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Evening star., 1961-04-12
CHANDLER. CHARLES b. An em.r.

VHhNDLbNs OHNhLES b. An emeT-
o gent communication Of Pet
IN worth Lodge. No, ~, F. A.
IN A. M, is hereby called for
~ NO Thursday. April 10, 1861,
~LW at the Deal Funeral Home,
NV 4S12 Georgia ave. NV, at
" 7:3O pm, for the purpose
of performing the last rites for our
late brother, CHARLES B CHAND-
LER. Members are invited to at
tend.
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JOHN B. REECE, Master.
c. HUTCHINSON, Secy. l.

COOK, COL. JEWELL H., UsA tRetIredD.
On Monday, April 3, 1861, at Cha
pala, Mexico. JEWELL H. COOK, be-
loved husband Of Marjorie z. Cook.
son Of Mrs. Nellie j. Cook OF Ger
mantoWn, Nd; brother of Jerry Cook
vited to call at the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Funeral Home OF Robert A.
Pumphrey. Bethesda. Md. Service
at Fort Myer Chapel. Fort Myer,
am, 1nterment Arlington National
Cemetery. 10
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day, April Q. 1861. at Oklahoma
City. Okla. CHARLES B. CHAND-
LER, beloved father of Charles B.
Chandler, lr., and Mrs Zoe Nau
ICathy Chandler; grandfather Of
great-grandfathef Of Toni Lee and
Tracy Lynn Briscoe Funeral from
the Walter w. Deal Funeral Home,
4S12 Georgia ave. NV, on Friday,
April IL, at , pm. Interment
Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Expressions
Of sympathy may be made to the
Cancer Fund IL
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HALL. ROBERT LEE On Sunday

saS ave. NV. on April 10. 1o6i
husband Of Elsie v. Heller, father
OF Bryan Harold Heller Of virginia
and lie Roy s. Heller Of Illinois.
Five grandchildren also survive
kEemalns At Chambers Georgetown
Funeral Home, 3072 M st, NV,
until Thursday. April IL, at 1 p.m'
1nterment Arlington National Gene
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JOSEPH W. KENDALL, Comdr.
MASSIE W. BLANKINSHIP, Adjt.

