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PRESIDENT

FIRST

FIRST

PRESIDENT

VICE-PRESIDENT

SECRETARY

VICE-PRESIDENT

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John
Morton A.
Cayne

&

Cayne

F.

Egan
H.

First California Com¬
pany,

Co.

San Francisco

Russell Hastings

Crouse

Cleveland

&

Company

Detroit

H. Frank Burkholder

Morton
Cayne

A.
&

Cayne

Equitable Securities
Corp., Nashville

Co.

Cleveland

SECOND

TREASURER

John

Harry L. Arnold

M.

VICE-PRESIDENT

Hudson

Equitable Securities
Corp., Nashville

Quigley

Quigley & Co., Inc.,
Cleveland




Portland, Ore.

Harry L. Arnold
Paine, Webber,
& Curtis,

Uhlmann & Latshaw
Kansas

Jackson

City, Mo.

New

York

H. Frank Burkholder

Co.

TREASURER

John Latshaw

Thayer, Baker & Co.
Philadelphia

Paine, Webber,
& Curtis,

Jackson

Jay L.

r

SECOND

VICE-PRESIDENT

New

Donald C. Sloan
Donald C. Sloan &

Landon
William
&

A. Freear
N.

Edwards

Co., Ft.Worth, Tex.

Donald C. Sloan
Donald C. Sloan &

Co., Portland, Ore.

Lex

Jolley

Johnson, Lane, Space
& Co., Inc.
Atlanta, Ga.

Edward H. Welch
Sincere

<ft

Chicago

Co.,

John F. Egan

Robert L. Mitton

First California Com¬

Robert L. Mitton,

pany,

San Francisco

Jay L. Quigley
Quigley & Co., Inc.,
Cleveland

Investments,

Richard

H.

Denver

Walsh

Newhard, Cook A
Co., St. Louis

York

R. Victor
Stroud

Mosley

&

Co., Inc.,
Philadelphia

Edward
Sincere

H. Welch
&

Chicago

Co.,

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Welch

H.

Edward

H. Frank Burkholder

Victor

Stroud &

Sincere & Co.,

Equitable Securities
Corp., Nashville

1945-1946

1944-1945

Thomas Graham

Edw. E. Parsons, Jr.

1946-1948

1949-1950

1950-1951

Mosley

Bond Co.,
Louisville

Bankers

Co., Inc.

Philadelphia

Chicago

Thursday, October 19, 1950

CHRONICLE

Wm. J. Mericka

&

Co., Inc., Cleveland

1941-1942

1942-1944

Contents of This Issue
and

Articles

Index

News
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NSTA

Executive

and

Officers

Council

1951)

(1950 and

Page
3

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Past Presidents of NSTA

.

Security

tising Committee)—Harold B. Smith

Boston

Carolinas, The Security Dealers of the.,
Chicago, Bond Traders Club of

47

Cincinnati Stock and Bond Club

24

5

Securities

Cleveland

Dallas

Wm.

Regulation

Perry Brown

Free

Co., New Orleans

to Stay
McDonald

Is

—Harry

Here

A.

6

.—

Best Security!

Enterprise System—Our
Harry F. Byrd

—Senator

Municipal Bonds as
Inflation—Phillips
of

Our

Investments
Barbour.

Financial

Rearmament

M.

—Eugene

in

Present
8

Grafver

10

Program

Zuckert

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Shadow-Boxing—Melchior

Responsibilities of Investment
agement—A. Wilfred May

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Palyi

Trust

12
13

Man¬
14

•

New

NSTA

Golf

Winners

Report of

Nominating Committee..
at

—_

Convention

Legislative

16
16

Committee.

17

Report of Public Relations Committee

18

Report of National Municipal Committee..—19
In

Attendance

at

NSTA Affiliates
1951

Convention

NSTA

and
to

Convention

20

Members
Be

Association

38

36

Held

21

Coronado

at

Beach, Calif.

Security

Bond

Detroit

and

51

Michigan,

22

._

Securities

of

32

Security Dealers Association.
Georgia Security Dealers Association..
Houston, Investment Dealers Association of.
Kansas City (Missouri), Bond Traders Club of
Los Angeles, Security Traders Assn. of
Louisville, Bond Club of____
Memphis Security Dealers Club
Nashville Security Traders Association
New Orleans Security Traders Association
New York, Security Tiaders Association of
Philadelphia, Investment Traders Assn. of.
Pittsburgh Securities Traders Association...
Portland
(Oregon), Security Traders Asso¬
ciation

St.

of

H.

Blizzard

35

Herbert H. Blizzard
&

Co., Philadelphia

26
65
70

21
23
61

1940-1941

72
71

41

57
37
21

;

Louis, Security

Herbert

Traders

Florida

Traders Club

of

28

San Francisco Security Traders Association..
Seattle Security Traders Association

72

Syracuse, N. Y., Bond Club of
City Bond Traders Club

34

Twin

Local

of

73

(Minneapolis-

St. Paul)
Members

54

31

56

Club._

Denver, Bond Club of
Association

7

The Television Industry—R. A.

Scope

1941-1942

Traders

Traders Association.
Connecticut, Security Traders Assn. of__

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Newman, Brown &

Dealers

5

F. Egan

(on behalf of Adver¬

Thanks to One and All!

Affiliates

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4

...

Presidential Greetings—John

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Association
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Baltimore, Security Traders Association of__
30
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Alabama

54

the

NSTA

Organizations

Unaffiliated

With

73

Joseph W. Sener
John C.

Company,

1939-1940

Jones

Co., St. Louis




Deceased

1936-1938

1938-1939

Edward D. Jones
Edward D.

Thomas A. Akin

Legg &
Baltimore

&.

Willis

M.

Troster,

Summers
Currie

&

Summers, N. Y. C.

Arthur
H.

M.

E.

1936-1937

Farrell

Byllesby

&

Co., Inc., Chicago

J.
H.

Gentry Daggy

M. Byllesby &
Co., Philadelphia

1935-1936

Henry J. Arnold
H. B. Cohle & Co.,
Cincinnati

1934-1935

W. W. Cruttenden
Cruttenden

&

Chicago

Co.,
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ftte5iden tlai
1950

The

Convention

Association

Traders

It

count.

every

is

of

has

the

been

to

persons

its

so

therefore, to extend

fitting,

tions

in the handling of private investments.
We
will, therefore, need to exercise wisdom and courage

Security
successful on

heartfelt thanks and

all

congratula¬

officers

as

to be

The

other

and

(fteetinal
skill

National
very

who have contributed to

focused

nancial

ginia Beach. This is the second
year
in which the
National
has

has

coverage
on
the

news
attention

which have
Convention.

The Commercial and Fi¬
deserves plaudits for a job well

therefore,

proof of

coming year,
help but feel that working with my fellow
officers and 3,700 members of the Association, we
should complete another significant and successful
milestone.
All of our efforts must be geared to

I cannot

con¬

tinuing good cooperation.
To me, this year's Convention
met

on

events

the
in

threshold

the

making.

Chronicle

As events unfold themselves in the

the spon¬

been

It is further

sor.

of

great
I refer

achieving better understanding of each other's prob¬
lems and bringing to the investors throughout the
country helpful guidance; all of which should
redound to the benefit of the profession.

effort in Korea and our
The
implications of these developments include tremen¬
dous future government financing and regulation
of the economy, all of which will call for great
our

Chronicle

done.

Association

specifically to

national

Accordingly,

ship of the Convention at Vir¬

Egan

Financial

and

through publicity' and

particular

is to be thanked for its sponsor¬

F.

helpful to the investing public.

Commercial

exerted its customary effort in helping to make the
1950
Convention
successful
and
has
done this

success.

The Association in

John

5

war

accelerating rearmament for national defense.

J. F.

National

EGAN, President

Security Traders Association

Thanks to One and All!
By HAROLD B. SMITH, Chairman, NSTA

the

history.
meeting

at

Virginia

Beach is

One of the outstanding features of
the attendance of many of our
the first time.
It was gratifying to

was

members for
see

Convention

NSTA

The
now

of them participate in
various sports events and
off first honors.

carry

Cincinnati claimed the

largest

tion, but I saw marvelous rep¬
resentation from St. Louis, Dal¬

It

Seattle, Philadelphia and
New York, too; and while the
market was not a disturbing fac¬

in the

Harold B. Smith

Financial Chronicle staff

production of ads in which our Association

participates financially through the most gener¬
ous offer of Herbert D. Seibert, Editor and Pub¬

impossible for me to give here a
detailed account of the operation of the editorial
staff and advertising solicitors which cover the
lisher.

It

is

past ten months or so, but I can assure you we
are indebted in no small way to all concerned.

complete roster of officers and members of
incorporated herein and in a manner
make for ready reference and should be of

A

affiliates is
to1

great value to our members. The complete con¬
vention reports, including the various talks given

by outstanding personalities, makes this issue the
"Book of the Year" of the financial industry.
Those of

work

us

that the

in

advertising

this

revenue

re¬

Convention

constitutes your treas¬

Your

chairman

has

been identified with

this

project since its inception and every year when
I make my report, I find it' quite beyond my

feel¬
towards Herb Seibert, his entire staff and

capacity to put in words my admiration and
ing

those remarkable

producers, Messrs. Ed Beck, Hal

Murphy, Vince Reilly, Fred Gray, the local chair¬
men

of

our

various

the members of

selves to make

our

affiliates, listed below, and

association who exerted them¬

this issue the success that it is.

Our hats should go

off to them all!

HAROLD B. SMITH,

Chairman, NSTA Advertising Committee

Pershing & Co.,
120 Broadway,
New York

5, N. Y.

who have been identified with this

Vice-Chairmen—John F.

Egan, First California
Calif.; John L. Canavan,
Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Dallas, Texas; John Latshaw, Uhlmann & Latshaw, Kansas City, Mo.;
Donald C. Sloan, Donald C. Sloan & Co., Portland,
San

Co.,

Ore.;
cago,

Francisco,

Glen A.
111.

Darfler,

Kneeland

Local Affiliate Chairmen—Lex

& Co.,

Chi¬

Jolley, Johnson,

Space & Co., Inc., Atlanta, Ga.; George
Placky, L. J. Schultz & Co., Cleveland, Ohio;
Henry J. Blackford, A. M. Law & Co., Spartan¬

Lane,

burg, S. C.; Clair S. Hall, Clair S. Hall & Co.,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Hubert Bernard, Jr., Schirmer,
Atherton & Co.,

Boston, Mass.; Everett W. Sny¬

der, E. W. Snyder & Co., Syracuse, N. Y.; John
W.

Bunn, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., St. Louis,

Mo.; Joseph H. Weil, Weil & Arnold, New Or¬
leans, La.; Chas. B. Murphy, Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Beane, New York City; Sidney
J.

Sanders, Foster &

Marshall,

Seattle, Wash.;

Orville C.

&

Neely, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
Beane, Denver, Colo.; John M. O'Neill, Stein

Bros.

&

Boyce, Baltimore, Md.; Paul Moreland,
Mich.; Henry G. Isaacs,

Moreland & Co., Detroit,

Securities Co., Norfolk, Va.; Fred K.
Hermitage Securities Co., Nashville,
Tenn.; Albert W. McCready, Geyer & Co., Inc.,
Los Angeles, Calif.; E. C. Hawkins, Rauscher,
Pierce & Co., Inc., Houston, Texas; Clyde C.
Virginia

Kirkland,

Pierce, Clyde C. Pierce Corp.,
Chas. C.

Jacksonville, Fla.;

King, The Bankers Bond Co. Inc., Louis¬

ville, Ky.; Leslie B. Swan, Chas. W. Scranton &
Co., New Haven, Conn.; Early F. Mitchell, First
National Bank,

Memphis, Tenn.; Oscar M. Berg¬
Allison-Williams Co., Minneapolis, Minn.;
Herbert H. Blizzard, Herbert H. Blizzard & Co.,
man,

indeed pleased

Committee Members—In addition to Chairman

increased interest displayed and assis¬

Smith, the Advertising Committee consists of the

Philadelphia, Pa.; Harry J. Steele, Fauset, Steele
& Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Alonzo H. Lee, Sterne,

following:

Agee & Leach, Birmingham, Ala.

for the

with the

remembered

ury's main source of income and makes possible
the sponsoring of our convention by your national
organization.

combined its efforts with those
of The Commercial and

be

from

number of the Chronicle

your 1950
Convention
marks the twelfth year

advertising committee has

must

ceived

tor, the weather was.

your

members to continue their efforts to help in
development of this type of advertising for

future issues.

las,

This,

affiliates exceeded

only four last year.

contrasted with

age
the

attendance of all at the conven-

Issue,

revenue
as

our

quotas, and will share in the gross
the NSTA receives from the Chronicle,

basic

May we call your attention to the corporate
advertising in this issue? Some of these ads are
the result of last year's work. This may encour¬

many

the

their

of

that 11

by the fact

Advertising Committee

tance rendered

past

by

12

our




years

are

members. This is indicated

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THE COMMERCIAL and

FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Thursday, October 19, 1950

Regulation IsjHere to Stay!
I don't want to miss this oppor-

statute

By HARRY A. McDONALD*

tunity

of
discussing
something
which might be mutually benefi¬
cial and interesting. No doubt to

,

n

£

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t

,

£

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...

deaiersSi re"01
resent% type

by action of the Con¬
The Commission, you must
remember, cannot change the law.

Acts. Invites constructive criticism rather than fear. Says securities business

f

is

have

honesty of security traders.

no

regulatory statute; and I want to
point out the difference.

I

ever

known

Washington we undoubtedly
some
people who are just
naturally regulators. They love to
regulate. And then there are other
people who are administering a

public favor and more young men should go in
the industry. Urges security traders to make views known to SEC and praises

jectionabie.
There

In

have

should work for restoration of

times'1 is°obregulation

gress.

missioner McDonald defends administration of the Securities and Exchange

regulation

wasn't politics.

tion-

(I

was

It

a

was

the situa-

come

from the

produced a remedy in the form of

of

entirely palatable.

stabilize

rience) that is

Harry A. McDonald

I
to

to

frankly about this matter of
regulation. I want you to think
you

wan

There

me.

times

when

undoubtedly

are

would rather be

you

tne

regulations that

you

have from the Securities and Ex-

Commission;

cnange

the

believe

but

securities

statut?

protective
wouldn't
I

tional

I

stocks for
wasn't
I

You

was
a

You

of

addi-

it

I

do

the

have

wasn't

sold

had

been

done

the

in

se-

I sold

..

know

that

experience

lot to do with the

followed.
so

acute

tuted

tions.
tion

The
that

had

a

I don't think it
New

Deal

was a

ques-

legislation.

the

a

fair airing.
want

case, we

.,

prob ems

of the

industry

as

it

rwLii

La

,.

.

Securities and Exchange Commission, it would be that they shou
not fear the Commission, nor
should they iso ate themselves

fi°.m.c0.nu?cil«lth the Commls"
would

is

unnecessarily

plish more, I think, if

you

would

Virginia

Beach,

Va.,

1S

Sept. 27,

'

the aC-'Sire Of the Commission there

(I think I

can

speak with author-

lot to be done

IS a
direction.

in

this

know.

believe

You

as

^

there

he

^

on

|sti

make

an

bad

wants

to it

see

with

the

probiems

•-Jf--'-'-'
To the individual
comes

the

a

wants

everybody to believe just
exactly what he says. As a matter
of fact, you can't blame the staff
if they are going to make an in¬
vestigation and bring it before the
Commission.

is

their

job.
They are charged with the duty
of coming to the Commission with

MARKETS

their

INDUSTRIALS

recommendations.

Commission

WITH

That

COMPLETE

decide

in

which

the

light

It

must

of

finally

what

the

I think you

good job. I

are doing
personally proud

am

of my contacts with the

industry.
personally feel a great respon¬
sibility in my position at the SEC.
If anybody in this whole indus¬
try gets anything that they think
is

not

a

fair

bring it to
see

deal,

our

we ask you to
attention. We want

to it that the SEC is

doing

the fair thing by every individual
in the business.

May I say for Mr. McCormack,
fellow Commissioner, and for

my

myself that
with

you

tions
you

you

we

are

happy to be

this afternoon. Regula¬
have and regulations

must accept,

will

and regulations
because we are in a

help

business

Congress
never

be

which

has

needs

so

regulation.

willed.

changed in

your

It

will

lifetime

and mine. The

I

this

is

lot of odor

I

to

Commis¬

bad

individual conduct and

own

many years.

issue
the
little differ-

security dealer

before

a

of

security

.1 have watched you for a
good

that

ent to them than it does to

make

can

lot

reputation, but for the reputation
of the entire industry.

at

a

a

bad

lot of conversation. That is

a

your

honestly live with?

situation becomes

one

you individually bears
high responsibility, not only for

a

jjave regulations and statutes

which y0u can
Some of

make

why each of

you to

don,t

wh

can

and

egg

and

record with alternative

?

confidence of your cus¬
used to say that one

We

transaction

sion, his problem at the moment

PRIMARY

high on the average
business you can point to.

any

tomers.

organisation,

effort to

sincerity and honesty

engaged in the securities

On the other hand, you are in
position to take advantage of the

a

compXy with. Why don't you make
y0ur views known?
Why don't
£

that again, and I
result of experience. I

business is as
as

certain reguiations that

sometimes it is difficult for

the

say

the

friends,

who

UTILITIES

a

as

of those

and will give nothing.
an
know

is the greatest problem of his life.
He
wants
quick action and he
wants
favorable
action
and
he

PUBLIC

I

it

everything

gecause

conceived

honesty in the indus¬
high as in any industry

as

trust and

you

message I

Congress

avSer^
hyvwfthoutplrtkipatog dTei
Plai s

xhe

_

ch'SZZ 'm's,h':mrrk"
4mPe.di?8 honest business then it exert your efforts to improving
.i™ oT,KcNa?i„„ai Secu°i.y YV.de" a"
13 ™ssl"g .lts call!"g' Certainly it he regulation you have. I think
1950.

I

say

.

It

today

sociation,

try is

•

+

carrying

would be wrong. I would say that

a

i

as

the average

ul"°0nVCanTake ,a pParTfnTt—thlt
ia^ion*
t
.

upon

intention of Congress. At
SEC we try to be adminis¬

When

Sisi

the

counted

Securities Act, they sought to re¬
store confidence and to spell out
for the industry the practices that

administered, then I think the in- leave with you this afternoon, it
have had contact
dustry has a definite ground to is the suggestion that you do not with the sta£f and some of you
become disgruntled.
fight regulation, but try to im- haven't. Some of you have fine
Jh? statute was not designed to prove it. You are always going to contact with the staff but
!?ter4eJa T4]1 ho.nest buslness- If h?.v® regulation. You can accom- must remember that, in dealing
the SEC

became

study was instilong before the 1932 elec-

of

is ever

tbmg to complain about. On the sion or the staff.
°fber hand, if they are unfairly
If there is one

a

legislation which
situation

If that

Public confidence in our free should
markets and our other institutions
If there is any one thing that
which we witnessed m the depres- I P°"ld'suggest.to_ the traders

directly for
a company.
You couldn't do that s10"today, and you shouldn't be able
As security traders you should
to do that today.
bo interested in a fair and honest
I don't have to go back through administration
of the laws. If
the familiar history of what hap^ey are fairly administered, I
any of you
pened in the roaring twenties. We do"4 4hmh a"T ?£ y?U.Lv®a"y:
all

mTn comiLTnto

nc

adminis¬

trators, not regulators.

hard to achieve. Some people be- ness. The average age seems to be
come disgruntled with what they
have moreyounfenercall "red tape" and some people we snouia nave more young, ener
may feel that the SEC does not &etic men.

try does not again suffer the loss

time in Illinois and I

any

the h'

complexity of

twenties, the Securities Act was to hear about it We want to know
enacted to assure that this coun- whether the SEC is handling the

regulations,

registered with

the

but

can,

are

the

the

subject sometimes makes the goal young men coming into tne pusi

damage

as

registered with the State.

curities dealer.

and if the Korean

ble, and that is why, after the give their complaints

that

say

situation

young man I

a

procedures as simple as we

be

out

sell this business short,
In the securities business, it
seems to me that we need more
than anything the restoration of
g0°d Public relations in favor ot

«"d it increasingly difficult to
hold this great country of ours
our democratic people, in line with
a war economy. That is our trou-

You

it.

advocate

accent

is.

now

When

without
an

regulations.

must

vou

it

do

not

am

our

about Korea

can

great American institution called
"business" going. You shouldn't

situation is stamped out, you will

some

today

without

do

is not simple. We try to make

You heard a few moments ago

business

rould think of being without

couldn't

ness

who

trators, on the other hand, I think

be sharp, he has a great chance a vital part of that great industry
to take advantage of the unsus- that gathers capital to keep that
pecting and the inexperienced
buyer. The SEC is here to prevent
that sort of thing.
The SEC necessarily has a very
intricate procedure. Modern busi-

Those

stances.

strong organization. You represent

the operator is fast and wants to

anc* get it in under control and to
restore public confidence in the
markets. The result was that with
the passage of time (and in this
country of ours things only hapPen because they must happen)
there developed the need for reg-

don't

I

curb the speculation

ulation.

going

am

speak

or

even

may

legislation.
You must admit that the selling member when the Traders AssoCertainly the Hoover Adminis- of securities is a game, if I may ciation was formed. Individually
tration was striving feverishly to call it a game. It is a business. If and collectively, you are a very

expe-

to regulate are
harsh and tough. They
be unfair in some in¬

going to be

we

iield

without

Those who love

on this point) to see to it that
There are a great many things
do nothing to the industry that that your organization, your indiis not fair and just.
vidual members, can do. I re-

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condition which

not

not proper,

are

it that they are

see to

made proper

,

.

Condemning tear of over-regulation by members of securities industry, Com-

o

should

you

security

you

says you may or may

do. If the statutes

Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission

intelligent attitude,
think, is not to be antagonistic

to

regulations, but rather to

to

improve them.

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I welcome you

I

am

as

curity at home and the only

By HON. HARRY F. BYRD*

a

Sen¬

a

tection that

U. S. Senator from Virginia

two of the
greatest Pres-

Veteran Virginia Senator, asserting preservation of
is best

country has

rats,

e m o c

Jefferson

government spending.

unnecessary

great Virginia
D

security at home and abroad, attacks socialistic legislation

had; two

ever

nation is

Says

with New Deal at home.

as

well

not

am

a

"misdirected

war

with Russia is

carry

Urges strong defense

charity."

Deal

New

Democrat

world

not

on our

program,

inevitable but

She

been faced with in the

part of the

We have

tisticians

not

from

time

on

me

the

other

salaries.
statistics

good

gotten

up

time

to

the

and

last

"Byrd voted more

was

Republicans

than

any

Senator."

Democratic

ever

In

66%

want to

the

Republicans

and

Democrats;
but the fact is that my name be¬
gins with a B, so I voted first and
the Republicans voted with me.
34%

I have no

tion

is that
the greatest na¬
in all the world.
Why is it

that

after

that

to

shoulder

with

government

Republican Senator,
Taft, to resist the repeal
the Taft-Hartley Act. In order

political debt, the Presi¬
dent asked Congress to repeal the

to pay a

and

foremost

the

all

that

supreme

the

in

nations

have

We

the

of

because

of the

only 6%

It is not

population of the world.
area

that

we

We started with the land

possess.
now

we

we

is not because of our popu¬

lation.

have.

We still have that.

We have never sought to

property

acquire

as

other

nations have done.

great

Senator
of

only 160 years of con¬

stitutional

I other people's

apologies to make.

shoulder

stood

the

with

ask you why it

America today is

It

with

the

give the reasons why
we are in tnis peril,

I

selves.

only

on

think that

they said that I voted more stand
the
Republicans than the among
Republicans
voted
with
them¬ world?
past six months I voted

I

Before
I

with

the

to drive

continue

can

fact

In

country. I feel that
are at the crossroads.

our

It is not because of our natural

which as you business¬
know, are rapidly being de¬
pleted in these various sideline

resources,
men

other

and

wars

wars

that

we

are

Taft-Hartley Act. Let me say that and have been engaged in.
it

was

due

the Southern

to

Sen¬

16 Southern Senators, who

ators,

left their Party and stood

that

Republicans

with the
prevented the

repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Every now and then we South¬
erners

and

perform

had

a

useful service;

Taft-Hartley

the

Act

repealed in the political at¬
mosphere in which that request
was made, I think it would have
been a catastrophe to this country.
been

would

It

the

been

have

green

light to such labor leaders as John
L. Lewis, Murray, and others to
stop the very necessities of our
existence
in
this
country,
the
trains, coal mines, etc., had we
yielded to their demands. So, I
am glad to stand in that category.
I think today our nation con¬
fronts the greatest peril that we
*

An address by Sen. Byrd at the

vention of the National

curities

Con¬
Association of Se¬

Virginia

Traders,

Beach,

Va.,

Sept. 30, 1950.

It is

because

of the free enter¬

system.
That system has
been a vital spark in the heart of

prise

every

American.

It gives to us,

the only people in all the world,
the opportunity to start at the
bottom of the ladder and climb to
the

top

our

own

by our own industry, by
thrift and perseverance.

free
enterprise
system and you have destroyed
the heart of America; and that
that

Destroy

very

hand.

of

she

if

had

wanted

friendships. She knows it is not They landed about three hundred
going to hurt her and it is not and some years ago.
have
accumulated
this
We have spent 35 billions of wealth by industry and thrift over
American dollars since the war a period of this long time; yet we
They

of

now

war

she is not ready for

I

do

not

think

Let me say to you that charity
is the best thing in the world, but

it

can

if

it

is

be

one

of the worst things

improperly and unwisely

administered.

You and I know in

personal relations or anything
else that if we give a check to a
person
there will come a time
when he or she thinks they have
a vested right in that contribution.
What is going to happen when we
stop sending these contributions to
Europe? What is going to happen
when we stop sending these bil¬
our

year.

I ask

how long

you

is

we

can

inevitable

be

a

continue to do that?

the

have.
ace

external

great

Not

Baltimore

Correspondent Wires to:

We

have

an

internal

of

the

the

effort

of Virginians

from

day that the first permanent

English settlers landed right out¬
side

this

hotel

on

Cape

Henry.

Russia

fears

is

our

free

produce only twenty million tons
of steel.
That is what she fears
and that is what I want to discuss

tonight. The preservation of our
free enterprise system is our se¬

I

am

for

a

this country.
costs
carry

so

radar

that

bombs

or

come

Continued

we

charity that we

Exchange

Stocks

1865

Exchanges

Chicago

Offices

Lowell

Scranton

New Bedford

Springfield

Newport

Wilkes-Barre

D. C., Buffalo

care

planes

men¬

120 Broadway

screen

I don't

spreading around the world,
this money that we are spending
to fight off Communism and buy

Philadelphia

would

ourselves strong internally, mili¬
tarily, physically strong. Have a
70-group air force. I have always
enterprise that can out-produce
favored that. I favor compulsory
all the rest of the world combined
lions
and
billions
of
dollars in military equipment and things military training.
We should not permit the occa¬
abroad?
that kill people. That is what she
sion
to
arise
again when this
The State of Virginia, notwith¬ believes in; in engines of war, in
country sends troops (as was the
standing this bad weather, is a airplanes and atomic bombs and
case in Korea) into war untrained.
good state. I can bear witness to things like that. You destroy that
I think compulsory military train¬
that and others who come from free enterprise system, ladies arid
different
which
we
have in ing would be a substitute in some
places would say the gentlemen,
measure to a great standing army.
same thing.
When I must vote on America and you have destroyed
The standing army costs $4,000 per
things, I try to translate them the very thing and the only thing
soldier and no democracy in all
into my native state. The wealth that will make us secure in these
the history of the world has been
terrible
days that I think are
of Virginia is estimated at $5,000,able to maintain a great standing
ahead pf us in the years to come.
000,000. That is not the wealth of
army in time of peace over a long
That is the only thing Russia
this
generation.
It is not my fears. She fears the fact that we period of years without seriously
defecting and weakening perhaps
wealth or the wealth of those that can produce a hundred million
the economy of that country.
live today. It is an accumulation tons of steel a year while she can
What

are

Branch

that

and then attack.

that is almost as great. Russia

does not fear this

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with

those

That is

menace

Cjw York Qiirb Exchange

Reading

war

When you fight Russia, you are
what does Rus¬
fighting a nation of people that
things. She
it is nearly impossible' to reach.
is glad to see us weakened.
She
You would have to police them.
has begun against this country a
war of economic attrition.
She is You couldn't conquer a nation and
then permit them to rearm and
not going to attack us while we
start again. I say the way to pre¬
are
strong. She is only going to
vent a war with Russia is to keep
try to soften us up, make us weak,
fear?

Misdirected Charity

j^ew York and 'Boston Stock

Altoona

Providence

that

I started to say,

sia

you,

What does Russia fear?

FOUNDED

Albany

it.

because

KIDDER, PEABODY &CO.

and

thinks

gloomy outlook indeed.

Municipal Bonds

Sales

to

outbreak

she

Russia is

enterprise system, let me say
and you know it, is in
grave danger today.
to

Preferred and Unlisted Common

Boston

had

With Russia Not Inevitable

War

Corporation Bonds

New York

She

to.

because

Trading Markets in

and

she

careful not to give cause

been

Members New York Stock

tjftembers

had

that

could have sent to Northern Korea

Wertheim & Co.

State and

I

careful not
Russia

airplanes

free

n—«

*

r.

Urges Congress abandon partisanism and vote

going to be effective.

the

inevitable. I would hate
the road to strengthen and concluded in this effort to pur¬ have given away to Europe seven
to think, as one who had three
revitalize the private enterprise chase the
friendship of people to states of Virginia since the war
sons
in
the last war and five
system which has made America fight off Communism here and ended and we are giving away
grandsons, that war with Russia
the greatest of all nations.
there.
one
new
state of Virginia every

know, except that I know
very

been

her

thousands

go on

quite a number of sta¬
Washington on the

draw
have

with

Party.

in

they
They
one

road to state socialism or we can

a

Exactly what they do I

payroll.
do

We

principles of

Harry F. Byrd

history of
today we

fundamental

the Democratic

have

New Deal is

of

War.

this country to have an

believe the

I think

strong.

member

opportunity to know
of the inside of the

has

show

to

but calls European

I do not

cause

a

an

something
Korean

shoulders, along

solely for nation's interests.

be¬

am

Armed Services Committee and

as

son.

aid

as we are

I

War.

have had

being weakened by attempting to

and

Woodrow Wil¬

I

pro¬

have abroad.

she has shown that in the Korean

free enterprise system

our

this

idents

long

as

taught by

were

we

Russia is not going to attack us

in those things

ator who believes

that

Enterprise System—Our Best Security!

to Virginia

Democratic Senator.

7

New York 5, N. Y.

around

what it

that

may

with hostile
on

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8

Municipal Bonds

Investments in Present Inflation

as

can

economic
suffer.

like

it

a

diseases

nation

a

In many respects

cancer,

it is

this

entire

farm

lands, commodities and equities.

because they

be

not

of avoiding

been discovered, Mr. Barbour considers

body and fi¬
nally kills. Trie
economic bod;*
can

no sure way

are secure

popular suggestions such

as

sides

real estate,

Finds municipal bonds in the picture

they

ent, so it is as
wise and nec-

income factor and contends records show

inflation

students

i

i

n

cure

or

for

a

cluded

p r e-

and

Phillips Barbour

for

reasons

emergency

specific to relieve the human

been suggested as

circumstances,
no

ages

of

way

to

of inflation,

avoid the rav¬

sure

way

i

is not in¬
for the mal¬

Our discussion today,

in¬

units,

patriotism

block

kinds have
suitable in these

many

but

I

repeat

that

to avoid trie ravages

the

practice.

perfect

The

bles.

be

to

hedges.

bought is often the

which the buyer stum¬

over

A decision must be made

to the

as

particular farm, commodity,

more

solution

in

art, or stock, which should
after the die is cast, as
wnich is practi¬
cable for l the investor to employ.
All oil sioqks don't invariably go
be bought

to

the

up

or

prove

category

all real estate always im¬
value.

in

Municipals Fit Into the

gestions include real estate, farm
Picture
lands, growing trees, aging liquor,
ady, however, but to point out
breeding live stock, jewels and
Now, let's see how municipal
some
of the reasons
municipal
precious stones, works of art and, securities fit into this picture.
bonds, in my opinion, will aid the of
course, commodities and com¬
American
investor
(1) They are secure: Municipals
greatly
in mon stocks or
equities.
are
the only form of investment
maintaining an investment port¬
The
ideal
investment,
under among those mentioned, that the
folio in as healthy a condition as
is possible in the present inflation present conditions, is one which investor can be as sure, as he can
be about anything these days, that
and why he should not put all of provides:
(1) Safety of principal—that is he will have his principal re¬
his eggs in the equity basket.
the most important requisite.
turned to him in full on a speciA repetition of the tragic ex(2) Dependability of income— iied date in future.
tended to find

perence

France

a cure

which

Germany

had with

and

inflation imme¬

diately after the first World War

tends

to

compensate

the larger the better, but regard¬

(2) Income is dependable: With

less of size, it should be depend¬

few exceptions among those men¬

for

loss

of

individual investor because

not

taxes

instance.

in

the

will

we

when

And

tax.

as

we

quantity of dollars

receive

the

buying

of

during inflation."

of

hitch

picking

ment

than

in

satisfactory

a

that

category is simpler

in any other I
the

cause

invest¬

there

portant.

underlying ail municipals is sub¬

among

stantially the

can't

(8)
out

Most

of

taxes

same.

municipals
and

are

paid

exactly how
home

to

many

do. with

he
as

the
go¬

you

im¬

so

municipals,

in

one

positively what the fu¬
will

value

be

at

specified

a

time.
Stocks

Record of Common
As

stocks

common

are

a

popular

suggestion for investment at this
time, let's

what

see

learn

can

we

from the record made by a group
200

of

such

Moody's

stocks

years

and

during

by

Service

in

immediately
the last

1945 inclusive.

prior

to

1937

to

war,

I have chosen that

period because it is the most
cent
now

one

like

that

find ourselves.

take preparing for
pieases.
warlike

who knows the amount of his

compiled

Investment

the

municipal investor is the only

one

are

the investments listed,

may

he

dollar

the

course,

Timing is

Except

tell

ture

be

must

taxes

Of

is, when

ing to cash in?

know of, be¬
security

fundamental

prin¬

our

for the loss in

up

power

(7) While municipals may not
be bought
blindly, the problem

and

income

in

have cashed in

cipal, to make

loans.

such

The

•

graduated

rise,

crease

(6) They are an ideal collateral
for making quick loans and banks
are in no way restricted in making

able.

UNDERWRITERS

the

the value of the tax
exempt security tends to rise also.
or sell.
Banks and brokers every¬
Of course, the usuai rejoinder
where are accustomed to handling
made to these arguments is "You
such transactions.
The supply is
have no chance of appreciation of
greater now than it has ever been principal or income in municipals,
before and tneir ownership does
which
those
other
investments
not
present
problems
such
as
mentioned have." Summed up that
those presented by farm or real
estate ownership or breeding live¬ means: "We have hope of an in¬

tioned, municipals alone, provide paid before dividends. Thus these
anticipated in this country
(3) Opportunity for growth—in a regular income.
securities have a prior claim, as
and is not considered in what I
both principal and interest.
(3) They are the only income- it were,
have to say. Neither are munici¬
over
dividends. When
(4) It must be realistic. There
producing investment in which not paid out of taxes they are
pal bonds presented as ideal in¬
is a limit to the number of in¬ Ihe investor
can
know not only paid from revenues received for
vestments for the average smali
vestors who can breed cattle, for
tho number of dollars he will re¬ vital services rendered, such as
investor at the present time. They
instance.
ceive on a certain date, but how sale of water, on which they have
should be included in the port¬
folios of the well-to-do, however,
Obviously, the majority of the many of those dollars he may a monopoly.
to the extent of 20% to 50%, de¬ suggestions I have mentioned do keep
for himself to use as lie
The Certainty of Income Factor
pending upon the investor's tax not fit entirely satisfactorily into wishes.
the pattern of requirements spe¬
bracket and to the exclusion of
(4) There is opportunity for
Now these are the points I hope
all
other fixed
interest-bearing cified. Where they may possess growth in market value of munic¬ you will keep in mind throughout
one
good feature, - they are de¬ ipals, because as inflation grows this discussion.
securities
I want to stress
except
governments.
ficient in others.
taxes usually grow, as
a
result chiefly that only in municipals
♦An address by Mr. Barbour at the Na¬
Even
after
determining
the the value of the municipal in¬ can one have the assurance of
tional Security Traders Association Con¬
come
grows
because it is tax- receiving a given number of dol¬
vention, Virginia Beach, Va,, Sept. 27, category to be used, the problem
of choosing the particular unit, or exempt.
195Q.
Thus,
tax' exemption lars on a given date and know
is

first consideration,

principal.
the great¬
is the value of tax exemption

of

purchasing power.
(5) Municipals are easy to buy

stock, for

popular sug¬
How

be higher,

The higher the income,

work of
,

of inflation has been found. None

if present, has
supplies

yet been discovered.

be

because of
marketabil¬

and

their high quality and

the

body.
sure

should

as

after that of security of

er

latter

economic body as it is lor the ity.
Investments of
medicos to continue their search

No

be given

must

always good

to the

the

of

Some

ventive of this

a

not

are

high

as

as long as you ana I live,
the amount of the take home pay

tiie

scourge on

for

stocks

taxes

and with every in¬

now

possibly

con-

u e

search

common

income

are

dication that they will

ideal collateral. Stresses certainty of

that

essary

should

are

pays

that investment

or

Federal

and give dependable income due to tax exemption.

having good marketability, they

stock

that

or

7%,

Says there is opportunity for growth in market value of municipals and, be¬

in¬

oi

flation is pres¬

of

6% or
produces
a certain return, giving the gross
figure.
That is not an accurate
way to put it. The take home pay
is the only thing that counts. With

of inflation has yet

ravages

healthy if the
cancer

is

fact

We are too
much in the habit of sajdng that

in that if left alcne

Though pointing out

That

pay.

importance.

prime

Editor, "The Daily Bond Buyer"

pervades

the

home

take

By PHILLIPS BARBOUR*

Inflation is one of the most viru¬
lent

Thursday, October 19, 1950

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a

which

We

are

We have

and

economy

looking into

in

future,

re¬
we

now

a pre-

are

we

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Convention Number

will doubtless be

economy

more

closely controlled than it is

even

now.

Here
years

are
the figures for the rich
philosophy
immediately
before
and counted upon to

during the last

Price

Dividends
Per Share

Index (Average)

Top Bracket

Bond Buyer's 20-Bond

Per Share

Year

1937

$44.04

Income Taxes

Corporate

79%

15%

1938

33.25

1.43

3.01%

79%

19%

1939

35.72

1.48

2.83%

79%

19%

1940

33.84

1.78

2.56%

79%

24%

1941

30.50

1.90

2.13%

81%

31%

1942

26.66

1.77

2.25%

88%

40%

1943

35.36

1.73

1.93%

1944

38.12

1.84

1.85%

1945

46.02

1.92

vestments which will suffer least

entire roll

94%

1.50%

1937

price ranged

40%

of

living,

on

or

stocks.

As the cost

profits rise,

months

labor's buying equities, or will yqu sug¬
gest that they place a good por¬
tion of their funds in municipals
and

After

the

the

war

1946

picture

was

increased-number-of-dollar

the

of

number

many dollars he will receive at
regular intervals in future, and
how many he can take home.

Controls and rationing and

strictions of various sorts

the

around

All

corner.

In

these circumstances munici¬

bonds are obviously the in¬

pal

and

provide the greatest peace of
As a matter of fact, those
bonds will benefit, because their

mind.

value

market

increase

will

extent

of the

levies and the de¬

in supply of bonds caused
by the expected controls.

crease

What About Deflation?

Up to this point we have been

a

talking chiefly about inflation.

price-earnings

investor

ratios

did before the postwar

than they
commodity

But to

inflation got started.
"In
25

du Pont

1945

and

times

31

sold

between

earnings; today

it. sells around 14 times 1950 esti¬
mated

earnings. Aluminum Co. of
America, a war baby, sells at

about

nine

earnings.
between

times

estimated

In 1945
and

13

it

was

times

22

1950

selling

will

be

in

position

to

benefit.

The

get back to our subject:

body is in a pre¬
position compared with the
industrial
corporation,
for in¬
stance, in the present inflation.
While, of course, the cost of the
things it buys goes up, so does
its revenue, and there are not the
public

ferred

Continued

earn¬

on

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investment, for
instance:
stocks were higher each year, as There are at least two forces which
were also
the dividends, than in are sure to interfere materially
any one of the years from 1937 with the realization of that hope.
to 1945.
Municipal prices on the One is the government and the
contrary have declined from 1946 other labor.
to 1949, although in 1946 the aver¬
We are living no longer in a
age price was highest, yield the laissez faire economy.
The New
lowest, in history. Today the 200 Deal took care of that. The phi¬
stocks'
average
price is higher losophy
of
government
under
than it has been since 1937, two which we now live is a soak-the-

Head

just

signed to make it difficult to make
large profits. The President's re¬
cent speeches and the actions of
Congress are replete with confir¬

§

re¬

re¬

are

fact, but true, that so think we should consider for a
moment what would be our posi¬
many people who have never had
experience in such matters will tion should we find ourselves in
put their hard-earned savings into a period of deflation. I am one
real estate or stocks, often per¬ who believes we will have such
a period, sometime in the future;
mitting their emotions to dictate
just when, I have no idea.
I be¬
the choice.
lieve it will surely come, however,
The popular idea that stocks are
and it will start possibly when we
the best hedge in an inflation, is
not proven by the record. In fact, begin paying off our debt. When
that time comes, the holders of
inflation can be
bad for stock
stocks will not be sitting very
prices. Dividends determine stock
prices over the long run and infla¬ pretty, whereas the holders of taxexempt bonds will be in a more
tion can be bad for dividends.
comfortable position. The obvious
Rising replacement costs, in addi¬
reason is that the income of the
tion to higher wages and taxes,
latter will be fixed; the value of
frequently cause corporations to
tax-exempt bonds will be high,
cut down the percentage of earn¬
because taxes will be high, and
ings they pay out in dividends.
the buying power of the dollar
"Business Week," in a recent
will grow.
number (Sept. 2) pointed out that
In view of such a possibility,
the current inflation in commodity
but chiefly for the reasons given
prices is a threat to the present
previously, I suggest the purchase
bull market in
stocks.
It says
of average grade municipals, with
that in times of commodity infla¬
staggered maturities, say, 10, 15,
tion it takes higher corporate
20, 25 and 30 years hence. Then
earnings to attract the investor.
if deflation comes the municipals
Stocks now sell at much lower
It's

year

From

of

sure

they will have to spend,
regafdless of taxes and labor? The
municipal investor can tell you
two
things which none of the
others can. He can tell you how

Such
a
bond
If you sell, what are you going
law. Under that law a bank earn¬
to do with the proceeds and what
would, in 1942,
ing above $25,000 will have to
have 15 years to run and in the
If the
have a taxable income of 3.69% will yob do for income?
market then in effect would be
price goes down, what are you
to net 2%.
worth 102.57, a profit of about
going to do in that event?
13
Government and Labor as Cuts
points.
By 1945, when this
If you buy an equity because
bond would have 12 years yet to
Into Income
*
run, it would have been worth
Now let's try to be realistic and
approximately 111.
*
see how justified is this hope of
reversed.

be

dollars

89.06.

was

bought in that

other simi¬

from these levies and restrictions

40%

;

are many

record investors have made when

40%

94%

demands rise also, and if wages
excepted,
whereas
the should be frozen in isolated cases,
from $44.04 in 1937, to $46.02 in municipal average is below the
the indications are that demands
1945. This was the high point in price of 1946—it is 1.83% now,
for a share in the management
that period and the low point was compared with
1.29% then.
In will take the place of demands
$26.66 in 1942. Dividends ranged August, the average stock price for wage increases. It will be ex¬
from a high of $2.04 in 1937 to a was $56.80, the average dividend,
tremely difficult, and in many
low of $1.43 in 1938. Stocks bought estimated on annual basis, was
places impossible, to deny those
in 1937, at
$44.04, could not be $3.63, the highest ever, and the demands. When that day comes,
sold at a profit until 1945 and yield was 6.39%. This is indeed a and it is
already here in some in¬
the dividends received would be tasty dish to set before the in¬
dustries, the stockholders' posi¬
less every year for eight years, vestor, but how long is that divi¬
tion, precarious as it is today, is
than they were in the year the dend likely tp last?
How much likely to suffer even more.
will increased taxes and wages
stocks were purchased.
A good
The production of capital gains
illustration of the way dividends cut it down?
Obviously, if the involves
the factor of timing, of
fluctuate, so often to the disad¬ dividend is reduced and stocks are course. When
are
you going to
bought at the present level, the
vantage of the stock owner.
buy and when are you going to
Stocks bought in 1938 could have yield will decline. Municipal in¬
sell? To make the investment suc¬
been sold at a profit, in five years vestments, of course, when made
cessful, you must be able to sell
out of the next seven; those bought at a definite yield basis, continue
at a price high enough above that
in 1939, could have been sold in that yield during the life of the
paid for the equity to care for
two years out of the next six at investment.
the 25% capital gains tax, which
a
Now compare
for a moment
profit, and those bought in 1940
might
be
hiked,
and
produce
could have
been sold in
three how devastating are the demands
enough additionaldollars to offset
These
years out of the next five, at a of Federal income taxes.
the possible decljJafc in their buy¬
calculations are based on the old
profit.
ing power.
Are you going out
rates
for taxpayers
filing joint
However, Federal income taxes
today to buy stocks, or commodi¬
were
being raised also in that Returns. The new rates are 10% ties, or land, and pay present
to 20% higher than the old.
The
period.
Individual
taxes
were
prices, which are as high as they
investor in
the $50,000
bracket have been for
boosted from a maximum of 79%
many years, in some
could keep only 48% of his in¬
in 1937, to 94% in 1945 and cor¬
cases the highest ever, and then
porate taxes from 15% to 40% come; the $100,000 bracket only be able to sit back confident that
34%; and incomes of $400,000 and you
in those years.
will
them
in
the
future
up, could keep only 17.87%.
The for
enough profit to make the
Municipal
bonds
acted
very
$50,000 income had to earn 4.16% venture worth while?
much better, price-wise. The aver¬
taxable income to net 2.00%. The
age
yield in the year 1937, as
When you buy a municipal bond
$100,000 person 5.88% and the
measured by "The Bond Buyer's"
due in, say 1955, you
may be con¬
topmost
bracket
had
to
earn
20-bond index, was 2.98%. Prices
fident that you will receive $1,000
11.19%, to net 2.00%. The $100,rose, yield decreased, above that 000
for that
bond
on
the
specified
person had to earn 7.35% to
point, every year, except one net
date. You can't possibly tell what
$2.50. Remember, those are
(1938) to 1945, when the index
you will get for an equity then.
the old rates.
The individuals in
registered 1.50% yield. Applying the
If you buy an equity and it goes
top tax bracket may keep
this yield scale to a 20-year, 2%%
than you antici¬
about $130 out of each $1,000 of up even more
bond, we find that the price in taxable income under the new pated, are you going to sell or sit?
The average annual

ings." There

lar illustrations.

and
even
reasonable do, because of the tax on the divi¬
profits; and labor, with the gov¬ dends, and they are disappointing,
aid, will do all it can what do you do then?
to take for itself an increasing
Facing wartime restrictions, in¬
share, whether the profits grow creased taxes, labor dominance of
or not.
After these prior claims the Government and the economy
have been served, I believe it is as we are today, are you going to
doubtful if enough will be left advise your customers to brush
for the stockholder, except pos¬ aside those deterring influences
sibly in rare cases, to make worth and put all investible funds in
while the gamble of betting his equities alone, in spite of the poor

93%
-

be you want the dividends, which so
often is not a profitable thing to

any

ernment's

Individual

2.98%

$2.04

can

away

abnormal

war:

Municipal Yields

Average

and
tax

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10

The Television

Thursday, October 19, 1950

Industry
Later I'll

By R. A. GRAVER*

The past of commercially prac¬
ticable television dates from April

Vice-President,

York

the

area

first

Mr.

electronic

an

Right
televi¬

system.
then,

war

defense program,

and

t

next

on

with

itself,

All

on

those

its

of

had

tre-

this great

new

who

us

faith

mendous

particularly

way,

in

art.

shelf.

Everybody

R. A. Graver

elec¬

tronic

distribution. Estimates there

are now

line receiver manufacturers, have

manu-

was

friendly

not

There

television.

toward

were

lifted.

107 telecasting stations located in 63 cities.

.

until
the had authorized. The FCC's action
autumn of 1947, just three years is
called "The Freeze."
It has
ago,
although preparations had been just that,
been under way for several years.
What had happened was that
television

receivers

share of the total receiver
production in 1947 therefore was

Our

the demand for television had expanded so rapidly that room could

type

„

had

what sort of standStates would use

ards the United

television

system.

been

ui0Us

cast programs,

and very few sets
had been installed nationally.
During
months

remaining
eight
television
atattention, but

the
of

1947,

tracted considerable

compelling interest it attracts now. By the end
of the year, however, 14 stations
nothing

like

nine

the

cities

telecasting

were

with more or less rfgu~
lanty, though the less said ahflut

Even

better.

of

the

as

were some

late

as

I cife these

network

who said that sponsors

is

A

short

digression

150,000

mirai became

associated

marks
♦An addreKs

of

by Mr. Graver before the
the

National

Securities

Traders Association, Virginia Beach, Va.,
Sept. 27, 1950.

whole

Ju" if'
,

can

Mv

+

point

the

about

first

fuL I

of

a

place

world's

largest

television

com-

will zealously guard and advance.
The progress made by Admiral

and the television industry in the
latter months of 1948, and in 1949
and

1950. takes

cance

when

September

of

added

on

you

recall

looks now

1948

the

in

Federal

television

In 1949,
television programs improved im¬
measurably.
The public discov¬
ered

that many sports events are

seen

as

more

telecast-

ing stations than those it already

sion

satisfactorily
than

screen

Methods

service

televi¬

a

on

the

on

scene.

for

presenting
programs for the

useful

house¬

wife and the male home hobbvists

significantly improved. Ways

were

for

making educational and
dramatic

urograms

ing

news

interest¬

and

developed.

were

The

tech¬

began the parade of big names of
radio, the movies and the stage
to television.

in

Also,

important

1949,

Here

following reference to the
FCC "freeze" is the place to speak
color television, a subject that
has been agitating the industry,
the FCC and the public for many

0f

a

has been

plan

proposed

adoption of the

developed

tern

the

hv

is very

by
sys-

Columhia

much in the tentative stage

with many ramifications.
of today's telecasting
stations is equipped to telecast a
color
system.
In addition, two
today,
Only

did

im¬

sev¬

previously needed.

1949

volume

pro¬

12%, 16 and

even

came

of

19-inch

picture tubes

the

to

pioneer

today's trend to larger tube sizes
that

expected

are

and

24

High

30

to

go

as

high

inches.

quality

entertainment,
operation, and
big, clear pictures were what the
ease

receiver

of

public

discovered

the

television

industry had for him in 1949, and
they responded with
Even

one

other

one

job for which

the

been

in

And

was

that

so

duction

as

months.
FCC for the

simplified,

greatly
eral had

is to Communiratirm<? Cnrnmi^inr, hoU
If
«ev^Opeq Py me UOlUmPia
iJf communications Commission halt- Broadcasting Co. However, that

fact that Admiral Corporation ed the erection of

in

really began.

if it will be next perfected. Receiver operation

as

reference

did not begin the rnsnufacture of

up

my

1949, when the boom

vision in

knob

signifithat

now

"freeze," and he made the same provements were made in tele¬
statement that day, so your guess vision receivers. Circuits for pro¬
*s as &ood as mine as to when this viding clearer pictures and for
"freeze" will be lifted. It certainly minimizing interference were

Color Television

we

to

historical re¬
view and what happened in tele¬
Back

to nine months at least to lift the

phonograph and television — an
industry position which we have

relinquished, and which

held

mysteries were greatly advanced.
Comedy and "Quiz" shows found
the
"know-how"
for
providing
laughter and thrills. And in 1949

spring, and we certainly hope so.

never

a

as

earn

being

band, that

Very High Frequency

the FCC is now studying,

binations—' three-way units that
include FM-AM radio, automatic

up my re-

industry

the

manufacturer

re-

am

Television

in 1947.

to

sion industry.

ceiver manufacturer with whom I

and installed

areas

avail-

were

the leaders in the televiAlso, in 1948. Ad-

among

from my
here. My

occasional reference to the

100,000 sets

over

programs^ trrer subject is the television industry,

Approximately

those

in 1943, Admiral built and sold

any

main theme is necessary

in

1948

of

end

station

300-odd

now

niques for presenting dramas and

Fejpjral Communications Corn-

able.

no

television receivers had been built

Convention

the

a

the

well as allocations in the

mi^Sioner, Wayne Coy, in a speech
iwChicago, just the day before
yesterday, said that two years ago
he said it would take from six

was

alone where telecasts

television programs,
are selling out daytime,
also, and every big-name star in
the entertainment field is clamoring for a spot on television. The
sponsors of television shows are
highly pleased with the results
they are obtaining. It is a tremendous advertising medium, as
I will go into a little later.

today for
and they

as

the potential for

the

would

available

time

evening

figures to show how

band,

the sale of television receivers at

tremendous

last year, there

could not carry the load. I
like to tell you that there

programs

quality

required to prove how ridicwere the clamors raised by

television's early enemies.

April, 1947, FCC gave us the
green
light.
On that comparatively recent date, less than three
and one-half years ago, television
as we know it today, began.
Five
or six stations were ready to tele-

the

run.

be

approved.

were

.

however, had receiving sets,
975,000 of the sets built in 1948.

Less than three years have

s^age

In

in

pilot

a

Growth of Television Industry

.

.

Communications Commission

our

small—only

_

to decide just

for

if

against

nation,
provided with
of

part

would

television

the

regret

we

believe it should be

discriminates

It

considerable

not be found in the Very High
Frequency wave band for all the
television stations needed to proequipment that we were called suffer eye strain, program quality
The good beginning made by vide national television service,
upon
to manufacture was of a WOuld never attain the quality of the television industry in 1947 The Very High Frequency wavenature;
alti- other entertainment media, and was sharply accelerated in 1948. band provides room for only 12
sight
and
sound
meters, radar and various other even if it
would, sponsors would By the end of the year, 54 sta- commercial telecast channels.
types of detection equipment. We never
able to pay the cost of tions in 30 cities were on the air, With more channels needed, the
learned much about this type of
programs that would compete sue- making
programs
available
to only wave-band available for them
equipment during the war years. cessfully with the entertainment some
18,000,000
families.
Only is the Ultra High Frequency, and
Following tjie war, the Federal offered
by radios, movies and the about 1,150,000 of these families, it is channel allocations in that
the

However,

work.

people who doubted the
tremendous growth that it has enj0yed.
Some said people would
many

facturers, as you know, went into
war

build,

could

they

"freeze" and

and^predicts, barring hold-up of materials due to

are

sell all the receivers

been able to

about

these will have producing capacity of eight million sets within

Estimates there

year.

really

was

television
the

color television and expansion of co-axial cable

as

program

applications

prepara¬

war

Discusses

which

tions, and then

put

of

100 television manufacturers

growth
were
ready to be¬
gin. However,

the

developments, such

develop-

e n

in

history and problems of television industry.

and micro-relay system

sion's spectac¬
ular

Graver reviews

recent

Fre¬

I have brought
the two subjects in here only to
point out that even though Ad¬
miral, and virtually all other first-

regular

telecasting
service
using

Ultra High

for

color.

quency and

30, 1939, when NBC started in the
New

speak about Admiral's

preparation

Admiral Corporation

Division, The

Electronic

a

though the FCC

rush.
"freeze"

held up construction of television

stations

ized

other than those author¬

before

types of color telecasting
systems have been presented to
FCC, and agitation continues for

CANADIAN

their approval.

SECURITIES

new

of to¬

tion

zoomed

industry does

sets.

Demand for receivers during

Actually,

day, the television

as

the air in 1949.

not

know what kind

all

for

color will

exceeded

of a system
finally be adopted.

September,

51

1948,

stations in 40 cities went

on

Receiver produc¬

to

about

3,000,000

but three months of the year

supply.

Tremendous

as

It does know that color will come

BONDS

just

STOCKS

was

allocations

less than 4,000,000 of the approxi¬

UHF, but what kind and when
wide-open
subjects
as
of

mately 24,000,000 families within

in

Government

channel

the range of telecast programs had

today.

receivers at the end of 1949.

Industrial

Corporation

will

are

Public Utility,

Municipal

as

the increase in receiver sales,

Mining

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potential

market

in the
huge, and
large part of the United States

telecast
a

still

solely

remained

area

without television.

was

dustry

production, Admiral
to build 1,000,000 sets.

pects

of

Cable

Co-Axial

and

One

Hundred

was

importance

great

in
1949
the extension of the co-axial

cable
and
micro-relay
system,
through which network television
programs

transmitted

are

from

station to station. Already, in 1948,
the cable connected a few cities

the

on

East

Coast; but not until
1949 could it be ex¬

January of

tended to the Middle West. Since
then it has been extended to ad¬

ditional

cities

the

in

East,

near

South and Middle West, and now
is in process of extension to the
Pacific

Coast,

where

a

relay

al¬

100

continue

tumn

and

relay links to 15

cities

more

this year.

The

witness

what it is to
station

television

to

radio.

It

enables

be telecast from

to

program

is

the network.

on

a

any

By mul¬

tiplying the audience it increases
the money that can be spent for

s

at

year

an

This

pace.

au¬

least

Admiral

one

dealer.

television

big audiences.

command

shows is

States makes plain,

Why?

television

proved

actual

profitable

s.les and

169% in earnings
the first half of 1949.

the

from

effective

how

in

has

Better programs for

identical

caused

The

instances

Memphis.
sales

Louis

and

each

city receiver
far below the

lagged

national average because each

city

had only a single station, and the

quality

program
network

quality.

program

of the

nouncement

station

would

go

with

list

of

on

network

pro¬

each would telecast, caused

grams

receiver sales to mount

t^at

An¬

day that each
the cable,

the

a

not equal to

was

dealers'

cleared, and

stocks

so

rapidly

soon

were

large pile of back-

a

so
clusive.

We have two

net

That

Now, for the present year, and
first thing to say about it is
that television has
arrived.
In

one

than three years, tele¬

more

vision

has

earned

recognition

as

of the most important factors

American

life, and perhaps the
greatest advertising medium ever

m

offered

great
sion

American

business.

So

the demand for televi¬

was

receivers,

FCC

"freeze"

and

all, at the beginning of 1950, that
some

predictions

were

made

that

shows

experience

from

con¬

advertising

an

To

give you an example: When
advertise a specific model re¬
frigerator on our Thursday eve¬
ning program, "Stop the Music,"
we

by

careful check of retailers,
the public is asking to

a

know

that model.

in

provided

are

branches.

operated.

"d

We

show

can

j

conditions cbnsidered, 1 am coners and friends

&dent our stock.ml

you

wlAAA nat be disappointed.
(ast
t
Ar.d now to make the audacious str0'ng
forecast that was specified.
fe'vefs

I

can

assure

are

efficiently

addition,

they

are

celery that

is

kept

testing

sales

in

areas

for

all

evtn come

j

You

uncovered

can

old

worth

see

adage
a

dishes

the

in

what I mean,

that

thousand

"a

that
picture is

words"

is

so

true, and television brings it home.
Of

5

to

10

have just
en

described.
tha

demand

fo?

there
for

several

The forewill

television receivers

in

the

only about 6,000,000 receivers

can

would

be

built,

100%

built

be

an

over

and

sold

increase

1949.

almost

of

tears

at

Another

brief

reference

Pl^es> which

I'm

you'd like to have is Admiral
advertising. Admiral always has

sure

°I

u

Of the total in¬

has

products

established

sumer,

the

many

con-

I do know, of

thousands of American fam-

Admiral

ilies wi h their first television

won

has

It

made.

total pro:uction is not likely to

production capacities. I'm willing
to guess, however, that at the
Facing television manufacturers, moment, total industry capacity
It therefore, is the job of supplying is about 8,000,000 receivers a year,

of

national

ceivers. First sets, however, are
only Part of the huge potential
market. Already a replacement
market is developing. Families
that bought sets with 7 inch tubes
in 1947, and 10 inch tubes in 1948,

quality

the

products.

are

with

interest to
television

the

24 and

30 inch tubes

are

course,

the extent

to which our own capacity has
been expanded. In the last three

re-

Admiral has invested an
additional
$5,500,000
in
plant
quality, and win further acceptequipment and increased plant
ance for the Admiral name, $15,space 1,000,000 feet. In January,
000,000 is being spent to advertise
1948. when we went into the line
Admiral products this year.
now want receivers with larger production of television receivers,
picture tubes; and this replace- our production rate was 100 reAdmiral's Earnings
ment market is bound to grow, ceivers a day. Now, little more
A

name.

be of interest to you

ings in

1951, but you gentlemen

investment experts, skilled in
interpreting the future from the

are

past,
and

so review of Admiral sales
earnings for 1947, 1948, 1949

and the first half of 1950 may
you

help

to form your own opinion as

to what our next

years,

-iust.as » dic! in radio, to become than-two and one-half years later,
?n, ,mPortant part of each years it is 5,000 a day.
t0AaA potential.

The

enormous

the last three

Another developing potential is

increase during

years

in television

all receiver production facilities is of
members of all families want to great significance when considsee and hear the same television ered in connection with the re¬
program at the same time. Sec- quirements likely to be put on
ond sets are the answer to these the electronics industry by the
families' needs, as they have been n a t i o n's military preparation,
in radio.
Parts and materials shortages, as

the second set market.

year's prospects

Not

I.bave told

still another potential is export.

Admiral

are.

already

has

established

in

offing.

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much exceed 6,000,000, because of
a shortage of critical parts and
materials. I can't know exactly
how much other receiver manufacturers have expanded their

Canadian

Government,

lest

000 000 television receivers would
be built during the year, but that

,

the size of

the

a

re

families in telecast areas..

that has made the name, Admiral,
dominant in all fields for which
Admiral

*

TV

even

be

television

industry's ability to increase
picture tubes to provide
clearer pictures.
Right
single year. Given the breaks, the larger,
industry probably could have built now, the 16 and 19 inch tube is
standard.
Last year it was the
that number. But the breaks went
The year before, the
the other way, and now, because 12Y2 inch.
10 inch. Next year it may be the
of the shortage of critical parts
20 inch, and as I told you earlier,
and materials, it looks as though
8.000,000

to

vears

you, will hold televlsl0n YfCeiV-eruuPru^Uj^rl
pro¬
In
1947, Admiral sales of all distributors in Havana and Mex- year to the neighborhood of M00,through 1950 has been the products were $47,899,938, and net ico City.
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Continued on page 77

comparable
improvements in
grams

lfter it^ stni

ab~east of the notential

Ad-

topic that I know will

Dual-Temp is edible after weeks;
cold cuts soft and as they were
put in, in the Dual-Temp.
the

on

and

third

two

conventional refrig¬

looks

but

As of today, there are 107 teletor several years at lest,
merchandising casting stations in 63 cities. Applans, and pilot operations for our Plications for 300 more are being
other distributors. Each of the 76 held
up
because of
ihe
FCC Elght ^llh-on ^VXTRe?ex\vers to Be
independent distributors is a siz- "freeze."
Within receiver range
Produced Next Year
able
company,
with substantial °f the 107 stations, about 7,500,000
Some moments
ago, I said that
annual income.
Some employ as families have television receivers, at the
beginning of' 1950, some
many as 40 salesmen.
with another 1,175,000 in public predictions were made that 8,miral

is Admiral's
limp; while it is
earnings. No one, I am sure, would
fresh and crisp in the Dual-Temp.
dare risk a forecast of our earnFood

tof^h

U3trv^ from

the

Ad-

knowledge of Admiral

by demonstrating with an actual
picture in front of them what hap¬
to

though

soon

^oumaLT^evis&Lltr

our
the full year, bu ,

of

acceptance for the Admiral

au¬

an

tele-

no

own

a

wjii

as

To extend

famous

pens

it

I

leant anticipate

earnings for

Ad-

than

Five

five

In

81

greater

operated

are

those

by

we

conventional refrigerator, or
Admiral Dual-Temp,

a

the

has

have

to

SSZm thVS
HSfJSfJL"

JY

Sales for all of 19J0 will exceed

$200,000,000—100%

see

dience just what happens to food

erator—it

the

is

standpoint.

weeks in the

orders accumulated.

little

experience

our

television

increases.

St.

are:

In

had

year,

presently

expected

over

means that less than
e. amines in those areas
.Ye teAevi£1°n. Additional teleimmediate sales response in prof¬
more people is the result.
known how potent an influence
Y1^0]1 receivers are being bougnt
itable volume to TV commercials.
The effect of the extension of
advertising is in its industries, and Lnn nrfn
areas at a rate of about
We, as sponsors, and one of the
the
cable
on
receiver
sales
is
always has advertised aggressively au">uulA a month. Thus, at the
sponsors,
having
started and
amazing.
Two recent instances early
effectively.
Second only to Present receiver production rate,
with the "Broadway Review," the
come to mind, although virtually
management and quality of prod- 1
would take four and one-half
first of its kind, know the value
every other extension of the cable
uct, advertising has been the force year®> °r
to supply receivers
of
the program.

is

it

r*

are.

works, "Stop
the Music," at 8 p.m. Eastern time
on
Thursdays, and "Lights Out,"
a 9 p.m. Eastern time on
Mondays.
We
sponsored
both shows
last
on

however, how

distributors.

vhat

3y%

1950, sales company's earnings
$103,295,000, and earnings,
If
nati0n's militarv nrena
58,485,000, an increase of 94% in ratTon
shouU not reauir7a sinele

cealer coverage.

our

distributors
miral

of

were

non-

Sales and service to Admiral m im

business special

knows

experience

shows

Simply

commercials

Admiral

,

dealers

The de¬ miral

television

great that no network

so

has time available.

builders.

now

increase

For the first hali of

Ob-

dealers in

complete is

In addition,

an

may

sales and 67% in earnings.
border
cities now
receive 'proIn 1949, sales were $iiz,000,000, grams from the American side
and ranges—Admiral has and net earnings,
$8,239,000, an anci saies 0f television receivers
retail dealers.
In
every increase over 1948 of 68% in sales
by Admiral's Canadian subsidiary
in the United States is at and 118% in earnings.
contribute substantially
to that

movies and the stage.

mand from sponsors for

Canada

countries

products—television,
radio-phonographs, refrig-

viously, Admiral

many newcomers wno first provea
on

were

For all its

782,825,

36,000 retail dealers in the United

themselves

South American
follow.

were

$66,764,000, and net earnings, $3,- casting stations of its

pattern

fairiy typical.

vision of almost every major star
of radio, and many more from the

TV commercials

network

Admiral

re-

win.er's programs will television areas do not handle Adthe appearance on tele¬ miral television.
That we
have

have

Immediately ahead

television

ana

Los Angeles.

is the extension of the cable

becat.se it is

television

of

this

accelerated

cite

about

are

radio,
make- plain the industry orators
position Admiral has achieved.
38,000
Improvements in television pro¬ coun.y
grams

I

ceivers.

earnings after all charges
$2,248,186.
In 1948, Admiral
sales

outline of the distri-

pattern for

quoted

even

specified, I think you'd

brief

a

The figures I have just

because

us

there

manufacturers

ready connects San Francisco and
of

like

Manufacturers

together,

receivers.

Micro-Relay System
Of

Ed Welch

bution
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Extension

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Thursday, October 19, 1950

Scope of Our Rearmament Program
I

had

intended to
"Air Force Speech."

make this

an

I

my

changed

want

talk

to

you

as

repre-

a

Pentagon official, asserting

most

all the Armed

Forces,
Armed

Forces

of

team

i

a

good prize fighter,

a

termine

r

says

to

marshal all

our resources

in present sit¬

more

expensive than people realize and national needs will de¬

channel of investment capital.

As you
fabulous

tagon.

the

Korean hostilities and

know,

defense

Pen¬

all
jokes

building

—

the

apology

building

five years proved to us?
I
think the front pages of our daily
last

of ramps

its lost

M. Zuckert

Eugene

end, I

enough

am

that

to

sure

there would be

material for

comedian

to

for

use

radio

every

half

a

life¬

time.
I sometimes

think, though, that
give the jokes and gags a much

we

wider circulation than

facts—facts that
For

only

facts
face

the

courage,

we

do the

citizens need.

citizenry that has the

a

and

our

understands

future,

them

only

not

can

with

There

Today, the men who are work¬
ing in the Pentagon building are,
to my mind, contributing their ef¬

is

for

need

no

answers

generation.

me,

or

of the

had

globe. As a result, we have
choice today but to pre¬

are

all

own defenses as
against advancing

our

pare

tection
and

ambition.

Such

a

a

pro¬

greed

re-activa¬

military might cannot
be taken by Russia as a threat to
her

our

security.

own

We

are,

as

military strength,
of

us

determined to

"Bring the boys back home,"

"demobilize
when

we

Marine

melting

forever"

found

Corps,

—

the

should

our

be much

as

I conceive it,

like

the

natural

own.

There

days

be

can

no

provoked

A
Army, Navy, show-down.
positive
show¬
and Air Force down will not give us a quick or

our

effective

away.

answer

to the present in¬

stalemate.
Such
a
They melted away, we quickly ternational
found out, much too soon.- They show-down, if that should mean a
resort to force, is not in conso¬
melted away when, at the very
same
time, another nation was nance with what you and I under¬
stand to be the fundamental be¬
building with determination.
liefs of a democracy. Some mod¬
*An address by Sec. Zuckert at the
ern form of trial by combat would
National

Security
Traders
Association
Convention, Virginia Beach, Va., Sept.

be

27,

answer.

