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Evening star., 1961-12-31

But this is only beginning: what is
truly breathtaking is the thought that
now Europe and America are coming
closer. Together they uiu d'oa!f Russia
and eren mighty China.
Signs Of ussifcafiOn
What are the signs that indicate the
arrival, perhaps sooner than any Of us
think, of EURAM? Most significant, I
would say, is President Kennedy's an
Evening star., 1961-12-31

free governments and greater sacrifices,
if necessary, to this end"
Another step toward EURAM was
the appointment last November of Henry
Cabot Lodge as the first Director General
of the Atlantic Institute. Working with
Lodge are some of the most prominent
citizens of the western world. The idea
of Atlantic Union" has become respect
able - it's no longer just slogan.
Tie road to peace
The forefather of united Europe is
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luuCCu AOA tuC ANuSoA AohS
themselves.
eve will win the cold
war, or better still eliminate
the cold war, and get on the
road to peace by making a
working reality of what is
already real: the existence
of the greatest society in
the world, the partnership
of Europe and America.
1t is already happening. 1t
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without America, is already
a new world power. Six
nations now compose the
Common Market, and if
Britain enters in 1862, the
total population will be 220
millions, greater than either
the USA or the USSR. 1t
produces more coal, more
steel than either of the
Evening star., 1961-12-31
Tight s.: :'':::' ::::'

Snug Q brand Dem
ture Cushions are
a triumph Of SCI
ence. q sensational
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WATERS
WANTED
TWO MEN
WHO CAN SELL,

Long -established-growth territories
n Baltimore and Maryland with
the largest company OF its Kind
In America, To the right men
here is an excellent opportunity
for permanent careers with gem
uine potential for development.
Once accepted. the mortality rate
In our sales force Is practically
NIL. Substantial earnings. Sal
airy and commission during train
ing period. Protected territories
lnsures growing earnings on COM
mission and drawing account plus
incentives. Sales ability, GOOD
education (preferably college) and
aggressive personality required.
Reply to GEORGE CHAMBERS.
CO CCH, INC, 425 18th street
NV. WASHINGTON 4.
WAREHOUSEMEN. white, age 90
40: S75 week. Sober. Prefer con-
MsiT Tss Or hardware exper. SEE
AND q NV, Ma. S-234O
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CLAIMS EXAMINER, ms, firm,
pref. college bkGrd;. NO exp: nee
AGCY., 1884 Wilson blvd, ia
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CLERK-TYPISTS
,300-$4,2OO
We have several openings
for girls with tipping. BE-
GINNERS AND EXPERT
ENCED. Salary depends
on ability.
NATIONAL EMPL. SERV.
A Division of MESSING
1912 K st. NV. Elk. 3--727O
COLLEGE TRAINEES, white, 2 yrs.
college to grads. some for jr.
examiners. others for info, re-
cepts., 5 days. immediate. Years
salary averages high. Training to
S290-S300 for few months. I'M
mediate. v. WOOD PERSONNEL.
SOB 18th st. NV. at H, Southern
Bldg. Suite 3O3. DI. 1852
COOK. SHORT-ORDER with cafe
terra counter experience: must be
neat and have refs: closed Suns.
ZORMANS CAFETERIA, 1869 N.
Y. ave. ne. opposite Hecht's ware
house,
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CLERICAL

Sears Arlington store has one open.
ing in the credit department
tipping will be helpful. Work q 40.
hour. 5-day week and receive
Sears outstanding company bene.
fits when you qualify. Apply ir
person.
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
$500 Wilson Blvd. Arlington. Va
CLERK for general office duties
will train willing person In ligh
bkkpg. procedures, some tipping
ct Wis. circle: to $3.50.
SUBURBAN PERSONNEL
$40 Georgia Ave. 9. 8. JU. 9-819t
CLERK, white: assembly. checking
t on suf IL s sss sssn M Rsn spE Es2fE
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BOOKKEEPER