DOM, WALTER z. OF 6117 Princess
Garden Gt pkSSgY Lanham' Nd. on
Marvin Smith Of Greensboro. N. c.,
and beloved friend OF Mrs Hilda L,
Wiser. Prayers at Chambers Fu-
neral Home, 5S0l Cleveland ave.
Riverdale. Md. on Friday, April IA.
at am. Interment Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. 10
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GILL, GEORGE R. OF 1851 wiscon-
. sin ave; n.w,i on April IL. 1861,
husband OF the late Mary A. Gili
liam NJ and Wilson P. Gill. Ethel
I. Collinge and Mary A. O'Jevich
- services at Chambers Funeral Home
9i7 llth st. Sc. on Friday, April
IA; AZ 2:30 pm. Interment Cedar
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day, April 10, 1851, at Providence
Hospital. EMILIA @. MAsTRO-
ROCCO Of Gil 9TH st. ne. the be-
loved daughter OF Mrs. Dorlindana
Mastrorocco, sister OF Mrs. Eliza
beth Abbate and Mrs. Quintina
D'Ambrosio, Miss MasSimina Mastro-
rocco, Miss Louise Mastrorocco, Mrs.
Virginia Smith and Arsenic, Ray
mond and Joseph Mastrorocco,
Friends may call at the Lee Funeral
Home, 4th st. and Mass. ave. ne,
until $3.50 am. Saturday, April is.
REQUIEM mass will be offered al
st, JoSeph's Catholic Church, I'd
and SITS. ne, at 3 am. Inter-
ment Cedar Hin CemPferY IA
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MeBhlDE, COL. HARRY A., USA
!!RRsstired). On Wednesday, April II.
1851, al his residence, 5000 Tilden
st. NV. COL. HARRY A. MCBRIDE,
USA tretiredl. husband of Ruth o.
Mcbride and father OF Robert H,
Mcbride Of Chevy Chase. Md. He
also Is survived by three grand
children. Services will be held at
Gawler's Chapel, 1853 Pa. ave, NV.
on Friday. April IA. at IL am.
lnterment private II
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denly, or. Tuesday. April II, 1861
At the Manassas Medical Center,
Manassas. Va. CHARLES RICH
beloved husband OF Martha Graham
English and father Of Miss Carol
Ann English. He also is survived
by his mother. Mrs. Myrtle Eyler
English, and one brother, William
v. English. both OF Warrenton, Va,
Friends received in the Baker Fu-
Manassas. Va, where services will
be held on Thursday, April 13, al
pm. Interment Stonewall Mem
ory Gardens. Manassas, Va.
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ToLOTTA, RALPH. on Monday. April
RALPH I rohor2 rrF2vGs"cf oi iedi HO'psa @stS
crime Tolotta, father OF Mrs. Rose
Scimonelli and Phillip G. Tolotta,
brother OF Frank TOlotta, grand
father l Of Of Rosalie seimonelli, Phillip
Curry: Friends may cali at the
Lee Funeral Home. 4th st. aud
THURSDAY. April Ia Requiem mass
VII T.,s, be offered at 81 Francis Xavier
ssn0S Sss ss 0apffh al a ISth EntUmSmant E anS ps
Fort Lincoln MauSoleum. IL
IRENE L. on Tuesday,
4654 @ North IVA Wsshinston @ blvd' bllssiaense. HF:
lington; Va, IRENE I. TRAMMELL,
nell and sister Of Mrs. Mona Grims-
ley, Mrs. .Evangeline Mcdaniel and
AdelSert A tSI Ads ADAMS; Friends may sall
Wilson, blvd. Arlington. Va. where
funeral services will be held on
Thursday, April 13. at II am,
Interment Arlington National Gene
terry.
vOGELSON. WILLIAM e.. Sr. on Sat-
prdgggg pprdgg April ABBil & 1891, at West Palm
Beaeh. Fla. WILLIAM E. VOGEL-
SON. Sr,, Of 7724 Greeley rd Kent
n Vogelson; father of Ralph e.,
William E.. jr., and Theresa Vogel-
son. Mrs, Frances M. jenkins, Mrs
Mae E. Bell and Mrs. Margaret
Flent; stepfather of Mrs. Lorraine
Shirley, James Balderson and Mrs
Doris King, and brother Of Ellis
worth r. Vogelson and Mrs Bessie
NJ. Schmidt, Friends may call at
the Lee Funeral Home, 4th ST. and
MASSACHUSETTS ave. ne, after 10
will be held at Fort Myer Chapel on
wednesday, April 12, at . pm In
terry. 10
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PETIT. THERESA B. On

April II. 1861. at Arlington, Va.
THERESA B. PETT1T, beloved wift
OF the late Wilbur Eugene Petit
windsor, Mrs. Frances Settle anc
Robert Wells. and sister Of Mrs
Agnes Hoffman of Silver Spring
Nd; Mrs: Anna Meyers and Mrs
Sophia Moser. both OF New YorI
CITY, and Mrs. Mary Gernlein OF
Millington, N. J. Also the lat,
Charles W. Beetz Of West Phlladel.
phia. Pa, and George w. Beetz Of
Detroit. Mich. Friends may call Al
the Money q King Funeral Home
IL Maple ave, west. Vienna, Va.
DAY; April Is, at 2 pm. Interment
National Memorial Park Cemetery
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- Exalted Ruler.
MARSHALL o, DATCHER,
Financial Secretary.

N, CHARLES J. The mem
beTs Of St. Lukes Holy
Name Society are re-
quested to assemble at the
Mcguire Funeral Home,
1870 9th st. NV, on
Thursday. April l3, 1851,
at Q pm, to recite the
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TINDAL, ANNIE r. On Tuesday, April
IL, 1861, ANNIE r. TINDAL of
S35 I'd st. ne. the beloved wife
Of Hardy Tindal and mother Of
Joseph and Robert L. James. She
also is survived by four sisters. five
brothers a stepmother and other
relatives and many friends. Notice
Of funeral later. ARRANGEMENTS by
the Malyan &, Schey, Inc, Funeral
Home, New Jersey ave. and r st.
NV
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INSURANCE REPORT
Liability Rates Determined by Accidents, Awards