1950.




erations.

neither

a

moral

nor

practical

tremendous.

women.

ginning
more

to

to

turn

are

already be¬

over

more

and

of their

productive capacity
goods.
Employment, al¬

war

Part

of

our

all-out

effort in Korea is due to unifica¬
tion.

And

I

can

truthfully

say

that, although unification has been
a

big

headache,

headache

has

it

been

a

new

much
ment

of

the

capital.

There will be

direction

of

con¬

invest¬

They

have the men—the

did not

we

in the line outfits—who

men

were

capable of carrying out the job.
I would like to point out tonight

that has been over¬
those who write and
comment on our military opera¬
tion in Korea. I regard the men
something
looked

by

fighting there—and I include all
branches

our

service

the

of

praise—as

courageous

military history.

as

this

in

any

as

an

agent of the United Nations,

entered that conflict, we were able

When I

talk about sacrifices, I to
using words idly. A man to

quickly. Critics are apt
that we started from
can't take out a substantial insur¬ something less than
a
standing
ance policy without
curtailing his start against a capable enemy.
other savings and his spending on
Greatest Supply Movement in
food, clothing, shelter and recrea¬
am

not

move

forget

One

the

men

Tarawa,
the

who fought and died at
Okinawa, the Battle of

and

Bulge,

over

the

Ploesti

fields.

oil
I

this

make

statement

because

of

one

the

boys who fight today in Korea.

the

thing:

psychology

of

In World War II the men left this

country to enter combat with the
bands

of

the

greatest

history

of

men

and

was

material

supply
instant¬

that

went

into Korea within the short time
of

90

days

greater than any
our history.

was

similar mission in
The

united

planning of Army,
Navy,
Marine
Corps,
and Air
Force, was already in operation.
It

has

been

a

thrill

to

see

the

spirit of "can do" that turned the
tide in Korea.

"pretested

One result of this

joint

a

strange,

bloody

planning"

was

country, into
vicious,
troops.
There had

rugged

combatv-hgainst

well-trained
been

no

time for orientation, for

building the spirit of combat.

Yet, what did these men do?
They fought, most of them for
stretches

of

48

without

time

-

ly thrown into action. The amount

84

to

hours

at

bravery.

They were, I sincerely believe,
of the bravest men we have

some
ever

had defending freedom.

They

have met the test.
But the real test for those of us
who haven't been

in the foxholes

is yet to come. It will come when
the battle for Korea is won—as it

definitely will be. Without Korea
as a daily reminder of imperialis¬
tic communism's threat to us, will
we be willing of sustain our effort

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they saw
trols, irksome but necessary.
pressure of unification was forc¬
everyone
extending
a
helping
All
of
this
effort
will
cost ing the resolution of basic issues hand to the man in uniform—the
that
could
have
previously re¬ USO's were open 24 hours a day.
money. It will be your money and
submerged
indefinitely Our
my money.
The inevitable result mained
people were clearly warbecause
of this preparedness effort and the and
submerged, would minded. Our soldiers were psy¬
taxation it implies may be less of have weakened and increased the chologically prepared for war.
the better living we have been cost of our defense structure.
What about the soldier of June
As a result of the process of 25, 1950, in Japan? The men who
enjoying, and that effort will in¬
evitably bring dislocation of our unification, we were in good con¬ went into combat in Korea were,
personal lives and. occupations. It dition, within budget limitations, for the most part, peacetime sol¬
will markedly affect those of you when the
Reds
laid
down
the diers, doing routine, occupational
who deal in securities.
National challenge in Korea.
guard duty in Japan.
Suddenly
needs
will
necessarily
channel
When the United States, acting they were thrown into a war in
edness effort.

History

qAllen

planning would have meant little

a

of the difficul¬

because

high in our his¬
ties and the differences that have
tory, will be stepped up even
been aired in public.
more.
Manpower, as a result, will
But why have these things been
become scarce, and channeled into
activities relating to the prepar¬ aired in public?
ready at

To¬

proved the underlying strength of
our organized teamwork.
But this

did for "total war."

Manufacturers

perfectly
executed
land¬
modern military history."
we had to pay for such per¬

actions in the last few weeks have

preparation.

Our only answer must be, as tion. By the same token, a nation
Secretary of State Acheson has can't take out an insurance policy
said,
"total
diplomacy."
That in defense without cutting back—
means
a
marshalling of all our without, to use a statement that
resources towards the accomplish¬
may
sound trite but is all too
ment of our national objectives, true, "tightening the belt."
perhaps even more fully than we
Those are some overall consid¬

no

exploit to the fullest that chance. equipment of a good prize fighter.
And we can only do that through We should be strong enough to
possessing force in being. For the fend off any blows, while at the
thinking of late 1945 and early same time being strong enough to
1946 is over. Those were the days strike out with telling blows of
of

up

This will be expensive to an
to
be squeamish
Korea
about naming that power.
It is extent perhaps not fully compre¬
I would like now to pin-point
Russia.
A glance at the map of, hended by our people today. As
what I have said by referring to
the world will clearly show how only one example, we are bring¬
Korea.
imperialistic communism has cast ing into the Services substantial
Our effort in that battle has been
its shadow over so large a portion qauntities of additional men and

all democratic na¬
fort and devotion to realization of tions should be, without any ter¬
the last chance for peace in our ritorial ambitions of our own. Our
We

still keep

must

we

else,

anyone

tion of

but with faith.

are eloquent
question.

newspapers

and found victims—were laid end
to

was

But what have these

for defense.

long, rambling
corridors, i t s
and

first

At

its

maze

there

that this power was only

this

at

day, we can point with pride to
the achievements in Korea.
Our

If

about

ago

smoothing out unification.

of

Praises supply accomplishments in

after end of the episode

warns

in the

week

fection with the earlier heartaches

power.

I work

in

ing

But

uation will be

land,

and

sea

of

ment

the

a

over

ings, called it the "best planned,

military strength should be like natural equip¬

our

little

Inchon.
One experienced correspondent,
who has witnessed many such land¬

mind and tonight I
to

a

the landings at

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force

ntative of

s e

seen

By EUGENE M. ZUCKERT*

originally

Soiinur, S. A., Montevideo, Uruguay

Convention Number

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Financial
One

basic

trouble

with

every

13

Shadow-Boxing
By MELCHIOR PALYI

the

managers

eye

with

U.

der

printing

press,

thus pouring fuel

re¬

bor¬

process,

fire of monetary

on

expansion. Says both Treasury and Federal Reserve believe in "cheap money"

.un¬

and contends recent fractional rise in short-term rates has little effect.

system

a

Says Government, in recent refunding

rates.

rowed billions from the

of

S.

Palyi discusses controversy of Treasury with Federal Reserve Board

garding interest

man¬

agement

of

Dr.

Often, they

at

pur¬

nancial

Holds

controlled

inflation

and

money

credit offers

a

can

bank

reserves

and

Sees

no

through qualitative

necessity for tightening

predicts iriterest rates will be kept low.

be¬

of their

earning assets. In view of
possibility that long-term

the

bonds might depreciate some day,

Re¬

with

"orderly

System

serve

Treasury
(Morgenthau)

Dr. Melchior Palyi

is

era

still

story. This is the
time, however, that the two

first

bureaucracies have engaged in an

battle that began with verbal

open

skirmishes about

a

year

has

a

sort

reached

now

ago

and

of show¬

government

1930's and became institu-

tionalized

since

Pearl

Harbor,

what

does

the

conflict

of

further, perhaps to 1 V2 %. The Reserve

has

but it is
to

a

take up

member
which

to venture much

maturities.

change in the short rates reflects
itself as a major factor in those
banks'

The

banks

fuel

ternity

refused

to

buy—

that the government

pansion.

tune of

pile up bonds to the
$92 billion. One conis that the policy of low

to

borrowed

over

no longer can be abandoned
without endangering the liquidity

billion directly

the fire of monetary ex-

some

sequence

$1

from the printing press, pouring
on

II/

a

commercial bank loan,

is the case? (The discount on
60-day commercial paper has been
raised to—13A%.)
Booms have
not been halted in the past by
rates on prime paper of as high
as
8%.
The Treasury will not
as

Theoretically, the Reserve Board borrow one cent less if it has to
couid raise +he long-term rates
PaY %% more, nor can more bonds
and

IS s™ak pS

and
solvency of
thousands
of vateiv ahout dojne iust that
The
giant bureaus in charge of the
smaller banks. Their holdings of
purse
portend from a
practical point of view, other than interest-bearing securities-up to a pure
the dominant
maturities — amount
on
as
a
clash of power-minded and 10-year
fac£or ;s tbe mice at which the
the average to as much as five
mutually jealous public bodies?
a
ent
times their combined capital and
the

p^vaitog^

national

of rising prices and skyrocketing

214% for

artificiality,

obligations

p™c|nf1
government

profit

be placed with ultimate investors.
The banks may be induced to be

and

Reserve's

also

rates

of

accounts.

loss

efforts
mean

to

bolster

higher in¬

business loans, the vol¬

terest on

won
the first round, profit margins, how much differPyrrhic victory: it had ence does it make to a borrower
the "slack" which the if he has to pay 2%% instead of

means

During the War, the guarantee of
fixed bond prices
(and interest
rates) induced the banking fra-

rates

down stage.

Just

in

an

has evolved as part and
parcel of the Cheap Money policy
of the

Roosevelt

unwritten

an

market"

irony,

paper; it

(Eccles> and
the

in the F. D.

unconscious

can afford
beyond two-year
Therefore, a minor

they do not feel they

the

Federal

metropolitan

They
carry
short,
low-yield
which constitutes up to 60%

ume

tween

big

paper

those

skir¬

mishes

be controlled without rise in interest rates,

discrimination in making credits available.

good example.
The

the

banks.

eye-to-

see

The fi¬

poses.

the

another.

one

operate
cross

not

do

of

power

Managed Economy is the fact that

which,

incidentally,

has

risen in four months at the recordbreaking pace of $2 /2 billion. The
banks profit all down the line,
,e. banks certainly need
additional mcome to build up their
capital-cushion wnich has sunk to
less than 10% of their noncash
assets. (They need it all the more
J*> as " ls expected, the member
banks reserve requirements
should be boosted.) Could that be

attRnde^MOTe^ikelv

Its number

attitude. More likely, its number

one«jn».dm'tion ™ay be-a *udt
complex.

In final analysis, the

a

^i^L^uSheLr^neof

proportionately, there is no inducement to loan less to customers
or to refrai„ from purchasing cor.

the banks with government paper

bit more cagey in their lendings;
but since all money rates go up

and the consequent stymying of
its own policy into a virtually

accounts.
A substantial ow"sd"ynsnorate bonds
frozen pattern of Cheap Money,
*n Plain language, the central
With a runaway boom under way,
Let us recall the prime facts decline of the longest outstanding
marketable issue (the 2y2% Vic- bank has become a machine that
1wnat matters even more tnan it ig deprived of its classical
underlying this situation. To be¬
weapon of money market control:
gin with, the Federal Reserve still tory "tap" bond due in 1972/67) responds to every piece of gov- ns Pric® }s ine r; i D ?y
is an independent agency—one of to appreciably below par, and of ernment paper thrown in by emit- credit. As long as tne Hoard con- the uge Qf the discount "screw."
other
issues
accordingly, ting a piece of paper money.
P provide all tne money
q£ course>
js most discouragthe very few central banks which the
would
spell terrifying losses if Thereby, it maintains the level wanted by purchasing an tne gov- jng £or a self-respecting central
as yet have not been nationalized,
not widespread bankruptcy.
and pattern of interest rates, which ernment paper ottered—and it bank to gtand by with f0jded arms
openly or otherwise. Its Board of

surplus

,

appointed for

Governors,

a

long

term

by the President, subject to
Congressional approval, is respon¬
sible for monetary and banking

policy. On the other hand, man¬
aging the national debt is or
should be
ury

a

function of the Treas¬

which is

ernment

of the Gov¬
naturally
"fiscal"

an arm

and

minded, while the Reserve's role
is that of a guardian of monetary

stability.

since

However,
abandonment

of

the
the

de

facto

automatic

gold standard, the two fpnctions
overlap. Our postwar monetary
system is best defined as an auto¬
matic bond standard. All govern¬

could be changed by a mere push could not do otherwise lest the an(j wa£cb helplessly as the tide
of- a button, so to speak. But in entire financial structure collapse rjgeg £0 wasb out the monetary
practice, 2 Vz% is and must remain —a fractional tightening of the pinars. The ineffectual gesture of
borrow is politically more expe- the limit for marketable securi- interest rates has no influence on sightly penalizing the Treasury
dient—on top of a $256 billion ties of the government. To go be- the volume of money, or the prosjts future borrowings may be
national debt—than to tax. And, yond that to any extent, even as Pects of business and the demand
understood as a warning signal
of course, the Treasury prefers to little as 2%%, might bring
an for capital.
to shake the Administration out of
Presently, the Defense Economy

enters, with the prospect of new
deficits and rhore inflation.
To

borrow at low rates. Notwithstand-

retary Snyder,
backed by
President, made up his mind that
he will carry out his financing
operations by way of 13-month
certificates at 1 V\ %. He
to "roll over"

proceeded

$13.5 billion in cur-

maturities

rent

offering

the

(by Oct. 1)
certificates in

sold

bonds, long or short, can be
any time and at a guar¬

at

depends mainly on the amount of

its irresponsible lethargy,

The Board takes the very sensible attitude that controls need not
ag
contempiated
Berth Treasury mean resorting to police methods,
To experiment with minor ups and Federal Reserve believe in such as price-fixing and rationing,
and downs merely would upset the "cheap money," though the former Its spokesmen point out that unmarket without contributing any- means a little cheaper than the der present circumstances, it is
thing to the control of inflation. ]atter. But that slight difference even more difficult to police the
^g £0 £be short rates: in the face is quite significant to the earning
Continued on page 161
To

basjc

be

g

no

cbange

financial policy

is

the
much

in

as

by
ex¬

change for diverse short and me¬
coming due. Ap¬
anteed minimum price to the Re¬ parently, he expected the central
bank to go along supporting the
serve Board, and monetized there¬
market as it always did hereto¬
by. The money volume now is not
anchored to gold or to the busi¬ fore.
This time, the Reserve authori¬
ness community's demand for selfliquidating, commercial credit. It ties rebelled. After having raised
ment

III

avalanche of bonds to the central

bank's windows and wreck the
national credit, also sabotage the
the Treasury s financial program.

ing the Reserve Board's warnings
about inflationary hazards, Sec-

dium-term paper

the

rediscount

rate

from

iy2

Clearance Facilities
\ ,!

to

for

bonds the central bank has to ab¬

sorb

so

as

to

maintain

1%%, they let the short maturity
rigidly market drop a little. The 13-month

a

low level of interest rates.

This system

rate

is called officially,

tions

now

are

is almost 1%%.

that

it

may

New York and Out

Indica¬

of Town

be raised

OVER-THE-COUNTER

brokers and dealers

Inquiries

Adler, Coleman & Co.
Members

New

York

Stock

New

York

Curb

are

of

invited regarding

our

facilities.

Exchange

Members

use

Exchange

Trust Company of North America
15 Broad

Securities Clearance Division

Street, New York 5

HAnover 2-9780




115

BArclay 7-1300

Broadway, New York 15

Complete Domestic and Foreign Banking Facilities
Member Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

14

Thursday, October 19, 1950

Responsibilities of Investment Trust Management
The

of

fulfillment

its

broader

(a
statutory
requirement;
especially its implications are
highly relevant.
Its implications should be frank¬
ly discussed with the prospective
buyer along with appreciation of
the necessity for the incurrence
of a sales charge.
For example,
load

By A. WILFRED MAY*

and

responsibilities by the investment

industry
is
becoming
important—for its own

company
ever

more

benefit
well

broad

entire investment community,

rpallv

pr0gressjve income taxation, sup-

:f

ment

_a_

ing of age
a bang.

The

to

over

the

In

billion during

$2

fnH

9^

o

the oast
the

decade, and a 25% g ow h by
closed-ends.
them

around.

i

left

un-

contained

Company

sjons

all

multiple-pyramided

spheres, the public's

of

acceptance

brackets

ben-

investment

hv

of disclosure,
tection

bPforP

Mav

Utility registration

of

1933

is

even

a

now

of

and affording pro-

33rdAnA„ld:r Conbvy.„"o„
Detroit^Mich!,

itself with the trust share-

holder-both already

existing and

prospective-through the Securi-

confer

the
effec-

on

power

Defines types of trust.

officers

directors,

and

Exchange

Securities

via the National

the SEC,

gives

Act

the registration provisions of

the

jurisdiction

statute,

etc. thority

over

/0.

D

.

.

and

au-

the underwriters and

registration-re- dealers,

of

power

ing

the

of

<3) Restrictions on the proper-

legislation,

states

almost

the

all

and non-uni-

individually

time

selling, major changes in policy, sale

Investment Bonds and Stocks

organizations

of fraudulent securities, re-

censing of dealers and brokers.

company.

(5)

Prescribes

structures;

simple

barring

The; Void Remaining for

capital

Outside the

capitalization by open-end funds.

Federal

proper

manner

of div-

idend payments.

can

dispelled

Insuring

of

adequate

re¬

porting to shareholders, with balsheet

and attain-

and

income

informa-

That

hard-boiled

the

ma¬

here

too

viewpoint,

selling of trust shares, this thought

recently

was

of

Severe penalties

of viola-

tions.

advice

"There

detrimental

the

aspects of what they are selling.

happens

in

face

right

and

turn them

line.

every

Nothing is perfect.

But you can

to the rough spots

up

into less potent

objections by bringing them up

yourself.

You can turn a seem¬

ing objection into

for

reason

a

for

reason

not

buying

.

.

.

tell

man

a

them the bad points as well as

It

good.

kind of

the

is

strongest

salesmanship. When you

by

the

human

beings

planations

sell

in

the

anything

of the merits of the

being

pro

—

straight

There

open.

are

out

enough advan¬

tages in the fund to more than
make

arguments

later

apologies

and

That is the only way to

on.

up

widely

for the disadvantages

acquisition cost and modest

is beyond the

and con the "load"

paper.

space

limitations of
Past

But disclosure of the

Performance

Over¬

emphasized

Comparative performance dem¬

State, Municipal and Revenue Bonds

Railroad

White, Weld
Members of

40

Bonds and Stocks

&

Co.

the New York Stock Exchange

Wall Street, New

to be expected

another
ness

York 5

use

shares, constitute

phase of the funds' busi¬

where great responsibility for

self-discipline rests

Company Stocks

We maintain active markets

misleading

from

creating

a

not

those

on

by the statutes

tions. Not only should
from

Foreign Bonds

is of course

in the competitive

effort to sell the

covered

Canadian and

as

salesmen who shy

are

from

away

onstrations, whose

Bank and Insurance

salesmen

to

lay it on the line first, you won't

Development Bonds

•

the

have to worry about making ex¬

Discussion
various

this

International Bank for Reconstruction

Utility

in

expressed

professional heart-

some

return." i

(10)

Public

In the

practices which

Acquisition Cost Item

advanced

United States Government Securities

be

that

honesty is the best policy.

of

ti°n.

the

on

should

realization

by the

terialistic

the
a

composing the industry.

ment plans.

here

within proper bounds

ke

obligation

pay¬

action

from

even

a

only by fulfilment of a sense of

(8) Regulation of periodic

turnover.

"idealism"

of

People like to hear

state—are naturally

or

wide miscellany of

(7) Definition of

*

f°rmal regulation

scope

(6) Barring of senior securities

ance

shareholder

buying, or at least nullify it as

Self-Regulation

leverage

abuses, cross-holdings, etc.

(9)

the

ations of the trusts, and the li-

and

sponsor

preventing

formation, organization and oper-

their assignment,

or

between

as

quiring disclosure of pertinent in-

long-term contracts with advisory

dealings

matters

the

at

and

the fund by re¬

serve

Cynicism over the possibility of

formly have statutes dealing with

margin trading, short- such

help the

would

load

its

ducing

This

as

or

follows:

In addition to the regulatio„
Pr°Vk,ed by thC above"cited Fed"

trust.

a

overage

y

cash-in

investor,

long-time
same

to-heart

„

ue

(4) Prohibition against specified

•

equivalent

buyer in keeping him in line as a

course

,

,.

kers, underwriters, and investment eraj

activities;

Industrial

an

early

an

constructive

The

rowing provisions, investing poli-

advisers, affiliated with

and

purchasing

Such further understand¬

ground

Commission, with full infor- Association of Securities Dealers

cies,

in

tailed

switch.

its wishes for changes in practice,

f

fish-bowl mation about capitalization, bor- and

beyond that possessed

a

considerable

SEC

(2) Prescribes registration with
the

and, if
supplemental
year,

a

filings

recurrent

1940.

The Federal Government con- vocation by the Commission.
cerns

thP

a

constitutes

charge

calculation

his

of

deduction from his future income

tively to impose on the industry

.

'

filing

necessary,

are:

.

^

Act

once

prospectus during the year. Such

epochal In-

important of its provi-

more

by the investor in other securities. —with

mid-century

our
Mr

business

trust

finds itself living in

efiting from the redistribution of

capital through

de-

vices, and other shenanigans—the

the

ening the ownership of securities

lower income

trading

the

passed

political, boom of the 1920s—the blind pools,

social,

1ft/in

Public

Congress

panying the roaring stock market

legitimization

the

Act

payment

flexible

the

in

vestment

g

^

Securities

The

concerned primarily with the offering of securities for sale to the

Invest-

Holding Company Act of 1935, the

Following the avalanche of in-

indicating possibilities of

717

still

touched.

a

filling some vital needs; os broad-

among

conduct

The

n

In

increasing

A„+

vestigation and regulation which

and economic

trusts is

n

continuing

followed the awful abuses accom-

enjoying

the

1934,

of

ment Company Act of

constantly

and

i n c r e as

as

our

employment by fidu-

vehicle for

ciaries

accepted

investment atti¬

an

necessitates

(one of 9% will consume
the
9 0, a
public.
This chiefly affects the
adminis- open-er.d companies, who con- fund's throw-off of investment in¬
Existing Formal Regulation
trative procedure of the Securities tinually sell new snares and hence come for two years).
He must
order to view the picture in and
Exchange Commission
must file periodic registrations also understand the penalty en¬

area

Qualitatively, we see

becoming

combating

Act

perspective, let us first
'
and prospectuses. An arrangement
note the lormal sanctions now beBased on the findings of an ex- has been worked out whereunder
ing imP°sed by the Federal and haustive four-year investigation an open-end company can have a
State statutes and administrative .
the SEC following instructions current prospectus in circulation
reSulations, and then consider the Dy ^ne
101^
g s "J®
permanently by filing a new

funds

ooen-end

business.

own

prospective buyer should un¬

tude

Pr()Per

encedaouin
tunlingof the

of

and

the

Quantita¬

assets

needs,

secular socialization process.

tively,
we
have experi-

net

and the trusts'

ties Act of 1933, the Securities Ex-

P]ying the nation's capital invest- change

rnm

with

May

the

derstand that

the

United States

A. Wilfred

the

economy,

that

indus¬

in

a

Holds avoidance of

necessity be left for self-discipline.

the

For
trust

.

of

importantly further the constructive interests of the national

terest.

try

must

questionable practices in selling, portfolio management, and reporting, will

in¬

national

much

asserts

that

as

the

of

Citing the formal Federal and State regulation of the trust business, Mr. May

as

regula¬

or

they abstain
and

statements

horserace-doping

atmosphere; but affirmatively, the
item

in securities

Underwriter

•

Distributor

•

of

Dealer

Companies

ks

sets—should
stressed.

the

Philadelphia




Boston

Pittsburgh

«

Cleveland

San

management

expense

Chicago

In

be

at

the

continuing

least
final

expense

to

all

offices

equally

analysis
ratio

is

crucially important to proper ap¬

Francisco

Boston

praisal

Chicago

from

a

true

investment

viewpoint and should be
Private JVires

—

comparatively from fund-to-

fund and in relation to gross as¬

Natural Gas
New York

of

both

Philadelphia

New Haven
London

Providence

ceded.

Performance

so

tied to

con¬

capi-

Amsterdam
1 From

—•by
nancial

"Securities

Salesman's

Corner"

John Dutton, Commercial and
Chronicle, Sept. 21, 1950.

Fi¬

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Convention Number

tal

gains

can be largely a for¬
phenomenon, while man¬

tuitous

agement

incurrence of expense—

s

ranging from 1.03 to 0.35% for the
open-end funds and from 1.94 to
0.38%

the

for

panies—is

closed-end

Of course, the
duction

in

com¬

controllable item.

a

re¬

expense

injuring results must not be over¬
looked.

importance

of

the item

of

management expense can be par¬

ticularly

appreciated

closed-end

the

of

in the

case

companies,

for

product—is

cating

sponsible

leaders

business.

lund

at

the

Where

selling

are

is

wnicn

own

market

the

wnicn

discount

a

amount

trust's

in

exceeds

tne

from

deducted

management ex¬

gross income for

pense, the actual result is tnat the
snarenolder
is
being given the

of

benefit

service

management

gratis.
Moreover, this and other advan¬
tages attached to the ownership of
closeu-end

in

ested

should be
those inter¬

companies

conceded

freely

the

by

of

promotion

tne

premium (as
well as by Stock HiXcnange bro¬
kers)
when
the subject arises.
open-end funds at

a

While tne open-end
have

wise

mutuals like¬

number

a

of

advan¬

tages (such as liquidity at under¬

lying asset value), they should be
weighed in the light of their price
of 100-plus cents

of

assets

of

75

cents

so

or

closed-end companies.

for many

of

size

running

from

fund

to

60%,

($134,437,000

$45,707,000), and amounted

versus

to

by

of the

52%

their

windows"

stocks"

in

possible

concurrent volume

sales.2

This

selling

device

tical

the

and

need

baby

a

salesman's

for

earnings

pair

new

seemingly

will

of

prac¬

to

shoes,"

it

impossible

be

as

ing away.
in any event,

in

ratio

be

as

can

encouraged

by

construc¬

tive correspondence from sponsors

the

phenomenal promotional ability.

"Blue

The

the

of

of

technique

selling

escape"

is

an¬

growing practice calling for

other

seif-restraint

by

promoters

fund

in their own best interest as

of

cashing-in

I

see

while the "let-

example,

past

about

claims

per¬

form,

intra-company

far

Although

practice

good

in re¬

While

this

they

promises to prevent

does not affect the very

important

activities of salesmen in their di¬

by way

business.

id

cern

ities.

minority

the

dustry

as

—

well

as

attention

the
its

of

by

the

of

aroused

have

and

in

in¬

their

con¬

They

calibre leads

a

yjltal

must,

and

to

me

believe

they will, fulfill it!

leaders

4 In

the regulatory author¬

Indicative thereof is the

This constitutes

responsibility.

tion

the

so-

substance, it is
the fair

of

Securities

partial codifica¬

a

intentment

of Sec.

Act of '33*

responsibility

major

regulation,

engaged

growth—and

tightly definitized by statute and

for the overall effect

is necessarily

still vouchsafed in the trust man¬

from

Forbearance

agers.

ir¬

pictorial excesses, textual

of

self-interest

well

via

2 Source

of data:

Investment

Robert

"A
Rich

Sept. 28,

ease

with

by

the

the

avid

prevalent

investment
National

coincides

practice

with self-interest.

High-sounding language, includ¬

Reynolds & Co.
Underwriters—Distributors

ing implication of similarity be¬
investment

trust

tween

and

safety of government bonds or
insurance,

com-

Association

subject fund

industry. Here again

good

ethically

repurchase

foibles

throughout the

3 Cf.:

The

accentuating several

are

prevailing

of

the

spring

the

the long-term benefit

as

the

life

should be avoided.

Members

Likewise refrained-from should
be the

dressing-up of staff econ¬

New York Curb Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Companies.
Shareholder's

in

"Mutual

and

Loyalty"

Funds"

Financial

by
column,

Chronicle

omists,
power

exaggeration

and

of the

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

of technical gadgets to beat

ot

New York Cotton Exchange

Midwest Stock Exchange

the market.

1950.

us-take-care-of-you" appeal is be¬

Commodity Exchange, Inc.

Chicago Board of Trade

ing applied to the layman's worries
over

portfolio-management prob¬

lems

quite justifiably, at the same

time

"inflation"

the

is

bugaboo

-Private Wires-

seemingly being oversold. Not only
is the unwarranted

blithely made

120

BROADWAY

NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

•

assumption be¬

in some cases

ing

BALTIMORE

assets

terest

tutes

DAYTON

fixed-in¬

or

EASTON,

and

LEXINGTON, KY.

PHILADELPHIA

PORTLAND, ME.

complete

dollar

against

ME.

LEWISTON,

PA.

LOUISVILLE, KY.

protection

DETROIT

funds consti¬

the

to

automatic

an

CHICAGO

BOSTON

CINCINNATI

transfer of cash

that

depre¬
SAN

Branch

the

timing of such placement

only

into equities,

as

well

as

of

partial ' satisfaction

Empire State Building

of

effected

on

•

New York 1, N. Y.

Chicago, III.

its

the strength of

•

DISTRIBUTORS

•

BROKERS

sions and historical experience

Winston-Salem, N. C.

Syracuse, N. Y.

will

hurt all concerned in the

Bridgeton. N.J.

Moiristown, N. J.

East Orange, N. J.

other than sound economic conclu¬

York, Pa.

pottsville, PA.

Scranton, Pa.

UNDERWRITERS

Lancaster, Pa.

Allentown, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.

this

function, are entirely disregarded.
Sales

Offices

FRANCISCO

ciation, but the important factor of

money

Lumberton, N.

C.

run.

I

to hold

happen

that

for

most

ownership of

the

owners

some

long

Pinehurst, N. C.

conviction
of

capital,

amount of in¬

vestment companies as of

W. E. HUTTON &

individ¬

conclusion

on

my

CO.

Direct Private Wires to
All Branch Offices

ESTABLISHED 1886

ual common stocks is advisable—
but this

DETROIT,

Members New York Stock

Exchange
and other Leading Exchanges

part is

ing,

as

a

NEW

guide to

it might be

proper

sell¬

well to refrain

from

offering long-term time pay¬

ment

plans to older people (as in

the case of U. S.

savings bonds).




Philadelphia
Easton, Pa.

CINCINNATI

YORK

Baltimore

Portland,

Me.

Boston

Dayton

Lewiston, Me.

MICH.,

Lexington,

liy.

Hartford,

Conn.

and

BALTIMORE,

DES

irrespective of the inflation-hedg¬
ing advantage.
Also

of

and content of supple¬

questionable promotional devices
reaching the public through the
medium of the written word, it

the sporadic
or

the

standards

mental sales literature and adver¬

on manage¬

battles

use

forth

tising.

manage¬

how

either during

only
Reporting to Their Shareholders

as

evils

combined
exerted

Commercial

For

Just

in checking

an

administration,

its

for

over-

Chip-Itis"

switching evil.

salesman,
and

"scare

body

shareholders'
the

with

committee of underwriters

document sets

management

companies whose stocks

hold.

should go

the

the ques¬

in fulfilling obligations

vis-a-vis

of

ments

trust

in

discussions

extended
NASD

and dealers and dependent on that

extravaganza, and general sugar-

ancillary

agreement

Scare Technique

Over-use

the

in

they

formance.

of the entire

Several
from the

pressure

it.

persuasion

salesmen.3

Window-Dressing and

disadvantages

well be merely the result of

may

far

National Association of Securities

coating, should be followed for the

of

advantages. Phenomenal growth

money-back

resides

there

privilege,

pressure

trustees
ments

all

by

community

pre¬

Dealers, and released by the Com¬
mission Aug. 14, last.4
Based on

wide and care¬

constituent

their

porting to the shareholders is quite

appreciably curtailed and long-

management expense, bigness can
entail just as many

of switching

face

the

and the shareholders'

to

Possibly the switching evil

against

the

how

should go

paper

"buy

stop the abuse.

zealous

in

tion

losses
on
which
might require nettlesome explain¬
ations,

tive

nature

Except for the

reduction

suing

constructively

investment

Policy,

of

real benefit derived from en¬

very

"elite

consideration

ful

of

pared jointly by the SEC and the

management a fundamental re¬
rect oral contact with the public,
sponsibility to gear its investing of continuing routines is prob¬ which must of
necessity primarily
making a prospect dissatisfied with policy to judging available hold¬ lematical—but surely it is against
be a conscionable mattci.
ings according to
standards of public
his
existing
holdings
(without
policy as well as the legiti¬
business-value appraisal, in lieu of
having a sound investment rea¬
mate interests of their sharehold¬
attempting to outguess the crowd
son
for
doing so) as the pre¬ in timing the short-term market ers to dis-franchise them by en¬
During the coming years the
liminary to a new sale, is the coun¬ gyrations of the popular issues. In tirely washing their hands of the
leaders of the investment trust in¬
terpart of the practice long prev¬ this way, in addition to serving status of public shareholder.
dustry will be possessing. an un¬
their shareholders' real self-inter¬
alent
in
life
insurance
selling
paralleled opportunity to further
est, they would be supplying the
The Statement of Policy
wherein
the
solicitor's
entering economy with real venture capital.
the constructive interests of the
Abuses more recently coming to
wedge is the picking of flaws in a
Switching-pressure furthermore
national economy, of their invest¬
prospect's existing policy. And in greatly accentuates the temptation light, no doubt as a natural ac¬
ment community, and of their own
10 push the questionable competi¬
both fields, in the light of human
companiment of the industry's rap¬
of

of misunderstand¬

source

by tne public.

of

lieu

the

with

I would submit for

digging out investment-value situ¬

relevant

ing

operations to pla¬
public by "dressing

their

it is the firm con¬
redemptions viction of this observer that even

another to shareholders, bulwarking them

is

fund

a

trust

demonstrated by the cur¬

holding

The emphasis on the growth or
mere

the

re¬

rently large amount of repur¬
chases. Durmg the first six months
of
1950 while
gross sales
were

for every dollar

versus

by tne

Quantitatively, this situ¬

of

is

alarm

trebled those in 1949

value.

gearing

their portfolio

with

viewed

increasing

shares

intensively

more

be

there the income

yield is obvious¬
important man the asset

ever

whose rapid growth should indeed

ly

more

practice

a

Statement

called

In language as well as illustra¬
munity.
Importantly,
windowextravagance
should
be
technique of making dressing and "blue chip-itis" are tion,
a
sale—that
encouraged.
Conscious minimized!
is, persuading the thereby
prospect to cash in his previously- of continuous questioning scrutiny
Their Stockholders' Trustee?
existing holdings of another fund by
their
potentially-redeeming
A word on error of omission:
to pay
for the purchase of the shareholders, fund managers are

ation

The

Switching Evil

The switch

salesman's

possibility of

management

The

15

MOINES

to

our

MD.,

AND

Correspondents in

LINCOLN

SIOUX

CITY,

AND
IA.

OMAHA,

NEB.,

17

of

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

16

Continued

from

New NSTA Nominating Committee

Thursday, October 19,

1950

13

page

Financial Shadow-Boxing
than it was under actual

economy

conditions.

war

the

They

necessity of

budget,

restrictions.

the

be

Board

eliminate

to

him

on

reckless

the

the

use

con¬

financing, to restrain the
equally
reckless
expansion
of
housing credits, etc.
sumer

Aionzo H. Lee

J. W.

Means

Josef Phillips

But the President is a

His

politician.

counselors

economic

are

not

overly concerned about inflation;
as a matter of fact, they seem to
expect an early tapering-off. And
the

Reserve

more

itself

Board

courage

shows

in speaking than in

acting. Virtually nothing has been
done

market commit¬
expansion, in
Aug. 18 solemn an¬

by the

open

tee to restrain credit

spite

of

its

nouncement to curtail the expan¬

sion

of

Board

loans.

So

the

both

far,

have

President

the

and

refrained from using their powers
in any way that would
"hurt."

Clamping
Stanley Roggenburg

Alonzo H. Lee,

Lee

Co., Atlanta, Ga.

Phillips, Pacific Northwest Company, Seattle, Wash.

on

more

in¬

than

inflation

by

part

fears.

be

controlled

the

interest

without

rates!

"qualitative"
methods

of

job,

so-called

its

into

be

it

ultimate

resort,

policies

of

is

Nor

ing

ment

New York Curb

Chicago Board of Trade

WOrth

Bell

System

an

1-319

To

Wire System

to

is

that

a

$20 billion

to

gress

for

A fresh deficit

on

the

cur-

Should anything

or

to effective credit restric-

can

but rise,

The

when

crucial

question

public
resentment
against inflation reach the boiling

point, forcing the politicos to apply the brakes on lusty spending
and

lending? An early "peace" in
Korea should help, too.

CALCUTTA:

Team:

2nd

all

and

seems

John French, A. C. Allyn &

Co., N.Y.C.; Louis P.
Singer, Troster, Currie & Summers, N.Y.C.—

Dallas; Joe W. Ellis, Rauscher, Pierce & Co.,
Dallas
Wilbur

bonds

to

141 net

R.

Wittich, Grimm & Co., New York

City; Paul Monroe, Hunnewell & Co., Boston
Phillips, S. K. Phillips & Co., Phila.;
Gilbert Lothrop, W. E. Hutton &
Co., Boston

141 net

6th Team:
Mark

Stuart, Cowen & Co., N.Y.C.; John H.
Rauscher, Jr., Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Dallas

143 net

LOW GROSS:
Josef C.

interest

Phillips, Pacific Northwest Co., Seattle

71 gross

LOW NET:
John

French, A. C. Allyn & Co., New York City
MUNICIPAL

the

64 net

CUP:

Russell N.

Ergood, Jr., Stroud & Company, In¬
corporated, Philadelphia

investors

NATIONAL

banks; and to Con¬

80 gross

QUOTATION CO. BOWL

(For Four-Man Team)

controls to be put
own

141 net

Samuel K.

sundry

to

140 net

3rd, 4th and 5th Teams (Tie Score):
William A. Jackson, First Southwest
Company,

to realize

of

136 net

Team:

Gustave

Levy, Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Stanley Roggenburg,
Roggenburg & Co.; John French, A. C. Allyn & Co.; and
Lawrence Wren, Allen & Co.—all of New York
City

discretion.

And the Board knows only too
that an appreciable decline

well

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'

Washington
*

Columbus

•

Atlanta

NYACK

remains:

will

Mosley, Stroud & Company, Incorpo¬
rated, Philadelphia; Milton Isaacs, Straus &
Blosser, Chicago

necessity for
require¬

admonishments

more

slow

are

tion,

tions—while institutional liquidity

R. Victor

practically insignificant

at the Board's

fiscal

Winners in the Goif Tournaments

the

sell

same

until toward the end of

monetary controls, including

efforts

below

expenditures

rent fiscal year.

reserve

rather than to

the

far

major scale is not likely to arise

reserve

finance

in

is

increased, while the colossal

1st

-

PEEKSKILL

-

of

savings bonds asking for redemption. In any case, the real showdown on interest rates is to come,
By that time, the Treasury will
have to force the issue so as to
cut the cost of servicing a national debt of unmanageable size,
There can be little doubt as to
the outcome. Interest rates will be.
kept low. The Reserve Board may
have to swallow its pride and
reverse itself. At any rate, business need not worry about higher
costs of borrowing. As a matter
of fact, mortgage credit may even
ease somewhat next year, when
the housing boom slows downdue either to consumer resistance
against high costs, to material and

to materialize.
a

In addition,

be faced with a flood

labor shortages, to demand satura-

to

comes

are skyrocketing
boom, and tax rates have

"defense"

huge deficit.

the

it

deficit

year's

been

Administration for effective fiscal
and

current

a

may

January maturities,

when

so

in the

procedure. This is expressed in its

Company

1935.

of Fed-

own

period. Revenues

credits,
in doing
what the

to

minor increase

constant

do

Its

to

stiffer

rates is a

Christiana Securities

of

refinancing itself at the best rate
can fetch, and it
may continue

to

way

any

the

The Board itself

Correspondents in Principal Cities

aban-

was

—

legislation

For the time being, the Treasury
let things ride. So far, it keeps

who work for "defense"?

LAfayette 3-4620
Direct Telephone to Boston and Private

bonds

the

around

investsupport

an

and

can

by monetiz¬
equivalent amount out of

what

posed

19 Congress St., Boston 9, Mass.

hold

Making it responsible for debt
management, as the well-meaning
but naive Senator Paul H. Douglas
suggested, would not change the
picture materially.

requirements.
purpose of pro¬
viding such powers when the
banks to be regimented are sup¬
But

Teletype NY

should

portfolio
the Reserve System is, in effect,
nothing
but
the
"kite
to
the
Treasury's tail," squirm as it may.

their bond holdings. The Reserve
Board clamors for powers to im¬

Commodity Exchange, Inc.

it

bank, not
to

eral securities in its

selves with the cash

ing

Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.

4-5000

in

that

—

government
With

the legally permis¬
(by another 4% for the
big institutions) is totally inef¬
fective: the banks provide them¬

Exchange

dele-

or

control—over

long

there

them

pose

120

trust

doned

sible limit

MEMBERS

Reserve,

original idea underlying

construction

the bankers'

ments of member banks. Increas¬

New York Stock Exchange

In

Federal

the

mortgage

contrary

tightening

Josephthal & Co.

political

Congress determines the

textbooks preach.

BABY BONDS, SCRIP & RIGHTS

v

ap¬

The

have

may

discriminatory

or

etc.—can go a

the

boosting

The

credit

and

consumer

•

political

are

System up to $5 billion,

serve

gates the power to the President,

ambitions.

last

IV

without raising the in¬
terest rates? A very significant
lesson of our postwar monetary
experience is this: inflation can

SECURITIES

it

the

savings bonds—it has at its disposal $4 billion "Treasury cash,'
plus the newly confirmed right
to borrow directly from the Re-

But given Uncle Sam's superpropensity to spend for Defense
as well as for the Welfare State,
at home and abroad, his budget
is bound to burst sooner or later

and

December and

in

be stopped

REORGANIZATION & "WHEN-ISSUED"

Yet,

blame

to

Its independnominal than real.

governors

motivated

ing commodity prices and wages

Yarrow, E. F. Hutton & Company, Chicago, 111.

late.

too

unfair

more

pointees

a

But could the drift into mount¬

Staib, Geo. Eustis & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Paul

no

The

is

it

Stanley Roggenburg, Roggenburg & Co., New York City.
Lee

margin

10%

a

stallment loans is

is

ence

been during

it

Now

war.

symbolic
move;
and
virtually
nothing has been done to stem the
unprecedented rush of speculative
dwelling constructions, which are

Sterne, Agee & Leach, Birmingham, Ala.

J. W. Means, Courts &
Josef

Paul Yarrow

Staib

that line
the last

altogether.

wished

have

along

would

be

incisive powers conferred
to

something

far-reaching disin¬
accomplished if

a

could

President

the

done

would

of

matter

a

moderate

a

budget,

flation

credit

energetic

of
bond
prices would
spell a unforeseen occur — such as a
catastrophe that could not be per- multibillion demand of the public
mitted to occur. The time to have for the redemption of outstanding

fact,
deficit in

As

with

even

pay-as-you-go

a

for

and

for

argue

ROCHESTER

-

SYRACUSE, N.Y.

-

SUMMIT, N. J.

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Convention Number

17

Report of Legislative Committee
Following is the text of the
Report of the NSTA Legislative
Commi tee submitted by Chair¬
J. L.

man

Chairman J. L.

activities of year were concerned

Report

objectional Clause 3 of Section 12F removed from

Mosley:
The

with Frear Bill.

Quigley and R. Victor

activities

Legislative
date

of

have

of

Committee

been

up

to

agreement of

the

Jbill.

Convention

present

our

National

the

approved at the Convention ap¬

as

Quigley and Committeeman R. Victor Mosley reveal main

pears

in having

success

NATIONAL

thus leading to

measure,

below.]

Respectfully submitted,

NSTA, along with other organizations in industry, to support

Stresses need of protecting over-the-counter market from

practically confined to

LEGISLATIVE

COMMITTEE
J.
R.

legislative

L.

Quigley, Chairman
Mosley

Victor

Resolution

attacks.
On

this, the 30th day of Septem¬
1950,

ber

Washington to establishing
the
position and views of the National

,Subsequent

the

Our work is cut out for us.
Be it Resolved,
Clarence R. Mills, General Man^pmrifv TradSecurity Traders Association with new and formidable opposition ager, Department of Governmental ers
Association, Inc., in Conven¬
Senators and Congressmen whose appeared
which had
not
been Affairs, of the Chamber of'Com- tion
assembled at Virginia Beach,
committee assignments, directly or aware of the far reaching effects merce of the United States, ir. a
Va., is convinced, the continuing
of
the
indirectly, affected the day to
legislation even
in
its letter to Senator Frear, which let^
fu
i
effort, through the introduction of
ter is set forth in the hearings
day activities of the members of amended form,
amen(jing legislation to the Secuour organization.
After a careful survey, a brief report in our judgment states the ritieg
Exchange Act of 1934^ wni
The wisdom of this procedure confidential report by your Chair- procedure
^to be followed when eventually destroy the only origiwas

amply

demonstrated

we

as

to

hearings,
which received national publicity,

was made to our members
to the probable fate of the bill,

man

he writes: "The Chamber of Com-

R. Victor Mosley

Jay L. Quigley

counter market.

have been

Convention

the

since

activities

Our

in

last

continu¬

a

ation of the work initiated by our

national

the introduction of Senate
240'8 in the first session of

Bili

thorough study and investiwas
made of the back-

SjJ of those who nrf
jectives AfAwtAtf/hA are

the 81st Congress, on Aug.

actively

supporting the legislation separate
the SEC.

and distinct from

organization and its legis¬

lative committee immediately
upon

A

gation

It

became

soon

other

quarters
of the

aware

menace

ation contained

that

evident

were

becoming

to free oper¬

the bill

in

Currency headed by Senator Bur¬

Maybank of South Caro¬

lina, the Chairman. Senator Maybank then appointed a subcom¬
headed by J. Allen Frear,

mittee

and Senators
Glen H. Taylor of Idaho, Charles
W. Tobey of New Hampshire, John
Sparkman of Alabama, and Ralph
as

Chairman

Flanders

E.

limited facilities.

which

Vermont,

of

Now

it

market.

of

was

passage,

redraft

clause

by

On

Aug.

2,

in

1950

lecture

a

Vice-President of the

a

York

New

rdainlv

Frear

It's

that

a

and with a proposed
the SEC, eliminating
of Section 12F, we

three

Curb
for+h

set

Exchange,

he

(""Commercial

ment

1950)

let

it

be

said

venture

think.

of

We

of

07ihe
,

*

employment.

ers

Legislative
at once to
contact all parties interested
in
the preservation and firm estab¬

(with the approval

lishment
ter

obvious that

Text of the resolution

Market,"

and

to accomplish this objective,

TRADERS!

Quotation Bureau, Inc., m
given on Aug. 4, 1950,

lecture

IIIIII

great deal of preliminary to the statement re- Annual Meeting of the American
to a lating
to
our
stand
on
the Bar Association, Section on Corproper presentation of the position amended
legislation before the poration, Banking and Business
of our national organization.
We Senate subcommittee:
Law, at Washington, D. C., again
acted with the continual advice
was

would

time

be

"I would

Executive Council.

to

the

like

to

committee

ciation is not

a

house

it clear
asso-

our

in

the investment industry.
By
Mosley had been in close
that I mean, the IBA is a house
on very cordial rela¬
and
underwriting
organization.
tions with the SEC, while they
were domiciled
in his home city The NASD is a dealers and house
Mr.

Philadelphia for quite a period,
while your

tions

with

the

Chairman's rela¬ distinctly
Commission

were

felt that Mr. Mos¬
ley would be of the utmost value
cordial, it
our

Our organization is

organization.

tion.

an

individual organiza-

In other words, we are the

due

to

his

past experience and it so proved.

working

men

in

the

a

former SEC Attorney.

It

is

originated
which

the

and

consummate

his

time

in

the

and

out

of

political

Boston

strategy
Dealers,

by the New
if a story is repeated

often enough and by various

wrwrw *****•«.

wm:'-

it.

Added

to

this

is

... "

—

Los

Angeles.

-

TWX
All

peo-

PAINE,

pie the public will begin to be-

lieve

—

""

to

System

all offices from

the

principal offices.

Operating

WEBBER,

lawyers in the hope that they will

ally

on

is,

old

line in the securities trading business

Chairman,

the

strategy employed in telling it to

other

of

is

We constitute the front

industry.

hand, had devoted the major por¬

Your

investment

Private Wire

Connecting

lecture of Aug. 2, 1950. Mr. Spear

was

deliberations

Offices
33 located in 30 cities.

covered the ground, only in legal
phraseology, .hat was set forth
organization hy the Curb Vice-President in his

make

that

contact and

and

FACILITIES

a

necessary

counsel of the President and

your

tion

"Over-the-Coun-

(with the ap¬
proval of the Executive Council)
to take whatever steps necessary

public hearing dates on the that the National
Security Traders answers about all the points raised
and
Association appeared in the na- by the Curb Vice-President,
held from Feb. 7 to the 10th, of
tional legislative picture as a facHowever, on Sept. 19, 1950, a
1950, in the Senate Office Build¬
tor, which from now on should be Mr. Spear, who is a Special Assisting.
consulted whenever the protection ant to the U. S.
Attorney General
Your committee was streamlined of the investor and the working
(although it is noted his views
to the minimum" and was com¬ members of our profession is at do not necessarily reoresent the
views of the Justice Department
posed of past ^President Victor s^ke.
Mosley and your Chairman. This
At this point we quote from the or any other government agency)
was decided for the reason that it
remarks made by your Chairman in an address delivered before the

in

the

of

1951

proceed

These hearings were set

bill.

in

the

and

Committee to

■a-; 1

important to

"Chronicle," Sept. 7, 1950, Louis
Walker, President of the Na-

uled

and

Association, Inc., instruct its

present

executive council; 10 xaKe

note that in the same issue of the

a

a

,

Executive Council) to take

showdown,

a

At this point it is

to
high level

necessary

so

of

That the National Security Trad-

"over-the-counter

the

of

enterprise

maintenance

Therefore, Be it Resolved,

establish¬

firm

new

the

than'develop,

----capital, and —
produce a
handicap to the growth

definite

are necessary to
accomplish this objective. [Edi-

that

selves for

tional

record

we

and

market," and

E<

the

tend to stifle, rather

recommend a resolution by this

"over-the-counter

agreed, along with the other two
organizations in our industry, to
For

piecemeallegis"a-

' PIecemeal leSlsla
S.2408, the so-called

than

later

the burdensome

a*

inasmuch as the ourdensome

Bill, should be deferred."

the raiding of the
market,"
by tor's Note:
must be effected if the Curb Exchange is a must, and
to have any chance we might as well prepare ourobvious

rocninori

inasmuch

^rFinancial Chronic" srpt whatever steps

support the bill at that session.

subcommittee in due course sched¬

made

tlon such as
ls maa
tion

preservation

given by

7,

became

compromise
the bill

^on^s

free enterprise system* and

our

legislation,
in
its
original Convention instructing your presform, scattered to the four winds? ent and the 1951 Legislative ComThat we do not believe.
Already m;++ee to nroceed at once to conthev are gathering for.a new as
they are gathering for a new as- mittee to pr<?ceed at once t0 COn
tact all parties interested in the
sault
on
the
over-the-counter

8,1949.

troduced, and needless to say our
of
was introduced in the field
necessary
issary
activity
and
Senate by Mr. Frear and referred contact was immediately broadtent
taxed our
to the Committee on Banking and ened to an extent which taxed our

Jr.,

Are the forces that generated
this

in¬

as

This bill

nett R.

If the Frear Bill, as now seems
to be the case, dies in committee

over-the- ground of this legislation, its origi- with the present session of the
nation, sources, objective, and the Congress, what of the future?

the

of

industry

our

preservation

and

defense

the

as

market within

j venfure caDitai

merce of the United States lavors
To this date nothing has occurred a comprehensive examination by
team work was developed within to change the prediction made at Congress of the operations of sea minimum length of time.
that time.
eunties laws " and he further

proceeded with our representation
of this body, and a high degree of

are

men

the

who

don't

JACKSON

of tell them the truth of the matter

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experience.

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trading

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stocks and bonds."

believe it.

as

we

They will if

know

it from

we

states.

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all

principal offices.

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Thursday, October 19, 1950

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

18
»

Report of Public Relations Committee
The report of the NSTA

lic Relations Committee

ing the past

Pub¬

John M. Hudson of

cover¬

activities of year, among

delivered

year was

Thayer, Baker & Co., Philadelphia, Chairman, reveals

to the NSTA Convention at Vir¬

with staff of

ginia

Beach, Va., by John M.
Hudson, Assistant Secretary of
Thayer, Baker & Co., Philadel¬
phia, Pa.
The text of Mr. Hudson's re¬

Bill"

port follows:

would

Your Public

Relations Commit¬
in com¬

plete

with

accord

the

As

y y

Council.

il

remain

not seem

as
s

i

study
if it

eompreheri-

work

of

years.

the
but

mission)
ber.

effort

every

John M. Hudson

has been made

foster

to

tual

the

between
Our

SEC.

our

during our

as

the

that

a

set

was

modified

delegates

ate

the

the

"Frear

use

sources

some

our

wide

va-

literature

you

hesitates

to

for fear

enumer-

of

over-

In most

one.

is

sponsor

extend

a

will take
to advantage. Your

hope

we

Committee

on

up

number of

a

educational

0f

looking

Committee

basis

of

cases

self-evident.

We

sincere thanks to those

lot

a

ciates

the

write

to

San

column

in

the

delphia "Inquirer"
the
only paper in

is currently
the country

service

organizations

and

ether

their

constructive

part

we

work

emphasize

current series of sketches

on

the

com-

contained in the N. Q. B.
Index presented in the "Digest."

panies

Also

BROKERS

the

"Chronicle"

is

present-

ing its readers the lecture series
on

the

"New

York

Securities

Markets" sponsored jointly by the

Vilas & Hickey
49 Wall Street

Exchange

Exchange

and

letter of Aug. 21

the members of the
I v
#

Chairman of the Georgia

Security Dealers Association Pub¬
lic Relations Committee and

to

any

as an

individual, am very much interested in the public relations angle
of the securities business, but I
am afraid that I have very little
a tangible nature to report this
Year-

Stock

territory

this

in

mem¬

York

New

have

which

booklets

not

only explain the workings of the
York Stock Exchange, but

New

which also describe to the

the

ease

listed

with which

or

a

public
transaction,

unlisted stocks and bonds

can

be made and the benefit which

can

accrue

to the owners of stocks

and bonds.
We have,
publicize in

course,
tried to
local newspapers
and in national magazines any im¬
portant participation in civic ac¬
tivities by members of securities

of

our

organizations in this part

of the

country.
From the

above, John,

that while

see

we

had

you

will

definite

no

the

Depart-

tee will continue its efforts in the

New York 5, N. Y.

educational

field.

In

\° Set the officers of corporations
l°i?ppr.ecl,ate *he advisability of
better stockholder relationships. I

trust

I

and I

am

this

is

only

what you

that

sorry

we

wish,
don't

closing, we
®.
believe we have made progress have some outstanding example to
appeal, particularly to the officers aiong this line.
present
or
some
revolutionary
of affiliates, for a greater degree
We, 0f course, read the local thoughts to pass to the members
of our organization along the lines
of cooperation with this phase of
newspapers, and where items ap-

Telephone: HAnover 2-7900
Teletype:

as

or

Lex Jolley, the President of the project or projects on which we
Georgia Security Dealers Associ- worked this year, we have not
ment of Commerce and Economics, ation,
as well as others
in this been completely "asleep at the
The
latest
lecture
reported
[at organization, have contacted the switch" and have taken an oppor¬
this writing] was by Lou Walker presidents of corporations in this tunity to improve the position of
of National Quotation Bureau.
part of the country in an attempt the securities business whenever
an opportunity presented itself.
The Public Relations Commitindustry in New York
University of Vermont

York Curb

Co.,

the

of

Exchange

of your

Among

and

effort

other

Our firm, as well as
bers

distributed

addressed to

an

particular security.

Dear John:
I received your

in

made

not

"sell" the particular firm

a

to the wel- £ kv t£i ?
Association and our
9 R.e a .10ns
Jj!fe ou^
industry. Your Committee would Association in regard to the report
be remiss if it did not particumade at the Annual Conlarly mention the "Commercial venuonI, as a member of your Comand Financial Chronicle," "Dealers
and
"National
Quote." mittee, as a Partner of Courts &
Digest"

BOND and STOCK

Members New

Hudson

the

business

securities

the

were

August 25, 1950

which

firms

other

the

speakers represented, most of them
were of a general nature explain¬
ing

Atlanta 1, Ga.

M.

the

of

members

that

know

and

SUPPLEMENTARY REPORTS

John

member,

and I believe we obtained the de¬

these talks benefited Courts & Co.

Portland, Ore.

Mr.

company
a

civic clubs, Associations of Ac¬
countants, etc. While admittedly

a listed review edition
Thayer, Baker & Co.
quarterly basis and a summary of unlisted securities semi®"*g.
Philadelphia 2, Pa.
annually.

publishing

tributed substantially

Members New York Stock

Co.

Atkinson-Jones & Co.

interested to know that the Phila-

on

the "ad" was

ran

organization, as well
others, have been called on to
make talks before ladies' clubs,

E. T. Parry

delphia "Evening Bulletin" (Jan.
and more recently to be
a
guest columnist in the Phila¬
delphia "Inquirer." You may be

the

which

who

I

Hartford, Conn.

Phila-

Savings and Loan Asso¬
of

as

Graham

E.

was

Courts & Co.

Atlanta, Ga.
Brainard-Judd &

newspaper in
run and also

the

sired results.

John F. Glenn

John

with

ciation,

George A. McDowell & Co.
Detroit, Mich.

3, 1950)

on

up

with the

was

We took this mat¬

business.

which the "ad"

Francisco, Calif.

"ad" which

"poke" at the securi¬

ter

George J. Elder

presented

ran an

a

ties

Courts & Co.

opportunity

a

small town

Schwabacher & Co.

The preSs has

fare

industrial

the

to

definitely

Frank Bowyer

either As-

than

more

trade periodicals have again con-

public utility

wording, such items are called
attention of the publisher,

or

along this line.

Thayer, Baker & Co.
Philadelphia, Pa.

smaller affiliates,

All

railroad

this

the standpoint

and some progress

fellow¬

good

Elder has reported
of a joint party of the

do

to

mem-

constructive nature,

a

home and

of the

members

some

of

which

Commission.
Our

matter

George

of

general letter point-

the value of

up
articles

rjety

Washington. We are honored
by the presence here at our Con¬
of

mailed to each

a

Convention

the year
recent day

in

vention

and

copy

have made available to the

filiate meetings through
well

as

ing

goodwill

at various af-

has been indicated

as

the

cooperated in relament the lack of comporting our activities all through
requested. This was fol- the year. Your Chairman appre-

lowed with

members and the Commission and

of

was

We

ments

mu-

understanding

staff

educational

an

killers of the Federal Trade Com-

SEC

annual
dinner

In

sociation could have done indi"Is
Business
Bad?"
by Phelps vidually.
This idea may prove
Adams
(an expose of the giant worthwhile, particularly
to the

discontin¬
of

of

public relations nature. A

regret

uance

matter

the next Con¬

ship,

literature

Many of you
the

this

upon

before

Chairman,
inspired
by the success
Mort Cayne, and with a substan¬ Detroit Traders and a non-affili¬
tial assist by Republic Steel Corp., ate, the Bond Club of Detroit,
inaugurated a program featuring pointing out that they were able

previous

may

act

comes

educational and public

not to the best
business, either
of substance

are

of

interests

has been made
One of our local
newspapers carried a daily column
written by a nationally syndicated
who cooperated in this endeavor, your "National's" program in the
financial writer. It was the con¬
Affiliate activities have carried coming year,
census of opinion of those here in
on this year, as in the past, furWe extend our thanks to the
Atlanta that this column was in¬
thering the interests of our Asso- officers and members who as¬
accurate and for many reasons did
ciation and the industry at large. sisted us, and for the opportunity
much more harm than good, not
Supplementing this
report are presented to work for this group.
only to us in this business, but
three letters which evidence what
Respectfully submitted,
also to the investing public. This
our members are doing, or should
column no longer appears in our
PUBLIC RELATIONS
be doing, if our business is to
COMMITTEE
paper.
In
another
instance a
survive.
Savings and Loan Company in a
John M. Hudson, Chairman

Your

compared
with

guard and be ready to

on

and

gress.

when

v e

with
the

of protests on the part of effected
corporations. We should, however,

program

may

As

not passed principally because

was

■

result

a

our

to carry on

executives.

developed, this legislation

economy

DroerarrT set"forth"hv*voiir
tive

ma*tar

an

Gives information of affiliate activities.

nature.

might
be
passed,
which
give the Committee a vast

corporation

this year is working

tee

efforts to foster mutual understanding

were

SEC, and distribution of literature of

relations

educational job

which

which

pear

from

.

NY 1-911

,.

-

i

.

,,

of Public Relations.

If I

I

hope

or

Chairman, Georgia Security

Utility and Industrial Issues

MEMBERS

120

Relations Committee.

Corporate and Municipal Bonds
St. Louis, Mo.

September 1, 1950

Investment Preferred Stocks

NEW

YORK

STOCK

EXCHANGE

DIRECT
Atherton

Co.

&

Street

Boston, Mass.

Street

Springfield,

Mass.

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WILMINGTON, DEL.




Bell Teletype NY 1-1248-49

M. Hudson

Thayer, Baker & Co.
Commercial Trust Bldg.
Philadelphia 2, Pa.

the
of

CONNECTIONS TO

Brothers

Lewis

Hartford,

Tifft Brothers
Main

Tifft

John

Mr. Haworth
—

WIRE

9

Mr.

Dear John:

BROADWAY, NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

Telephone BArclay 7-3500

1387

t

Dealers' Association Public

Laird, Bissell & Meeds

Congress

so

JOHN F. GLENN

Trading Markets Maintained in

Trading Department, LOUIS A. GIBBS, Manager

50

to

"

Sincerely,

Bank and Insurance Stocks

8chirmer,

won't hesitate

you

advise.

Public

give you further infor¬
help in any other way,

can

mation

Day,

Stoddard

Street

95

Conn.

New

Crowell,
650
Los

S.

&

Elm

Williams,

Weedon

Spring

&

Conn.

Union Securities
65

Co.

Corporation

Broadway, New York 6

St.

Angeles, Cal.

LINCOLN LIBERTY BUILDING

PHILADELPHIA, PA

BOSTON
HARTFORD

BUFFALO

•
•

PHILADELPHIA

CLEVELAND

•
•

SYRACUSE

and

Hoch, Chairman of

Relations

Committee

Security Traders

St. Louis, is

Inc.

Street

Haven,

Public
the

since

Club

of

presently out of town,

he

is

not

expected

to

return to this

city for another two
weeks, thought it advisable to
"pinch hit" for him with regard
to

Public Relation

Louis

affiliate

during this past
In
my
letter
(Continued

work

has

the

St.

accomplished

year.

to

you

on page

64)

dated

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Convention Number

19

Report of National Municipal Committee
The NSTA National

Committee,

of

Municipal
John G.

which

John G. Heimerdinger,

to

the Convention covering

relating
and municipal bonds:
committee

Your

the

in

de¬

municipal bonds

reviewing

has

high

municipal
obligati on s
making
it
three years in
that

row

have had
t i

,

,,

.

should

,

increase,

Frank Meyer of the First
of
Michigan Corporation of Detroit,

f

a

taxes

too low at this time.

set

in the issuance
o

,

the
spread would narrow considerably
mdicating
that
either govern—
ments are too high or muncipals

an¬

been

,

imp^anfbearingon the'munid-

all-

imporiant

oearing on xne

future
John G. Heimerdinger

ence

and

figures

do«b*?

my

Michigan

bonds

erally held

as

by the
"Daily
Bond
Buyer" for municipal financing in
1949 as against 1948 are set forth
below (1950 figures are not as yet

contamination of

in

Michigan

the

For

ppn-

Supreme

Court

"Port

Huron

so-called

Case."

nrettv

is the decision

This

of

compiled

the

are

pollution and
Michigan rivers,

years

.

.

of

-yoVgaUon'or equity" olTny

tion for which

registered with the Securities debt
and
Exchange Commission if a

an-

«S.'Sg SSSUStoH

«.

ited

solely

to

sewage

exclwnge 11 It U
Inasmuch

purposes,

as

case

•

committee

less there be

a

feels

that

i

,

*

with

$3,994,459 $4,328,261
un¬

serious curtailment

^

by

strong
;

as

•

•

i

to

Since public health
involved, the State

when

a

faw

nroviding
providing

law

municipality
by a court of

a

Supreme"Court
PnfSI
Court)

Pirmiif
Circuit

that
tnat,

under
competent

was

Countv

ora

lw r^lJESi

tn

to build required
treatment facilities, the

sewage

'

to

Owned

and

ved

hospf

operated

ex-

el"s(^1^e^ounnt^perated ex
Y2' Uwned and operated
sa&rt.srstk
ex

.

".<•> P— *•«•% W • «"»
city;

.n

and

the field for

in—

"(4) Owned by non-profit gen¬

t2»5e
hospital

hereouirementf^ tolawTu

,

thought that municipal prices will
continue at a relatively high level.
The present strength of the mu¬
nicipal market is attributed to the
Korean situation and the implica¬
tion of higher taxes. In addition
consideration
of

which

has

was

given to
housing
expected to be

fng°opinfons^so the lawVwasPnever

aid

the

t*

re i

tmnr

in

tntxri

n

5??

i

of

,^i,n i. r?

w

n

.

1111111

i

*-i ■

v

11 hi i

i

i

.

the

iih

funds for investment may invest
the same in the kinds and classes

Henry Harris of Goldman Sachs

_

Question
pr0poSed

was

bonds

of

ofTennessee toaidthe
would be valid
provision of Article
31, of the Tennessee

program

nf

Qpni

Ht'to* dpcorihpd

in

thp

^Ld^nfraS6 of
ceeding paragraphs

cup—

snh-

'

'

Constitution, which reads: 'The
credit of this State shall not be

hereafter owned or given to or in
aid of any person, association,

National Committeethis submen' calls to our attention recent division, provided that investment ^0™pany' corporation,
jegjsia^on in Ne
York
State ls made only in such securities as pa«ty, ...

uSizing

the

junjyes

investment

fiduciary

would

oopor-

trusts

be

men

and

" law all
{"
nuZZ-1
„

new

to

previous

debt

unoer tne

restrictions n

interna¬

^

^

A

in

etc.,

governing

obligations

public expenditures
which would also lead to a sharp
reduction in the supply of new
municipal
issues.
Then
again
deficit financing may be necessary
with inflation of bank deposits,

sewage

another bullish factor.

et

lution

Commission) to complete
treatment works decided

to test the 1927 Act

by

a

Supreme

mv x«»»

«

— -—

Frank

vs.

Earl

The decision

municipals and Treasury

to

levy

unlimited

taxes 000,000,

a

reasonable

(Continued on page 66)

portion of

At Your Service!

is historically on the high

June,

side at the present time. However,

1950,

Trading & Buying Department Personnel

O. Staiger, Mayor
Madell, Treasurer).

was

handed down in

sustaining

right to issue the

the

Bertram

city's

bonds for

Goldsmith, Partner in Charge

Mgr. Municipal Syndicate Dept.

Carrington, Jr.

Leon S. Lees,

distributors

Dealers

M.

the

William G.

underwriters

Mgr. Corporate Syndicate Dept.

Jr.

Harry J. Peiser

brokers

Robert W.

Sharp

Municipal Trading Dept.

Wesley Warren

Corporate and Municipal Securities

Milton F. Lewis
Public

Special and Secondary Offerings
Research and

Joe

Advisory Service

Goldenberg

Utility Stocks

Railroad Bonds

W. W. Veazie

Commodities
Personalized Trading Facilities

Ira Haupt & Co
Shields & Company

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Members New York

Members New York Stock Exchange and

NEW YORK 5, N.Y.

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Uptown
CHICAGO

•

•

•

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111

Office—HOTEL BILTMORE
•

LITTLE ROCK




Exchange

Broadway,

New

York

6,

N.

Y.

Corporate Dept. Teletype NY 1-1680

BEVERLY HILLS

HOUSTON

Curb

(and other leading Exchanges)

other principal Stock and Commodity Exchanges
44 WALL STREET

BOSTON
•

•

LOS ANGELES
1

NY

1-1920

(Municipals)

NY

Teletypes:
BUFFALO

> -

Landon A. Freear of William N.

legally restricted investors in New

Able
legal counsel
represented both sides in the case
al

,

the P°wer of the issuing York State at present is $1,000,- Edwards & Co. of Fort Worth, a

and

thereunder.

(titled

state

ulation, and supervision, and that
the fact that title to the particular
hospitals is not vested in the state
or even jointly therein does not
cash alone available for invest- change the character of the purment by trust funds and other pose as a state purpose."

