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Evening star., 1961-03-01
VALIC Requests SEC
EXEMPTION Order

Variable Annuity Life In
surance Co. of America has
filed an application with the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission for an exemption order
permitting it to make loans and
advances to certain persons.
Under the proposal VALIC
would make advances against
certain commissions, periodic
advances, lump-Sum loans or
loans for office improvement
to general agents, special
agents, managers and home Of
flee employees. whose compen-
sation is derived in whole or
in part from sales commissions
and who are not directors OF
officers of VALIC.
The SEC has given interested
persons until March 13 to re-
quest a hearing on the pro-
poSal,
Evening star., 1961-03-01
Norris Retires
AtNBW After
Long Career

Eppa L. Norris, vice president
of the National Bank of Wash
ington, retired yesterday after
a banking career of nearly half
a century.
A native of Kensington, Md.
Mr.. Norris started his career in
the Kensington Bank in Oc-
tober, 1911, and moved on in
1913 to the Continental Trust
Co. of Washington where he
advanced to assistant treasurer
and treasurer.
He Joined the old Woodbridge
Langdon Savings and Com
mercial Bank in 1922 as execu-
tive vice president and cashier
and when this institution be-
came a branch Of the Hamilton
National Bank in 1888, he be-
came assistant vice president
and later a vice president OF
the Hamilton.
When the Hamilton merged
with National Bank Of Wash
ington in 1854, he continued as
branch manager and assistant
vice president of NBW. He
was promoted to vice president
of NBW and was transferred tc
the main office in December
1858. @
In addition to his banking
career, Mr.. Norris became q
director of the old Northeast
Building Association in 1945
This association later became
the Capital City Savings and
Loan Association and Mr.. Nor
ris was elected as its president
five years ago. The retired
banker will continue in this
position.
Mr.. Norris is a member OF
many trade and civic associa-
tions, including the Washing
ton Board of Trade and the
Washington Real Estate Board
President Barnum L. Cotton
of NBW announced today that
Mr.. Norris had been elected tC
the advisory board of the bank
Evening star., 1961-03-01
Balloons to Go Up
At 7 Corners Center

Ten giant helium-filled bal
looms will be released at Seven
Corners Shopping Center in
Falls Church, Va, on Wednes-
day, March 8, at 10:45 am. to
signify the foremost major de-
= velopment in flour milling in q
half century.
. Once aloft, the balloons will
release an assortment of cou-
. pons worth to the finders $500
500, a weeks supply of gro
ceries and free 5-pound bags
Of Gold Medal flour.
, Civic authorities will joir
Evening star., 1961-03-01

Maryland and lower Delaware
areas.
Charles r. Gawler Of Grady
Motor Corp. and Conner E.
williams of Lee D. Butler, Inc,
have been elected delegates to
the Lincoln Mercury service
managers council meeting in
Dearborn, Mich.
Ralph G. Mark has been
named manager of the engi-
neering laboratory Of the IBM
Federal Systems Division con-
troll center in Kingston, N. Y.
The division has offices in
Rockville, Md.
Evening star., 1961-03-01
BUSINESS
BRIEFS
Electric Power Production il

Electric Power Production ir
the week ended February Is
totaled 1929, 100000 kilowatt-
hours, compared with 14,315,-
100000 in the previous week
and 14.2 billion in the like
week a year ago.-Edison Elec-
trio Institute.
Wholesale Food Index, based
on the cost Of q pound each OF
81 foods in general use, this
week declined to $500 from
$6.12 last week, but was 4.S%
above the like week a year
ago.-Dun g. BradStreet.
Evening star., 1961-03-01
PEOPLE
IN
BUSINESS

Anthony c. r o m q o has
opened a new agency for the
American National Insurance
Co. at 1000 Albemarle street
NV. He formerly was with
Franklin Life.
Robert d. Ladd, president of
Research Management Corp,
announced the appointment Of
Ryndal L. Wetherington as
senior member of the company's
Washington staff.
Robert Pfeifle, former news
man and a member Of the for
eign service. has been added
to the Washington staff OF
Julius Klein Public Relations.
David N. Showalter, jr., has
Joined the staff Of Palmer &
Phelps, Inc, general insurance
agency, as account executive
and secretary Of the corpora
ton.
w. M. GOldenZweig Of the H
C. Fulwiler Agency Of Lincoln
National Life Insurance Co.,
ranked seventh among 2,50O
company agents in January
sales Of accident and sickness
policies.
DIR. Esther v. Alfonso has
been added to the educational
staff of the National Institute
of Drycleaning in Silver Spring
Md. She win instruct in ap-
piled science.
Artw0rk Unlimited has won
the Whiting Plover Award for
design Of its firms letterhead
1t was designed by John
Kaljee.
s. Wilson HarrelI Of Hyatts-
vile, Md, has been named
garden chemicals sales repre-
sentative for E. I. dupont de
Nemours & Co., in the Virginia,
Evening star., 1961-03-01
EIsosser Continues
As MiIprint official

