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Evening star., 1961-08-08
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Pay Rises Are Smaller
DY SYLVIA PORTER

In contrast with the patterns
Immediately after World War
II, wage-earners are winning
smaller pay raises during this
recovery year Of 1851:
The showdown in the pace OF
wage gains is clear. Wage gains
in contracts signed so far this
year are behind those of 1860
And the average for 1861 is
likely to average out at 8 cents
an hour, a penny less than the
average for 1860.
This is about the best news
you could get from the view
point Of the cost Of living-and
this goes for the workers who
are settling for the smaller pay
gains as well as for the millions
who are not in unions.
It means that wage increases
now are not laying the base
for price increases which would
cut into the buying power Of
all of us.
It means that in general
American companies can grant
this years average wage raise
and more than make up for the
cost via increased efficiency OF
production.
It means that higher labor
costs won't put the squeeze on
corporation profits and not only
will profits be heading up this
year but profit margins also
will be improving.
But still it means that the
moderate increases will be put
ting millions Of dollars into
workers pocketbooks and this
money viii flow into the econo-
my to bolster the business ad-
vance.
Here's the pattern drawn in
1861 to date as put together
from a study Of almost 1,40O
wage settlements by Donald F.
Farwell Of the Bureau of Ma
tional Affairs, Inc.
ID. To date, wage increases
around 8.3 cents an hour
against 9.3 cents an hour in the
first half Of 1860.
(2). In the second quarter,
the customary spring pickup in
the size Of negotiated wage in
creases failed to materialize
and what's more, settlements
In manufacturing &C tu ally
Evening star., 1961-08-08
Southern Expected
To Win Rate Case

The Interstate Commerce
Commissions suspension Of 9
proposed reduction in Southern
Railways freight rates on grain
is only a temporary setback
preceding hearings on merits
of the case. declared D. w
Brosnan, executive vice presi-
dent of the Southern, today
following the ICC order.
Suspension of the reduced
rates, scheduled to be put into
effect August 10, was to be
expected since this is the time
for registering of protest rather
than affirmative action, said
Mr.. BroSnan.
"It is evident the proponents
for maintenance of higher
rates at the public expense
were quite vociferous," he
declared. In due season, the
ICC will undoubtedly schedule
Evening star., 1961-08-08
WeinscheI Net
Down Sharply as
Sales Increase

Sales of Weinschel Engi-
neering Co. were well above a
year ago in six months ended
April 80, but net income after
taxes dropped to $9,708 or 8
cents a share, compared with
$65,806 or 26 cents a share in
the same 1860 period.
Higher costs of materials
and labor, plus additional out
lays for research and develop
ment were major factors in
the earnings decline, President
B. o. Weinschel indicated.
Sales in the six months to-
tailed $973.349 VS.. $737,920 a
year earlier. The balance
sheet for April 80 listed cur
Evening star., 1961-08-08
Futtermdn Reviews
City RedeveIopments

A new book, '"The Future of
Our Cities" has been written
by Robert A. Futterman, who
heads a national real estate
organization. 1t will be off
the press this Friday.
Published by Doubleday, the
book reviews developments in
19 leading cities, including New
York, Chicago, Boston, Los
Angeles, Dallas and Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1961-08-08
Blunck Named
Vice President
Of Hilton Corp.

Herbert C. Blunck, general
manager Of the Statler Hilton
in Washington, has been elect
ed a vice president of Hilton
Hotels Corp.
The announcement was made
today by Conrad N. Hilton,
president of the 44-hotel chain,
General manager of the Stat
Ter here since 1914, Mr.. Blunck
has been with the Hotels Stat
Ter Co. for 20 years. He also
has served three terms as presi-
dent Of the Hotel Association
of Washington.
In his new post Mr.. Blunck
will be an officer of an inter-
national corporation with 3O,-
600 employees and gross revenues
exceeding $3.50 million a year.
Thirty of the Hilton establish
ments are in the United States,
the IA others spread around the
globe.
Mr.. Blunck. Sc, is a native
of Seattle. He began his hotel
career on the staff of the Fair
mont Hotel in San Francisco,
later teaching hotel admins
tration at San Francisco Junior
College. He also was employed
with Statler in Detroit, st.
Louis. New York and Pittsburgh
before coming here.
He has been a director of the
convention and visitors bureau
Of the Washington Board of
Trade since 1949.
In addition to memberships
in a score of civic and fraternal
organizations, he is a director
Of the Northern Virginia Saw
ings and Loan Association and
on the advisory board of the
National Bank Of Washington.
Evening star., 1961-08-08
Truth in Lending Bill
Wins,Kennedy Support