BOOKKEEPER
Excel. oppty for exper. person with
well-known real estate firm. Must
be capable and able to get along
with people. Salary to start 1890.
Fields Agcy., Elk. 3-25O8
604 Sheraton Bldg, I'll 14th NV.
BKKPRS. = Accts. Payable; also
Accts. Receiyable; near ne.
ABBEY PERSONNEL, 1888 Eye NV.
BKKPR. MACH. OPRS.
EfgsElsnssa q ntEsinses To $500
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1O11 Conn. Ave. NV.
700 N. Taylor st., Arlington. We,
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BANK TRAINEES, excel career oo.
portunity for young his. grads
g0od with figures; start $685..
ABBEY PERSONNEL, 1888 Eye N W
BEAUTICIAN, HAIR STYLISH, sal.
ary open. plus commission, ia
5-261S: ewes. Sun. Pc. 7-94S9.
BEAUTICIAN-Exp. man or woman
lge;, busy salon. Call Mr.. Bernard,
IS30 Eastern ave. NV, RIA. g.
S035; ewes or Sun, RA. 3-0as6
BEAUTICIAN MANAGER, for beau.
~ salon, with at least Q years OF
experience. Also 9 experience
beauty operators-hair stylists. ST
3-3906. MARY sANFTNER
BEAUTICIAN, man or woman. ex
perienced only. Apply GABRIEL
BEAUTICIAN, hair stylist. ane
part-time shampoo girl; OPENING
new Oriental salon. Langley Park
Can Mr.. ALBERT, days, LA
9-l3e4: ewes. HA. 2.1632.
BEAUTICIAN, exper., full or pari
time: salary and commission: be.
tween Springfield and Telegraph
I'd. FL. 4-31l1.
BEAUT!CIAN; Salary and com; 8.
s5al Conn. ave. c. c. Nd. ASH
BEAUTICIANs, ladies OF men, WITH
following for modern Falls Church
salon. Guaranteed salary pluI
comm. JE. 2.Sl60. il. 3-sS4S.
BEAUTY OPERATOR, exper., perm
Dos. start immed., S75 guar. and
commission. DI. 7-0l87,
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WINDOW CLEANER and floor wax
er.. Only experienced need apply,
Can HE. 4-3771 after s pm,
WINDOW DRESSER
experienced. Pleasant working con-
ditions. Salary good. See Nj, Sill
vermen. SURPLUS SALES CO.,
Wa Penna. ave. NV.
YOUNG MAN. rs yrs. or under
min. of bachelor degree in &C
counting req. Some exper. SlOC
Wk,, to start: 40 hrs. Diversified
work In property MANAGEMENT anc
construction. Modern Silver SprinS
office bldg. Call MR.. FRANCIS
YOUNG MAN for traffic dutiei
and other general office work
must be . hustler. Write Boz
YOUNG MAN, for radio Dispatch
ing: knowledge Of Metropolitan
Area; some office work entaiied,
paid vacation. disqualification in
surance profit sharing. Apply
LUIS Florida ave. ne. See Mr..
GARLMGTON.
YOUNG MEN-smali company has
varied positions for men (whiteJ +.
500 DER mo-; 8 ewes. weekly. State
age. marital status, hours avail
able and any other helpful infor-
nation. Write P, O. Box 561R
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BOOKkEEPER
Asst. but not o trainee. Busy Of
flee in new dntn. bldg. Age to 40,
good ben, 5 days. Start $3.50.
MT. Wise. SMELLING AGcY.. sos
14th st. NV.
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PERSONNEL
RECEPTIONIST

4SGSG4 44N<AN404
I need an ambitious girl who can
type and has light shorthand &c
be trained in personnel. After
training you will earn around
etc. BETTY GRAY. Exclusively
for Girls" (empD. 211 woodward
Building. ST. a-7123.
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YOUNG MEN

Sears large service department Is
In need Of several mechanically
minded young men to learn appli-
ance servicing. Some mechanica al
experience helpful but not neces-
sary. Participate in Sears famous
employe benefits when you ouali-
" some include merchandise
discount. paid holidays and va
cation, retirement program and
many more. Apply In person.
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
$500 v At. NE
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Wheaton Empl. Service

WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR want
ed for Alexandria. Arlington OF
FAIRFAX County By national
known manufacturer Of household
and cosmetic line. Qualifications:
successful house to house expert
ence. ability to learn to recruit.
train dealer organization. Unusual
opportunity Tor qualified man in
write W. T. RAWLEIGH COM
PANY. DCA-12-WD-O3. Richmond,
Va.
WILL YOU WEAR new suits. sport
coats without one penny cost and
agree to show them to friends?
You can make big commissions
every day even in spare time; with
out eanvassing. PIONEER TAI
LORlNG CO, Congress & Throop
Sts.' Dept. T-1237. Chicago z. Ill.
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ALLEN-O 'BRIEN