Court decision and to issue bonds

The spread

a

u

Ttlis law should further broaden
the market for municipals and be
of interest to municipal dealers
as an estimate has been made that

of

United States-Canadian Anti-Pol¬

and

hospital

limitation, population, m

records,

investments

Port

civilian

)

a"thonzed under aidChapter 74

vest in fixed income obligations seeking a reasonable income and on the theory that the
f limited categories
Under the tbe preservation of their capital." project is in reality for

a

tional situation; and there is also
the possibility of curtailment of

or mumci-

acquired by prudent
"The court held that the prodiscretion and intelli- posed state bonds could/ be validly

trustees previously obliged to in- gence in such matters who are

However, in 1949 the City body
Huron, which was under
Michigan Supreme Court order
(and also the order of a Joint

used.

heavy volume but will prob¬
ably be held down by the author¬
of

yonni i roo

nvix.

electorate, such bonds states and their
political subdinot to be chargeable against the
visions are removed and in olace
debt limit of the municipality. In
thereof are substituted the few
the absence of a Michigan
Su- and ^eral
requirements of (1)
preme
Court decision clarifying a full fajth
and credit pledge; (2)
and sustaining this Act, municipal
a
minimum population of 10,000

in

account

,

,

vote of the

been

Federal

r i f 111 r

J?1"1
tl(^;

default
_

bonds

nvo

The S'TSton
f „i ra]!on _proYlde, .f,or

as

the trend of municipal bond prices
will indicate there is considerable

between

it

eral welfare corporations.

w/ ||

i

Commission

powers.

enacted

A review of opinion among the

on

since

and then only where court or- vestment has been greatly inder<rd, the credit of the municipal- creased and the restrictions re^y involved should not be abused, duced to a minimum, there are

* Company
Lelh!lature'as'7arVback*as Tq27 one of y°u?

volume for the next 12 months.

committee

.

State

vitally

public and private order
purposes the outflow of munici¬
pals will continue in fairly heavy State

members of the

a

which tha t otficiotnro has granted
the Legislature hac arantprf

of materials for

ities

js of interest to mu-

^classified as to ownership as

Section

(000's omitted)

bonds

indebted to

are

statoaid to

1949

Long-term financing- $2,989,731 $2,995,425
Short-term financing
1,004,728
1,332,836

flow

&

of the
1948

the

we

dealers

available):

Your

Chapman

case

them:

"(1)

ren-

der unqualified leeal ooinions

which

T

any
legally created
tax supported authority,- commission, department or

gations

municipal

the* way for*theiTto

cleared

Sd

ih?

purposes

,

revenue or

.-ursris,

refer¬

.

w

ing Michigan cities are preparing district, the new law also permits
to. use this; sameJo fi- ^stmg of up to 35% of the

Supreme Court of Michigan which

we

on

Cutler, Chicago municipal bond
against real property. In addition attorneys have been so kind as
to permitting investment in obli- to gjve Ug the following informa-

,

,

stated purpose and as a result the
City of Port Huron sold, earlier
this month, an issue of $1,300,000
unlimited tax, general obligation
sewage bonds. Several other lead-

For immediate
interest

obligations.

rn°U™rtrsNofa0nd1c™?he; *5 SSJMfSSK his

highs.

m e

Tennessee Supreme Court decision upholding state

as

exempt

Acts
.,

if

other all-time
record

and

hospitals. Calls attention also to other decisions and legis¬

lation affecting state and municipal

of

finds that

well

as

bonds issued in aid of

municipal obliga¬
tions during the latter part of 1949
and for 1950,
up to this time,
output

likely to find its way into
municipals, particu¬
larly revenue bonds.
Herbert Pettey of the Equitable
Securities Corporation, a member
of the National Municipal Com¬
mittee, calls to our attention a de¬
cision of the Supreme Court of
Tennessee in December, 1949, re¬
garding validity of bonds of the
state for hospital purposes under
Chapter 74 of the 1949 Public
tax

Reveals implications of Port Huron Case decision, and

relatively high level.

liberalization of New York State law regarding trustee investment in state

State

to

which is

munic¬

new

ipal obligations, holds trend indicates municipal bond prices will continue at

Heimerdinger, partner of Wal¬
ter,
Woody & Heimerdinger,
Cincinnati, Ohio, is Chairman,
presented the following report
velopments

Chairman, after noting all time record of

1-2708

(Corporates)

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

20

19, 1050

Thursday, October

In Attendance at NSTA Convention
COULSON, CHARLES G.
L. W. Hoefinghoff & Co.,

BROWN, WILLIAM P.
Baker, Simonds & Co.,

ARMSTRONG, EDWARD J.
Stein Bros. & Boyce,

Detroit

Baltimore

phis, Memphis
CUMMINGS, PATRICK J*
Bear, Stearns & Co., Chicago

DUCKEL, HARRY B*
Manley, Bennett & Co.,

V*
Marshall,

BIJNN, JOHN W.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company,

Portland, Ore,

Incorporated, St. Louis

porate!, New York

Edward

Co.,

St. Louis

DIXON, ROBERT B.

DOCKHAM, GEORGE A.
Hincks Bros. & Co.,

McDaniel

New

CANADY, LLOYD E.
Lloyd E. Canady &

Mackie,

pany,

BERTSCH, ARTHUR*
G. A. Saxton & Co., Inc.,

Com¬

Raleigh

A.

G.

Becker

&

Co., Inc.,

Chicago

BISHOP, WESLEY M*
Smith-Bishop & Co.,

CASEY, FRED J.
Doyle, O'Connor & Co., Inc.,
Chicago

Syracuse
BLIGH, ROBERT A*

CAUGHL1N, EDWARD J*
Edward J. Caughlin & Co.,
Philadelphia

Fahnestock & Co.,

Torrington, Conn.
BLIZZARD, HERBERT H*
Herbert H. Blizzard & Co.,

DOTTS, RUSSELL M*
Woodcock, Hess & Co.,
Philadelphia

DRINKARD, OSCAR B.
Scott, Horner & Mason, Inc.,
Lynchburg
EARNEST, GEORGE H*
Fewel & Co., Los Angeles
EGAN, JOHN F.
San

Cayne & Co., Cleveland

CHISHOLM, FRANK A.
Varnedoe, Chisholm & Co.,
Inc., Savannah

Brush, Slocumb & Co.,
Francisco

Amos C.

Francisco

George A. McDowell & Co.,

ELLIS, JOE W.

Co.,

BOWYER, FRANK

COHAN, H. D *
Denton & Co., Inc., Hartford

Stroud

COLWELL, SAMUEL F.
W. E. Hutton & Cb.,
New York City

Baltimore

HUNT, WILLIAM P*
W.

Inc.,

Jr., RUSSELL M*
Company, Incor¬

&

Philadelphia

City

Louisville

FITZ-GERALD, JAMES F*
W. L. Canady & Co., Inc.,
New York City
FREEAR, LANDON A*
William N. Edwards & Co.,
Worth

Fort

Norfolk

GRAHAM, JOHN E*
Brainard, Judd & Co.,

ISAACS, MILTON J.
Straus & Blosser, Chicago

Hartford

GREEN, SAM*

JACKSON, WINTON A*

Pledger & Company, Inc.,

First

Los Angeles

Dallas

GREENE, IRVING ALLEN
Greene and Company,
New York

Atlanta

JUSTICE, FLOYD E.

Kidder, Peabody & Co.,
Philadelphia

York City

KEANE, J. FRANK
Elmer H. Bright & Co.,

Scott, Horner & Mason,
Richmond

Boston

KEARTON, J. G.
National Quotation Bureau,

,

Gardner,

Philadelphia

HALL, Jr., CLAIR S*

KEEN AN, JOHN J*

Company,

Morgan &

Cincinnati

KELLY, JOSEPH M.

Francisco

J. Arthur Warner & Co.,

HARRIS, HENRY*
Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
New York City

New

Hattier &

KING, CHARLES C*
Bankers Bond

Sanford,

KING, MARTIN I.
Sutro Bros. & Co.,
New York City
KING, THOMAS E.
Thomas E. King & Co.,
Chicago

Co.,

LATSHAW, JOHN
Uhlmann &

LEAHY, CRANDON
National Quotation Bureau,

HINES, JOHN D*
&

Boston

Co.,

(Continued

City

Chicago, and

to

62)

direct private lines to

in United

in New York
States

funds.

charles king & co.
Members:
New

York Stock

New York Curb

Incorporated

Exchange
Exchange

Toronto Stock Exchange
Montreal Stock Exchange

Montreal Curb

89 Devonshire

St., Boston 9

Exchanges at

regular commission rates or traded

Morgan & Co., Los Angeles

J. Arthur Warner & Co.
Telephone WOrth 4-2300

page

CANADIAN STOCKS
Orders executed on all Canadian

Broadway, New York 5

on

Investment Trust Shares

Coast-to-Coast Wire Service through

120

Latshaw,

Kansas City, Mo.

Milhous, Martin & Co.,

New England Securities

Paul H, Davis & Co.,

Co.,

Louisville

HILL, CARL E.

Dean Witter

Co.,

Durham

HATTIER. Jr., GILBERT

New York

Bank & Insurance

City

J. Lee Peeler &

HECHT, JOHN C.
Dempsey-Tegeler &
Los Angeles

Railroad Securities

York

KENNEY, JACK

HASTINGS, H. RUSSELL
Crouse & Company, Detroit

White,

&

KELLY, JAMES F.
Kidder, Peabody & Coi,
New York City

Atlanta

Atlanta

Public Utilities

Co., Los Angeles

KELLY, EDW. J*
Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades
Co., New York City

HAMMELL, ELMER W*
Caswell & Co., Chicago

San

Company,

Johnson, Lane, Space & Co.,

GREGORY, Jr., WM. H.
Bonner & Gregory,
New

Southwest

JOLLEY, LEX*

City

HAWKINS, DANIEL
Otis & Co., Cleveland

Natural Gas Issues

Co.,
City

ISAACS, HENRY
Virginia Securities Company,

Cincinnati

HAUSER, HERBERT M.
Hooker & Fay, San Francisco

Industrial Stocks

&

Hunter

New Orleans

Primary Trading Markets

Sibley & Co., Boston

New York

GRADY, GEORGE T*
John E. Joseph & Co.,

HARKINS, CHARLES B.
Blyth & Co., Inc.,

& Beane,

E.

HUNTER, WELLINGTON*

HANCOCK, ROY W*
Hancock, Blackstock & Co.,

CORNELL, JR., JOHN B.
Dallas Rupe & Son, Dallas

•Denotes Mr. and Mrs.

City

EVANS, J. HERBERT
Florida
Securities Co.,
St. Petersburg

ner

CONLAN, PETER J*
Hornblower & Weeks,
Chicago

BROWN, M. E*
Shields & Company,
Los Angeles

porated,

Thayer, Baker & Co.,
Philadelphia

FERGUSON, Mrs. ORA M.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fen-

COLLINS, GEORGE L*
Geyer & Co., Inc.,
New York City

BRADLEY, R. EMMET*
John C. Legg & Co.,

York

Co.,

HUDSON, JOHN M.¬

GRACE, IRVING P.*
W. C. Pitfield & Co.,
New

&

Cincinnati

GOODMAN, RICHARD H*
Shields & Company,

Clair S. Hall &

CLEAVER, JAMES P.
ERGOOD,

Westheimer

William R. Staats Co.,

St. Louis

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.,

Goodbody & Co.,
New York City

tion, Detroit

HUDEPOHL, HARRY J*

GLASS, Jr., CHESTER M.

Reinholdt &

Sudler &

BOGGS, WILLIAM H.
Hill, Thompson & Co., Inc.,
New York City

BRADY, H. NEILL
Blyth & Co., Inc.,
New York City

Laird, Bissell & Meeds,
New York City

HAGENSIEKER, EARL

Dallas

Schwabacher & Co.,
San Francisco

GIBBS, LOUIS A.

New York

City

HORN, CLARENCE A*
First of Michigan Corpora¬

GUNN, M. CARTER

Detroit

Denver

Baltimore

Company,

ELDER, GEORGE J*

CLARK, PHILLIP J.

BODIE, Jr., CHARLES A.
Stein Bros. & Boyce,

California

First

CAYNE, MORTON A*

Philadelphia
BLUM, ERNEST E.

Haven

DOYLE, LEO J.
Doyle, O'Connor & Co., Inc.,
Chicago

CANN, MAURICE J*

York City

Lewis & Co.,

Greensboro

Baltimore

San

&

BUTLER, J. WILMER*
Baker, Watts & Co.,

BARYSH, MURRAY L.
Ernst & Co., New York City

New

Jones

BURKHOLDER, H. FRANK
Equitable Securities Corpo¬
ration, Nashville

Eastman, Dillon
New York City

BEAN, JULES
Singer, Bean &
New York City

D.

Grimm & Co., New York

Co.,

Los Angeles

DEPPE, RALPH C*

May & Gannon, Inc., Boston

City

FREDERICK
& Co.,

BARTON, D.

CUNNINGHAM, FRANCIS J.
Kidder, Peabody & Co.,
New York City

BURKE, Jr., WM. J*

Co., Incor¬

duPont, Homsey & Company,
Boston

Chicago

Orleans

BAILEY. DAN

BAIR, JOHN W.
Blair
Rollins &

HOOD, IRVIN*

William A. Fuller &

Detroit

&

FULLER, WILLIAM A.

First National Bank of Mem¬

New

AUSTIN, J. HOLLIS*
J. W. Tindall & Co., Atlanta

Foster

HOMSEY, ANTON E*

Newman, Brown & Co., Inc.,

&

City

Curtis, New York

CROSSETT, E. GORDON

BROWN, WM. PERRY

ARNOLD, HARRY L*

Paine, Webber, Jackson

Cincinnati

FRENCH, JOHN S.
A. C. Allyn & Co., Inc.,
New York City

61

Broadway

•

Market

New York

6, N. Y.

TWX-BS 208-9

Telephone:

Branch Offices:

WHitehaU 4-8980

Royal Bank Bldg., Toronto, Ont.

Teletype NY 1-142

TWX-NY 1-40

Telephone LAfayette 3-3300

Aldred Building, Montreal, Que.

Direct private telephones between New
Yorht Philadelphia, Boston, Hartford,

DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES CONNECT NEW YORK

Providence, Portland, Me., and Jersey City, N. J.

WITH OFFICES IN TORONTO AND MONTREA"




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Convention Number

21

NSTA Affiliates and Members
Security Traders Association of Los Angeles

LIVINGSTONE, CHARLES
Crowell, Weedon & Co.
McCREADY,
Geyer &

Jr.,

McOMBER,
Revel

A.

Co.

&

WILLIAM

Fairman

A.

Co.

&

RICHARD

O'NEIL,

W.

S.

Miller

MILLER,

Security Traders Association of Portland, Ore.

ALBERT

Co., Inc.

R.

Edgerton, Wykoff & Co.

O'NEIL, THOMAS D.

Hoflman & Goodwin

Walston,
PAISLEY,

California

First

PIKE.

FOSTER

J.

WILLIAM

Company

C.

& Co.

Morgan

POIVDEXTER,

CLIFFORD E.
Wagenseller & Durst, Inc.

PULLIAM,

A. W. McCready, Jr.

Jack H. Alexander

LAWRENCE

Weeden

Richard R. O'Neil

N. B. Van Arsdale

&

Akin-Lambert

Secretary: Richard R. O'Neil, Edgerton, Wykoff & Co.
Governors: William A. Miller, Fairman & Co.; Thomas J. Euper,
du Pont &

Francis I.
Durst

Pacific

Company

Inc.

Marache Sims &

Sims

Took Office: January,

1950.

JACK

ADAMS,
E.

otherwise

William

indicated)

PAUL

Pacific

Goodwin

Hoffman &

ASCUKAR.

Co.

&

Co.

Wagenseller

PAUL

California

of

Company

GREEN,

BABICli, LEO B.

Company,

&

Donald

DONALD
&

Durst,

TURNER, STEPHEN C.
Wagenseller & Durst,
TUTTLE,

SAM

Pledger

Hill Richards & Co.

SCOTT

SUMMERELL,

GREEN, ROBERT M.
Pledger & Co., Inc.

H.

Dempsey-Tegeler

Staats

GOLDSCHMIDT,

ALEXANDER, JACK

Walston,

R.

Edward

J.

EDWARD

Foster

Inc.

Dean

Inc.

BLAKELY,

GORDON B.

WALKER,

BRITTAIN, MILTON C.
Shearson, Hammill & Co.
Shields

&

First

HENDERSON, ROBERT J.

HENRY, CONRAD
Barbour, Smith & Company

D.

DAVIES,

Holton,

WILLIAM

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

R.

& Co.

DIEHL, ROBERT

Paine,

Webber,

R.

Jackson &

Curtis

Sutro

Fewel

THOMAS

Francis

I.

du

Fairman

&

FRANKLIN,
Samuel

B.

Dean

Lundborg

&

Balfour

Bank

&

Beane

of

California, N. A.

H.

Blakeley,

&

McJURY, RUSSELL

Inc.

J.

Hoffman & Goodwin

McNARY,
First

FRANK

Butchart

&

Company

WILLIAM

COLLINS,
William

&

E.

Canadian

of

Co.

&

PRESTON
Adams

M.

Co.

&

ROBERT

Blyth

Commerce

&

Co.,

Inc.

Bateman, Eichler & Co.

DAGGETT,
Pacific

Waggenseller & Durst, Inc.

FIELD

Field

William R. Staats Co.

Lester

&

HESS,

L.

Hess

Co.

ZIMMERMAN,

W.
&

ROBERT

Northwest

Campbell

National

Conrad,

TRIPP,
Bank

of

Chas.

Portland

&

Co.

DONALD

Donald

C.

C.

Sloan

Jr., CHAS.
N.

Tripp

&

Co.

N.
&

Company

WERSCHKUL, Jr., LESLIE J.

PIERRE A.

Bruce

&

Camp
SLOAN,

J.

U.

&

SHIELS, LAWRENCE

STEWART

S.

Robbins

Company

McFaul

KOSTERMAN,

WILLIAM J.

GILBERT

Co., Inc.

JOHN
&

BOBBINS, J.

A.

GLEN

KIDD,

Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

Staats

Witter

L.

Co.

J.

Werschkul

&

Sons

Co.

& Co.

KOLBERG, WILLIAM R.
Harbison

KRAFT,

B.

&

Franklin

&

Oscar

Company

Henderson

OSCAR F.
F.

Kraft

&

Co.

RAILROAD

KRAFT, OSCAR F., JR.

G.

Oscar

F.

Kraft

&

Co.

FRANK
Harris, Upham & Co.

LINK,

of California

LIPPMAN, W.

PIERCE R.

A., JR.

Akin-Lambert

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

Co.,

Inc.

BONDS

and

STOCKS

Lee Higginson Corporation
NEW YORK

McGINNIS & COMPANY
Members New

61 BROADWAY
TRADING

JOHN PENNY

JOHN BARKER




York Stock Exchange

NEW YORK 6,

N. Y.

DEPARTMENT

THOMAS S. EVANS

Portland

Co.

PITT,

Bank

of

Bank

T.

Atkinson-Jones

COLTON, E. L.

WEBSTER, WILLIAM

E.

PHIPPS,

J.

Collins

J.

JACK

National

PARRY,

COLE, VERGIL R.
Daugherty, Cole & Co.

Co.

WILLIAM

&

Co.

JOHN F.
R.

Fenner

G. R.

THOMAS H.

Co.

SAMUEL

Company

Handel,

MARTIN,

& Co.

C.

Stern, Frank & Meyer

Pacific

&

Pierce,

KIRWAN, NICHOLAS P.

GALLEGOS, JOSEPH F.

GARRETT,

&

Co.

William

L.

J.

Pont

FRASER, JAMES

Richards

PAUL A.

Lynch,

& Co.

KELSEY,

CHARLES

FRANKEL, HAROLD

Fenner

WRITER, JOSEPH

& Co.

&

KELLER,

Bateman, Eichler & Co.
EUPER,

Pierce,

Bingham, Walter & Hurry

Co.

Staats

Jr.,

EBNER,

C.

JOHNSON, WILLIAM A.

Co.

Fewel &

Co.

Colburn &

Fairman

D.

GEORGE H.

EARNEST,

L.

IRISH, HERBERT

DORROH, WILLIAM W.
William

Frank

J.

Lynch,

WRIGHT,

NORMAN

HUDSON,

DEFOE, RALPII E.
Fairman

CHARLES L.
Hull & Co.

HOLTON,

Term

Bruce & Co.

Merrill

Co.

Gould

LESLIE

BUTCHART.

WESSENDORF, JR., HOMER

Crowell, Weedon & Co.

1950;

LUNDBORG, HUGO

WILLIS

Walston,

WELLER, JOHN T.

Co.

&

Bourbeau & Co.

J.

Hill

1,

Dean Witter & Co.

BOIIRER,

WILLIAM C.
Bruce & Co.

FRANK

Merrill

&

V.

Blankenship,

WARNES, ROY C.

Edward

JAMES

Conrad,

Co.

&

JOHN C.
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

T.

Floyd A. Allen

Witter

HECHT,

CARLSON, THEODORE D.
Geyer & Co., Inc.

COCKBURN,

.

WARD

BROWN, WILLIAM E.
E. F. Hutton & Co.

ROBERT

Company

PARKMAN

IIARDCASTLE,

Company

Dean

CASS,

California

E.

MAXFIELD

BROWN,

HANSON, WARREN B.

Conrad,

LU.DLUM,

BALFOUR, DAVID A.
Russell, Hoppe, Stewart

ARSDALE, NIELAND B.
Blyth & Co., Inc.

Witter & Co.

January

LANGTON, DICK

Co.

Marshall

&

Inc.

Gross, Rogers & Co.

HALL, MAX

& Co.

Bourbeau

J.

&

Sloan

C.

BAILEY, DAN

E.

VAN

BOURBEAU,

EDGAR M.
Adams

M.

ADAMS, RICHARD H.

Morgan & Co.

CHESTER M.

GLASS,

Angeles unless

Took Office:

1949;

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

J. A. Hogle & Co.

(Members in Los

December,

Expires: December 31, 1950.

Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Paine,

STOUT,

Atkinson, Jones & Co.

Alternate: Donald C. Sloan, Donald C. Sloan & Co.

SPILLANE, TIM D.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Co.

Richard Langton, Conrad, Bruce & Co.

Co.

&

Mitchum, Tully & Co.
SILLICK,

Atkinson, Jones & Co.

National Committeeman: E. T. Parry,

W.

Elected

George H.

McJury

Russell M. McJury, Dean Witter &

Secretary-Treasurer:

SHROPSHIRE, PAUL J.

Delegates: John C. Hecht, Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.;
Earnest, Fewel & Co.
Alternate: Maxfield Brown, Shields & Company.

E. T. Parry,

Vice-President:

Co.

FOREST

Marache

Russell

Parry

President

California

of

SCHNEIDER, JAMES F.

SHIPLEY,

T.

A.

Co.,

RYONS, JOSEPH L.

Co.; Stephen C. Turner, Wagenseller &

Inc.

E.

JAMES

REEVES,

Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin.
Vice-President: Albert William McCready, Jr., Geyer & Co., Inc.
Treasurer: Nieland B. Van Arsdale, Blyth & Co., Inc.
President: Jack H. Alexander,

Richard Langton

S.

Co.

Dlgby
4-4933

Bell

Teletype NY 1-310

Beane

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COMMERCIAL and

Thursday, October 19, 1950

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Bond Club of Denver
(Members

in

located

otherwise

ADAMS,
The

unless

Denver

CLARK,

Colorado

Indicated)

EUGENE

International

Trust

CLARK,

Co.

HAMMER, LLOYD
Coughlln and Company

GLEN

B.

State

HANIFEN,

Bank

Amos

Sudler

C.

Se

Co.

CLARKE. GEORGB P.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Si Beane

GEORGE H.

Denver

ALFF,

National

JOHN

Amos

C.

ALLEN

CODY,

RAYMOND P.
Colorado National Bank

II.

Sudler

C.

Bank

Co.

Si

WALTER

COLE,

Garrett-Bromfleld

ALTMAN,

Si

EDWARD

Edward

F.

Pueblo,

Co.

WILLIAM

Company,

Founders

AVERY,
Norman

Barwise

George

S.

Writer

R. L. Robinson

Phillip

J.

The

Clark

or

President:
&

Norman

C.

Barwise,

Merrill

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

Beane.

Vice-President:

George S. Writer, Peters, Writer & Christensen,

Inc.

Secretary:

Raymond L. Robinson, Sidlo, Simons, Roberts & Co.
Phillip J. Clark, Amos C. Sudler & Co.

Treasurer:

Robert L. Mitton, Robert L. Mitton Investments; Glen
Clark, Colorado State Bank; Gerald D. Bachar, J. A. Hogle
& Co.; Donald L. Patterson, Boettcher & Co.
National Committeemen: Phillip J. Clark, Amos C. Sudler &
Co.;
Ernest E. Stone, Stone, Moore &
Company, Norman C. Barwise,
Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Beane; Robert L. Mitton,
B.

Donald L. Patterson, Boettcher & Co.; Jerry B.
Peters, Writer & Christensen, Inc.; Orville C. Neeley,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane; Bernard F. Kennedy,

Elected:

December, 1949; Took Office: December 31, 1949; Term
Expires: December 31, 1950.

United States National

!fort

Chapln & Co.
Collins, Colo.

&

Colorado

Co.,

BARNHOLT,

VICTOR

V.
Bank

United

States

National

Management Corporation

W. Hughes Si Co.
Colorado Springs, Col.

Co.

&

HUNT, HARRY

E.

Founders Mutual

Depositor Corp.

INMAN, LARRY C.
J. A. Hogle Si Co.

TREVOR

GEORGE
Harris, Upham Si Co.

JR., R. M.
Perry & Co.

IRION, WILBER H.
The International Trust Co.

BARWISE,

DAVIS,

NORMAN
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Si Beane

C.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Si Beane
NORMAN

Colorado

JOHNSTON, FLOY F.
Sidlo, Simons, Roberts Si Co.

DINES, THOMAS M.

BENWELL, OSWALD
National

United

Bank

National Bank

States

of Denver

JORGENSON. O. JERRY

Peters, Writer & Christensen, Inc.
BOSWORTH, ARTHUR F.
Bosworth, Sullivan Si Co.

DODGE, DAVID C.
J. A. Hogle Si Co.

BRERETON, WM. H.
Brereton, Rice & Co.,

DOOUTTLE, CHARLES
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Si Beane

KING, NEIL

FISHER,

KIRCHNER, ROBERT

v

BROWN,

Inc.

C.

WALLER

DONALD
and

C.

BRUNTON,
Sidlo,

and

GEORGE

Simons,

BUCHENAU,
Colorado

Roberts

RALPH

Si

Co.

Forbes

Si

Si

Co.

Calvin

Bank

Denver National Bank

&

Co.

Colorado State Bank

LAKE,

Company

S.

Standard Si Poor's Corporation

K.

Mullen

Investment

Boettcher

J.

Otis Si Co.

and

GREENE,

Company

J.

CHAPIN, DON A.
Don A. Chapln Co.
Fort Collins, Colorado

A.

Mullen

LLOYD

Merrill

RICHARD

Hogle

K.

LINVILLE,

GRAY, GRAY B.
Walter Si Company

CARROLL, HOWARD

Company

Investment

LORENZO

Co.

W.

Jr., KENNETH
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Si Beane

Si Co.

MACART.
GRIFFIN, LYNNE
J. A. Hogle Si Co.

LEON

Macart-Jones

MANNIX,

Si

Co.,

Pueblo,

Col.

ROBERT

D.
Earl M. Scanlan Si Co.

MARBLE,

Members New York Stock Exchange

PRESTON M.
Colorado Grain Exchange

Exchange

MATLOCK

Railroad Securities

Y.

Teletype NY 1-1110 & NY 1-1111

Public

WOODFORD

Broad

Telephone HAnover 2-5000

Co.

LEE, WILSON B.

GOODE, J. H.

CAMPBELL, DONALD
J. A. Hogle Si Co.

and

J.

LAWRENCE, DAVID

G.

Harris, Upham & Co.

Boettcher

P.

LASCOR, L. A.
The

ERNEST

ROBERT

Sidlo, Simons, Robert Si Co.

lullock

GODFREY.

Bank

KULLGREN, ELWOOD M.

ALEXANDER

,

National

KUGELER, HENRY A.
D.

RUSSELL H.

FORSYTI

E.

Sullivan

First

Boettcher and Company

Bank

WILSON

Bosworth,
FORBES,

W.

National

BULKLEY,

FLUGSTAD,

Company

HARRY

Sullivan

First National

F.

Company

DAVID

KENNEDY, BERNARD F.
Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.

FLOYD, CLAYTON O.

Co.

FRED

J.

Boettcher

New York 5, N.

Bank

HAROLD

DAVIS,

John G.

Boettcher

Wall Street

Springs

OSCAR
Grain Exchange

E.

Sullivan

K. Mullen Investment Co.

CURRIE,

BROWN,

11

Springs

HUGHES, MRS. ARLEEN W.

LAWRENCE

The J.

Garrett-Bromfleld Si

Members New York Curb

Colorado

B.

Denver

HUBER,

CRIST, B. P.

BARKER, FREDERICK F.
Garrett-Bromfleld Si Co.

BROMFIELD, DONALD

Asiel & Co.

Upham

Hamilton

Bosworth,

Since 1878

The

COXHEAD, J. WALLACE
Bosworth, Sullivan Si Co.

The J. K. Mullen Investment Co.

Brokers and Dealers

Co.,

A.

A.

BRINKER,

Servicing

&

Colorado National

of

COUGHLIN. WALTER J.
Coughlln and Company

Bosworth,

Co.

Co.

HERSHNER, JOHN D.

Coughlln and Company

CRILEY,
Don

Harris,

HAWKINS,

COUGHLIN, EDWARD B.

Bank

Upham

Colorado

B.

Denver

BAKER, ROBERT R.

Ryan,

Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.

J.

BAKER, DUDLEY F.
Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.

Robert L. Mitton Investments.

Alternates:

A.

&

Si

HASSELGREN,

Peters, Writer Si Christensen, Inc.

BACHAR, GERALD D.
J. A. Hogle Si Co.

Directors:
.

ROBERT

Corp.

J.

Rice Si Co., Inc.

COPELAND.

LEE C.
National Bank

Sullivan

HARRISBtJRGER,

Depositor

ROBERT

Brereton,

Harris, Upham & Co.
ASHLEY,
First

Mutual

CONNELL,

H.

Company

HAL

Harris,

COLLINS, LOWELL O.

&

and

LORING

Bosworth,

HARMAN,

Perry Si Co., Inc.

Colo.

ARGALL,

Altman

HANSCOM,

HARDEY, PAUL
Amos C. Sudler

CYRIL

John G.

F.

A.

Hanifen

HANNON, HOWARD
Stone, Moore & Company

ADAMS, FREDERIC A.
ALFF,

EDWARD

McCabe,

PHILLIP J.

Sales

New

Street

Corp.

York, N. Y.

MAY, WM. J.
Stone, Moore Si Company

MAYER, KARL L.
J. A. Hogle Sc Co.

Utility Bonds

McCABE. WILLIAM E.
McCabe, Hanifen and Company
McCONNELL, FRANK A.
Boettcher and Company

McCONNELL, FRANK T.
Harris, Upham & Co.

Adams & Peck

McKINLEY, CARL D.
Greeley, Col.

Established 1924

A. L. STAMM & CO.

MIDDAUGH,
Boettcher

63

Wall Street

New York 5

•

HARRY
and

W.
Company

MITTON, CHARLES E.
Mountain States Bank

120

MITTON,

Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.

Robert

ROBERT
L.

L.

Mitton

Investments

MUCH, Jr., FRED J.
The International

Trust

Co.

MULLEN, JOHN J.
Garrett-Bromfleld

New York Stock

Exchange

New York Curb

Exchange

New York Cotton

YORK STOCK

NEW YORK CURB

Exchange

COMMODITY

LEWIS R.
Boettcher and Company

EXCHANGE

EXCHANGE

EXCHANGE,

(ASSOC.)

NEELEY

ORMSBEE, JACK

Exchange

Peters,

BOND BROKERAGE SERVICE

Sugar Exchange, Inc.

New York Cocoa

Springs,

O'DONNELL, CANTON

Exchange

New York Mercantile

C.

Pierce, Fenner Si Beane

NEWMAN, ROBERT
Newman Si Co., Colorado

Commodity Exchange, Inc.

New York Coffee &

ORVILLE

Merrill Lynch,

INC.

Chicago Board of Trade
New York Produce

Co.

NANCE,

MEMBERS
NEW

&

MYERS, J. HAROLD
Harris, Upham Si Co.

Mclaughlin, reuss & co

MEMBERS

Writer

Si

Christensen, Inc.

PARKER, EVERETT

Exchange, Inc.

Specializing in Railroad Securities

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

PARELLA, WILLIAM P.
Garrett-Bromfield & Co.

PATTERSON, DONALD L.
Boettcher and

Company

PERKINS, CARSON
Denver

ONE

Telephone

Teletype NY 1-2129

REctor 2-6800

WALL

STREET

NEW

Cables "STAMAL"




Telephone

HAnover

2-1355

YORK

5

Bank

PETTIBONE, Jr.. C. ARTHUR
Earl

Teletype—NY 1-2155

National

PETERS, GERALD P.
Peters, Writer St Christensen, Inc.

M.

Scanlan

Sc

Co.

PLEASANTS, AARON W.
The International Trust

QUINN, ARTHUR

Co.

.

Quinn Si Co., Albuquerque, N. Mex.

Col.

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Convention Number

KA1CHLE, JOSEPH L.
Boettcher

REFSNES,

and

Stein Bros. & Boyce

GRAHAM, THOMAS
Bankers Bond

The

Phoenix, Arizona

Co.,

Inc.

MAJOR, EARLE E.
Stein

HAAS, WILLIAM G.

CHARLES J.

Stein

Bros.

&

W.

Sidlo, Simons, Roberts & Co.

E.

v

Sidlo, Simons, Roberts & Co.

HANNAH,
The

GERALD

Peters,

B.

Christensen,

Writer &

SARGEANT.

Inc.

Earl

E.

The

Henry Christman, Jr.

Investment

J.

Clarence

L.

E. G. Molter, Jr.

Jones

Bond

Co., Inc.

miller,
The

EARL E.
&

Moore

Bankers

Inc.

Co.,

Bond

Service Corp.

ner

THOMAS

A. Hogle &

Sidlo, Simons, Roberts & Co.

Pierce, Fenner & Beane; Thomas Graham, Bankers Bond Co.,

SIMPSON, BRYAN E.

Inc.

& Company

Alternates:

Harris, Upham & Co.
SMITH, CHARLES

Berwyn

T.

Moore,

Berwyn T.
Chester A. Lucas, Stein Bros. & Boyce.

SIPLE, H. W.

Moore

&

Co., Inc.;

perry r.

Bankers

Bond

Co.,

Inc.

Jr.

MOORE.

Inc.

MOORE, TOM
Berwyn T. Moore & Co., Inc.

Inc.

Co.,

BERWYN T.

Berwyn T. Moore & Co.,

Matthews, Ky.

PARKS, JOSEPH

W.

Berwyn T. Moore & Co.,

Inc.

PAYNE, DEXTER

Boyce

Berwyn T. Moore & Co., Inc.

KING, CHARLES C.

POWELL, EDWIN

The Bankers Bond Co., Inc.

Secretary: Clarence L. Jones, Almstedt Brothers.
Treasurer: Edward G. Molter, Jr., Wagner, Reid and Ebinger, Inc.
National Committeemen: Mrs. Ora M. Ferguson, Merrill Lynch,

Co.

E. Simpson

& Beane.

&

Inc.

Wagner, Reid and Ebinger, Inc.

KAUFMAN, IRVIN
Bros.

Bond Co.,

MOLTER, EDWARD G.,

Almstedt Brothers

Stein

Bankers

miller, J. hugh
J. J. B. Hilliard & Son

JONES, CLARENCE L.

Conliffe

Wm. J.

President: Henry Christman, Jr., O'Neal-Alden & Co., Inc.
Vice-President: William J. Conliffe, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fen¬

SIMONS, BURDICK

B.

& Beane

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

SCOTT, JR., RICHARD M.

SIGLER,

Fenner

JOHNSTON, Jr., ROBERT H.

G.

Merrill Lynch,

Pierce,

Liberty National Bank & Trust Co.

& Co.

M. Scanlan

The

Sanitation District No. 1 St.

EARL M.

SCHLENZIG,

T.

Boyce

McNAIR, WILLARD P.

HOPKIN, W. HOWARD

Harris, Upham & Co.

SCANLAN,

Ky.

HELCK, CHESTER L.

E.

RAYMOND

Lexington,

Co.,

WOOD

Bankers

HARDAWAY,

Savings Bank

Berwyn
RYAN,

&

Merrill Lynch,

RUBLE, FRED
Midland

Hutton

HAMPTON, GARRETT

ROBINSON, RAYMOND L.

&

Blyth & Co., Inc.

HAGIN, HART
MALCOLM F.

ROBERTS,

Bros.

Mcdowell, robt. b.

Boyce

Brereton, Rice & Co., Inc.

Co., Inc.

LUCAS, CHESTER A.

Wyatt, Grafton & Grafton

Refsnes, Ely, Beck & Co.

RICE.

The Bankers Bond

GRAFTON, ARTHUR W.

E.

JOSEPH

LOUDEN, HOWARD

GIES, ANDREW P.

The Bond Club of Louisville

Company

23

W.

Berwyn T. Moore & Co., Inc.
KIRBY,

SAMUEL B.

reimer, J. berges

LINCH, DALE F.
Berwyn T.

Berwyn T. Moore & Co., Inc.

Moore & Co., Inc.

ROSE, JR., BOONE

LONG, EDWIN A.

Russell,
Ky.

Merrill

Burkholder,

Long &

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane

Lexington,

(Continued

on

page

24)

Elected:

July 8, 1949; Took Office: January 1, 1950; Term Ex¬
pires: December 31, 1950.

F.

Investment Service Corporation

SNOWDEN, W. L.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Peters, Writer & Christensen, Inc.
SOD EN,

B. J.

(Members

in

Louisville

The J. K. Mullen Investment Co.

A.

ALDEN,

&

WM.

The Bankers Bond

ALDEN,

Jr.,

CREGOR, BEN
Merrill Lynch,

O.

O'Neal-Alden

Hogle & Co.

STONE, ERNEST E.

Stone, Moore

&

Co., Inc.

Company

& Co.,

SUDLER, AMOS C.
Sudler

Merrill

&

Lynch,

Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.

The

United

Pierce,

Fenner

Beane

&

National

Denver

Bank

of

Stein

BROCAR,

Peters, Writer

Jr.,

Christensen,

&

Citizens Fidelity Bank

Inc.

The J.

K.

EBINGER, RUSSELL

Hilliard & Son

Wagner, Reid and Ebinger, Inc.
FEHRIBACH,

R.

Co.

BURKHOLDER, III, JAMES R.
Russell, Long & Burkholder

THARP, J. L.
King Merritt & Co.

FERGUSON, MRS. ORA M.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

TROUTMAN, WILLIAM
Bank

E.

Trust

&

&

Beane

Lexington, Ky.
FETTER, JAMES M.

CHRISTMAN, Jr., HENRY
Central

URBAN H.

Linooln Bank & Trust Company

Almstedt Brothers

Investment

Mullen

& Trust Co.

Blyth & Co., Inc.

BURKHOLDER, Jr., JAMES

TETTEMER, FRANK L.

GROUP SECURITIES, INC.

DURHAM, Jr., J. H.

ALBERT C.

BURGE, JOHN M.
J. J. B.

SPONSORS OF

& Boyce

Eskew, Gresham & Diersen

Inc.

J. WILLIAM
Investment Service Corp.

Bros.

DULANEY, WOODFORD H.

J. J. B. Hilliard & Son

TEMPEST,

DISTRIBUTORS GROUP, INC.

DIERSEN, J. H.

BOHNERT, HECTOR W.
The Bankers Bond Co.,

*

SWEET, WILLIAM

Beane

DESMOND, C. G.

Wagner, Reid and Ebinger, Inc.
States

&

WILLIAM R.
J. J. B. Hilliard & Son

Lyons & Co.

BITTENBACK, D. N.

SWAN, HENRY

Fenner

DERING,

BIRCHLER, EDWARD L.
W. L.

Pierce,

The Kentucky Trust Company

Inc.

Co.

SULLIVAN, JOHN J.

COMPLIMENTS OF

Co., Inc.

DEARING, ANDERSON

WM. O.

O'Neal-Alden

ALLEN, HORACE
Amos C.

CONWAY, POWHATAN M.

indicated)

STITT, CARL E.
J.

otherwise

unless

O'Neal-Alden

Co.

& Co.,

The Bankers

Inc.

TRUGLIO, NICHOLAS L.
Stone, Moore & Co.

Lynch,

Pierce,

Co., Inc.

WELLINGTON

FULLER, ASA W.

CONLIFFE, WILLIAM J.
Merrill

Bond

Fenner

&

Liberty National Bank & Trust Co.

Beane

<J^FUND

TSCHUDI, FRANK N.
Bosworth.

Sullivan

VANDERVORT,
Denver

VERNER,

Co.

&

RUSSELL

G.

Bank

National

OGDEN C.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

VINEY, F. H.
Harris, Upham & Co.
WALSH,

LORD, ABBETT & CO.

M.

JOSEPH

INCORPORATED

1928

Investment Managers

Harris, Upham & Co.
WALTER, FREDERICK D.
Walter &

Company

W.

WEBB, CHARLES W.
U. S. National Bank

AFFILIATED FUND, INC.

WEBB, JOHN TRUMAN
Otis

&

L.

Morgan & Co.

National

Distributors

Co.

WILLARD, E. WARREN
Boettcher and Company

AMERICAN

BUSINESS SHARES, INC

WOOD, GERALD C.

WRITER,

Peters,
WRITER,

GEORGE

Writer

&

HAROLD

1420

WALNUT

PHILADELPHIA

STREET

S.

Christensen,

Prospectuses

Inc.

on

2

Teletype Ph 743

PEnnypacker 5-0851

Bosworth, Sullivan & Co.

Request

D.

Peters, Writer & Christensen, Inc.
YOUMANS,
Bosworth,

Lord, Abbett & Co.

PAUL
Sullivan

&

Co.

YOUNG, RALPH S.
Colorado Springs, Colo.

63 Wall Street, New York

YOUNG, REX E.
Founders

Mutual Depositor

CHICAGO

Corp.

ATLANTA

LOS

ANGELES

NATIONAL

SECURITIES

SERIES

YOUNG, WILLIAM A.
Merrill Lynch,

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

BONDS
BOND

BALANCED
INSTITUTIONAL

SERIES

LOW-PRICED

BOND

SERIES

BALANCED

SERIES
•

INCOME SERIES

PREFERRED STOCKS

SPECIAL

PREFERRED

SERIES

SPECULATIVE

SERIES

STOCK

SERIES

COMMON STOCKS
STOCK

SELECTED GROUPS SERIES

SERIES

LOW-PRICED STOCK SERIES

INDUSTRIAL STOCKS SERIES
AUTOMOBILE

BONNER & GREGORY




Members New York Stock

Exchange

SHARES

AVIATION SHARES
BUILDING SHARES

CHEMICAL SHARES

METAL SHARES
OIL SHARES

FIRST

RETAIL TRADE SHARES

RAILROAD EQUIPMENT SHARES

RAILROAD SHARES

MUTUAL

Prospectuses

TRUST

upon

STEEL SHARES

FUND

request

NATIONAL SECURITIES & RESEARCH CORPORATION
120 Broadway, New York

5, N. Y.

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New NSTA Officers and

Senator Byrd: Morton A. Cayne, Cayne & Co., Cleveland,
Ohio, Secretary; John F. Egan, First California Company, San Francisco, President;
Sen. Harry F. Byrd (Virginia); H. Russell Hastings, Crouse & Co., Detroit, Mich.,
First Vice-President; Harry L. Arnold, Paine, Webber, Jackson &
Curtis, New York
City, Second Vice-President; John M. Hudson, Thayer, Baker & Co.,

Thursday, October 19, 1950

New NSTA Executive Council:

Edward H.

Welch, Sincere & Co., Chicago; H. Frank
Nashville, Tenn.; Landon
A.
Freear,
Wm. N. Edwards & Co., Ft. Worth, Tex.; Lex Jolley, Johnson, Lane, Space & Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.; Jay L. Quigley, Quigley & Co., Cleveland, Ohio; Don C. Sloan,
Donald C. Sloan & Co., Portland, Oreg. (not in picture)

Burkholder,

Equitable

Securities

Corp.,

Philadelphia, Treasurer

Bond Club of Louisville

CART WRIGHT,

Cincinnati Stock and Bond Club

Cartwright

WILLIAM

&

Co..

JAMES

D.
Co.,

(Continued from page 23)

CHAMBERS,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

CLANCEY, W. POWER

RUTLEDGE, WESLEY
Stein

Bros.

SCHULMAN,
Louisville

SEDLEY,

&

VAN

Boyce

J.

SOL

MRS.

Journal

SOMMERS,
Lincoln

WAGNER,

ANTHONY

Bank & Trust

Ky.

Wilson-Trinkle

WATKINS,
Merrill

Fenner

&

&

Ebinger, Inc.

STANLEY

Samuel

CUMMINS,

T.

Edw.

Pierce,

Fenner

&

L.

II.

ALLEN

Otis

Lyons & Co.
1I0LMAN

WILSON,

Wilson-Trinkle

&

&

Inc.

Co.,

Joseph H. Vasey

First

Harry J. Hudepohl

DEHNER,

Fred H. Becker

Paul

W.

Glenn

GOVERNMENT

Joseph H. Vasey, Geo. Eustis & Co.
Vice-President: Harry J. Hudepohl, Westheimer &

Secretary:

STATE, MUNICIPAL AND

Treasurer:
Trustees:

SECURITIES

Com¬

Lyn»h,

Pohl

Fred H.

Becker, Field, Richards & Co.

Paul W. Glenn, Edward Brockhaus & Co., Inc.
James F. Moriarity, W. E. Iiutton & Co.
Paul Hood, Seasongood & Mayer; Robert A. Jameson,

&

Company, Inc.;

Jack Neumark, Middendorf & Co.;
Lloyd W. Shepler, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane;
Charles H. Snyder, J. E, Bennett &
Co., Inc.; Robert Weiss,
Montague, W. E. Hutton & Co.;
Field, Richards & Co.; Harry C. Vonderhaar, Westheimer & Co.; Joseph H. Vasey, Geo. Eustis & Co.
Alernates: Franklin O. Loveland, Harrison &
Co.; George Phil¬
lips, W. D. Gradison & Co.; Lloyd Shepler, Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Beane; Joseph R. Work, Geo. Eustis & Co.
Charles A. Richards,

Incorporated

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

44 Wall Street, New York 5, N. Y.
NY 1-763 (Mun.)

(i

NY 1-764 (Corp.)
NY 1-1109 (Trad.)

Philadelphia

Other offices in

Detroit

(Members located In Cincinnati unless
otherwise Indicated)

ARMBRUST, JOHN J.

Harrison

Pohl

H.

&

Chicago

St. Louis

principal cities throughout the country

B.

Company,

Cohle

&

Inc.

J.

E.

Hutton

J.

L.

The

A.

&

Company

WILLIAM

Einhorn

ELLIS,
Ellis

&

&

The

Co.

DAVID

Jr.,

W.

Co.

ENGLER,

HERMAN

Samuel

lumbus,

J.

&

Engler

Company,

Co.

Co.

Eustis

Geo.

Ellis

&

&

Co.

Co.

FISCHER,

JR.,

Merrill

JOHN

Lynch,

J.

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane

FITZGERALD, LAWRENCE S.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

&

Beane

BYRON

Company

& Co.,

WILLIAM
and

W.

C.

Inc.

T.

&

Ladd,

CHARLES

Harrison

&

Bartlett

GERDING,
Edward

Company

&

Co.

Co.

J.

Devlne

& J.

&

&

Co.,

Inc.

Co.

SAM

Frank

H.

Co.

GLENN, PAUL W.
Edward

A.

Company

H.

PAT

GERTZMAN,
A.

J.

Middletown,

EDW.

Brockhaus

GERRABJ),
C.

Thornburgh

ROBERT

D.

FUERBACHER, JOHN
Walter, Woody & Heimerdinger

E.

Brockhaus

GRADISON,
D.

&

WILLIS

Gradison

Co.,

Inc.

D.

&

Co.

GRADY, GEORGE T.
John E.

19ZO

/

/

^afmeuom
SUa/t/tifw/
dhmlert

1950

Joseph & Co., Inc.

GRAHAM,

GORDON M.

Middendorf

oner

GRAY,

w.

tr

&

Co.

WALTER

Standard

&

U.

Poor's

Corp.

GREENE, HARRY T.
1881

MUNICIPAL

(o'xcAary* and

Greene

BONDS

&

GREENE,
Greene

/■eadiny. SxcAanpel

Ladd

JOHN
&

B.

Ladd

GRISCHY, CLIFFORD H.
Field, Richards & Co.
GUCKENBERGER, EDGAR F.
L. W.
Hoefinghoff & Co., Inc.

Brokers in
Stocks

•

Bonds

HALL,
Clair

Jr.,
S.

CLAIR
Hall

HAPPLEY,

Commodities

•

C.

H.

Harrison

3c

S.

Company

GEORGE

Reiter

HARRISON,

E.
&

&

R.

Co.

WEBSTER

Company

HARTMAN, W. STEWART
Nelson, Browning & Co.

65

£$rca</uMy, j\ew ty/orA 6,

30

0fyaya, j\L

190A
Chicago, Illinois
Connecticut:

^uatif Sflwt,
*

13,

•

Waterbury

Danfcury




•

•

Merlden

Boland, SafSin & Co.
Established 1920

20 PINE ST.

5V

NEW YORK
•

London, England

Torrington

•

HEAD, Jr., HUGH
Harrison

9

jV. ty/.

20,

ty/ord

Memphis. Tennessee (Cotton)

New Haven

ty/.

Walter,

TELEPHONE

5, N. Y.

WHITEHALL 3-3414

&

Company

HEIMERDINGER, JACK
Woody

&

Heimerdinger

HEIMERDINGER, JOHN G.
Walter, Woody & Heimerdinger
HILKER, J. KENNETH
A.

Lepper & Co.

Hartford

Bell

Co¬

O.

FILDER, Jr., HARRY A.

W.

ori

Beane

Lepper & Co.

EINHORN,

BenJ.

&

ROBERT

Greene

BUTZ,

BartU

J.

Bennett

BROWN,

& Co.

BARTH, JOHN L.
The

E.

BRINK,

Aub & Co.

E.

Richards

Westheimer

BARNARD, REGINALD
W.

Fenner

R.

Co.

FRIEDLANDER, ALFRED
Field,

BERLAGE,

Co.

AUB, A. EDGAR
A.

&

Westheimer &

BECKER, FRED H.
BENNETT,

ARNOLD, HENRY J.

Private Wire Connections With

&

DOIIRMANN, WILLIAM F.

FOSTER,

'

Boston

Reusch

EUSTIS, GEORGE

National Committeemen: Arch F.

Blair, Rollins £> Co.

Pierce,

HERBERT

DUBLE, WILLIAM D.

Geo. Eustis & Co.

Teletype

W.

WALTER J.

Merrill

Fox,

pany.

Second Vice-President:

Telephone DIgby 4-4000

Inc.

Harrison & Company

R.

President:

CORPORATE

Co.,

Co.

DITTUS,

STATES

&

SPENCER

DAVIS, GILBERT A.

Inc.

S.

Boyce

Engler Company

Taylor

CUNNINGHAM,
W.

UNITED

&

WILLIAM

G.

Beane

Beane

WATTS,

G.

Columbus, Ohio

Ebinger, Inc.

WILLIAM

CHARLES

Hoetinghoff & Co., Inc.

CRUM, JAMES F.

DUNLAP

Lynch,

Inc.

Stanley Cooper Co., Inc.

The

Ebinger, Inc.

&

Clancey & Co.

L. W.

Wagner, Reid and

Co.,

MILTON

P.

COOPER,

G.

Diersen

WILLIAM

WAKEFIELD,

Company

H.

Reid and

Bros.

Lexington,

Chambers

COULSON,

TRINKLE, WALTER

Stein

WARREN

Wagner, Reid and

STERNBERG, BERT
Merrill Lynch,
Pierce,

TROST,

ROENN.

D.

CONNERS, CHARLES F.
Pohl & Co., Inc.

,0.

Co.,

ELINORE

JOHN

Wagner,

JAMtfS

Hooser

Eskew, Gresham &

The Bankers Bond Co., Inc.

SPIERS,

Van

J.

W.

IIOOSER,
D.

VON

Courier

A.

Inc.

System

Teletype—NY 1-S3S

HINSCH,
Chas. A.

CHAS.

A.

Hinsch &

Co., Inc.

HIRSCHFELD, OSCAR

W.

Stranahan, Harris & Co.,

Inc.

Convention

THE

Number

COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL

Past

Welch, Sincere & Co., Chicago; John Latshaw,
Mo.; Corwin L. Liston, Prescott & Co., Cleveland,

Breakfast: Edward H.

Past Officers'

Uhlmann & Latshaw. Kansas City,

&

Company, Seattle; Paul Yarrow, E. F. Hutton & Company, Chicago;
H. Frank Burkholder, Equitable Securities Corporation, Nashville, Tenn.

JOHN

Westheimer

MORIARTY,

G.

and

W.

Company

HOAGLAND, ARTHUR M.
Hugh W. Long & Co., Inc.
HOEFINGHOFF,
L.

Middendorf

NEWBURGII,

Mayer

W.

&

REIS,

Co.

REIS,

Gradison & Co.

D.

J.

HUDEPOHL, HARRY J.
Westheimer

and

W.

NORMAN

Hutton

E.

OETTINGER,

D.

W.

JAMES

Jr.,

&

Co.,

Inc.

Harrison,

Hall

&

OTTO,

&

MIILLIPS,

Inc.

W.

Dayton,

O.

John

Co.

&

Pohl

WILLIAM

&

POOR.

Joseph & Co., Inc.

E.

&

STAIB,

Co.

E.

RUZICKA,

& Company,

C.

Thornburgh

C.

Co.

TRITTON, THOMAS

Co.

&

Bennett

&

Co.,

&

Company

LEE

JOSEPH H.

VASEY,

Inc.

Eustis

Co.

&

R.

Eustis

&

VONDERIIAAR,

Co.

Westheimer

H.
The Cincinnati Stock Exchange

HARRY

and

C.

Company

STEFFENS, Jr., CIIAS.

WAGNER, ROBERT L.
The W. C.

Co.,

Inc.

ALBERT J.
Browning & Co.

Thornburgh Co.

STENGER,

(Continued

page 26)

on

Joseph & Co., Inc

RUDOLPH

Geo.

CARL

Eustis

&

UnJ erwriters, Distributors

Co.

Inc.

HENRY E.
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

SCHWARTZ,
W.

Merrill

JEROME L.
Breed & Harrison, Inc.

W.

CHAS. II.

A.

&

WESLEY

Co.

L.

JOSEPH, JOHN E,
John

The

B.

CHARLES

SCHIRMER,

<

Pierce, Fennev & Beane

W.

ROBERT

Thornburgh Co.

ROHAN, HOWARD
Benj. D. Barlett & Co.

GEORGE

Gradison

D.

C.

ROBERTS, HAROLD

Ladd,

S.
POHL,

W.

Geo.

Brockhaus

Edward

F.

H.

The

THORNBURGH,

GEORGE C.

RILEY,

Company

PAULY, Jr., R. CORWIN
Harrison & Co.

CAMPBELL

JOS.

E.

Company

KENNETH

Hutton

E.

SNYDER,

Co.

Field, Richards & Co.

GEORGE

Co.

Harrison

&

Bartlett

D.

RICHARDS,

B.

T.

E. Hutton

Benj.

C.

Nelson,

JAMESON, ROBERT A.
Pohl & Company, Inc.

&

Co.

Brockhaus &

S.

Greene

Breed

REYNOLDS,

II.

OSWALD,

ISPHORDING, ROBERT B.
Doll & Isphording, Inc.

JOHNSTON,

HERBERT

M.

M.

& Co.

Jr.,

Reiter

H.

Geo.

Clair

JOHNSON,

C.

&

JACK

REITER,

Co.

CLETUS

Edward

Hutton

Merrill Lynch,

SMITH,

Mayer

&

RICHARD

Thayer, Woodward & Co.

Beane

Fenner &

J.

Co.

CHESTER T.
Hall

S.

THAYER,

SMALLEY, ROBERT

THOMAS

&

Clair

.

&

THORNBURGH,

Reinhart

Bohmer,

Mayer

Inc.

JACK

SIEGMAN,

W.

&

Seasongood

C.

&

Gradison

D.

OLLIER,

E.

Mayer

&

ROBERT

REIS,

Inc.

Detroit,

Mich.

HUTTON,

GORDON

Jr.

Co.,

JUSTIN

JR.,

Hutton

E.

TERRELL,
&

SHEPLER, LLOYD W.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

J.

Inc.

Funds,

Custodian

Keystone

J.

Hinsch

A.

Co.

Seasongood

& Co.,

HARRY

O'BRIEN,

J.

Edward Brockhaus & Co.,

HUMPHRIES,

LEO

Madigan

Charles

R.

EARL

SHAFFER,

L.

W.

Seufferle & Co.

C.

Wm.

W.

Company

THOMAS

HUGHES,

E.

&

Cleveland, Ohio; R. Victor
Paine, Webber, Jackson

STEVENSON,

SEUFFERLE, WM. C.

Co.

Seasongood

LOTH

M.

NUSSLOCH,

Browning & Co.

Nelson,

W.

Hill

&

ROBERT

REED,

RICHARD

HOWES,

W.

Bache

Jay L. Quigley, Quigley & Co., Inc.: Cleveland, Ohio;
Woodcock, Hess & Co., Philadelphia; Paul I. Moreland, Moreland

Breakfast:

Co., Detroit, Mich.; Morton A. Cayne, Cayne & Co.,

DONALD

J.

RAYMOND,

F.

Co.

NEUMARK, J. H.

Hoefinghoff & Co., Inc.

W.

HOOD, PAUL
Seasongood &

&

MUEHLENKAMP, JOHN C.
Doll & Isphording, Inc.

/

W.

L.

JAMES

Hutton

E.

25

Mosley, Stroud & Co., Inc., Philadelphia; Harry J. Arnold,
& Curtis, New York City

Northwest

HITZLER,

Officers'

Russell M. Dotts,

Pacific

Ohio; Clair S. Hall, Jr., Clair S. Hall & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; Josef C. Phillips,

CHRONICLE

D.

DANIEL

Gradison

&

1),

Deal ers and Brok ers

Co.

KAHN,

KATZ, ARTHUR V.
Cincinnati Municipal
ROBT.

KEELER,
Clair

Hall

S.

RANSICK, NEIL
Chas. A. Hinsch

SCHWINDT,
& Co.,

Seasongood

Inc.

PETER

&

in

Mayer

Corporation

Eond

Industrial, Railroad, Pu blic Utility

B.

&

Company

IRWIN B.

KLEIN,

Westheimer

and

and

Company

Westheimer

and

Company

Members New Torl{

GEORGE

KOUNTZ.

&

Widmann

Members New Yorl{

Co.

Stocl{ Exchange
Curb Exchange

HERBERT F.

KREIMER,

Eastman, Dillon & Co.

Assel, Kreimer & Company
DON D.

KUEMMERLING,

MUNICIPAL

LAHAM, ROBERT
The

C.

W.

Thornburgh

BONDS

MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK

Co.

EXCHANGE

Street, New York 5, N. Y.

15 Broad

FREDERIC F.

LATSCHA,

Eustis & Co.

Geo.

Greene &

39

Ladd, Dayton

Broadway, New York 6, N, Y.

MATTHEW

LENHOFF,

E. Hutton

&

Bell System lei. NY 1-752

Tel. Bowling Green 9-3100

MAURICE

LAUFERSWEILER,

W.

JMunicipal Securities

Bacon, Stevenson & Co.

KORROS, FRED

Philadelphia

Telephone DIgby 4'4100

Co.

Chicago

Hartford

Direct Private Wires to

our

Reading

Paterson

Easton

correspondents in San Francisco, Los

Carlisle

Angeles,

Chicago and St. Louis
LEPPER, MILTON
A.

&

Lepper

FRANKLIN O.

LOVELAND,

&

Harrison

Co.

Company

FRANCIS J.
Cincinnati, Municipal

LYNCH,

Corporation

Bond

ALFRED
Westheimer and Company

MACK,

M.

JAMES

MADIGAN,
J.

Cleveland

MATRE, EDWARD E.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
W.

McCOY.

or

Disclosed

L

Basis

&

—

Commodities

Beane

Complete margin, bookkeeping, cashier

McCune

C.

Securities

BROKERAGE SERVICE
Fenner

T.

CHARLES

McCUNE,
C.

Columbus

Corp.,

department functions.

Browning & Co.

Nelson,

Clearing Facilities

Omnibus

HOYT B.

First

The

STOCK 6- BOND

& Co., Inc.

E. Madigan

MAHONf Jr.,

Brokers'

E.

C.
Company,

&

Dayton,

O.

for Banks, Brokers and Dealers

Statistical assistance.

Direct Wire to

STANLEY G.
Weil, Roth & Irving Co.

Chicago

McKIE,
The

Other wire facilities

MEINERS, EDMUND B.
Braun, Bosworth & Co., Incorporated

JUSTIN

MEYER,
A.

Lepper & Co.

Charles

A.

MIDDENDORF,
Middendorf

Co.,

,

Inc.

WM. B.

&

Members

Co.

E.

30 Broad

ARCH

Hutton &

MORGAN,
Geo.

New

York

Curb

Exchange

F.

Telephone DIgby 4-7800

Co.

GEORGE

C.

V.

Eustis & Co.




•

1

1

* 7 New York 4

St.
,

4a£jyT«l$type NY 1-733

FAROLL & CO.
MEMBERS

New York Stock

JYfembers New York Stock Exchange

Lepper & Co.

MONTAGUE,
W.

&

LLOYD

MILLER,
A.

R.

Hlnsch

JOSEPH

Hardy & Co.

|

ROBERT

MEYER,

Exchange

Commodity Exchange, Inc.
Midwest

Stock Exchange

29

Chicago Board of Trade

New York Curb Exchange (Assoc.;

New York Cotton Exchange

New York Produce Exchange

New York Cocoa Exchange

BROADWAY,

Telephone IIAnover 2-6600

NEW YORK

6, N. Y.

Teletype NY 1-2534

San

Joseph W. Sener, John C. Legg & Company, Baltimore, Md.;

Past Officers' Breakfast:

John C.

Breakfast: Phillip J. Clark, Amos C. Sudler & Co., Denver;

Past Officers'

Chester M. Glass, Jr.,

E. Blum, Brush, Slocumb & Co.,
Francisco; Harold B. Smith, Pershing & Co., New York City; Jerome F. Tegeler,
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., St. Louis, Mo.; Wm. Perry Brown,
Newman, Brown & Co., New Orleans, La.

Hecht, Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Los Angeles; Ernest

Thursday, October 19, 1950

CHRONICLE

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL

26

William R. Staats Co., Los Angeles; B. W. Pizzini,
Co., Inc., New York City

W. Pizzini &

B.

BOYD,

Georgia Security Dealers Association

Cincinnati Stock and Bond Club

HUDSON

Johnson, Lane, Space 8c Co., Inc.
Augusta

BRAY,

(Continued from page 25)

ROBERT M.
Company of Georgia

Trust

BROADWELL,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Courts

WANNER,

LOUIS

Seasongood

WHITE,

C.

WHITING,

WEIL, JOSEPH B.
Westhelmer

Geo.

and

Otis

Company

Eustis

&

Eustis

&

WELLINGHOFF,

WOODWARD,

T.

RICHARD

WHITE,
D.

S.

Westhelmer

CO.

DONALD
White

&

H.

BROWN,

Courts

Co.

and

Westheimer

Company

and

Company

Jolley

Alex.

Yearley,

James

IV

S.

Budd, Jr.

Lex

Jolley, Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., Inc., Atlanta.
Alexander Yearley IV, The Robinson-Humhrey
Company, Atlanta.
Secretary-Treasurer: James S. Budd, Jr., Citizens and Southern

GRACE NATIONAL BANK

National

Bank, Atlanta.

Executive Committee:

Evans,

Clement

Byron

OF NEW YORK

Brooke

John F. Glenn, Courts &

Co.; Clement A.
Inc.; Byron Brooke,
Company; J. Robert Neal, Wyatt, Neal &

A.
&

Evans

&

Company,

Waggoner.
National Committeemen:

James W. Means, Courts & Co., Atlanta;
Jolley, Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., Inc., Atlanta; Frank
Chisholm, Varnedoe, Chisholm & Co., Savannah; Roy Hancock,

CLEARANCE FACILITIES

Hancock, Blackstock & Co., Atlanta; Alexander Yearley, IV,
The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Atlanta.

FOR

Alternates: J. Hollis Austin, J.

W. Tindall & Co., Atlanta; Jack

Morris, Norris & Hirschberg, Inc., Atlanta.

LOCAL AND OUT-OF-TOWN

Elected: June 10, 1949; Took

Brokers and Dealers

call

Office: July 1, 1949; Term Expires:

located

In

Atlanta

unless

BARFORD,

otherwise Indicated)

Clearance

Department

Beer

HANOVER SQUARE, NEW YORK 15, N. Y.

Clement A.

R.

Evans & Company,

Inc.

Co.

BEAVERS.

Trust

BAKER

Underwriters, Brokers and Dealers

The

H.

W.

Tindall

CLARKE, HARRISON
I
Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., Inc.

CLISBY, JOSEPH R.
Courts 8c Co., Macon

Co., Athens

COURTS, MALON C.

Trust

&

Co.

RICHARD

&

W,

Co.

Company of Georgia

8c Co.,

Johnson,

Inc.

ALLEN

Lane, Space 8c Co., Inc.

Savannah

CRAWFORD,
French

Jr., ALLEN C.
Crawford, Inc.

&

CRAWFORD,

KARY

JAMES

T.

The

Jr.,

Company, Inc.

L.

Clement A. Evans 8c

Jr.,

LLOYD

J.

W.

B.

Tindall

DENNY.

&

Co.

RICHARD
&

Courts

DICK,

Co.

A.

Co.

JACKSON P.
8c Company

Jr.,

Beer

BOUNDS, JAMES W.
Courts 8c

Company

,

1

Co.

JR.,

BLANCHARD, SCOTT
Goodbody & Co.

Company

S.

Robinson-Humphrey

DEAN,
J.

E.

C.

Pierce, Fenner 8c Beane

ED.

J.
Company, Inc.

W. HUGH
The Citizens and Southern National Bank

Company

WILLIAM

Merrill Lynch,

CROFT,

DAVIS,

BLACK WOO®,

E.

&

Co.

Savannah

Courts &

EARL W.

CARROLL

&

CLARKE, HAGOOD
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c Co., Inc.

CRAWFORD,

Augusta

Co.

Tindall

W.

Courts

M.

Clement A. Evans &

Co.

Robinson-Humphrey

BANKS,
J.

&

J.

BLACKSTONE,
&

BAGGERLY, JR.,
Courts

J.

CRAFT, GEORGE C.

Company of Georgia

BEESON,

H.

Tindall

CHESTNUT, J. D.
CHISHOLM, FRANK A.
Varnedoe, Chisholm 8c Co., Inc.

Augusta

ATKINSON, JOE
Courts & Co., La Grange
W.

E.

CRAIG
Lane, Space

BATTEY, ALFRED

ARMSBY, J. W.
Wyatt, Neal & Waggoner

J.

Company

COX, E. P.

Jr..

Johnson,

ALLISON, C. R.

AUSTIN, J.

&

Co.

Savannah

Deposit Insurance Corporation
Dobbs &

8c

McKinnon

&

BARROW,

ALLEN, G. LEONARD
Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., Inc.
Member Federal

Brooke

Courts

Courts & Co.

BARRETT, JULIAN N.
Beer 8c Company

Company
EDWARD

FRANK

Byron

COURTS,

PHILIP

Thomson

ALLISON

&

ADAMS,

The Citizens and Southern National Bank

BURT,

Courts

jor details
(Members

McKinnon

BUDD, Jr., JAMES S.

Courts 8c

December, 1950.

ADAMS,

8c

COOPER, HOMER G.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
or

Thomson

BUCKLEY, Jr., JOHN H.
Clement A. Evans & Company, Inc.

CARTER, Jr., HUGH D.

Lex

Write

ARNOLD

BUCHANAN, C. SHELTON
Lex

Company

Vice-President:

I

Co.

&

BRYANT, EVERETT C.
Courts & Co., Newman

President:

COMPLETE

8c

BROYLES, NORRIS
Beer & Company

ZIEGLER, ALLAN

S.

Co.

&

STOCKTON

Jr., JAMES F.
Groover, Macon

Brown

WARREN

&

Jr.,

BROWN, JOSEPH E.

WORTH, WILLIAM P.

WHEELWRIGHT, RICHARD F.
&

Eustis

Erooke

Stockton Broome 8c Co.

Thayer, Woodward & Co.

Geo.

F.

McKinnon

BYRON

BROOME,

WORK, JOSEPH R.

WESTHEIMER, ROBERT
Westhelmer and Company

Ellis

C.

Company

Field, Richards & Co.

C. J. Devlne & Co.

&

BROOKE,
Byron

ALBERT
&

WILLIAM F.

Co.

HENRY

Thomson

CHARLES A.

WILLIS, FRANK

Co.

8c

BROCK,

Co.

Wldmann

Co.

WEISS, WILLARD C.
Geo.

&

WIDMANN,

ROBERT

WEISS,

AUSTIN

J. A. White 8c Company

Mayer

&

J.

DOUGHTY,
Clement

W.

W.
A.

Evans

8c

Company, Inc.

Augusta

LISTED and UNLISTED

DULANEY,

SECURITIES

DURRETT,

The

J.

