Evening star., 1963-05-28
Dryfoos Services Held;
Reston Gives EuIoqy

NEW YORK, May 20 (AP).-l
Funeral services were held yes
terday for Orvil E. Dryfoos, so,
president and publisher of the
New York Times.
Practically his entire staff
was on hand. And one Of them
spoke for the rest about the
boss who died Saturday of
heart failure.
"Orv Dryfoos' heart never
failed him or anybody else,"
said James B. Reston, the
Times Washington correspond
snt.
Leaders Of government, in
cluding Gov. Nelson A. Rocke-
feller, Mayor Robert F. Wagner
and a representative of Presi-
dent Kennedy, also were pres
ent for the services.
So were top executives of the
broadcasting industry, among
q throng Of more than $500
persons at Temple Emanuel.
President Sends Aide
President Kennedy was rep
resented by his military aide,
Maj. Gen. Chester v. Clifton.
Mayor Wagner, who had gone
upstate over the week end, flew
back to the city, arriving after
the service had begun.
Among other notables present
were United States Senator
Jacob K. Javits, State Attorney
General Louis j. Lefkowitz,
Grayson L. Kirk, president of
Columbia University, and DR..
Frank Stanton of the Columbia
Broadcasting System.
Publishers Of other city
newspapers also attended.
It was at the request of Mr..
Dryfoos' widow, the former
Marian Effie Sulzberger, that
Mr.. Reston delivered the eulogy.
The services lasted rs minutes.
EulOgy by RestOn
Following is the eulogy de-
hyered by Mr.. Reston:
"The death of Orvil Dryfoos
was blamed on heart failure
but that, obviously, could not
have been the reason. Orv Dry
foos' heart never failed him
or anybody else. Ask the report
ers on the Times. 1t was steady
as the stars. Ask anybody in
this company of friends. 1t was
faithful and kind. Ask his be-
loved wife and family. No mat
ter what the doctors say, they
cannot blame his heart.
an the spiritual sense, his
heart was not a failure but his
greatest success. He had room
in it for every Joy and every
body else's joy. This was the
thing that set him apart-this
warmness and purity of spirit,
this considerateness of his
mother, whom he telephoned
every day; of his wife and chill
dren, of his colleagues and COM
petitors. And this uncorrupted
heart, broken or no, is what is
likely to be remembered of him
in this great city and at Dart
mouth. his other home.
"The obit writer's had a hard
week end with Orv because they
kept hunting for him in the
files, and of course he wasn't
there. He didn't make speeches.
he made friends. The last time
i saw him, he was breathing
hard but still worrying about
everybody else's worries and in
sisting that everybody get a
good rest after the long strike.
Special Quality
Most of the time, it is the
heart that governs understand
ing, and understanding was his
special quality. He not only un-
derStood human frailty and al
most preferred it. He under
stood the sensitive pride and
combative instincts of reporters
and editors, which is not easy.
He even understood the anxi-
cites of the printers during the
time of our troubles.
Throughout the whole
CHASTITY period, when he wore
his life away, he was again
worrying about other people
this time about those who were
On the street with no work and
those who were in the office
With too much work. He was
running the office by day and
often negotiating far into the
night. Even when his heart be-
gan to rebel and the doctors
put him on digitalis to regu-
late it. nobody knew what was
going on but his family.
when the strike was over
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