1&0& N. Y. Ave. NV, RE. 7-7290
Where You Get Service
ADM. SECYS. to 5000
Top skills and personality.
SECY. ASSN. $3.50
1-girl office. Conn. and K.
|SECY., FEE PD. - 81, $40
National corp. Conn. and X.
SECY. -BKKPR. $4,000
SECY., FEE PD. $4,68O
RECEIPT. SECY. $4,6s0
JR. ACCT. CLKS. to SIS
RECEPTIONIST SIC
Young. attrac., knowl. tipping.
JR. SECRETARY $68
Airlines, know shorthand. Alex.
elk. TYPIST to SIS
ASSOCIATED PERSONNEL
1927 K ST. NV. ST. 3-e52O
ADMIN. sECY.-Nat. assn. COM
pose cores, handle cow, details:
persons sTsonsbl H;,B, day. ; 70 a sss P0-
T sSa siSdl Eh Ari.. 5H' $1,000 Will
ADM. SECRETARY $50. 600
Top skills. white. presentable,
A g1dss % snE years Gi.x .zs.sss
9 6flIee work. good t'Di''' s'n'rh
CASHIER (day hrs) ------&60
Attrac., white. downtown,
CLERK-TYPIST (downtown) --S75
65-76 Epm; interesting Job:
White. Intelligent. h.s.grad.
BKKPG. MACH. OPR. ------S65
MGR or Burroughs.
INDEXER tCHEM $50. 500
BIS or better, Observation-Disclosures
ensrg. Or physics emphasis or
exper.-isb. exper.. lit. or patent
searching. Interpret and analyzc
SECRETARY fsSsisri DOWNTOWN $4,000 up
sShd.. 1910 typins. Zen General HIt Of.
flee duties. heavy tipping.
SECRETARY (downtown) 800
To 80 yrs. good skills, ga yrs.
:, exper;; al benefits; retirement;
~ % yLs., pIeecutaples EUOu typ-
p "a T TIsE Ei Inv people benefits, "a
i HS.s' " 15-s PM shhd. So
SAFES izDs &C CONN. BAs1s) 1000 mo.
Potential. Must have car and
want to work. Com. field. Wonder
full ,opport. for real salesman.
Excel. territory. Full or part time.
, PEG GREENwAY AGENCY
81 f4@c las. n + Ave. NV. n suite IL IL
ADM. SECYS. to 900
Select position in PUBLIC RE-
m 6uttSHIi SAf EMsAs s5hH AM ANT;
COMMERCIAL OFFICES.
EXEC. SECY. 900
Executive ls.. ., level; high csliber per
CORPORATION S48O
Exec. ofc.: top echelon contact.
|LEGAL-------to $4,000
1ntl:;, Anti.Trusti Criminal.
Capitol Hill st. 81, 800
Senate and House side.
- -
Presidents office.
Dlctaphone Secy. 500
RECEIPTS. to 500
GIRL FRIDAYS $500
Cap: Hill; ADV: Trade Org.
CLk.-TYPISTS-- to 500
CLERKS ------$6O-$7O
MANY OTHERS
ROOM 227
woodward Bldg, 18th and II NV,
Annette D. Tatelman
RE. 7-4414
ALTO SoLOIST ct $50 per month.
Also alto for chorus ct S25.
Episcopal Church choir, Gail EN-.
Z-35Sl sun. eve, or De. 2-383S
ASsEMBLERs-Elec.: white; Ia
yrs. exper; pref, handling color
inmed. v. WOOD PERSONNEL.
800 10Th st. NV. at H Southern
Bldg suite 800, DI. 7-5752. See
ASSISTANT rental resident man
&c sssr o for sAlexsndEia apt, bidss;; ;
sHEAlRsEiaRS.' VIZ va. l4S 1osS6. MR.
ATTRACTIVE GIRL, over 81, to
wear costume and sit in red velvet
swing few hours nightly: excel.
pay. Apply In person SO4 14th st.
NV. CASINO ROYAL, INC.
AVON SIS from idle hrs. use spare
time while children are In school.
"AvON LADIES" (1O) needed, full
or part time in selected territory.
BANK CLERK, attractive, h. 8.
graz s,l' AVER 1la seegr. ,tyRs.. 8 days.
1884 Wilson blvd. Arl.. IA. $4,000.
Evening star., 1961-08-21
ON WHEELS
Anyone for the Road?
By CHARLES YARBRoUeH

