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Evening star., 1961-03-17

briefly while Mr.. Kennedy took
a phone call from aide Timothy
Reardon-lasted so minutes
and it dealt mainly with West
Virginia problems.
Mr.. Kennedy also had Brig
Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster in
briefly to say good-by. Gen.
Goodpaster was former Presi-
dent Eisenhower'S staff secre-
tary and he stayed on to help
Mr.. Kennedy during the transi-
ton period.
Out to Lunch
At 1:02 pm, Mr.. Kennedy
returned to his living quarters
for lunch, a rest and study OF
some documents-and, as II
turned out, stitching Of the cut
above his eye.
Mr.. Kennedy returned to his
office at 3 pm. He had
changed to a navy blue business
suit with a pin stripe.
He met for a half hour with
Senator Eastland, Democrat Of
Mississippi, chairman of the
Judiciary Committee. After
this session. Mr.. Kennedy went
out into the rose garden and
greeted two Girl Scouts and two
of their adult leaders.
Next Mr.. Kennedy conferred
briefly with Mr.. RuSk and Sec
retary Of Defense\ Mcnamara
then all three moved into the
cabinet room and were Joined
by Vice President johnson anC
other administration officials.
1t was at this meeting, which
lasted almost an hour, that 8
matter of urgency" in the ma.
tional security field was dis
cussed, Mr.. Kennedy said al
the end of the day. He did moi
elaborate.
Leaves for Reception
At $40 pm. the PreSiden'
started back to the White House
proper, accompanied by Mr.
Johnson and Lawrence F
O'Brien, White House aide II
charge of job patronage anc
steering the Presidents legis.
lative program through Con.
gresS.
They were bound for the
state dining room and the first
of Mr.. Kennedy'S coffee e-cocktai,
receptions for members of Con-
gress. On the way Mr.. O'Brier
handed the President a list oi
the SIS members who had been
invited this time.
Mr.. Kennedy read the names
aloud. He obviously knew most
of those listed, but he came
across one new member and
asked:
What is his first name?"
After the hour-long recep-
ton the President went up
stairs to the living quarters for
a visit with Dean Acheson,
Secretary of State in the Tru-
Evening star., 1961-03-17
WENDER VS.. MELLON
Gallery Gets q Memento

Mr.. Wender was by then
known and unloved by Pres
ident Roosevelt. who was eager
to see the gallery built. But
Mr.. Wender moved on anc
asked for an interview with
Mr.. Mellon to discuss theil
differences.
He recalls that he was sure
he could convince Mr.. Mellor
to change the site of the gal
lery. The first week of Febru-
ary, 1887, a butler met Mr.
Wender. uShered him up Mr.
Melons private elevator anc
into a large room filled with
treasures now in the gallery.
Mr.. Mellon was firm. He sale
that if he could not use the site
his architect thought was best
he would not hesitate to estab-
liSh the gallery in one of the
many other cities eager for it
He said further that a tun-
mel under it or a bridge over
it would create a monStrosity.
Mr.. Wender backed down.
He went back to the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations
and got backing for a new
plan to open Ninth street and
widen Third, Fourth and Sew
enth streets.
This work was carried out.
Soon, Mr.. Wender became
the surprised recipient of the
gallery drawing. It showed
colonnades at the ends of the
building. These later were
dropped from the plans.
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The First Lady and the men
walk to waiting limousineS.
Another Conference
Seventy minutes later Mr..
Kennedy returned to his office,
spent a few minutes with Mr..
ODonnel and then conferred
for 18 minutes with Represent
ative Patman, Democrat of
Texas, chairman, and Senator
Douglas, Democrat of Illinois,
vice chairman of the Senate
House Economic Committee
When Senator Douglas noted
that Mr.. Kennedy was in morn
ing coat and striped trousers,
the President grinned and said:
"Oh, this is the way I dress
every day."
He made the same remark
to his next callers. West Vir-
ginia's Democratic Senator'S
Randolph and Robert c. Byrd.
That tconference-interruptec
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lam AFRAID the Rambler