toner q written statement
itemizing all charges, the con-
troversial heart of the measure
is a provision for the listing of
q tricky amount-the simple
annual interest rate.
The simple annual rate is
calculated on the basis of the
steadily declining unpaid bal
ance Of the monthly repayable
debt rather than the original
principal. For example, q bank
Ior finance company currently
advertise a 6 per cent annual
rate on a monthly payment
loan; actually. the simple an
nual rate is close to IL per cent
because the borrower pays in
terest on the entire amount of
the loan until it is repaid in
stead of on the constantly de-
clining balance.
During the hearings before
Senator Douglas Senat Bank
ing and Currency Production
ton and Sterilization Subcom-
mittee, the manager of the An
drews Air Force Base Credit
Union cited instances in which
airmen thought they were pay
ing 6 or z per cent on loans
when the actual rate ranged
from 18 to 81 per cent.
Proponents of the bill, led
by Senator Douglas, argue that
it's necessary to restrain the
now rapid growth Of consumer
debt-estimated at $54 billion
of which $42 billion is install
ment credit. They also say the
measure, in addition to elm
mating fraud, will invigorate
competition in the credit
market place.
Curative Effect Seen
Mr.. Kennedy's Council of
Economic Advisers also gives
an additional reason for urging
passage: the bill will have q
curative effect on the economy
by encouraging consumers to
buy on credit during slack eco
nomic periods, when credit rates
allegedly drop, and discouraging
them during boom times. The
Federal Reserve Board supports
the bill but not the economic
argument.
Opponents of truth in
lending" led by business groups,
charge that the simple annual
rate is virtually impossible to
compute for many transactions
and the computation would be
incredibly time consuming
They contend that if the bill is
passed merchants will be forced
to lower interest rates and then
bury credit charges in higher
prices. 4.
But the fundamental objec-
ton was probably expressed in
a candid statement by Senator
Bennett, Republican of Utah,
during recent hearings: "The
truth is that consumers have
mistakenly been led to believe
that 6 per cent is the fair in
terest charge for credit. A state
ment of annual rates of 18
per cent will be suicidal for
retail merchants"
Evening star., 1961-08-08
By Congressional Quarterly

A controversial bill of direct
interest to almost ! every con-
sumer recently got a new lease
on life through Kennedy adj
miniStration Endorsement.
The proposal: Senator Doug
las, Democrat Of Illinois, So
called "thruth in lending" bill
requiring merchants and
money lenders to tell consum-
ers exactly what they're being
charged for credit when they
buy or borrow on time.
Senator Douglas first in
troduced the bill in the second
session Of the 86th Congress.
It was opposed by the Eisen-
hover administration and died
in committee at sessions end.
With 81 co-sponsors. Sen
ator Douglas reintroduced the
measure in the 87th Congress
and during recent hearings it
won strong support from the
Presidents Council Of Eco
nomic Advisers. The Federal
Reserve Board and Commerce
Department also gave the bill
qualified approval.
Observers anticipate a rough
floor fight when the bill reaches
the Senate next session, but
think the Kennedy stamp of ap-
proval has greatly increased its
chances for passage.
Pros and Cons
While the truth in lending"
bill requires anyone who ex-
tends credit to give the GUS
Evening star., 1961-08-08
O'SuHHon Rubber
EorninQs Reduced

Net income of O'Sullivan
Rubber Corp. and subsidiaries
declined to $45,861 or 7 cents
a share after taxes in six
months ended June 80, COM
pared with $200,964 or 46 cents
a share a year earlier, Presi-
dent Paul Terretta reported.
Sales decreased to $3,576,-
602, compared with $4,497, 100
in the same 1860 period. Mr.,
Terretta said sales and profits
were affected by the general
economic showdown. Volume
turned up in May and i'm
provement in both sales and
profits is expected to continue,
he said,
Evening star., 1961-08-08
Labor Cost Per Dollar
Of fSuies at New Hiah

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 / (AP).-
Standard & Poor's Corp. said
industry's direct labor cost per
dollar of sales hit q new modern
high in 1860.
Its latest annual study
showed that payrolls consumed
27.8 per cent of the sales dollar
of companies making such data
public, compared with 26.8 per
cent in 1859 and 1858 and q
postwar low of % per cent in
1850.
Evening star., 1961-08-08
NAA Chapter to Join
In Regional Workshop