way to an actuary, who Jumps
them in the correct territory
and makes up detailed charts
and graphs. On the basis of
these graphs, he makes an edu-
Gated guess at what the rates
should be to cover losses that
can be expected in the future.
These tables are submitted
to insurance commissioners
every year, but rates can be
set only on the experience of
the last three of five year pc
riod. Insurance men contend
this makes it certain that their
rates are always three years
behind the times.
Differences between adjoin-
ing territories can be dramatic.
Take for example the District,
which is considered one in
surance territory, and the ter
ritory comprising Arlington
and Fairfax Counties.
The man in the best premium
class in Virginia pays about
$3.50 for the minimum in
surance needed to cover the
States financial responsibility
requirements. His $3.50 will
cover him up to $4,000 for
any one person killed or in
jured in an accident he causes;
100000 for all persons injured
or killed in one accident;
$4,000 property damage, and
coverage against uninsured
motorists.
$50 Buys Less
The same man living in the
District would pay about $50
to meet the Districts financial
responsibility laws. His $50 will
protect him I'D TO $40. 600 for
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Canal Preservation Urged

one person and $4,000 for all
persons killed or injured in an
accident, and $4,000 property
damage. It does not include
protection against uninsured
drivers. The $50 figure is the
standard rate; some companies
offer discounts below this rate.
The Virginian gets more
coverage for $40 less. The
Virginia rates will increase
slightly, however, when new
rates become effective June l.
d. C. Division Urged
Because the insurance ter
ritory is such an important
part of the rate picture, sew
eral District insurance execu-
tives have urged that the Dis
trict itself be. divided into sew
eral territories.
Let's face it," one agent said
privately, "All you have to do
is look at accident and claims
charts to see that most of the
accidents in Washington in
volve residents of two or three
neighborhoods."
The agent, who refused tt
be quoted by name, said his
company was steering away
from writing liability insurance
in the Northeast section.
I'VE can't come out and say
this publicly" he said, "but oul
charts tell us these neighbor-
hoods are too great a risk fol
our business"
General supervision of insur.
ance companies-including the
setting of rates, classes and ter
ritories-is the responsibility oi
insurance commissioners. But
Government regulators have nj
Evening star., 1961-04-12
Major Crime
Rises $50
In Year Here

The Districts crime rise con-
tinued last month with an in
crease of nearly Is per cent
in the number Of serious Of
fenses over the March. 1860,
total, it was reported today.
With a lone exception, there
has been such an increase each
month for more than two years
since January, 1859.
The exception was last July
when the number of serious
crimes dropped by less than
/ per cent under the figure
for July, 1859.
Today's report by police Of
ficials said the number of So
called Part I offenseS last
month totaled 2,054, an in
crease of 408-or 24.8 per cent
over March, 1860. The in
crease was one of the city's
sharpest crime jumps.
Nearly three-fourthS of the
408 increase was reflected by a
crime rise in the housebreak-
ing and petty larceny cate
gories.
The report to the Commits.
sioners showed these increases;
Criminal homicide, from
to II cases; robbery, 122 tt
203; HOUSEKEEPING, 379 to 488;
grand larceny. 72 to 81; petty
larceny, 625 to 814, and auto
theft, 181 to 200.
There were decreases in two
classifications-rape, from II
to ID, and aggravated assault
from 241 to 227.
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get talked into buying worth
less insurance. In the Wash
ington area, servicemen are the
prime target for out-of-area
mail order companies who are
not licensed by local insurance
commissioners or have failed to
file proper papers with local
motor vehicle agencies.
In recent months, mail order
firms in Texas and Alabama
have caused trouble for service
men here. The men have
bought policies and learned
after their first accident that
they failed to cover their fl
nancial responsibility require
ments under local laws. Some
policies were found to specify
they were only good on the
Serviceman's base, and the COM
panies wouldn't pay claims for
accidents off the post.
And of course no laws can
stop swindlerS from selling
worthless policies to gullible
persons. The prime example is
the sale of about 5000 policies
in a nonresident insurance
company in Washington during
1858. Fhe policies were sold for
$50 to $75, but the salesman
moved out of town before any
claims were made.
Washington insurance men
had about the same advice on
this situation: There's no sub
Stitute for being cautious when
buying insurance. Buy policies
from recognized agents or
brokers, or from well-known
mail order firms and al
ways read the policy"
TOMORROW: How lows protect
you from uninsured drivers.
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your car have increased steadily
since World War II. If you are
a resident of the District, for
example, your rates for basic
liability coverage have increased
an average 105 per cent in the
last II years.
Despite these increases, rates
in the Washington area are
lower than most metropolitan
areas in the country. The In
surance Information Institute
also maintains that, on a ma
tional average, automobile liza
bility rates have increased less
than the overall cost of living.
But statistics apparently
mean little to the average policy
holder. Judging from questions
most frequently asked insurance
men, policy holders want to
know who makes the rates, and
how much profit insurance
companies make.
Actuarles Calculate Rates
The fact is that car insurance
rates are set by you and your
car-driving neighbor, with the
I help of an insurance Statis-
Evening star., 1961-04-12

