont? Re-
ports the same day of the
Scott announcement in
cltIded this:
We are to-day assured that
nearly a week ago the President
duly transmitted to Gen Hunter
the so long talked-of order trans
ferring to him the command Of
Gen. Fremont. We believe the
statement to be true.
Fremont, indeed, had
been removed, to be sue
eeeded By Maj. Gen. D0Uid
Hunter Of Washington, D. c.,
and Illinois. Simultaneous
y, there arose alarming re-
ports from FTen0nt's late
department..
Tuesday Stovem6er N 5. 1851:
The War in Missouri.
EXCITEMENT AT SPRING
FIELD RELATIVE TO THE
REPORTED REMOVAL OF
GEN. FREMONT.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 4.-A special
dispatch from Springfield to the
st. Louis Republican says there
is much excitement caused by
the reports relative to Gen. Ere
mont's suspension. Nothing has
been received from Washington
confirming the reports, and a
NEXT SUNDAY: On the
Evening star., 1961-09-24
INDEX. and on I:s%. sisr. sss ss' l.'i"s: Isi".s
SEPT. 24-SEPT. 80

Editors Choice -------------SUn., 1890 p.m.-7
tySeVenth Precinct Mon, 300 p.m.-4
Expedition -----------------Sof., Zoo p.m.-7
Eyewitness S------------------Fri., 1890 p.m.-9
Foee the Facts Weekdays 400 p.m.-9
Faith for Todoy ------------Svn., 1000 o.m.-5
Fother Knows Best ---------Tves., 500 p.m.-9
Father Of the Bride ----------Fri., o:30 pm.-9
Fight of the Week ----------S1t., 1000 pm.-7
FlniSfones, The ------------Fri., $50 p.m.-7
Follow the Sun n-------------SUn., 7:30 pm.-7
Football Sun. l:30 pm.-9
Sum-, 200 pm.-7
Sot., 3;l5 P.m.7
Forester. Eronk Weekdays, 6:35 p.m.-4
1l;l5 PAM
-Four Just Men ---------5..-,-SUn.. $50 pms
From These Roots -----Weekdoys. $3.50 p.m.-
Frontier. Frontier !ysfie: s IS;,t tThYIs. s:3o Pm-s
GILL
GaIlaher, Eddie -------Weekdays. $50 p.m.-9
General Electric Theoter Sum-, 200 p.m.-s
Georgetown University Forum. SUM-, 1880 pms
Gibbons. Jim Weekdays, $50 p.m.--4
Gilmartin, Steve Weekdays II 20 p.m.-z
SUidins Light -------wsskdays. l2:45 p.m.-s
Cvnsmoke ----------------Sat.. 1000 p.m.-9
Harrison and Son -------Fri., 500 p.m-7
Have Gun Will TraVel -----, Sot. $50 p.m.-9
How9iion Eye -----------,w Wed. 200 p.m.-7
1ozeI y:30 p.m.-<
Hennessy Men., 1000 p.m.-s
Hs;.,. Hollywood --wsekdays 5:sS P.m-ss
@ HUeEeSsrTS 1S'fs Hound ----ThSrs. s:sS P%-s
Hunfey, Chef Weekdays, 6:45 p.m.4
Sum-, $50 p.m.-4
lehobod and Ne -----------Tves, $50 p.m-e
Ingo,s Angle Weekdays, $50 o.m.4
Insight --------------------Sv $50 o.m.-4
International Showtime Fiji, 7:30 p.m.-4
Issues and Answers - - Sum-, I:30 p.m-7
u Could Be You ------Weekdoys, 1890 p.m.4
Wed, 1000 p.m-4
IT'S Academic ------------- -Sat., $50 p.m.--4
I've Got Secret --------- Thurs, 200 p.m-9
J-K-I
yFk Report Thurs, 7:30 p.m.-4
Jewish Hour ---------------SUn, Hoo ans
Jeffs Collie ------------ Sat, 800 p.m-4
Johnny Stoeeoio ----------Wed, $50 pms
Judge Roy Been Weekdays 1890 o.m.-5
King Of Diamonds ---------Mon, 1880 p.m-e
King leonordo ------,.---- Sot, 1880 a.m.-4
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-03
CiUita1ls to Meet
At Virginia Beach

Civilian clubs from Rockville and nearby areas will be
represented at the council meeting and outing of
the Chesapeake District OF Civilian international at V
gina Beach this weekend.
In addition to the business program an unusual pro-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-03
Senator Beall
Supports Naval
Plant Expansion

Senator J. Glenn Beall, tR.-
Maryland) called on the Secre-
tary of the Navy to return the
Naval Weapons Plant in Wash
ington to full productive ca
pacity in line with current plans
for bigger defense forces and
increased OUTLAWS for arms.
The Senator referred to the
present plans which call for the
gradual closing down of the
manufacturing activities of the
Naval Weapons Plant, and
urged that these plans be re-
versed Immediately.
The Senator emphasized that
the facilities which are available
now could be put to valuable
use without the delay which
would result in any attempt to
duplicate the equipment else
where.
"The Naval Weapons Plant
has a complement of skilled
workmen and a variety of equip
ment which together can con-
tribute greatly to our efforts to
strengthen our military might"
he asserted.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-03
Officials

Continued from Page AID
matter of concern to get CEN
tralization of federal efforts"
Council members told the
legislator they are strongly
supporting" the Metropolitan
Regional Conferences efforts to
"face up to municipal prob
lens" They plan to have his
name placed on the confer
ence's mailing list for receipt of
its executive committees re-
ports, they said.
Reporting after the meeting
that he and the Council had
covered the waterfront of
subjects related to the county
and the federal government,
Mr.. Matthias said the conference
was helpful" to him.
ut gave me an opportunity
to go into detail on the Coun.
ellis position on many matters"
he added. tits a necessary sort
of meeting, every now and then.
I'd like to see more of them"