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Evening star., 1961-04-16

ton If it is to survive. Therefore
every bit of available capital
should be invested in heavy in
dustry.
Scant attention has been paid
to developing those industries
(such as chemical fertilizer and
insecticide) that could help agri-
culture. Instead. the Communist
regime has relied solely on its
huge labor supply of 500 million
peasants to produce the necessary
food.
Intensive Cultivation
There are so many peasants
that they till the soil in the same
manner a Washingtonian takes
care of his garden. Weeds are
handpicked, and every piece of
ground is gone over painstakingly.
Such labor intensive" cultivation
is effective to point, but experts
believe lit is not substitute for
capital investment.
The most vaunted labor inten-
sive" innovation has been the
commune program, in which peas
ants are forced to live and work
like soldiers. Private property is
at a bare minimum, and peasants
are even denied the right to eat in
their own homes. Communal mess
halls have been set up to provide
an effective way of rationing food.
The communes also are used to
mobilize manpower for large con-
struction projects such as dams
and irrigation works. Reports
from China, however, indicate the
communes have so sapped peasant
Evening star., 1961-04-16

agencies. The newest idea this
group will study is creation of a
revolving fund fed by fees charged
for parking on some II 400 Gov
Uncontrolled spaces down.
town. Added parking facilities
would be built with the fund.
This idea will be implemented
only if four other more conven-
tional schemes fail to meet park
ing space needs, according to Mr..
Moore. These four are expanded
use of mass transit, increased car
pooling, more fringe parking and
rate adjustments from private lot
owners for space needed by Fed
eral employees.
I'VE are proceeding to investi-
gate. and, to the extent possible,
implement these recommendation
first" Mr.. Moore disclosed. After
we have gone as far as we can in
this direction-znd if a Federal
space need still existS-We will re-
consider other recommendations
including that of financing
new lots through a revolving
fund"
Evening star., 1961-04-16
Few Outside Interests

Mr.. Moore says his work leaves
little time for other interests, al
though he and his wife are ardent
football fans. He played himself,
end and guard, for Villanova,
where he was graduated IN 1925.
He is now So. He also attended
Pennsylvania State, University Of
Maryland and WestcheSter PaD
State Teachers College, studying
public administration and educa-
tion. He coached football at
Drexel Institute of Technology.
In 1850, he joined the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania administra-
ton as controller, became acting
business manager in 1854 and,
later that year, vice president. He
was born in Greeley, Nebr.
In a sense, his work at GSA is
similar to his experience at the
University of Pennsylvania, where
he was in charge Of purchases,
personnel and construction.
Evening star., 1961-04-16
Some New Buildings

Three new buildings-at Fourth,
Sixth, C streets and Maryland
avenue S.W.; at Second, Third
and D streets S.W., southwest of
the Health, Education and We'll
fare Department, and along Inde-
pendence avenue bcween Sixth
and Ninth streets S.W.-all we're
located to encourage building and
set the tone of the southwest
urban renewal area.
In selecting future sites, We
will certainly keep renewal planR
in mind" Mr.. Moore promised.
He promised, too, to watch Fed
eral construction on the east side
of Lafayette Square. Attempts
still under way locally and in Con"
greSs to save the Dolly Madison
and Benjamin Tayloe houses and
the old Belasco Theater there
have not impressed Mr.. Moore.
They hardly could be expected
to since President Kennedy and
Congress favor building new ex-
ecutive offices there. Mr.. Moore
seems determined, however, to
carry out his responsibilities under
the law to plan a building with
garden areas, setbacks and ma
terialS designed to retain the at
mosphere of the historic square
across Pennsylvania avenue from
the White House.
II believe that Lafayette Square
can be vastly improved by flank
ing it with new buildings carefully
designed and executed to preserve
it's character" he said. Mr.. Moore,
shortly after assuming office,
hiked around the square with an
artist friend of the Presidents to
assess the area and designs for q
new building there.
Evening star., 1961-04-16
PORTRAIT OF GsA's HEAD
Simple Approach in Big Affairs