Officers and directors of
Washington Chapter, National
Association of Accountants, will
join with representatives of
seven other regional chapters
for a workshop on chapter
operations at Harrisburg, Pa,
on Saturday, August 10.
Andrew Barr, president Of
Washington Chapter, will head
the delegation from here. DON
aid G. Eder, national president,
has arranged the workshop.
Evening star., 1961-08-08
Old Dominion Bank
Plans New Branch

The Virginia State Corpor-
alton Commission has granted
the Old Dominion Bank per-
mission to establish a branch
in the Shirley Park Shopping
Center, 1921 South Glebe road,
Arlington.
Thomas X Malone, jr., ex-
ecutiye vice president, said the
new facility is expected to open
in early October. It will be the
sixth office for Old Dominion
Bank, a subsidiary Of the First
Virginia Corp. 3
Evening star., 1961-08-08
Logan Motor Co.
Will Honor 23

The Logan Motor Co., 1850
Twentieth street NV. will GEL
ebrate its 25th anniversary this
week by honoring three en-
ployes with 20 years service
and another 20 employees with
a decade of service.
The company has planned an
outing for employees at Walnut
Hill Estate in Annandale, Va
Logan Motor is one of the few
Ford dealerships in the United
States owned by a woman, Mrs
L. N. Hunter.
Evening star., 1961-08-08
Grand Union Sales
81 Pct. Above 1860

Sales Of Grand Union Co.
totaled $47,546,998 in four
weeks ended July 20, a gain Of
So per cent from $44,768, 1856
in the like 1860 period, the
company reported.
Sales in % weeks ended July
20 amounted to $685., ,565. a
gain of 20 per cent from $248,-
544, ,555 a year ago. The COM
pany operates 468 retail stores
in 10 States, the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Evening star., 1961-08-08
METALS

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (AP).-Spot
nonferrous metal prices today: Copper
Lead IL cents q pound, New York
Zinc 11h cents q pound, East st
Louis. Tin. LII q pound, New York
ounce, New York. Pittsburgh scrar
steel No. ! heavy was quoted by Iron
Age at 35.00-36.00.
Evening star., 1961-08-08
Utility Profit Up

Potomac Edison Co. had net
income of $2,545,719 in six
months ended June 80 VS.. $2,-
494,836 year ago. Revenues
totaled $16,598,202 VS.. SIGHT,
ITO.
Evening star., 1961-08-08

the matter for hearing, at
which time the issues can and
will be gone into thoroughly.
1--WE have every confidence
that in the end the finding will
be that the public is entitled to
these reduced rates rather than
that a few selfish interests can
continue to profit at the public
eYnenSen
Evening star., 1961-08-08
SBAHeIps Small Firms
To Bid on $250MiIIion
OfU. S. Tools, Materials
By DONALD B. HADLEY
Star Financial Editor

Small business firms will have real opportunity to bid
on more than $3.50 million Of machine tools and materials
be sold at the Naval Weapons Plant here and at the Martin
IN Baltimore, the Small Business Administration announced
today
These bid sales will start in the latter part of September
Evening star., 1961-08-08

rent assets of $76O. .12O. current
liabilities of $l69,767 and
stockholders equity Of $si2.-
1872.
Evening star., 1961-08-08
OVER COUNTER

Following prices furnished By the
ers in Washington represent the range
within which locally active securities
could have been bought or sold at
IN. Tuesday, August
Evening star., 1961-08-08
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK (AP) Noon over the coun-
ter u. 5. Government Treasury bonds,
bid, asked, net change and yield for Tues
Evening star., 1961-08-08
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, August 8 (AP).-For-
eign exchange rates (Great Britain
and Australia in dollars, others in
cents and decimals of q cent?:
Evening star., 1961-08-08
MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK (AP)
= National Associa-
tion Securities Deal
ore Inc
Evening star., 1961-08-08

Bid Ask
Selec 1919 1890
Var Pay 7.33 7.92
Cdu I'd 4 % 4 m
Evening star., 1961-05-14
OF LOVE and
LAUGHTER
About Mothers Day and
The Sweet Conspiracy of Love
By MARJORIE HOLMES

Sometimes wish they'd just dispense with Mothers
Day" the woman said to the teen-ager. II know my
children love me- wish they didn't feel they had to go
out and spend their money on cards and gifts
Then too as an adult love my own mother dearly
and enjoy doing things for her. but Mothers Day makes
it obligation Not because she expects anything
would be hurt if it weren't forthcoming but because the
advertisers have made 1t almost must"
The girl looked back in kind of troubled astonshment
why suppose" she sad IT just thought of it like
that. from young persons point of view it's fun
like buying mother a gft-especialy now that I'm
earning This I'm getting her lovely
slip corsage I've thinking about it all week.
looking forward to getting paid so that could"
And suddenly the whole event falls into per-
spective. Why of Mothers Day. like practically
every other holiday is for the chidren
Evening star., 1961-05-14
The Dancing Eyes, the Secrets /.