At the risk of derisive snorts
from intimate friends, let's
look at an experts logical ac-
cusation that the modern party
host plays a significant role
in encouraging drunken driv-
ing.
A man with the possibly
enViable title of Director of the
Drinking Practices Study for
California says, again with
logic that an important part
of drunken driving occurs
when normal" people leave
the social setting and head for
home.
Ira H. CiSin shows infinite
knowledge of his subjects. THE
proper guest co-operates in
making it easy for the host
to play his defined role: That
of pressing drinks upon his
guests.
The party host who tries to
Evening star., 1961-08-21
C-E-I-R Sales Rise
But Eorninqs Decline

C-E-I-R, Inc, Arlington, Va,
research company, reported a
spectacular rise in sales but a
net loss in earnings for the
first six months of it's fiscal
year ending March 81.
Herbert w. Robinson, board
chairman and president, said
sales Jumped by 165 per cent to
$5,364,581 for the period from
$2,027,477 for the same six
months last year.
But the company suffered a
net loss of $154,088 in this
years first half. The like pc
riod in 1860 saw a net loss of
S277,948.
Mr.. Robinson attributed the
loss to non recurring costs
caused by starting of new data
processing centerS, a drop in
commercial use of computerS
due to last winters severe
weather, and Improbable op-
erations of three companies
recently merged into C-E-I-R.
The data processing and re-
search firm has been acquiring
other companies at a rapid
rate. In recent months it has
added American Research Bu-
reau and it's subsidiary. ARB
Surveys; Facts Consolidated; !;
an interest in Centre Francois
de Recherche objectionable
and Computer Service, Inc,
Boston concern.
C-E-I-R is moving rapidly
away from dependence on gov
eminent business. Mr.. Robin
Evening star., 1961-08-21
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Aug. 81 (APl (UsDA).-
Hogs 5000; moderately active, butchers
steady; sows steady to 25 higher; good
shipping demand: mixed l-2 and
mixed 1-3 10000 lbs 1S.75-19. 90;
liberal showing mostly l-2 20O-23O
lbs at 1900: mixed 23 10000 lbs
1S.50-1S.S5; a shipment 2-3 $50 lbs
at 1925: a shipment 3s around 325
lbs at 1900; mixed 1-3 10000 lbs
lS.00-1S.76; mixed 1-3 100000 lb
sows 15.25-17.50: l-2 2S0-32O lbs
l7.59-17.75; % 4OO-55O lbs 14.00-
Cattle 10000; calves none: slaugh-
ter steers slow, steady to IS lower,
some sales weights over 1850 lbs SO
lower; heifers % to so lower: cows
stAldy to 25 higher; bulls steady:
other classes scarce; load lots choice
and prime 900-1,4 400 ID steers $3.50
25.75; few loads 1,40O-l,7O0 lbs
22. 2.50-24.2h; good 900-1,350 lbs 1925
%. 80; utility and standard 2O.5O-
%. .25; choice heifers 2225-23.25; sew
eral loads high choice ana mixed choice
and prime 23.50-23 so: good 81 90
22.00; utility ard standard 1925
81 90; cutter, utility and commercial
cows 14.75-17.50; Gamers 1900
1850; utility and commercial bulls
1S.Q0-21. 90: few good and choice
10000: a load of good $50 ID feeding
steers 24.0O.
Evening star., 1961-08-21

statement of policy that might
make Berlin negotiations more
difficult.
Included in the upswing were
$25 million of rail equipment
for Bulgaria; SIT million of
synthetic rubber for Russia,
Poland, Hungary and Rumania; !;
100000 of industrial instru-
ments for Russia, Hungary and
Czechoslovakia; $95,0OO of coal
tar products for Hungary and
Czechoslovakia; $4,000 of car
bon black for Czechoslovakia;
$35, 900 of industrial and Spe-
ciality chemicals for Czecho-
Slovakia, Hungary and East
Germany, and $4,000 of pipe
valves for Russia and Poland.
The department ruled that
none of these proposed ship
ments would endanger national
security. Export regulations
prohibit shipments to Iron
Curtain countries of goods cal
culated to increase their war;
making potential.
Evening star., 1961-08-21
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Business Failures in July
totaled 1,275, a 10-month low
and dollar losses dropped to
$69.2 million, lowest in IL
months.
Bankers Acceptances over
the nation reached a record
high of $2,3OO,837, 900 in July,
according to the Federal Re-
serve Bank of New York.
Pac. Gas g. Electric Co. has
received a 50-year license from
the Federal Power Commission
to build an 1857 million power
project on the McCloud and Pit
Rivers in Shasta County. Calf.
Allis Chalmers Mfg. Co. an
nounced it has received orders
for two steam turbine-genera-
tor units to cost $4,650,000.
Evening star., 1961-08-21