Franklin Floete was ruminating in
his final months in office over a
possible need to create a new
agency to make sure diSpoSalS
were managed without waste. He
felt need for closer Federal-local
communication.
From my observations, would
say that GSA, even at the present
time, gives very serious conSidera-
ton to the wishes and plans of a
community in disposing of surplus
Government property" Mr.. Moore
said.
Naval Weapons Plant
Cases is point in Washington
have been the Naval Weapons
Plant due to be vacated by the
Navy in 1862 and Boiling Air Force
Base, where activities are sbeing
shifted to Air Force Base.
Mr.. Moore did not go into plans
for either of these properties.
But he did say, Il have spent
much of my initial weeks with this
agency reviewing with representa-
tiveS of various communities just
this type of situation. We want to
know their plans and we want to
work with them"
Shortly after the written inter-
view with Mr. Moore, President
Kennedy urged that Boiling be
used for a permanent interna-
tional trade center, an idea with
strong local support.
Whether Mr.. Moore helps his
chief make such decisions, the
new administrator is not saying.
He can. however, considerably IA
cilitate or impede sensible COM
munity uses of surplus Govern
ment property by his policy in this
area.
Note on Architecture
Architecture of Federal build
ings, and consequently the mood
of the central city, also can be
fixed in large measure by Mr..
Moore. He believes in variety of
design, gagged to function, COM
munity atmosphere and beauty.
Are you satisfied generally with
. the architecture of Federal build
ingS in Washington" he was
asked. Should we economic
more? Should we build grander
buildings? Should GSA integrate
Federal buildings more with local
redevelopment and renewal pro-
gramS?"
Il am no architect, as you may
know, so in answer to the first
part of your question: speak only
as citizen" Mr.. Moore replied.
In architecture I am not an
advocate of the classic, the tradi-
tional or the modern-I recognize
the merits of all of them. I like
the grandeur and solidity of the
more massive buildings on the
Federal Triangle and believe that
any future construction in that
area should complement that
which already is there-as the new
Museum of History and Tech
nology is designed to do.
However, in other parts Of the
city, as. those bordering on or
within areas for redevelopment, I
think that for appearance sake as
well as economy and efficiency of
Government operations, a func-
tional style of architecture is ap-
propriate since the area will de-
velop along contemporary lines.
Il sincerely believe there is room
for some variety in the architec-
tral treatment of new Federal
buildings. Whichever style we Sc
lect for a given area should be
appropriate, pleasing to the eye,
suitable to the function the build
ing will perform. and a credit to
the community" he added.
LAS for a tie-in with local re-
development, we are doing that
right now"
Evening star., 1961-04-16
Surplus Property DISPOSED

Mr.. Moore was less precise about
how the Government gears dis
posal of surplus property to COM
munity needs. DiSpoSals pose
growing problem because the Fed
eral Government is pulling out Of
more and more defense installa-
tions rendered obsolete by tech
biological advances.
Former GSA Administrator
Evening star., 1961-11-03
Lumber Association
Will Meet Here

The seth annual meeting of
the National Lumber Manufac-
turers Association will be held
in Washington Monday through
Wednesday next week and
leaders Of this industry from
all parts of the United States
will attend.
Dedication of the Forest In
dustries Building, new national
headquarters of the association,
at 1919 Massachusetts, avenue
NV. will be a convention
highlight at 4::30 pm. Monday
afternoon. Senator John l..
Mcclellan of Arkansas will be
principal speaker for the cere-
mony.
The associations board OF
directors will meet Wednesday
following more than two days
of meetings of standing and
special committees.
A. Bristow Hood, association
president, and Bryson Rash
NBC news commentator, will
address a Tuesday luncheon.
Vernon c. Myers, publisher of
Look Magazine, will speak at a
Wednesday luncheon.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
AF Awards
SAB Million
Contracts

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (AP).-
Air Force contracts totaling
nearly 1892 million were an
nounced today by four compa-
nies active in the defense field
The largest, for $17,748,000
went to General Motors Corp
for T56 turbo-prop engines anc
related material for C130 air.
craft. Martin-Marietta Co. got
a Sl7.04 million contract for
work on the Titan Interconti-
mental Ballistic Missile.
A 6 million supplemental con-
tract went to international
Telephone & Telegraph Co. for
research and development stud
les on worldwide communica-
tions. RADIO Corp. of America
won a $2.5 million contract for
a ballistic missile early warn
ing system Recommendation pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
ICC Won't DeIuy
Merger Hearings
BY the Associated Press

The Interstate Commerce
Commission refused yesterday
to grant another postponement
in hearings on the proposed
merger Of the Great Northern
Northern Pacific and Chicago
Burlington & Quincy Railroads
Vice Chairman Rupert l.
Murphy handed down the brief
decision saying it was based
upon consideration of the rec
ord" The postponement had
been sought by opponents OF
the merger in order to prepare
their case against the plan.
Asking the delay were the
Minnesota Railroad & Ware
house Commission, The Rail-
way Labor Executives AsSocia-
ton, the State of Washington,
and the Chicago, Milwaukee,
st. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co.
Evening star., 1961-11-03