william j. Elsasser, who has
become a special partner of
Sade & Co., Washington securi-
ties firm, also will continue as
a sales executive of Milprint
Corp, it was pointed out today.
A caption in this section on
Sunday mistakenly referred to
him as a former Milprint Corp.
executive.
Evening star., 1961-03-01
Seoboord Air Line
Reports Lower Net

Net income Of the Seaboard
Air Line Railroad was reduced
to $701. .989 or IS cents a share
in January, compared with
81 400. 400 or 20 cents a share
in January last year, the road
reported yesterday.
Gross revenues totaled $13,-
1883, compared with $14,-
326, ,803 in the same 1860 month.
Evening star., 1961-03-01

on profits, the review pointed
out. ut should be clear to
Z. everyone that increases in en-
ployment costs are not a proper
formula for prosperity, least of
all in a situation where we need
to have and hold major mar
kets abroad If we are to provide
maximum job opportunities" it
added.
AS to the general business
: outlook, the review declared
inventory liquidation continues,
although there are some spots,
as in steel, where reduction of
stocks has gone far enough to
require some increase in order
ing and production.
~ When that condition be-
comes more typical as it
should before too many more
weeks have passed-the seeds
OF recovery Will nave Sprouted,
the bank commented.
THE administration, natur-
ally concerned about the busi-
ness slide, remains hopeful that
AN upturn will develop in the
'spring. This expectation is
generally held by economists,
some Of whom observing the
SluggiShness of the first quar-
ter, speak of 1861 as the re-
verse image of 1860 with ac-
tivity moving up instead of
down.
"In the business community,
faced with severe pressure on
profit margins, more of a wait
'and-See attitude is prevalent. "
Evening star., 1961-03-01
Lorenz Moves Here
With Potomac Sand

Charles r. Lorenz, jr., has
been named assistant to the
president of Potomac Sand &
Gravel Co., recently formed
Washington subsidiary of Dravo
Corp.
Mr.. LorenZ, who has been
manager of the South Side
plant of Dravo's keystone Di-
vision in Pittsburgh. Pa. now
resides in Arlington, Va. and
has offices at 1920 K street
NV.
Evening star., 1961-03-01
GELICO Shows
Further Gains
During Year

Government Employees Life
Insurance Co. is making a
growth record which is almost
as impressive as that of its
older affiliate, Government
Employees Insurance Co.
GELICO had $219,273,9S7 of
life insurance in force at the
close of 1860, compared with
$161 ,944,898 just a year earlier,
a gain of 35 per cent, it was
revealed yesterday in the an
nual report signed by President
L. A. Davidson.
The new record contrasted
with $85, ,699,199 at the end of
1856 and $13,017,733 at the
close of 1851.
The life company's sales Of
ordinary life policies in 1860
rose to $34,310.391, a gain of
II per cent from $50, 0,883,979 in
1859. They also contrasted with
$14,636,3 ,366 in 1856 and Sc, ,183,-
500 in 1851.
Premium income Of $4,132,-
696 in 1860 was up Is per
cent from $3,583.076 in 1859.
Investment income before taxes
amounted to $504,097, an in
crease Of % per cent $410,21S.
Benefit payments of $1,093,-
271 rose % per cent above
$856,657 in the previous year.
GELICO assets aggregated
$14,571,42 at the end Of 1860.
an increase of % per cent
from $11,880,144 at the close
Of 1859.
The report was issued in
advance Of the annual stock
holders meeting at 10:45 am.
on Wednesday, March %.
Evening star., 1961-03-01
Canal industrial
Gets Larger Quarters