minimize his guests drinking
is regarded as stingy and runs
the risk of becoming the tar
get OF gossip. The correct host
stages a kind of alcoholic pot
latch, making sure that every
one has a glass and that
no glass is PERMITTED to re-
main empty.
1t is not the hosts Job to
worry about how his guests
will get home"
Not without sense of
humor, Mr.. Cisin looks over
possibilities for social control
over the problem of drunk
driving:
Creation of party pools
and do-it-yourself kits for self.
evaluation and treatment be-
fore driving home from social
events.
All this calls to mind a most
effective observation on the
fallacy that black coffee will
sober up a drunk. In a recent
book called The Common
sense Book of Drinking" Leon
ID. Adams observes that all you
have on your hands after feed
ing a drunk black coffee is a
wide awake drunk instead of a
sleepy one.
He also says that the only
thing you usually can do bet
ter after a number of drinks
is 60 to Sleep"
Rising costs are catching up
with the -VOlkswagen. The
Alternative Industries News
Letter quotes Heinz Nordhoff,
general director of the Ger
man firm as agreeing that ris-
ing costs make higher prices
ulSClIlCG possibility.
The News Letter says OBJ
servers feel new prices will be
announced in the fall.
4 -
The towns newest automo-
tive service teams up Ralph
LOmax and Wesley Padgett who
have a combined 81 years in
the business. Both formerly
were with Stanley Horner
Buick.
Along with an imposing ar
ray of front end, brake and
motor analyzing equipment,
they're with LOmax and COOIick
at the rear of Thirteenth and
M streets NV.
Evening star., 1961-08-21

Kennedy's address to the Ma
ton on Berlin. .
This increase caused concern
and embarrassment to the
administration.
Without any formal change
in export control regulations,
the administration already has
forced a showdown in trade with
Communist bloc nations.
In the three weeks before
Mr., Kennedy's July 25 radio
TVs speech on the Berlin crisis,
the Commerce Department
authorized shipment of $75O,196
in American goods to the Soviet
Union and her satellites.
With department officials
apparently. continuing to take
a buSiness-aS-usual attitude
after the Kennedy talk, the
licensing total scared to S.
278,566 in the next three weeks.
This increase came despite
the attitude of their boss, Sec
retary of Commerce Hodges
expressed in an August 8 news
conference:
II think the whole tempo and
temper of our people in the
last six or eight weeks has
changed toward the question of
any kind of trade with Russia" "
AS a result of several meet
ings this month between Mr..
Hodges and Secretary of State
Rusk, there already has been
a dip in licenses issued.
Mr.. Rusk and Mr.. Hodges,
however, do not favor any new
legislation to curtail trade with
Iron Curtain nations. They be-
lieve it can be controlled
effectively by administrative
discretion. This would avoid a
Evening star., 1961-08-21

GlfSt nall.
The total compares with
$28,590,686 sales of the first
six months of last year. Net
income amounted to $887,7 ,773
compared with $3,457,097 for
the period in 1860.
Under the control of Louis
E. Wolfson, who was chairman
Of the old Capital Transit Co.,
Universal Marion in the last
five years diversified into real
estate investment and manu-
facture of power shovels. steel
and pipes. Its principal Of
ficeS are now in Jacksonville,
Fla.
The report noted that the
earnings in the first six months
of this year equalled Sc cents
a share, compared with $1.54
for the period last year.
Last January the company
sold a 12.000-acre Florida tract
known as Tampa Hills for
nearly SO million. The buyer,
Del Webb, is co-owner of the
New York Yankees baseball
team. He later announced
plans to develop it as a retire
ment village south of Tampa.
Evening star., 1961-08-21
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Disappearing Masterpieces
BY SYLVIA PORTER