Central petitions for authority
to unite with the financially
straitened Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad.
The Central, striving to head
off isolation in the developing
railroad merger picture, also
has asked to be taken into a
Norfolk & Western Railroad
expansion proceeding, stimuli
taneously being heard by the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
1T was the Central that broke
off negotiations with the Penn
sylvania nearly three years ago
after IA months of study.
Mr.. Perlman indicated then
he thought the Central, lust
getting into the swing Of an
extensive modernization pro-
gram, could strike a better
bargain if it waited a few years
until Improvements began to
pay off.
AS things stand now, the
Central is more than S25 mil
lion in the red on operations so
far this year. The Pennsy has
run up a deficit about half that
size.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
New Merger ToIks Seen
BY Pennsy and Central

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 CAP)-
The Pennsylvania and New
York Central railroads, with
combined assets Of SIS billion
repeatedly are talking merger
again after a lapse dating from
January, 1859.
Spokesman for both raj
giants neither affirmed nor de-
MED it, referring all inquiries
to James NJ. Symes, Pennsy
chairman, and Alfred E. Perl
man, Central president, who
we're unavailable.
However, the Central board
of directors, which ordinarily
would not meet until near the
end Of the month, was sum-
m oned into session next
Wednesday-presumably for 6
fill-in on Symes-Perlman con-
versationS.
Only a month ago, Mr.. Symes
expressed willingness to re-
sumo negotiations. Queried
then, Mr.. Perlman said he was
not interested.
Mr.. Symes appeared as a
witness for the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway at hearings in
Washington on rival c & o and
Evening star., 1961-11-03
Treasury Lists
; Choices for
Refunding

The Treasury yesterday an
nounced plans for refunding 81
million of 212 per cent Treasury
bonds and raising $500 million
of additional cash.
Holders of Sc, ,963 900 of bonds,
which mature November Is and
were issued originally in Febru-
ary, 1854, were given the right
to exchange them for any of
the following securities:
A 3H per cent note dated
November Is, 1861, and due
February is, 1868. at par.
An additional amount of 334
per cent Treasury bonds of 1866,
originally issued November IS,
1860. maturing May Is, 1866, in
the amount of $1,213,000,000 at
99.75, with interest from No.
vember IS. 1861, to yield about
3.81 per cent.
An additional amount Of
3B per cent bonds Of 1874,
originally issued on December
p, 1857. maturing November IS.
1914, in the amount of 1854
million, at $50 with interest
from November is, 1861, to
yield about 3.87 per cent.
Subscription books will be
open on November 6 through
November 9 for receipt of sub
scriptions. This is a longer Pc
riod than usual because of OBJ
servance of Tuesday as election
day in three Federal Reserve
Districts, New York, Philadel-
phia and Richmond.
Robert Roosa, Undersecretary
Of the Treasury briefed news
men on the financing and said
the Federal debt is expected
to end the calendar year 1861
at around $685. billion and
will be at about the same level
at the close of the fiscal year
next June 80.
Seasonal requirements in the
first half of the next fiscal year
starting next July / will make
an increase in the debt limit
necessary, he predicted.
He said the Treasury hopes
the long-term bonds offered in
the refunding will attract de-
mand SO that concentration of
Federal debt in short maturi-
ties can be relieved somewhat.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
Banks Report
EmbezzIemeni
Losses Rise

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 CAP).--
Bank losses through embezzle-
ment during the first half Of
the year exceeded IS per cent
of the record total for all of
1860, the American Bankers As
sociation reported. -
Loss by fraud from January
through June, counting only
cases involving over $4,000
each, amounted to $S,557,22s
compared with the 1860 12-
month figure Of $10,l09, ,698.
There were IS embezzlements
in the latest period compared
with the one-year high Of Ill
last year.
The figures were contained
in the annual report Of the
associations insurance and
protective committee.
Chairman Thomas F. Glavey
said the upward trend in losses
should not be taken to imply
any widespread wave Of en-
bezzlements by bank personnel.
The uncovering of most dishon-
est acts of officers and en-
ployes before losses reach ca
tastrophic amounts reflects the
effectiveness of audit and other
loss preventive meas
ures."
He noted that of the S.5
in employe defalcation
losses of $4,000 or more, more
than $5.5 million was discov-
cred in five banks. .
The report mentioned gross
losses of $2,175,000, $1,412,145,
$685,758 and $485,938 without
identifying the banks involved.
OF the 65 losses reported
seven exceeded the amount Of
insurance held. During all of
1860 there were only six banks.
not fully insured. ~=
Evening star., 1961-11-03
Auto Production Off
4.4 Pct. for Week