LANDON

C.

Robinson-Humphrey Company

H.

FRAZER

J.

Hilsman

&

Inc.

Co.,

ESLINGER, VASSAR L.
Johnson, Lane, Space & Co.,

HAY, FALES & CO.
MEMBERS
NEW

NEW

YORK

YORK

STOCK

CURB

(Associate)

EMANUEL, DEETJEN & CO.
New

York

Curb

A.

Inc.

A.

Beer

&

Evans

&

Company, Inc.

Company

FLEMING, WILLIAM S.
Courts & Co.,
Albany,

Ga.

FORD. A. C.
Milhous, Martin 8c Co.
FRENCH, J. McCREA
French & Crawford,

Exchange

SNew York Stock Exchange
Midwest Stock Exchange

CLEMENT

Clement

FLEMING, STROTHER

EXCHANGE

EXCHANGE

EVANS,

l

FROST,
J.

Commodity Exchange, Inc.

H.

Inc.

JAY D.
Hilsman

&

Co.,

Inc.

GARRETT, HENRY B.

120

Broadway




New

York 5, N. Y.

71

BROADWAY, NEW YORK 6, N. Y.

Telephone BOwllng Green 9-7026

Teletype NY 1-61

Clement A.

Evans

Augusta

GAY, Jr., EDWARD
Courts 8c

Co.

GLENN, JOHN F.
Courts 8e Co.

&

Company, Inc.

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WaiKer, National Quotation Bureau, New York City; Harry A. MacDonald,
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D. C.; Edward T.
McCormick, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D. C.

KNELLER, G. C.
Johnson, Lane,

GRADY, Jr.,

HENRY W.
Robinson-Humphrey Company

The

GRIGGS, Jr., JAMES R.
Courts 8c Co., La Grange

Merrill

Courts

Co., Inc.

Fenner

&

Beane

Georgia

of

HANCOCK,
Hancock,

LEE, R. E.

HARRIS, J.
Goodbody

&

LEVINS.

H. P.
Robinson-Humphrey

The

HENDERSON,
Courts

&

HENRY,

Courts

CULLEN

HOFFMAN,

Columbus

Courts

&

HUGER,

Courts &

HULL,

J.

Merrill

Co.

G.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

E.

HUME,

8.

&

Co.,

Merrill

Blair

THOMAS M.
Lane, Space & Co.,

H.

Inc.

Hilsman

&

W.

Lynch, Pierce,

Merrill

Inc.

Co.,

ROY

Jr..

Fenner & Beane

WEIGAND,

Bank

THOMAS

JR.,

A.

Co.,

Columbus

&

F.

M.

Athens

Co.,

CHARLES F.
Co., Athens

WEIRAUCH,
Courts

SAM

W.

J.

W.

JULIAN W.
Tindall & Co.

&

Company

MARSHALL J.
Rome

WELLBORN,
Courts

T.

TOMPKINS, HENRY B.
The Robinson-Humphrey

&

Co.,

(Continued

Company

page

on

28)

GRADY

&

Co.

&

Courts

&

Jr.,

Co.

Underwriters, Dealers and Brokers

Inc.

ZAHNER
Co.

SIDNEY

A.

B.

HIRSCH

.

& Company,

Evans

ROBERTS.

BEN

Courts

Inc.

Members

New

York

CO.

&

Stock Exchange

and Other

Principal Stock and Commodity Exchanges

Co.

8c

Clement

A.

ROBINSON,
The

Inc.

E.

25 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK 4,

Evans

8c

Company,

Inc.

ROBY

Robinson-Humphrey

Company

RUDOLPH, BEN A.
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c Co.,

Inc.

&

Varnedoe,

SETTLE,

Co., Inc.

Courts &

Inc.

J.

FONVILLE

J.
&

H.

Chisholm

&

Co.,

Inc.

H.

SHOUN.

Co.

Merrill Lynch,

Space & Co.,

Clement

MILHOUS, JAMES F.
Milhous, Martin 8c Co.

Inc.

LUDLOW

Merrill Lynch,

Tel.:

National 2545

238 Commercial

Keyser Building
Baltimore 2
Tel.:

Gastonia,
Tel.:

Lexington 7861

Building

N. C.

—

Wire Service

Representatives:

—

GENEVA

GAstonia

5-2317

AMSTERDAM

.

York, Washington and Baltimore

New

Inc.

R.

Inc.

C.

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

ARTHUR
A.

LONDON, ENGLAND

Evans

B.
&

Company,

Inc.

Savannah

milstead, andrew j.

Co

Co.,

& Co.,

MURRAY

SIMKINS.

Courts 8c

8c

ROYSTON

Hilsman

w.

edward
Co.

meill.

Company

Eye St.,N. W.
Washington 6

Direct

FLEMING

J.

Hilsman

SETTLE.

Co.

james

1624

N.Y.

Teletype: N.Y. 1-210

Telephone: HAnover 2-0600

SAUSSY. WILLIAM H.

J. LAMB

Robinson-Humphrey

Courts &

Company,

E.

F.

Tillman-Whitaker

ROBINSON, H. ENGLISH

Co.

McWHORTER,
means,

JOLLEY, LEX
Johnson, Lane,
JORDAN,

TILLMAN,

FINLAY

D.

McRAE,

Pierce, Fenner 8c Beane

Courts
The

8c

Macon

Courts

Savannah

Savannah

JOHNSTON,

Jr..

Clement

Lane, Space & Co., Inc.

8c

Courts

HARRY H.

JOHNSON,
Johnson.

Jr..

H.

WALLACE

Evans

Co.,

WALKER, SAMUEL G.
J.

A.

Inc.

WAGGONER, T. REUBEN
Wyatt, Neal 8c Waggoner

Lane, Space & Co., Inc.

National

W. ARTHUR
Griggs & Richardson, La Grange

HOWARD S.

McNAIR,

Martin & Co.

Milhous,

Co., Inc.

IRVIN

Clement

Fulton

REYNOLDS, JOHN C.
French & Crawford,

RIVES,

Jr., J08EPH A.
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

McCORD.

Inc.

GARNER A.

Merrill Lynch,

Company, Inc.

&

Courts

M.
&

Co.,

JOHN F.

RICHARDSON.

'

McClelland, john e.
J. H. Hilsman 8c Co.,

Inc.

Savannah

JOHNSON,

&

Robinson-Humphrey

Courts

MATHEWS. Jr., ROBERT C.
Trust Company of Georgia

& Company,

Evans

JELKS, FREEMAN N.
Johnson, Lane, Space

JOHNSON,

Johnson,
TATUM,

Evans

Co.

REYNOLDS,

Augusta

Jr., WALTER 8.
A.

Company, Inc.

&

Evans

james

Johnson,

ROGER M.

Clement

VIRGIN,

Macon

Hancock, Blackstock & Co.
JAMES,

A.

Inc.

w.

MARTIN, Jr., JUSTUS C.
Thomson & McKinnon

mason,

Company of Georgia

JACOBS,

Company,

WAYNE
Milhous, Martin & Co.

HUNERKOPH, CLOVIS
Trust

&

MARTIN,

Courts & Co.

E.

Hilsman

L.
&

REVSON, Jr., ALFRED F.

w.

Evans

Jr., waldo

MANNERS. PAUL E.
First National Bank

E.

H.

SAMUEL
Chisholm

Savannah

TINDALL,

PRESTON,

The

A.

Clement

Co., Columbus

WILLIAM

Clement

mallory,

CABELL

W.

&

REEVES,
Courts

Co.

waldo

mallory,

J.

Cullen J. Hoffman Company,
HOPKINS,

&

A.

RAGSDALE, IRVIN

maddox, joseph j.
Courts

VARNEDOE,
Varnedoe,

Co.

Hancock, Blackstock & Co.

Columbus

Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., Inc.

UNDERWOOD. L. DEAN
Norris
8c
Hirshberg, Inc.

Bank

Savannah

PERKINSON, TOM
Courts 8c Co.

Inc.

&

TAYLOR,

Courts

Inc.

Co.,

luttrell, w. r.

HIRSHBERG, JULIAN R.
Norris & Hirshberg, Inc.

Inc.

PENDERGRAST, T. J.
&

Company

SUMMERS, J. C.
Co.,

Macon

W.

Savannah

W.

D.

J.

FRANK

Clement

LIVINGSTON. LORTON S.
Varnedoe, Chisholm & Co.,

CARL

Milhous, Martin & Co.
HINDSMAN.

PEEPLES,

Courts

&

JAMES

STEWART,

Savannah

Co.

Hilsman

J.

Courts & Co.

HILL.

8c

C.

Crawford

&

Evans

STEINHAUER, R. E.
Norris 8c Hirshberg, Inc.

PAULSEN, GROVER
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c

lindsey, edw. ii.

Co.

FRANK

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Bean*

French

WILLIAM

LEWIS.

Company

L.

J.

STAMPS,

TRAYWICK, HOWARD C.
Trust Company of Georgia

JACK
A.

SPEAS, J. W.
First National

G.

PARKER, LAWRENCE

WILLIAM
8c Co.

Courts

HEID,

Co.

LESSER, norman
Stockton Broome & Co.

HATCHER, LLOYD B.
Trust Company of Georgia

McKEE

GEORGE

Courts & Co.

Wyatt, Neal 8c Waggoner

RALPH
& Co.

Clement

PANAGOS, JAMES A.

LAYTON, BUXTON L.
Dobbs

OBERRY,
Merrill

LAY, J. E.
Trust Company

& Co.

SPALDING,

Co., Athens

Courts & Co.

Pierce,

GROVES, RICHARD M.
Hugh W. Long and Company, Inc.

ROY W.
Blackstock

Welcoming Eugene M. Zuckert, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, at the Airport

R.

8c

NUNNALLY,

Lynch,

T.

&

Brown

&

KONTZ, JOHN T.

DENMARK
Groover, Macon

GROOVER,

NOELL, J.

Space

Savannah

27

SITES. FRANK B.

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

For

Courts & Co.

Banks, Brokers and Dealers

KABLE. JOHN R.
Clement

A.

Evans

8c

Company,

george w.

monk.

Inc.

Clement

LESTER
Varnedoe, Chisholm

A.

&

Evans

Company,

Inc.

KAROW,

KEY,
La

Courts &

Norris

Grange

Courts

ANDREW J.

Courts

The

M.
&

joseph

Company

barnard

8c Beane

MYERS, FRANK
J. H. Hilsman
NEAL.

C.

J.

Wyatt,

Co.

J.
&

A.

M.

Evans

Courts

Company,

Inc.

FOREIGN

8c Co.

WILEY J.
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c
Augusta

SMITH,

Co.,

Inc.

ROBERT

Neal 8c Waggoner

SPACE, Jr., JULIAN A.
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c

Co., Inc.

SECURITIES
Co.,

Inc.

Savannah

Seligman, Lubetkin & Co.
MEMBERS NEW YORK

8c

SMITH. WALTER

l.

Courts & Co.

Co.

SIDNEY

Clement

Inc.

Robinson-Humphrey

murphy.

KING. RICHARD W.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
KISER,

morris.

JOSEPH
&

SMITH,

Hirschberg

(

KILPATRICK, Jr.,
Augusta
KINARD,

&

Inc.

Co.

jack c.

morris.

C.

R.

HILTON L.

MORRIS,

Inc.

& Co.,

Savannah

SLATTERY, JOSEPH
Johnson, Lane, Space 8c Co.,
Augusta

STOCK EXCHANGE

MODEL, ROLAND & STONE
Members




STREET

NEW YORK 4, N. Y.

York

Stock

Exchange

76 BEAVER STREET
NEW YORK 5,

41 BROAD

New

LONDON

20-24

WHITEHALL
TELETYPE

N. Y.
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MOOREGATE,

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LONDON,

HOUSE,

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C.

Teletype to London, England

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Mr.

K.

Mrs.

and

Victor

Co., Inc., Philadelphia, and

Mosley, Stroud &

.

Harold Smith, Pershing & Co., New York City; Mr. and Mrs. John D.

Mr. and Mrs.

the Misses

Thursday, October 19, 1950

Hines, Dean Witter & Co., New York City

Louise and Margaret Mosley

ASHER, SIDNEY L

Security Traders Club of St. Louis

Georgia Security Dealers Association

A.

Edwards

G.

Sons

&

AYERS, C. T.
Merrill

(Continued from page 27)

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beanc

BAKEWFLL, EDWARD

OF MEMBERS

ROSTER

Stix

-

&

Co.

BARKAU,
WELLS,

WILLIS, FRANCIS D.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

PAUL

G.

Hancock, Blackstock & Co.
WEYMAN.

GEORGE

BARKLAGE,
I.

F.

WILSON,

Byron Erooke & Company
JAMES

Tlllman-Whitaker

J.

MARIE

W.

Tindall

WISE,

Athens

WHITTLESEY.
Courts

<fc

LAMAR M.

JR.,

WOOD,

Company

Paul Brown &

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Bfcanc

GEORGE
Albany

JR.,

O.

BITTING,

B.

Merrill

National Eank

The Citizens and Southern

S.
WOODWARD.
Courts

&

Fusz-Schmelzle

ANDY

Co.

BLEWER.

WILLIAMS. JOHN W.
Courts

&

Co.,

Clement

Rome

"■;

WYATT,

JOS.

C.

J.

The

CHARLES J.
Co., Augusta

WILLIAMSON,

IV.

J.

W.

A! EXANDER

Robinson-Humphrey

H.

Edward

Morfeld

W.

T.

B. L. Schlueter

Kitchen

Company

J.

Devine

BOND,

&

Co.

RAYMOND

Bankers

Bond

C.
Securities

&

Co.

Williamson &

ZIMMERMAN,
WILLIS,

BOHAN, WILLIAM
C.

YEARLEY,

Co.

&

CLARENCE F.
Heitner & Glynn

Blewer,

HENRY

Wyatt, Neal & Waggoner

H.
Evans & Company, Inc.

A.

Co.

KENNETH H.
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beanc

BLAKE, WILLIAM J.

Co.,

WILLIAMS, Jr..

Co.

WALTER A.

BECKER,

0.
&

Securities

American

L.

Co.,

Merrill

WHITE,

Co.

CHARLES

BAUCOM,

Company

North

WHITAKER,

LOUIS

Simon &

M.

ARTHUR Y.

<fc

Beer

ELMER

Taussig, Day & Co., Inc.
Fenncr & Beanc

EUGENE
Tindall

Clement

F.

& Co.

A.

BOSCHERT, DANIEL C.
Morfeld. Moss & Hartnett

WILLIAM H.
Evans

&

Company,

Inc.

Columbus

Jr.,

BOYD,

Albert

SHAPLEIGH
Sons, Inc.

A.

Theis

&

BRAMMAN, EDWARD O.
Bramman-Schmidt-Busch.

Inc.

BRECKENRIDGE, HUNTER
McCourtney-Breckenridge & Co.

Our Retail Department is interested
in

I3RENNAN,

EMMET J.

Brennan, Kinsella & Co.

offerings of

BROCKMEYER, E. H.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

BROCKSMITH, H. L.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

HIGH GRADE

BRONEMEIER, JOSEPH
Midwest

UNLISTED STOCKS

Stock

Exchange

BUNN, JOHN W.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

BURTCH, B. W.

which

we

can

Henry,

place for long-term

C. F.

Elliot

Corley

N. Stein

Eugene V. Koch

investment
President:

Edward H,

First Vice-President:

Second

Morfeld, Morfeld, Moss & Hartnett.
W. T. Kitchen,

Vice-President:

Bernard

L.

Scherck, Richter Company.

Schlueter, Newhard, Cook

Morris Cohon & Co.

CADLE, CHESTER J.
Central Republic Company
CANAVAN, JAMES M.
Smith, Moore & Co.

Members:
National

42

New

York

Association

Security Dealers Association
of

Securities

Dealers,

Inc.

Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.

Charles F. Corley, C. J. Devine & Co.

Elliot H. Stein, Mark C. Steinberg & Co.

Treasurer:

Eugene V. Koch, St. Louis Union Trust Co.

National Committeemen:

John W. Bunn,

Stifel, Nicolaus & Com¬

Incorporated; Earl Hagensieker, Reinholdt & Gardner.

Teletype NY 1-2187

CLOONEY.

October 19,

1950; Took Office: October 19,

LEO

1950; Term

Expires: October 18, 1951.

R.

Services,

Inc.

R.

Gardner

&

CONDIE, Jr.. HERBERT D.
Newhard, Cook & Co.
COOK,

HENRY M.

Newhard, Cook & Co.
CORLEY,

Elected:

GEORGE

Diversified

Reinholdt

Secretary:

pany,

Telephone DIgby 4-5460

Investors

Third Vice-President:

Co.

R. EMMET
Morfeld, Moss & Hartnett

CARPENTER.

& Co.

&

Franc

BYRNE,

C.

J,

C.

F.

Devine &

Co.

CREELY, WALTER J.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

CUMMINGS, JOHN P.
Newhard, Cook & Co.
DARMSTATTER, E. W.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

Over 50 Years

DEMPSEY, DUMONT G.

Newhard,

Cook & Co.

DEMPSEY, TIMOTHY F.
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

AS TRANSFER AGENT
Michael j. Heaney & Co.

DEPPE, RALPH
Edward D. Jones & Co.

DONNERBERG, E. H.
Olson, Donnerberg &

in

Wm.

Members New York Curb

Exchange

Co.,

Inc.

DOWDALL,

NEW

YORK, N. Y. and JERSEY CITY, N. J.

WM. F.
Dowdall &

F.

DOWDALL,
Wm.

F.

Jr.,

WM.

Dowdall

Co.

F.

&

Co.

DRUMMOND, KENNETH

One Wall Street
k.

Telephone:




We afford

New York 5, N. Y.
7

advantages to underwriters, distributors,

corporations and their stockholders.

Calvin Bullock

ENGMAN, WALTER C.
A.

A.

Tibbe

&

Co.

ERKER, GEORGE H.

WHitehall 4-2484

Hill

REGISTRAR and TRANSFER COMPANY
50 CHURCH STREET
-

New York 7, N. Y.
BEekman 3-2170

Established
1899

15 EXCHANGE PLACE

Jersey City 2, N. J.
BErgen 4-8525

Brothers

EVANS, CHARLES D.
Redden

and

Company

FELSTEIN, SAM
Henry, Franc & Co.

FISCHER, JOSEPH S.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
FRAHM,

HERBERT

Mississippi Valley Trust Company
FRANEY, FRANK

Newhard,

Cook

&

Co.

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i1

Edward

Sincere & Co., Chicago; John Latshaw, Uhlmann & Latshaw,
John M. Mayer, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, New York
City; William R. Newsom, Jr., Sanders & Newsom, Dallas; Harry L. Arnold,
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, New York City
H.

Welch,

John Latshaw, Uhlmann & Latshaw,

Kansas City, Mo.;

FRIEDMAN, WM. STIX

FUSZ,

FIRMIN

Jr..

GABLE,

The

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

Inc.

.

/

Co.

Paul

Barrett

Slayton

G.

G.

Sanders

&

C.

H.

H.

C.

&

Co.,

Walker

&

O'NEILL,

&

Co.

Co.

Merrill

Petersen

Lynch,

L.

SUECK,

Newhard, Cook & Co.

The

&

Co.,

Inc.

TAUSSIG,
Taussig,

SCHREIBER, Jr., JOHN A.

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane

Edward

D.

Dail

&

SENTURIA, ED.
Newhard, Cook &

•

G. H. Walker & Co.

DAVID

MATTHEWS,
u.

Walker

H.

S.

Reinholdt

H.

PAVELEK,

Gardner

Midwest

JOHN F.
Dempsey-Tegeier <fc Co.

Co.

TAUSSIG,
Merrill

Co.

HAHN,

JOSEPH F.

Municipal

C.

J.

Walker & Co.

EDW.

A.

J.

&

&

Inc.

TEGELER, JEROME F.
Dempsey-Tegeier & Co.

Sons,

(Continued

Inc.

on

page

30)

FRANK

Devine & Co.

Eckhardt-Petersen

&

Co.,

REDMAN, W. G.

St.

E.

&

Louis

NEWELL,

Blewer, Heitner & Glynn

BANK STOCKS

I. M. Simon & Co.

A.

A.

G.

G.

INSURANCE STOCKS

Edwards & Sons

REIMAN, WM. L.
Edward

Company

NEWCOMB, LOWELL

Co.

Inc.

POPPER, ELVIN K.

RICHARD

Edwards & Sons

REDDEN, TARLETON
Redden and Company

White

E. E.

NORMAN

HEITNER,

G.

NEUWOEHNER, HIRAM

Sons

Edwards &

Moore &

C. J.

Morfeld, Moss & Hartnett

HARVEY, JOSHUA A.

HAVERSTICK, Jr.,
Smith,

J.

Fenner

PETERSEN, JOSEPH G.

MOSS, MORRIS

Morfeld, Moss & Hartnett

G.

Pierce,

Co.

MORFELD, EDWARD H.
Morfeld, Moss & Hartnett

HARTNETT, WM. H.

A.

PELTON,

Corp.

Newhard, Cook & Co.

MOREY, Jr.,

Co.

&

Devine

Bond

MILLS, ANDREW S.

HARRIS, IRWIN R.
Scherck, Richter Company
HARTNETT,

Theis

Union Trust

RICHTER,
Scherck,

Co.

JAMES E.

D.

Jones

REIS, GEORGE J.
Mississippi Valley

Edwards .& Sons

&

Co.

PUBLIC UTILITIES

HENRY J.
Richter Company

Trust

Co.

HELLER, IRVING A.

Cook

Newhard,

Co.

&

HENRY, OLIVER B.

Co.

Franc &

Henry,

HEUBNER,

CHARLES
Exchange

Stock

Midwest

HOCH, HAWORTH F.
McCourtney-Breckenridge & Co.

Chemical and Drug

GEYER & CO.

Stocks

INCORPORATED

63 WALL

STREET, NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

HOFFMAN, HAROLD
Reinholdt

&

Gardner

G.

H.

Sold

Bought

HMLSTEIN, EDWARD

Private

Quoted

BOSTON

CHICAGO

wires

connecting branch offices in

CLEVELAND

LOS ANGELES

SAN FRANCISCO

Walker & Co.

UON1G, THEO. C.
Dempsey-Tegeier

& Co.

DEPARTMENT

TRADING

HORNING, BERT
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company,

Incorporated

HOROWITZ, NATHANIEL B.
Edward

D.

& Co.

Jones

JANSEN, KENNETH J.
Edward D. Jones & Co.

JONES,

EDWARD

Edward

JORDAN,
G. H.

D.

NEW YORK 6, N. Y.

39 BROADWAY

Teletype N- T. 1-618

INDUSTRIAL, PUBLIC UTILITY, RAILROAD

& Co.

Jones

ROY

f. eberstadt & co. inc.
Telephone WHiuhall 4-8787

D.

°

'

and MUNICIPAL SECURITIES

W.

Walker & Co.

KAPLAN, MAX

Co.

Semple, Jacobs &
KEANEY,

1950

1924

KAUFFMANN, JOHN R.

FRANK X.

UNLISTED TRADING DEPARTMENT

Dealers and Brokers in

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

KELLY, FRED S.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
KERR,
A.

G.

KENNETH

Railroad, Public Utility & Industrial

Edwards & Sons

Bonds & Stocks

KINSELLA, J. REID
Brennan,

Kinsella & Co.

KITCHEN, W. T.
Scherck, Richter

Laurence M. Marks & Co.

Mgr. Over-the-counter Trading Dept.

D.

Company

Howard Brown

Members

New

New York Curb

KLEIN, ELMER B.

York Stock

Exchange

Exchange (Associate)

Harvey, Klein & Co., Inc.
KNICKMEYER,
G.

H.

Walker

Ingalls & Snyder

LESTER W.
&

Co.

KNIGHT, NEWELL S.
Mercantile-Commerce

Members

New
New

York Curb

Bank &i Trust

Company

KOCH, EUGENE
St. Louis Union Trust Co.




100

7-6800

Exchange

Street, New York 5, New York

Telephone HAnover 2-9500

NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

BROADWAY

COrtlandt

49 Wall

York Stock Exchange

Members

—

Bell

System Teletype

NY

1-1459

St.

WILLIAM H.

Lynch,

TAYLOR, MEL M.
Semple, Jacobs & Co.,

Simon & Co.

Albert

of

GARFIELD J.
Day & Co., Inc.

SHUEY, LEE G.

Exchange

Peltason, Tenenbaum

MEYER, EUGENE J.

CHARLES W.

H.

Bank

Gardner

&

HAHN,

G.

•

MICHAEL

National

PELTASON, PAUL E.

MATYE,
Reinholdt

LEO
Stock

Co.

HAGENSIEKER, EARL

1. M.

Scherck, Richter Company

ROBERT

&

SESTRIC,

PAULI, ROBERT A.

ROBERT J.
Boatmen's

Louis

ALBERT M.
Fusz-Schmelzle & Co.

PIERRE LOISEL

PATKE, JAMES

B.

SCHMELZLE,

THOMAS

Eckhardt

PAPIN,

White & Company

KENNETH

E.

HAGEMANN,

Division

Dept.

STUEBE, EDWARD
Newhard, Cook & Co.

Smith, Moore & Co.

VINCENT

MATTHEW,
& Co.

Treasury

SCHLUETER.

Paul Brown & Co.

WALTER C.

Brown

S.

SCHIRP, GREGORY J.
Taussig, Day & Co., Inc.

Co.

Newhard, Cook & Co.

Paul

Savings Bond

U.

Co.

Inc.

C.

S.

STEIN, ELLIOT H.
Mark C. Steinberg & Co.

Inc.

P.

Walker

MALONE,

HAEUSSLER,

ELMER

U.

SCHERCK, GORDON
Scherck, Richter Company

G. H. Walker & Co.

ROBERT H.

II.

Co.

Company,

OHLSEN, IRVING R.
Mark C. Steinberg & Co.

MAENDER, CLARENCE J.

RUDOLPH

DONALD

&

HOVEY E.
&

OLDENDORPH, EDWARD

Herrick

Mc KINNEY,

RUSSELL H.
H. Wibbing & Co.

Brown

SLAYTON,

Henry, Franc & Co.

McKEE, LOGAN

GOODING,

Edwin

Nordman & Co.

& Co.

Dempsey-Tegeier

GUION,

SHAPIRO. SUMNER

ROBINSON, SPENCER II.
Hill Brothers
SANDERS

O'BRIEN, JAMES
Mississippi Valley Trust

McHUGH, JOHN B.

EDWIN
Vogel &

GODBOLD, EARL

GRAF,

HERBERT M.
Wibbing & Co.

H.

SMITH,

McCONNELL, JOSEPH M.

Rollins & Co.,

GLASER,
Glaser,

O.

B,ank of St.

LOTTMAN, CIIAS. S.
Kerwin, Fotheringham & Co., Inc.

HAROLD

Biair,

0.

NOR.DMAN, JOHN

Gardner

&

ROACH,

Louis

GARDNER, FRED W.
Reinholdt

S.

NIEMOELLER, JOHN J.
National

Day & Co., Inc.

Taussig,

G1GER,

Boatmen's

CHAPIN

Texas;

Newhard, Cook & Co.

LEWIS, HUGH W.

Co.

JOHN

L.

NEWHARD,

Newhard, Cook & Co.

D.

&

Fusz-Schmelzle

LEVIS, EDWIN

& Co.

Friedman, Broxaw

Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. John H. Rauscher, Jr.,
Phillip J. Clark, Amos C. Sudler & Co., Denver, Colo.; John H.
Rauscher, Jr., Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Dallas; Vincent Reilly,
Commercial and Financial Chronicle, New York City

Dallas,

Teletype N.Y. 1-344

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30

Rooert A.

Fauli, Scherck, Richter Co., St. Louis, Mo.;

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Hancock,

Hancock, Blackstock & Co., Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Cummings,
Stearns & Co., Chicago, 111.; James W. Means, Courts & Co.; Atlanta, Ga.

Stanford, F. S. Smithers & Co., New York City; Edwin J.

Markham, Wertheim & Co., New York City; James P. Cleaver, Goodbody
New York City; Mrs. Wesley Bishop, Syracuse, N. Y.

Bear,

Baltimore

Security Traders Club of St. Louis

Thursday, October Id, 1950

HOFFMAN.

Security Traders Association

John

JOHN

M.

Hoffman

M.

& Co.,

Company

HORAN, WILLIAM E.

(Continued from page 29)

JENNINGS, ARTHUR G.
Stein Bros. & Boyce

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Peltason,

WEBER, VINCENT C.
V. C. Weber & Co.

HARRY

TENENBAUM,

Tenenbaum

TENENBAUM,

L.

Co.

WHITE,

JAY

Theis

&

&

Alex. Brown &

KUDD,

WHITE, Jr.,

TIBBE, ANTON A.
A.

Tibbe

A.

VOGEL,

White

& Co.

&

LEONARD

The

Sons

Bros. &

Boyce

KLEIN, GUSTAV

JULIAN

Mead, Miller & Co.

Company

KOLSCHER, JACK A.

WILLER, ERNEST D.

Glaser, Vogel & Co.

Exchange

C. NEWTON

Stein

WHITE, JULIAN
White & Company

JOHN R.
Blair, Rollins & Co., Inc.

TH0MA8,

Stock

KELLERMANN, HOWARD L.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Sons, Inc.

Balto.-Phila.

c/o

A.

Company

WHITE, F. HOWARD

III. ALBERT

Albert

EDWARD

White

Peltason, Tenenbaum Co.

THEIS,

KEAGLE, O. JOE

National

Boatmen's

Bank

of

St.

George G. Shriver & Co.,

Inc.

Louis

KRIEGEL, LEO
WALSH,

RICHARD

H.

YATES,

A.

H.

Brothers

Hill

Newhard, Cook & Co.

Jr., JAMES

William

WAL8H, ROBERT A.
Dempsey-Tegeler &
WEBB,

FRANK

C.

Devine

J.

Co.

Bramman-Schmidt-Busch,

X.
&

J.

J.

Herr

ZAEGEL, JOHN F.

Inc.

ZINZER, HERMAN J.
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

Co.

Carl

Frank

David

Henry B. Fout, Jr.

Stein

William J. Herr, Alex. Brown & Sons.
J. Carl Frank, John C. Legg & Company.

President:

Vice-President:

Secretary:

Henry B. Fout, Jr., George G. Shriver & Co., Inc.

Treasurer:

David H.

Gilbert, Harry M. Sheely & Co.

Elwood

E.

Governors:

McClure, Stein Bros. & Boyce; William

Roberts, Jr., C. T. Williams & Company, Inc.; J. Wilmer
Butler, Baker, Watts & Co.; H. Mitchell Bruck, Baumgartner,

Downing & Co.; Allison M. Berry, Robert Garrett & Sons;
Charles Gross, Harry M. Sheely & Co.
National Committeemen: Howard L. Kellerman, Alex. Brown &

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John

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GERARD

Legg & Company

NIEMEYER, HARRY J.
Robert

Garrett

&

Sons

O'NEILL, JOHN M.
Stein Bros.

&

Boyce

PIET, Jr., HARRY R.

Harry M. Sheely & Co.

John D. Howard & Co.

Oil
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any

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McCLURE, E. ELWOOD

MITCHELL, C. BENJAMIN

C.

CANADA

Landon Davies

H. Gilbert ' LIST, ROBERT

PINKERTON, CHARLES H.
Baker, Watts & Co.

you.

ARMSTRONG, EDWARD
Stein Bros.

&

Mercantile

Jones

&

Trust

Co.

of Baltimore

Kidder, Peabody & Co.

Co.

RIEPE, J. CREIGHTON

EBERWEIN, BERNARD E.

BERRY, ALLISON M.

REIN, HOWARD E.

Equitable Trust Co.

CRUNKLETON, Jr., JOHN R.

BANEY, ARTHUR L.
R.

Philip L. Poe & Co.

CRUNKLETON, JOHN R.

Baumgartner, Downing & Co.

Montreal and New York
E.

POE, PHILIP L.

Har^y M. Sheely & Co.

BAMBERGER, E. CLINTON

Direct Private Wire Service to

WILLIAM F.

COLEMAN,

J.

Boyce

Alex. Brown & Sons

Alex. Brown & Sons

Robert Garrett & Sons

ROBERTS, Jr., WILLIAM C.

jMilner, Ross
Members:

The Toronto Stock

&

Co,

Exchange
of Canada

and The Investment Dealers' Association

FOUT, Jr., HENRY B.
George G. Shriver & Co., Inc.

BLOCHER, THOMAS 8.
BODIE, CHARLES A.
Stein Bros. & Boyce

FRANK, J.
John

C.

CARL

Hamilton

TORONTO

Brantford

Brampton

Sudbury

Windsor

John

C.

Legg

&

Trust

Inc.

H.

Company, N. Y. City

SENER, JOSEPH W.

Peck & Co.

BROWN, J. DORSEY
J. Dorsey Brown & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
BRUCK, H. MITCHELL
Baumgartner, Downing & Co.

John

GILBERT, DAVID H.

GRAY, E. GUY
Mercantile

BUTT, LEONARD J.
c/o Balto.-Phila.

George G.

Harry

Co.

of Baltimore

B.

Shriver & Co.,

Inc.

GROSS, CHARLES
Harry M. Sheely & Co.
GUNDLACH, LOUIS P.

Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Penner & Beane

Brooke

&

Co.

Alex. Brown

&

Company

Sheely & Co.

JACK

Mead, Miller & Co.

Mead, Miller & Co.

SPILKER, C. ALFRED
Equitable Trust

Sons

Co.

STROHMER, JOSEPH G.
John

HERR, WILLIAM J.

CHENOWETH, Jr., JOHN G.
Baker, Watts & Co.

&

SOWERS, J. CLAIRE

Stock Exchange

CHAPIN, BEDFORD

Legg

M.

SNYDER,

Trust

GRESSITT. MORDECAI

CHAMBERS, ROBERT P.
John C. Legg & Company

C.

SHEELY, HARRY M.

Harry M. Sheely & Co.

Baker, Watts & Co.

Govt, of Canada Internals

Williams & Company,

CHARLES

Bankers

Legg & Company

FREEMAN, EDWARD B.

Company

BUTLER, J. WILMER

CANADIAN SECURITIES

T.

BRADLEY, R. EMMET
Lockwood,

330 BAY STREET

C.

ROCK,

C.

Legg

&

Company

SUNDERLAND, EDWIN P.
John

C.

Legg

&

Company

TAYLOR, PRESTON A.

Canadian

Oil, Mining

Mead, Miller & Co.
WARREN, ROBERT A.

Public Utility & Industrial
Stocks & Bonds

Baker, Watts

Starkweather & Co,
Members New York Stock Exchange

& Co.

WATERS, CLINTON C.

Kidder, Peabody & Co.
WATTS, Jr., SEWELL S.

Baker, Watts & Co.

Goodbody & Co.
ESTABLISHED

Associate Members New York Curb Exchange

WEILEPP, WALTER

Stein Bros. &
MEMBERS

York

New

Other

115 BROADWAY
New York

Tel.:

BA

6, N, Y.
7-0100

Direct Wire
'

Stock Exchange and
Principal Exchanges

111 Broadway, New York 6

Chicago 3, 111.

Greenshields & Co., Montreal

Uptown Office
292 Madison

Avenue, New York 17

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

WILBUR, LeROY A.
Stein Bros. & Boyce

WILHELM, F. OSBORNE
C.

T.

Williams

&

Company,

and Milner, Ross & Co., Toronto




T.

Boyce

WHITE, GEORGE M.
Merrill

105 WEST ADAMS ST.

Tel.: CE 6-8900
to

M.

WHITAKER, HAMILTON

1891

YEAGER,

G,

THOMAS

Baker, Watts & Co.

Inc.

Beane

Monroe, Hunnewell & Co., Boston, Mass.; G.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul B.

Mr.

Harold Pearson,

Pierce

Co.,

&

Dallas,

and

Mrs.

W.

Elmer

Hammell,

Texas;

Mr. and Mrs. James
Mrs. Charles G. Scheuer,

& Co., Chicago;

Caswell

Fitz-Gerald, W. L. Canady & Co., New York City; Mr. and
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Chicago

Mr. and Mrs. C. Rader McCulley, First
Southwest Co., Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur R. Wittich, Grimm & Co., New York City
Rauscher,

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Convention Number

GUNN, CLEMENS E.
Gunn, Carey and Company

Security Traders Association

PROSSER, GUY W.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner St Beane

SHORSHER, FRED A.

QUIGLEY, JAY L.
Quigley St Co., Inc.

SIEGLER, EDWARD N.

HAWKINS, DANIEL M.

Cleveland

REID, FRANK B.
,
Maynard H. Murch St Co.

SMITH,

ROSS, LEONARD

SOUDER, WILLIAM G.

Otis & Co.

HLIVAK, STEPHEN E.
Wm.

Mericka St Co., Inc.

J.

Jaffe, Siegler and Company

ROWLEY,

-

St

Geyer

HUBERTY. Jr., GEORGE
Goodbody & Co.

O.

STIVER, ALVIN J.
Saunders, Stiver St Co.
SUMMERGRADE, IRVING

A.

Francis I.

Ledogar-Horner Company

JAFFE.

E.

CEYLON

Wooster,

C.

GEORGE E.

Saunders, Stiber & Co.

KOESER, ORIN E.
Blyth St Co., Inc.

Warren

L.

Don W. Plasterer

WARDLEY, RUSSELL G.
Maynard H. Murch & Co.
WEAVER,

SCHULTE, Jr., FRANK J.
Ledogar Horner Company
SCHULTZ, LEO J.
L.

J.

Schultz

&

Co.

L.

Otis St Co.

Placky, L. J. Schultz & Co.
Vice-President: Don W. Plasterer, Hornblower & Weeks

President: George

B.

Weeks

&

'

ZEMAN, TED

SCHWINN, LESLIE B.

JOHN A.

ROBERT

Hornblower

WITT, JOHN P.
John P. Witt & Co.

Harry Gawne

Foster

KRUSE,

Treasurer: L. Warren Foster, Otis &

ULLMAN, RUFUS M.
Uliman St Co., Inc.

Gottron, Russell St Co.

Toledo

KING, EVERETT A.
Maynard H. Murch St Co.

George Placky

Co.

SCHROEDER, FRANKLIN L.
Braun, Bosworth & Co. Incorporated

ROBERT

JONES,

&

RUSSELL, JAMES N.

Siegler and Company

Jaffe,

Devine

J.

du Pont St Co.

TAYLOR. JAMES N.
Ceylon E. Hudson, Wooster

RUNG, EDMUND J.

Ohio

Elyria, Ohio

Collin, Norton St Co., Toledo

RUSSELL K.
Co., Inc.

RUDIN, HARMON

R.

PIERRE

P. R. Smith & Co.,

Gordon Macklin & Co., Inc.

HOPKINS, HAROLD C.
H. C. Hopkins & Co.

HUDSON,

Ball, Burge St Kraus

j

Prescott St Co.

Schwinn & Co.

LAFFERTY, ALAN E.
Hornblower St Weeks

Co.

Secretary: Harry J. Gawne, Merrill, Turben & Co.
Governors: Carl H. Doerge, Wra. J. Mericka & Co., Inc.;

LEWIS, MILTON B.

A. W.

Jaffe, Siegler and Company

De Garmo,

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane; Charles
Nadeau, Gottron, Russell & Co.; Russell K. Rowley, Geyer

LISTON, CORWIN L.

Co., Inc.;
rated, Toledo.

LONG, MARTIN J.
The First Cleveland Corp.

S.
&
Carl F. Bargmann, Braun, Bosworth & Co. Incorpo¬

Committeemen: Jay

National

Quigley, Quigley & Co., Inc.;

L.

Russell K. Rowley, Geyer & Co.,

Inc.

St

Co.

MASTERS, OLAN B.

Butler, Wick St Co.,

Youngstown

McLeod,Youhg,Weir & Compaky

McGINTY, JOHN

Alternate: Daniel M. Hawkins, Otis & Co.

McDonald

January 1, 1950; Term Expires: December

Took Office:

Prescott

St

Company

31, 1950.

LIMITED
McPOLIN, BENJAMIN J.
McDonald St Company

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Members of The Investment Dealers' Association of Canada

MELODY, THOMAS A.
located

(Members

Cleveland unless

In

indicated)

otherwise

Merrill, Turben St Co.

CARL F.

DAVID

BARHYTE,

Corp.

Incorporated

J.

Prescott, Hawley, Shepard & Co., Inc.
BELLE, CLAUDE

METZENBAUM,

GELBACH, MYRON
T. H. Jones St Company

MORROW, FRANK W.

GIBBS, WILLIAM S.
Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.

NADEAU, CHARLES S.
Gottron, Russell St Co.

GIER, BERNARD H.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

McDonald St Company

DEALERS IN ALL

CANADIAN SECURITIES

ARTHUR

GEGGUS. EDWARD B.
Curtiss, House St Co.

ELTON
Hayden, Miller St Co.

BARBER,

Braun, Bosworth & Co.

The First Boston

MERICKA, WILLIAM J.
Wm. J. Mericka & Co., Inc.

GAWNE, HARRY J.

ASBECK, FREDERICK M.
Olderman, Asbeck & Co.

BARGMANN,

GAITHER, PAUL
Gottron, Russell & Co.

WU1 S. Halle & Co.

St

Morrow

NASH.

Fenner &

Beane

Direct

Co.

CHARLES

Montreal and

private wire to

The First Boston

Corporation, New York

Stock orders executed

on

all Exchanges

J.

Ceylon E. Hudson. Wooster

Head Office

BLAINE, PERKY T.

Blaine

T.

Perry

&

Co., Ashtabula

& Co., Ashtabula

Blaine

Perry T.

Ledogar-Horner
PARSONS,
Wm.

Paine,

GOTTRON, RICHARD A.

Cayne

Gottron, Russell &

Montreal

Ottawa

Hamilton

London

Winnipeg

New York

PERKO,

FRANCIS J.

Webber, Jackson & Curtis
JOHN

F.

J. F. Perko St Company

PERRY, WILLIAM J.

Cook

GRAY, WILLIAM S.
Wm. J. Mericka St Co., Inc.

& Co.

HERBERT H.
Ripley St Co., Incorporated

COVINGTON,
Harriman

E.

St Co., Inc.

Arthur V. Grace St Co.

Co.

&

Co.

GRACE, ARTHUR V.

A.

COOK, LAWRENCE
Lawrence

Jr., EDWARD

J. Mericka

PATRICK,

Co.

MORTON

Company

King Street West, Toronto, Canada

Correspondents in London, England

OLIVER
Goshia & Co., Toledo

CAREY, WALTER J.
Gunn, Carey and Company
CAYNE,

50

GOSHIA,

BOWDEN, PAUL S.
&

F.

Branch Offices

GLEASON, JOHN M.

Curtiss, House St Co.
Corp.

GEORGE

OPDYKE.

ROBERT

BLAINE,

BOCK, ROY E.
Dodge Securities
Otis

GINTHER, NELSON D.
Ginther St Company

Midwest

GREEN,
Green,

ALBERT B.
Erb & Co.,

L.

Inc.

DAVIDER, ROBERT H.
GREEN,

Nelson, Browning & Co.

GARMO, A. W.
Merrill Lynch. Pierce, Fenner

J. Schultz

PLASTERER,

WILLIAM

Exchange

& Co.

DON

Hornblower St

Green, Erb St Co., Inc.

DAVIS, CLARENCE F.
The First Cleveland Corp.

Stock

PLACKY, GEORGE

W.

Canadian Securities

Weeks

Provincial

Government

DE

St Beane

Wm.

J.

Mericka

St Co.,

Public Utility

Municipal

DOERGE, CARL H.

Inc.

DOERGE, JACK O.

Saunders, Stiver & Co.
DRNEK, JAMBS J.
C.

J.

Devine

St

Securities

Co.

EAGAN, FRANCIS J.
C. J. Devine & Co.
EBLE, HOWARD J.
Wm. J. Mericka St

Co.,

EILERS, STANLEY M.
Hornblower St Weeks

FISCHER,

VAN ALSTYME,

NOEL a CO.

Members
New York Stock

ERB, ROBERT L.

Erb &

New York Curb Exchange

Exchange

Wood, Gundy & Co.
Incorporated

Co., Inc.

ALBERT

52 Wall Street,

.

New York (5)

14

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
Bros. St Hutzler

FOSTER, WARREN
Otis St Co.




Wall Street, New York 5

Affiliates

FLEEGLE, CHARLES
Salomon

Municipal Bonds

Inc.

EHRHARDT, EDWIN F.
The First Cleveland Corp.

Green,

State and

Van Alstyne

Noel Corporation

Delaware Fund Distributors, Inc.

Toronto

Montreal

Winnipeg

Vancouver

-

London, England

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i M. nauser, Hooker & Fay, San
Francisco; Frank Bowyer, Schwabacher & Co.,
Francisco; Kermit B. Sorum, Allison-Williams Company, Minneapolis, Minn.;
Walter Saunders, Dominion Securities Corp., New York City; Maurice J.
Cann,
A. G. Becker & Co., Chicago; Milton J. Isaacs, Straus &
Blosser, Chicago

fci'Dti

William E. B. Lyon, R. S. Dickson & Co., Charlotte, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Henry L.
Harris, Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York City; Arthur C. McCall, Alester G. Furman
& Co., Greenville, S. C.; Logan V. Pratt, R. S. Dickson & Co.,
Charlotte, N. C.;

San

*

Security Traders Association of Detroit
And

Directors:

Mark

&

Co.;

Charles

Committeemen:

Bechtel,

C.

Herbert Schollenberger,

National

A.

Smith, F. W. Craigie & Co., Richmond, Va.

The officers, and Harry A. McDonald, Jr.,

Moore

Michigan, Inc.

Thursday, October 19, 1950

McDonald,

Wailing, Lerchen &

Co.;

land, Moreland &

Co.;

&

Hastings,

Crouse

&

Com¬

Clarence A.

Horn,

First

of Michigan

Carr

Corporation.

CLARK,

P.

Meyer,

First

Michigan

of

Corporation;

Wm. C. Roney & Co.; Claude G. Porter,

Elected:

September 5,

John

K.

Roney,

Baker, Simonds & Co.

A. McDowell

MINTON
&

Bache

Detroit unless

in

Battle

Creek

CLOUD

Matuey,

ADAMS,

WILLIAM M.
Braun, Bosworth & Co. Incorporated

Bennett
RAY

EF.RNARDI,

Nauman,

&

J.

George

Harry B. Buckel

George A. Reuter

Edward J. Miller

Elder

H.

Hentz

&

S.

BOLGER,

Hornblower

P.

Co.

&

&

&

President:

George J. Elder, George A. McDowell & Co.

Vice-President:

Edward J.

Miller, Andrew C. Reid & Co.

BOLIIOVER,
Charles

M.

E.

E.

George A. Reuter, Baker, Simonds & Co.
Harry B. Buckel, Manley, Bennett & Co.

A.

Parcells

ALLISTON, FREDERICK H.
Wm.

BOWYER, MERLE J.

C. Roney & Co.

ALLMAN,

N.

Braun,

C.

J.

Bosworth

CR4BSON,

Roney

&

Co.

Smith, Hague & Co.
Co.,

&

Incorporated

JOHN

YOUNG, NEIL
Young-Torgna Co., Grand Rapids

De

DILLMAN,

AXTELL,

WILLIAM J.

EROWN,

WILLIAM

Baker,

Simonds

P.

&

Charles

BAIRD,

E.

Bailey

George

A.

BUCKEL, HARRY B.

&

MACKENZIE

Co.

Manley,

C.

McDowell

Co.

&

Ripley & Co.,

&

HAROLD

R.

C;

&

CALICE,
Co.,

R.

&

R.

Incorporated

H.

ANTHONY
O'Donnell

C.

CAMPBELL,
First

Company

BECHTEL, CHARLES C.
Watling, Lerchen & Co.

retail distribution

Incorporated

II.

Company

DOIIERTY, Jr., JOHN E.
Smith, Hague & Co.

&

A.

IRA J.

H.

Vogel & Co.

Company
EARLE,

BARNARD,
Crouse

Offerings for

Bosworth

&

Co.
J.

DUCEY,

Braun,

LAWRENCE

O'Donnell

Watling, Lerchen & Co.

BARGMANN, FRED. A.

Interested in Block

Bennett

BURROWS,

C.

GEO.

Harriman,

Co.

DILWORTH,

BAILEY, CHARLES E.

UPSTATE NEW YORK SECURITIES

Co.

Goodbody & Co.

While, Noble & Company

TRADING SPECIALISTS IN

&

Bailey & Co.
DELANEY, ROY F.

Wm.

Secretary:

|

JOHN

Charles

DE

Treasurer:

Company

Co.

DANIELS,

ALLEN, ALONZO C.
Blyth & Co., Inc.

Weeks

GILBERT S.

Crouse

Bennett

&

Company

Company

G. L.

Manley,

Company

Co.

CHARLES B.

Crouse

&

&

CROOKSTON, RALF A.

Co.

CROUSE,

McFawn

&

I.

Bennett

CURRIE,
GEORGE

L.

McFawn

CREECH, DONALD

BENNETT, Jr., EDWARD T.

otherwise indicated)

ALLARDYCE,

Blosser

COLEMAN, MARK H.
First of Michigan Corporation

Manley,
(All members located

Co.

Co.

&

Nauman,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

&

M.

COEN, JOSEPH T.

CRAY,

1950.

Company

WILLIAM E.

George

Straus

George J. Eider, George A. McDowell & Co.; Frank

Co.

ROY F.

&

CLUTE,

Alternates:

Company

CHAPEL, HAROLD R.
CHAPIN,

Russell

Miller, Titus-Miller & Company; Paul I. More-

pany; Don W.

HOWARD F.

Carr

McDonald-Moore &

Campbell, McCarty & Co., Inc.
H.

CARIt,

of

CARMAN,
Manley,

DOUGLAS

H.

HENRY

First

of

Michigan

Corporation

Michigan Corporation
RICHARD
Bennett

&

A.

EIS, VALLETTE R.
Moreland & Co.

Co.

ELDER,

GEORGE J.

George

A.

McDowell &

Co.

EVERHAM, EDWIN M.
Smith, Hague & Co.

STANLEY PELZ & CO.
Members

National

Association

40 EXCHANGE PLACE

Tel.:

of

•

Securities

Dealers,

Inc.

NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

We
we

are

pleased

announce

have completed 28 years at the
with the

same

firm

FAULKNER,
same

the

name,

EXLEY, CHARLES E.
Charles A. Parcells &

that
address

same

and the

same

Co.

L.

Stoetzer, Faulkner & Co.

C.

Roney

business

Bell Tele. NY 1-3089

GEORGE

FISH, JACK V.
Wm.

partners

BOwling Green 9-5580

to

&

Co.,

Saginaw

FISHER, DONALD B.

SPECIALISTS IN

UNLISTED

SECURITIES

FLOYD,

Jr., C. A.
Roney &

C.

Wm.

Co.

GARCEAU, FRANK J.

JOHN J. O'KfiNE JR. & CO.
ESTABLISHED

1922

Wm.

Members

Roggenburg
Members

New

York

Security Dealers

&

Co.

Nat'l

New

Association
York

of

Security

Securities
Dealers

Roney & Co.

GARDNER, BRACKETT
A.

Members

C.

H.

Vogel & Co.

Dealers

Association.

GATZ,

JOSEPH

F.

McDonald-Moore

DIgby 4-6320

42

Broadway, N. Y.

Co.

&

GILBERT, NELSON R.
Donovan, Gilbert & Co., Lansing

Association

GILBREATH, Jr., W. S.
First

Brokers and Dealers

All

Michigan

Titus-Miller

CORPORATE SECURITIES

Corporation

&

Company, Ann Arbor

GIRARDOT, ALFRED J.
Wm.

OVER-THE-COUNTER

Specializing in

of

GILLEN, JOHN W.

C.

Roney & Co.

GOODRICH, RUSSELL II.
Investment Securities
Company
Jackson

GORDON, WILLIAM H.

SECURITIES

Foreign Bonds & Stocks

Shader-Winckler

&

Co.

GREENAWALT, H. SAMUEL
MacNaughton-Greenawalt &

FOREIGN BOND COUPONS

Grand

HASTINGS, H.

FOREIGN BOND SCRIP

Crouse

&

RUSSELL

Company

HASTINGS, PIERCE A.

29

BROADWAY

Telephone: WHitehall 3-3840




NEW YORK 6
Bell

Teletype: NY 1-1928

FRANK C. MOORE & CO.
42

Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.

Telephone WHITEHALL 3-9784-5-6

Teletype NY 1-2623

Straus

&

.

Blosser

HEALY,

WILLIAM B.
Comstock & Co., Chicago,

higbie,

peter

Bradley
HILL,

J.

Co.

Rapids

Higbie

c.

&

Co.

GORDON

Watling,

Lerchen

&

Co.

111.

-

*

h

Milwaukee
& Co., New

Fenner &

MEYER,

HINSHAW, JOSEPH

Watling, Lerchen

First

& Co.

Rapids

FRED

Andrew

MOONS,

HURLEY,
Baker,
HYDE.

MOORE,

WILLIAM L.
Simonds & Co.

H.

W.

H.

Protiva Company,

CLAUDE

PORTER,

MURPHY.

& Curtis

A.

£

Paine,

KAUnL, HERMAN

REID.

C.

Nauman,

kelly, ernest

Charles

&

REILLY,

Corporation

E.

Bailey & Co.
VOGEL,

Co.

RAYMOND W.
Bennett

Straus

H.

Andrew

McFawn

&

A.

M.

C.

C.

Roney

Reid

&

Co.

STRINGER,

RALPH

Goodbody

W.

H.

Jr., CLARENCE J.
Protiva Company, Pontiac

NEWMAN,

PERCY P.

SATTLEY, HALE V.
H. V. Sattley & Co..

Stoetzer, Faulkner & Co..

OLSON. LOUIS

White, Noble & Company,

Smith,

Co.

page

34)

Inc.

'

Hague &

SCHNEIDER.

Underwriters

ELWOOD H.
Kalamazoo

E. H. Schneider & Co.,

Co.

Grand Rapids

Dealers

Distributors

RUSSELL A.

KUHNLEIN,

Goodbody

&

71

n

Co.

Wholesale and Retail Distributors

RAYMOND A.
Smith, Hague & Co.

KUPFER,

of Investment Securities

LESTER C.

LANTERMAN,

&

Titus-Miller

Company,

ELMER
Lynch, Pierce,

Detroit

Fenner

& Beane

Active

UNTER & CO.

trading markets

LEPPEL, BERTRAND
Chas. A. Parcells & Co.
LERCHEN,

Watling,

52

Lerchen & Co.

Blair F.

SEABOURN R.

Claybaugh & Co.

Livingstone & Co.

Established
Member

LONGSTAFF, RALPH S.

Tracy, Inc., Chicago,

Rogers &

LUDINGTON,

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange
Y. Security Dealers Assn.

52 WALL

BERT F.

Syracuse

PRIMARY

STREET, NEW YORK 5, N. Y.
Tele. NY

Tel. HAnover 2-7064

REGINALD

MacARTHUR,

TELETYPE NY 1-1371

TELEPHONE DIGBY 4-2787

1932

Member N.

111.

Blosser

<fe

Kenower,

BROADWAY, NEW YORK 4

WM. G.

LIVINGSTONE,

Pittsburgh

Harrisburg

MacArthur & Company

Own

MACE, ROBIN G.

Washington, D.

1-2177

C.

Markets Maintained In

Miami

Private Wire System

NEW YORK BANK STOCKS:

i.

Golaman, Sachs & Co.
MacPHERSON, PETER

National City

Manley, Bennett & Co.
R. M.

Mcdonald,

Guaranty Trust

Public

Co.

Irving Trust
New York Trust

Chemical Bank

in

Bache & Co.

mcdonald, alex
McDonald-Moore &

Bank of Manhattan

Manufacturers Trust

Trading Markets

manley, milton a.

McCONNELL,

Bankers Trust

Chase National

Charles A. Parcells & Co.

mahoney, j. albert
Bennett, Smith & Co.

C.

&

on

HARRY

KRISTENSEN, EDMUND F.
Moreland & Co.

f

McDowell

(Continued

Watling, Lerchen & Co.

L.
Shader, Winckler Si Co.

SCHAFER,

RAYMOND C.
R. C. O'Donnell & Company

CHESTER M.

KOLKOSKI,

Straus

GEORGE J.

A.

MAX J.

RUBINER, JULIUS
Bache & Co.

O'DONNELL.

Co.

&

KISCH, JOSEPH J.
Hornblower & Weeks

R.

WALKER,

LEO

KING, W

S.

Co.

Baker, Simonds & Co,

Stoetzer, Faulkner & Co.

& Co.

&

WAKEMAN, WYNN F.

George
ROTSTED.

4

NEPHLER.

KING, CYRUS H.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Merrill

ARMIN H.

Vogel & Co.

Goodbody

Kidder & Co.

STOETZER, ROBERT R.

RONEY, JOHN K.

Company

H.

VOORHIES, FRANK E.

Co.

&

GEORGE A.

Detroit Stock Exchange

FRANK H.
O'Donnell & Co.

LARSON,

A.

Blosser

&

STEIN, MYRON D.
REUTER,

McFawn & Co.

Nauman,

VERRAL, CLIFFORD E.
S. R. Livingstone & Co.

MARION J.

STANWOOD, FRANK

NEIL, ROY W.

Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.

C.

Reid

NAUMAN, ARTHUR P.

A.

Grand Rapids

Lerchen & Co.

Watling,

STANKO,

ANDREW C.

Wm.

R.

SPADE, WAYNE M.

Curtis

Rapids

Baker, Simonds & Co.

Goodbody & Co.

KEMP.

TORGNA, HERMAN
De Young-Torgna Co.,

Blair, Rollins & Co., Incorporated

C.

Hague & Co.

Smith,

Arbo"

Ann

THOMSON, EDW. D.
Hornblower & Weeks

Moreland & Co.

NAU, HENRY

LEE

C.

Baker, Simonds & Co.

Company,

&

ComDan*

SNOWDAY, H. TERRY

K.
Jackson &

Webber,

Manley,
JONES.

Titus-Miller

Investment

SNELL, ROBERT L.

G.

JOHN E.

Michigan

L.

Sm'*h, Hague & Co.

Kales-Kramer

Kidder & Co.

M.

Andrew

of

Kalamazoo

VANDERVOORT, HENRY

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

First

Vogel & Co.

Inc.,

Co.

TEMPLIN, RAYMOND
Goodbody & Co.

SMITH, PHIL H.

& Co.

RAUCH, MONTGOMERY

LESLIE

Mulhall,

Shader-Winckler

Baker, Simonds & Co.

Pontiac

&

Olmstead

TEMPLE, FRANK

SMITH, Jr., HAL H.

BYRON L.

POWELL.

Co.

MUSCHETTE.

RAYMOND A.

SWIAT, LEO A.

Co.

RALPH W.

SIMONDS,

Baker, Simonds & Co.

Fenner & Eeane

Grand

&

Bennett &

Manley,

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Merrill

Co.

Co.

GORDON O.

SUTTON,

TITUS, DEAN W.

WILLIAM

Moreland

&

McFawn &

Nauman,

SIMMONDS, CHARLES M.

RICHARD W.

PENDER.

ROBERT-

Co.

Higbie

Bradley

ROSS W.

SUTHERLAND,

Campbell, McCarty & Co., Inc.
SHOEMAKER, WILLIAM E.

Jr., CHARLES
Parcells & Co.

S. R. Livingstone

J$jftch',/'Pierce,

Curtis

PARMENTER, EUGENE A.

W.

MORELAND, PAUL i.

Co.

JARVIS, LEROY O.
Paine, Webber, Jackson
JOHNSON,

Manley,

|

&kCo.

McDonald-Moore &

HAROLD

R.

Smith, Hague &

A.

Merrill

Funds

&

HOWARD L.
Bennett & Co.

PARKER,
Co.

RAYMOND

McDonnell

HUMPHRIES, NORMAN D.

Keystone Custodian

&

MONTGOMERY,^HAROLD G.

& Co.

Lerchen

Watling,

Reid

Paine,, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Co.

VICTOR M.

HUGHES,

C.

A.

Louis, Mo.

SCHOLLENBERGER, HERBERT

Jackson

PARCELLS, EARLE W.
Chas. A. Parcells & Co.

EDWARD J.

MIOTTEL,
&

Chas.

Corporation

TituS-Miller ^Company

Andrew

W.

Reid

C.

PARCELLS,

DON-W.—

MILLER,

CLARENCE A.
Michigan Corporation

First of

St.

Webber,

Paine,

Warmath, Equitable
& Co., St Louis,
Richter Co.,

Greensboro, N. C.; Edward A. White, White
Mo.; Robert L. Mitton, Denver, Colo.; Robert A. Pauli, Scherck,

MILO O.

OSBORN,

St. Louis, Mo.; John T.

Hagensieker, Reinholdt & Gardner.

Securities Corporation,

•

EDWIN

C.

FRANK P.
of Michigan

MILLER,

GEORGE R.

White, Noble & Company, Grand

HITHER.

'v v-

*

George A. McDowell & Co.

Goodbody & Co.

HORN,

Beane, New York City

MERCIER,

HINDES, HOWARD

HOLLISTER,

Earl

Fred G. Morton,
Eastman,' Dillon
York City; Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Torpie, Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

Hauser, Hooker & Fay, San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs.
Company, Milwaukee, Wis.; D. Frederick Bafrton,

Herbert M.
The

33

FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

THE COMMERCIAL and

Convention Number

First National of N. Y.

Public National

Central Hanover

Utility Securities

National

Brooklyn Trust

Safety

claude g.

G. McDonald & Company

Mcdonald, harry a.
Securities <fe Exchange

Commission

Washington, D. C.
(Honorary Member)
Mcdowell,

George A.

george a.

McDowell & Co.

Mcdowell, Jr.. george a.
George A. McDowell & Co.
McFAWN, JOSEPH J.
Nauman, McFawn &

Company




Kugel, Stone

VOGTELL & Co., INC.
37

Wall

Street, New York 5, N. Y.

Telephone

Teletype

WHitehall 4-2530

NY 1-3568

&

Co.

Incorporated

|

20 BROAD STREET

H

Telephone: WHitehall 3-2050

NEW YORK 5, N.

Teletype: NY

Y.

1-1822

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34

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John

W.

Martin &

Bunn, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., St. Louis, Mo.; Carl E. Hill, Milhous,
Co., Atlanta, Ga.; Samuel Magid, Hill, Thompson & Co., New York City;

Landon A. Freear, Wm, N. Edwards & Co., Ft. Worth;

Pauli, Scherck, Richter Co., St. Louis, Mo.; Gustave J. Schlosser, Union
Securities Corp., New York City; Wm. H. Boggs,
Hill, Thompson & Co.,
New York City

And

Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Harris,

Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York City; Wm. Perry Brown, Newman, Brown & Co.,
Orleans; Mrs. Landon A. Freear, Ft. Worth, Texas; H. Frank Burkholder,

Robert A.

Security Traders Association of Detroit

Thursday, October 19, 1950

New

Equitable Securities Corporation, Nashville, Tenn.; Russell M. Ergood, Jr.,

Bond Club of

GEORGE W.
Deposit Co.

GEHM.

Syracuse, N. Y.

First Trust &

GIDLEY, DELWIN H.
George D. B. Bonbrlght & Co.
GOODELLE. CLARENCE A.

Michigan, inc.

(Continued from page 33)

GRABAU, ALVIN J.
Grabau-Buchman

-ROSTER OF MEMBERS

GRAVES.

-

WALLACE, ROBERT
Wm. C. Roaey & Co.

WILLIAMS, JOHN

WALLER, HERBERT L.
Charles E. Bailey & Co.

WILLIAMS.

WATLING, JOHN W.
Watling, Lerchen & Co.

WINCKLER, FREDERICK

WATLING, PALMER
Watling, Lerchen & Co,

WOCHIIOLZ,

George

Paine,

A.

M.

McDowell

&

N.

Webber,

Herrick

Jackson

&

Curtis

WEAVER,

William

ORLIE

JOHNSON.

ROBERT A.
Securities

H.

B.

Company

Lapham

LeVF.ILLlE,

STANLEY M.

WOOD, WARREN A.
Baker, Simonds & Co.

McGURK.

WORBOY8.

MILES.

WELCH, EDWARD L.
Baker, Simonds & Co.

WRIGHT, JOHN C.

G.

McDonald

&

Company

JESSE

&

Alvin

G.

Norman C. Schmidt

Hageman

Stoetzer, Faulkner & Co.

Francis

F.

Coulter

Charles T.

Heaton

Treasurer: Francis Q. Coulter, Syracuse Trust Co.

DISTRIBUTORS

DEALERS

Secretary: Charles T. Heaton, William N. Pope, Inc.
Governors: Robert T. McGurk, Stone & Webster Securities
Corp.;
John P. Miles, Blair F. Claybaugh &
Co.; Edward J. Smith,
Smith, Bishop & Co.; Everett W. Snyder, E. W. Snyder and Co.;
Roy H. Stokes, Merchants National Bank.
Elected: February

GENERAL MARKET MUNICIPALS

Rollins

B.

SCHMIDT, NORMAN C.

Syracuse

Reld-Bullock

ISSUES

CANDEE,
Carl

M.

J.

EDWARD

Bishop

Loeb,

Reynolds

F.

Rhoades & Co.

George

D.

EASTMAN,
Eastman

HARRY
&

Trust Co.

George D. B. Bonbrlght & Co.
DAY, MARSHALL W.

CARY, DANIEL W.
Reynolds & Co.

COPELAND,

J.

Co.

&

LEO

V.
Smith & Co.

SMITH,

CUMMINGS, ERNEST M.

Co.

HORACE

Claybaugh & Co.

F.

V.

COULTER. FRANCIS Q.

Cohu & Co.
EDWARD

Goodelle

A.

Clarence

SHIPMAN, RICHARD

Leo

BILLINGS, PEAENE W.
BULLOCK,

NATURAL GAS

K.

SCHELLENBERG, LeROY H.
William N. Pope, Inc.

SMITH.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Inc.

Pope,

KARL B.
& Co.

ROLLINS.

Blair

23, 1950.

N.

ROBERTS, JAMES

Smith,

RAILROAD, PUBLIC UTILITY, INDUSTRIAL

& Co.

POPE. WILLIAM N.
William

President: Alvin G. Hageman, Syracuse Savings Bank.
Vice-President: Norman C. Schmidt, Clarence A. Goodelle.

UNDERWRITERS

Corp

P.

Claybaugh

MULCOCK, ERNEST R.
E. R. Mulcock & Co.

Q.

*

r

H.

& Company

N.

JOHN

Blair

Co.

G.

ROBERT T.
Webster Securities

Stonew

V.

.McDonald-Moore

D.

Bonbright & Co.

BEVERLEY

LAPHAM.

WEDTHOFF, GUY G.
First of Michigan Corporation

C.

Inc.

CHARLES T.
N. Pope, Inc.

HEATON,

J.

Co.

George D. B.
Investment

Co.,

&

HAGEMAN, ALVIN G.
Syracuse Savings Bank

VICTOR

Shader-Wlnckler

Inc.

Pope.

WILLIAM H. C.

Earrett

Co.

LLOYD

J.

William

GRIMES.

C.

B.

Bonbrlght & Co.

DREW
&

G.

Reynolds

&

E.

W.

Snyder

Merchants

THORNE,
Syracuse

Co.

and Co.
H.

ROY

STOKES,

Co.

EMMONS. EDWARD L.

Co.

EVERETT W.

SNYDER.

Bank

National

WILLIAM J.
Trust Co.

i

TICKNER, RULAND L.
Foster & Adams

WALLACE, WARREN R.

Fayettevilie, N. Y.
WELLES,

M.

FRANK

Reynolds & Co.

GORDON GRAVES 6- CO.
30 Broad

Street, New York 4, N. Y.

Telephone Whitehall 3-2840

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and Mrs. George E. Lestrange,
Frank M. Ponicall, Jr.,
Singer, Deane & Scribner. Pittsburgh

Reed, Lear

Lear,

New York City; Mrs. Lee Staib, Cincinnati,
Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Hunter, Hunter & Co., New York City; William H.
Boggs, Hill, Thompson & Co., New York City; David Magid Hill,
Thompson & Co., New York City

Parker, Kay, Richards & Co., Pittsburgh; Mr. and Mrs. James

and Mrs. H. Sheldon

C.

Louis A. Gibbs, Laird, Bissell & Meeds,

Mr.

M. Byllesby & Co., Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.;

Mrs. William G. Simpson, H.

Mr. and

Co., Pittsburgh,

&

Mr.

Pa.;

Arthurs, Lestrange & Co., Pittsburgh; Mr. and Mrs.

HARRISON, JOHN H.

Florida

Security Dealers Association

Allen

&

PETERS, JOHN N.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

Orlando

Co.,

Van Ingen & Co. Inc.,

PETERSON,

St.

Gordon

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Petersburg
Kidder

M.

JACKSON,

EDGAR

Thomas
W.

&

CLYDE

KENDRICK,

Thomas

McKinnon, Tampa

E.

Sterling

Palm

Co., Inc., Miami.
& Alleman

F. Boice Miller, B. J. Van Ingen &

President:

Inc., Orlando.
Secretary-Treasurer:

&

Co..

Norman E. Sterling, A. M. Kidder &

Miami

1949.

Or¬

lando

T.

ANDERSON, WALTER T.
Cook Company,

Palm Beach

D

Arries

E.

&

Co.,

St.

Tjampa

BARNES, DAVID
Ranson-Davidson

The

Miami

Company,

Inc..

'

B.

Merrill

Jacksonville

C.

CLAYTON

Thomson

Jacksonville

Merrill

Co.,

JOHN

B.