THE DUEL that caused
Congress to pass a severe
anti-dueling law that finally
brought the deadly custom
to an end was between JON
athan Cilley, Representative
from New Hampshire, and
William J. Graves, Repre-
sentative from Kentucky, in
1887.
Cilley had made a speech
on the floor alluding to a
New York editor who had
opposed Biddle'S Bank of the
United States in his Courier
and Enquirer until the bank
loaned him money. Three
loans totaling $4,000 were
found on its books. After
the first loan editor Webb
came out in support of the
bank. This was the great
battle of the Jackson era.
Webb had been exposed
five years before, but he was
still touchy about it. He
came to Washington and
sent Cilley a letter prelim-
mary to a duel. The letter
was entrusted to Graves.
When Cilley refused to &C
cept the letter, Graves chal-
lenged him. AS the chal-
lenged Cilley had choice of
weapons he decided on
rifles at so paces-about half
the length Of a football field.
The parties met at the Ana
costa Bridge on the Marl-
boro road and proceeded to
the dueling grounds.
Graves had a .44-caliber
used by Davy Crockett. Gil
ley a 80. Both missed on
the first two exchanges
They must have been nerv-
Gus. On the third, Cilley was
killed.
That was too much fol
Congress. People would mo-
vote for them if this sort o.
thing went on. SO they
passed an anti-dueling &C
with teeth in 1t.
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so States rather than just for
the city.
The Federal City Council, an
organization of Washington
businessmen, yesterday filed a
report with the House District
Committee recommending that
the District get full authority
over the urban renewal pro-
gram.
The council said the indie
pendent National Capital Hous-
ing Authority and Redevelop-
ment Land Agency should be
merged and put under a five
member board appointed by
the District Commissioners
Also, the role of the National
Capital Planning Commission
would be downgraded to an
advisory one under the coun-
ellis proposal.
Asks Safeguards
Walter N. Tobriner, chair
man of the Board of Commits
sionerS, said he agrees sub
stantially" with the councils
recommendations but wants
some additional safeguards to
make sure everyone would have
a chance to present proposals
for redeveloping land cleared
under the urban renewal pro-
gram.
Frederick J. Clarke. District
Engineer Commissioner, who
currently plays the biggest role
on the board in the city'S urban
renewal program, gave blanket
Endorsement to the report.
Il don't see any pitfalls in il
at ALL" Gen. Clarke said. "It';
an excellent report" He Ions
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INSURANCE REPORT