lam AFRAID the Rambler
Is one Of the last.
Growing up in this CEN
tury in a Midwestern city
and Buffalo, N. Y, is Midwest
ern, don't let anyone ever tell
you differently-he had no
reason to feel that he was a
victim of prejudice.
Groups which had immi-
grated more recently, the
Poles and the Italians and
the Jews, were the "for-
eigners."
Because he is not its OBJ
ject, discrimination doesn't
bother him as much as it
should. He's too comfortable.
Perhaps the press can do
something about him. You
remember what Mr.. Dooley
(Finley Peter Dunn said
that the function of the
press Is ito comfort the af-
flicted and affl1ct the COM
Portable"
Some few may still be
stirred by Ireland'S wrongs
but the many, Irish and nom
Irish, apparently throb to
Kathleen Mavourneen.
All week long over radio
and TV we have been get
ting, in anticipation of this
day, the this side of the
water" Irish songs, products
of Tin Pan Alley. Thanks be,
that'll soon be over for
another year.
AS the endless ranks of
Irish n arch up Fifth avenue
today past st. Patrick's
Cathedral, the United Ma
tions will be conducting busi-
ness a few blocks away.
President Of the General
Assembly is Frederick Boland
Of Ireland.
That Presbyterian Irish
patriot, Robert Emmet, can
rest in peace.
Condemned to the gallows
for leading the abortive re-
volt of 1903, he said:
when Ireland takes her
rightful place among the ma
tions of this world then let
my epitaph be written"
Evening star., 1961-03-17

progress. Mrs. Kennedy-pert
in a pastel green suit with
matching hat - arrives with
Caroline and peeks from the
porch through the French-door
windows into her husbands
office. He is out Of sight in
the cabinet room and report
erS see her turn ito Caroline
smiling again - and ask:
where's Daddy?"
They wait in Mrs. Lincoln's
office.
Mr.. Kennedy returned to his
office presently, called Hello,
Frank" to Franklin D. Roose-
velt, jr., who had arrived to
accompany the President to the
State Department function
honoring Italy. Mr.. Roosevelt
was accompanied by Ezio Carl
baldi. grandson Of the Italian
patriot.
Lets go, Jackie" to his wife
! in the next office.
Evening star., 1961-03-17
The
Rambler
Realizes He's
Too Comfortable
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

Scholars differ as to
whether st. Patrick was born
in Britain or France. Few
accept the nationalistic view
point that he was born in
Ireland.
He brought Christianity to
Ireland in the 5th century
toward the end of the Roman
Empire. On one thing most
scholars agree. He died in
the year of our Lord 461-
exactly $500 years ago.
That's a long time and a
great tradition.
The top of the day to you.
What does it mean to be
an IriShman in America on
this day?
The Rambler'S parents
were born in Connecticut
but they didn't consider
themselves Yankees. Their
parents were born in Ireland.
Once in a while they were
reminded that there was a
difference. They were very
aware of it.
Evening star., 1961-03-17

BACK IN THE 'sOs my
mother was skating on Per-
kinS Pond in Meriden. She
was about IL and she must
have been a very pretty
skater.
A cocky little boy was cut
ting circles.
II can skate with any girl
on this pond" he said.
Kitty Gragan remarked
airily:
"You can't skate with me-"
The little boys retort was:
"I didn't mean foreigners"
However, it only takes a
trip to Ireland for narrow
backs (first generation) and
their descendants to be re-
minded that they are not
Irish.
There was a wonderful day
that began with a trip to
Dingel Bay and a look at the
Basket. Understand this is
a primitive area of Western
Ireland in which Irish
writer's take pride, something
like John Millington Singe'S
"Aran Islands"
At the end of the day at
the bar at the hotel at Tralee
I remarked to q new
acquaintance, q physician,
that the people out there had
very little culture.
He raised his voice so that
all in the bar room could
hear.
Listen to this American!"
he shouted. II could slay him
with the back Of my hand"
A discerning observer re-
Gently wrote that q third type
of Irish is emerging in this
country. There have been
those who were stirred by
Ireland's wrongs and those
who were sentimental over
Kathleen Mavourneen and
now, he said, we have Irish
who are perfectly comfort
able in America.
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lery would run from Fourth
to Seventh on Constitution
avenue.
Mr.. Wender wrote Mr.. Mel
Ion, who kept two floors of an
apartment house on MaSsachu-
settS avenue, and asked for
relocation of the proposed gall
lery. a tunnel under it or a
bridge over 1t.
Mr.. Mellon wrote back that
he was happy to hear from Mr..
Wender but made no conces-
Sions.
Evening star., 1961-03-17