Co.,

Van Ingen &

Pont

&

Co.,

Fenner

GUNBY,
A.

M.

HALEY,

& Beane,

W.

Co.,

&

ROBERTS, Jr., ALBERT
A. M. Kidder & Co., St. Petersburg

&

(Continued

on

page

Orlando

36)

Rights

Inc., Miami

Fenner

&

Scrip -Warrants

-

Beane

J.

Van

ARCHIBALD

REORGANIZATION SECURITIES

R.

O'Rourke, Inc., Daytona Beach
H. F.
Ingen & Co.,

CARL

Inc., Miami

L.

Sullivan, Nelson & Goss, Inc.

MCDonnell & P.O.

NEWBY, BETTY A.
T. Nelson O'Rourke,

Chicago,

HI.

NOEL,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane,

Members

Inc., Daytona Beach

Jr.,

New York Stock

NOWELL,

KIRK
Co.,

D.

&

SIDNEY
Co.,

O'ROURKE,
T. Nelson

DeLand

McKinnon, Ft. Lauderdale

T.

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NELSON
BRANCH

O'Rourke, Inc., Daytona Beach

PATTON, NOEL R.

W.
Orlando

Exchange

York

E.

ROBERT
&

Exchange

New

W. J.

OLDFIELD, JOHN W.
Oscar E. Dooly, Miami

Cook & Co.,
Beach

A.

M.

JOHN

Kidder

Graves

Buhl Building Detroit, Mich.

'

&

Co., Miami

254 Park

OFFICES:

1

—

Press Place, Asbury Park, N. J.

Ave., N. Y. C.

Produce Exchange, N. Y. C.

&

PEPPER, CECIL B.

J.

Co.,

Fort

Thomson

Lauderdale

&

McKinnon,

Miami

Prompt Wire Service

Inc.,

FOR BROKERS AND DEALERS

Miami

We

Company,

To

are
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ANGELES

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in

DENVER

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LAKE

CITY

buyers

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Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Lynch,

Cook

and

Petersburg '

Beane,

The Crummer Company, Inc., Orlando

Kidder

&

Ingen & Co.,

KNEALE
Lynch, Pierce,

Thomson

COURTNEY, WILLIAM
Merrill

Beach

Miami

Palm Beach

W.

Miami

SLAUSON. MABEL WHITE
Slauson, White & Rowe, Inc.,

A.

ROBERT H.

J.

Company,

STANLEY C.

Slauson, White & Rowe, Inc., Orlando

St. Petersburg

CLARKE, JR., HAGOOD
Atwill and Company, Miami

COOK, THOMAS M.
Thomas M. Cook &

&

Tampa

D.

Kidder & Co.,

W. Palm Beach

Lynch,

HARBRECHT,

COOK,

Miami

Orlando

M.
Thomson & McKinnon, Daytona Beach

CHRYST,

Pierce, Fenner

GLEASON. J. LEO

Grimm

J.

McKinnon,

&

Miami

Co.,

McKinnon.

FRANKLIN

Davis

West Palm

CHILDRESS, FRANCIS B.
Childress and Company, Jacksonville

CHRYST,

E.

M.

Kidder & Co., Jacksonville

M.

NELSON,

Thomas M.

GEORGE
Pierce Corp.,

CARRISON, H.

Clyde

B.

L.

J.

Van

MURCIIIE,

Miami

M.

Pierce, Fenner & Beane,

Lynch,

A.

GIVENS, J. J.

Lord, Abbett & Co., Atlanta, Ga.
HENRY

&

MORLEY, JOHN J.

Petersburg

Welsh,

J.

T. Nelson

Lynch,

GARNER,

Petersburg

CARRERE,

&

C.

Miami

Petersburg

Freeman, Hough & Co., Ft. Myers

WALTER L.
Walter Baynard & Company,

DONALD

du

MORRISON,

Company

FREEMAN. HOWARD

BAYNARD,

BRAYSHAW,

Inc., Daytona Beach

FLINN, EMERY
Oscar E. Dooly, Miami

St.

Inc.,

Daytona Beach

St.

Securities

Merrill

BARR,
T.

CARLTON O.

Nelson O'Rourke,

FOISY, M.

TRACY B.
Nelson O'Rourke,

U.

Pont

Beach

Merrill

Daytona Beach

EVANS, J. HERBERT
Florida

ARRIES, DON E.

C.

T. Nelson O'Rourke, Inc.,

ERICKSEN,

Emerson

I.

MORGAN,

ARTHUR

ERICKSEN

Inc.,

Alleman,

&

St.

BARNARD

MILLER, F. BOICE

MONROE

F.

Wheeler

Atwill

Beane,

Lifsey Company,

HOBERT B.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

B.

Leedy,

du

SLAUSON, DON W.

Fenner

Beach, Fla.

Francis

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
ALLEMAN,

Beane.

ROGERS, ROBERT C.
Company
SHAVER,

Kidder &

&

McKAY,

Jacksonville.
Elected: November,

M.

Fenner

LINK, Jr., HARRY W.

Howard S. Wheeler, Leedy, Wheeler

Vice-President:

A.

I.

Thomson

Petersburg

READ,

TRUMAN

Truman

Inc.

«.

ROGERO, A.

S.

Pierce

Pierce,

GEORGE

Francis

Shaver

A.

Beach

LIFSEY,
Norman

Howard S. Wheeler

Miller

S.

PRESCOTT,

Lakeland

A.

F. Boice

ROBSON,

EMORY L.

Co.,

LESTER, KENNETH
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Palm

St.

Lynch,

Orlando

Co., Coral Gables

C.

THOMAS

PIFRCE,

&

Merrill

&

Graves

PIERCE, PAUL L.
Leedy, Wheeler & Alleman, Inc., Orlando

Company

Wheeler & Alleman,

Orlando

Miami Beach

Clyde C. Pierce Corporation, Jacksonville

DeWITT T.

Thomson &

Allen

Leedy,

B.

Co.,

Beach

Palm

JESTER,

&

Miami

M.

ROBINSON. HUGH B.

PIERCE,

W.

Cook

M.

LEE

Jr.,

Graves

Gordon

Clearwater

Co.,

R.
Hough & Co., Ft. Myers

Freeman,

ROBINSON, A.

PHELPS, ORIN M.
&

WILLIAM

HOUGH,

ROBERTSON, LEWIS B.
Gordon Graves & Co.,

Beane

Beane,

HOPPER, HARRISON
A.

&

Miami

HOLDER, O. J.
Merrill

Fenner

Beach

Miami

HODGE, EDWARD C.
B. J.

35

Jacksonville

OF

CRANFORD, JAMES A.

ville,

of Jackson¬

National Bank

Atlantic

The

BLOCKS OF STOCKS

Jacksonville

CROOKS, EDWIN B.
Thomson

&

CROUCH, LEO
Thomson

&

McKinndh, Miami
P.
McKinnon,

Jacksonville

DeLANO, OSCAR L.
A.

CLAUDE J.
Thomson & McKinnon, St.

Corporations whose position can be improved through

better management, merger,

& Co., Sarasota

Kidder

M.

of

financial assistance, or a

broader distribution of their securities.

DUELL,

Petersburg

DUNN, EDWARD R.
Allen & Co., Orlando

DUSKIN,

JOSEPH H.

Thomson &

McKinnon, Palm Beach

DYER, Jr., JAMES B.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

Fenner

& Beane,

Fenner

& Bean*-

Orlando
R.
J.
ELLIOTT
•rill
Merrill Lynch,
Palm

Hill, Thompson & Co., Inc.

J. A. HOGLE & CO.
ESTABLISHED

Pierce,

Beach

70 Wall Street,

New York 5, N. Y.

Members

and

EMERSON. W.
Merrill
St.

WHilehall 4-4540

A.

Lynch,

Pierce, Fenner

50

& Beane,

Petersburg

ENGLISH, EDWARD

Tel.:

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36

and

V.

Patrick

King, Bankers Bond Co., Louisville, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall, Portland, Ore.; Mr. and Mrs. Don W. Miller,
Titus-Miller & Co., Detroit, Mich.

C.

Charles

Mrs.

B.

McGinnis,

McGinnis

&

Company,

New

Gustave L.

Levy,

Sachs

Securities Dealers of the Carolinas

Florida Security Dealers Association

City;

York

& Co., New York City; Henry Oetjen, McGinnis & Company,
New York City; John G. Preller, McGinnis & Company, New York City

Goldman,

&

Bailey, Foster

Thursday, October 19, 1950

CALHOUN,

~

ALAN C.

Calhoun

&

Company, Spartanburg, S. C.

CALHOUN, JULIAN
Calhoun

(Continued from page 35)

&

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

James

—

Company, Spartanburg, S. C.

JAMES

CONNER,

Conner

Charleston,
VAN

STEELING, NORMAN E.
A.

M.

Kidder & Co.

Merrill
Palm

Jacksonville

ERNEST

STEVENS,
A.

M.

RYN,

Kidder

&

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane

Myers

Sullivan,

JAMES
Nelson

B.
&

WHEELER,

Goss, Inc.

Citizens

Corporation,

HOWARD

RAVENEL B.

Trust

Co., Greenwood, S. C.

ROBERT

S.

H.
A. M. Kidder & Co., Lakeland

Merrill

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

C.¬

DIXON, ROBERT B.
McDaniel Lewis &

LINTON

.

L.

Dargan & Co., Spartanburg, S.

WHITEHEAD, C. S.
TERRY.

Jr.,

DARGAN,

Leedy, Wheeler & Alleman, Inc., Orlando

W. Palm Beach

D.

Durham, N. C.
CURRY,

Jacksonville

SULLIVAN,

Company,

C.

Securities

First

Beach

and

S.

WILLIAM

CROOM,

WELLBORN, H. C.
Clyde C. Pierce Corporation,

S.

Co.. Ft.

JOHN

Co., Greensboro, N. C.

EWING, ALLEN C.
Allen C. Ewing & Co., Wilmington, N. C.

Beane

Miami

GARIBALDI, LINN D.
THROM, HAROLD J.
Thomson

&

WINTERS,

McKinnon,

Gordon

Miami

JONATHAN

Interstate

H.

Graves & Co.,

T.

John

Robert B. Dixon

Warmath

John T.

President:

Corporation,

Warmath, Equitable Securities

Malcolm

Vice-President:

M.

Manning,

c/o Vivian M. Manning,

Greenville, S. C.

General 4s

Convertible

1975

Treasurer:

ROBERT

S.

Dixon, McDaniel Lewis & Co., Greensboro,

H. T. Mills, Jr., Henry T. Mills, Greenville, S. C.

Elected: October, 1949; Took

Office: October, 1949; Term Expires:

October, 1950.

Hays & Company,
N. C.
PHIL

30

BROAD

&

CO.

Merrill

N.

C.

BARNES, JAMES
Kirchofer

Raleigh,

&

N.

BARNWELL,

A.

M.

Law

Associates,

Inc.,

BLACKFORD,
A.

KENNEY, JOHN J.
J.

Peeler

Lee

HENRY
&

G.

Inc. Charlotte, N. C.
J.

N.

Law

BURNETT,

Co.

&

Company,

Inc.

C.

Jr.,
&

&

Company,

H.

Crawford

&

Co.,

Inc.

Columbia, S. C.
R. S.

C.

Dickson & Co., Inc.

Charlotte, N. C.

MANNING, MALCOLM M.

HENRY

J.

Company

Vivian

M.

Manning, Greenville,
Investment

Charlotte,

Co., Greensboro, N. C.

N.

Co.,

Inc.

C.

MCALLISTER, HARRY L.
R. S. Dickson & Co., Inc.,

McCALL,

r

S. C.

MATTHEWS, DAVID A.
Southern

OSCAR W.

Oscar Burnett and

Lewis

LYON, WM. E. B.

Company,

S.

Spartanburg, S. C.

WM. H.

Huger, Barnwell &
Charleston, S. C.

M.

Corporation,

C

LUCAS, D. JENNINGS

G.

Arnold

F.

Securities

Durham, N.

Greensboro, N. C.

Dickson & Co.,

Spartanburg,

C.
Jr.,

R. S.

BLACKFORD,

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Charlotte,

Teletype NY 1-1965

!

NEDD

BEMAN, C. E.
Laurlnburg, N. C.
BIGGER, RICHARD A.

Reynolds & Co., Winston-Salem, N. C.
BALL,

STREET, NEW YORK 4

Telephone WHitehall 3-3388

Charlotte, N. C.

CHARLES H.

BABCOCK,

BATKIN

MURREV

J.

Inc.

P.

CHARLES

Durham,

Dickson & Co., Inc.

Beane

& Co.

JONES,

McDaniel
R. S.

&

LEWIS, McDANIEL

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
ATKINS,

Fenner

S.

Durham,
JACKSON,

First

Secretary:

Common A and Preferred—When Issued

HAYS,

Hirsch

Robert B.

N. C.

5Y2s 1949

Corporation

GRUBBS, JAMES B.
Merrill
Lynch, Pierce,
Columbia, S. C.
R.

Greensboro, N. C.

MISSOURI PACIFIC

Securities

Charlotte, N. C.

Miami

ARTHUR

Alester

G.

Charlotte, N. C.

C.

Furman 'Co.,

Greenville, S.

C.

MILLS, JR., H. T.
Henry T. Mills, Greenville, S. C.
NELSON,
R.

DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN SECURITIES

S.

MRS.

K.

Dickson

Charlotte,

D.

&

N.

Co.,

Inc.,

C.

NISBET, Jr., W. OLIN
Interstate

Securities

Corporation,

Charlotte, N. C.
NORRIS,

EDGAR

Greenville,

S.

M.

C.

PEELER, J. LEE
J.

Frank Ginberg & Co.

Lee

Peeler

Durham,

POOLE,
Members New

York

Security Dealers Association
.

52

S.

BROADWAY, NEW YORK 4, N. Y.

WIEN
ESTABLISHED

Members New

Telephone: WHitehall 3-1580

•

Teletype: NY 1-2952

York

& CO.

R.

S.

LOGAN
Dickson

PRINGLE,

Security Dealers Ass'n

Company,

VINCENT
&

Co., Inc., Charlotte N. C.

ERNEST

H.

E.

40 EXCHANGE PLACE, NEW YORK

Telephone HAnover 2-8780

5

Teletype NY 1-1397

H. Pringle & Company
Charleston, S. C.

READ,

I.

MAYO

Frost, Read

& Simons,

Charleston,

S.

SANDERS,

Jr.,

Incorporated

C.

JOE

H.

The

Robinson-Humphrey
Columbia, S. C.

SIMONS,

Primary Markets
Inquiries invited by
Unlisted

on

and

our

Blocks

Trading Department
of

Listed

Maintained in Over-the-Counter

KEATING

Charleston, S. C.
SMITH,

ALLEN

Jackson

&

Vance

Weston

S.

WARD,

YORK

6,

N.

THEODORE YOUNG & CO.

Y.
40

Telephone

WOrth

4-261)1




Teletype

NY

Gastonia,

Securities

Exchange Place, New York 5, N. Y.

N.

C.

Co.,

R.

Corporation,

C.

CHESTER

D.

Ward
& Covington,
Spartanburg,
WARMATH, EARL
Equitable Securities Corp.,
Greensboro, N. C.

WARMATH

JOHN

Teletype NY 1-3236

S.

C.

T.

Equitable Securities Corp.
Greensboro, N. .C

I

WILLIS, BEN S.

1-3337

WHitehall 4-2250

N.

&

C.

CHARLES

Greensboro,

NEW

H.

Smith,

Charleston,
VANCE,

BROADWAY,

L.

Huger, Barnwell & Company,

Townsend,

Securities

149

Company

TOWNSEND, JOHN C.

Securities.

Griffin, Kwvpew & Co.

Inc.

Dickson & Co., Inc., Greenville, S. C.

PRATT,
R. S.

1919

&

C.

N.

FRANK

Alex.

Salem,

Brown

N.

WULBERN.

&

Sons.

Winston-

C.
EDWARD

B.

R. S. Dickson & Co., Inc.,

Charlotte, N. C.

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Forgan & Co., Chicago; Murray

Lester J. Thorsen, Glore,

DEPP, GEORGE

Pittsburgh Securities Traders Association

Chaplin

Edward Welch, Chicago; Mrs. Joseph

Mrs.

Barysh, Ernst & Co., New
Thomas E. King,

Mrs.

Chicago;

City; O. H. Strong, First National Bank of Chicago;
Thomas E. King & Co., Chicago

York

Lear &

Geo.

Co.

y

DORBRITZ, ERNEST O.

DOYLE,
C.

Johnson

and

Company

,

Reed,

Lear

EMERY,
H.

M.

&

Pa.

JOHNSTON,

Reed,
KEIR,
R.

'

EVES,

H.

C. Lear

James

Harry J. Steele

Earl E. Sweitzer

Sheldon Parker

fc.

& Scribner

H. Sheldon Parker, Kay,

Treasurer:

R.'V.

'j

Richards & Co.

Secretary: Earl E. Sweitzer, E. E. Sweitzer Co., lite.
John D. Ballard, Hemphill, Noyes, Graham, Parsons

George E. Lestrange,
Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.; William G.<Simpson,- H. M. Byllesby
and Company, Incorporated; Anthony E. Tomasic, Thomas &
Company.
'
;
•••
/
Co.; Richard Everson, Reed, Lear & Co.;

Frank M. Ponicall, Jr., Singer, Deane

Committeemen:

National

Scribner; William G., Simpson, H. M. Byllesby and Company,
Incorporated; James CJ Lear, Reed, Lear & Co.
Alternates:
George E. Lestrange, Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.;
&

Richard

Reed, Lear & Co.; Earl E.

Everson,
& Co.

SwdtzsT

December 17,

Elected:

1949; Took Office: January 1, 1950; Term

A'HEARN, R. B.
Reed, Lear & Co., Butler,
WM.

Pa.

R.

JAMES

Schmerz

C.

Singer,

&

Parsons & Co.

Chaplin
C.

R.

PAUL

K.

LEAR,

GRAHAM, E. W. STERLING
Graham

&

Grubbs, Scott & Company, Inc.
GURCAK, FRANK J.
Thomas

IIAMSHER,
R.

C.

Trust

Co.

McKelvy & Company

MOWRY,

Co.

&

WILLIAM

J.

Singer, Deane & Scribner

EUGENE H.

NUTTALL, RICHARD

-

•

,

R.

•;

GEORGE

P.

V.

Nuttall &

H. SHELDON

PARKER,

;

V.

Co.

Kay. Richards & Co.

,

(Continued

Lear & Co.

Reed,

&

Chaplin and Company

LEATHERBURY,

Company

&

Bank

KENNETH

MOSER, WM. H.

V.

Lear

National

Mellon

MOIR,

LEAR, JAMES C.
Reed, Lear & Co.

M.

Company

,a

Cunningham & Co., Inc.

Reed.

Company

M.

\

METZMAIER, Jr., ALBERT J.
i

C.

Blyth & Co., Inc.

S.

Company
&

Moore, Leonard & Lynch

,

„

McKee

S.

McMOIL, WM. J.

V..

CYRIL

Masten & Company

LANE,

and

McKEE, CARL S.

W.

KRAFT, OWEN

GEORGE H.

a.

McGUINESS, FRANCIS J.

T.

EDWARD

E.

e.

Leonard & Lynch

Moore,

Inc.

Co.

Reynolds & Co.

A.

W. BRUCE
& Scribner

Deane

Mcdonough,

Walston, Hoffman-& Goodwin

GRUBBS,

>■

on

page

38)

ROY M.

Schmertz

&

Co.,

Inc.

HARRISON, JOHN T.
Thomas

&

Company

HEFREN, ARTHUR R.
HOY,

JOHN

HULME,
Glover

&

W.
Co.

MILTON
&

ii

G.

MacGregor,

any

Inc.

Members

i

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

J.

Reed, Lear & Co.
ANFANG,

Jr.,

Inc.

Company

&

McCONNELL,

-

—

-

Lear & Co.

KOST,

GENKINGER, JACK M.
J. M. Genkinger & Co., New Castle, Pa.

Parrish

DeCOURSEY, JOHN A.
Chaplin and Company

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

ACKERMAN,

Sweitzer, E. E.

December 31, 1950.

Expires:

■it

Co.

GUY P.
Nuttall &' Co.,

GLEESON,

McKelvy

.

H.

JOHN

Reed,
KNOCK,

GAMBLE, JR.

Directors:
&

&

FRANK

KLIMA,

Deane & Scribner
Lear

Stuart

KIRKPATRICK,

FOLEY, WILLIAM R.
Reed,

J. Steele, Fauset, Steele & Qo.
Vice-President: James G. Lear, Reed, Lear & Co.

President: Harry

•

MAY, GUSTAVE E.

*

Hemphill, Noyes, Graham,

Company

Deane

CHARLES D.

Lear & Co.

Halsey,

FITZGERALD, Jr., JOHN L.

Singer,

-

FRANKLIN

Rollins & Co.,

Blair,

Company

& Co.

Lear

MARONEY,

•

HAROLD K.
Nuttall & Co.

KIRK.

PAUL F.

Singer,

L.

V.

i

Trust

Peoples First National Bank & Trust Co.

Reed,

ROBERT

KELLE¥r BERNARD- C.

EVERSON, RICHARD
Reed, Lear & Co.'1'

CHARLES

.

LONSINGER, EUGENE R.

E.

Johnson,

&

KALBACK,

JOHN L. ?
Byllesby and Company

Fidelity

LEWIS, GUY W.
r

v

Butler,

Co.,

Incorporated

FISHER,

&

McKelvy

DUNNE, RALPH E.

Company

WILBUR

JOHNSON,

ROBERT
Childs

F.

&

Hemphill, Noyes, Graham, Parsons & Co.

■.if.V

,

LESTRANGE, GEORGE E.
Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.

JOHNS, HERBERT G.

'
rv

,

T.

FRED

Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.

Applegate & Co.
FRANK H.

McKelvy

V-.

J:

V

& Lynch

Leonard

G.

HUNTER,

DODWORTH, W. STANLEY
Mc-ore,

LEECH,

HUMPHREY, ARTHUR F.

A.

and Company

DINWIDDIE, CLYDE M.
Reed,

Weil/New Orleans; Mrs. Maurice Cann,
Grady,'* Cleveland; Mrs. Kermit Sorum, Minneapolis; Miss
vr
Karen Sorufti, Minneapolis

George

^

:

•

37

»

J.
&

120 BROADWAY

Dealers in

,

NEW YORK 5, N.Y.

■

Inc.

Co.,

Tel. WOrth 4-3113

APPLEGATE, A LOWRIE
Geo. G. Applegate & Co.

Bell Teletype N. Y. 1-1227

•

Unlisted & Inactive Securities

ARTHUR, LAIRD M.
Arthur & Guy, Inc.

OVER-THE-COUNTER

Bank, Trust Co., & Insurance Stocks

ARTHURS, ADDISON W.

Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.
Parrish

W.

Co.

&

WALTER II.
& Co.,

BABBITT,

Incorporated

Babbitt

H.

BALDRIDGE,

RAY

J.

Leonard

Moore,

J. K. RICE, Jr. & CO.

Lynch

&

JOHN

BALLARD,

SECURITIES

SHIRLEY

JAMES

AUSTIN,

D.

ESTABLISHED

Hemphill, Noyes, Graham, Parsons & Co.
DUANE

BARBOUR,
Merrill

Pierce,

Lynch,

Fenner

&

Beanc

120

Richards

Kay,

Co.,

&

Telephone REctor 2-4500

Scribner

^

Jr., JOSEPH

HOWARD

Howard J.

E.

&

CONNOR, THOMAS

BANK and INSURANCE

Co.

S.

S.

CURTIS, KARL W.
Reed, Lear & Co.
DAVIS,
A.

DAY,

E.

THOMAS
Masten

PAUL

Glover

&

&

speciality

our

such

items

.

.

inactive Bank and Insurance Stocks.

.

K.

,

friends by our attitude

every move

embraces complete

in their behalf.

Plus the bene¬
of

to their customers from our many years

field covering the Stocks of over 15,000 Bank

Companies.
we

can

not

Stock

be of value to you

call

us

on

your

next

if given the oppor¬

inactive Bank

or

inquiry.

„

EDWIN L. TATRO COMPANY

v

R.

D

RAYMOND KENNEY & CO.

Member National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

'

Company

;

A.
MacGregor,

some

that attitude

Inc.

Co.,

&

a

gained

because

.

accrue

Why

Insurance

.

.

our

We know

tunity.

SAMUEL

Cunningham

K.

in

and Insurance

/

STOCKS

JAMES E.
Leonard & Lynch

CUNNINGHAM,

I

'

experience in

Moore, Leonard & Lynch

Moore,

'

fits which

COOK, MILES PIERCE
Reed, Lear & Co.
CREHAN,

■;

disclosure of

& Schoyer

Powell

>'

in

MARKETS in ALL

SAMUEL C.

CARTER,

■

We like to feel we've

Burgwin & Co.

Watt

Preston,

Elmer

rf-

J.

ALBERT R.

CARTER,

y

Specializing, to us at least, means Hard Work, Sincerity
of Purpose, Competence, Creative Ability, and, above all,
winning the trust of those who favor us with their inquiries

Arthurs, Lestrange &" Co.
BURGWIN,

■

FREDERICK W.

&

Deane

BUFFINGTON,

Bell System Teletype NY 1-714

,

.

Inc.

BROCKSCHMIDT,

Singer,

SPECIALIZING

BROADWAY, NEW YORK 5

Co.

&

BODELL, G. CLIFFORD
Young

1908

Members New York Security Dealers Assn.

LEE

S.

BEAR,

G.

DEAKINS, ROBERT G.Reed. Lear & Co.




it)BROADWAY, NEW YORK 4, N. Y._
Teletype: NY 1-3430

Inc.

> ,'■

;

.

.

Telephone DIgby 4-2420

SUITE 801

-

41 BROAD STREET, NEW

BOwling Green 9-2822 NY 1-2918

YORK 4, N. Y.

Box 343, Gettysburg, Pa., Gettysburg 554

;

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

38

F. Boice

Miller, B. J. Van Ingen & Co., Inc., Miami, Fla.; J. Herbert Evans, Florida

Securities Co., St. Petersburg, Fla.; Charles M. Zingraf, Laurence M. Marks &
New York City; John S. French, A. C. Allyn & Co., New York City

Pittsburgh Securities Traders Association

NATHAN K.

PARRY, HERBERT B.
Reed,

Lear

&

POWELL, ELMER E.

Co.

Elmer

CHARLES G.
Blair, Rollins & Co., Inc.

REED.

PEELOR,

E.

Powell

&

Pa.

Tyson

&

WARD,

WILLEY,

&

SCHMERTZ, ROBERT
R.

C.

Schmertz

&

NORMAN

Norman

Stroud

WOLF,

C.

Company,

FRED
&

Walston,

YOUNG,

Co.

YOUNG,
Incorporated

Young

W.

JR.,

Bank

FRED

&

Trust

Co.

W.

Hoffman & Goodwin

GEORGE R.
&

Co.,

ZINGERMAN,

Hoffman & Goodwin

P.

National

Walston,

W.

Company,

JOHN

Mellon

B.

Ward &

JOHN

WOODS,

Inc.

Merrill

Company, Inc.

Inc.

ROBERT J.

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane

SCHUGAR, MAX N.

Co.

McKelvy

PAUL

Graham

VORSANGER, WILLIAM
Erie,

Moore, Leonard & Lynch

PONICALL, Jr., FRANK M.
Singer, Deane & Scribner

Richards & Co.

REITZELL, CARROLL F.
Reltzell, Reed & Co., Inc.,

Preller, McGinnis & Company, New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E.
& Co., Philadelphia; Charles A. Bodie, Stein Bros. & Boyce,
Baltimore; Martin I. King, Sutro Bros. & Co., New York City

Newburger

SATLER, Jr., FRANK L.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Kay,

G.

Smith,

REYNOLDS, II, WM. W.
Reynolds & Co.

(Continued from page 37)

PARKER,

John

Co.,

Thursday, October 19, 1950

&

Company

Boston Securities Traders Association

SCOTT, JAMES H.
Company

James

H.

Scott

&

Co.

SCRIBNER, JOSEPH M.

Singer,

Deane

&

Scribner

SHANAHAN, CHARLES V.
Singer, Deane & Scribner
SHEPPARD, JOHN S.
Fauset, Steele

&

Co.

SHERIDAN, GEORGE W.
McKelvy & Company

Textile

—

I ndustrials

SHIREY, ORA M.
Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.
SIEGRIST,

Banks-Utilities
New York Bank

COHNTE^ Insurance Stocks

SKmARKEISH
■/'V/%
a c;

CONNECTICUT
1 ndustrials—Insuranc

J.

simpson, William g.
H. M. Byllesby and Company
Incorporated

SINGER. 3RD., G. HARTON
Singer, Deane & Scribner

STEINECKE,
K.

Tyson

Members New York and Boston Stock

Congress Street, Boston 9

•

Exchanges

Liberty 2-8852

Teletype BS-144
New York Telephone—BArelay 7-3542
Portland, Me., Providence, R. I.— Enterprise 4280
Private telephone wires to New York, Springfield, Mass., Hartford, Conn.

Gilbert

Bernard, Jr.

M.

Lothrop

Burton

f

Whitcomb

W.

Cunningham & Co.,

STOLACK,

50

STEPHEN

N.

H.

STEELE, HARRY J.
Fauset, Steele & Co.

S.

Schirmer, Atherton & Co.

MORGAN

Reed, Lear & Co.

Inc.

SYDNEY

&

Company,

Inc.

STOUT, FREDERICK L.
Stout

&

Co.

STUBNER, CHRISTIAN J.
Stubner

&

Co.

STUREK, FRANK T.
Mellon

National

%

Bank

&

Trust

Co.

SUCCOP, JOHN C.
Fidelity Trust Company
SULLIVAN, JOSEPH H.
R.

C.

Schmertz

SWEITZER,
E.

E.

&

EARL

Sweitzer

Company,

Inc.

E.

Co.,

Inc.

TAYLOR, RAYMOND M.

Wilfred B. Perham

TERESI, SAMUEL H.
Thompson & Taylor Co.

NEW ENGLAND GAS AND

ELECTRIC

TIERNAN, FRANK

Preston,

Watt

President:

M.

Preston,
TITUS,
R.

C.

S.

Watt

& Schoyer

&

J.

Schmertz

&

Company,

Governors:
J.

M. Byllesby and Company
Incorporated

UMSTEAD, S. AUSTIN
Masten

&

Arthur

Curtis S. Bates, Draper, Sears & Co.
Powers, Hodgdon & Co.; Leo Newman,

F.

Warner

&

Co., Inc.; Timothy D. Murphy, Chace,
Sears; Frederick L. Harson, Fraser,
Phelps & Co., Providence, R. I.; W. Henry Lahti, Matthew
Lahti & Co., Inc.; Henry E. Tabb, Jr.,
Townsend, Dabney &
Tyson.

H.

E.

Edward

Whiteside,

TUNNELL, PAUL

A.

Co.

Recording Secretary:

Inc.

TOMASIC, ANTHONY E.
Thomas & Company

VOIGT, LOUIS

Bernard, Jr., Schirmer, Atherton & Co.

Gilbert M. Lothrop, W. E. Hutton & Co.
Treasurer: Burton F. Whitcomb, Blyth & Co., Inc.
Corresponding Secretary: Wilfred B. Perham, R. H. Johnson

TIERNAN, Jr., FRANK M.

ASSOCIATION

Hubert N.

S. Bates

Vice-President:

Schoyer

&

Curtis

National

Company

Hubert
N.
Bernard, Jr., Schirmer,
Co.; Joseph Gannon, May & Gannon, Inc.; Anton
Homsey, du Pont, Hom.sey & Company; John E. Sullivan,

E.

Hemphill, Noyes, Graham, Parsons & Co.

Active

&

Committeemen:

Atherton

W.

Warren

&

Trading Markets in

UNLISTED SECURITIES

B.MAGUIRE & CO., INC.

J.
75 Federal
A

SYSTEM

OWNED

BY

11,000 SHAREHOLDERS

AND

Street, Boston 10, Massachusetts

Direct

SERVING 339,000 CUSTOMERS IN 105 COMMUNITIES




Telephone

Wire

to

New

York

New York—CAnal 6-1613

Boston—HUbbard 2-5500
Bell

Providence, R.

I.—Enterprise 2904

System Teletype—BS-142

Portland,

Maine—Enterprise

2904

Hartford, Conn.—Enterprise

6800

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL

Convention Number4

Hornblower

Burr, Incorporated.

Paul
Co.; Wallace L. Mossop, Barrett &
Company, Providence, R. I.
Elected: December, 1949; Took Office: January 2, 1950; Term
Expires: December 31, 1950.
B.

KEANE,

The First

Monroe, Hunnewell &

Hutchinson

INGALLS,

(All members

are

Frederick

indicated)

DAY,

C.

Adams

C.

DAY, Jr., LEON E.
Chas. A. Day 8c Co., Inc.

located in Boston unless

otherwise

FREDERICK

Co.

8c

Sachs

Goldman,

A.

Albee & Co.,

L.

ALTMEYER,

W.

JOHN

Devine

&

Newton

&

Co.

Inc.

Lerner 8c Co.

Brown, Lisle & Marshall,

8c Co.

Providence,

R- I.

LEVINE,

JORDAN,
R.

W.

L.

CARL A.

Putnam 8c Co.,

KIRWAN, THOMAS A.

JONES. WILLIAM
Boston

Inc.

LERNER, LOUIS C.

KILNER, GEORGE M.

ROBERT W.

LAND, ALAN C.
Geyer & Co.,

Arthur Warner 8c Co.,

Thomas

Globe

Kirwan &

A.

H. Goddard 8c Co.. Inc.

KUMIN, EMIL

Jr., G. C.
Pressprich Co.

Inc.

LINDSAY, HERBERT N.

Co.

(Continued on page 40)

Estabrook & Co.

E.

DONOHUE, JOHN J.

Schirmer, Atherton 8c Co.

Donohue 8c Sullivan

ATKINSON, Sr., JAMES V.
J.

M.

Le

J.

DONNELLY, JOHN P.
Salomon Bros. & Hutzler

ATHERTON, H. HALE

C.

E.

Union Securities Corporation

Stone & Co.

Hayden,

S.

.

DODSON, PAUL

Co.

8c

IRVING C.
May 8c Gannon, Inc.

KENT, RODNEY P.

BERT L.

Hunnewell

DIAMOND, CLEMENT G.
Tcwnsend, Dabney 8c Tyson

ALLAN, WILLIAM V.
Hunnewell

Co.

8c

Inc.

Minot Kendall 8c Co.,

J.

ARTHUR C.
Midd.ebrook, Incorporated

8c

The First Boston Corp.

F. BRITTAIN
Brittain Kennedy & Co.

P.

Denton

Inc.

ALEXANDER,
Coburn

JAMES,
/

GEORGE R.

DENTON,

ALBEE, ARTHUR L.

F.

LARSON, N. HENRY

KENNEY, PHILIP F.

L.

Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.

Day 8c Co., Inc.

Mixter

Co.

8c

A.

Jr., JOHN

Blyth & Co., Inc.
JACOBS,

N.

RUSSELL
& Company

DEAN,

ROBERT H.

ADAMS,

WILFRED

Chas.

Inc.

LeBEAU,
INGHAM

ADAMS.

Co.,

LAWRENCE, EDWARD W.

KENNEDY,
P.

8c

Co.

Lang & Dadmun, Inc.

Hodgdon & Co.

ROBERT U.
Tucker, Anthony 8c Co.

8c

LANG, HAROLD

C.

KELLER, HERMAN J.

Peck

INGALLS,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

GEORGE

Lamont

National Bank

Second

Lahti

LAMONT, NICHOLAS

FRANK
H. Bright 8c Co.
J.

KEALEY,

Jr., JAMES A.

8c Company

JEROME M.
8c

Adams

Elmer

Boston Corp.

HUTCHINSON,

Matthew

Bank

Shawmut

National

Weeks

HUSSEY, EUGENE R.

William E. Creamer, Schirmer, Atherton & Co.;

Alternates:

&

LAHTI, W. HENRY

JULIAN, JAMES

HERBERT E.

HURLEY,

Co., Inc.; Sumner R. Wolley, Coffin &

Putnam &

Jr., F. L.

39

CHRONICLE

DONOVAN, WARREN

Co.

8c Co., Inc.

Dayton Haigney

BAILEY, BENJAMIN A.
Dayton Haigney & Co., Inc.

DOUCET, LESTER T.
Salomon Bros. & Hutzler

BAILEY, WALTER R.

DUFFY,

Josephthal 8c Co.
BAKER, ALBERT Q.
Lyons & Shafto, Inc.

duPont,

JOSEPH

Hunnewell 8c Co.

CLIFFORD B.

ELDRACHER, THEODORE

Providence, R. I.

Barrett & Company,

R. W. Pressprich & Co.

BATES, CURTIS S.

Draper, Sears & Co.

Richard J. Buck & Co.

HAROLD
Josephthal & Co.

BEACHAM,

EMERY, FORREST S.

FAY, NATHAN C.
Nathan

White,
Corp.

CHARLES A.

C.

2nd, DUDLEY H.

Hemphill,

Graham.

Noyes,

Parsons &

'

ROGER

Co.

Corporation

Lee Higginson

GALVIN, JAMES J.

FRANK S.

F.

8c Co.

Schirmer, Atherton

May & Gannon, Inc.

Baldwin, White & Co.

GIBSON, Jr., CHARLES E.
Whiting, Weeks & Stubbs

BURKE, Jr., WILLIAM J.
May 8c Gannon, Inc.

GILBERT, JOHN M.

BURNETT, PETER

H.

Walker 8c Co., Providence,

BURNS, WALTER T.
Burns, Barron 8c Co., Portland,

New

R. I.

England

Estabrook 8c Co.

Me.

GLEASON, SHERMAN
Sherman Gleason

Co.

Trust

J.

Cannell 8c Co.

J.

GRIMM,

CARR, RALPH F.

du

Ralph F. Carr 8c Co., Inc.

Securities

Draper,

Corp.

&

G.

Exchange

31 Milk Street

BOSTON 9,

Co.

MASS.

Telephone HAncock 6-8200

S.

Baldwin, White & Co.

HARSON, FREDERICK L.
Fraser, Phelps & Co., Providence,

Wellington Fund, Inc.

Teletypewriter BS-424
R. I.

Private

HASTINGS, FRANCIS

telephone to New York—CAnal 6-8100

HERLIHY, EDWARD

CONWAY, JAMES J.

Draper,

8c Cabot

Sears

& Co.

HILL, KENNETH B.
Kenneth B. Hill & Co.

RICHARD

Chas. A. Day 8c Co.,

& Co., Inc.

HARRIS, HOWARD

CONNOLLY, JR., WALTER J.
Walter J. Connolly & Co., Inc.

Inc.

Perrin, West 8c Winslow, Inc.
■

WILLIAM E.

HIXON,

Draper,

Moseley 8c Co.

Sears 8c Co.

Pont, Homsey 8c Company

Weston

Adams 8c Co.

HOUGHTON, CHARLES G.
A. L. Albee 8c Co., Inc.
.

Arthur

Warner

Incorporated




8c Co.,

Inc.

HUNT, WILLIAM P.
W. E. Sibley & Co.

IIURLBURT, C.

DAW80N, JOHN H.

New York

HUGHES, FRANCIS J.
J.

DAVIS, DONALD
Donald Davis 8c Co.

WORCESTER, MASS.

HORMEL, EDWARD F.

CURRIER, RICHARD D.
Frederick C. Adams & Co.

Putnam & Co., Inc.

340 Main Street

SPRINGFIELD 3, MASS.

HOMSEY, ANTON E.
du

DARLING, RODNEY
Moors & Cabot

95 State Street

FITCHBURG, MASS.

HOHMANN, LAWRENCE F.

CROSBY, ALBERT

D'ARCY, JOHN J.

REGINALD T.

Hooper-Kimball, Inc.

Schirmer, Atherton & Co.

CROCKETT, HARRY W.
Coffin & Burr, Incorporated

Co., Inc.

520 Main Street

IIINES, EDWARD F.

ALFRED R.

Weeden & Co.

Coffin 8c Burr,

Boston Stock

Co., Worcester

8c

H. D. Knox

CONNELL, LAWRENCE

F. L.

V.I--.

HARRINGTON, FRANK T.

Warner 8c Co., Inc.

DALEY, JOHN L.
J. B. Maguire &

v

Exchange

v

^

LEAMAN F.
8c Co.

Estabrook

E.

CONARY, WILFRED

S.

New York Stock

A.

Sears

Hanrahan

& Company

Kenneth M. Jones

CREAMER,

•

•

HARKNESS, ROBERT B.

Homsey

CRAMPTON,

-

_

HANRAHAN, PAUL B.

COLBY, GERALD S.

Moors

.

„HALLIWILL, BIRNEY S.
F. S. Moseley 8c Co.

Weld 8c Co.

COPELAND,

Members
:

Paine, Webber, Jackson 8c Curtis

COGGHILL, FRANCIS R.

COLLINS, FRANK

Company

Worcester

Company,

HALLETT,

Inc.

CALVIN W.

J. Arthur

8c

HALEY, DAVID

ASA F.

Pont,

&

E.

Dayton Haigney & Co., Inc.

Inc.

Co.,

Wise, Hobbs & Seaver,

White,

Company, Inc.

Homsey

HAIGNEY, DAYTON P.

CHERRY, A. ERNEST

Clayton

HENRY F.

Pont,

Reed

Company

CHAMBERLAIN, RAYMOND E.

CLAYTON,

'

GUTHRIE, ELWIN A.

FRANCIS E.

CLARK,

,

Inc.

Townsend, Dabney 8c Tyson

Hutton 8c Co.

Emery &

Co.,

RICHARD

GUNN, IRVING

CARTER, HERBERT F.

S.

Inc.

8c Co.,

Warner &

A. C. Allyn and

Hayden, Stone 8c Co.

&

Goddard

Arthur

GRIFFIN,

CARR, JOHN F.

Mixter

H.

GOODHUE, DONALD S.
F. S. Moseley 8c Co.

CARR, FRED R.
Tucker, Anthony 8c Co.

W. E.

Inc.

GOLDBERG, HAROLD S.

CARR, ELMER J.
Frederick C. Adams & Co.

CASEY,

8c Co.,

GODDARD, JAMES H.

CANNELL, JOHN
John

Co.

P. Wood 8c

GILMAN, HARRY A.

LLOYD

CANFIELD,

8c Co., Inc.

L. Putnam

GANNON, JOSEPH

BRUGGEMANN, LESTER G.

G. H.

& Company

Vance, Sanders

Sachs 8c Co.

Goldman,

F.

&

FOSTER, Jr., IIATIIERLY

BREEN,

du

J. Devine

FOSTER, FREDERICK H.

Co.

BRAGDON, J.

F.

Cabot

FIELDING, JOHN S.

Portland, Me.

8c Company,

Bowers

BRADLEE,

Co.

FERRIS, Jr., WILLIAM M.
Chas. A. Day & Co., Inc.

Corp.

MAURICE A.

BOWERS,

8c

Moors

B.

Street Sales

Broad

Me.

B.

Weld 8c

FERGUSON, WM.

Boston

First

The

& Co., Portland,

C. Fay

FAZIOLI, CLIVE

Co.

BOND, EDWARD L.

BOSS,

ARTHUR E.

Goldman, Sachs 8c Co.

Atherton 8c Co.
8c

Emery 8c Co., Inc.

ENGDAHL,

ROBERT

Hunnewell

S.

F.

R.

BERNARD, Jr., HUBERT N.

Schirmer,

REGINALD B.

ELWELL,

BAXTER, GEORGE F.
Second National Bank

BLAIR,

& Company

Homsey

EAGAN, WALTER F.

Long & Nash
BARRUS, Jr.,

Brothers, Harriman & Co.

Brown

DYKES, ALVIN A.

Co.

Safe Deposit 8c Trust

BARRETT,

R.

DUNCKLEE, WILLIAM S.

BAKER, HARRY O.
Boston

JAMES

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Henry

GRAHAM

P. Briggs 8c Co.

HURLEY, EDMUND J.
Wise,

Hobbs 8c Seaver, Inc.

Clearing Agent: GRACE NATIONAL BANK OF

NEW YORK

Moreland, Moreland & Co., Detroit, Mich.; Mr. and

Mr. and Mrs. Paul I.

Phillips, Pacific Northwest Co., Seattle, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs.
Woodcock, Hess & Co., Philadelphia

Thursday, October 19, 1950

FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

THE COMMERCIAL and

40

Varnedoe, Chisholm & Co., Savannah, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
J. Arthur Warner & Co., New York City

McVEY, FREDERICK V.
Childs, Jeffries & Thorndike, Inc.

PROCTOR, EUGENE F.
H. C. Wainwright & Co.

SULLIVAN, JOHN P.
Smith, Barney & Co.

MERIGAN, THOMAS F.

Boston Securities Traders Association

PUTNAM, JOHN A.

SULLIVAN,

Boston

(Continued from page 39)

W.

Bureau

News

MONROE,

Co.

&

Boston

W.

GILBERT

Hutton

E.

MANN, Jr., GEO. p.

WILLARD R.
Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

LOCKE,

Mann

MAX, RICHARD

FRANK E.
Hunnewell & Co.

H. C.

W. F. Rutter,

A.

Webber, Jackson & Curtis

McCUE,

MADARY, HAROLD

May &

JOHN A.

Co.,

Inc.

A.

E.

Ames

&

Co.,

Inc.

&

'*

Smith,

Inc

Scribner

R.

L.

R.

W.

&

John

Beane

Shea

'

;

,

Walter

Moors

PARDEE, MILTON I.

Members New 1 ork and Boston

Stock Exchanges

CARL

Incorporated

V.

•

E.

REGINALD

M.

Spencer Trask & Co.

Co., Inc.

WHITTEMORE,
C.

Adams

&

D.

H.

DONALD

Whittemore

H.

& Co.

Co.

WILLIAMS, T. EDMUND
W.

Hooper-Kimball,

FREDERICK

Robert Hawkins

&

Inc.

Co., Incorporated
WINSLOW, Jr., A. N.
Perrin, West & Winslow,

SPORRONG, STANLEY

Inc.

Burgess & Leith
WOGLOM, ALBERT G.

PILLSBURY. E. P.

STANLEY, Jr., GEORGE A.

Webster

Inc.

Burr,

WELLS, RAYMOND
Bishop-Wells Co.

C.

Wainwright & Co.

&

&

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Investment

Frederick

Weston W. Adams & Co.

Securities

Schirmer, Atherton & Co.

Corporation

STEMBRlDGE, ALFRED R.

POPE, ROBERT W.
Putnam & Co., Inc.

Distributors

POPE, WILLIAM A.
F. S.

WELLS,

SPELLMAN, VINCENT L.

PIERCE, RALPH W.

L.

Coffin

Providence, R. I.

SPENCE,

F

Geyer & Co.,

WEEKS, Jr., ROBERT S.

WHITCOMB,

Michael

PERHAM, WILFRED B.
R. H. Johnson & Co.

Stone

B.

WARREN, ROBERT H.

WHITCOMB, BURTON F.
Blyth & Co., Inc.

Securities Corporation

Townsend, Dabney & Tyson
C.

LLOYD

SOFORENKO, MYER M.

Corporation

PECKHAM, N. H.
H.

V.

Wainwright & Co.

SMITH, J. PERRY
;
du Pont, Homsey & Company

PATNODE, WESLEY P.

BOSTON

'•

Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Inc.

Blyth & Co., Inc.

FREDERICK

PARSLOE, GEORGE S.

WALL STREET, NEW YORK

M.
Co.,

Co.

&

SMITH, HERBERT

V

Tripp & Taber, New Bedford, Mass.

FOUNDED 1851

DANIEL

Cabot

&

C.

H.

SMITH, CHARLES H.

j

E.

FRANCIS

WARD,

WARING,

Sides, Morse & Co.,'Inc.

J..B. Maguire & Co., Inc.

Stone. & .Webster

Co.

Connolly &

Paul D. S'heeline

Co.

WALSH, FRANCIS P.
A. G. Walsh & Son

SIDES, W. RANDOLPH

<

Pressprich & Co.

Higginson

&

&

FRANK

White, Weld & Co.
Inc.

SHEELINE, PAUL D.

PAUL J.

Devine

J.

WALKER, HARRY R.

Meredith,

JR.,

J.

Co.

Kidder, Peabody & Co.

H.

Co.

Company

SHEEHAN,

*

OPPER, EDWARD J.

Lee

C.

VOYSEY,

&

Sessler

G.

&

&

Co.

&

TUCKER, LESLIE A.

L.

SHEA, Jr., JOHN L.

Day & Co.

PARENT,

Weeden

SESSLER, JOHN G.

Fenner

Atherton

Schirmer,

TOWNSEND, CURTICE N.

P.

& Co.

&

S.

Ralph F. Carr & Co., Inc.
THORNTON, CHARLES J.
New York City

SCRIBNER, PAUL A.

NOONAN, THOMAS II.

O'LEARY,

Issues

Portland.

Co.

Barney

B.

WILLIAM

TOOHEY, CARROLL W.

SCHUERHOFF, ROLAND

/J. Arthur Warner & Co., Inc.

Ge„..»l<toke,ReVe°Ue

Inc.,

Co.

&

VINCENT

Raymond

Inc.

r

NEWTON, DEXTER
H. P. Nichols, Inc.

Devlne

SAUNDERS, MALCOLM

NEWMAN, LEO

M™'"1'*''

Co.,

&

Hunnewell & Co.

Inc.

Company,

NEEDHAM, CARLETON
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

ANO

J.

RYAN,

Whiteside, Warren & Sears,

Chace,

15 STATE STREET,

Ross

RYAN, JOHN
Goodbody &

Adams, Mudge & Co.

MURRAY, RAYMOND M.
Tucker, Anthony & Co.

40

THOMPSON,

MUDGE, JOHN G.

C.

MUNN, P. JUDSON
Jackson

EngW

K.

ROBERT

Wise, Hobbs & Seaver. Inc.

Stubbs

&

RYALL, EUGENE J.

MURPHY, TIMOTHY D.

New

Weeks

CARL K.

Carl

JOHN R.

Jr..

THOMAS,

Maine

MURPHY, ARTHUR C.
A.
C. Allyn and Company,

Call Us on

Taylor & Co., Inc.
TAYLOR,

F.

MOYNIHAN, JAMES E.
J. B. Maguire & Co., Inc.

McTAVISH, WILSON C.

Ganiion, Inc.

ROSS,

Parsons &

Mass.

Taylor & Co., Inc.

JOSEPH

Whiting,

Providence, R. I.

C.

TAYLOR, JOHN R.

A.

Moseley & Co.

ROBBINS,

Co.

'

Arthur Warner &

J.

Maguire & Co., Inc.

MAGUIRE, JOHN E.

Townsend, Dabney & Tyson

MOTLEY, JR., EDWARD
Hemphill, Noyes, Graham,

& Co.

Mcdowell, lewis d.

MAGUIRE, JAMES B.
B.

Allyn

Co.

&

Lerner & Co.

MOSSOP, WALLACE L.

Group, Incorporated

Clayton

G.

E.

M.

Woglom & Co., Inc.

Newton

&

Co.

WOLLEY, SUMNER R.
Cofiin

SULLIVAN, D. BRADLEY

Moseley & Co.

A.

WOLL, ALBERT J. T.

&

Securities Corp.

Burr,

Incorporated

JR., A. VERNON
f
Noyes, Graham, Parsons &

WOOD WORTH,

SULLIVAN, JAMES E.

POTTER, J. RUSSELL
Arthur W. Wood Company

e<M

&Rdo.

Members
New

SULLIVAN,

Hodgdon & Co.

H.

C.

F.

WILLIAM

Hemphill,
Co.

Baldwin, White & Co.

POWERS, EDWARD F.

PRESCOTT.

S.

L.

SULLIVAN,

Wainright & Co.

Jr.,

Putnam

JOHN
&

JOHN

Co.,

YOUNG,

E.

Inc.

Brown

HERBERT W.
Brothers Harriman

The

Keystone Company of Boston

Exchange

Complete Listed and Unlisted
Brokerage and Investment Service

V

COFFIN & BURR
INCORPORATED

Purchasing and Distributing
State, Municipal, Corporation
and Public Service

Company

Founded 1898

Securities
BOSTON

JHin vestments'^.
NEW YORK
STATE

^

CHICAGO

General Distributors

STREET

HARTFORD

PORTLAND

BANGOR

BOSTON
Fall

v

Manchester

Lowell

New York Correspondent E. F. Hutton & Co.




NEW

YORK

CURB

EXCHANGE

(ASSOCIATE)'

MIDWEST STOCK EXCHANGE

NEW ENGLAND FUND

.

MEMBERS—BOSTON STOCK EXCHANGE

River

Co.

Exchange (Assoc.)

Boston Stock

53

&

YOUNG, R. T.

J.

W. E. Hutton & Co.

York Stock Exchange

New York Curb

I.

TABER, RICHARD D.
Tripp & Taber, New Bedford, Mass.

RINALDI, JOSEPH M.

MORRISON, JAMES A.

May & Gannon, Inc.

Geyer & Co., Inc.

J.

C.

F. S.

R.

E.

Townsend, Dabney & Tyson

JOSEPH

RICHARDSON,

GEORGE P.

Providence,

Cummings,

Jr., HENRY

Tripp & Taber, New Bedford,

RICE, FRED W.
R. W. Pressprich

W. Pressprich & Co.

Joseph

TABER, ELLIOT

H.

Josephthal & Co.

MOORE, GEORGE E.

Barrett & Company,

M.

TABB,

REILLY, ARTHUR

Hayden, Stone & Co.

McCORMICK, Jr., JAMES F.

MacDONALD, J. RENWICK

Inc.

Warner

SWENSON, CARL J.

Inc.

Preston, Moss & Co.

Inc.

R.

McAllister, Jr., henry p.
Frederick C. Adams & Co.

Shea & Company

&

Co.,

MOREY,

F.

May & Gannon, Inc.

Incorporated

LYNCH, JAMES J.

x-aine,

L.

Wainwright & Co.

WILLIAM

MAY,

JAMES E.

& Co.

Arthur

MOORE, FREDERICK S.
J. Arthur Warner & Co.,

J.

Gould, Salem, Mass.

Brothers Harriman

Brown

& Co.

LYNCH,

LYNCH

&

MARCHESE, EDWARD

M.

ROBERT W.

Donohue & Sullivan

Co.

REED, LESTER F.

MOORE, ALEXANDER W.

LOTHROP,

E. Hutton &

PUTNAM, WILLARD S.
A.
C. Allyn and Company,

PAUL B.

Hunnewell

ROSTER OF MEMBERS-

-

Cnisnolm,
E. Piumridge,

Allen & Company, New York City; Fran* A.

and Mrs. Lawrence Wren,

Mr

Mrs. Josef C.

Russell M. Dotts,

Organized 1931

,

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Convention Number

Anton E. Homsey,

du Pont, Homsey & Company, Boston, Mass.; William S. Thompson,
Ralph F. Carr & Co., Boston, Mass.; James B. Maguire, James B. Maguire & Co.,
Boston, Mass.; Paul B. Monroe, Hunnewell & Co., Boston, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank T.

Mackessy, Abbott, Proctor & Paine, New York City; John J.
O'Kane, Jr., John J. O'Kane, Jr. & Co., New York City; Samuel F. Colwell,
W. E. Hutton & Company, New York City

First Vice-President:

Security Traders Association of New York

Leslie Barbier, G. A. Saxton & Co., Inc.

Second Vice-President:
&

41

R.

Gilliland

M.

Co.

&

BARNES, RICHARD M.

Curtis.

A.

Secretary: John J. Meyers, Jr., Gordon Graves & Co.
Treasurer:

PHILIP T.

BARMONDE,

Harry L. Arnold, Paine, Webber, Jackson

Kidder

M.

Co.

&

BARRETT, FRANK D.
H. C. Wainwright &

George V. Hunt, Starkweather & Co.

Co.

BARTOLD, HENRY S.
Eastman, Dillon & Co.

Directors: Richard H.

Goodman, Shields & Company; T. Frank
Mackessy, Abbott, Proctor & Paine; John D. Ohlandt, Jr.,
J. Arthur Warner &
Co., Inc.; D. Raymond Kenney, D. Ray¬
mond Kenney & Co.

BARTON, D. FREDERICK
Eastman, Dillon & Co.

BARYSH, MAX
Ernst

,

National Committeemen: Stanley L.

Roggenburg, Roggenburg &
Co.; Henry Oetjen, McGinnis & Company; Gustave L. Levy,
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
'
'

&

Co.

BARYSH, MURRAY L.
Ernst

&

Co.

BASTIAN, WILLARD
Geyer & Co., Inc.

Alternates: Charles M. Zingraf, Laurence M. Marks &
Co.; Wil¬

BATKIN, ELY

liam H.

Boland, Boland, Safjin & Co.; Irving P. Grace, W. C.
& Co., Inc.; Edwin J. Markham, Wertheim &
Co.;
Harold B.
Smith, Pershing & Co.

Batkin

&

Co.

Pitfield

John

M. Mayer

Leslie

BEAN, JULES
Singer,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Harry L. Arnold

Barbier

1

<

C.

Aal

JEROME

BARBIER,

& Golkin

ABBE,

G.

RICHARD

Shields

&

A.

LESLIE

Saxton

&

Co.,

.

BARKEN,

/'

&
i

Inc.

I.

Co.

4.V.

:

'

V

BECKER, FRANK H.
!
Guaranty -Trust! Company of

Inc.

F.

Company

Mackie,

EDWARD

Reynolds

f

AAL,

&

Bean

BECKER,

(Continued

PETER

on page

■

-

New

42)

ABELOW, ALFRED I.
Mitchell

&

Company

ACKERT, PHILIP H.
Freeman & Company
AIELLO, MARK T.
Spencer Trask & Co.

AIGELTINGER,
Aigeltinger

&

FRANK
Co.

W.

ALBERTS, CHESTER A.

Chas. A. Day & Co.

C. A. Alberts & Co.

ALLEN.
Allen

Company

ANDERSON,

GEORGE

LISTED and UNLISTED

T.

BONDS and STOCKS

ARNOLD, HARRY L.
John J. Meyers, Jr.

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

George V. Hunt

AVERELL. ALFRED
Baclie

President:

John

M.

Mayer,

Merrill

Lynch,

Pierce,

Incorporated

4

HERBERT
&

Fenner

&

Particularly of

B.

Co.

NEW ENGLAND CORPORATIONS

&
BAIR, JOHN W.
Blair, Rollins & Co.,

Beane.

Inc.

Inquiries invited from Dealers
and Financial Institutions

Maintaining

a

Retail -Department

with Distribution in New England

Established
1926

H. D.

WASHINGTON AT COURT STREET
Member Boston Stock

KNOX
&
L

/

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L

148

STATE

STREET, BOSTON 9, MASS.

CO., Inc.
•••••

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New

York

Telephone

WOrth 4-5000

CApitol 7-0425
Bell System

Teletype

—

BS 259

New

UNLISTED
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•

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Secondary Distributions

.*

«!

->

Banks and Insurance Stocks

DAYTON HAIGNEY & CO
11

England Markets

Underwriters and Distributors

SECURITIES
\

Exchange

INCORPORATED

Broadway

Industrials

—

Utilities

1

NEW YORK 4

Inactive Securities
75

Telephone DIgby 4-1388
Bell

FEDERAL

STREET, BOSTON

System Teletype NY 1-86
41

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L. PUTNAM & CO.. INC.

F.

"4

Member

27 State

Street

BOSTON 9
.

,

.

Teletype
*

,

New
--

System

Teletype




BS

169

York

Boston

Stock Exchange

596

77 Franklin

Telephone CApitol "7-8950
Bell

BS

Telephone—WOrth

4-2463

Tel

Street, Boston 10, Mass.
Teletype BS 497

Liberty 2-2340

Portland, Me.

•

Providence, R. I.

York

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42

Jack

John

Mrs. Robert A. Torpie, Merrill

I. Rohde, John R. Lewis, Inc., Seattle; Mr. and

E.

Thursday, October 19, 1950

Graham, Brainard-Judd

&

Co., Hartford, Conn.; Mrs. James B. Maguire

E.

Graham; Mr. and Mrs. Allison W. Marsland, Wood, Gundy & Co., New York City

CONLON, BERNARD J.

HERBERT

BUSCHMAN,

Security Traders Association of New York

P.

Newborg & Co.

(Continued from page 41)

J.

Geyer & Co., Inc.

Hirsch

Philadelphia

BRANDIS, WILLIAM C.

IIANS E.

New

Hanseatlc

York

M.

Corporation

M arkets

BERWALD,

OTTO

&

J.

Co.

American Marietta Co.

Berkshire Fine

Spinning

New

Freedman

Du Mont Laboratories "A"

Germantown Fire Ins. Co.

Hamburg Broom Works
Hytron Radio & Electronics
Pfd. & Com.

Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical

Edelmann

Corporation

CAREY,

&

E.

Ira

Co.

No/them Indiana Pub. Serv.
Penna. & Southern Gas

Philadelphia National Bank

Stone

O'Kane,

The

First

Jr.

&

Co.

Thompson & Co.,

BRUGGEMAN, CHARLES

Inc.

Dean

Boston

CHAVE,
H.

BOLOGNINI, RINALDO A.

HENRY G.

G.

Bruns

Trask

Spencer

Witter & Co.

BRUNS,

Boland, Baffin & Co.

W.

T.

Co.

&

Merrill

Lynch,

Co.,

WILLIAM

H.

DAVIS,
F.

& Co.

GERARD

DAWSON-SMITH, STANLEY

L.

A.

Daniel

BURKE,

BOUTON, HOWARD R.

F.

Rice

COLEMAN,

and

Allen

Company

HAROLD J.

Geyer & Co.,

Allyn

&

BRADY, FRANK J.

BUSBY, ALFRED

COLTHUP,

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

W.

Freeman

COLWELL,

Si Co.

W.

E.

SAMUEL

Hutton

&

Blair,

Welsbach Corp.

Greetings and Best Wishes
from Philadelphia

Si

R.

Victor

Mosley,

A.

A.

C.

vice

JOHN

B.

LAWRENCE

P.

Boucher Si Co.

F.

Reilly &

Co.,

Inc.

DOYLE, LESTER T.
Hardy & Co.

Frank J. Laird

DUGA, J.

S.

Merrill Lynch,

L. Wister Randolph

DUNNE,
Railroad

Allen B. Foard, Jr.

Dunne

Bonds

Pierce, Fenner Si Beane

FRANK
Si

Co.

.

DURNIN, JAMES B.
H. D. Knox & Co., Inc.
Utility

Public

Thomas F. O'Rourke

Bonds

8c

EAGAN,

Stocks

JOSEPH

Frank

Industrial

C.

EATON

Guaranteed

8c

Leased

R.

R.

C.

Masterson

&

Co.

STANLEY C.

Bendix, LultweUei Si Co.
EBBITT, KENNETH COOPER
Shelby Cullom Davis & Co.

Municipal

ECKLER,

Bonds

PETER

Chas. E.

Gordon W. Pfau

duBOIS

Quincey & Co.

ECKSTEIN, J. FRANCIS
Interstate

John R. Hunt

Sales Order
Statistical

Department

Securities

Corporation

Department
EGENES, BERGER

Edward F. Hirsch

Felix E. Maguire

Field

Merrill

Representative

EIGER,

Members
York

Inc.

Kidder Si Co.

M.

DONNELLY, Jr., JAMES A.
Reynolds & Co.

president

Michael J. Rudolph

New

J.

Allyn and Company,

DONADIO, JOSEPH F.

Russell M. Ergood, Jr.

Lynch,

Pierce,

Fenner

& Beane

WILLIAM

Goodbody & Co.

Stock Exch.

New York Curb

Co.

DOHERTY, WILLIAM H.

Equipment Trust Certificates

Frank J. Laird

BIOREN & CO.

&

Dixon

DOHERTY

R. Victor Mosley

Alan Wood Steel 5s, 1963

Established 1865

Purcell

WILLIAM G.

Cutter

1956

41/gs, 1962

A.

W.

Inc.

T.

Dreyfus & Co.

J.

5s, 4s, 3s

RICHARD

RALPH

DIXON,

J.

5y2s, '65

Co.

Roilins & Co.,

DIMPEL,

Gas

Lippincott Co. 4y2s, '52

Co.

E.

Si

DENTON, Jr.,

F.

Co.

DOLAN,

Scranton Transit Co.

JOHN

Bros.

Sutro

F.

Company

TRADING DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL

Leeds &

Co.

Si

&

DITTELL, LEONARD

Whitehall Cement

Penna. & Southern Gas

E.

Gregory

Inc.

JAMES
Si

Inc.

DELAIRE, ALVIN J.
McLaughlin, Reuss
DEMAYE,

BURKE, JOHN FRANCIS

Fahnestock

EISELE,

(Associate)

STROUD & COMPANY

Phila.-Baltimore Stock Exch.

FREDERICK R.

Freeman

Si Company

ELLIOTT, FRANK L.

Incorporated

1508 Walnut Street
123

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

South Broad Street

ENGLANDER.
Marx

PHILADELPHIA 2, PA.




Beane

JOSEPH

Co.,

Si

DEDRICK, GEORGE
Blair F. Ciaybaugh

C. MERRITT

Company

COLLINS, GEORGE L.

Auchincloss, Parker & Redpatn

Roggenburg & Co.

Si

THOMAS

C.

Bonner

White, Weld Si Co.

BURIAN, ARTHUR

B. Boucher Si Co.

&

Eberstadt & Co. Inc.

DAVIS,

Edward

5%s, 1952

Fenner

MARTIN

CLEAVER, JAMES P.
Goodbody Si Co.

BURBANK, BERT

Inc.

BURCHARD,

Virginia Coal & Iron Co.

Berwick Gas Co. 4s,

Goodwin

Si

Pierce,

COLANDRO, JOSEPH N.

United Brick & Tile

Central Public Util.

A.

DANEMEYER, JOHN J.

Stonega Coke & Coal
Suburban Propane

ERNEST

DALY, DONALD A.
Walston, Hoffman

R. W. Pressprich Si Co.

Spencer Trask Si Co.
&

Corporation

Incoroprated

Adams Si Peck

Corp.

WILLIAM F.

CHRISTOPHER,

BOUCHER, JOHN B.
J.

Baker Si Co.

& Co.

WESLEY T.
Bonn

Amott.

Paine, Webber, Jackson Si Curtis

White, Weld & Cu.
BONN,

Webster Securities

DALE, CALVIN D.

Hornblower & Weeks

BRYAN, CHARLES F.

Lasser Bros.

Si

DAHLGREN,

TABER J.

EDWARD L.

CHAPMAN,

BOLAND, WILLIAM H.

CURRY, THOMAS L.

CUSACK, JOHN T.

Taber J. Chadwick Co.

BROWNE, HOWARD S.
Tweedy, Browne & Reilly

Harris, Upham & Co.

McLaughlin, Reuss Si Co.

Riverside Metal

G.

Co.

BRADLEY, WALTER V.
B. W. Pizzini Si Co., Inc.

Pfd. & Com.

J.

Lear & Co.

Troster, Currie Si Summers

Haupt & Co.

John

Si Co.

CURRIE, Jr., JAMES

CASPER, HARRY D.

Charles King Si Co.

Leeds & Lippincott

Reed,

Capper

Durieu

CARRINGTON, Jr., WILLIAM

Co.

Hutton &

Laurence M. Marks

CROWLEY, JOHN B.

CHANNELL, CLIFFORD K.

BOGGS, WILLIAM H.

Mericka

&

&

CHADWICK,
W.

McDermott & Co.

Goodbody Si Co.

WILLIAM G.

Murphy

BROWN, THOMAS J.

BLOCKLEY, JOHN C.

J.

Hanseatic

HOWARD

Hirsch

Peter P.

CRONE, EDWARD A.

Bendix, Luitweiler & Co.

BROWN, JULIUS D.

Company

Blyth Si Co., Inc.

COURTNEY, HARRY S.
CRAIG, JOSEPH J.

CAPPER, MILTON

,

Ingalls Si Snyder

BLAIR, FRANK H.

Wm.

of

Morris Cohon & Co.

Cohu & Co.

BOND, JOSEPH V.

Industrial Trust Co.

Jr., DAVID H.
Michigan Corporation

Company

York

BROWN,

BIRNBAUM, NAHUM

Hill,

First

BROWN, HAROLD L.

BIRD, JAMES F.

Allen &

&

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Birnbaum Si Co.

Benjamin Franklin Hotel Co.

CORLEY, EDWARD M.
Corporation

CALLAWAY,

Co.

BROOMHALL, ALLEN

Gude, Winmill & Co.

Belmont Iron Works

Company

Bradford Si

Co.

&

CAPPA, MICHAEL

BIRD, HENRY

Bellevue-Stratford Co.

C.

Allen

BILLINGS, JOSEPH H.

Billings &

&

Cahen

S. K.

BROOKS, GEORGE F.

& Co.

Sutro Bros.

SAMUEL K.

The Dominion Securities

BROCHU, PETER

Laird, Bissell Si Meeds

BEZER, CHARLES A.

Valley

Legg

CORKEY, DONALD B.
E. F. Hutton & Co.

CANOVA, THOMAS A. D.

BESWICK, SAMUEL F.

Altoona & Logan

C.

Inc.

Smith, Barney & Co.

Co.

CALEF, JOHN C.

BRINKERHOFF, Jr., JAMES WALTER

A.

Berwald

Grady,

John

Co., Inc.

&

Inc.

BREWER, III, JAMES R.

ARTHUR W.

Saxton Si

A.

Abraham

Co.,

Co.