The boom explains the
why" But how are the thieves
getting away with it?
Experts figure that within
hours after a painting has
been stolen, it has been flown
out of the country by chartered
plane and one thing is sure
the thieves and the buyers
never are in the same country.
A stolen masterpiece may pass
through dozens of hands with
in a matter of weeks. An art
thief can arrange to have the
painting "fiXed"-by a cut in
its size or a change in the sig
nature, etc.-so that even the
shrewdest dealer will hesitate
to identify it as a stolen can
vas. It's comparatively easy to
do this with the moderns be-
cause most of them have done
so many similar versions of q
single work.
Who's buying? Where are
masterpieces being unloaded?
This must be strictly guess
work but in a discussion of
this a few weeks ago, THE
Insiders Newsletter" guessed
that many of the stolen works
are disappearing behind the
Iron Curtain, going to mu-
seums or wealthy Commun-
ist leaders who prefer art to
liquid assets, since big bank
accounts are regarded with Of
ficial diSfavor." South America
is placed second only to the
Iron Curtain countries and
adds the newsletter, wealthy
Latin American collectors are
eager for art, but for tax rea-
sons, South American purchas-
erS rarely publicize their ac-
quisitions, or send them to
museums.
Each successful art theft ap-
parently encourages more rob-
berries.
distributed 1861 by The Hall Syndi-
cate, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Evening star., 1961-08-21
August Output.
Of Steel Nav
ShoW5% Gain

CLEVELAND, Aug. 81 CAP)
= Steel market analysts are
making upward revisions in
estimates of steel production
for August and the third quar-
ter, Steel magazine reported
today.
They're looking for the
August total to be 5 per cent
above July's and equal to the
8.5 million ingot tons poured
in June" the weekly metal
working journal said. The
magazine also forecast that
production this week will be
higher for the fourth straight
week with output slightly ex-
ceeding the estimated 1925, 900
tons produced last week.
THE upward trend reflects
stronger demand from ap-
pliance makers, the conStruc-
ton industry (including pipe
lineS) and small users who are
starting to consume steel at a
faster rate" Steel said. The
magazine said Steelmakers also
are looking for an avalanche
Of orders from auto makers
after new labor contracts are
signed. 1t added:
THE car companies have
enough steel on hand to start
production of their new models
some probably have enough
metal to last them through
September-but they're going
to need more in a hurry if
they're to sustain a produc-
tion rate of 100000 to 100000
cars a month"
Despite the possibility of
higher steel prices in October,
when industry wage rates go
up Z to 10 cents an hour, Steel
said consumers aren't hedging.
Evening star., 1961-08-21

Not in memory has the world
of art been hit by a series of
theftS so daring, so audacious,
so successful as those of the
past few months in France and
the United States. This is rob-
berry in the grandest of man
ners, and makes you wonder
where can the thieves unload
masterpieces known the world
over.
At AK en- Provence IN
Southern France a week ago
yesterday, thieves broke into
an exhibition hall and stole
eight paintings of the French
post -impressionist master, Paul
Cezanne. The value of the haul
was unoffically estimated at
$4,000, ,000-pluS.
On July &c irl Saint -Tropez
on the French Riviera, thieves
stole 81 masterpieces from the
Annonciada Museum. Among
these were paintings by
MatiSse, Bonnard, Utrillo,
Derain, Duffy, WILLARD and
Vlaminck.
At Saint-Paul-de- Vence on
the Riviera. two burglaries of
private collections involved 43
paintings with an estimated
value of 100000. All of these
paintings have been retrieved
for the collectors, though. In
Pittsburgh in late July, 10 mod
ernS valued at 100000 to
100000 were stolen from the
home of a retired millionaire
collector.
The major reason is the art
boom of the postwar period
a boom which dwarfs the
climb in prices of stocks, real
estate, other familiar invest
ment mediums. Franz Pick, the
international currency expert,
estimates that since 1945, the
"blue chips" among the i'm
presSioniSt anu post-impress-
ionist paintings have scared
1000 per cent and more! Until
1858, the rise in prices of these
canvases was running so to
100 per cent a year. In the
first six months of 1861, prices
in this group of paintings have
jumped another $3.50 per cent
Nothing beats this stuff,
nothing" says Mr.. Pick. "And
museums all over want the
i'm mpre sSionist and post
impresSioniSt leaders, are ca
berly seeking them. Once a
painting is bought by a mu-
scum, it disappears from the
market and the supply is
limited"