The dancing eyes, the secrets. The giggng Stay out
of my room!" The wobby pot holders at school
and hidden under bed. The kindergarten's crepe
paper carnations.
And small girls sly Have you got material
could use? I BIG material big enough for big
person to somebody going to make that
dress?" And submitting to being measured around the
waist and draped in the ancient print you've dug
Of box in the attic And warning Dear it's pretty hard
to make dress you ought to be older and have
pattern"
And the bhe reply born out of the miracle faith
and love- "Oh don't need pattern 1t in my
mind just pain-how pretty you'll look in this dress"
Aghast at this revelation, she claps her hand
mouth while you pretend not to have heard.
And sons dragging you to the drugstore to look
around while he slips proudly to the cosmetic counter
to spend whole dollar cologne.
Evening star., 1961-05-14
Lyrics for Everyday Living

NIO1f1EH
"Oh, Mother, Mother. did you iron my shtrt7"
Mother, Mother, did you tir my skirt?"
Time is short, there's so much to do,
The SeUng the cooking, you'll get through
You rush to get dressed, you rush to the table
And there their gifts, precious than sable.
The cards and the tokens-you feel the tears start.
They're "mothering" Moher-qnd it's straight from the
heart.
SYLVIA FISHER
Wednesday, Swimming time here in "of Love and Laughter
In the Society Home section.
Evening star., 1961-05-14

Washington, 9Th. eth and Sfs. NV Open MOnday.
S:3o TO 9; langley Park. Nd, end ShirInston, We.
Open 10 to 9:3o i. . . Cell MA. $500
Evening star., 1961-05-14
The Conspiracy Of Love .

No. there's out for Even the people who originally
thought Mothers Day probably got greater glow
of doing it than the mother honored suspect Gazing
at the heap of presents nbbng burned toast eagerly served
in bed many mother will secretly agree 1T is more
blessed to give than to receive"
But her heart will be full nonetheless For she in
own way knows the pleasure of giving peasure-by simply
being the object and center Of all this.
This is her Mothers the part she
plays in the sweet conspiracy of love.
Evening star., 1961-07-02
Washington, D. c.
July 2, 1861

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-26
FAMOUS FABLES
BY Z. f. EDGAR

TRAN Station: At
a party, critic Alexander
Woollcott met a novelist
who was one of his pet
peeves. The latter was
boasting about his fastest
book, which had been trans
lated into Swedish.
Its going fabulouSly well
over there" he Dragged. II
am told that it reads even
better in Swedish than it
does in English"
mo doubt" agreed Wooll-
colt. Your books always did
lose something in the orig
inal"
EXAMINATION: One day,
when he was in his eighties,
conductor Arturo ToScanini,
the foremost tyrant of the
podium, went to his doctor
for a checkup. The latter
was amazed by his vitality.
Maestro" he exclaimed,
you have the heart of q
young man"
Strangely. ToScanini was
sobered by the news.
Maybe" he unused, my
musicians are right. They
claim I never used it,"
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singers have an ally in Car
mine DeSapiO. He sees no rea-
son why they shouldn't be per-
mitted to sing there, as long
as they behave. Dorothy
LamOur may retire from her
cosmetic chain store bust
ness.
Helen Traubel, the former
Met Opera star. has a role in
Jerry Lewis new movie, 1.-The
Ladies Man" Lewis hired Lii
liam Briggs, the rock n roll
singer, to teach Miss Traubel
how to deliver a rock n roll
number. Miss Briggs said: 81
had to put a few pits in her
pear-shaped tones"
Susan Cabot, the film and
TV actress who made the front
pages with a brief romance
with King HusSein, will do
Paint Your Wagon" this sum-
mer at CohaSSet. Mass.
Ethel Colts Town Hall concert
last Friday was her fifth ap-
pearance there. She's dropped
her middle name, Barrymore. j"
Cedric Harwicke heard a
formula for longevity from a
l02-year-old man: II don't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-26
BY ED HARRIS