at her fathers side was his
wide-eyed daughter, 3-year-cld
Caroline. cute in red overalls
and a blue blouse. And there
above the Presidents left eye
brow was a horizonal cut about
an inch long, and a thin strip
Of adhesive tape in perpendicu-
lar position. The area around
the cut was noticeably swollen.
Mr.. Kennedy spotted the
photographers, chuckled "Oh,
no." and hustled little Caro-
line back into the elevator. He
didn't want the youngster in
cluded in this day with the
newSmen.
Caroline wasn't concerned
about that, but she did have
her heart set on walking to the
office with daddy. When she
had to forego that she burst
into tears and it took Daddy
a moment or two to comfort
and quiet her. He did 1t with
great tenderness.
On the walk from the White
House proper to the west wing
office area, the reporters popped
the question: How had he got
ten the cut?
Bumped a Table
IT was picking up something
for Caroline and I leaned over
and bumped a table," the Presi-
dent replied.
When he returned to his Of
flee after lunch in the living
quarters, there was q consider
ably larger piece Of tape across
the cut and Mr.. Kennedy re-
ported that a physician had
taken five stitches to close the
cut.
On first arrival at the office
at 9:44 am. Mr.. Kennedy
greeted Appointments Secretary
Kenneth O'Donnell briskly and
had him usher in Budget Direc-
tor David Bell, Deputy Director
Elmer Stats and White House
Counsel Theodore c. Sorensen
Mr.. Kennedy was wearing a
morning coat and striped trous-
ers because he was going later
to the ceremony at the State
Department. The budget con-
ference ended at 9:56 am. and
a minute later Secretary of
Labor Goldberg had been
shown in.
II want Just 80 seconds" Mr.
Goldberg greeted Mr.. Kennedy,
and then proceeded to discuss
for a couple Of minutes a piece
OF Legislation pending IN Con-
greSS.
Secretary Hodges Comes In
Then Secretary Of Commerce
Hodges and Myer Feldman, Mr.
Kennedy's deputy special coun.
sci, joined the President anc
Mr.. Goldberg.
Still standing, the men con-
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Murchison Wins
Round in Bottle
For Allegheny

NEW YORK. Mar. 3 (AP).-
The green light flashed today
for Texas Financier John D.
Murchison in his bid to mount
a proxy fight for control of
Allegheny Corp. a holding
company overseeing assets of
SIS billion.
The control issue will be set
tied by Stockholder votes at the
corporations annual meeting
May /.
Mr.. MurchiSon and other
critics Of Allan P. Kirby, Al
leghany board chairman, ap-
parently were assured access
to the firms stockholder list
by the New York court of ap-
peals in Albany yesterday.
The appeals court refused to
review a lower court order
granting the insurgents a copy
OF the list, an essential in
soliciting stockholder votes. II
lis the States highest tribunal
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Depressed Areas
Proqrom Opposed

Officials of the United States
Chamber of Commerce and the
National Association of Manu-
facturers yesterday told a House
subcommittee the administra-
tion's depressed areas bill will
cause industrial piracy and
cannot solve basic economic
problems. ~
The chambers spokesman,
Robert P. Lee of Hartford,
Conn.,, declared that Federal
aid to depressed areas might
create new factories but would
not create new jobs. The build
ing Of more factory space in
depressed areas would offer no
real aid-only the illusion of
aid, he charged.
There are millions of square
feet Of floor space already
available in some areas where
unemployment is most serious" I"
he added.
For the NAM. Daniel W.
Cannon Of New York also
warned such a program would
lead to pirating Of industry
and would create Implications,
overlapping and conflicts with
existing programs for aiding
depressed areas.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Auto Production
To Drop Again

DETROIT, Mar. 3 (AP).-
Auto production will dip again
this week. falling about 5000
units short of last weeks fig
ures, Automotive News said
today.
The trade paper estimated
production at 92,684 passenger
cars compared with 100, ,457
last week. In the similar week
Of 1860 factories began to taper
off their peak output Of jan
uary and February and built
1858 cars.
Truck production was esti-
mated at 1851 units COM
pared with 81, 1897 last week and
1910 last year.
Part Of this weeks lower pro-
duction total Of passenger cars
resulted from a complete sus.
pension of car building by
Chrysler Corp.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Final Approval Given
Virqinio Bank Deal

The Federal Reserve Board
yesterday gave it's final ap-
'proval for the purchase Of con-
trolling interest in the Falls
Church Bank by First Virginia
Corp. and change in ownership
will be completed within 80
days. n
Z Purchase Of the Falls Church
Bank control was announced
last October Is and remaining
stockholders we're invited to
accept First Virginia's offer oi
''$275 a share. Around 7.340 oi
the total Of 5000 outstanding
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Future Puzzles Traders
And Capitol Hill Alike

lation aimed at increasing the
long term rate of economic
growth. Many companies
should stand to gain, they
reason.
Hedge for Initiation
II this should bring along
with it another round of in
flation on the heels of Treas
ury deficits, well, stocks are
regarded as a good hedge. This
is becaues their prices tend to
rise as the purchasing value
OF money goes down, while the
yields on many other forms of
investment or savings tend to
drop.
So they see today as the
time to buy.
True, business statistics still
are mostly gloomy. Many re-
fer to January or December
conditions. They reveal a real
slump compared with a year
ago. Jobless totals are still
the gloomiest Of the lot.
But the rate Of downturn
has slowed in many other i'm
portant sectors.
Business trimming of inven-
tories seemed to have halted
in January. If only momen-
tarily. Government spending
is beginning to rise. Hopes
are strong for rising steel or
ders by April.
Automen think their market
has a better tone, augurine
we'll for spring sales. Home
builders look for some upturn
If not much before summer.
And, of course, the enthusi-
asm of the large coterie OF
bulls in the stock market tends
to be catching.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Volume of Central
Charge Up Sharply