Canal Industrial Corp. of
Bethesda, manufacturer Of
electron optical and chemical
analysis research instrumental
ton, has moved to larger quar-
ters at 1885 Cordell avenue in
a threefold expansion in space
and staff.
The firm moved to Bethesda
in 1856. President Raleigh
HanSl, jr., reported annual sales
have increased to more than
$500,000 from $4,000 in 1856.
Evening star., 1961-03-01

with General Mills officials in
the launching of the balloons
here.
The event will tie in with the
formal opening in Buffalo by
General Mills Of a mill to man.
ufacture flour under a new
process called Bellera Air
Spun" The process cuts rad
ically the, miles" of handling
and the multitude Of steps now
required in flour milling.
Evening star., 1961-03-01
Squeeze Cuts Profits,
Business Fears U. S.
Plans to Lift Costs
THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. {.
WadnesdoY. March ], 1851
By DONALD b. HADLEY
Star Financial Editor

Profits already in squeeze and the new Admnista
tons posture demands taxes and price increases
required added costs being studied carefully
This emphasized today in the current monthly review
from the National City Bank of New York.
Treasury suffering result of the
Evening star., 1961-03-01
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK (AP)-Noon over the coun.
ter U. S. Government Treasury bonds.
bid, asked, net change and Yield for
Evening star., 1961-03-01

icies offered by different competing companies.
We will supervise complete analysis of all
your business exposures, prevent overlapping
of insurance coverage, recomme additional
protection where needed, and see that your
insurance is kept upto.date.
You can be sure your business hos the
right insurance eoverose when you
insure through an independent insur-
once agent. Look for this Big II" Seal
when you buy. To display it, Howard
O HOffmOn had to meet professional
stondOrds designed to protect you.
Evening star., 1961-03-01
Are You
Riskling Ruin
With Inadequate
Business
Insurance?

You're s0feT better protected
when you buy your insurance through
on independent insurance agent such
as Howard g Hoffmon because we
make sure all your insurobIs risks ore
covered.
No single company can do this. No one
company offers every type of business insur.
ance. When you buy directly from an in.
surance company, you'll hear only about the
policy the company wants to sell you.
As Independent insurance agents, Howard
& Hoffman are free TO choose the best insur.
ance for your business from hundreds of pol.
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-09

The stores listed on this page will have large post
ers in their show windows reminding you to register
there for the Shower of Gifts" Be sure to go in ands
register : and register every time you are up town.
In fact, make few extra trips to register, because the
more times your names are in ALL the boxes the better
your chance of winning.
On Saturday around noon each week that the Shower
of Gifts" is going on, a name will be selected from a box
which includes only the names of the stores on this page.
This will determine which sore will be used that particular
one week for drawing for the winner. Then the drawing
committee will go to that store : and from that stores
box ONLY = tickets from other stores are not gathered
up and piled together for the drawing) will draw out
one registration slip. The name from this box will be the
winner. The winners name will be given to all of the
stores in the Shower of Gifts"
Promptly at 2 O'Clock on Saturday, SlMULlAN-
Holmes County herald., 1961-03-09
Y
SATURDAY, AT 2 p. m.
next DRAWING SAT. March nth
HERE'S WHAT YOU DO:
-E YER Y

EOUSL IN ALL THE STORES the winners name w"
be called out.
If the winner is present at \ ONE OF the Stores
he or she will receive all the gifts to be listed on this page
next week.
If the winner is not present, he or she will receive a
SIS gift certificate good for spending at any OF the stores
listed here, as a consolation prize.
All tickets will be destroyed each week after the
drawing. All persons must register anew every week.
You can see from the above that the only way you
can be SURE of having a chance OF winning IS to nave
your name in each box at all of the stores at least once =
more than once is preferable.
REGISTER EVERY M 0 SHOP :. COME
IN AND REGISTER EVEN WHEN YOU Aren't
SHOPPING RI lister OFTEN Al ALL Or
HEST STORES FOR BEST CHANCE AIrlHESt
pRIzFS. THEN II PRESENT. IN ONE OF THE
AT D P. NJ. SATURDAY
Evening star., 1961-07-14
The Campaign Against the CIA