The best salesman I ever
knew wasn't exactly a sales
man. He was a college senior
who dropped over to the farm
for a visit, one warm day, and
began talking about snakes.
Like most city-bred people.
I've always been afraid Of
snakes. But this chap began
talking about reptiles in such
a convincing, soothing man
ner that l through he must
be the greatest living au-
thority on them.
We were walking toward
the house, when he said
quietly: Watch it. Don't
move"
HE BENT DOWN and
swiftly picked up a five-foot
snake, barely visible in the
grass. and directly in my line
Of walk. I gasped and shrank
away from him. Well, maybe
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her one and she wouldn't
even look at it.
WORRIED AUNT
All pet owners suffer some
heartache at the loss Of a
cherished pet, but your niece
has gone off the deep end.
An emOtiO ally mature,
healthy person adjusts to
such a loss. She needs pro-
feSSiOnal help-and NOW!
y
DEAR ABBY: My husband
and I recently attended the
wedding reception of a friend.
We took a very special gift.
But the thank you note we
received was for the wrong
gift. Should we let it go or
should we let them know what
our gift to them was?
MRS. M.
BY all means, let them
know. Good humOredIy, Of
course.
X
Yes, Abby mill anSWer your
letter personally il you Write
to ABBY in care OF The EUe-
ming Star and incloSe a
stamped, Selt-GddresSed en-
Uelope.
Distributed by
McNaught Syndicate, IncD
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DEAR ABBY
Find Out What He's SELMA!
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

and my problem" Is 20. When
we go out on a date. we
usually stop to get something
to eat on the way home.
He always orders a ham
burger WITH ONIONS. When
we say goodnight, all I can
smell are onions. Could you
suggest something?
ONION Halter
Tell your friend that when
orders a hamburger, he
should hold the onions" if
he would "hOId his girl"
DEAR ABBY: We have a
22-year-old niece whose pet
dog recently died. No one can
talk to her. She is in another
world. She refuses to eat, and
she cries all night. We are
afraid she's losing her mind.
We try to tell her that IL
years is a full life for a dog,
but she says hers could have
lived to be 20. She even
talks of committing suicide.
We have had humans die in
this family and she never
took it so hard. How can
we help her get over it? Don't
suggest a puppy. We bought
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DEAR ABBY: I stopped a
man on the street and asked
him for directions. q was
new in town. He walked me
to where I was going, as it
wasn't very far. We struck up
a friendship. That was two
years ago. I won't go into de-
tail, but now we are very
much in love. Abby. he says
he has no family at all. No
sisters, brothers, parents. no.
body! He never talks about
his job, his past or his CO.
workers. He says he sells"
We sometimes talk of marri-
age but nothing definite. I
am 81 and he is "a. Is it
possible that he can have not
one relative or friend or CO.
worker?
GIRL ALONE
Possible, yes. Probable, no.
Find out what he sells, for
whom and then check on him.
1t could be a cline" you don't
want.
y
DEAR ABBY: I have been
going steady for year now,
and it is getting close to the
engagement stage. I am l9
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smoke much; I don't drink
much, and I'm lenient with
women"
HarpO Marx tells of once
shopping for a Christmas gift
for Alexander WOOlcOtt, an
old and good friend. He finally
bought the most elaborate radio
console on the market. 1t was
delivered Christmas morning.
Woollcott uncrated it, took one
glance at it, then telephoned
Marx Immediately and said:
"Harpo, I'll give you IS minutes
to get this thing out of here"
Bob Merrill, who wrote the
songs for Carnival" will next
do a movie based on the Grimm
Fairy Tales for producer George
Pal Lindy's baked a 60
pound cheese-cake and air-ex-
pressed it to Frank Havoc to
mark the first days filming
of Damon Runy0n'S "A Pocket
full of Miracles. Walter
Slezak'S daughter will work in
summer stock in Vermont.
-
The bearded keenan, Wynn
was introduced at Sardi's to
the bearded Steve Hill, who
portrays Sigmund Freud in
THE Far Country. Wynn
studied. Hill. then asked: Don't
give me any of that Freudian
junk. but tell me plain-why do
I like to ride motorcycles?"
Sol HurOk, whose newest
triumph is the Moiseyev Ballet
at the Met, will be guest of
honor next spring at a Madison
Square Garden tribute to mark
his 50th anniversary as an i'm
presario. The sponsor Chill
dren's Asthma Research In
stitute did the salute to Robert
Bowling at the Moiseyev Ballet
last week. Carley Mills
new novel, "a Nearness of
Evil" is based on the Wayne
Lonergan murder case f.
James Kitchener, mentioned for
an ambassadorship, is incom-
municado; he's following the
bullfights In Spain.