BRENNAN, JAMES I.
J. G. White Si Co.,

Abbott, Proctor Si Paine
G.

Si

CAHEN,

BENTLEY, HAROLD W.

BERTSCH,

Dorfman

A.

&

COPPLE, LIVEY E.

JOSEPH C.

CABBLE,

BEN,

A.

Warner

Hardy Si Co.

Co.

Si

JOHN

Arthur

COOKE, RENE J.

BYRNE, HENRY W.
-

F. Fox & Co.

CONLON,

BUTLER, JOHN

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Mass.; Mrs. John

Boston, Mass.; Crandon Leahy, National Quotation Bureau, Boston,

Bishop,

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley M.
Smith, Bishop & Co., Syracuse, N. Y.; Hugh R. Schlicting,
Wm. P. Harper & Son & Co., Seattle

CHRONICLE

PHILADELPHIA 9

Si

SAMUEL

Co.

ENGLE, TRACY R.
Knickerbocker Shares, Inc.
,

"""tv new york

pittsburgh

allentown

scranton

lancaster

ERICKSON, WILLIAM T.
Shields Si

\

Company

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Convention Number

Mr. and Mrs.

Miller, Titus-Miller & Co., Detroit; Lawrence N. Marr, Ames, Emerich & Co.,

Don W.

EVANS,
Lee

GOLDSCHMIDT,

THOMAS S.

Higginson Corporation

Wm.

&

Inc.

Co.,

GOLDWATER,
Hettleman

FARRELL, JOHN J.
Securities

Farrell

Co.

&

Company

GOODMAN,
Shields

FELDMAN, ARNOLD
Hettleman & Co.

GRACE,
W.

Spiegelberg, Feuer & Co.

FISCHER,
Robert

L.

Co.

Summers

Van

& Beane

F.

P.

Bonner &

FRANK,

&

Company

B.

Seligman, Lubetkin & Co.

Lee

HINCHMAN, ROBERT M.
Ira Haupt & Co.

Co.

HINES, JOHN D.

Wm. L. Burton & Co.

Inc.

HOFFMAN, GEORGE W.
H. Frazee, Olifiers & Co.

J.

WILLIAM

F. Reilly & Co.,

Jackson

&

Curtis

Lazard

Alsberg &

Co.

J.

Frazier

Laurence

FREDERICK,
Paul

<fc

F.

1529 Walnut

Inc.

Established

H.

M.

LANCELOT

Byllesby

and

Company,

rated

Co.,

Los Angeles,

Calif.

HUFF,

•/

ASA C.
&

Georgeson

Specializing in

Incorpo¬

*'

V

PENNSYLVANIA TAX EXEMPT SECURITIES
PHILADELPHIA

Co.

(Continued

Company

Incorporated

CLINTON G.

HOWARD,

Corporation

WILLIAM

1907

Schafer, Miller & Co.

on

page

44)

O.

BANK

GUARANTEED
PENNA.

Co.

&

Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa.

UNDERWRITERS & DISTRIBUTORS

Co.

Reynolds & Co.

HOUGH.

Co., Inc.

Hanauer &

Allen &

Co.

&

PAUL

Frederick

B.

&

HORTON, CHARLES C.
Braun, Bosworth & Co.,

ARTHUR T.

HARDER,

Freres

& Otis,

HORN. EDWARD A.

Incorporated

FRAZIER, LAURENCE S.

JANNEY & CO.

HOLTZMAN, SYDNEY
J. F. Reilly & Co., Incorporated

HANAUER, JACK B.

FRENKEL,

Witter & Co.

Dean

GURDEN

Higginson

York

Clark, Dodge & Co.

Kaufmann,

Pizzini

3-4000

Lancaster

Germantown

GEORGE FARRELL

HIGGINS,

KIngsley 5-4000
WHitehall

York

Inc.

Herzog & Co.,

Inc.

Mackie,

&

W.

W.

HAMILL,

FRANKEL, HERMAN

Telephones:
New

HERZOG, ROBERT I.

IRWIN

HALSEY,

FRANKEL, ADRIAN A.

Bean

Co.

GUTTMAN, RUDOLPH
White, Weld & Co.

ROBERT R.
Reinholdt & Gardner

'

HOBLITZELL, BRUCE C.

Webber,

K.

'

STREET

16th

AT

Philadelphia

Helbig & Co.

HORCH. ERNEST M.

Richard

(ASSOC.)

PHILADELPHIA

J.

,

H. FRASER

GUTTAG,

FRANK,

Singer,

Baron G.
j

HOOPER, EARL H.
Gearhart, Kinnard

Paine,

Gregory

ISADORE

Frank

THOMAS

Glore, Forgan & Co.

FRANK, HAROLD W.

EXCHANGE

•

LOCUST

GUTBERLET, EDWIN S.

BARTON

B.

STOCK

EXCHANGE

EXCHANGE

CURB

YORK

NEW

JOSEPH F.

GURLEY,

STOCK

YORK

Co.

&

HELBIG, BARON G.
S.

Craigmyle, Pinney & Co.

Co.

Fox &

S.

Graff &

Affiliates,

GUITON,

James T. Fox Co.

FOX, FRED P.

Heaney

NEW

Hardy & Co.

GRONICK, SAMUEL

York

MEMBERS

PHILADELPHIA-BALTIMORE

Greenhall, Heck & Co.

Company

&

J.

HEFFERNAN,

ALLEN

NATHANIEL

Walker

H.

,

HECK, JOHN

GROWNEY, E. MICHAEL
Co.

FOX, JAMES T.

FOX,

Co.

Garfield & Co.

JOSEPH

Pont &

du

&

GRIMSHAW, FREDERICK M.
G.

1837

Bendix, Luitweiler & Co.

Griffin, Kuipers & Co.

Co.

;

HECHT, JOSEPH T.

Inc.

GRIFFIN, OSCAR D.

FOOTE, GORDON R.
Francis I.

Co.,

Inc.

&

—

Bleichroeder, Inc

MICHAEL J.

HEANEY,

GREGORY, Jr., WM. H.
Bonner & Gregory

DOMINICK A.
Noel

S.

and

& S.

Michael

Inc.

FLECKNER, WILLIAM L.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
FLORENTINE

IRVING

ESTABLISHED

Mathey & Co.

Arnhold

P.
&

A.

HATZ, ARTHUR

Co.

Purcell

Townsend,

F.

Pitfield & Co.,

Alstyne,

H.

Unterberg & Co.

GREENE,

JAMES

FIT/PATRICK,

E.

Greene

Byfield

Canady & Co.,

C.

A.

GREENE,

FitzGERALD, JOHN M.
W.

L.

GREENBERG, THOMAS

EDWARD A.
S.

FitzGERALD,
W.

&

C.

Currie &

IRVING
Pitfield

C.

Edward

WALTER

Troster,

&

E. W. CLARK & CO.

Burnet & Co.

W. E.

HARVEY, EDWARD A.

Company

Hill

.

HARTIGAN, RAYMOND A.
I

GRAHAM, FRANK C.

WILLIAM C.
M. Loeb, Rhoades

Carl

RICHARD

&

Benjamin,

FEUER, ABRAM J.

FILKINS,

1

Co.

GOURSE, WILLARD S.

FELTMAN, IRVING L.
Mitchell & Company

FILAN,

&

■>;.

HART, MAURICE
1 '
New York Hanseatic Corporation

LEO J.

GOODEVE, CHARLES W.
F. B. Ashplant & Co.

FARRELL, JOSEPH V.
McGinnis

HARDY, HARRY J.
Hardy & Hardy

Newburger, Loeb & Co.

SEYMOUR

Pollock

E.

SAM'L

GOLDSTEIN, DAVID

George T. Grady, John E. Joseph & Co., Cincinnati; Mr. and Mrs. Arch

Montague, W. E. Hutton & Company, Cincinnati; Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Hudepohl,
I
Westheimer & Co., Cincinnati

Clarence A. Horn, First of Michigan Corp., Detroit; Paul Yarrow,
E. F. Hutton & Company, Chicago; Paul I. Moreland, Moreland & Co., Detroit

Chicago;

FABRIC ANT,

43

AND

INSURANCE

AND

MARKET

GEN'L

STOCKS

RAILROAD STOCKS

MUNICIPAL

BONDS

FREDERICKS, Jr., PAUL C.
W.

Warren

York

&

Co.,

Inc.

Frederick

L.

Free

DEALERS

DISTRIBUTORS

FREE, FREDERICK L.
Co.

&

Phila.

FRENCH, JOHN S.
A. C. Allyn and Company, Inc.
Gersten

Railroad

FRANCIS

Public Utility

W.

Edwards & Sons

G.

Telephone

WOrth 4-2140

Frenkel

&

FRINGS, J. GEORGE
Sterling, Grace & Co.

A.

New York

Teletype

PH 80

LESTER

FRENKEL,

FROST,

Bell System

Telephone

RIttenhouse 6-7700

FUCHS, AUGUST G.
George B. Wallace

&

Industrial Securities
Co.

GAHAN, JOHN P.

Schoellkopf, Hutton &

Pomeroy,, Inc

GANNON. LESTER F.
Batkin &

Co.

Active Markets Maintained

GANSER, EDWARD N.
First of Michigan Corporation
JAMES

GAVIN.

E.

J. W. SPARKS & CO.
established

1900

C.

Blair, Rollins & Co., Inc.

members

GEARHART, Jr., FREDERICK D.
Gearhart, Kinnard & Otis, Inc.

Philadelphia Transportation Co. Issues

new

york stock

new york curb

phila.-baltimore stock exchange

exchange

chicago board of

exchange

trade

GERSTEN, HENRY B.
Gersten

Frenkel

&

GERTLER, JOHN H.
&

Bros.

Barr

Co.

STATE

GEYER, GEORGE
Geyer & Co., Inc.
A.

GHEGAN,
Edwin

L.

LOUIS A.
Laird, Bissell & Meeds

GISH,

Co.

Boettcher

Kirchofer

MEMBER

DIRECT

PHILADELPHIA-BALTIMORE STOCK EXCHANGE

and

A.

Company

THOMAS W.
& Arnold Associates,

GOLD, SAMUEL
Arthur

Warner &

GOLD, SAMUEL
Lilley & Co.

Co., Inc.

I.

GOLDENBERG, JOSEPH
Ira

GENERAL MARKET and PUBLIC

CARL K.

GLEASON,

J.

Henry B. Warner & Co., inc.

THOMAS P.

Gill &

MUNICIPALS

KINGSTON

Tatro Co.

GIBBS,

GILL,

OBLIGATIONS

PENNSYLVANIA and NEW JERSEY

Haupt & Co.




123 South Broad
Inc.

Philadelphia Telephone
PEnnypacker 5-2857
New York

T.

WIRE

&T.

TO

NEW

REVENUE BONDS
YORK

TELETYPE-PH 622

Street, Philadelphia 9, Pa.
Bell

System Teletype
PH 771

City Telephone: BOwling Green 9-4818

50

210

broadway

New

York

dlgby

4.

4-0230

N. Y.

Western

Broad

a

Philadelphia

kingsley

Savings Fund Bldg.

Chestnut

7,

Sts.

Pa.

5-8515

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44

Mr.

Mrs. Morton

and

Denver,

-

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Herzog & Co., Inc.
HUNT,

HUNT,

Weld

GEORGE
&

D'Assern

&

CHARLES

Hunter &

Co.

JOHNSON,
Battles

HUTCHINSON, ALMON L.
Cohu

&

Co.

G.

Van

H.

WALTER

Kidder,

R.

Saxton & Co., Inc.

KELLY,

Ginberg & Co.

KELLY,

Peabody

James

Siegel

Co.

&

Warner

&

Co.

John

Gregory

Group,

Co.

The

LA.DIN,

KING, CHARLES
&

Co.

Hill

Allen

&

HOPE

YOU

ENJOYED

THE

1950

CONVENTION

&

King

FELIX

strenuous

economic
made

to

LUBETKIN, LLOYD E.
Seligman, Lubetkin & Co.

LUDWIG, FREDERICK W.
Bacon, Stevenson & Co.

'

LUTTERMAN.

H.

Blrnbaum

KIRTLAND,

GEORGE

life

important days affecting
lie

ahead

—

many

our

social and

sacrifices

Today is Guaranteeing

must

your

be

W.

S.

Allen & Company

Company

Invest¬

AMERICAN FREEDOM.

EARLE
Ellis

Weeden

Stanley Heller & Co.

&

MacCALLUM, Jr., HARRY
MacCallum & Co., Mount Vernon,

E.
Anderson

&

Co.,

ROY

LARSON,
H.

Co.

KNAPP, REGINALD J.

ment in tomorrow's

JOHN VINCENT

Shields & Company

MacCULLEY, IRA B.
Equitable Securities

Inc.

LARKIN, THOMAS
Goodbody & Co.

KLEIN, LEROY
&

J.

Co.

LYONS. LAURENCE H.

LANGDON, PHILLIP C.

KLEIN, CHARLES E.

Lebenthal

MORRIS

&

Corp.

ELMER

Green,

Filor, Bullard & Smyth

and

the G I of

—

sincere and cautious hard work-

LAND,

Delafield

&

M.

McKinnon

&

Hayden, Stone & Co.

KIRK, JOSEPH J.
Delafield

Let's settle down

Securities Corp.

Co., Inc.

Company

Thomson

LYTLE,

King

Summers

LOPATO, ALLAN

J.

Ladin

S.

S.

Co.

,

Marks &

LOPEZ,

EDWIN

LALLY,

Currie &

Co.

&

Carl

Claybaugh Si Co.

Edward

I

KING, SAMUEL H.

&

LOELIGER, FRED V.

C.

Co.

First Boston

Curtis

LITZEL, CHARLES M.

Jr. & Co.

3rd, EDWARD

LADD,

&

BENJAMIN

Litchtenstein

S.

Troster,

& Co.

&

Jackson
F.

Co.

LIPSKY, CORNELIUS
Bendix, Luitweiler & Co.

WILLIAM

Bros.

Edair F.

Starkweather & Co.

King

A.

E.

PHILIP

HERBERT

LACY,

Incorporated

KIMBERLY, OLIVER A.

Charles

B.

LACHMAN, JR., CARL F.
Eastman, Dillon & CO.

KIMBALL, CHARLES E.

MILTON

Haupt &

LIENHABD, ERNEST

LACY

Sutro

Hardy & Co.

To The Traders and Sweethearts

Jr.,

O'Kane,

J.

Dunne

KUX,

Raymond Kenney & Co.

Distributors

J.

KUMM,

KILMER, HUGH

n. s. t. a.

NATHAN

&

Co.

&

LICHTENSTEIN,

Company

HANNS

KULLMAN,

KENNEY, D. RAYMOND
D.

Ira

KUIPERS, HENRY G.
Griffin, Kuipers & Co.

Incorporated

KENNEDY, WALTER V.
Coffin & Burr, Incorporated

JUNGER, SAMUEL H.

LEWIS,

C.

Kuehner

Joyce,

Co.

&

MARTIN L.

lewis, david J.
Paine, Webber,

Gregory

Co.

&

KUEHNER,

Co.

_

Lee-Willen

D. Cleland

KRUMHOLZ,

&

ROBERT J. J.

Bonner

JOYCE, WILLIAM H.
Joyce, Kuehner & Co.

Corpn.

LEVY,

WALTER

KRUGE,

Noel & Co.

JOSEPH M.

J. Arthur

gustave l.
Goldman, Sachs &

KRISAM, WILBUR
Geyer & Co., Inc.

Co.

&

Alstyne,

V.

Company

Pollack

&

Leone

& Co.

&

&

levy,

Securities

Bonner

c/o

S.

Co.

LEONE, GEORGE V.

»

KRASOWICH, JOSEPH D.

KELLY, JAMES FRANCIS

Courts & Co.

JACKSON, BERNARD
Henry Clews & Co.

Cohu

Co.

FRANCIS

KELLY, EDWARD J.
Carl
M.
Loeb, Rhoades

STANLEY J.
Company, Inc.

JONES, JAMES E.

ITTLEMAN, IRVING
Frank

A.

&

Moore

Co.

&

Cowen

&

JOHNSON,

ISAAC. IRVING H.
Stryker & Brown

C.

THOMAS

LOUIS
&

KENNETH

Mitchell

KRANZ. GEORGE

KASSEBAUM, JOHN E.

Estabrook & Co.

HUNTER. WELLINGTON

Inc.

KANE, WALTER

Joseph Janareli & Co.

Lebenthal

Inc.

LEIBERT,

J.

WILLIAM

Dominion

GERALD F.

Ernst

Co.

JANN,

LEBENTHAL,

Co.,

KOLLER, Jr., FRANK IJ.
Dreyfus & Co.

Frank

JOSEPH

JANARELI,
Starkweather

&

KORN,

KANE,

Co.

HUNT. GEORGE V.

KAHL, CHARLES A.

KANE,

JACOBUS, ROYDEN E.
Vilas & Hickey

B.

Knox

D.

KOERNER, IRVING
Allen & Company

KAISER, CHARLES M.
Grady, Berwald & Co., Inc.

JACOBS, SIDNEY
Sidney Jacobs Co.

JANSEN
& Co.

E.

White,

H.

Inc.

KALES, DAVIS
Wood, Gundy & Co.,

-

JACOBS, EDWIN
Stanley Pelz & Co.

HULSEBOSCH, GERARD F.

Co.,

and Mrs. Gustave Schlosser,

Corporation, New York City

KNOX, HERBERT D.

ALLAN

Charles A. Kahl & Co.

(Continued from page 43)

Company, New .'YbfeCity; Mr.

&

Union Securities

O'Connell &

Homer

Norfolk-^Southern Railroad; Patrick B. McGinnis,

Dalton,

Mrs. John F.

McGinnis

Ora M.

KADELL,

Security Traders Association of New York

and

Mr.

Cleveland, Ohio; Robert L. Mitton,

Cayne, Cayne & Co.,

A.

Don W. Miller, Titus-Miller & Co., Detroit, Mich.; Mrs.
Ferguson, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, Louisville, Ky.

Colo.;

Thursday, October 19, 1950

D.

LAX,

Wertheim & Co.

Knox

MACDONALD.

A.

Y.

Corp.
M.

Securities Corporation

The Dominion
«

MACKESSY, T. FRANK
Abbott, Proctor & Paine

R.
&

JOHN

N.

Co.,

Inc.

MACKIE, ROBERT

HERBERT

A.

Singer, Bean & Mackie, Inc.

Stanley Pelz & Co.

MacLEAN,

JOHN

S.

Shearson, Hammill & Co.
M

g
ESTABLISHED

CHESTNUT

1912

=

1

herb blizzard
1421

M

BROOKE

ST.

&. CO.

H

1

MADDOX,

Jr.,

WILLIAM T.

W. E. Hutton & Co.
MADER, HENRY J.
Adams

Peck

&

MAGID,

SAMUEL E.

Hill, Thompson & Co., Inc.
manney,

irving

OF PHILADELPHIA'S

formerly Brooke, Stokes & Co.

Manney & Co.

1
ONE

H

MANSON, JOHN N.

H

TRADERS

1

Investment Bankers

H

Hardy & Co.
MARACHE,

HAROLD

J.

Joseph McManus & Co.

1
n
WHOLESALE &

RETAIL

m

DISTRIBUTORS

MARKHAM, EDWIN J.
MARSLAND,

H

A

Continuing Interest in the Following Stocks:

B
N. E. Cor. 15th & Locusts Sts.

300 N. Charles St.

Philadelphia 2, Pa.

H

Baltimore 1, Md.

1
g

Southern Colorado Power

m
H

Southern Advance Bag & Paper

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Company

Wertheim & Co.
ALLISON

W.

Wood, Gundy & Co.,

Inc.

MARTENS, GEORGE

Cohu & Co.
'

MARTIN, RALPH

Bear, Stearns & Co.
masterson,
Frank

C.

frank

C.

Masterson

&

Co.

MAXFIELD, N. IRVING
Cohu

&

Co.

Talon, Inc.

MAYER, JOHN M.
Merrill Lynch. Pierce.

Grinnell Corporation

McCABE, MATTHEW J.
J.

Butcher

Cannon Mills "B"

Sherrerd

&

ESTABLISHED

W.

Gould

&

McCALL, FRANK J.
Stuyvesant F. Morris, Jr. & Co.

1910

Union

Securities

Merrill

Underwriters, Distributors, Dealers in

Members

Corporation

Exchange

W.

York Stock

Walnut

5-8200




Bell System
PH

Teletype
30

(Associate)

Street

E.

&

Fenner

&

Beane

Co.

Stephen

Burnet

&

r.

Co.

&

Peck

McGFVNEY, FRANK G.
Bendix, Luitweiler &

Co.

McGFVNEY, JAMES T.

1500

Philadelphia 3/ Pa.
PEnnypacker

Witter

Adams

Exchange—Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

New York Curb Exchange

1616

Dean

Mcdonald,

New

(Associate)

F.

Pierce,

Mcdowell, robert b.

MEMBERS

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

Members New York Curb

Lynch,

McCORMICK, FRANK T.

CORPORATE AND MUNICIPAL SECURITIES

Boenning & Co.

Beane

&

McCarthy, daniel d.
McCLUSKEY, JAMES

ESTABLISHED 1914

Fenner

Co.

New

York

Telephone

COrtlandt 7-1202

WALNUT

Philadelphia Telephone
PEnnypacker 5-2700

STREET

-

PHILADELPHIA

Teletype
•,

PH-4

2f

PA.

New York Telephone

BArclay 7-4641

Hornblower

&

Weeks

,

McGOWAN, ALFRED
Seligman, Lubetkin & Co.

McKENNA, FRANK V.
Grimm

&

Co.

'

.

■

Mclaughlin, john f.
McLaughlin,

Reuss

&

Co.

*

'

>

'

/

THE

Convention Number

Edward

J.

Greene

s.

john

JAMES

Carl

Merrill

Marks

NOKE, G.

J.

Lynch, Pierce, Penner & Beane

Co.

&

Inc.

du

&

Co.

McNULTY, EDWARD

PARSONS, HOWARD

O'CONNELL, EDWARD J.

H. D. Knox &

Harris

Hall

McVEY,

&

D.

Co.

McGinnis

McGinnis

D'Assern

J.

&

Rose

Gordon Graves

&

John

&

O'Kane.

Jr.

Roberts

&

Co.

PIZZINI,

J.

Incorporated

Co.

Co.

Co.,

samuel

W.

B.

WINTHROP

Pizzini & Co., Inc.
EDWARD

Primary Markets In All

H.

PLUMRIDGE,

Philadelphia Bank Stocks

THEODORE E.

Arthur Warner

&

Co.

J.

Incorporated

RAILROAD

&

Brothers &

RAILROAD

Co.

M.

C.

&

on

page

SECURITIES

New Jersey & Delaware Bank Stocks

46)

Philadelphia Transportation Co. Issues

Incorporated

Co.,

&

Pennsylvania,

Pollack

(Continued

Co.

b.

Warne-

&

MILTON

Osborne

REORGANIZATION

POLLACK. HAROLD J.
Leoiie

OSBORNE,

Inc.

BONDS

PLUNKETT, ALTON B.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

V.

Arthur

•

Stern, Lauer & Co.7

Goodbody & Co.

C.

milt,

MILTON

PLOTKIN.

FRANK

Bell Teletype PH 84

,

Telephone to Asiel & Co., New York

Troster, Currie & Summers
&

Orvis

Herrick

Barrett

Direct

O'ROURKE, EDWARD JOSEPH

RICHARD

MILLER,

N. J.

PEnnypacker 5-1570

Troster, Currie & Summers
PINKUS,

J.

MILLER, JOHN
Amott, Baker &

Industrial Securities

PIKE, BERTRAND F.

OPITZ, FRED W.

ORLANDO,

Railroad, Public Utility and

PHELPS, ROGER S.
Byrne and Phelps,« Inc.

Incorporated

B.

Company

Dealers, Brokers and Underwriters

& Co.

PFLUGFELDER, WILLIAM H.
Pflugfelder & Rust

O'MARA, JOHN J.
Goodbody & Co.

MILLER, HARRY D.
Nugent & Igoe, East Orange,

STOCK EXCHANGE

Co.

Garvin, Bantel & Co.

Co.

&

Ohio;

PA.

MEMBERS OF PHILADELPHIA-BALTIMORE

PETKE, RUDOLPH J.

Co.

MICHELS, HARRY A.
Allen

Company

O'Kane, Jr. & Co.

J.

Cincinnati,

Co.,

&

MURREY

S. K. Cahen

O'KANE, Jr., JOHN J.

MEYERS, WILLIAM T.
Graves

J.

PHILADELPHIA 9,

HARRY J.

PERLMAN,

Arthur Warner & Co.

John

Co.

MEYERS, Jr., JOHN J.

Gordon

Company

O'KANE, EDWARD R.

S.

MILTON

Shufro,

Richards

123 S. BROAD STREET

EDWIN F.
Ashplant & Co.

Ira Haupt &

OHLANDT, Jr., JOHN D.

Gruntal & Co.

MEYER,

&

Field,

e. w. & r. c. miller & co.

Quincey & Co.

PELZ, STANLEY
Stanley Pelz & Co.

Thomson & McKinnon

Co.

HERMAN D.

MEYER,

&

B.

E.

PEISER,

.

O'HARA, WALTER T.

WALTER

&

Co., Inc.

Ogden,-Wechsler & Co.

ANTHONY S.

MEWING, H.

&

OGDEN, CHARLES D.

Co.

&

F.

OETJEN, HENRY

EDWIN JEFFERSON
MeDermott & Co.

Laidlaw

PEET,

O'DONNELL, JAMES

MELVEN, SYDNEY R.

MERCOVICH,

In' >rporated

Company,

Fitzgerald & Company, Inc.

Murphy, Jr. & Co.

P.

Chas.

O'CONNOR, WILLIAM D.

MELLIN, WILLIAM T.

Peter

&

Homer O'Connell

GEORGE M.

MENDEL,

W.. Rich

C.

PAVIS, FRANK A.

O'CONNELL, HOMER J.

Lehman Brothers

Walter

S.

Freeman & Company

Co., Inc.

Richards,

Peeler, J. Lee Peeler & Co., Durham, N. C.

White, Weld & Co.

NYE, JOSEPH

McPHEE, THOMAS

A.

The Dominion Securities Corporation

Pont

McMANUS, JOSEPH V.
Joseph McManus & Co.
C.

Charles

Joseph H. Vasey, Geo. Eustis & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee

OXLEY, A. E. C.

HAROLD

Francis I.

Mrs.

45

OWENS, JOSEPH E.

NIEMAN, BARNEY

White, Weld & Co.

and

Mrs.

Co., New York City; Robert JT. Topol, Greene & Co., New York City;
Fred J. Casey, Doyle, O'Connor & Co., Chicago, 111.

Mclaughlin,

McLEAN,

Mr.

Stein Bros. & Boyce, Baltimore, Md.; Irving Allen Greene,

Armstrong,

&

COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

MITCHELL, DAVID R.
Blair F. Claybaugh & Co.
JOSEPH

MITCHELL,
Merrill

gerald f.
Duffy & Co.

monahan,
Edward

J.

M.

Finance

and

Byllesby

Company,

In¬

Bell

corporated
Marks

M.

Laurence

B.

RICHARD

MONTANYE,

&

Co.

Tyson

EDWARD

MONTE,

Building, Philadelphia 2, Pa.
New

Philadelphia Telephone
RIttenhouse 6-8500 & 6-3295

GILES

MONTANYE,
H.

F. J. MORRISSEY & CO.

A.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

&

Telephone
2-0300

System Teletype—PH 279

Company, Inc.

INVESTMENT

Newborg & Co.

York

HAnover

SECURITIES

moore, allen f.
H.

Hentz

&

LEWIS

Co.

TOWER, LOCUST AT 15TH ST., PHILA.2

PE. 5-8005

SAMUEL K. PHILLIPS 6- CO.

MOORE, MELVILLE L.

Finch, Wilson & Co.>

.■

ESTABLISHED 1904

morton, paul S.
Peter

P.

MeDermott & Co.

Members

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

MORTON, ROALD A.
The Blue List Publishing Company
HERCULES JOHN

MOTTINO,

Harris, Upham & Co.

MUELLER, Jr., WILLIAM C.
A.

M.

Kidder &

MULHOLLAND,

USTED AND UNUSTED SECURITIES

Co.

WILLIAM R.

McLaughlin, Reuss & Co.
MULLIGAN,

FRANK E.

Joseph McManus & Co.

1915 Packard Building, Philadelphia 2, Pa.

Underwriters

MULLIN, DANIEL G.

and Distributors

Tucker, Anthony & Co.

Merrill

C. Legg &

Bonner &

Co.

CORPORATE SECURITIES

Special Situations in

REVENUE AND AUTHORITY

Co.

Burton &

MURPHY,

MARKET MUNICIPAL BONDS

Gregory

MURPHY, RICHARD J.
L.

-<$>

<£-

GENERAL

MURPHY, HAROLD I.

Wm.

New York

COrtlandt 7-6814

CHARLES

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

MURPHY, CYRIL M.
John

Teletype

PH 375

LOcust 4-2600

PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL BONDS

White. Weld & Co.
MURPHY,

Bell System

Philadelphia

MULLINS, THOMAS J.

BONDS

OVER-THE-COUNTER

KENNETH P.

Blyth & Co.,

Inc.

MURPHY, Jr., WALTER
Walter Murphy, Jr. & Co.

SECURITIES

MURPHY, WALTER A.

Murphy & Durieu
MURPHY,
Merrill

.

WALTER

Kindly Show Us Your Block Offerings
J.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

MUSSON, JAMES F.
B. J.

Van Ingen & Co.

Inc.

Members Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock

Exchange

MYERS, ELMER E.
George B.

Wallace & Co.

1421

CHESTNUT

STREET, PHILADELPHIA 2

NELSON, GEORGE E.
Bonner

NESTER,

&

New York Phone

Gregory

WALTER C.

The First Boston Corp.

NIELSEN, SOREN D.
New

York

Hanseatic

Corp.




for Retail Distribution.

Aspden, Robinson & Co.
Teletype

Philadelphia Phone

COrtlandt 7-6814

PI1 313

Edward J. Caughlin & Co.

RIttenhouse 6-8189

FINANCE
Teletype—PH 788

BLDG., PHILADELPHIA 2, PA.
Telephone—RIttenhouse 6-4494

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46

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ifwill
IMR

Mr.

J.

John

Mrs.

and

Keenan,

Mr. and Mrs.

and Mrs.

Co., Los Angeles, Calif.; Mr.
Arthur Warner & Co., New York City

Morgan &

Theodore Plumridge, J.

Harry B. Buckel. Manley, Bennett & Co

REILLY, JOHN F.

Security Traders Association of New York

J.

F.

H.

IRVING

PORTER.

F. S.

Bennett

Goldman, Sachs &

R.

REDMOND, HERBERT T.

rOWELL, ALFRED L.
Alfred L. Powell Company

Frederick S.
REED.

CHARLES F.

PRELLER,

Carl M.

Eastman. Dillon & Co.

Co..

Inc.

Loeb, Rhoades Si Co.

Louis H.

Eastman, Dillon & Co.
JOHN

&

REEVES,

G.

Whitehead

Andrews,

McGinnis Si Company

Co.

SIMS

R.

Posner

Pulls,

RICHARD C.

Ames & Co.,

&

Schoellkopf, Hutton & Pomerov. Tnc.

York

Affiliates,

Eisele

Co.

Stamm

&

VON

"The

(JACK)

K.

Members

Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

Cohu

&

HERBERT
Rollins

C.

"The

S.

SALMON, 3rd, ARTHUR C.
Union Securities Corporation

1812

First

National

Bank

Bldg.

PITTSBURGH 22, PA.
1-3883

Teletype PG 381

Grimm

Digest"

Si

Co.,

Inc.

C.

E.

Stoltz

Merrill

Cowen

R.

M.

Gilliland

A.

f.

j.

Straus

&

Cohon

&

M.

Kidder

&

Co.

Siegel & Co.

Moore, Leonard & Lynch

«

SULLIVAN. ALOYSIUS
Co.

Wm.

WALTER F.

J.

A. A.

Hay,

Fales

&

A.

White, Weld & Co.

Mericka & Co., Inc.

SILVERHERZ,

a.

Co.

stryker, edward v.

IRVING

sullivan.
Merrill

J.

Co.

john

joseph

Lynch, Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane

SULLIVAN, WALTER E.
Haupt Si Co.

summers, willis m.

Troster, Currie Si Summers

Complete Facilities for

SWENSON, CARL
G.

Clearance Accounts

H.

Walker &

and invite

inquiries

Zuckerman, Smith Si Co.
edwin

Edwin

STOCK EXCHANGE

l.

L. Tatro Company

taylor, j. blyth
Taylor, Deale & Company, Inc.

local situations

on

Co.

swords, william j.
tatro,

On the PHILA.-BALTIMORE

REED, LEAR & CO.

TETMEYER, WILLIAM j.
Dominick

NEWBURGER & CO.

(Assoc.)

York

Stock

Branches

Greene

Exchange

1342 Walnut

NEW YORK 5

HARRISBURG

14 Wall Street

Telegraph Bldg.

and

Company

tini, henry r.
R.

Street, Philadelphia 7

Telephone: KIngsley 5-4500

Dominick

thompson, william f.

Exchange

New York Curb Exchange

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock

&

thompson, EDWARD i.
Smith, Barney & Co.

MEMBERS
New

PITTSBURGH

GEORGE
Co.

curtis

strothmann, nelson

NEW YORK CITY

•

Co., Inc.

Co.

Heimerdinger

Co.

SIKORA,

FRANK H.
H. Walker &

Incorporated

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
&

Morris

SHORTELL, THOMAS O.
Rothschild

We Offer

YORK, N. Y.
BUTLER, PA.
MEADVILLE, PA.
WASHINGTON, PA.

Co.

Co.

STRATTON,

Sherman & Co.

DIRECT PRIVATE WIRE

NEW

&

G. A. Saxton &

Ira

New York Curb

Inc.

&

STRAUSS. ABRAHAM

The Dominion Securities Corporation

Exchange

Co.,

stonebridge, charles l.

Company

SIEGEL, SIDNEY A.

SAUNDERS.

Members Pittsburgh Stock

&

Warner

stoltz, charles e.

Robinson

SANDBACH, JAMES A.
Union Securities Corporation

G.

•

Allyn

stolle, carl

SASSA.

GRant

C.

Arthur

STOLL, O. R.

RICHARD
Blair F. Claybaugh & Co.

SAMMON, JOHN F.
Posner &

A.

SHIPMAN,

I.

Co.,. Inc.

Co.

straus,

& Saltzman

Andrews,

&

SHIPMAN, C. E.
Halsey, Stuart & Co. Inc.

•

DAVID

Gruntal

J.

Co.

SHERMAN, LEE D.
L. D.

Corporation

&

stillman. harry a.

&

SHERIDAN, CORNELIUS B.
Si

Hatch

STEVEN, Jr.. ANDREW R.

Incorporated

SHEPPARD, EDGAR K.

Mitchell

Torple

L.

Investment Dealers'

Frederick

York Hanseatic

STERN, FREDERICK M.

Co.,

Graff

New

Frederic H.

SHARP, ELIOT H.
Capper

Glore. Forgan & Co.

SALTZMAN,

&

Frank Ginberg & Co.

STEINDLER. P. J.

Josephthal & Co.

Union Securities Corporation

Securities

Co.

Company

SALISBURY, WILLIAM H.

Corporate and Municipal

Stout &

H.

SERLEN, LEWIS H.

RUSSELL, Jr., PARIS SCOTT

Underwriters, Distributors & Dealers in

&

Townsend,

Co.

&

King, Libaire,

SELIGMAN, BERTRAM

RUSSELL, EDWARD WILLIAM
Edelmann

Co

steindecker, otto h.

Commercial & Financial Chronicle"

SEIJAS,
Blair,

Co.

Witter Si Co.

RUGEN, FRED

FAUSET, STEELE fit CO.

& Co.

Smithers &

S.

STEIN. JOHN R.

V

SEIBERT, HERBERT D.

RUBIEN, EVERETT R.
Dean

&

Seaver

ARCHIBALD

L.

b.

Merrill Lvnch, Pierce. Fenner Si Beane

SCRIMGEOUR, JOHN
J. K. Rice, Jr. & Co.

ROSENBAUM, HARRY
A.

HAROTD

STEIN, IRVING
Stein & Company

MacBride, Miller Si Co., Newark, N. J.
ROSE,

Company

william hart
Smith

Hart

F.

SEAVER, CHARLES

Inc

&

stanford, kenneth i.

Company

SEARIGHT, GEORGE A.

Si

Pont

Brown

Pershing & Co.
smith,

Bache & Co.

Roggenburg Si Co.

REID, R. VICTOR

WILLIAM

RAYMOND

SMITH,

&

SCHWARTZ, ARTHUR E.

ROOS, J. WILLIAM
PYLE,

Stryker

ROGGENBURG, STANLEY L.
Roggenburg Si Co.
Hardy

Mackie, Inc.

STARK.EUGENE

Inc.

ROGGENBURG, HARRY F.

Rothschild

&

du

SCHWADRON, J. JAY
Burke Si Company

Roberts & Co.

E.

&

I.

smith, elbridge h

Dowling & Co.

Frank

Bean

clifton b.

Francis

SCHRANK, JOSEPH

ROBSON, FREMONT W.
A.

Singer,
smith,

Palmer

ROOME, KENNETH A.

REEVES. JOHN H.

PRELLER. FRED W.

PRELLER.

Robinson

HARRY

C.

&

.

singer, herbert

Laird, Bissell & Meeds

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
ROBERTS,

W.

Inc.

SCHMITT, HENRY R.

ROBB, ERNEST N.

White, Weld Si Co.

Postley Si Co.

Co.,

SCHMIDT, WILLIAM T.

Hickey

Walston, Hoffman Si Goodwin

Co.

REARDON, WARREN V.

GILBERT J.

Gilbert J.

&

RIGGIO. ANDREW F.

RASCHKIND. SOLOMON

WILLIAM K.

Hemphill, Noyes, Graham, Parsons Si Co.
POSTLEY,

Vilas

Moseley Si Co.

&

GUSTAVE J.

SCHMAUDER, ROBERT H.

RETALLICK, ARTHUR B.
RAPPA, SALVATORE J.

POOLE, HORACE I.
Eisele & King, Libaire. Stout & Co.

Knox

Union Securities Corporation

Newborg & Co.

-

D.

SCHLOSSER,

J. Arthur Warner & Co. Incorporated

REISMAN,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

SCHAEFER, EDWARD

Reilly & Co. Incorporated

REILLY, THOMAS J.

(Continued from page 45)
-

Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. George
Elder, George A. McDowell & Co., Detroit

J.

LEBANON

ATLANTIC

Day

&

Co.

tisch, alfred f.

Fitzgerald Si Company, Inc.

Teletype: PH 306

Farmers Trust Building

L.

CITY

Central Pier

titolo, joaquin
Harris, Upham Si Co.

titus, Jr., william
Wertheim &

a.

Co.

torpie, james v.
Torple & Saltzman

Public

Utility—Railroad—Industrial

UNION

TRUST

PITTSBURGH

BUILDING

19,

PA.

c.

New Jersey and General Market Municipal Bonds • Electronic
and Television Securities • Guaranteed and Leased
Line Stocks • Equipment Trust Obligations
Bank and Insurance Stocks




Securities

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

Investment Securities
1500

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Unterberg Si Co.

trager, thomas j.
Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Si Beane

TREFCER, GEORGE
Cutter

&

d.

Dixon

"The Investment Dealers'
Digest"

Chailes A. Taggart & Co., Inc.
Members

E.

trigger, raymond

Mutual Funds Shares

Municipal and Corporate

Merrill

TOWBIN, BELMONT

SECURITIES

THOMAS & COMPANY

TORPIE. ROBERT a.

troster, oliver j.
Troster, Currie Si Summers
TUZO, LAMAR K.
Union Securities
Corporation

unterberg, clarence e.

Walnut St., Philadelphia 2

Phila. Phone

Teletype

New York Phone

KIngsley 5-1716

PH 677

DIgby 8-3000

C. E.

Unterberg Si Co.

valentine, john h.
Shearson, Hammill &
VANDERBECK, JAMES
Carreau &

Co.

Co,

THE

Convention Number

Mr.

and

Mrs.

George

L. Collins,

Mrs. Daniel

VANDEE

NOOT, IIARRY

Mr. and Mrs. Paul W.

City;

Geyer & Co., Incorporated, New York
Hawkins, Cleveland, Ohio

Cincinnati

CANN,

BLANEY,

CARLTON, FRANK A.

J.

P.

JAMES

A.

P.

F.

Blaney & Co.

MAURICE J.

A.

Incorporated

Becker & Co.

G.

Carlton

Co.

Si

RIPER, MILTON
C. Legg & Company

BLOHM, MILTON R.
Glore, Forgan & Co.

CASEY,

TUYL, E. EVERETT

BLOMBERG, CARL X.

CASSERLY, Jr., THOMAS D.

John
VAN

Yarrow, E. F. Hutton & Company, Chicago; Mr. and Mis.

BINZ, A. A.
Shearson, Hammill & Co.

Chicago

KEEGAN, BENJAMIN H.

Frank C. Masterson & Co.
VAN

47

Clair S. Hall, Jr., Clair S. Hall & Co.,

Bond Traders Club of

Pell Ac Co.
VAN

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Van Tuyl & George

VARE, ARTHUR

McKinncn

&

FRED

J.

Doyle, O'Connor & Co., Inc.
Doyle, O'Connor Si Co., Inc.
AUDRAN J.

CAVANAUGH,

Hourwich & Co.

BLUMENTHAL, HAROLD
Swift, Henke & Co.

VERIAN, FRANK R.

BOBLETTER. HEVRV T.

CERF, Jr., FLOYD D.
Floyd D. Cerf, Jr. Company,
Incorporated

Salomon

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

VERMILYE,

G.

Lamson

&

Central

Co.

Hemphill, Noyes, Graham, Parsons & Co.

Treasurer: Fred O. Cloyes, Cruttenden & Co.

Joseph McManus & Co.

Co.; George R. Torrey, Kebbon, McCormick & Co.
Casey, Doyle, O'Connor & Co.,

LOUIS
Quotation Bureau

National Committeemen: Fred J.

Inc.; Leonard J. Wolf, A. G. Becker & Co., Incorporated; Law¬
rence N. Marr, Ames, Emerich & Co., Inc.; Paul Yarrow, E. F.
Hutton & Company; Glen A. Darfler, Kneeland & Co.
Alternates: Lester J. Thorsen, Glore, Forgan & Co.; Fred Rahn,
The Illinois Company of Chicago; Milton J. Isaacs, Straus &

WALLACH. HERMAN K.
&

Newman

Co.

WARNER, FRANK
Saxton

A.

W.

& Co., Inc.

WASHER, HERBERT R.
Roberts & Co.

Richman & Co.

Bond.

W. FOSTER

(Members

Hardy & Co.

located

in

otherwise

WECHSLER, ARNOLD J.

ALLYN.

Ogden, Wechsler & Co.

A.

THEODORE
Hay, Fales & Co.

WECHSLER,

ALM,

C.

Chicago unless

A.

First La

David

BACHAR,

MORTON N.

Betts,

& Co.,

Warner

Arthur

Yantis

S.

&

A.
Company

and

JOHN

COLNITIS,

J.

WALLACE

COMBITHS,

Incorporated

Co.,

William

BURKE. HERBERT J.
Rogers Si Tracy, Inc.

A.

Fuller

&

T.
Co.

CONDIT. CECIL O.
F. S. Yantis & Co., Incorporated

BUSBEY, HON. FRED E.
CONDON,
CAMPBELL,

EDWARD

Continental

Trust

J.

Illinois

B. J.

National

RAYMOND V.
& Co. Inc.

Van Ingen

&

Bank

CONLAN, PETER J.
Hornblower & Weeks

Co.

CANN, JULES F.
Lehman Brothers

(Continued on page 48)

BECKER.

Dickson Si Co., Inc.

Incorporated

& Co.

Co.

WILLIAM J.

Tell

about the "security you

us

GEORGE

B.

pass

it along to

our

like best." We'll

clients—and hope to place

Swift, Henke Si Co.

STEPHAN A.
& Co.

Allyn and Company, Inc.

M.
Borland & Co.

BERGREN,
Trust

on

name

your

books and

your name on ours.

MAYNARD

C.

Continental

Co.

our

RODNEY

Betts,

G.

BARCLAY, HAROLD
Barclay Investment

Washington St.

SYRACUSE, N. Y.

Noyes Si Co.

JOSEPH

E.

120

GARY

L. F. Rothschild Si Co.

BERG,
A. C.

E. W. SNYDER & CO.

Borland

BALLISCH,

Siegel Si Co.

S.

Simmons

Rice

F.

Co.

BAY, JAMES N.
Thomas E. King Si

Incorporated

BERNARD

WELCH, FRANK H.
R.

A.

J.

Rollins

BENSON,

Herzog & Co., Inc.

J,

F.

NORMAN B.

Blair,

ARTHUR, JOHN

WEINGARTEN, LOUIS

WEISSMAN,

Daniel

BAX, PAUL J.
Barclay Investment Co.

ANDERSON, WILLIAM A.
Lee Higginson Corporation

Co.

WEINBERG, SAMUEL
S. Weinberg & Co.

WEISS,

TIMOTHY

COLLINS,

J.

Harris, Upham & Co.

BAUM,

ANDERSON, JOHN A.
Anderson, Plotz Si Company, Inc.

White, Weld & Co.

&

O.

& Co.

Co.

Salle

BARTHELL,

C.

Noyes & Co.

WEIFFENBACH. WILLIAM L.
Young

G.

Co.

Si

FRED

Cruttenden

COCHRAN, LOREN A.
William Blair & Company

G.

HORACE

La Salle

First

BARNHART, WILLIAM 8.

ANDERSON, ALFRED E.
Faroll Si Company

WEHMANN, GILBERT H.

BARNHART,

indicated)

JOHN W.
Allyn & Co.

WALTER

David

WECK, ALBERT H.
Albert H. Week Co.

Theodore

Kneeland & Co.

CLOYES.

Blosser; William Hunter, Lee Higginson Corporation; Fred O.
Cloyes, Cruttenden & Co.

WASSERMAN. IRVING

WEBSTER,

Ellis

J.

A. A. Harmet Si Co.

Darfler, Kneeland & Co.; Lester J. Thorsen, Glore, Forgan &

WALKER, GRAHAM

Blunt

Sc

DAVID

Brothers

THOMAS

CLINE.

BURKE, EDWARD M.

Joseph G. Ballisch, A. C. Allyn & Co., Inc.; Glen A.

Directors:

Co.

FRANK

Kneeland

BURKE,

Co.

E.

GEORGE

CLEAVER,
Lehman

Company

BULLER, FRANK H.
Hickey Si Co., Inc.
BURCH,

Incorporated
Secretary: Orville H. Strong, First National Bank of Chicago.

Grimm & Co.

National

Frederick O. Cloyee

Strong

President: Fred J. Casey, Doyle, O'Connor & Co., Inc.

WALDRON, STANLEY M.

WALKER,

H.

Orville

Vice-President: Leonard J. Wolf, A. G. Becker & Co.,

WALDRON, D. KINGSLEY

G.

Leonard J. Wolf

Casey

& Beane

WALDRON, CHARLES H.
Bull, Holden & Co.

&

&

Salomon Bros. Si Hutzler

Fred J.

SCHAUMBERG, GERALD

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

Wertheim

Blair

Si

CLARKE. JOHN W.
John W. Clarke, Incorporated

(Incorporated)

BROWN, HARRY M.

VOLK, WILLIAM

VON

Republic Company

William

Hill & Co.

Fuller

A.

CHAPIN, RALPH
Reynolds & Co.

BREWER, G. FABIAN

JOHN J.

Benjamin,

Co.

BOWKER, HERBERT H.
Harris, Hall & Company

VOGELL, FREDERICK W.
Vogell & Co., Inc.
VOGRIN,

,Hutzler

Si

Bros

BOEDEKER, ROBERT F.

VOCCOLI, Jr.. MICHAEL A.
King

&

BODEN. JOHN L.

LATHROP

Vermilye Brothers

Charles

Bros.

William

Iillinois

National Bank Si

Company

WENDLER, EVERETT F.
Mitchell & Co.

WERKMEISTER, JR., JOHN O.
Gilbert

J.

&

Co.

r

EDMUND A.

WHITING,

Loeb,

M.

CONNECTICUT

Primary
FIFTY-NINTH YEAR OF DEALING IN

& Company

Frank

Carl

Postley

RALPH H.

WESEMAN,

Rhoades

&

MARKETS for Dealers everywhere

Co.

WHITLEY, J. B.

We

Halsey, Stuart Si Co. Inc.

CONNECTICUT

WIEN, MELVILLE 8.
M. 8. Wien & Co.

Insurance

WILLIAMS, CARROLL W.

SECURITIES

Laird, Bissell Si Meeds
WINSTON, LOUIS
Frank

&

-

particularly invite
inquiries in:

your

Industrial-Utility

AMERICAN HARDWARE

ASSOCIATED

SPRING

CONN. LT. &

Bank

POWER

CONNECTICUT POWER

State &

HARTFORD EMPIRE

Municipal

Company

HARTFORD ELECT. LIGHT
LANDERS

WIRTH, HOMER

Securities

Primary Markets

& Co.

Mabon

Witkowski <fe

Si

Co.

Heller

&

& MlDDLEBROOK

COBURN

Co.

THOMAS F.
Herbert Onderdonk Co.

INCORPORATED

WORTHINGTON,
C.

WREN, LAWRENCE
Allen

&

YOUNG.

YUNKER

Chas. W. Scranton & Co.

Company

Young

&

ROSWELL J.

ZINGRAF, CHARLES

209 CHURCH

Co.

Hemphill, Noyes, Graham, Parsons & Co.
Laurence

NEW

MEMBERS

THEODORE R.

Theodore

CO.

VEEDER-ROOT

WITTMAN, DAVID
Stanley

C.

MACHINE

SOUTH'N NEW ENG. TEL.

Statistical Information

Co.

WITTICH, WILBUR R.
Grimm

&

RUSSELL MFG.

WITKOWSKI, JOHN
John

F.

NEW BRITAIN

M.

M. Marks & Co.

ZINNA. EDWARD

Smith, Barney & Co.




YORK

London 2-4301

Hartford

7-2669

EXCHANGE

Hartford

Tel.

Bell Teletype NH 194

New

York

REctor 2-9377

Bridgeport

4-2151

Waterbury 3-3166

Danbury

3-2734

Lewis

Street, Hartford 1
N. Y. Tel. DIgby 4-6713*

7-3261

STREET, NEW HAVEN 7, CONN.

New Haven 6-0171
New

STOCK

37

Teletype HF 464
New York

New Haven

Providence

Norwich

Niantic
*Direct

Portland, Me.

Brattleboro

Hartford-New York 'Phone

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48

W.

DAY,
.

Chicago

I

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

RICHARD

Thomson

WM.

Cruttenden

CULLEN,

H.

Goshia

LEONARD
&

Co.,

)

Co.

CHARLES

Langlll

PATRICK

w

J.

Co.

* *

Ohio

Phoenix,

DAHLIN,

Bacon, Whipple St Co.

GEORGE

DARFLER,
Kneeland

Cruttenden

&

FULLER,

GALE.

(Associate)

FRED

The

First

GARTMAN,

GAVIN.

JOHN

/■

&

Francis

W.
Co.

<
c

FALVEY,

ROY

Thomas

Sheerin

D.

&

Co.

I.

Co.,

Indianapolis

(Associate)

Bank

&

of

Chicago

Co.

Farwell,

Abner K.

Harold H. Dane

Northrop

Louisiana and

H.

James J. Plauche

John Dane, Jr.

M.

ARTHUR E.

Byllesby

and

Thomson

GOODMAN,
Bache

E.

GORDER.

JAMES

Sills, Fairman

HAYS,

Incorporated

Stone

St

HENRY

Company

A.

K.

Republic

Co.

HEALY, WILLIAM B.
Comstock

New Orleans Bank Stocks

and

CARL

EDDE

Central

E.

Harris,

&

A.
Co.

Gorman, Peck & Co.

WILLIAM D.

GOODWIN.

St

WILLIAM R.

HARTWIG.
Link,

Freehling, Meyerhoff St Co.

FEIL, PETER V.
Langlll & Co.

Co.

Co.

Thomas

W.

St
W.

ALFRED

Harmet

A.

HARRELL.

EDWARD

GOODMAN.

FELLEGI, JULES
Farwell, Chapman & Co.

Southern Corporate Issues

McKinnon

Co.

&

ELMER

Caswell St

Company,

Incorporated

FAUST, JOHN N.
Kidder, Peabody St Co.

Mississippi Municipals

&

L.

J.

Chapman

HARMET.
A.

Inc.

J.

Moseley St Co.

HAMMELL.

Co.

J.

JOHN

Jr.,

Chicago

of

A.

Co.

&

and Company.

Allyn

S.

Bank

WILLIAM

HALLFORD,

J.

GLOSSER, EARL C.
FARRELL,

H.

D.

Co.

DONALD

C.

HACK,
F.

W.

Co.

GIESEN, ELMER J.
David A. Noyes &

St

Nuveen

GUILD,
A.

duPont

&

Henke

GRIGSBY,

GEORGE

JOSEPH

Goodbody

GORDON

JOHN H.
First National

The

O.

Jr.,

Co.

Security

Swift,

John

National

J.

A.

GRIER.

A.
St

Ky.

Co., Incorporated

GREENBERG, MORRIS
Hallgarten St Co.
GREGORY.

JOHN T.

EUSTICE,

Co.

Union

Incorporated

Co.,

Company

Fuller

A.

Louisville,

Co.,

WILLIAM

GREEN, ARTHUR

J.

&

E.

Bond

Blair, Rollins &

T.

LEONARD
and

Bankers

The

GRATZA,

Ripley

Co.

&

THOMAS

(Associate)

A.

Halsey, Stuart St Co. Inc.
GAMON,

GLEN A.
&

Chicago

Company

WILLIAM

William

Company

of

JOSEPH T.
A. Fuller St Co.

ERZBERGER, ELMER W.
Smith, Burris & Co.

DAVIDSON, HOWARD I.
Zippin St Company, Inc.

Co.

Co.

St

and

E.

Cruttenden

CRONIN, DOMINIC C.

FULLER,

CHARLES E.
Thomas E. King & Co.

Langlll St Co.

COUTTS, RONALD M.
A. C. Allyn & Company, Incorporated

Ariz.

Co.

A.

Ellis

FRED

Boettcher

William

EGNER, ADOLPH C.
Shearson, Hammill

Goodbody
GRAHAM,

Co.

DONALD

FRIEDMAN,

ENYART,

W.

HOWARD

Co.

St

GEORGE

&

Harriman

!

KENNETH

Inc.

C.

EARLE

GOTT,

W.
Co.,

&

Blair St

FOLLMER,

GILBERT E.

A.

Hentz

FLETCHER.

P.

Bolger

Kenneth

CUNNINGHAM, JAMES W.
Reynolds & Co.

(Associate;

William

FINLEY

Shilllnglaw,

FITZSIMONS,
H.

Co.

Mich.

J.

Doyle, O'Connor & Co., Inc.

ELLIS,

J.

'

McMaster Hutchinson &

Co.

Stearns St

Bear,

Rapids,

Emerich

Ames,

FITZGERALD, GERALD E.
The First National Bank

NEIL

LEO

EGBERT,

J.

CUNNINGHAM, BERNARD
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

C.

Toledo

St

CUMMINGS,

(Associate)
CORNELIUS.

St

Co.

Young-Tornga

Grand

ARTHUR

FENTON,

&

JOHN F.

YOUNG,

DUNNE,

•

Alfred O'Gara & Co.

COONEY, WALTER E.
Kidder, Peabody St Co.
COOPER,

!

Cruttenden & Co.

McKinnon

&

Devlne

DOYLE,

CRUTTENDEN, Jr., WALTER W.

R.

W.

JAMES
J.

De

1

CRUTTENDEN. WALTER W.

FREDERICK J.
& Company

Shields

COOLEY,

Scheuer, Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Chicago; Col. Herbert H.
Blizzard, Herbert H. Blizzard & Co., Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer W. Hammell,
Caswell & Co., Chicago

Detmer St Co.

De
•

COOLEY,

C.

bETMER,

(Continued from page 47)

COOK.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles G.

Ellis, Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Dallas, Texas; G. Harold Pearson, Rauscher,
Pierce & Co., Dallas, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Kelly,
Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co., New York City

Bond Traders Club of

Thursday, October 19, 1950

&

Co.

A.

Webster

Securities

Corporation

HERMAN.
The

FRANK

First National

Bank

Chicago

of

HICKEY, Jr., MATTHEW J.
Hickey St Co.. Inc.
HICKEY.

RICHARD

Kneeland

JOHN

DANE

HIGGINS.

Specialists in

Teletype
NO

A.

HIRSCHBERG, EDWARD A.

louisiana municipals

Greenebaum

Investment

Co.

i

HITCHCOCK, JAMES E.
Cruttenden

Telephone

465

LARRY

Hulburd, Warren St Chandler

Members New Orleans Stock Exchange

NEW ORLEANS 12, LA.

J.

Co.

&

Canal 9321

HOBBS,

Dealers in

Co.

&

WILLIAM

Russ

&

Co.,

G.
Antonio,

San

Tex.

(Associate)

Municipal and Corporation Securities

HOFER,

CHARLES

Ernst

St

Co.

-

HOFER, RAYMOND

Morris W. Newman

Wm.

John

Perry Brown

E.

Kerrigan

Ernst & Co.

HOLT,

Barrow, Leary & Co.

Dealers in

SHREVEPORT

LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI and

Telephone 2-8351

—

80,

H.

HORACEK, JEAN A..
First-, Securities, Company of

LOUISIANA

HORDER, EARL R.

Bell Teletype SH 82 & 83

L. D. 64 & 65

LESTER

Eastman, Dillon St Co.
■'

Chicago

... •

Halsey, Stuart St .Co. Inc.

-

-

HUMMEL,

OTHER SOUTHERN MUNICIPALS

GEORGE F.
Securities Company

First

WILLIAM

HUNTER.

of

Chicago

S.

Lee Higglnson Corporation

HUTCHINSON. HERBERT A.
McMaster Hutchinson' & Co.

newman, brown & co.
INC.

325 Hibernia Bank

IKE

SCHARFF

JAMES

E.

RODDY

JOHN

J.

ZOLLINGER,

JR.

Building

NEW ORLEANS,
Long Distance 345

D.

JACOBSON.

FRANK

E.

Mercantile^ National-Bank

12

JACOBSON.

Teletypes NO 189 & NO 190

.,

ISAACS. MILTON J.
Straus St Blosser

R.

DONALD

>

<

Smith, Burris &;Co.
JANSHOFF. ROBERT
Otis & Co.

W.

JOHN8ON, FREDERICK F.
Barcus,

Kindred

JOHNSON,
The

UNDERWRITERS

—

DEALERS

—

BROKERS

TOGE

First

KANT.

HERBERT

Greenebaum

Schorff L Jones
INCORPORATED

TELETYPE

BUILDING
NO

Branch—Jackson, Miss.




219

Teletype—NO

175

CARONDELET ST.

L.

D.

"

KFFGAN,

Co.

^

"

Investment; Co.

&

181

(Ground

Floor)

R.

KFGLEY, WTLLIAM C.
Rogers St Tracy, Inc.

235

MAGNOLIA

1271

Stern

JOHN

F.»

Brothers

St

Co.

KEITH. CLYDE F. >
Cruttenden -"St Co.

NEW ORLEANS 12

SHREVEPORT, LA.

BERNARD

Hickey St Co.,vine.

KEHOE,
180

ORLEANS 12, LA.
Bell

H.

KEARNS, HUGH T.
Doyle, O'Connor, &'.Co., Inc.

WEIL & ARNOLD
Raymond 0711 & LD 419

Corp.

KANE, VINCENT T.
Aim,. Kane, .Rogers &

Corporate Securities

NEW

Co.

JONES, WILLARD C.
C. J. Devine &.Co.

Municipal and

CANAL

St
V.

Boston

JACKSON, MISS.

KELLY. FRANK'S.
KELLY.

JOHN

*

.

*

A.

Smith, Barney St Co.

j

,

.

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Cleveland; Mrs. Ora M. Ferguson, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

Mrs. Morton Cayne,

H.

Lee,

Portland, Ore.

MAHER, RAYMOND A.
A. C. Allyn & Company,

KENT, EDWARD L.
Kneeland

Co.

&

JEROME

KERR, WILLIAM D.
Bacon, Whipple & Co.

MARQUARDT,

KING, GEORGE F.
White, Weld & Co.
KING, THOMAS E.

MATHEWS, HENRY T.
Doyle, O'Connor & Co.,

Thomas

E.

King

& Co.

Becker

G.

w.

kitchen,
Scherck,

Cruttenden

Incorporated

Co.,

&

MATZ.

t.

Richier

Louis,

St.

Co.,

The

J.,

Marshall

C.

Milwaukee, Wis.

Company,

(Associate)

PHILIP

Childs

F.

C.

Devine

&

Sincere

S.

Moseley

Comstock

R.

Harriman

LANGILL, BANFORD
Langill & Co.

&

Co.

Bache

&

Bank

B.

Sills,

A.

Leason

Chandler

&

50)

YORKji

and wire system

Hutzler

&

HENRY P.
Goldman, Sachs & Co. '

Inc.

LAWRENCE

C.

Blair

William

&

NASHVILLEjJ^^^WiJfjQxvlLLE

Spink

Miller,

&

GREENSBORO

Company

Co.

MEMPHIS
Co.,

Inc.

Weeks

MOELMANN, EDWIN J.
Spencer Trask & Co.

g.

Co., Inc.

harvey
Co.,

I

glen

1

/

I

MOFFAT, DONALD L.
C. F. Childs and Company

!• ATLANTA

® BIRMINGHAM^

/

<

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DALLAS

Inc.

MONTGOMERY,
Glore, Forgan

LEE, ARTHUR D.
Goldman,

Inc.

on page

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Salomon Bros.

harvey

&

Harris,

Offices

william j.

Jr.,

Warren

MILLER, SAUL R.

leason,

&

MEYERS,

LAWLOR, Jr., WILLIAM J.

&

Fairman

Co.

W.

(Continued

Betts, Borland & Co.

MIEHLS, DON G.

Leason

ARTHUR

MEYER, JULIEN L.

RAYMOND F.
Wheelock & Cummins,

leason,

P.

&

Co.

&

Merrill

Co.

&

PARKER.

Company

JOHN

O'Rourke

Equitable

Co.

MELL, HERMAN G.

LaPAK,

Hornblower

P.

Co.

GEORGE W.

&

Hulburd,

LANNAN, J. PATRICK

&

J.

O'CONNOR, HUGH J.

LOWELL
Co., Inc.

McHUGU. JOHN D.
James J. McNulty & Company

Bros.

and

& Co., Inc.

O'ROURKE,

NEW

F.

McGregor,

Lamson

Inc.

—Hartford

KRELL, ROBERT B.
Bacon, Whipple & Co.

ROCCO,

Blyth

Reltzel,

Inc.

LANE, WILLIAM H
Harris Trust & Savings

LA

&

J.

McGREEVY, JOHN

&

Mitchell

Co.

KOONTZ,

Brothers

R.

Co.

MAYER, ERNEST A.
Dayton & Gernon

McGHIE. Jr.,

Kneeland

Remer,

O'BRIEN, EDWIN P.

&

&

OLDERSHAW, HALLOCK B.

CHRIS. J.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Inc.

Upham

Harris,

Inc.,

McFARLANE, LAURENCE B.

Company

HARVEY

O'DONNELL, CHARLES

j.

(Associate)

NORTON, LAWRENCE H.

F.

NEWPART,

T.

Cummins,

Fla.

McCOTTER, DONALD C.
Lee Hlgginson Corporation

Inc.

F.

and

J.

&

KOERNER, STAR C.
Mitchell, Hutchins & Co.
Brown

Inc.

NIEBUHR,

CHESTER

MAYER,

Jr.

KOEHLER, THOMAS S.
Sills, Fairman & Harris,

KOENIG,

NEWELL, EDWARD
Langill & Co.

Co.

&

CHARLES

Wheelock

Mo.
,

OTTO

NELSON,

Leason

(Associate)
KOCH,

F.

Co.

&

Orlando,

MATHEWS, MURRAY C.

KIPP, JOHN D.
A.

Fuller

A.

LAWRENCE N.
Ames, iiimench & Co.,

WILLIAM

The Crummer Company,

WILLIAM A.
Bear, Stearns & Co.

MARR,

William

NOEL,

NELSON, HARRY L.
Blyth & Co., Inc.

Incorporated

Sterne, Agee & Leach, Birmingham, Ala.; Carl E. Hill,! Milhous,
Mayes, Hendrix & Mayes,, Inc.,
Birmingham, Ala.; Mrs. Alonzo Lee

Martin & Co., Atlanta, Ga.; Harold B.

Louisville, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Sloan, Donald C. Sloan & Co.,

& Beane,

49

THOMAS
& Co.

R.

Sachs & Co.

RUSSELL F.
Shearson, Hammill &

MOON,
LEE, JOSEPH M.
Daniel

F.

Rice

and

Co.

Company
MORRIS,

ORION

Continental

LIENING, EDWARD
Miller, Spink & Co.

Trust

Inc.

EVAR L.
Paine, Webber, Jackson

Co.

MORTON,

LINDER,

The

& Curtis

of

MORTON.

FRED

&

NEW ORLEANS

g.

Company

(Associate)

Wis.

HOWARD

1

C.

McMaster Hutchinson

LOX,

Bank

Chicago

Milwaukee

Milwaukee,
LONGSTAFF. RALPH S.
Rogers & Tracy, Inc.

National

Illinois

& Co.

WILBUR

Bacon,

DONALD R.
Harris, Upham & Co.

MULLER,

Whipple & Co.

LYNCH, PHILIP A.
James

MAGEE,
H.

M.

E.

Bennett

&

L.
Byllesby and

Co.

MURPHY, JAMES H.
Dempsey-Tegeler Co.

MARTIN

Company,

MURPHY,

JOHN

D.

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Incorporated

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Underwriters

Firm

Distributors

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•

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Equitable customers.

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OF

and executions

Market Municipals
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United

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TWO WALL STREET, NEW YORK 5, N. Y,

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Murray Barysh, Ernst & Co., New York City; George Phillips, W. D. Gradison & Co.,
Cincinnati; Mrs. E. W. Snyder, Syracuse, N. Y.; James Cleaver, Goodbody & Co.,
New York City; Jack Rohde, John R.
Lewis, Inc., Seattle, Wash.

Bond Traders

W.

C.

PECK,
W.

C.

Uibson

PULVER,
Co.

&

Gibson

Hornblower

Sincere

Brothers

I'ODESTA,

&

&

Co.

A.

J.

P.

O'Rourke

&

FRED

EDWARD A.

Salomon

Bros.

RENIER,

T.

Mitchell,
The

Co.

Comstock

&

Blunt

Co.

Detmer

&

Straus

&

Co.

D.

Blosser

National

Chicago

SAWERS, ARTHUR R.
Chesley & Co.

Insurance Stocks

Rice

1899

and

Company

GIRARD

SCHUBERT, DONALD D.
Smith, Barney & Co.

JOHN C. LEGG & COMPANY
Established

F.

SCOTT, MORTIMER W.
Scott &

Members

of New

York

The

Stock

Exchange
Exchange (Assoc.)
Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange
New

York

Weeden

A.

Wyandt, Incorporated

Illinois

Company

Curb

BALTIMORE

NEW

SEMBACH, HAROLD J.
Remer, Mitchell & Reitzel, Inc.
YORK

SENNOTT, WILLIAM J,
Shields

&

Company

J.

Co., Inc.

Securities

Cruttenden

&

WARE,

Devine

Co.

&

Betts,

&

Sincere

Henke

Paul

&

F.

Co.

Rogers & Tracy, Inc.

and

Company

WILTBERGER, ALFRED

The First National Bank of
Chicago

WINTERHALTER, LEROY F.

Investment Co.

The First National Bank of

Turley

&

WILLIAM

Stifel,

H.

Tegtmeyer

The

convention

every

and

a

Cavalier

perienced
needs

'round Cava¬
new

activities extended

and

ex¬

the

meet

of your group.

meeting
year

at

the

A

com¬

lier

means

and

recognition for

prestige

'M

your

.

.

.

and

pleasure long-remembered
THE^O

•

&

Company

HERMAN

Z1PPIN, ISRAEL
Zippin & Company, Inc.

(Associate)

ROBERT C. JONES & CO.
M EMBERS
NEW

YORK STOCK

EXCHANGE

NEW YORK CURB

WASHINGTON STOCK

EXCHANGE

(ASSOCIATE)

EXCHANGE

to

delegates •
ity from all Eastern cities
250

and

acres

of seaside

country

estate

•
Write for convention
details.

HOTEL,
AND

COUNTRY,
CABANA

METROPOLITAN

BANK

BUILDING

WASHINGTON 5, D. C.
METROPOLITAN 2922

TELETYPE—WA 67

BEACH

CLUBS

BEACH, VA.

Firm Markets in all

Sidney Banks, President

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all
Accessabil-

VIRGINIA

u

F.

YOUNG, RAYMOND W.
Remer, Mitchell & Reitzel, Inc.

•

•

organization

Inc.

FEATURES:

Accommodations for
400 delegates
*
2 50
perfectly
appointed
rooms with private baths
2 championship golf
courses, fishing, swim¬
ming, and other popular
sports
•
Banquet space
for 600 guests • Superb
entertainment and social

to

Co.,

YARROW. PAUL

DeYoung-Tornga Co.
Mich.