French generals over Algeria.
Even high French officials
were misled by it, and some
French newspapers took it
up, though there wasn't a
word of truth in the story.
President Kennedy said
something emphatically to
that effect to the French gov
ernment on his recent visit
to Paris.
Perhaps the boldeSt mani
feStation of the influences
which are behind the scenes
in the fight against the CIA
is to be found in the demand
that the agency give an ac-
counting to congressional
committees not only of its
expenditures but all of its
activities.
Just as many hatchet job
has been attempted indirect
ly by the Communists against
j. Edgar Hoover and the FBI,
now comes a bombardment
of Allen Dulles, who has di-
rected the CIA since 1858. An
extensive propaganda has
been launched that could well
attract the attention of either
the House Committee on Un-
American Activities or the
Senate Subcommittee on In
ternal Security.
Unhappily, in recent
months. both these commit
tees have not been as active
as they should be. Maybe it's
because the administration
has not as yet given the word
that it is necessary to do
more exposing in order to
counteract Communist activ-
tiles inside the United States
and neighboring countries.
Maybe it's because Supreme
Court decisions have made
the task of getting testimony
more and more difficult by
upholding Fifth Amendment
pleas that are plain subter-
fuges.
AS the attack on the CIA
develops, there should be an
opportunity to find out who
is financing the spread of
literature inside this coun-
try attacking this all-impor-
tant agency. For If the con-
fidence of Congress in the
CIA should be weakened
the main objective of the
current campaign - the
Kremlin will have won a big
advantage in fighting the
cold war"
(Copyright, 19o1)
Evening star., 1961-07-14
- :, ...s-.s ;. -.
DORIS FLEEs0N
Pokiston Presidents Lack of PIotitudes
Found Appreciated by Many

Americans, including the
President and Mrs. Kennedy,
were faced with a difficult
guest this week who arrived
here with a chip on his shoul-
der which he publicly dared
Congress to knock off.
Congress found Pakistan's
President Ayub Khan a re-
freShing change from the
platitudes which are the
usual fare when distinguished
visitors address a joint ses-
sion. Members laughed and
then cheeJed his hard line
that they had better not get
tired of foreign aid at this
point in history.
Mrs. Kennedy also scored
with a observation-disclosures
state dinner on the lawns Of
Mount Vernon, overcoming
with apparent ease logistic
problems which would have
baffled the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. Admiring guests and
spectators, including even
that music critic who incur
red Harry Truman's wrath,
were the more astonished at
stories suggesting there was
criticism of the party. The
critics were not identified.
The returns are not in at
this writing on how the
President Jared with the
blunt PakiStani whose griev-
ance seems to be that this
country has been coddling
neutralist India while ne
glecting its military ally, PAX
istan. Unquestionably, India
has had a kind of vogue or
snob appeal here. which PAX
istan has seemed to lack.
Mrs. Kennedy's achieve
ment is that she addressed
Evening star., 1961-07-14
Lessons Found in New York City Fight
And the Challenge to Byrd in Virginia

Many improved sug-
gestionS of corruption"
have been shouted; the re-
formers have chosen the un-
fortunate Mr.. De Sapio as
their personal devil What
ever his transgressions, If
any. the obvious fact is that
if corruption really has
been rampant in New York.
the sitting Mayor, Robert
Wagner, would by any
ordinary logic be held re-
SponSible.
But Mr.. Wagner, an ami
able and decent man whose
ears presumably wore out,
was prudent enough some
time ago to surrender to
the ultra Liberals. He thus
abandoned the real bosses, !"
who had made him in the
first place-and who, for
that matter, were not always
so Objectionable to the ultra
liberals themselves.
So the long suffering
bosses have finally had
enough. They have repudi-
ated Mr.. Wagner after his
repeated regulations of
them. They back State Con-
troller Arthur Levitt to OPP
pose the Mayor for the Dem
ocratic mayoral nomination.
If there are to be any
gamers in all this they will of
course be the Republicans.
The G. o. P. will run State
Attorney General Louis LEI
kowitz for mayor and he will
have the powerful help of
Republican Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller and of a man
named Dwight Eisenhower.
The White House processes
no alarm - though it does
wiStfully wish, in private,
that if the ultra-liberalS
simply had to have their per-
sonal devil in De Sapio they
might at least have tried to
patch things up with the
genuine Democratic boss,
Evening star., 1961-07-14
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

America successfully orbits two earth-scanning sate-
lites. Neither carried any animals Nobody will make
monkey out of us this time.
where In Virginia the like the pioneer life so well
they've decided to stay the backwoods with the Byrd
organization for another four years.
Tale of Two Cities: Democrats prepare to fight the
Russians to hold Berln-and fight each other to lose
New York
LIBERAL guy who's intent personal liberty
he can't wait to set Government bureau to organize it
Welfare Secretary Rbicoff says many regulations
coddle" children You ask kid to NOV the and he
threatens to Jail you under the child labor laws.
Evening star., 1961-07-14