tician called an actuary. The
rates and the mathematics used
to compute them are examined
and approved by local insur-
ance commissioners.
For rate purposes, every
policy holder is a citizen Of a
rating territory. and a member
Of an insurance "class."
You are assigned to a class
on an individual basis. 1t is
determined by how you use
your car and what your traffic
and accident record has been.
If you're over 25 and use your
car for pleasure trips. you're
in the class with the lowest
premium.
You are put in higher classes
If you use the car to commute
to work or use it regularly for
UuolIlCoo pu1 pOoCo, VI IL dAiJ
member of the family driving
force is under rs.
Rating Due Locally
But rating territories are Gre
ated by local insurance COM
missions. If you happen tC
live in a territory whose resi-
dents have filed a large num-
ber of insurance claims; where
repair costs are higher thar
normal, or where juries ordinar-
lily bring in large judgments
then you will pay higher rates
1t doesn't matter If you have
an accident in Florida OF
Alaska. That accident and the
amount it costs the company
will be charged to the terri.
tory in which you live and usu.
ally keep the car.
The accident reports and the
claims paid on them find theil
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Doubt Lingers
Over Transit 5
BusProgram
P. U. c. Hearings
Fail to Specify
Type of Vehicles
BY CHARLES ID. PIERCE
Star Staff Writer

The question of what kind of
buses might replace Washing
ton trolleys if Streetcar opera
tions are discontinued remained
in doubt as a public hearing
ended yesterday.
George E. c. Hayes, chair
man of the District Public Util-
tiles Commission, which con-
Quoted a two-day hearing on
the request by D. C. Transit
System, Inc, to end it's street.
car operations, said a ruling on
the application will be handed
down by June /.
Harvey M. Spear, attorney
for D. c. Transit, concluded
the company's case by saying
that he wanted to make certain
that there was no misunder-
standing of the company's
position on the type Of buses
it would acquire to replace
trolleys.
THE company" he said,
would buy as many new, air.
conditioned buses as it can
afford, but we cannot provide
any specific figures at the
present time"
D. c. Transit has estimated
that it would need $50 buses
to replace the 154 trolleys now
in operation.
Used Bus Ad StirS Interest
The question of what kind of
buses would be obtained has
aroused interest because of a
blind" advertisement in the
March 10 issue of a trade
weekly, Passenger Transport.
The advertisement in this
publication. published by the
American Transit Association,
read as follows:
Wanted, $50 Good Used
Buses. Advise model, year, seat.
ing capacity, condition and
price. Wire or write Box 30.
Passenger Transport, 355 Lex
ington avenue, New York II -
While this advertisement was
not brought up at the hearing,
it prompted Harold A. Kertz.
member of the P. U. c., and
George Donnella, P. U. C. coun-
sci, to ask about the type OF
buses the company planned to
get as requirements for street.
cars.
James H. Flanagan, vice
president and treasurer of d. C
!; Transit, told reporters his COM
pany had not placed the ad-
vertisement.
Sees Coincidence"
II Asked if it was not a COIN
| cidence that the advertisement
: last month asked for the exact
number of buses D. c. Transit
would need, Mr.. Flanagan re-
piled;
Life is full of condolences.
| o. Roy Chalk. D. c. TRANSIT
president, said in January after
. the P. U. c. refused to grant
the company a fare raise tha'
he might have to buy uSec
buses in the future.
= Edward A. Roberts, the con-
sulting transportation engineer
who was retained by the Dis.
= trict to make study Of the
= advisability of converting the
! streetcar system to bus opera.
ton, had recommended prompt
t conversion.
: He said that his recommen-
), dation was based on the as
: sumption that the company
!, would buy $50 new buses tc
} replace the trolleys.
Y P. U. c. Commissioner Kert;
Y said he found in the record O.
a P. U. c. hearing on March g.
: that the company had agreed
: to buy 100 new buses in 1885,
t and 100 in 1862.
C Il consider that to be {
commitment" he said.
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has felt that the only way to
expedite urban renewal is to gel
a direct line of authority over
the program.
Mclaughlin Backs NCPC
Mr.. Mclaughlin, former pres
ident of the board, protested
any downgrading of the plan
ming commission. Planning
should not be restricted BY
funds residents of the District
and local businessmen are able
to produce in the way of taxes,
he said.
Currently, the National Capt.
tai Planning Commission is fl
nanced by Federal rather thar
District funds. Mr.. McLaugh-
lin said this system should be
continued in order to assure
that the planning was big
enough to make this Capital
the kind of place it should be-"
Putting planning under the
District government, he said
would result in plans of limited
scope and would throw the
whole planning process under
"the STRONG influence of people
who stood to make money from
it rather than under the in
fluence of the people in the
so States"
The Federal City Council
recommendation to merge the
National Capital Housing Au-
thority and RIA and make the
combined agency responsible tc
a five-member board of citizen;
provoked some reservations by
Mr.. Tobriner and outright OBJ
jections by Mr.. Mclaughlin.
The council recommended
that the Commissioners ap.
point the board members tt
three-year terms. Mr.. Tobrine
said the members should Servt
at the pleasure of the Commits
sionerS to assure they woulC
carry out the city's policies.
IF the housing authorit!
and RIA are joined" Mr.. Nc
Laughlin said, "the publ,
housing authority will becom,
lust servicing agency for thr
renewal program"
Chairman Neville Miller O
the RIA termed the council
report constructive" addin
that in theory he feels cen
tralized government is to b
; favored" over urban renews
! authority split among severs
) Jurisdictions. However, he sal
he has not had time to stud
: the report fully.
Finley Hits Plan
William E. Finley, director @
the NCPC, said urban renews
= should not be remove
: from the planning commission
t Someone with a larger visio
= than the typical operatin
t agency should have a prett
= big say in urban renewal plan
S ming" he said.
During yesterdays hearin
D by the House District Commit
|, tee, Chairman Mcmillan prom
ised to introduce the draft bi
Of the Federal City Council.
There was general approval {
the councils report by mem
bers of the District Committe
although Representative Mul
. ter, Democrat of New Yorl
0 said it would be preferable
/; dispose of slum- m-cleared land b
Y public bidding rather than b
o private negotiation.
The council report said every
o one should have an opportu
8 nifty to submit redevelopmer
+, proposals, but opposed publ
bidding.
Evening star., 1961-04-12