DETROIT, Nov. 3 (AP).-
Automotive News said domestic
automakers will assemble 152,-
327 autos this week, down "A
per cent from last week.
The total will be At higher
than the las ,422 cars built in
the same week a year ago, the
agency said.
Automotive News said truck
output for the week will total
26,865 units, up 5.4 per cent over
the 25,479 assembled a week
earlier and 49.4 per cent higher
than the 1898 units built in
the same week of 1860.
Evening star., 1961-11-03

of the Suburban Trusts 1850
club a year ago.
Some Of the sharp gain was
due to Suburban's merger OF
two other banks in the last
year.
Suburban was the fourth
area institution to announce
Christmas club distributions in
the last week and raised the
total to nearly SIS million with
many more millions to be added
to this flood of buying power
for Christmas shoppers.
Officials of Suburban Trust
Co. emphasized the Importance
Of safety for Christmas club
savings. Suburban Trust is
insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp. up to $4,000
Of every account.
AL District Of Columbia and
most area banks are insured by
the FDIC. All savings and loan
associations belonging to the
District Savings & Loan League
are insured by the Federal Saw
ings & Loan Insurance Corp.
and most Of the larger and
older associations in Maryland
and Virginia also are insured
by this agency.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
Bank of Commerce
Pays Out S606,000

The Bank of Commerce has
distributed $606.000 to $500
members Of its 1861 Christmas
club. President Thomas j.
Groom announced today.
Checks were mailed several
days ago and Mr.. Groom
pointed out it has been the
banks policy for many years to
mail the Christmas savings
checks well in advance Of the
holiday rush to permit men,
bers to do their shopping early
and leiSurely.
The banks 1861 club was
opened at the main office and
all branches several days ago
and a substantial membership
already has been indicated.
Mr.. Groom said large sums
OF money saved annually in
Christmas clubs across the
Evening star., 1961-11-03
WeinscheI Equipment
Selected by Sweden

Sweden's Research Institute
of National Defense has selected
the complete attenuation meas
uring system of Weinschel En-
gineering Co. for installation at
the Institutes standards la
boratory in Stockholm in No
vember, it was announced by
the Kensington, Md. firm.
The award was made after
extensive investigation of pre-
else measuring instruments and
is a great tribute to this branch
of American scientific industry
said Bruno o. Weinschel, COM
pany president.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
GdinsRepOrted
For Crown,
Bronson Firm

! Crown-Bremson Industries
Inc, formerly Crown Photo
Inc, had net sales of $4,437,42C
in three months ended Septem.
Der 80 and net income of S137,-
873 or Is cents a share, Presi-
dent Robert S. Bronson dis
closed yesterday in a report tc
stockholders.
Net sales for the fiscal year
ended June 80 totaled S11,236,-
438 and net income was S245,-
538 or 43 cents a share in the
fiscal year ended June 80, il
was revealed in the annual re-
port which also was released to
newsmen yesterday.
No comparable figures for a
year earlier were available in
either the quarterly or annual
report, but President Bronson
said quarterly results were
ahead OF a year ago.
The balance sheet for Sep
tember 80 listed current assets
of $4,662, ,329 and current LA
bilities of 3,400,319. These in
cluded: $514,122 cash; $2,473,-
295 Of accounts receivable after
allowance of $142,175 for
doubtful accounts. and inven-
tories of 81, ,545,004.
The company has become ex-
elusive American professor for
she new high speed, fine grain
color film of Perutz Corp. of
Germany, he announced. The
company will distribute this
film to about 10000 drug stores
and drug chains throughout
the country. Montgomery Ward
and Burleigh Brooks also will
erve as distributors.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
P. G. Nee to Build
Warehouse Addition

The P. G. Nee Co. will con-
struct a two-story addition to
its facilities in Rockville to
provide $4,000 additional feet
of storage space.
The architectural firm of
Anthony F. Musolino & John
c. Cahill has been retained to
design and supervise its con-
struction of the addition of
stacked block panels and glass.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
TALKING OF BUSINESS
Food, Dairy, oiIFirms
Aiding Paint Science

a year maker Of synthetic wall
paper, only six months ago.
"Casein is a by-product of
the dairy industry" a spokes-
man explained, "and years ago
it got Borden into making CLUES.
From there we branched into
paints"
Among the lot exhibitors at
the show, which ends tomor-
row, are two Washington area
concerns. Hunter Associates
Laboratory, Inc, of Mclean,
and the Gardner Laboratory,
Inc. of Bethesda are both dis
playing meters to measure coll
ors and gloss in various prod
uctS.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
ShakeupIsAim
OF BrOOker as
NV President