Two political developments
of wholly different geogra-
ply and circumstances
nevertheless have some COM
mon and chilling meanings
for the national Democratic
Party and the Kennedy ad-
ministration.
The current frantic
throat-cutting among Dem
ocrats in New York City and
the recent heavy defeat Of
those challenging Senator
Harry F. Byrd for control of
Virginia throw shadows of
information and of warning.
The bell tolls all these les
sons, though not every one
applies to both situations:
l. There is yet no substi-
ttlte for organization in poll
ties, no matter how much
eager reformist talk to the
contrary. (Applies both to
Virginia and New York City,
2. Though conceivably and
sometimes you "can. beat
City Hail." the chances al
ways are that you certainly
can't-and that even if you
do you will win a battle but
lose a war. (First part ap-
plies to both; latter only to
New York;
8. The old pro leaders are
far from dead; they don't,
in fact, even lock sick. (Ap-
plies to both New York and
Virginia.)
4. The overly-advertised
ultra Liberal Dem ocratic
wing, particularly in the
urban East. must soon be
cut down to size by the Ken
nedy party leadership.
Otherwise, the ultras will
go on in their righteous zeal
making so many mistakes as
to throw the game to the
Republicans in the 1862
congressional elections and
perhaps beyond.
New York is the real scene
of trouble for the Democratic
national organization. 1t
provides an almost text book
example of the capacity of
the ultra-liberal Democrats
to fight earnestly against
the best chances of their own
party against the Republi-
cans.
Ever since 1858 they
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, for
mer Senator Herbert Leh-
man and others-have been
crying shrilly about boss
ISM" Mainly they have been
crying against the one
Organization leader" Car
mine De Sapio of Tammany
Hall. who has very little
actual power anyhow.
Evening star., 1961-07-14

herself to precisely that ques-
ton Of face which is at the
heart of the matter. Her
stately reception in France
gave her the idea of using
Mount Vernon, but she did
not hoard it for what might
seem specifically to be a
more important occasion. 1t
also fitted the man it was de-
signed to honor.
President Ayub Khan is a
big, hearty, British Army
trained extrovert. He loves
parties and goes to enormous
trouble to entertain his own
distinguished guests with GER
emonies and shows typical of
his country.
Mrs. Kennedy transported
her guests by Presidential and
Navy yachts and a PIT boat
to the Potomac river estate of
the first President. They
strolled on the lawns so ia
miliar to every tourist and
dined at small tables in a
tent decorated and lighted
by Tiffany's for free. The
steep path to the lawns,
which was thought to be a
hard problem, was negotiated
by cars.
Mrs. Kennedy prefers
three-courSe, calorie-light
menus though she continues
to insist they be described in
French and cooked in the
French manner which is pos
sibly one way to please the
cook, a French chef. They
are a boon to the weight
conscious and more especially
to official society for which
dining out is a way of life.
Nobody can ever be quite
sure how the country feels
Evening star., 1961-07-14
DAVID LAWRENCE

The Soviet Union is look
ing forward to its biggest
victory in the "cold war;
the possible disruption and
disintegration of the Central
Intelligence Agency here,
which has for many years
been a thorn in the side of
international communism.
The Soviet apparatus has
worked in many countries to
try to break down the in
telligence system of it's ad-
versaries, but, until recently,
nowhere did it encounter
such stern resistance to it's
intrigue as in the United
States.
Today, however, Soviet
agents look with satisfaction
at the controversy they have
helped to stir up in this
country over the activities of
the .CIA. Long before the
Cuban invasion" episode TO-
cused attention on the CIA
as a formidable opponent of
Communist espionage, the
effort has been under way to
convince high officials of the
American Government that
the CIA should be split
apart or weakened in its op-
erations.
The Soviets do not, of
course, work directly. They
operate through intermedi-
arieS-two and three times
removed. Often those who
are taken in by the crusades
and campaigns of the Com
muniStS are totally unaware
of it and would be the first
to denounce Communist in
trigue.
It was natural that the
Cuban affair should afford
a chance for an open attack
on the CIA. The agitation to
get rid of the agency, or at
least to change it's functions
substantially so that it would
be far less effective than it
now is was carried on in var.
iouS ways.
Finally, President Kennedy
took action to get at the root
of the controversy. He asked
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
who. as a former Chief of
Staff of the Army, knows the
impact of intelligence work
on military operations - to