Nicolaus &

THE CAVALIER

facility

staff specifically con¬

vention-trained

plete,

offers

Incorporated

WYANDT, OWEN H.
Scott & Wyandt, Incorporated

E.

Rapids,

Co.

Kneeland & Co.

TORGERSON, FRANK S.
Link, Gorman, Peck & Co.

Grand

&

WRIGHT, CHAPIN N.

LESTER J.
Glore, Forgan & Co.

TORNGA,

Becker

G.

WOOLARD, FRANCIS C.

THORSEN,

SEASHORE

WASHINGTON SECURITIES
LOCAL BANK STOCKS
DIRECT

Francis

WIRE TO

i. Du Pont 8c Co.,

New York

MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

i

Chicago

WOLF, LEONARD J.

STANLEY
P. O'Rourke & Co.

TEGTMEYER,

VIRGINIA

S.

Blyth & Co., Inc.

SUNDELL, ROY B.

SWEICH,

THE

Co.

WILLIAMS, GEORGE P.
Langill & Co.

STRONG, O. H.

J.

74e rttitfoviat OF

&

WILLIAMS, ANDREW R.

Blosser

Rice

Davis

WILKIN, JOHN N.
Baker, Walsh & Co.

STRAUSS, ROBERT
Daniel

H.

Inc.

STRAUS, FREDERICK W.
&

and Company

WERNECKE. RICHARD A.

STRAIT, WALTER L.
Swift,

Co.

WELCH, EDWARD H.

STONER, HARLEY H.
Halsey, Stuart & Co.

Straus

R.

Forgan &

Co.

SWEENEY, IRA J.
F. S. Moseley & Co.

■

Co.

&

WAUCHOP, RAYMOND C.
Doyle, O'Connor & Co.. Inc.

Co.

Borland

JAMES

Glore,

A.

•

O'Rourke

Doyle, O'Connor & Co., Inc.
of Chicago

STIRLING. LOUIS J.

Greenebaum

The Cavalier

P.

WALSH, THOMAS D.

Company

Carter H. Harrison & Co.

to

& Co.

Allyn and Company, Inc.

WALLACE, WILLIAM M.
Francoeur & Company, Inc.

-

SWANSON, KNUTE G.

IVelcome

C.

WALKER, FRED M.

<

SELLERS, PAUL A.

Weeks

WAKELEY, THOMPSON M.

STEPHENS, DONALD B.

J.

Wis.

WALLACE, RICHARD J.
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

SPINK, PAUL W.
Miller, Spink &

C.

W.
Racine,

WAHLQUIST, GEORGE R.

STEWART. JOHN W.

Wayne Hummer & Co.

Co.,

Carlton & Co.

First

SCHMITZ, JOHN F.
Daniel

A.

&

Hornblower &

Chicago

STEPHAN, EDWIN A.

John Nuveen & Co.

SCHOETTLER, F.

F.

Meulen

V.

Co.

JOHN

VOGEL, DENES D.

Swift, Henke & Co.

SCHEUER, CHARLES G.
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.

Specializing In

First Securities Company of Chicago

STEFFES, JAMES W.

SAYRE, BYRON J.

Government, Municipal &
Corporate Securities

Co.

(Associate)

Mitchell, Hutchins & Co.
of

MEULEN,

Ver

SPARKS, ALLEN K.
Bank

Norris & Kenly

Dealers

Ver

SORENSON, OLAF A.

SANDBERG, LAWRENCE

Underwriters

&

VALLELY, EDWARD

Simmons

SOMMERS, FLOYD J.
Blyth & Co., Inc.

-

~

MOREY

SACHNOFF, SAMUEL

Distributors

&

JOSEPH A.
The First National Bank of

Co.

The First

Ellis

SMOLE,
Inc.

C.

Co.

F.

Simpson

VALLEAU, HARRY O.
Harry O. Valleau a Co.

Blosser

SMITH, GEORGE W.

Company

RUSSELL, MERTON A.
Halsey, Stuart & Co.

P.

Co.

Inc.

JAMES C.

Webber,

Rogers & Tracy, Inc.

C.

Trust

SACCO, ARTHUR

RAYMOND

VACHA,

Inc.

M.

John Nuveen &

MARVIN

SACHNOFF,
REVELL.

Co.,

NATHAN

SKEPNEK, Jr., PAUL J.

Hutchins &

Northern

Stifel, Nicolaus &
&

&

E.

Rogers & Tracy,

SIMMONS, RICHARD W.
Hutzler

Company

EDWARD

Comstock &
W.

&

ROSS, CONRAD J.

Mason, Moran & Co.

P.

WALTER

J.

Company

RANDALL, RALPH G.

Co.

UNGEHER, FRED

Swift, Henke & Co.

Straus

Co.

McCormick

W.

SILBERMAN,

RUGGLES,

Harriman

Kebbon,
Inc.

BRADFORD

SHERWOOD, DONALD B.

RAMING, H. PHILIP
Glore, Forgan & Co.

Swift, Henke & Co.
PROSSER,

&

TORREY, GEORGE R.

Carter H. Harrison & Co.

ROGERS, JOHN C.
Hickey & Co., Inc.

P.

THOMAS
and

The Illinois

W.

ROBERT

Cruttenden

POLLICK, JOHN

RAHN,

Weeks

PETRIE, GEORGE
Brown

HENRI

PURCELL,

& Co.

&

SHAW,

ROOB,

EDGAR A.

C.

SHALES, GLENN S.

ROBINSON, ELDRIDGE
Sills, Fairman & Harris, Inc.

McMaster Hutchinson

PERRIGO, CHARLES R.

Boston, Mass.; Lloyd E. Canady,
& Co., Raleigh, N. C.; Robert B. Dixon, McDaniel Lewis &
Co.,
Greensboro, N. C.; John J. Kenney, J. Lee Peeler & Co., Durham, N. C.
Canady

REYNOLDS, T. LEO
Dempsey & Company

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
DON

Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Keane, Elmer H. Bright &
Co.,

Lloyd E.

ROBERTSON, CLARKE J.
Sills, Fairman & Harris,

Club of Chicago

(Continued from page 49)

PEAESON,

Thursday, October Id, 1950

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Convention Number

Co., Detroit, Mich.; John Graham, Brainard-Judd & Co., Hartford,
Thomas King, Thomas E. King & Co., Chicago

&

John

Egan, First California Company, San Francisco, Calif.; H. Frank Burkholder,
Equitable Securities Corporation, Nashville, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Lee,

Moreland
Conn.;

Baker, Simonds & Co., Detroit, Mich.; Paul I. Moreland,

William P. Brown,

Sterne, Agee & Leach, Birmingham, Ala.

DICK
Trust

CLARK, Jr.,

Dallas Bond Club

JOHN

R.

DUNLAP,

Harris, Upham & Co.

Binford

Carothers

&

William

JOHN F.

COLE,

&

EDWARDS,

Inc.

Co.

FOSTER,

HUGH D.

Ft.

WILLIAM N.
Edwards & Co.,

Worth,

Investment

Central

Company

of

Texas

B.

Jr., JOHN

CORNELL,
Dallas

ELLIS, JOE

GEORGE

Rupe & Son

,

,

•

EDGAR

w.

Dittmar & Company

N.

FREEAR, LANDON A.
William N.
Edwards

Texas

Dallas Rupe & Son

COOPER,

ROBERT K.

Blyth fc Co., Inc.

Dunlap

FRANKLIN,

OWENS S.

COKE, Jr.,

FOSDICK, JOHN J.
First Southwest Company

DUNLAP, HUGH D.
Binford & Dunlap.

Company

Union

Dallas

CLARK,

51

Ft.

W.

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

Worth,

&

Co.,

Texas

FROST, ROLAND
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

EPPLER, WILLIAM B.
Dallas Rupe & Son

GARRETT,

Jr.,

HARRY J.

First Southwest Company

EVANS, ROGER

COTTON, EARL
Harris, Upham

Otis &

& Co.

Co.

(Continued

.

on page

52)

COYLE, JOHN J.
Dallas

Rupe & Son

W.

CROMWELL,

REX

Dallas Rupe & Son

WE

CUTTER, FRED C.
William

Ft.
W. R. Newsom,

O.

Jr.

Cecil

V.

.

Rader McCulley

Harry

N. McConnell

O.

Vice-President:

V.

&

INVITE YOUR INQUIRIES

Co.

DAVIS, J. EDWARD
Central

President: William R. Newsom,

Edwards

N.

Worth, Texas

Jr., Sanders & Newsom.

Investment

Company

of

Texas

DAVIS, JAMES W.

Cecil, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &

Dallas

Union

Trust

Company

Beane.
DAVIS, N.

McCulley, First Southwest Company.

Secretary: Clayton R.

McConnell, Central Investment Company

N.

Harry

Treasurer:

Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

DEATON,

FRED

R.

Central Investment Company of Texas

of Texas.
Allen L. Oliver, Jr.,

Directors:

R.

i.

DEATON, Jr., FRED. R.

F. Button & Company; John

Central

Jr., Dallas Rupe & Son; John L. Canavan, Rauscher,
Pierce & Co.

Investment

Company of Texas

B. Cornell,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

cartvvright,
Merrill

DeSHONG,

HAROLD E.

Dallas Rupe & Son

edwin o.

DOUGLASS, BRUCE H.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Stein Bros.&Boyce
Established

Fenner

&

Beane

ORVILLE G.
Allen & Company,

Lynch,

Inc.

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Merrill Lynch,

ASKEW, L. E.

Mead, Miller & Co.
Members

Dallas Rupe & Son

New

AUSTIN, Jr., FRANK E.
Walker, Austin & Waggener
Southwest

First

New York Stock

York

Curb

Direct

Private

Wire

Exchange

Exchange

Philadelphia-Baltimore

M.

WALTER

BADER,

NEW

LOUISVILLE

A.

R.

ALMON,

CARL

M.

Neu)

to

York

Washington, D. C.

and other

Exchange

Company

PHILADELPHIA

YORK

Cumberland, Md.

MEMBERS OF NEW YORK STOCK

(Associate)

Stock

2, Md.

Philadelphia, Pennypacker 5175

Baltimore, Saratoga 8400 New York, Rector 2-3327

Jr.,

ALLEN,

1853

6 S. Calvert St., Baltimore

ALEXANDER, t. R.
R. A. Underwood & Co., Inc.

EXCHANGE

leading exchanges.

Correspondent

LOEB, RHOADES

&

CO.

BAILEY, C. ALFRED
Bailey, Scott & Company
BASS,
R.

J.

HUGH
Edwards,

Inc.

Active Markets in Local Issues

w.
Rupe & Son
james

beard,
Dallas

*

BECKETT, THOMAS
First Southwest Company

Dallas

111 E. Redwood

CARROL M.

BENNETT,

Rupe

Son

&

Telephones: Baltimore—Lexington 0210

BERNET, Jr., ALBERT E.

Bernet

Schneider,

Bell Teletype

Hickman

&

—

New

York—WHitehall

3-4000

BA 270

M.

EDWARD

BEYER,

/'

St., Baltimore 2, Md.

Harris, Upham & Co.

W. E.

B1L1IEIMER, Jr.,
R.

Underwood

A.

Inc.

Co.,

&

BINFORD, JOSEPH B.
Binford & Dunlap
BLACK, A.

C.
Henry-Seay & Company

BOBO, JULIAN
Rauscher, Pierce &

BAKER, WATTS & CO.

Co.

BOYLE, FRANK M.
Merrill

ESTABLISHED

Members

Southwestern Securities Company

E. KELLY
Kelly Brown Investment

Members

BROWN,
E.

Beer

EDMOND

&

Co.

New

York

Stock

ESTABLISHED

Exchange

1840

Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange

Associate

Members

New

York

Curb

Exchange

L.

Company

Government and Federal Land Bank Bonds

BROWN, JACK P.

Trust

Union

Dallas

ROBERT GARRETT & SONS

HUGH

BRADFORD,

BROWN,

1900

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Company

Maryland

BRUCK, EARLE E.
Garrett and Company, Inc.

U.

MEMBERS

Municipal Bonds

New York Stock
New

Active Trading Markets in

BUCHANON, B. F.
Walker, Austin & Waggener
BUCKNER,

County and

Listed and Unlisted Stocks and Bonds

Curb

Exchange

Exchange

Philadelphia-Baltimore

Local Securities

T.

York

(Associate)

Stock

Exchange

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.
BURT,
C.

N.

BUSH,
Bush

C. NESOM
Burt &

JOHN
&

CALVERT

Company

Company,

SID
Merrill Lynch,

&

REDWOOD STREETS

BALTIMORE

F.
Ft.

Worth,

3,

MD.

Texas

GARRETT BUILDING

CADE,

CANAVAN,

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

JOHN

West

L.

CAROTHERS,
Carothers

&

CHARLES
Co.

Carothers

Co.,

&

B.

Inc.

EARL

Representative,

Union

National

Bank

Bldg.

BALTIMORE 3

Clarksburg, W. Va.

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

CAROTHERS,

Virginia

T.
Inc.




Telephones:

New York—CAnal 6-7162
Teletype—BA 395

Baltimore—Mulberry 2600

MARYLAND

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-r

Winton A.

&

Thursday, October 19, 1950

Jackson, First Southwest Company, Dallas; Russell M. Ergood, Jr., Stroud
Co., Inc., Philadelphia; Mrs. Ludwell A. Strader, Lynchburg, Va.; Phil Strader,
Strader, Taylor & Co., Lynchburg, Va.; Mr. Roald A. Morton,
Blue List Publishing

Walter

G.

Mason, Scott, Horner & Mason, Lynchburg, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Graham

Walker, Joseph McManus & Co., New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Bertsch,
G. A. Saxton & Co., New York City; John S. McLaughlin, White, Weld & Co.,
New York City

Co., New York City

Dallas Bond Club

IIALSELL, EDWARD F.
Merrill Lynch,
Pierce,
Ft.

(Continued from page 51)
UNDERWRITERS

DISTRIBUTORS

DEALERS
-

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

C.

N.

JOHN

Burt

GUERIN,

GRANOWSKI,

DORIAN

HAGBERG.

Carothers

Co., Inc.

.

VIRGINIA
MUNICIPAL BONDS

&

Dallas

M.

A.

&

C.

DEAN

Rupe & Son

N.

WILLIAM

Burt

HARTMAN,

MANLEY

Hagberg &

Merrill

A.

Co.,

Inc.

&

Beane

Fenner

&

Beane

M.

Company

-

HAMILTON,

GOODMAN, E. A. B.
Schneider, Bernet & Hickman

Fenner

Worth, Texas

HAMILTON,

&

S.

Company

MERRILL

Lynch,

F.

Pierce,

HEMENWAY, W. P.
Dallas Rupe & Son

Active

Market

Unlisted

in

All

Local

Stocks

and

Securities

HEMMINGSON,
Central

Bonds

GEORGE

Investment

T.

Company

of

Texas

HENDRIX, PHILIP L.
Dallas

c. F. CASSELL & COMPANY, Inc.
Member Midwest Stock Exchange

Miller
MEMBERS

&

STOCK

2-8157—2-8158

Bell

Company

HICKMAN, J.

WESLEY
Schneider, Bernet & Hickman

EXCHANGE

IIILGER, ALBERT

Charlottesville, Va., 114 Third St., N. E.
Phones

Trust

HENRY, LOUIS B.
Henry-Seay & Co.

Patterson

RICHMOND

Union

Dallas Rupe

S.

& Son

Primary Markets in

Teletype—CHARVL 95 & 96

HILGER, JOHN
First Southwest

VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL AND

CORPORATE SECURITIES

Dallas

Union

HUDSON,

LOCAL BANK & INSURANCE STOCKS

Securities

Company

HOUSTON, B. FRANKLIN

for

R.

S.

Trust

JOHN

Hudson

Co., Inc.

HUDSON, ROBERT S.
R.

203 Mutual Bldg.

Richmond 11, Va.

S.

Hudson, &

HULSEY,

EARL

Merrill

Investment

Bell

JACKSON.
First

Jr.,

Co.,

Pierce,

First

IVEY

&

CO.

Local and

300-302 Bankers Trust Bldg.

Beane

A.

Company

JACQUES, JAMES

L.

&

C.

Company

WINTON

Southwest

First

Fenner

WILLIAM

Southwest

JACKSON,

Inc.

H.

Lynch,

System Teletype RH 81

—

C.

Company

K.
&

F.

Southwest

Company

JAMES, Jr., JUDSON S.

General Market

Judson S. James & Co.

JARRETT, CHARLES P.

Issues

Carothers

&

Co., Inc.

NORFOLK, VA.
Telephone—2-6301

TWX-NF

40

JOHNSON,

Dealer
.

SAM
Southwestern Securities

Inquiries Invited

Company

JOHNSON, WILLIAM M.
Garrett and Company, Inc.

For Local Markets

JONES, HERBERT M.
KELLER,

VIRGINIA SECURITIES CO.
618-620 ROYSTER

BLDG.

Worth, Texas

KLECKA, JOSEPH
First

NORFOLK

VIRGINIA

Company

LYNCH, WILLIAM
Lynch, Allen &
LYNE,

NORTH CAROLINA

-

Southwest

10, VA.

Telephone 29240

WEST VIRGINIA

HENRY

Keller & Ratliff

Ft.

LEWIS

Merrill

F.
Company,

Inc.

F.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

MALONEY, THOMAS

Rauscher, Pierce
MANNING.

W.

&

&

Beane

E.
Co.

K.

Harris, Upham & Co.

Municipal Bonds

MAYES, HARLAND
Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

and Corporation Securities

McCALL, JOHN D.

McCLANE, JOHN S.
Barron
McCulloch,

Ft.

Worth,

Texas

McCLURE, Jr., FRED L.
R.

—

S.

Hudson

&

Co., Inc.

McCONNELL, HARRY N.
Central

CALL US FOR FIRM MARKETS

Municipal Bonds and Corporate

Investment

McCULLEY,

First Southwest

Securities

Utility Stocks

McEWEN,
E.

F.

Central

&

D.

Company

WILLIAM

Investment

E.

Company

Retail Distribution

McMAHON, FRANK B.
Almon

&

McMahon,

Rauscher,

Norfolk, Va.




Roanoke, Va.

STRADER, TAYLOR & CO., INC.
Bluefield, W. Va.

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA

MILLER,
Frank

*

Inc.

MERRILL, SAM

Richmond, Va.

of

McKINNEY, MUNSON
Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

Investments

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA

Texas

Company

HAROLD

Hutton

McFARLAND,

Trading Markets
-

SCOTT, HORNER & MASON, Inc.

of

R.

McCULLOCH, BARRON
Ft. Worth, Texas

—*•

Local Industrial &

Company

CLAYTON

t.

Pierce

&

Co.

FRANK
Miller &

Co.

MOORE, MURRAY W.

LD 39

TWX LY 77

Moss,
MOSS,

Moss,

Moore
JACK

&

Company

G.

Moore

&

Company

Texas

Convention

THE

Number

John I. Rohde, John R.
&

Sanders

NOBLES,
First

&

WILLIAM

R.

SHEA,

Newsom

EDWARD

Southwest

OBENCHAIN,

E.

B.

O'NEIL,

&

OSBORNE,
Dallas

Company,

Southwest

R.

LOUIS

Hudson &

S.

R.

JACK

Co.,

W.

&

Austin

&

First

Waggener

Dallas

R.

Pierce

&

Jr.,

THOMAS

Southwest

Company

of

Texas

Merrill

C.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

J.

ALBERT

A.

Underwood

&

Co.,

Inc.

(ichmw

F.

Hutton

&

Abbott

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

Company

UNDERWOOD, ROBERT A.
R.

Company

A.

Underwood

&

Co.,

ROANOKE

/

Inc.

PETERSBURG

Proctor

-DANVILLE
BRISTOL

'

Established May 20, 1893

.-•v

NORTH CAROLINA

/

Members

Scott &

A.

Stringfellow

New York Stock

SOUTH

CARQLINA \

Exchange

Principal Exchanges

Private
connects

Richmond Stock Exchange

Exchange

New York Curb

JIM

& Other

x
"

'"V

E.

Co.

New York Stock

'n ©CHARLOTTE

.

Co.

SAM

& Paine

f'

TENN.

KHomu*

Company

JOHN

Jr.,

our

Exchange (Associate)

Marion

N.

JOHN

James H. Scott

Walter S. Robertson

Buford Scott

Ratliff, Ft. Worth, Texas

RAUSCHER,

Fitzgerald
Eldridge

Thomas

D.

L. Thornton Fleming

Neal

Stock and Bond

Joseph J. Muldowney

Longest

in Public

H.

wire

System

12 offices with

New York

Office

General Market Issues.
115

ROGERS

Rauscher,

Pierce & Co.

WILLIAM

Mutual

Richmond, Virginia

Building

Telephone 2-7234

Teletype RH 190

Company

Private

Wire to

Clark, Dodge & Company, New York City

KEITH B.

Dittmar

&

911 E. Main

R.

Southwest

Brokers, Participating Distributors

Utility, Industrial, Municipal, and

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

REED,

E.

National Bank

TUCKER, W. ROY

ALLEN

TAYLOR, W.

Inc.

R.

First

Company

Investment

Edwards, Inc.

Keller &

READ,

ZIVNEY,

B.

Co.

STORIE. WILLIAM STEWART

RATLIFF, HARRY

RAY,

DELBERT

Southwest

Central

Equitable Securities Corporation
TOOLE, Jr.,

W.

Upham &

RAMBIN,
J.

WRIGHT, CARL

Walker,

Members
Harris.

& Son

WILLIAMS,

WALKER,

Newsom

Co., Inc.

Texas

&

PONDROM,

H.
Rupe

WAGGENER, NELSON

Rupe & Son

Sanders

S.

J.

PIERCE, CHARLES C.
Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

Pondrom

I.

Dallas

JACK
Thomson & McKinnon

Company

Union Trust

PONDROM,

Rupe

F.

HARRY

Worth,

WEIL,

Inc.

/
&

Southwest

Dallas

ROGER

Edwards,

TOM

PHILLIPS,

T.

Dallas

Inc.

VAUGHN,

Company

HAROLD-

G.

PERKINS,

R.

J.

Co.,

Pierce & Co.

Rauscher,

STONE,

Son

E.

Ft.

UPSHAW,

L.

Inc.

&

JOE B.
& Son

WARREN,

ROBERT A.

Underwood

TUCKER, R. G.
&

Hudson

First

Dallas

STEWART, FRITZ

First
S.

Co.

A.

THWEATT, JEAN E.

Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

R.

&

R. B.
Dallas Rupe & Son

P.

Rauscher.

PEARSON,

Carothers

Beane

S.

Rupe

PENICK,

&

Inc.

WILLIAM

First

Co.

CLIFFORD J.

ED

R.

THOMAS,

and

STAYART.

Pierce &

Rupe & Son

Dallas

LOUIS

THALHEIMER,
Fenner

Jr.,

UNDERWOOD,

D.

THOMPSON, GROVER C.

Company

DONALD

Rauscher,

OTTO,

Garrett

T.

Walker. Austin & Waggener

Company

SMALLWOOD,

ALLEN L.

Hutton

&

SHILG, J. ERVIN

Dallas Union Trust Company

F.

Hutton

SHIELDS, Jr., E. A.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

Company

THOMAS H.

OLIVER, Jr.,

TEMPLE,

JOSEPH

F.

53

Wm. Perry Brown, Newman, Brown & Co., New Orleans, La.; Mr. and Mrs. John F.
McLaughlin, McLaughlin, Reuss & Co., New York City; Mrs. Anton E. Homsey,
Boston, Mass.; Henry Oetjen, McGinnis & Co., New York City

Lewis, Inc., Seattle, Wash.; William J. McCullen, Hendricks

Eastwood, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Irving P. Grace, W. C. Pitfield & Co.,
New York City

NEWSOM, Jr.,

E.

COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

R. C.

Company

14 Wall

St., Richmond 14, Va.

Phone 2-4774

Street, New York 5, N. Y.
REctor

Teletype RH-851

2-8080

T. F. Mackessy, Mgr. Trading

Mclntyre, Mgr. Bond Dept.

Dept.

REAHEY, C. F.
Dallas

Rupe & Son

RODGERS,

LEWIS

F.

Investment

Central

Company

of Texas

Brokers and Dealers in

ROUNSAVILLE, Jr., GUS
Thomson

RUPE,

Jr.,

Dallas

McKinnon

D.

GORDON

&

LISTED & UNLISTED

& Son

Rupe

SAMUELL,
Beer

&

Sanders

—

Dealers

—

Distributors

SECURITIES

Company

SANDERS,

Underwriters

MURRAY

Jr.,
&

JESSE

A.

Newsom

HI, JESSE
Upham & Co.

SANDERS.

Harris,

First Mortgage Real Estate Bonds

SCHERMERHORN, STANLEY
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

&

Beanc

J. C. WHEAT & CO.

SCHNEIDER, JULES E.
Schneider, Bernet & Hickman

American

Bldg., Richmond 11, Va.

SCOTT, WALTER R.
Bailey, Scott & Company
SEAY,

WILLIAM

Henry-Seay

&

Corporate Bonds
Preferred and Common Stocks

Telephone 7-1984

Teletype RH 196

H.

Co.

We Specialize in Financing

VIRGINIA-WEST VIRGINIA

Virginia Corporations

NORTH and SOUTH CAROLINA

by Private Placement

MUNICIPAL BONDS
F. W.

Galleher & Company,

CRAIGIE & CO.
DEALERS

STATE and
616

EAST

Telephone 3-9137




MAIN

1235 Mutual

IN

Building
Richmond

MUNICIPAL BONDS

STREET

RICHMOND

15, VIRGINIA
Teletype RH 83

James E. Galleher

&

84

,

•

Inc.

Telephone 3-7324
Virginia
Frank M. Galleher

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

54

Some of the Hosts of

The

the Virginia Room: Oscar B. Drinkard, Scott, Horner & Mason,

&

Thornhill, C. F. Cassell & Co., Charlottesville, Va.; M. Carter Gunn, Scott,
Mason,

ESTABLISHED

Co.) Philadelphia—1933; Mrs. Morton A. Cayne (Cayne & Co.) Cleveland, Ohio—

1933; Mrs. Samuel K. Phillips, Jr. (S. K. Phillips & Co.) Philadelphia—1941; Mrs.
Donald C. Sloan (Donald C. Sloan & Co.) Portland, Ore.—1927

Inc., Lynchburg, Va.; Mark Smith, F. W. Craigie & Co.,
Richmond, Va.; Henry G. Isaacs, Virginia Securities Company, Norfolk Va.
&

Horner

Mrs. Edward Welch (Sincere & Co.) Chicago

Passing Show in Bridal Apparel:

—1935; Mrs. Harry L. Arnold (Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis) New York City—
1927; Mrs. George E. Lestrange (Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.) Pittsburgh, Pa.—1936;
Miss Cornelia Francis modeling 1950 creation; Mrs. John M. Hudson (Thayer, Baker

Strader, Strader, Taylor & Co., Lynchburg, Va.; Garnett O.
Lee, Jr., Scott, Horner & Mason, Lynchburg, Va.; Thomas H. Wyllie, C. F. Cassell
& Co., Charlottesville, Va.; Walter G. Mason, Scott, Horner & Mason, Lynchburg, Va.;
Inc., Lynchburg; Phil

G. Ernest

Thursday, October 19, 1950

NSTA 195! Convention Twin City Security Traders Association, Inc.

1894

To Be Held at
Georgia, South Carolina,

Goronado Beach,

Tennessee, North Carolina,

The

Alabama, Louisiana & Florida

Calif.

delegates at the

cent Annual Convention

re¬

of

the National

STATE AND MUNICIPAL BONDS

Security Trad¬
Association at Virginia

ers

Beach,

Va.,

voted to

hold

the 1951 Convention at the

CORPORATE BONDS AND LOCAL STOCKS

Hotel del Coronado at Coronado
tive

Beach, Calif.

date

for

Tenta¬

next

year's
gathering is the week of
Oct. 14. Despite the splen¬

i

The

Robinson-Humphrey Company

did attendance at the recent

meeting, the newly-elected
officers

of

the

Association

John J. Delaney

President:

Arthur H. Rand, Jr. Robert K. Pillsbury Donald N. Anderson

John J. Delaney, Delaney & Company, Minneapolis.

Vice-President:

Arthur

H,

Rand, Jr.,

Woodard-Elwood

&

Co,

Minneapolis.
Treasurer:

Robert K. Pillsbury, First National Bank of Minne¬

apolis.
HAVERTY

RHODES

BLDG.

Teletypes—AT 288 and AT 142

ATLANTA

1,

GEORGIA

Long Distance 421 and 422

anticipate an even better
showing at the 1951 con¬
clave.

The

cludes

29 affiliates and

aggregate

Association

membership

in¬
an

of

Secretary: Donald N. Anderson, First National Bank of St. Paul.
National Committeeman;• Kermit B.
Sorum, Allison-Williams
Company.
Elected:

October, 1949;

Took Office:

October,

1949;

Term Ex¬

pires: October, 1950.

3700.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
(Members

ALDRICH,
Central

located

in

Minneapolis
otherwise indicated)

unless

ARMS,
J.

MALCOM M.
Republic Company

P.

JAMES

P.

Arms, Incorporated

BABCOCK, Jr., CARROLL H.
Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood

ANDERSON, DONALD N.
First National Bank of St. Paul,

St. Paul

BERGMAN, OSCAR M.
Allison-Williams Company

POWER OF THE SOUTH
The four associated
power

companies

The

Southern

of

Company system
Alabama,

serve

Georgia, and parts
of Florida and Mis¬

sissippi—a

prosper¬

ing,

progressive

area

as

shown

by

comparing impor¬
ad¬

economic

tant

vances

states

COLONIAL
STORES

of these four

with those of

the nation

as

a

whole:
y>

«

Per

—

deposits

Electric energy

Power

plays

a

■sales

(1940-48)

up

207%

up

145%

(1939-48)

capita income

Bank

up

302%

up

155%

(1940-49)

up

181%

up 109%

vital role in the

rates.

THE GUARDIAN OF

BY

Throughout the nation, more than 80,000 stockholders of The Southern Company
and power stride forward in the South.
Alabama

Power Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Georgia Power Company
Atlanta, Georgia

are

Gulf Power




as

progress

QUALITY FOODS

DISCRIMINATING

THROUGHOUT

THE

HOMEMAKERS
SOUTHEAST

Company

Pensacola, Florida

Company

ATLANTA, GEORGIA

watching
1

Mississippi Power Company
Guifport, Mississippi

The Southern

of Quality

THE CS ROOSTER IS RECOGNIZED AS

of the South. By coordinating their power-producing sources and
companies serving this area are able to provide adequate power at

progress

distribution facilities, the four power
reasonable

Guardian

Distinctive Emblem

COLONIAL

of

STORES

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Convention Number

The Rebel Room:

Jolley, Johnson, Lane, Space & Co., Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Roy

Mr. and Mrs. Lex

Hancock, Hancock, Blackstock & Co., Atlanta; Mrs. Ted

W.

New York

H. Frank

55

Burkholder, Equitable Securities Corporation, Nashville,

Tenn.; James W. Means, Courts & Co., Atlanta, Ga.; John Egan, First California
Company, San Francisco; William H. Gregory, Jr., Bonner & Gregory, New York
City; Herbert Pettey, Equitable Securities Corporation, Nashville, Tenn.; Wm. Perry

Plumridge,

City

Brown, Newman, Brown & Co., New Orleans, La.; John C. Hecht, Dempsey-Tegeler
&

MAHONEY,

BISHOP, MORLAN H.
M.

H.

C.

Bishop & Co.

Webber,

& Curtis

Jackson

C.

D.

J.

Dain

M.

&

JOSEPH

Charles

A.

HOMER
Collins

Homer

Paine,

&

E.

PAUL

Webber,

Jackson

E.

Curtis

&

J.

&

MILLER,

STILLMAN.

Bank

of

Minneapolis

RAND, Jr.. ARTHUR H.

Co., Inc.

JOHN
&

J.

&

RICE, IRVING J.
Irving J. Rice & Company, Inc., St. Paul

SORUM.

H.
&

&

Co.

SPACE,

ROWND, CHESTER M.
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

Paul

Company

A.

LLOYD

Bank

of

Minne¬

C.

Tarras &

Co., Winona

WICIIMAN, EDWARD
M. H. Bishop & Co.

Paul

W.

Company

WITTENBERG, WILBER W.
Blyth & Co., Inc.

1

Woodard-Elwood &

WIKMAN, DALE R.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

Co.

FInner

&

Beane

1924

—

MUNICIPAL BONDS

Warrants

Local

Corporation

Securities

EMIL

Co.

Bishop &

H.

STERNE, AGEE & LEACH

GEAR1NO, E. R.

Marquette National Bank

MEMBERS

BIRMINGHAM

3,

Long Distance 9983

Branch—Montgomery

du Pont

I.

FRED

Irving

2,

BANK

BUILDING

ORLANDO, FLORIDA
BELL

TELETYPE—OR

LONG

10

DISTANCE

27

Alabama

DONALD F.

GOODMAN,
Francis

Incorporated
FLORIDA

ALA.

Teletype BH 97

Bishop & Co.

LEEDY, WHEELER & ALLEMAN

MIDWEST STOCK EXCHANGE

GIFSEN, WILLIAM H.

GOTH,

National

CORPORATE SECURITIES

Co., St. Paul

&

Nuveen

Bonds

\y

WALLACE K.

H.

St.

Inc.,

WALTER P.

L.

HAROLD

FLODIN.

M.

Incor¬

State—County—City

&

Jamieson & Co.

M.

Company,

O. JACK

BUSINESS ESTABLISHED

Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood

John

H.

and

1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIII!

GRANT A.

FELDMAN,

FISK,

GEORGE

Byllesby

Co.

&

FIELD,

M.

KERMIT B.

Allison-Williams
Jamieson

Curtis

TARRAS, A. C.

Company,

RIEGER, CHARLES J.
Inc.

&

apolis

Jamieson & Co.

SIVERSON,

Co.

Inc., St. Paul

Company,

porated

Minne¬

TALBOT,

DEVINE, OWEN C.
Otis

of

SHUTE, PRESTON B.

Kalman

MYERS, THEODORE A.
Mannheimer-Egan, Inc., St.

Bank

National

apolis

ROBERT K.

National

S.

JOSEPH R.
& Company,

H.

Northwestern

Gernon

&

Delainey

Kalman

Paul

SHAW, W. F.

Prescott & Co.

Woodara-Elwood

ROBT.

of St.

National Bank

&

STEICHEN, ROMAN J.
R. J. Steichen & Co., Inc.

SEMPF, WALTER J.
First

N.

EDWARD

Johnson-McKendrick

Kalman

STEELE, JOHN F.
Paine, Webber, Jackson

Northwestern

Williams-McNaghten Co.

DAYTON, LEONARD V.

DELANEY,

ALFRED

PRESCOTT, E. W.

E.

Prescott & Company

Dayton

M.

HARRY W,

STARN,

Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood
RUE, MAYNARD W.
J. M. Dain & Company

Harris, Upham & Co.

PILLSBURY,

McNAGHTEN.
CURTIN, JOHN S.
E..J.

GUYBERT

PLUMLEY.

Fuller & Company

McKENDRICK.

Cook, Inc., St. Paul

&

Mlnne-

Caldwell, Phillips Co., St. Paul

St. Paul

Duluth

Co.,

C.

CHARLES

Greenman

of

,

PHILLIPS,

First

COOK,

Bank

Company

MATSCHE,

COLLINS,

National

apolis

Mahoney & Co.

MASEK,

MERRILL M.

COHEN,

RUDD, COLDEVIN C.

PELTON, THEODORE W.

D.

Mahoney & Co.

MAHONEY, JOSEPH C.

BOOTH. HOWARD

Paine,

CORNELIUS

Northwestern

D.

Co., Los Angeles, Calif.; Jerome F. Tegeler, Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., St. Louis, Mo.

& Co.

S.

Distributors

Underwriters

Rice & Company, Inc.

J.

Dealers

St. Paul

Fenner & Beane,

Pierce,

Lynch,

Merrill
St.

SOUTHERN

C. JOHN

GRANT,

Paul

and

ALPHONSE J.

GRUN,

HENRY

HENNINGS,

Northwestern

B.

National

South

Bank

of Minne¬

General

apolis

JOHN

HUNT,

Midland National

V.

&

Dayton

JOHNSON.

Securities

1892

SPARTANBURG,

S.

C.
Bell

Long Distance 51

KENNETH C.

JOAS,

Municipals

Corporate

A. M. LAW & COMPANY

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Merrill

Carolina

Established

Bank

GEORGE

JACKISH,

PROPERTIES

Minneapolis

of

Bank

National

First

SECURITIES

TEXTILE

Teletype ZP 67

Gernon

EMIL

Johnson-McKendrick & Co.. Inc.

CARL J.

KALL,
First

KINNARD.

John

UNDERWRITERS

National Bank
G.

JOHN

DEALERS

—

BROKERS

Municipal & Corporate Securities

BANKERS

INVESTMENT

Klnnard & Company

G.

—

of Minneapolis

i

Members New York Stock Exchange

KLEMOND, EMIL J.
Merrill

Lynch,

KLINGEL,
Juran

LAU,
J.

&

Pierce.

Fenner

& Beane

LEWIS,

THIS

Bank, Insurance, Textile & Industrial Stocks

Exchanges

MacDONALD,

Specializing in Southern Issues

N.S.T.A.

AT

CONVENTION

BY

Interstate Securities Corporation

STATE & MUNICIPAL BONDS

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

GEORGE A.

National

1950

REPRESENTED

J. W. MEANS

WARDWELL

Merrill Lynch,

First

ARE

Moody

Dain & Company

W.

Trading Markets in

and

JAMES

WILLIAM J.
M.

Other National

Bank of Minneapolis

Telephone
LD-159

ATLANTA

Teletype

MEMBERS

Charlotte, N. C.
MACH,
R.

J.

ROBERT F.
Steichen & Co.




MIDWEST

STOCK

EXCHANGE
\

AT-1 87-1 88

New York, N. Y.

THE COMMERCIAL and

56

Yarrow, E. F. Hutton & Company, Chicago; Lawrence N. Marr, Ames,

Paul

&

FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Thursday, October 19, 1950

Securities Corporation, New York City; Jack C. Morris,
Atlanta, Ga.; Ludwell A. Strader, Strader, Taylor & Co.,

Walter F. Saunders, Dominion

Emerich

Norris & Hirshberg, Inc.,

Co., Chicago; Clarence A. Horn, First of Michigan Corporation, Detroit; Ludwell
A. Strader, Strader, Taylor & Co., Lynchburg, Va.; Paul I. Moreland,
Moreland & Co., Detroit, Mich.

Lynchburg, Va.; Gilbert Hattier, White, Hattier & Sanford, New Orleans, La.;
Harry Arnold, Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, New York City

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

lillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli:

Security Traders Association of Connecticut

(Members

located

otherwise

in

Hartford

unless

indicated)

HIncks

AUSTIN, GEO. L.

&

FAUST, HAROLD E.
Torrington

Co..

BOWMAN, ALFRED H.
Fahnestock

Di-Noc

finish,

BRESLAV, WALTER

incor¬

Marx

&

Co.,

natural

easily

and

subjects,

Donald

applied
and

composition board. A finish

for

every

product.

industrial

B.

Jacobs

Don E.

Super-Service Decalcomania

For Point-of-Sale

Brainard-Judd

Co., Hartford.

Donald E. Hungerford, Robert C.

Displays

CLARENCE

B.

New

CLARK, MYRON H.
Estabrook

&

color brilliance,

in

HOLMAN,

Gordon H. N. Libby, Coburn &

Middle-

L.

ROBERT

H.

transparency,

Secretary-Treasurer: Adolph E. Starkel, Putnam & Co., Hartford.
Governors: Leslie B. Swan,

Chas. W. Scranton & Co., New Haven;

Day & Co.

HUNGERFORD, DONALD E.

Committeeman:

Frank

J.

Murray,

HARRY

D.

Stoddard

&

E. T.

CONNER, EARL W.

Maples & Goldschmidt. South

Day,

HURLBERT,

Denton & Co., Inc.

Hartford.

COOK, AARON
Putnam &

Co.

Williams, Inc., New Haven.

of wood grains,

warm

Elected: October, 1950.

Takes Office: October 20, 1950.

New

Haven

C.

Co.

DONALD

B.

Marx

&

Co.,

Bridgeport

LIBBY, GORDON H. N.
Coburn

&

Jr.,
W.

Coburn

Middlebrook,

Incorporated

WILLIAM D.
Scranton &

MAIGRET.

masterpieces.

&

JOHNSON. A. MAURITS

Chas.

nature's

reproducing

faithfully

Company

Conning & Co.

LYON,/

leathers, and interesting marbles

and

GORDON

Andrews

JACOBS,

Norwalk

COX, FREDERIC R.
37 patterns

W.

WILLIAM D.

Robert C. Buell

Robert B. Calvert, Tifft Brothers,

Paper Extraordinary

ARTHUR

Putnam & Co.

Haven

COHAN.

National

Di-Lon Wall

R.

New

durability and printing.

E.

Haven

Hegeman & Co., Stamford

Co.

brook, Inc., Hartford.

outstanding

Valances,

and

Co.

Whaples, Viering & Co.

Buell and

CLEMENCE,

Second Vice-President:

&

REGINALD

HEGEMAN,

First Vice-President:

Transfers, Window Signs, Reverse

Signs

Co.

&

JOHN E.

GRAHAM.

CLAPP,

President: Donald B. Jacobs, Conning &

Britain

New
W.

Walker

H.

G.

Co., Hartford.
Di-Noc

Frazier,

Brothers

Tifft

Gordon H. N. Libby

Hungerford

plastic

wood,

steel,

to

E.

Co.

CHARLES

GRAHAM,

CALVERT, ROBERT B.

of

&

Bridgeport

authentic reproductions

porating

W.

GOULD.

all-lacquer-film

an

Earle

Haven

New

Corporation

NICHOLAS

FRAZIER, EARLE W.

Edward M. Bradley & Co., Inc.

For Industry

Securities

EISEN,

Fahnestock

BRADLEY, E. HOLBROOK

Synthetic Veneer

Equitable
FON

Co.

&

I.

Cooley & Company

BLIGH, ROBERT A.
Fahnestock

A.

Inc., New Haven

Co.,

ENGLISH, JAMES P.

Kennedy-Peterson, Inc.

DI-NOC

PRODUCTS BY

&

Eddy Brothers & Co.

H.

BBUCE

GEORGE

Bros.

HAROLD

DYER.

G. L. Austin & Co.

BEAL,

DOCKHAM.

Co.,

New Haven

NORMAN

&

Middlebrook,

Incorporated

McNULTY, EDW. J.

Di-Noc
for

Photographic Products

Chas, W. Scranton & Co.,

T.

Dinoreflex,

L.

Watson

&

Dinobase,

Film,

Dinographic

Dinoloft,

Process

Materials.

New Haven

MORGAN, DANIEL J.

and Industry:

Graphic Arts

THE BINGHAM-HERBRAND CORPORATION

Co., Bridgeport

MORRIS, ROBERT S.
Robt.

Morris &

S.

Co.

MURPHY, WILLIAM A.

Toledo and Fremont,

Pre-Grained

Transveneer

Hageman & Co., Stamford

Ohio

Finishes

MURRAY, FRANK J.

Day, Stoddard & Williams,

For the Home Craftsman

New

Inc.,

Haven

Easy to apply over enamel, var¬
new
wood, for furniture,

Manufacturers of automotive brake lever assemblies,

RITTER, LEONARD O.

plaster walls, interior woodwork,

precision stampings, drop forgings and "Van-Chrome"

RYBECK,

nish,

and

almost

plastic

drop forged hand tools.

composition surface.

or

WILLIAM

SAMUELSON,
George

J.

complete product information,
write

Inc.,

New Haven

WYLLIS

Arthur

McClure

THE DI-NOC COMPANY

Warner

&

THE

The R.

BILLINGS

AND

SPENCER

and Shaw

F.

.

STARKEL,
Putnam

ADOLPH

G.

& Co.

STEINER, 8. JACKSON
Jackson

Steiner &

CLEVELAND 12, OHIO
SWAN,
Chas.

Sales Offices:

LESLIE
W.

Co., Inc.

B.

Scranton

&

Co., New Haven

SWEENEY, WILLIAM J.

York,

Los Angeles,

Chicago,

Detroit

Precision aircraft and commercial forgings,
and "Life Time"

"Vitalloy"

drop forged hand tools.

Sweeney & Company, New Britain
TACKUS.
Putnam

WFISKE,
A.

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.

Griggs Company, Waterbury

COMPANY

Hartford, Connecticut

New

^

Co.

:

SKILTON, PEARL J.

1700 London Road

Rochester,

O.

SHAW, JOHN H.

to:

Subsidiary

Cleveland,

Company, Meriden

ARTHUR

C. Lane & Co.

SCRIBNER.

For

H.

William H. Rybeck &

wood,

metal,

any

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis

M.

WILDE.

ANDREW
&

F.

L.

Co.

RICHARD

Kidder &

RICHARD

Conning & Co,

Co., Bridgeport
W.

r

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Convention Number

The

Virginia Room

All from Cincinnati

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Investment Traders Association

Of

ABELE, EDWIN A.

Philadelphia

Reynolds
ALLEN,

&

Arthur

RAYMOND T.

Hecker

&

Charles

Taggart

&

Co.,

Herbert

Inc.

J.

LEWIS
Armstrong & Co.

Lewis

AYRES,

Weld

Pierce,

Fenner

&

BARBER.
H.

&

Son

Dolphin
&

Co.

ALFRED F.

Miller & Company

Jones,

NEWTON

II.

& Boyce

JR.,

BRACHER,

ERADBURY,

B.

Newbold's

Co.

THOMAS A.

Yarnall

Beane

Co.

&

SAMUEL

Stein Bros.

Incorporated

LEONARD

White,

/

Co.,

H.
&

Blizzard

Co.

&

BOWERS,

Lynch,

BAILEY,

W.

Drexel

PERCY

Merrill

irj

&

Co.

&

PAUL W.

BORTNER,

Ripley

Co.

HERBERT

H.

BODINE,

EUGENE

Harrlmnn

&

SAMUEL

Newburger
BLIZZARD.

ARMSTRONG, J.

ARNOLD,

Bender

J.

BLAUSTEIN,

Co.

A.

ARTHUR J.

BENDER,

Co.

ANDERSON, TOWNSEND C.

JOHN L.
Co.

&

Co.

BRADLY, CHARLES C.
BARNES,

JOSEPH

Kennedy
BARTON,
William J. McCullen

McFarland, III

Fenstermacher

A. H.

57

F.

P.

&

0.

E.

Co.

JOHN

Ristine

&

Clark

W.

BRITTON,

Co.

Drexel

BAYUK,

HAROLD

Bayuk

&

Co.

CHARLES
Blyth & Co., Inc.

J.

ERENNAN,

G.

Brothers

WILLIAM

&

N.

Co.

M.

(Continued

on page

58)

t

%

SERVICE

fij".

,

-

Ohio and Midwest Markets
Joseph E. Smith

Bernard Tobias

President: Albert H.

and

CLEVELAND

Fenstermacher, M. M. Freeman & Co., Inc.

Vice-President:

First

James

B. McFarland, III,

Second Vice-President:

Facilities

Warren Foster

Dan Hawkins

William J. McCullen, Hendricks & East¬
"CHICAGO OFFICE

Treasurer: Bernard H. Tobias, Gerstley,

Sunstein & Co.
Telephone CEntral 6-7400

Teletype CG 417

•

Joseph E. Smith, Newburger & Co.

Company, Incorporated;

Samuel K.

IN 1949

Phillips, Jr., Samuel K.

Phillips & Co.; Edward J. Jennings, Jr., Boenning & Co.
National Committeemen:
Newton H. Parkes, Jr.,

John M. Hudson, Thayer,. Baker &

OTIS & CO.

Co.;

(Incorporated)

Bioren & Co.; George J. Muller, Janney

Samuel K. Phillips, Jr., Samuel K. Phillips &
Russell M. Ergood, Jr., Stroud & Company, Incorporated.
Co.;

Alternates: Joseph E.

Established 1899

HOURS A DAY (SINCE 1936)
SPEED

Harold F. Scattergood, Boen¬

ning & Co.; William J. McCullen, Hendricks &
Aspden, Robinson & Co.

THREE SHIFTS WORKING 24

CLEVELAND

Co.;

Smith, Newburger & Co.; R. Victor Mosley,

Stroud & Company. Incorporated;

69,611,495 CHECKS HANDLED

Bob Janshoff

of Governors: Joseph R. Dorsey, Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Beane; James J. McAtee, Butcher & Sherrerd; Joseph
A. Zeller, Bankers Securities Corp.; Gordon Pfau, Stroud &

Board

New

York

Chicago

Dallas

Denver

Toledo

Buffalo

Eastwood, Inc.;
Cincinnati

Elwood S. Robinson,

Elected:

Clearing

H. M. Byllesby

wood, Inc.

&

Dealer

OFFICE

Teletype CV 496 & 497

Telephone CHerry 1-0260

Company, Incorporated.

Secretary:

FASTER

CHECK COLLECTION

111.

m

NO

September 15, 1950; Took Office: October 1,

*

Columbus

1950; Term

YOUR

THE

HANDLING

OF

INCOMING AND OUT¬

GOING

CHECKS

AT

OHIO'S

LARGEST BANK

Expires September 30, 1950.

WM. J. MERICKA 6- CO.
N S T A

INCORPORATED
MEMBER
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

INVITE YOU TO USE

29

AFFILIATES

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FOR YOUR OHIO MARKETS OR

INQUIRIES
Resources Over

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14

Telephone MAin 1-8500

New

York

One Billion Dollars

Exchange

150 Broadway

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7

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58

York City; Mr. and Mrs. William P.

Louis A. Gibbs, Laird, Bissell & Meeds, New

Hunt, W. E. Sibley &
Fahnestock &

COLWELL,

Of

Merrill

BENJAMIN

E.

W.

&

BROOKS,

Stroud

& Co.

Miller

C.

R.

G.

Schmidt, Poole & Co.

GEORGE

A. Webster

CALL,

Bayuk

Janney &

CAMPBELL,

Edward

A.

&

DAFFRON,

H.

M.

Byllesby

and

Caughlin & Co.

Company,

CHARLES J.
Waters & Co.,

COLFER, LAWRENCE J.

DART, GEORGE

Rufus

Waples

&

Marvin

Co.

&

Incorpo¬

&

Co.

A.

Co.

Riecke

&

Co.,

Inc.

WILLIAM B.

Eastman, Dillon & Co.

TRADING MARKETS

Warner

&

Co.,

lllLc<X

Blyth &
DORSEY,
UNION COMMERCE BLDG.

CLEVELAND

TELETYPE

Members

14

of the

CV

CHerry 1-5050

Midwest Stock Exchange

OHIO

-

L

D

500

565

L.

Weeks

W.

Kirkland

LONG,

EDWARD

Geo.

EDWARD J.

LUTZ,
H.

Stroud

SAMUEL

&

E.

&

Carstairs

&

Incorporated

HARRY S.

&

Co.

Co.,

Inc.

JOSEPH

W. Smith

Co.

Butcher

&

"
Sherrerd

McBRIDE, ALFRED R.
Wright, Wood & Co.

Inc.

McCANN, THOMAS J.

WILLIAM S.
&

E.

Company,

McATEE, JAMES J.

M.

FREDERICK W.
Bogan Paul & Co.,

KETCHEM,

Co.

Co., Inc.

FELIX

MARKMAN,

Co.

&

B.

Montgomery, Scott &

FLOYD E.
Peabody & Co.

Co.

CARL F.

A. Riecke

MAGUIRE,

Co.

&

THOMAS J.
E. Snyder & Co.

MANN, NEVIN
Halsey, Stuart

KERSLAKE,

Sons

Co.

Elkins, Morris &
LOVE,

Co.

H.

WILLIAM

Jr.,

Lilley &

Incorporated

&

Newbold's

H.

LILLEY,

C.

ST.

Weeks

Gerstley,

Sunstein

R.

Co.

Johnson

H.

&

Co.

ARMOUR W.

McCAULLY,

Co.

&

Inc.

Co.,

C.

The First

JOSEPH

Jenks,

KIELY, Jr., JERRY J.
F.

Co.

Co.

JOYCE, THOMAS J.
Woodcock, Hess & Co., Inc.

Hornblower

DOLPHIN, LEO M.
Dolphin & Co.
DONOVAN, ROBERT

&

MANEELY,

Sheridan

Blair, Rollins & Co., Incorporated

Co.

Hutton &

E.

Drexel

JONES, WILLIAM W.
Sheridan, Bogan Paul & Co., Inc.

Yarnall

Inc.

WILLIAM

DOERR.

JENNINGS, Jr.,

KENNEDY,

DEVOLL, Jr., FREDERICK V.
B.

&

HUNT, JOHN R.
Stroud & Company,

JUSTICE,
Kidder,

DERRICKSON, Jr., JOHN H.
Blair, Rollins & Co., Inc..
Henry

&

ALLYN R.

LESCURE, JAMES

JONES, GEORGE E.
Kidder, Peabody &

DAVIS, EDMUND J.
Rambo, Close & Kerner, Inc.
DENNEY,

W.

Boenning & Co.

W.

DAVIS, ALBERT J.
H.

Ristine

P.

RASH,

LARSEN, DONALD
Inc.

JACOBY, Jr., LEWIS P.
Thayer, Baker & Co.

DARBY, DONALD W.
Hallowell, Sulzberger

Inc.

F.
LA

HUDSON, JOHN M.
Thayer, Baker & Co.

rated

CHRISTIAN, EDGAR A.
Janney & Co.

M.

LAUT,

Hornblower

E.

Co.

Incorporated

Company,

JOHN

HOLDSWORTH, ROBERT M.

C.

ROBERT

&

J.

HOERGER, CHARLES E.
A. Webster Dougherty & Co.

B.

Waber

&

&

B.

Co.

LAND, C. EDWARD

Sherrerd

&

RICHARD
Janney & Co.

DAGGY, J. GENTRY

J.

Philadelphia;

Penington, Colket <fc Co.

JAMES

Butcher

HARRY

JR.

Harrison

Stroud

HISCOX, ARTHUR G.
Hiscox, Van Meter & Co.,

GRANT

Co.

Co.

Co.

Dackerman

J.

EDWARD

J.

&

HEWARD,

DACKERMAN,

Brothers

CAUGHLIN,

Miller

C.

JAMES

Brooke

CARSON, JOSEPH R.
Kidder, Peabody & Co.

D.

R.

CUNNINGHAM, HAROLD
Kennedy & Co.

CAPLAN, ALBERT

Co.

CAMPBELL,

Dawkins,

Inc.

Dougherty & Co.

THOMAS

Lilley &

Co.,

S.

&

S.

CUMMINGS, JOSEPH

Walston, Hoffman & Goodwin

BROWN, LLOYD B.
Arthur L. Wright &

HEWARD,

GEORGE

Wurts, Dulles & Co.

Company, Incorporated

CANTWELL, JOHN

Janney & Co.

LAMB,

W.

CRAM,

Incorporated

BROWN, LESTER C.

BURGESS,

&

HEFFELFINGER, HARRY L.
Samuel K. Phillips & Co.

&

FRANK

LAIRD,

CORSON, SPENCER L.
Elkins, Morris & Co.

57)

CAMPION, RICHARD R.
H. M. Byllesby and Company,

ROBERT

Bioren

Eastman, Dillon & Co.

HARRISON, GEORGE R.
Laird, Bissell & Meeds

E.

CAMPBELL, ROBERT J.

A.

THOMAS

KRUG,

RUSSELL A.

HARRIS,

P.

CONNOR, JOHN
Blddle, Whelen & Co.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
page

CHAUNCEY

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

COMPTON,

Philadelphia

(Continued from

E.Graham,Hartford,Conn.; Mrs.Herbert H.Blizzard,Philadelphia; Felix E.

Maguire, Stroud & Co., Inc., Philadelphia; Mrs. Harold F. Scattergood,
Mrs. Edw. J. Caughlin, Philadelphia

Co., Torrington, Conn. (Note license plate on car)

Investment Traders Association

BROOKS,

Mrs. John

Co., Boston, Mass.; Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Bligh,

Thursday, October 19, 1950

CHRONICLE

A.
Boston

Corp.
DORSEY, JOSEPH R.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

KNAPP, ALFRED S.
Wurts, Dulles & Co.

McCOOK, ROBERT
Walston, Hoffman

KNOB, JOHN

McCULLEN,

Drexel

E.

Hendricks

Co.

&

Goodwin

&

WILLIAM J.
&

Eastwood

DOTTS, RUSSELL M.
Woodcock, Hess & Co., Inc.

Open Wire to

Troster, Currie & Summers, New

York City

DOWNS, CHARLES
Kennedy & Co.
DUBLE,

E.

A DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS

FORREST H.

Parrish

&

SELLING

Co.

ERGOOD, Jr., RUSSELL M.
Stroud

Underwriters and Dealers

&

ESSENTIAL

Company, Incorporated

TO

INDUSTRIES

EVANS, EDWARD
F. P. Ristlne & Co.
FAHRIG

MUNICIPAL and CORPORATION

Jr., HARRY
Reynolds & Co.

SECURITIES

Based upon

M.

M.

Freeman

FREDERICK

FISCHER,
H.

N.

FITCH,

THE FIRST CLEVELAND CORPORATION
MIDWEST STOCK EXCHANGE

A.

W.

Co.,

&

Nash

6th BLDG.

CLEVELAND

pers

S.

For

FIXTER, WALTER D.
J. W. Sparks & Co.

Telephone

Teletype

PRospect 1-1571

Bell System CV 443 & 444

W.

&

Co.

box

have

an

interest in

Hiscox,

CLEVELAND BANK STOCKS

For

Securities Listed Midwest Stock Exchange

Co.

Members New York, Midwest and Other

Principal

Stock Exchanges

101 National

City Bank Building

CLEVELAND
Telephone: PRospect 1-6300




M.

&

Co.,

Inc.

WM.

&

wraps,

flexible

laminated
electrical

the

films,

combinations.
industry

.

.

.

ROBERT

For

the

graphic arts

.

.

.

high-

inated

cover

stock, label

paper.

textiles

Lurex

ments,

.

.

.

non-tarnishing,

metallic yarn,

draperies,

decorative
any

for

gar¬

upholsteries,

textile

industry

.

.

fabrics.
.

CUStom-

laminated films, foils and other
materials

for utilitarian

or

decorative purposes.

products for essential industries

are

manufac¬

tured in

GRIFFITHS, W. LAWRENCE
DeHaven & Townsend, Crouter & Bodine

HARDY, RUBIN
Corp.

Company, Cleveland 1,0.

Incorporated

EAGER, MALVIN R.
Montgomery, Scott & Co.

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to know more about us, write for brochure "The Most
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N.

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The First Boston

of ultraviolet light.

For

For

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glazing (glass
substitutes); enduring weatherbarriers which permit passage

fine

These diversified

Co.

HAINES, FRANCIS J.
W. H. Newbold's Son & Co.

14

in

finish, hard-wearing, film-lam¬

Inc.

GRANT, FREEMAN G.

GREENE,

&

covers;

For

for wire, cable and motors.

GREEN, HARRY
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

CORB LISTON

Prescott

Meter

Van

Harper & Turner,

Dolphin

call

bags, package

CHARLES

GOODMAN,

wrap¬

industry.. .plastic

light-weight, space-saving insu¬
lation, in tape and sheet form,

GORMAN, FRANK J.
H. G. Kuch and Company

or

...

pharma¬
tobacco,

Incorporated

FRANK J.

GABEL, ALBERT G.
Burton, Cluett & Dana
GESING,

OHIO SECURITIES

products

foils,

FOX, HOLSTEIN DeHAVEN
A. C. Wood, Jr. & Co.

When you

chemicals,

material, labels, package

-v

FOARD, ALLAN B.
Stroud & Company,

FOGARTY,

foods, confections,

metal

JOHN M.

Clark

from the original creators of cellophane cigar

to a national business serving essential industries with many

ceuticals,

Geo. N. Fleming & Co.

E.

many kinds of transparent films,
Dobeckmun Company has grown,

diversified products. For instance:

& Co.

EDWARD M.
Benkert & Co.

FLYNN, 2nd,

14

in 23 years,

Inc.

FLEMING, GEORGE N.
NATIONAL CITY E.

the processing of

foils and other materials, The

ALBERT H.

FENSTERMACHER,

MEMBER

H.

FANT, JOHN FITZSIMONS
Penington, Colket & Co.

Branches

at

Atlanta, Berkeley, Boston,

Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indian¬
apolis, Los Angeles, Milwaukee,
New

York,

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,

Portland, St. Louis, St. Paul and
Seattle. Representatives

everywhere.

i

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Convention Number

Thomas E. King, Thomas E. King & Co., Chicago; George

Roggenburg, Roggenburg & Co., New York City; James Kelley,

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley

JOHN

WALLACE H.
Hemphill, Noyes, Graham, Parsons & Co.

RUNYAN,

J.

Wellington Fund, Camden, N. J,
Mcdonald,
Paul

6c

william

SAILER,

m.

A.

Lynch

Barney

&

J. Sailer

Boenning

Co,

McFARLAND, 3rd, JAMES B.
H. M. Byllesby and Company,

Rambo,

Co.

Close & Kerner,

Inc.
UNDERWOOD,

Martin

6c

WALTER

Woodcock,

Soliday & Co.

Hopper,

J. Meaney,

Hecker

6c

MILLER,
E.

W.

Morrissey

RUSSELL

SCHULER,

6c

McE.

C.

C.

HARRY

Yarnall

E.

Jones,

DeHaven

Miller

MOSLEY,

R.
6c

Incorporated

H.

Fenner

&

Beane

6c Co.

Townsend, Crouter & Bodlne

A.

6c

Drexel

W.

Reynolds

N.

NASH, HAROUD
H.

Nash &

N.

DAVID

M.

W.

Co.

CHARLES

Byllesby

and

L.

Company,

Incor

Cayne

&

CLEVELAND

WILLIAM
J.

Co.

&

FRANK L.

WHITLEY,
6c

Co.

GEO.

WILLIAMS,

H.

WILLIAM

NICHOLS,
Butcher

Co.

LEWIS

H.

Schmidt,
WILLIS,

TOBIAS,

J.

Sherrerd

6c

&

Serving Dealers9 Banks and Brokers

Kennedy 6c Co.

ROY C.

E.

COIT

From Coast to Coast

Poole 6c Co.

Hemphill, Noyes, Graham, Parsons & Co.

Co.

BUILDING

H.

WILLIAMSON,
TILGE,

Blddle

Moncure

Co

&

COMMERCE

Co.

WHITEHEAD,
Camden, N.

Inc.

UNION

HENRY C.

Jr.,

Lilley 6c

Co.

NECKER, CARL

Suplee, Yeatman 6c Company, Inc.

Co.

WELLER, JOHN F.
Herbert H. Blizzard & Co.

Inc.

Co.

Ristine

P.

ZUBER, ETHAN G.

WILLIAM

Hornblower 6c Weeks
F.

K.

porated

Bioren

THOMAS,

WALTER

c/o Philadelphia Stock Exchange

YEATMAN, Jr., POPE
Suplee, Yeatman 6c Company, Inc.

H.
6c Co.

Smith

WELSH,

Taggart & Co.,

CLAYTON

TERRELL,

MURPHY, JOHN W.

ZERRINGER,

Co.

RAYMOND L.

TALCOTT,

MURPHY, JOHN A.
Reynolds 6c Co.

&

WELLS, ALFRED D.
Lilley 6c Co.

Co.

Yeatman & Company,

Charles

Hecker

Henry B. Warner & Co., Inc.
B.

TAGGART, CHARLES A.

MUNDY, JAMES E.
Reynolds 6c Co.

A.

Securities Corp.

WARNER, HENRY B.

B.

WILLIAM Z.

SUPLEE,

Suplee,

MULLER, GEORGE J.

Bankers

\

WARNER, ALFRED S.
Swain & Company, Inc.

SUNSTEIN, JR., LEON
Gerstley, Sunstein &

VICTOR

Company,

&

HOWLE

Morgan 6c Co.

ZELLER, JOSEPH

WURTS, JOHN W.
c/o Wurts, Dulles 6c Co.
YEAGER, WILLIAM F.

FREDERICK

J.

WALLINGFORD,

Co.

PHILLIPS

STREET,

ROBERT P.
& Company

MORRISSEY,

6c

6c

WALLACE,

SMITH, JOSEPH E.
Newburger & Co.
SNYDER,

C.

L.

Herbert H. Blizzard & Co.

& Co.

Miller

C.

W.

Wright, Wood & Co.

VOSE, JOHN C.

ARNOLD
6c Company, Inc.

Merrill

CONOVER

R.

Devine

J.

Drexel

Corp.

CHARLES P.
Lynch, Pierce,

SHAW,

MORRISSEY, FRANK J.
F. J. Morrissey & Co.

Janney

Boston

First

Herbert H. Blizzard & Co.

YOUNG,

Co.

Co.

R.

Stroud

&

YEATTS, ALBERT H.

GEORGE C.

Colllngs & Co., Inc.

Co.

8c

VOORHEES,

Battles

Inc.

JOHN A.

MILBURN,

J.

SERVICE,

meaney, thomas j.
T.

Boenning

SCHUMANN, WALTER H.
Dolphin & Co.

JOSEPH A.

McNAMEE,

F.

The

B.

& Co.

Hess

WILLIAM

SCHREINER,

Incorporated

Co.

&

VEITH, FRANK

Co., Inc.

McKEE, FRANK T.
Stroud 6c Company, Incorporated
McLEAR,

Biddle

C.

WOOD, 2nd, RICHARD D.

Harriman Ripley & Co., Incorporated

SCHAUFLER, CHARLES A.
McGARVEY, Jr., JOHN N.

C.

Co.

TYRRELL, LEO D.

rated
Moncure

6c

TREVINE, ROY

SCHAFFER, RUSSELL W.

Incorpo

WILLIS,

Brothers Harriman

Brown

ROBERT A.
Harriman Ripley & Co.,

6c Co.

&

HAROLD

TODD,

TORRENS,

SCATTERGOOD, HAROLD F.

McFADDEN, JOHN P.
Smith,

JACKSON

A.

Phillips, W. D. Graaison
Co., Cincinnati; Murray L. Barysh, Ernst & Co., New York City;
Donald B. Stephens, Cruttenden & Co., Chicago

&

Kidder, Peabody & Co., New York City; Francis J. Cunningham,
Kidder, Peabody & Co., New York City

McCULLOUGH,

59

BERNARD

Gerstley,

H.

H.

M.

ALFRED
Byllesby

J.

Company,

and

Incor

porated

Sunstein & Co.

O'BRIEN, JOSEPH F.
O'Brien

Raab

6c

THOMAS

O'ROURKE,
Stroud

&

Members

Midwest

JOHN T.

PAIRMAN,

6c Co.

Poole

Schmidt.

PARKER, JOHN E.
H. a. Riecke 6c Co.,

COMPANY

L. J. SCHULTZ &

F.
Incorporated

Company,

EATON MANUFACTURING

COMPANY

Private

Stock Exchange

Wire to New

Inc.

PARKES, Jr., NEWTON H.
Bioren

6c

Inc.

New York

Cleveland

C

Co.

parsly, l. fuller
Parsly Bros. & Co.,

York

76 Beaver Street

Union Commerce BIdg.

;

ervina

the automotive,

aircraft,

PATTISON, CARL T.
Stroud

PFAU,

6c

K.

Samuel

PHILLIPS,
Samuel

PHILLIS,

Coffin,

Incorporated

Company,

Phillips

Jr.,

6c

SAMUEL

Co.

Raffel

FRED

K.

J.

L.

Inc.

Free

valves; turbo-jet engine blades, tappets,

valve
WISTER
Incorporated

Company,

FRANCIS X.
Devine &

We

are

pleased to

business of Weiss
the

election

as

announce

that

we

have acquired* the

Work & Co., effective October 1,

officers of the former owners as

and

follows:

i

Co.

6c

springs; stampings; permanent mold gray

rings, cold drawn steel; sodium cooled, poppet,

WILLIAM

RANDOLPH,

REGAN,

heater-defroster units; leaf

castings; rotor pumps; spring washers; snap

iron

C.

Betz & Co.

6c

Stroud

truck axles and axle parts;
and coil

K. Phillips 6c Co.

QUINTARD, ROMEYN B.
Suplee, Yeatman & Company,

RAFFEL,

important industries, including motor

EDWARD J.

PHILLIPS,

C.

marine and other

GORDEN

Stroud

,

Incorporated

6c Company,

hydraulic

lifters, valve seat inserts; Dynamatic

brakes and

and

drives,

WILLARD C. WEISS

Vice President

JOSEPH R. WORK

Vice President
Assistant Secretary

ROBERT WEISS

dynamometers; and other similar products.

Co.
•

reilley, joseph f.
Jones, Miller & Co.
RENNEISEN,

Ohio

General Offices: Clevelandr

IRWIN

Hecker 6c Co.

t

ROBINSON, ELLWOOD S,

PLANTS:

Cleveland, Massillon, Ohio • Battle

Aspden, Robinson 6c Co.

Creek, Detroit, Marshall, Saginaw, Vassar,

RODGERS, J. LESLIE
Blair,

Rollins & Co.,

Inc.

ROGERS, H. WHITNEY
Elkins, Morris & Co.
RUCKDESCHEL, JOHN K.