CHICAGO, Nov. 3 (AP) -
Montgomery Ward & Co., over
the years a battle-ground for
colorful business world per-
sonalities. has a new president
today, Robert E. Brooker, an
experienced merchandiser and
administrator.
Mr.. Brooker. a tall, lean man
who looks younger than his
Sc years. was named president
of the Nations second largest
mail order-retail merchan-
dising corporation yesterday.
Speaking to newSmen at a
conference called to announce
his new post, Mr.. Brooker said
he has a three-point formula
for business success: recognize
the individual, respect his
Judgment and give him Sc
.curity.
Then with a smile, Mr..
Brooker added: you've also got
to learn to extricate yourself
from mistakes"
To take the Ward job, at an
undiscloSed salary, Mr.. Brooker
left the Whirlpool Corp, Ben
ton Harbor, Mich. He had been
Whirlpool president, earning
1851 annually, since 1858.
Prior to that Mr.. Brooker served
for eight years as a vice presi-
dent of Sears Roebuck and Co.,
the Nations largest catalogue
retail house.
Mr.. Brokers election by
Wards board of directors was
announced by Chairman John
A. Barr, who said Mr.. Brooker
will be chief administrative of
ficer. Mr.. Barr, who emerged
as top man of Ward & Co. in
1855 after a long and bitter
proxy fight, will remain chief
policy-making officer.
Mr.. Brooker, who was born in
Cleveland, Ohio, said he would
do some hard thinking soon
about administrative changes at
Montgomery Ward. But he
added: Its too early to an
nounce programs"
Anyway" quipped Mr..
Brooker, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Southern California
in 1927, "if you could forecast
innovations, they wouldn't be
innovations"
Mr.. Barr and other Ward di-
rectorS have been seeking a new
president since last June when
Paul M. Hammaker resigned
the post.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
National ARIines
Cuts Down Deficit

National Airlines had an op-
Grating loss of $479 ,430 in three
months ended September 80 in
contrast to a deficit Of $2,573,-
744 in the same quarter last
year, the company disclosed.
Depreciation in the quarter
was $2,763,676, an increase of
S530,000 over the depreciation
charge for the same 1860 pc
riod. Accordingly. $2,284,000 i'll
cash was generated in the three
months, compared with a cash
loss of $4,000 a year earlier,
an improvement in cash flow
of $2,624,000. ..-
Revenues of $20,123, 800 were
up "a per cent from $14,951 900
a year earlier.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
American National
Pays YuIe Soyinqs

Christmas club checks
amounting to S158,576 will be
mailed by the American Ma
tional Bank to more than / 400
savers on November 10, re-
ported Roger Borregard, opera
tions officer.
This years distribution is the
largest on record, he said. En-
rollment for the 1862 Christ
mas Club will start Monday.
Evening star., 1961-11-03
Eastern AirIines
Boosts Shuttle Fare

Eastern Air Lines will in
crease the fare of it's air shuttle
service between New York and
Washington and New York and
Boston by 81, beginning De-
cember 2.
In announcing the slight in
crease, President Malcolm A.
MacIntyre said to the Civil
Aeronautics Board it was re-
quired in view Of the margin
ally profitable" status of the
present service and the recent
increases in wages for main
tenance personnel. The new
rates for the no-reservations
no-frills. every hour service will
be SIS for New York to Wash
ington and $13 for New York
to Boston, including Federal
tax. =
Evening star., 1961-11-03
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Rail Freight Loadings in the
week ended October % totaled
647,549 cars, 0.5 per cent below
the previous week, but 4.3 per
cent above the like week a year
ago.-Assn. of Amer. Railroads
Business Sales over the Ma
ton in September totaled SIS
billion, down $400 million from
the previous month. Investories
totaled $92 billion, up $500 mil
lion.-Commerce Department.
Rapid-American Corp. and
Motec Industries, formerly
Minneapolis-Moline Co., have
agreed in principle to a merger
according to a joint announce
ment. The combined firm will
be known as Rapid-American-
Motec Corp.
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. sales
in four weeks ended October 2l
totaled $57,955,829, UP Al per
cent from 1850; for Is weeks
ended october 81 $228,139,46
up 80 per cent from 1860.