Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-14
Kane Slated toHead
ID. c. Armory Board
Succeeds Reilly,
Who Cites End
Of Stadium Job

Of Stadium Job
Francis J. Kane. a moving
and storage company presi-
dent. has been named to the
District Armory Board.
Mr.. Kane is expected to be
elected chairman Of the three
member board, which runs the
city'S new stadium.
He was appointed to the
board yesterday to replace
James Francis Reilly, the chair
man. who resigned.
Mr.. Kane's appointment was
announced by the Senate Dis
trict Committee along with the
resignation Of Mr.. Reilly.
Mr.. Reilly, a lawyer, in a
letter of resignation dated
October 8, said, with the Sta
dunn now operative, I feel that
I can and must devote my full
time to the practice of the law
and to my other pressing per-
sonal obligations In the
last three months one of my
principal clients substantially
expanded its operations through
the acquisition of another
company, resulting in increased
demands upon my time by this
client"
Traditional Selection
Mr.. Reilly accepted appoint
ment on the board in March.
AS is traditional, he was elected
chairman of the board at his
first meeting. The other two
board members are automati-
cally the president of the Dis
trict Commissioners and the
commander of the District Ma
tlonal Guard.
The traditional chairman is
the board member-now Mr..
Kane-appointed by the chair
men Of the Senate and House
District Committees, Senator
Bible and Representative Nc
MILAN.
Senate District Committee
officials said yesterday that
Mr.. Reilly's resignation was ex-
pected, but not requested.
A statement from Senator
Bible and Representative Nc
MILAN said Mr.. Reilly's service
will go down in the record
books as unreasonable when
the success of the country's
newest and finest stadium is
written"
Period of Contracts
The statement said that dur
ing Mr.. Reilly's term, major
contracts with the Washington
Senators and concesSionaireS
were signed-"all Of vital i'm
portance in assuring the sta
dium'S financial success"
The District Stadium was
dedicated q week ago TODAY
two days before Mr.. Reilly sub
mitted his resignation.
The Bible Mcmillan state
ment said, I'VE regret Mr..
Reilly's decision to leave.
We have every faith in the out
standing and demonstrated
capabilities of Mr.. Kane, who
assisted in the pioneering eff
forts to get a stadium as a
member of the Committee for
Selection of a Stadium Con-
sultant in 1857 and as a mem
Der of the Stadium Advisory
Committees in 1858 and 1889"
Native of d. C.
Mr.. Kane is a past president
of the Metropolitan Washington
Board of Trade and the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION, a Washington native
and a graduate of Gonzaga
High School.
He started his moving and
storage business by driving a
Model T truck in 1918. His
firm now has about 200 en-
ployes and an annual payroll
of about 81 million.
He is a director of the Ma
tional Capital Bank, the Ma
tional Permanent Building
Association, Acacia Mutual Life
Insurance Co.. st. Vincent's
Home and School and the
Police Boys Club of Washing
ton.
Irish through and through,
Mr.. Kane is a Catholic and a
substantial contributor to the
Democratic Party. Before going
into trucking, he was stenogra-
pher-secretary to Champ Clark,
Speaker of the House, and lived
in the Clark home here.
No date has yet been set for
his swearing-in.