February volume Of Central
Charge Service scared to ST.
$4,000 in February, up 2S.1
per cent from $l,084,300 in
February last year, J. P. Stede-
houder. executive vice presi-
dent, announced.
Sales also expended to
$11,267. 900 in the first six
months of the fiscal year, an
Increase of 41.3 per cent from
$7,969. 900 in the like period a
year ago. .
Mr.. Stakeholder reported IS
merchants joined Central
Charge Service in February,
raising the total of member
stores to 1876. Active Central
Charge customer accounts now
total around 174,066.
Evening star., 1961-03-03

without fee, and lets stores
keep their capital fluid.
Every night a member store
sends over its charge receipts
to Central. Twice a week, Gen.
trail returns checks for the
amount purchased, then bills
customers at the end of the
month and assumes RESPONSE
bility for all collections. After
the delinquent deadline, a serv-
ice charge is imposed on Gus
toners.
For taking this load off his
back, the merchant pays Gen.
tral a percentage, depending
on his volume Of charge busi-
ness each year.
Most shoppers still prefer to
be billed every 80 days, but
two years ago Central added
a revolving account service. The
latter, apparently an answer
to bank credit schemes, lets
a client pay a fixed amount
each month and charge up to
10 times this sum. The plan
carries a service charge.
Huge Cash Volume
Keeping its member stores
paid up on their charge &C.
counts involves a huge rollover
OF cash every week for Central.
In 1860 the volume of charge
business was $19.S million, ur
a per cent from the previous
year.
This year. we'll do about
$25 million" confidently pre-
diets Mr.. Stakeholder.
Judging from the public't
long love affair with the ways
Of credit, he's probably right,
Evening star., 1961-03-03

ended February Is 2 per cent
ahead of a year ago,
Due to the inroads of severe
weather earlier in the year,
area sales for the year through
February Is remained 3 per
cent behind a year ago.
The downtown portion of the
area sales total was 8 per cent
above a year ago in the week
ended February Is and also 81
per cent ahead of the previous
week
Downtown sales In four
weeks were / per cent above
the like 1860 period, but those
for the year to date remained
down 7 per cent.
The latest weekly sales rise
was especially impressive be-
cause area sales and weather
conditions in the like week last
year were about normal, ac-
cording to the Weather Bureau
Evening star., 1961-03-03
ShipIey Will Address
D. c. Bank Auditors

Edward T. Shipley. controller
and auditor Of the Wachovia
Bank & Trust Co. of Winston
Salem. N. c., will address a
dinner meeting of the audit,
control and operations section
Of the District Bankers Associ-
alton at the Burlington Hotel
on Thursday night.
The speaker will discuss
progress in automation.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Lawyers of Richmond
Buys Cleveland Firm

Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.
Of Richmond announced today
IT will complete the purchase
Of Cuyahoga Title & Trust Co.
Of Cleveland within 80 days for
more than 81 million.
Lawyers Title operates in a
States, the District Of Columbia
and Puerto Rico. 1t has q large
office here. 86
Evening star., 1961-03-03

shares have been rendered, it
is understood.
George E. Walker, now execu-
tive vice president of the Falls
Church Bank, is scheduled to
become president on July / and
Carroll v. Shreve, now presi-
dent, will become board chair
man.
The Falls Church Bank be-
comes the fifth Northern Vir-
ginia bank to be controlled by
First Virginia. Others are: Old
Dominion, Old Dominion Ma
tional. the National Bank of
Manassas and the PurcellviIle
National Bank.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