THERE is AN IDEA that
most of the Washington
duels were fought at Bla-
denSburg in the little gully
Of park land east of U. S. l.
There is a historical marker
there headed "Dueling
Grounds"
That's not so. Coffee and
pistols were served at dawn
in many remote places. One
tragic duel was fought on
the farm of a Mr.. Arnold in
Prince Georges County 2
miles from the Anacostia
River. In it young Daniel
Murray Key, son of Francis
Scott Key, the United States
district attorney for Wash
ington and author of THE
ar-Spangled Banner" was
killed on a second exchange
of shots. His opponent was
a Mr.. Sherburne. Both were
midshipmen in the Navy and
it was said an incident in
the Mediterranean led to the
morning meeting.
The most famous Wash
ington duel was between
Commodore S tephen De-
catur and Capt. James Bar
ron at u. 1ladensburg
dueling grounds. 1t Wao =
disgraceful affair. Decatur
had been a member of a
naval board that found Bar
ronS conouct coWardly in
surrendering his ship. He
pursued Decatur for years
with letters demanding a
meeting.
Decatur's friends finally
decided that he would have
to answer the challenge. De-
catur was fatally wounded
Barron later was promoted to
commodore through senior
ity and became the No.
officer of the Navy-and the
most disliked.
Evening star., 1961-04-12
Holds Action Needed Now

control over how the companies
accept or cancel risks.
Our laws are rigid" Albert
F.. Jordan said" There are no
loopholes. But the selection of
risks, and cancellation, too, is
the prerogative of the COM
panies. It's an imperSonal thing
here as elsewhere, and the COM
panies have the same motive
to stay in business and make a
profit" Mr.. Jordan is inSur-
ance commissioner for the Dis
trict.
And the job of making a
profit was not easy for auto
insurance companies in the 10
years after World War II. Most
firms lost money on car in
surance in those years.
Now the picture has changed.
The Association of Casualty
and Surety Companies says that
the profit for writing all types
of accident, fire and theft in
surance ranges from zero to 5
per cent, and that the average
profit for an auto insurance
company is now about 4 per
cent. This is better than the ma
tional average profit of 2.18
per cent recorded by all cor
porations in 1860.
Worthless Insurance Hit
To make and maintain a
profit, the companies have to
make sure all their policyhold-
ers are in the right class, that
claims frauds are eliminated
and that the public be told that
some cut-rate policies are
worthless.
But despite publicity on the
subject, some car owners still