- CHICAGO, Mar. 3 (AP) CUSDA.-
230 lbs and down fully Is 6ihtTe 6iEhere:
weights over 230 lbs steady to %
higher, sows fully steady; fair shipping
demand; mixed 1-2 and mixed i 4
isO,23O ID butchers l7.75-lS.50: so
lc3 and mixed 2-3 23O-27O lbs 1850
1900: mixed 2-3 and 3s 27O-325 lbs
Il 90 1890; mixed l-3 and mixed %
33O0-4O9 ID Sows 16;25-17. 90; mixed
ID ana 3s 4OO-6O0 lbs 15.00-l6.5O.
200 head on offer. these mostly COWS;
not enough SLAUGHTER steers, heifers or
bulls for q price test; cows STEADY to
weak: yealers steady; commercial cows
i9.S5-l 49, %, individual 100: utility
l5.00-16.75: cutters l4.5O-I5. 80: can
ners l3.00-14.50; few utility and com
merciai bulls 1S.00-20.00; GOOD vealers
rs .00-27 90
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Fairfax Bank Plans
Investment Seminar

A seminar on investments
will be sponsored by the Fair
fax County National Bank for
three successive Monday eve
nings starting March s, it was
announced by President Dale
H. Smith.
Sessions will be held from 8
to 10 pm. in the Franklin Sher-
man School at Mclean, Va,
and free registrations can be
made at the banks main office,
Z Corners or at its branch in
Mclean. They will be open to
anyone who registers.
Kenneth Hooley of Ferris &
Co., Washington members OF
the New York Stock Exchange,
will conduct the seminar.
Evening star., 1961-03-03

picking the man to manage
Central. Mr.. Stakeholder
(nicknamed Stede or JOSH ,
had abundant experience in
banking, merchandising and
credit.
A Born Salesman
A native of Highland Park,
Ill, Mr.. Stakeholder was grad
uated from Hyattsville High
School where he played foot
ball, and later studied law and
accounting at the American
Institute Of Banking.
He worked in several area
banks before the 1888 debacle
later joined Landsburgh's as
credit manager where he served
untA Mr.. Malasky hired him
away in 1852.
Mr.. Stakeholder is a natural
salesman. He's active in civic
groups and in public relations
for the Navy Reserve where he
holds commander rank. Last
month he again was elected
president Of the Credit Bureau
Inc, the only man to serve in
this post six years. He's also
chairman of the legislative
committee for the National Re-
tail Credit Association.
"Basically, we're professional
bookkeepers," he says of Cen
trail Charge.
Double Advantage
The service, located at 620
Eleventh street NV, offers
advantages to both consumer
and merchant. It provides local
shoppers with a credit card
Evening star., 1961-03-03
ADVERTISEMENT
For Men Only

Near 18th and X Streets, NV
Do you have a really fine
watch that is not giving you
the accuracy it should? Let us
help you. Our watchmakers
are of the old school care.
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Watch Repair Colleges of
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and years of practical expert.
ence and the most ethical
professional standards. Bring
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and we will end them
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jewelers.. 1905 X Street NV
Evening star., 1961-03-03
Split Is Proposed

NEW YORK, Mar. 8 (AP).-
Directors of Seton Leather Co.
OF Newark, N. j., yesterday pro-
posed a S for l common stock
split. 1t would be effective
March q if approved by stock
holders at the annual meeting
81.
Evening star., 1961-03-03
BY SAM DAWSON
Associated Press Business News Writer

NEW YORK, March a.
Stock brokers customers are
just as split as the politicians
on Capitol Hill as to whittier
the economy is going-and
why.
The question: Is the year
long downturn in general busi-
ness activity petering out? If
so, when will an upturn be
evident? And what will the
Government do about hasten
ing it?
The last question causes the
widest split in Wall Street
opinion. Strong opposing views
on what the Government will
do and what the effects will
be have fed the heavy trading
of late in the stock market.
The evenness of the split is
shown in the relatively unim-
preSsive changes in overall
stock prices.
In Washington the game Of
guessing when the business
downturn will end, and why it
will, is both economic and po-
litical.
Kennedy Has Hopes
President Kennedy stated the
administration view in his
Wednesday news conference.
He hopes (as do many in busi-
ness) that the economy will
move up in the spring and
summer. He has no statistical
evidence that an upturn has
taken place (some in Wall
Street see a few signs already .
He thinks predictions now are
premature wall Street dotes
on predictions and they are a
dime a dozen there now.
And in any case the Presi-
dent thinks his anti-recession
proposals are still necessary
and should be adopted.
But many on Capitol Hill
don't think they seem as ur-
gent now.
A large portion of business
opinion also holds that the
economy is set to cure itself
shortly.
And in the stock market
opinions as to the effects OF
Government measures are
widely split.
Some think the proposals
would be bad for business In
the long run after their TEN.
porary stimulus wore off. They
fear business profits would bt
cramped, taxes would rise, es.
pecially those governing capita
gains. Above all they fear an
other dose Of initiation. 81
many see this as a time to sci
stocks, take what profits the!
may have and wait and see.
The other school thinks Con
gresS is in a mood to pass legis'