Boenning 6c Co.
RUDOLPH,

MICHAEL

Stroud 6c Company,

Michigan

J.
Incorporated




PLANTS OPERATED BY SUBSIDIARY

COMPANIES:

Kenosha, Wisconsin ' London, Ontario

GEO. EUSTIS & CO.
Cincinnati's Oldest Investment Firm
Member Cincinnati & Midwest
508 Traction Bldg.

Stock Exchanges

Cherry 4070

—

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Mr.

and Mrs.

Sam

Green, Pledger & Co., Inc., Los Angeles,

Maxfield E. Brown, Shields & Company, Los

Calif.; Mr. and Mrs.
Angeles, Calif.

Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Stuart, Cowen & Co., New York

City; Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J.
Cann, A. G. Becker & Co., Chicago

Alabama
The

Place

Market

Thursday, October 19, 1950

BOSWELL, GRADY

Security Dealers Association

Merrill

BOYCE,

CINCINNATI

Lynch,

&

Beane,

&

Beane,

MILTON S.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fennere
Birmingham
j

SECURITIES

BRODNAX,

and

;

.

:*v :■/'

Brodnax

MARION
&

J.

Knight, Inc., Birmingham;

BROWN, C. BLYTHE

RHINELANDER PAPER

GIRDLER CORP.

Pierce, Fenner

Montgomery

for

Cumberland

Securities

Corporation,

Bir¬

mingham

BARECO OIL
BRUNSON, RAMON J.
Merrill

Pierce, Fenner

Lynch,

& Beane,

Mobile

BUSH,

(OHLE

&

@

Securities

Mobile

CANBY, YARDLEY
Merrill

Lynch,

Pierce, Fenner

&

Eeane,

Birmingham
CARLISLE,

Member Cincinnati Stock Exchange

900

PEYTON
Company,

A.

Bush

J. M.

Alonzo H.

James

Thornton, Jr.

S.

Crow,

Jr.

C.

JUDSON

Sterne, Agee <Sc Leach, Birmingham

CARLSON, ROBERT H.
Carlson & Co., Birmingham

UNION TRUST BLDG., CINCINNATI

CARLSON, Jr., Robert H.
Carlson

&

Co., Birmingham

COHEN, MORTIMER A.
Sterne, Agee & Leach, Montgomery
CONVILLE, KNOX A.

CINCINNATI

Conville

COX,

Courts

SECURITIES

&

Birmingham

Company,

JOHN
&

Company,

Birmingham

CROW, Jr., JAMES S.

Listed

First

Unlisted

National

DARBY,

Bank,

Mobile

NOLAN

Merrill

Pierce, Fenner & Beane,

Lynch,
Birmingham
EDDINS, JOHN
Merrill

J. E. MADIGAN & CO., inc.
FORMERLY W.
Members

E.

FOX & CO., INC.

Cincinnati

Stock

Stubbs, Jr.

Alonzo H. Lee,

First Vice-President: J.

18 E. 4th Street, Cincinnati 2, Ohio

Steme, Agee & Leach, Birmingham.
Thornton, Mohr &

Mills Thornton, Jr.,

Pierce, Fenner

«Sc

Beane,

Crow, Jr., First National Bank,

Mobile.

FORE,

Drayton Nabers, First National Bank, Birmingham.
Alonzo H. Lee, Sterne, Agee & Leach;

National Committeemen:
Harold B.

B.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner

& Beane,

ROBERT B.

First

Secretary: George H. Stubbs, Jr., Stubbs, Smith & Lombardo, Inc.,
Birmingham.

Mayes, Hendrix & Mayes, Inc.

Alternates:

DAKIN

Mobile

Second Vice-President: James S.

Treasurer:

Selma

FERRIS,
Merrill

Co., Montgomery.

Teletype CI 494

Lynch,

Birmingham

Nabers

Drayton

ELIASBERG, JULIEN

President:

Exchange

Telephone Main 1627

Geo. H.

Miles A. Watkins,

Stubbs, Smith & Lombardo, Inc.;
Sidney J. Mohr, Jr., Thornton, Mohr & Co.
Took Office: July 1, 1949; Term Expires: December 31, 1951.

National

Bank

of

Birmingham,

Birmingham
FRAZER, FRANK B.

Shropshire & Company, Mobile
GAINES, WALTER B.
Gaines

&

Company, Birmingham

GAUNT, WILLIAM
First National

Bank, Montgomery

HALEY, FRED
Merchants

National

Bank,

Mobile

HAMEL, BEN. F.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Merrill

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane,

Mobile

ADAMS, RALPH
Berney
Perry
mingham

&

Inc.,

Company,

Bir-

BACON, ROBERT

.

AGEE, RUCKER
Sterne, Agee &

ARMSTRONG, ERNEST
Sterne, Agee & Leach, Montgomery

First National

Leach,

HAWORTH, HOWARD H.

S.

Bank

of

Mobile, Mobile

Birmingham
BAXLEY, MARION

ALLISON,

CHARLES J.

Equitable
mingham

Securities

Merrill

Corporation,

Blr-

Lynch,

ANDREWS, J. WARREN
First

National

Bank,

Merrill

Montgomery

Lynch,

Pierce,

Pierce, Fenner & Beane,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane,

Pierce,

Fenner

&

Beane,

&

Beane,

Merrill

Lynch,
Birmingham

Merrill

Lynch,
Montgomery
Merrill

Lynch,
Birmingham

are

Pierce, Fenner & Beane,

Hendrix

&

R.

Mayes,

Inc.,

Birmingham

HERZBERG, BERNARD F.
Odess, Martin
mingham

We

Pierce, Fenner & Beane,

GEORGE

HENDRIX, JAMES

BLAIR, DWIGHT

Fenner

Birmingham

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane,

Birmingham

HECHT,

C.

Mobile

ANDREWS, LAMAR
Merrill

Lynch,

Merrill

HAYES, WILLIE

Montgomery

BLACKSTONE, F.

HAMRICK, LEON
Steiner, Rouse & Company, Birmingham

&

Herzberg,

Inc.,

Bir¬

HUGHES, PATRICK E.
Steiner, Rouse & Company, Mobile.

actively interested in

HYDINGER, EB S.

Ohio

•

Kentucky

Municipal
Bids

—

West Virginia

•

Revenue

Offerings

Information

—

on

WALTER, WOODY and
HEIMERDINGER

Quotations

403 Dixie Terminal

Hinsch

Emery Eyler
Neil Ranslck

Robert R.

Investment Securities
Cincinnati 2, Ohio

Meyer

Earl R. Shaffer

Union

Trust




CINCINNATI

STOCK

EXHANGE

System

American National

KING,

Bank

&

Trust

Com¬

Mobile

pany,

Teletype

Birmingham

PORTER

Steiner, Rouse & Company, Mobile
KING,
CI

Jr., PORTER

Merrill

188

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &

Beane

Mobile

Building

Telephone MAin 5353
Bell Tele.

MEMBER

Bell

Company,

JOYANT, A. W.

Phone Main 5072

Charles A. Hinsch & Company, Inc.

&

JEMISON, Jr., JOHN S.
Marx & Company,
Birmingham

Building

request

Co., Birmingham

W. E.

Courts

Bonds

CINCINNATI 2, OHIO

Charles A.

Carlson &

INMAN,

CI 399

Specializing in the purchase and
sale of municipal tax and revenue
securities of all states.

KNIGHT, Jr., ROY W.
Brodnax & Knight,
Inc., Birmingham
KNOWLES, BEN
Merrill Lynch,
Montgomery

Pierce, Fenner & Beane,

LANG, Jr., DUDLEY W.
Steiner, Rouse & Company, Mobile

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Convention Number

William

Mrs.

Burke,

Boston, Mass.;

Mr.

Wilmer

Mrs. J.

and

Butler,

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H.

LEACH, EDMUND C.

Sterne,

lee;

Agee

Leach,

&

alonzo

THOMAS,

ROBERTS, JACK D.
Bullington-Schas & Co.

Memphis Security Dealers Club

Montgomery

Weil, Weil & Arnold, New Orleans; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W.

Sener, John C. Legg & Co., Baltimore, Md.

Baker, Watts & Co., Baltimore, Md.

h.

Memphis

ROSS, HOWARD C.
Leftwich

Sterne, Agee & Leach, Birmingham

&

Union

Ross

SAUNDERS, M. A.

Herzberg,

Inc.,

Tus¬

M.

A.

Saunders &

J.

Co., Inc.

caloosa

SAUNDERS, ROBERT
M.

LOMBARDO, JOSEPH P.
Stubbs, Smith
mingham

Lombardo,

&

Inc.,

Saunders <fc

Co., Inc.

Company

R.

Nat'l

Bank

&

Trust

FRED

C. Bradford & Co.

WALKER, Jr., THOMAS B.
Equitable Securities Corporation
WARD, B.

Bir¬

B.

F.

FRANK

Ward

&

Co.

SCHAS, FRANCIS D.

Martin

Herzberg,

&

WHITMAN, A. L.

Bullington-Schas & Co.

MARTIN, ELBERT H.
Odess,

A.

NICK

J.

Securities

Planters

TREXLER,
LESLIE, OWEN C.
Odess, Martin &

Jr.,

THOMPSON, EDWARD F.

Inc.,

Bullington-Schas &

Co.

Bir¬
SPRAGINS,

mingham

R. W.

R.

WENDELL

WOOTEN.
R.

Spragins & Company

B.

ROGER

Wooten

&

Company

marx, v. hugo
Hugo

Marx

Company,

&

Birmingham

MARX, Jr., V. HUGO

Hugo

Marx

Company,

Birmingham

Company,

&

Birmingham

MARX, WILLIAM
Hugo

Marx

&

MASTERS, ERNEST
Merrill

Lynch,
Birmingham

Penner

Pierce,

& Beane,

President:

mates, harold b.
Hendrix & Mayes, Inc., Birmingham

Mcknight, h. neil
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

Fenner & Beane,

&

Carlson & Co.,

Birmingham

Alternate:

mohr, sidney j.

Jr.,

—ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Birming¬

& Company,

DRAYTON

Herzberg,

Bir¬

Inc.,

Loeb, Rhoades & Co.
Lynch,

Inc.,

Bir¬

Company,

Inc.,

Bir¬

Perry

Pierce,

&

Fenner

Saunders & Co.,

Inc.

1100

Securities

Mid-South

Co.

Union

Planters

Bank

Nat'l

Union Trust Building

CINCINNATI

LANCASTER, JAMES C.

Bullington-Schas & Co.

THE W. C. THORNBURGH CO.

&

Trust

2, OHIO

Co.

Union

LEFTWICH,

Planters Nat'l

Bank

Trust Co.

&

WILLIAM

GROOM

Leftwich & Ross

„

LIMERICK, AYLETT B.

CROSSETT, E. GORDON
C. J.

PERRYMAN,
&

The

LOUIS

Martin

First

National

Goodbody & Co.

Bank

Inc., Montgomery

Mayes,

SCHULHAFER.

Odess,

Beane

COBB, MAX

&

mingham

Hendrix

A.

JORDAN, ROBERT H.

BROWN

CARNEY, W. HARDING

Company,

&

,

M.

,

PERRY, W. BERNEY
Berney

BURCH.
Merrill

perry, tunstall b.
Perry

HUDGINS, JACK L.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Carl M.

odess, lewis j.

Berney

S.

HARRIS,

BANKSTON, Jr., W. L.

*

Odess, Martin &
mingham
V

RICHARD

ALLEN, HARRY
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Birmingham

First National Bank,

mingham

Leftwich, Leftwich & Ross.

January, 1950; Term Expires: January, 1951.

Hugh

Morrow

ham

NABERS,

Bonds

Bullington-Schas & Co.

Early F. Mitchell, First National Bank

William Groom

Took Office:

Thornton, Mohr & Company, Montgomery

Watkins,

A. L. Whitman,

of Memphis.

McREE, S. A.

MORROW,

Municipal

Roger Wooten, R. B. Wooten & Company.

National Committeeman:

Birmingham

Company,

Saunders & Co., Inc.

Secretary: Aylett B. Limerick, Goodbody & Co.
Treasurer:

McQueen, jr., giles

A, L. Whitman

Aylett B. Limerick

Richard S. Harris, M. A.

Vice-President:

Mobile

Courts

Roger B. Wooten

Richard S. Harris

CURD, H. PRICE

Herzberg,

&

MITCHELL, EARLY F.

Bir¬

Inc.,

Federal

Securities

Co.,

The

Inc.

First National

Bank

mingham

SELLERS, PHILLIP
Thornton-Mohr

JOHN

SHEARER,

Montgomery

Co.,

&

Carl

S.

M.

Loeb, Rhoades

&

Co.

Meeks,

RISON,

FREDERIC, FRANK D.

National Bank, Mobile

Merchants

REDDOCH, JAMES N.

FOSTER. WALTER T.

Equitable Securities Corporation

Reddoch

&

Company

SAM

Standard Securities Co.

SHROPSHIRE, OGDEN
Shropshire & Company, Mobile
SMITH, HENRY M.

Smith

Stubbs,

Lombardo,

&

Inc.,

Bir¬

mingham
STANSEL, ARTHUR
Courts & Company,

MERVYN

STERNE,

Birmingham

i

h.

Sterne, Agee & Leach, Birmingham
STUBBS,

GEORGE h.
& Lombardo,

Jr.,

Stubbs, Smith
mingham
THORNTON,

J.

Inc.,

Bir¬

CINCINNATI'S
MILLS

Thornton; Mohr & Company, Montgomery
THORNTON, Jr., J. MILLS
Thornton, Mohr & Company, Montgomery

OLDEST

INVESTMENT FIRM

TURNER, LEO C.
Marx

Birmingham

Company,

&

ULMER, CLYDE
&

Courts

88th YEAR

Company, Birmingham

VINCENTELLI, JOHN
Merrill

Lynch,

Pierce,

A Full Line

of Meat

Food Products

Fenner & Beane,

Montgomery
WALKER,
Marx

CULLOM

&

Company,

Birmingham

WATKINS, Jr., MILES A.
Stubbs,

Smith

&

Lombardo,

Inc.,

Bir¬

mingham
WATKINS,

Watkins,

WARNER S.
Morrow & Company, Birming¬

ham
W ATKINS,

Watkins

WOOD,

W ARNER S.
Morrow & Co., Birmingham

Jr.,

GEORGE M.

George

M.

&

Wood

Company,

Mont¬

Company,

Mont¬

1

gomery

WOOD, Jr., GEORGE M.

George

M.

Wood

&

gomery




GEO. EUSTIS & CO.

Preferred Stock and Common Stock Traded on the

Cincinnati Stock

Exchange

Co.

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

62

and

Mr.

Mrs.

Charles

C.

J. Hollis

King, Bankers Bond Co., Louisville, Ky.;
Austin, J. W. Tindall & Co., Atlanta, Ga.

In Attendance at NSTA Convention
(Continued from page 20)
LEAR, JAMES C*
Reed, Lear & Co.,
Pittsburgh

MAGID, SAMUEL E.*
Hill, Thompson & Co., Inc.,
New York City

LEE, ALONZO H*
Sterne; Agee & Leach,
Birmingham

MAGUIRE, FELIX E*

LESTRANGE, GEORGE E*
Arthurs, Lestrange & Co.,

MAGUIRE, JAMES B*
James B. Maguire & Co.,
Boston

LEVY, GUSTAVE L.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
New

York

New York City

W.

E.

Hutton &

Co., Boston

R. S. Dickson &

New York

City

Merrill
♦Denotes Mr. and Mrs.

ner

Co.,

Greenville

St.

Petersburg

Exchange Com¬

City

Corpora¬

Detroit

MILLER, F. BOICE
B. J. Van Ingen & Co., Miami
MITTON, ROBERT L.

MONROE, PAUL B*
Hunnewell & Co.,

Boston

MONTAGUE, ARCH F*
W. E. Hutton & Co.,
Cincinnati

Mcdonald, jr., harry a.
McDonald-Moore and Co.,
Detroit

First

J. J. B. HILLIARD & SON
Founded

Co., Detroit

MORRIS, JACK C *
Norris & Hirshberg, Atlanta
MORTON, FRED G*
The Milwaukee Company,

York Curb

Bell

Exchange

Exchange (Associate)

419 IV. Jefferson St.
System Teletype—LS

Midwest Stock Exchange

Hilliard Bldg.
284

Louisville 2, Ky.

Long Distance 197 & Western Union Phone

OWENSBOEO, KY., OFFICE

York City

Publishing Co.,
New York City

MOSLEY, R. VICTOR,* and
Margaret and Louise

—

Stroud & Company,^ Incorpo¬
rated, Philadelphia

White, Weld & Co.,
New York City

MOSS, WILLIAM F.
National Quotation Bureau,
New York City

MEANS, JAMES W.
Courts & Co., Atlanta

NELSON, HARRY L.
NEWSOM, Jr., W. R*
Sanders & Newsom,

Dallas

OETJEN, HENRY
McGinnis & Co.,
New York City

John
New

J.

O'Kane, Jr. &

Co.,

York City

OLIVER, Jr., ALLEN L.
E.

Hutton

F.

&

Co., Dallas

OPDYKE, GEORGE F*
Cleveland

PARKER, H. SHELDON*

Kay, Richards & Co.,
Pittsburgh
PARKES, Jr., NEWTON H*
Bioren & Co., Philadelphia
Atkinson

Blue List

Mclaughlin, john s.

Members
New York Stock

New

Dallas

Williams,

Stoddard &
Inc., New Haven
Day,

PARRY, EDW. T*

MORTON, ROALD*

Co.,

Mclaughlin, john f*
McLaughlin, Reuss & Co.,
New

1872

Southwest

Lynch, Pierce, Fen-

Beane, New York City

Ledogar-Horner Company,

MORELAND, PAUL I*

Milwaukee

McELYEA, Mrs. R. G.

&

O'KANE, Jr., JOHN J.

Investments, Denver

Moreland &

ner

Blyth & Co., Inc., Chicago

Company,

Robert L. Mitton

Mcdonald, harry a.
Securities & Exchange Com¬
mission, Washington

MURPHY, CHARLES O'BRIEN

MURRAY, FRANK J.

Titus-Miller &

Company,

Dallas

Lynch, Pierce, Fen-

& Beane, New York

Michigan

MILLER, DON W.

McCLEARY, GEORGE M.
Florida Securities

of

tion, Detroit

Philadelphia

MASON, WALTER G.
Scott, Horner & Mason, Inc.,
Lynchburg
MAYER, JOHN M.

MACKESSY, T. FRANK *
Abbott, Proctor & Paine,

MEYERS, Jr., JOHN J.
Gordon Graves & Co.,
New York City

McCULLEY, CLAYTON R*
First Southwest Company,

New York City

Co.,

Charlotte

McCALL, ARTHUR C.

Hendricks & Eastwood,

MARSLAND, A. W*
Wood, Gundy & Co.,

LYON, WILLIAM E. B.

MEYER, FRANK P.
First

MULLER, GEORGE J*
Janney & Co., Philadelphia
Merrill

McBRIDE, ALFRED R.
Wright, Wood & Co.,
Philadelphia

McCULLEN, WILLIAM J.

Ames, Emerich & Co.,
Chicago

McLaughlin, McLaughlin, Reuss & Co., New York City; Mr. and
Reuss, McLaughlin, Reuss & Co., New York City

W. Wendell

MERICKA, WILLIAM J*
William J. Mericka & Co.,
Inc., Cleveland

Birmingham

mission, Washington

MARR, LAWRENCE N.

LOTHROP, G. M*

Mr. and Mrs. John F.
Mrs.

Securities &

Wertheim & Co.,

City

Mrs.

McCORMICK, EDWARD T.

MARKHAM, EDWIN J.

L1STON, CORW1N L.
Prescott & Co., Cleveland

and

Alester G. Furman &

Stroud & Company, Incorpo¬
rated, Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Mr.

Thursday, October 19, 1950

Jones &

Co.,

Portland, Ore.
PARSONS, Jr., EDWARD E*
Wm. J.

Mericka &

Co., Inc.,

Cleveland

PAULI, ROBERT A.
Scherck, Richter Company,
St. Louis

PEARSON, G. HAROLD
Rauscher, Pierce & Co.,
Dallas

MASONIC TEMPLE

PEELER, J. LEE*
Active Markets In

All Local

J.

INVESTMENT SECURITIES

Securities, Kentucky and

General Market

Municipals

LOCAL

—

LISTED

—

Lee

Peeler

&

Company,

Inc., Durham
PETTEY, HERBERT
Equitable Securities

UNLISTED

Corpo¬

ration, Nashville

Private Wire to

Wood, Walker & Co., New York

PHILLIPS, GEORGE

Bought—Sold—Quoted

W. D. Gradison &

Co.,

Cincinnati

PHILLIPS, JOSEF C*
Pacific Northwest

Prugh, Combest & Land, Inc.
1016

"TO BUY WHEN OTHERS ARE DE¬

SPONDENTLY

SELLING, AND TO

WHEN OTHERS ARE AVIDLY

SELL

BALTIMORE

PHILLIPS, Jr., SAMUEL K*

AVENUE

Samuel

AND

PAYS

THE

K.

Phillips

&

Co.,

Philadelphia

KANSAS CITY 6, MO.

PIZZINI, B. WINTHROP*
Teletype KC 191

Telephone Victor 2841

BUYING,

B. W. Pizzini &

New York

REQUIRES THE GREATEST FORTI¬
TUDE

Company,

Seattle

Co., Inc.,

City

PLUMRIDGE, THEODORE E*
J. Arthur Warner & Co. In¬

GREATEST

corporated,

REWARD."

New

York

City

PON1CALL, Jr., FRANK M*
Singer, Deane & Scribner,
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Kentucky Securities

PRATT, LOGAN V.

Active Markets in All Issues

R. S.

Dickson &

Co., Inc.,

Charlotte

PRELLER, JOHN G.

m

BANKERS BOND

McGinnis &

ca

INCORPORATED

1st FLOOR, KENTUCKY
HOME

LIFE

BLDG.

LOUISVILLE 2, KENTUCKY
Bell

Teletype LS 186




Long Distance

Company,

New York City

Wagner, Reid and Ebinger, Inc.

)

Cleveland

RAHN, FRED T.

415 W. JEFFERSON STREET

The Illinois Company,

LOUISVILLE 2, KY.

238

QUIGLEY, JAY L.
Quigley & Co., Inc.,

Chicago
BELL

TELETYPE
LS

292

WABASH

4191

WESTERN UNION

PHONE

RAUSCHER, Jr., JOHN H*
Rauscher, Pierce & Co.,
Dallas

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Convention Number

REED, KEITH B.
Dittmar &

Co., Dallas

REILLY, F. VINCENT
Commercial & Financial

Chronicle, New York City
J. F.

Reilly & Co., Inc.,

New York

City

REUSS, W. WENDELL*

McLaughlin, Reuss & Co.,
New York City

and

Mrs.

Mr. and

STALKER, ALFRED
Kidder, Peabody & Co.,
New York City

STRADER, LUDWELL A*
Strader, Taylor & Co., Inc.

STANFORD, KENNETH C*
F. S. Smithers & Co.,

STRADER, PHILLIP
Strader, Taylor & Co., Inc.

New York

REILLY, JOHN F.

Mr.

George L. Collins,

Joseph M. Kelly, J. Arthur Warner & Co., New York City;
Geyer & Co., Inc., New York City

Edward

63

Jr., Wm. J. Mericka & Co., Cleveland;
Mericka & Co., Cleveland

E. Parsons,

Mrs. Wm. J. Mericka, Wm. J.

STUART, MARK*
Cowan & Co., New York City
SULLIVAN, LEONARD R.

STRALEY, JOHN A.
Hugh W. Long & Co., Inc.,

Glore, Forgan & Co., Chicago
TITUS, WILLIAM A.
Wertheim & Co.,

TEGELER, JEROME F.
Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.,

New York

St. Louis

First National Bank of Chi¬

New York

Ralph F. Carr & Co., Inc.,
Boston

Chicago

cago,

Wertheim & Co.,

THOMPSON, WILLIAM S*

STRONG, O. H.

City

TITUS, Jr., WILLIAM A.

New York City

STEPHENS, DONALD B.
Paul H. Davis & Co., Chicago

Co.,

THORSEN, LESTER J.

Phelps, Fenn & Co.,
New York City

Lynchburg

STARK, EUGENE*
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fen¬
ner & Beane, New York City

C. F. Cassell and

Charlottesville

Lynchburg

City

THORNHILL, G. E.

City

(Continued

on page

64)

RICHARDS. CHARLES A*

Field, Richards & Co.,
Cincinnati

louis

st.

ROGGENBURG, STANLEY L*
Roggenburg & Co.,

Our

New York City

Local Listed And Unlisted Securities

ROHDE, JOHN I.
R. Lewis,

John

And Invites Your

Inc., Seattle

"If there it

RONEY, JOHN J.
Wm. C.

markets

Trading Department Is Active In All

We

Roney & Co., Detroit

Market

a

Inquiries
UNDERWRITERS

find it''

we can

DISTRIBUTORS

Specialize In Orders For Banks And Dealers

ROWLEY, RUSSELL K.

Edward D.

Geyer & Co., Inc., Cleveland
SACCO, ARTHUR C.
Detmer & Co., Chicago

Jones & Co.

ESTABLISHED

1871

MEMBERS

SANDERS, SIDNEY J*
Foster & Marshall, Seattle

New

York Stock Exchange

Midwest Stock Exchange

New York Curb Exchange, Associate

Chicago Board of Trade

SAUNDERS. WALTER F*
The Dominion Securities

300 North Fourth St.
Central

Newhard, Cook & Co.

Saint Louis 2, Mo.
Bell Teletype

7600

SL 593
—

Corporation, New York City
SCATTERGOOD, HAROLD F*
Boenning & Co., Philadelphia

Direct

Private

Connections

Wire

with

Members

New York Stock

Josephthal & Co., New York, and James E. Bennett & Co., Chicago

New York Curb Exchange

—•

Exchange

Midwest Stock Exchange

(Associate)

SCHEUER, CHAS. G*

FOURTH &

Dempsey-Tegeler & Co.,

A. G. EDWARDS & SONS

Chicago

SCHLICTING, HUGH R.
Wm. P. Harper & Son & Co.,

Bell
Established

1887

Seattle
409 NO. EIGHTH

SCHLOSSER, GUST AVE J*
Union Securities Corporation,
New York

L. D. St. Louis 340, 341 & 342

Bell Teletype—SL 475

Clark, Dodge & Co., 61 Wall St., New York 5, N. Y.

City

SENER. JOSEPH
John C.

Teletype—SL 151-152

Correspondent and Private Wire System

ST., ST. LOUIS 1, MO.

Telephone CEntral 4744

OLIVE

ST. LOUIS 2, MO.

Private Wire to Carl M.

W.

Loeb, Rhoades & Co.

Legg & Co.,
61

Baltimore

J*
Shields & Company, Chicago

SENNOTT, Jr., WM.

Members

Broadway

NEW YORK, N. Y.
Tel.

WHiteliall

Midwest

3-9394

New York Stock

SHAW, HERBERT I.
Vance, Sanders & Co.,
New York

City

Walter J. Connolly & Co.,

Tel. 7826

Exchange

Chicago Board of Trade
8015

SHEEHAN, Jr., DANIEL M*

Myers Bldg.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

Stock Exchange

CLAYTON 5,
Tel.

New York Curb

Forsyth Blvd.

N.

MO.

Y. Coffee &

Exchange

323 Bankers

Sugar Exch.

Tel. BEacon

Commodity Exchange, Inc.

Delmar 6692

Mortgage Bldg.

HOUSTON 2, TEXAS
3-8831

Boston

SHEPLER. LLOYD W*
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner, & Beane,

Cincinnati

SHIPMAN, RICHARD
Blair F. Claybaugh & Co.,
New York City

SIMPSON. WILLIAM G*
H. M. Byllesby and Company,
Incorporated. Pittsburgh
"li
SINGER, LOUIS P.
Troster, Currie &
New York

Uhlmann &
MEMBERS

BOARD

Latshaw

STOCK

NEW

YORK

OF

TRADE

KANSAS

CITY

6.

SCHEPCk, RICHTEF

^

EXCHANGE

BUILDING

,

COMPANY

/

MISSOURI

Summers,

City

SLOAN, DONALD C*
Donald C. Sloan & Co.,

Portland, Ore.

St Louis

pRtv

SMITH. HAROLD B*

Pershing & Co.,
New York City
SMITH, JOSEPH E*
Newburger & Co.,

CO

'Asr

TO

C°AST.

Philadelphia
SMITH, MARK A.
F. W. Craigie & Co.,
Richmond
SNYDER. EVERETT W*
E. W.

Snyder and Co.,

r

FOR

TRADING

AND

SOUTHWESTERN

Syracuse

KC

KERMIT B*
Allison-Williams Company,
Minneapolis

SORUM,

STAIB. LEE
Geo.

R*

Eustis & Co., Cincinnati




L

MARKETS

67, 68,

IN

LOCAL

SECURITIES

AND 69

BALTIMORE

3600

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64

Inc., Cleveland; Daniel M. Hawkins, Otis & Co.,

(Continued from page 63)
TORPIE, JAMES V.

TOPOL, ROBERT M.
Greene and Company
New York

City
VALLELY, EDWARD V.*
John Nuveen & Co., Chicago

VER

TORPIE, ROBERT A *
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, New York City

♦Denotes Mr. and Mrs.

Lilley & Co., Philadelphia

New York

Rafinp

&

San Francisco

(Continued from page 18)
WHITE, EDWARD A.
White & Company, St. Louis

WILLIAMSON, E. COIT
Schmidt, Poole & Co.,
Philadelphia

Co., Inc.

Wi?

WAKELEY, THOMPSON M.
A. C.

WITT1CH, WILBUR R*

Allyn & Co., Inc.,

and

Brokers

Listed

and

Distributors

Joseph McManus & Co.,
New York City

Unlisted

WALKER, L.
National

E.

Quotation Bureau
City

WYLLIE, THOMAS H. *
C. F. Cassell & Co.,

WALSH, RICHARD H. *

Charlottesville

Newhard, Cook & Co.,

York

New

Stock

New

Exchange—Midwest

York Curb Exchange

135 South La Salle

Stock

Exchange

Street, Chicago 3, Illinois
Teletype CG 650-651

Kansas City

Milwaukee

Grand Rapids

St.

Louis

initiated.

This

has been continued this
year and up to the present time
we
have made thorough inspec¬
tion tours of the following com¬
panies:
Fischer

Motor,
ite

Company,

Body

Chevrolet

and

divisions of

General

Mo¬

Monarch Co.; Gran¬
Steel
Co.;
Monsanto

It

YEARLEY, IV, ALEXANDER
The Robinson-Humphrey Co.,
Atlanta

Laurence M. Marks & Co.,

New York

Weil & Arnold, New Orleans

City

ZOLLINGER, JOHN J.

WELCH, EDWARD H*
Sincere and Company,
Chicago <

might be well to mention here

that the officers of the firm being

inspected
the

ZINGRAF, CHARLES M.

WEIL, JOSEPH H*

City

Chemical Co.

Chicago

Henry B. Warner & Co.,
Philadelphia

(Associate)

Telephone ANdover 3-5700
Detroit

E. F. Hutton &

WARMATH, J. T.
Equitable Securities Corpo¬
ration, Greensboro
WARNER, HENRY B.

Members

Your

was

tors; Knapp

YARROW, PAUL

St. Louis

STRAUS & Blossek

"Know

as

program

WREN, LAWRENCE*
Allen & Company,
New York City

New York

Investment Securities

Louis

Industries"

New York City

WALKER, GRAHAM*

of

September 27, 1949, which was in¬
cluded in your Public Relations
report to the National Association
at Colorado Springs, I explained
that a program known here in St.

Grimm & Co.,

Chicago

Underwriters,

Relations Committee

Davis, Skaggs & Co.,

Cincinnati
MEULEN, JOHN W*

Ver Meulen

Report of Public

WHITAKER, EMMET K.

Geo. Eustis & Co.,

New York City

City

WELSH, Jr., HENRY C.

TRIGGER, RAYMOND
Investment Dealers Digest,

VASEY, JOSEPH H*

Torpie & Saltzman,

Inc.,

John J. Meyers,

Cleveland

In Attendance at NSTA Convention

Atkinson-J ones & Co., Portland, Ore.; Mr. and Mrs.
Jr., Gordon Graves & Co., New York City

Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Parry,

Co.,

Co., Cleveland, Ohio; Russell K. Rowley, Geyer &

Corwin L. Liston, Prescott &

Thursday, October 19, 1950

Scharff &

Jones, Inc.,

present at the time

are

is

made

have

and

been

cooperative not only on the
itself, but also in answering
questions regarding the financial

tour

status, etc., of their companies.
There

still several trips to
during the current year
but, unfortunately, the names of
the companies to be visited have
not been decided, consequently I
be

New Orleans

tour

most

are

made

can't mention them here.

SINCERE

AND

*TRAILMOBILE CO.

COMPANY

We have put forth considerable
effort here in St. Louis in

Common Stock

an

at¬

tempt to work with the different

MEMBERS OF

companies who do not have their

New York Stock Exchange

Despite

and all

little

Principal Stock and

recent strength

over

still available at

twice 1950 estimated

net

income.

Commodity Exchanges

securities

listed on a recognized
exchange in regard to divi¬

stock

dend declarations.

has been
*Brief analysis available

on

request

ord

In the past it
experience that rec¬

our

dates and ex-dividends dates

coincided, which,

CHICAGO

quite

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.

Telephone

Teletype

STate 2-2400

CG 252-656 & 657

Founded
105 W. Adams

1890

from
ber

as you know, is
in our industry
trading standpoint. A num¬

confusing
a

of these

plaining

St.

314

Chicago 3

N. Broadway

St. Louis 2

pany

companies, after

our

reasons

to the

officials, have given

cooperation and

are now

sufficient

us their
allowing

between

time

ex¬

com¬

the

ex-

dividend date and the record date.

Trusting the above is the type
of information that you are seek¬

ing,

Sills, Fairman

DAYTON 6» GERNON
member

midwest

stock

&

Harris

INCORPORATED

Members

Midwest

Stock

there

to

you,

be

occur

please do not hesitate to

call upon me.

Exchange

Branch
52

-

should

exchange

New

BROKERS

however,

anything else which might

DEALERS

Wall

York

Thanking

Street

5, N.

209 South La Salle Street

Y.

Direct Private Wire

Chicago 4, Illinois
to

Sutro Bros. & Co., N. Y.

ward

to

you,

seeing

and looking for¬
you

at

Virginia

Beach, with kindest personal

re¬

gards,

Cordially,

DISTRIBUTORS

JOHN W.

Underwriters and Distributors of

ALL WISCONSIN

Club of St. Louis

Municipal, Public Utility, Railroad and

ISSUES

Industrial Securities
branch
eau

claire

•

fond

du

st.
main

105

SO.

lac

paul

office

LA

-




la

6-0780

San

Francisco, Calif.
September 12, 1950

Mr. John M.

Hudson, Chairman

Public Relations Committee

offices
crosse

-

minneapolis,

and trading

SALLE

Phone—CEntral

-

BUNN

President, Security Traders

madison

-

w'ausau

minn.

National Security Traders

^Telephone Vm

Teletype

whom 2-1421

CG 864

department

STREET, CHICAGO 3, ILL.

Teletype—CG 262

Complete
/'w.

specialists

trading
in

local

facilities

markets

Association, Inc.
c/o Thayer, Baker & Co.
Commercial Trust Building

Philadelphia 2, Pa.
Dear Sir:

"Public
of

Relations"

tremendous

is a subject
importance to our

Convention

THE

Number

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Newsom, Jr., Sanders &
Mrs. Landon A. Freear, Wm. N. Edwards

industry, for if
and

respect

our

liveiinood.

welfare

and fails with the public's
of

The

public's

BYRD, CLIFTON

our

B.

and

public

on

but

piane

Rotan, Mosle and

dealings with the
the highest
possible
also

must

we

be

DAVIS, LAWRENCE
McClung & Knickerbocker

EARL G.

Fridley & Hess
GOODWIN, RICHARD H.
R. H. Goodwin & Co.

HARRELL, Jr., SAMUEL N.

Moreland

Merrill

CRERIE, FRANK H.

our

& Company

FRIDLEY,

V. Christie & Co.

COOPER, ARTHUR C.

therefore, not oniy conduct our¬
selves

E. H.

CHRISTIE, BYRON V.
B. V. Christie & Co.

not
We must,

making.

own

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

CAMPBELL,

change in the
toward the in¬

vestment business may or may

be of

Shields

CROCKETT, CLAUDE T.
Moroney, Beissner & Co.

Blyth & Co., Inc.

regard

a

attitude

CROCKETT, A. GORDON

HENRY M.

Moroney, Belssner & Co.

Merrill

lor

reason

Mrs.

Bailey, Foster & Marshall, Portland, Ore.; Mr. and
Walsh, Newhard, Cook & Co., St. Louis

BROWN, ROBERT D.

rises

profession.

our

65

Richard H.

Investment Dealers Association of Houston

of tne puolic we lose
Our

Mr. and Mrs. Dan V.

Newsom, Dallas, Texas; Mr. and
& Co., Ft. Worth, Texas

BEISSNER,

lose the esteem

we

COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

(Continued

Harris, Upham & Co.

on page

66)

on

guard to counter any threats from
witnout.

Realizing this, our members, in¬
dividually, have taken every op¬
portunity

to

public

tne

service

present our

through

before

ciubs, luncneon clubs,
and

classes

education

adult
like.

the

They have joined forces with local
stock

member houses and

ter" markets as

York

explained the

"over-the-coun¬

the

of

workings

New

and

exchange

cational programs.

President: E. Clyde

Unusual

interest¬

or

called

been

Crockett

Gordon

Vice-President: A. Gordon Crockett, Shields

Committeeman:

Investment

Alternate:

& Company.

John DeC. Scott, John D.

Secretary-Treasurer:
National

ACTIVE TRADING MARKETS IN

Hawkins, Rauscher, Pierce & Co.

Jesse

R.

Phillips, Jr.,

UNLISTED SECURITIES

Scott & Co.
J. R. Phillips

Company, Incorporated.
Crockett, Shields & Company.

A. Gordon

to

the

at¬

ALLEN, ROBERT F.

ABERCROMBIE, LOVETT
Abercrombie

Lovett

&

Harris, Upham & Co.

Co.

Blyth & Co., Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

ALLEN,

Established 1916

BEEBE, H. WARD

JAMES W.

Harris,

Paul I-LDavis &<3'o.

BAYNE, JOHN M.

WILLIAM C.

ADAMS,

Fridley & Hess

Upham & Co.

Members Principal

tention of the press.

"Public"

Our

includes the

also

Underwriters

—

Dealers

10

Distributors

—

closer

cooperation with them

with

relations

better

our

in

active

other

tours.

Iflltmleti %w
November

1949, at the

29,

suggestion of one of our members,
the Pacific

of

Intermoun-

was

Bay

Express

Area facilities

arranged and expanded to in¬

IJorl Sloclt Cxclancjt and OfIt tr PrincipalCxc

A.C.ALLYN«®COMPANY

209 South La Salle Street
OMAHA 2, NEB.

tlNCOLN 8. NEB
Trust

tain

Trading Dept. Teletype CG-405

CtumnM 8Co.

organizations in jointly conducted

tour

Rockford

Peoria

Trading Markets in (Unlisted Securities

inspection

sponsoring

trips ourselves and joining

a

3

To this end we have been

clients.

On

South La Salle Street

CHICAGO

and their officers and executives.

spells

Stock Exchanges

Chicago Board of Trade

companies whose stocks we trade

For

Inquiries Invited

Your

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Several of our

ing conditions in the unlisted mar¬
kets have

A.

part of their edu¬

members have lectured at the local
universities.

WE MAINTAIN

to

story

talks

Tel

Building

Tel. Webster 4555

2-3349

DIRECT

Incorporated

204 South 17th St.

Chicago 4, Illinois
TEL.

PRIVATE

DEarborn 2-0500

WIRES

TO

EAST

AND

WEST

COASTS

clude members of the Bond Club,

Investment Securities

Analysts Association, bankers and
the press.
In

on

Public

April of this year we joined

the local stock exchange
an

members

Industrial

Utility

Railroad

Municipal

inspection trip through the

plants of the Permanente Cement
Co. and the foil mills of the Kaiser

Aluminum
at

In

Chemical Company

&

Los Altos,

California.

June, the Pacific Gas & Elec¬

tric

Company

their guests
Moss

invited

on a

us

to

be

tour of its new

Landing steam-electric gen¬

Affiliated with

William A. Fuller & Co.
Members

AjC.ALLYN & CO.

of Midwest Stock Exchange

Members of

erating plant at Monterey Bay. We
were

joined

on

Analysts Association and the Bond

activities

fine

influence

and the
to

us

to

have

all

been

STREET

Midwest Stock

CHICAGO 4,

Exchange (Associate)

ILLINOIS
100 West Monroe

concerned

all.

New York

Boston

Kansas City

Very truly yours,

Spokane

BOWYER

Reporting for San Francisco
Security Traders Association.




Exchange

Exchange

a

resulting publicity helpful

FRANK

209 SOUTH LA SALLE

New York Curb

Club and members of the press.
These

New York Stock

this trip by the

I

Portland, Me.

Peoria
Decatur

Waterloo

Elgin

Street, Chicago
Milwaukee

Moline

Rockford

Omaha

Aurora

Madison

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66

xr. lvxeyer, txrst
oj Michigan Corporation, Detroit, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. George
Grady, John E. Joseph & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. George H. Earnest, Fewel & Co.,
Los Angeles, Calif.; Herbert
Pettey, Equitable Securities Corporation, Nashville, Tenn.

Investment Dealers Association of Houston
(Continued from
HARRIS, J. WYLIE
J. Wylie Harris & Co.

page 65)

Merrill Lynch,

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

HEDRICK, Jr., L. W.

JOHNSTON, DOUGLAS E.
Fridley & Hess

R.

JOOST, OSCAR H.

Fridley & Hess

Harris, Upham & Co.

Company,

In¬

Rauscher,

J.

Pierce

Co.,

&

Inc.

Harris,

Merrill

Company,

In¬

Co.

&

Sr., CHARLES I.
Upham

Co.

&

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

R.

Phillips Investment

Company,

In¬

MIDDLE

WESTERN

Shawell & Company

V. Christie & Co.

SMALL, Jr., GEORGE A.
Rowles, Winston & Co.

MOORE, Jr., F. ALDRICH
J.

SECURITIES

R.

Phillips Investment
corporated

MORONEY,

ROBERT

Company,

In¬

J.

39 South La Salle

Street, Chicago 3

Telephone ANdover 3-7055

Teletype CG 1384

R.

E.

B.

Phillips Investment

Company,

In¬

corporated

NEUHAUS, JOSEPH RICE
Neuhaus

&

B.

V.

Christie

&

&

CORBETT

A.

G.

Edwards

&

Co.

Sons

WEGIIORST, HENRY F.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Chas.

B.

White

"

&

Merrill Lynch,

Co.

Pierce, Fenner & Beane

YEAGER, JAMES H.

Co.

Harris,

bonds, particularly

be
reasonably com¬
plied with by investment dealers,
bearing in mind always the pro¬
such

as

with

the

105 West Adams

the

bank

interest

in

also

bank

WEBBER - SIMPSON &

CO.

of

2-6363

Teletype: CG 385

the

for

develop

securities.

tne

At

the

availability of

financial
to

project

broaden the

market

for

re¬

conditions

on a revenue

serve

sec¬

all

large number of dealers

a

would

be interested in

buy¬

revenue

securities.
In

this

have

connection

same

been

continued

there

efforts

by

various associations, national and

Trading Department—James C. Vacha

state, and various officials dili¬
gently working toward a broader
understanding on the part of the
bank examining officials as well

Telephone ANdover 3-1811

Teletype CG 1268

investors

municipal
from

that

EXTERNALS
Bonds

OVER-THE-COUNTER

-

-

-

Scrip

Utilities

-

Industrials

-

Real

Traders Asso¬
and' hopes
arranged on each

be

bond

revenue

issue

which

of the
prospectus covering such issue can
be sent to the
supervisory banking
a

copy

Examiner

in

each

Federal

Reserve District, the district chief
national bank examiner of the of¬
fice of the
Comptroller of the

DOMESTIC SECURITIES
Public

Security

can

be handled that

Bank

SPECIALISTS
SINCE

well-managed

authorities including the district
supervising examiners of the Fed¬
eral Deposit Insurance
Corpora¬
tion, the chief Federal Reserve

INTERNALS

Stocks

and

recommends

it

new

SECURITIES

of

To the end of furthering

National

FOREIGN

merits

of
information, the Na¬
Municipal Committee of the

ciation

may

the

bonds payable

understanding by the dissemi¬

nation
tional

Over'The-Counter Markets In—

to

as

revenue

sound

projects.

1926

to

as

obligations

easier
to

ing and selling municipal

this

CHICAGO

the

types of
municipal revenue obligations by
making the statistical data avail¬

as

Telephone: DEarborn

the

earnings

who

STOCKS
REVENUE BONDS

with

tend to increase

it

time the

able to
EXCHANGE

Underwriters and Dealers
•

and

municipal

make

examiners

value

CHICAGO 4

MUNICIPAL BONDS

customer

procedure should

same

208 South La Salle Street

•

of
set

banking authorities and with
other governmental officials. This

Upham & Co.

St., Chicago 3, Illinois

BONDS

a

to be filled out and filed with

are

ondary

MIDWEST STOCK

authorities

municipal
obligations which

tax and revenue

should

MEMBERS

banking

that state have worked out
of forms covering both

and

Investment Securities

be

can

tection of the bank and the
public.
The Texas dealers in
cooperation

ports

KETCHAM & NONGARD

bonds,

revenue

be standardized and may

may

and

WIGGIN, Jr., JACK

Co.

kind

so

state

NATHANIEL

WHITE, CHAS. B.

NEUHAUS, PHILIP ROSS
Underwood, Neuhaus
NORMAN, W. L.

M.

V. Christie & Co.

WARE,

LOUIS

Underwood,

STOVALL,

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
TODD, WALTER

E.

Moroney, Beissner & Co.
MORRIS

JOHN De C.

SHAWELL, WILLIAM J.

MILLAR, ESTELLE A.
B.

SCOTT,

Committee, has been

as
to report on the activities of
the Texas dealers to the end that

investment by banks in municipal

Christie & Co.

John D. Scott and Co.

corporated

Trading Markets in

V.

member of your National Municipar

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Rowles, Winston & Co.

MILES, ralph
J.

In¬

RIEGER, HERMAN
B.

Upham

(Continued from page 19)
Company,

RITCHIE, CHARLES J.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
ROGGENKAMP, LeROY P.
Harris, Upham & Co.
ROUGH, THOMAS H.
Harris, Upham & Co.
ROWLES, RUSSELL R.

CHARLES I.

McNEAR, TOM W.
Merrill

Municipal Committee

Company, In¬

REYNOLDS, ANNA

corporated

Harris,

Investment

corporated

McCLUNG, CLINTON C.
McCiung & Knickerbocker

McLEAN,

Phillips

PHILLIPS, Jr., JESSE R.
J. R. Phillips Investment

White & Co.

Mcdonald, john a.
J. R. Phillips Investment

R.

corporated

MASTERSON, Jr., NEILL T.

Jr.,

Report of National

PEARCE, Jr., CHARLES D.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
PHILLIPS, JESSE R.

MAGILL, Jr., A. E.

McLEAN,

BARCLAY INVESTMENT CO,

LEARY, ANDREW L.
Harris, Upham & Co.

Phillips Investment

Chas. B.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

O

McCiung & Knickerbocker

corporated

JOHNSTON, Jr., CYRUS T.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Merrill

and Mrs. Ralph C.
Deppe, Edward D. Jones & Co., St. Louis, Mo.;
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J.
Sanders, Foster & Marshall, Seattle, Wash.

KNICKERBOCKER, WALDO E.

J.

HAWKINS, E. CLYDE
Rauscher, Pierce & Co., Inc.

HESS, WILBUR E.

Mr.

LICHTY, A. H.

HULL, DAVID P.

Thursday, October 19, 1950

Estate

Currency and the chief supervi¬
sors

of

ticular

state
areas

banks

in

lieved the bonds

in

which
or

likely to be sold.

those par¬
it is be¬

obligations

are

The purpose is

to let the bank

ities

SWIFT, HENKE & CO.
MEMBERS MIDWEST STOCK EXCHANGE




examining author¬
Washington and in the

in

field be
INCORPORATED

208 SO. LA SALLE ST.
Telephone RAndolph 6-4696

informed of the particu¬
issues.
This your
committee believes will tend to
lars

CHICAGO 4, ILL.
Bell

Teletype CG 451

of

such

broaden

the

securities

of

market

for

revenue

particularly
among
"Daily Bond Buyer"
New York City
h§£ been assist-

banks.

The

Convention

ing in this program and they have
available

forms

information
to

erence

filing of

particularly with ref¬
Copies,

bonds.

revenue

believe,

we

the

for

be obtained from

can

slight cost and would

them

at

assist

considerably in disseminat¬

a

information on munici¬

the

ing

pals, particularly revenue obliga¬
The

tions.

has also been kind

lisn

reports

earnings of rev¬

on

if

have any of such re¬

you

ports it might be well to

forward

most cooperative

has always been

the municipal

with

working

Meyer of Foster &

A.

Donald

Seattle, one of your

Marshall of

calls

to

Municipal Committemen,

the

on

to

Court holds favor¬

to purchase

autnonzed

in areas in

electric properties

favorable

A

exist.

decision

probably lead to a comple¬

tion

Com¬

vs.

the

of

as

Corporation phone

State

Light Company proper¬

utility

ties to one or more puoiic

process

During the year 1950

term

year

municipal bond

Tax-Exempt Securities

"(1) Adjustment for Bond Pre¬

computing

mium—In

the

in

paragraph (2)

for

sale

(Continued

gross

in the or-

of

nature

•

SOUTH DAKOTA

offering

BONDS AND STOCKS

mail, tele¬

telegraph in states in

ing to the powers of state corpo¬

not

be registered.

ration and/or state

securities

missioners

the

under

Another matter which

com¬

We

jurisdiction of Virginia

the

to

serve

tered

the association by regis¬

outside

mail

curities
tion

was

the proposed legisla¬

MINNEAPOLIS
K.

B.

O.

SORUM

M.

BERGMAN

by Congress known as Sec¬

which section

covers

the "Treat¬

ment of Bond Premium in Case of

Virginia was Dealers

upheld in the Court's opinion on
the

Allison -Williams Company

municipal and tax-exempt se¬

to

tion 202 of House Resolution 8920,

hereinabove mentioned:
.

came up

Sky during the current year pertaining

Blue

in

Tax-Exempt

under the

ties"

revenue

Securi¬
act.

The

ground that its contacts with provision would apply to taxable

Virginia were sufficient to sustain
such

jurisdiction,

beginning after Dec. 31, 1949.

year

[Editors

the association

Note:

The

provision

is

Kalman & Company, Inc.

part of the new tax law.]

now

Investment Securities

legislation

amendment to the

an

Act,

Housing

Federal

permit

would

by

loans

A

namely

Market Place for
Endicott

which

2246,

Resolution

Senate

IOWA SECURITIES

Federal

McKnight Building

Building

MINNEAPOLIS

SAINT PAUL 1

departments and tnrough Federal
funds

educational

to

institutions
ESTABLISHED

housing at 2V2%

providing
able

a

over

period of 40

National Committee

Your

tnis matter as did

and

tions

made

be

shall

MEMBERS

on

DEALERS

other organiza¬

such

finally adopted provides no
loans

T. C. HENDERSON & CO.

and its

result the law as

a

as

1930

pay¬
years.

voiced their feeling

members

unless

the

—

THE

DM

EXCHANGE

UNDERWRITERS

—

MOINES 9, IOWA

EMPIRE BLDG., DES
Teletype

STOCK

MIDWEST

DISTRIBUTORS

Telephone 4-4289

97

Burlington, la., 312 N. 4th St.

—

Phone 24

—

Teletype BZ 281

Direct Wire To:

Cruttenden & Co., Chicago, Reynolds & Co.,

Chicago & New York

educational institution shows that
is

Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood

unable to secure the neces¬

sary

funds for such housing from

otner sources upon

ditions
the

generally

terms

able

to

loans

ESTABLISHED

comparable

to

INDIANAPOLIS
•

BOND AND SHARE

CORPORATION

or

EAST

MARKET

BUILDING
MEMBERS

such article is that

the loan shall bear

INDIANAPOLIS

6,

INDIANA

★

rates specified in

*

★

•

•

in issues of Indiana Tax

I

Securities. We invite your inquiry.

•

Teletype IP-298

ties

of

ten

determined

years

the

or

day

for the loan is made

be

more

to be

Exempt and Corporate

the contract
plus lU of 1 %

repayable in not exceeding




YORK
YORK

CHICAGO

STOCK

EXCHANGE

(ASSOCIATE)

CURB

STOCK

EXCHANGE

Investment Dealers and Underwriters. Specialists

recently issued Federal

most

NEW
NEW

interest at the

government bonds having maturi¬

the

UNDERWRITERS & DISTRIBUTORS

•

under such article
129

annual rate

1895

terms and con¬

conditions applic¬

and

(a provision of

to

68)

on page

MONTANA

MINNESOTA

accept

NORTH DAKOTA

it may involve the

or

short-

(A)) primarily

to customers

proposed by Congress in the

was

it

a

(as defined

the Secre¬

on

which the offering dealer may

systematically soliciting new mem¬

districts.

taxpayer who holds

of enforcing

of municipal bonds by

monwealth of Virginia at the Re¬
lation

a

We call this case to your atten¬

Sound

tion of the sale of tne Puget
&

sub¬

"Dealers in

tary of State."

Thereof and in His Personal

Appellants,

of

'

of

service

ciation and R. E. Pratt, as Treas¬

and oper¬

which public utility districts do

amendment of the revenue act:

v-

urer

income

proposed during the taxable

this

provision which re¬

the association to

Court quires

Health Asso¬

"Travelers

entitled

.

Power

least for the purpose

the statutory

decision by

a

the United States Supreme

ably, public utility districts wUl be

would

attention

your

call

to

wishes

Chairman

Your

to

jurisdiction of the Commission, at

longer maturities, plus *4 of 1%.

or

pertaining

of the association to the

jection

government bonds of ten years

now

case

If the Supreme

not

is not violated by Virginia's

government rate

in the quote pertinent parts of the United
State Supreme Court. States Supreme Court decision

Washington

ate

claims in Virginia.... due process

private sources at a rate compar¬
able to the going

benefit

investigating

and

mail,

Herewith follows certain verbi¬
age

through the

insurance certificates

that

is not obtainable from

money

attention tne public laws of the different states.

our

district

utility

stitutions only to the extent

delivering

already members,

are

permitting loans to educational in¬

Commission, 94 L. Ed. 835," relat¬

fraternity.

National

was

which Capacity,

copies to such publication

in

time

projects from time to

enue

and

enough to pub-

In other words, the bers, usually through the unpaid
changed prior to passage activities of Virginia residents who

years).

law

Buyer"

Bond

"Daily

40

Checking the golf scores

Convention

9—daugnter of Lex Jolley, Atlanta—youngest at the

Mamma Jokey, age

67

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Number

Telephone MA-4321

ST. PAUL

MINNEAPOLIS

BILLINGS

•

GREAT FALLS

1

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Mr. and Mrs. George J. Muller, Janney & Co.,

Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Hudson, Thayer, Baker & Co., Philadelphia

Charles
R.

B.

Crouse

H. Russell

Lockhart Wilbur

Mr. and Mrs. C. Rader

his trade

course of

or

busi-

valued

tion

"(A) if the

gross

income of the

ness

is

computed

or

the

by

busi-

other

than
sold

(B))

any

cost

of

an

amount

amortizable

are

equal

bond

to

the

premium

that

(a)

(2)

deduc¬

a

'bond' did not exclude

section

125

(d)

of

short-term municipal bond;

"(B) if the

to

if the defini¬

in

the
such

or

income of the

gross

taxpayer from such trade

busi¬

or

is computed without the use

ness

inventories,

ventories

CROUSE & COMPANY

by

or

valued at

of

use

in¬

cost, and the

short-term municipal bond is sold

MEMBERS DETROIT STOCK EXCHANGE

otherwise

or

McDONALD-MOORE & CO.

BLDG., DETROIT

Teletype DE 313

125

as

pursuant

year

tion

of

766 PENOBSCOT

disallowed
such

term

during such year shall be reduced

of by

use

inventories and his inventories

basis

securities

on

the

cost,

be

for

section

(as defined in paragraph (2)

ness—

taxpayer from such trade

Trading Markets in Local Issues

would

(Continued from page 67)

dinary

BONDS and STOCKS

McCulley, First Southwest Co., Dallas; Robert M. Topol,
Greene & Co., New York City

Report of National Municipal Committee

Hastings

Gilbert S. Currie

MUNICIPAL and CORPORATE

Thursday, October 19, 1950

such

disposed
the

year,

of

during

adjusted

basis

(computed without regard to this

Telephone WOodward 2-8670

subparagraph)

Municipal, Corporation, Government Bonds

of the

short-term

municipal bond shall be reduced
by the amount of the adjustment
that

1566

MORELAND & CO.
MEMBERS

MEMBERS
MIDWEST

STOCK
STOCK

EXCHANGE

DETROIT

|

STOCK

such

(1)

'bond'

under

(H)

did

if

125

section

short-term

"(2)

EXCHANGE

in

term

required

(b)

(d)

not

the

of

exclude

municipal bond.

Definitions—For the

pur¬

EXCHANGE

DETROIT

the

3-9565

be

113

definition

DETROIT
WO

would

section

PENOBSCOT BUILDING

FLINT

GRAND

RAPIDS

of paragraph (1)—(A)

poses

term

1051 Penobscot

Building

DETROIT

Tel. Woodward 2-3855

means

obligation issued by

any

government

MICHIGAN

26,

The

'short-term municipal bond'

sion

thereof

a

political subdivi¬

or

if

the

interest

on

such

Titus-Miller & Company

DE 75

MEMBERS DETROIT STOCK EXCHANGE
MIDWEST STOCK EXCHANGE

GOOD

NUMBER

TO

gross

income; but such term does

not include such

.

A

obligation is excludable from

(i)

TELETYPE

Markets in

FOR MARKETS ON MICHIGAN ISSUES

it is

posed of

DETROIT and MICHIGAN

30

sold

BAY CITY




LANSING

days after the date of its

Detroit 26, Mich.
WOodward
ANN

ARBOR

1-9804

maturity

date

Miller, Trading Department

MUSKEGON

-

dis¬

by the taxpayer within

liest
Don W.

OFFICES

otherwise

quisition by him, or (ii) its

SECURITIES
BRANCH

obligation if

an

or

more

the date

or

than

on

call

five

which it

date
years

was

ac¬

ear¬

is

a

from

acquired

Teletype DE 559

by the taxpayer."
—

LANSING

—

TRAVERSE

CITY

The

National

Municipal

Com¬

mittee wishes to take this
oppor¬

tunity

thanking

of

BUHL BUILDING
MICHIGAN UNLISTED SECURITIES

Detroit

Traders Association for their

operation throughout the

COMMITTE
John

NASD MEMBERS ORDERS

TENANTS

BUHL BUILDING

solicited for Detroit Stock

Baker, Simonds & Co.

Campbell, McCarty & Co., Inc.

List of stocks

Ferriss, Wagner & Miller
of

Michigan

H. Hentz

Carlton

M.

&

issues

Corporation

also

Heimerdinger,
Chairman

Thomas Graham,

rates.

Vice-Chairman
Herbert

Pettey,
Vice-Chairman

traded—including 171 diversified

traded

upon request.

G.

Exchange execution at

60% of regular commission

Blyth & Co., Inc.

First

Oscar M. Bergman

NYSE & N. Y. Curb—sent

Round lots & odd lots handled.

Russell M.

Co.

Landon A. Freear

Geo. A. McDowell

&

R. C. O'DONNELL & COMPANY

Co.

Members Detroit Stock Exchange
625

Wm. C.

PENOBSCOT

BLDG.

Roney & Co.

White, Noble & Company

Phone WOodward 3-7040

DETROIT

Henry L. Harris
Gilbert Hattier,

Jr.

Harold B. Mayes

McDonnell & Co.

26, MICH.

Bell Teletype DE

J. W.

*

Ergood, Jr.

Higbie Corporation

Manley, Bennett & Co.

co¬

year.

NATIONAL MUNICIPAL

★

IN THE

various

Respectfully,

DETROIT LISTED STOCKS

An Address of Distinction

FINANCIAL

the

members of the National
Security

Means

Donald A. Meyer
Frank P. Meyer

Edward V. Vallely

THE COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL CHRONICLE

Convention Number

John W.

Hattier

John

Bair, Blair, Rollins & Co., Inc., New York City; Gilbert Hattier, Jr., White,
Sanford, New Orleans, La.; John B. Cornell, Jr., Dallas Rupe & Sons,

F. Egan,

Dallas, Texas; Peter J. Conlan, Hornblower & Weeks, Chicago

no

The

Scope of Our

Rearmament Program
(Continued from page 12)
attain

to

strength?
flow

will

Or

ebb

we

as

evi-

it is in evidence today

we

in the Far East.

Only

a

sacrifice,

triumph

really understand the fun- ultimate

assure

can

of

elected President

being congratulated by H. Frank Burkholder, Equitable Securities
Corporation, Nashville, retiring President

steady,

resolute effort, in the face of
tinued

in Korea.

If

us

those

con-

the

who

damental issues at stake, then we

adeauate military

MICHIGAN UNLISTEDS

believe in the dignity of the in-

will

dividual and the sanctity of hu-

measure

and

Russia turns the pressure

as

tangible goal will be in

dence,

First California Company, San Francisco, the newly

of the NSTA,

&

69

are

now

to the

up

fighting

men

dying

and

who
for

man

life.

Teletype DE 100

off and on?

Let

make the point in terms

me

illumining

that you as men of finance clearly

understand—money.
For

this fiscal

for

$11.5 billion

i

the Presi¬

year,

dent has asked for

over

and

above

the

of

rate

expected

to

June may

defense

to

DETROIT

CORPORATION

Battle

Creek

26
Grand Rapids

Saginaw

spending

reached by next

be

not be the top limit of

the military establishment
years

6- CO.

812 BUHL BLDG.

GERITY—MICHIGAN

roughly $13 billion in the basic
military budget. That's $24.5 bil¬
lion; and the President has indi¬
cated
that even the $30
billion
annual

WM. C. RONEY

appropriations

in the

come.

The important

point is that this

$11.5 billion

was

not solely related

to Korea.

was

partly for Korea,

It

ADRIAN, MICHIGAN

Active Markets Maintained in

but, also, to provide a basically
bigger military establishment. In
the case of the Air Force, the first TiiiHMiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir;
increase was from the present 48-

MUNICIPAL BONDS
CORPORATE SECURITIES

level to a 58-group level,
projection towards
69

group

with

a

grouns.

It is irrmortant to dissociate this

size of

the

in

increase

force

our

Members of the Detroit Stock

War,

BROKERS
MICHIGAN

hapnens in Korea, the
condition in the world today de¬
mands
this increased
and con¬
what

of

tinued

DETROIT

We

cision

expenditure for prepared¬
size of

to the

as

mili¬

our

establishment upon a cold,
long-term calculation of our needs,
and not on the day-to-day fluctu¬

Solicit

—

Exchange

DEALERS

UNLISTED AND

LISTED

\

SECURITIES

First of^Jiciiigan Corporation

Split Commission Orders From

N.A.S.D. Members in Over 200 Stocks

We must predicate our de¬

ness.

Michigan Bonds and Bank Stocks

ANDREW C. REID & CO.

and to
realize that these added expendi¬
tures are caused by the present
international outlook. Regardless
Korean

the

from

Listed
Odd

on

Member Detroit Stock

the Detroit Stock Exchange
Round

Lots

Lots

Detroit 26, Michigan

tary

of world

ation

events.

nicture

tarily

brighter,

lulled

into

rity.

Until

a

DETROIT

inter¬

Phone:

Buhl

26, MICH.
Bell Teletype:

WOodward 3-9385

Grand

New

York
Two

Bldg.

Rapids

Battle

5, New York
Wall

St.

Creek

Chicago 3, Illinois
135

Lansing

S.

La

Bay

Salle

City

DE 119

momen¬

seems

we

Ford Bldg.

When we

win in Korea, or when the

national

615

Exchange

Member Midwest Stock Exchange

must not be

false sense of secu¬

the

tensions

basic

immmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

the Commu¬
nist-dominated areas and the free
world are substantially reduced,

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would play into

we

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the hands of

destroy us if we
road of cutting our
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lost

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York City; Herbert Pettey, Equitable Securities Corp., Nashville,
Tenn.; Phillips Barbour, The Bond Buyer, New York City

Sachs & Co., New

Varnedoe, Chisholm & Co., Savannah, Ga.; Wilbur .Wittich, Grimm & Co.,
New York City; Paul B. Monroe, Hunnewell & Co., Boston, Mass.

PRUGH, BYRON E.

HUNTER, HAYWARD H.
George K. Baum 8c Company

JENNINGS, FRANK H.
Bonds, Incorporated, Kansas City, Kans.

CLAYTON, HARVEY A.
Harvey A. Clayton & Co.

City (Missouri)

CARROLL, LAURENCE B.
Prescott, Wright, Snider Co.
CHARMLEY, JOHN A.
B. C. Christopher & Co.

Bond Traders Club of Kansas

JONES, GERALD

Prugh, Combest & Land, Inc.

jones, kneeland
A.

COLEMAN, HARRY L.

Inc.

COMBE8T, EARL L.
Prugh, Combest 8c Land, Inc.

Merrill

Commerce

DONALD

Trust

Compan;

Beecroft,

Cole

Inc., Topeka, Kans.

J.

&

Topeka

Co.,

RUSSELL

K.

K.
STEPHENS. JASPER F.

Pierce,

Lynch,

Fenner

&

Beane

LATSHAW, JOHN

DILLARD, JACK

FRANK

Uhlmann & Latshaw

O. Peet 8c Co.

KLINGER,

Seltsam & Company,

SPARKS.

Weltner & Co.,

E.

SELTSAM, DONALD A.

SNYDER,

City National Bank & Trust Co.
COLE, WALTER I.
Beecroft, Cole & Co., Topeka, Kansas

H.

Mich.; Frank A. Chisholm,

Clarence A. Horn, First of Michigan Corporation, Detroit,

Leonard R. Sullivan,

Uhlmann

&

Waddell

&

STOENNER,

Latshaw

Reed,

Inc.

ARTHUR

W.

Prescott, Wright, Snider Co.
WILLIAM

DYER,

Uhlmann

&

J.

LUCE,

Latsha*'

Jr., MILTON H.

Burke

8c

SYLVESTER, W. CLYDE

McDonald

W.

EISEN, ERWIN H.

Lucas, Elsen & Waeckerle

J.

F.

Stephens

President:

Donald D. Belcher

Russell K. Sparks

Laurence B. Carrol)

Burke

EVANS, HAROLD D.
McDonald, Evans & Company

Martin-Holloway-Belcher.
Treasurer: Russell K. Sparks, Uhlmann & Latshaw.
Secretary: Laurence B. Carroll, Prescott, Wright, Snider Co.
National Committeemen: John Latshaw, Uhlmann & Latshaw;
Jasper F. Stephens, Waddell & Reed, Inc.
Elected: December, 1949; Took Office: February 1, 1950; Term
Expires: January 31, 1951.
D. Belcher,

located

In

otherwise

Kansas City
Indicated)

unless

B.

Brothers

McDonald,

HALL,

Harris,

Co.

Evans

&

Upham

8c

Co.

WAHLSTEDT, JOHN R.
Waddell

McKIM, JAMES M.
City National Bank 8c Trust Co.

Company, Inc., Topeka, Kans.

MEYER,

H.

Inc.

Peet

&

Securities

Corp.,

Topeka

The

Merrill

Commercial National

CAMPBELL, HERB C.
B. C. Christopher &

Kansas

Lynch,

Pierce*

HILLMOND, A. W.

Bank

HUFFAKER,

LEONARD A.

Wahler, White 8c Co.

Barret, Fitch 8c Co., Inc.
WYMAN,

Fenner

&

Beane

1

Waddell & Reed, Inc.

Kansas City. Kansas

BEECROFT, HARRY

NORTH, FRANK W.

HARRISON, WILLIAM A.

Co.

BJORKMAN, J. D.

BAUM, GEORGE K.
George K. Baum 8c Company

Beecroft, Cole 8c Co., Topeka,

O.

Reed, Inc.

Harris, Upham & Co.

CARL A.

WHITE,

Co.

&

WELSH, MERLE L.

HANNI, ARTHUR R.

8c

& Co.

Wahler, White & Co.

McDonald, Evans 8c Company

Trust Company

Upham

UDham

WAHLER, JOHN E.

Mcdonald, claude m.
Company

EMMA M.

Commerce

WAGNER, THEODORE F.

Christopher 8c Co.

Harris,

&

GRUMBINER. ALTON

Harris,

FRANCIS

BERTRAM,

ADAMS, CALEB F.
Waddell 8c Reed,

PAUL

MASHETER, CLYDE W.

GLOBUS, RICHARD B.
Stern

C.

Columbian

BELCHER, DONALD D.
Martin-Holloway-Belcher

Jr..

MacDonald

&

HARRIS, CHARLES M.
(Members

Sylvester Investment Co

MADER, EDWARD

Seltsam 8c

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

C.

UHLMANN.

Uhlmann 8c Latshaw

FRITZ, R. E.
Topeka, Kansas

Jasper F. Stephens, Waddell & Reed, Inc.

Vice-President: Donald

MacDONALD, FREDERICK H.

T. BATES

PAULY, ELMER W.

Stern

FRANCIS A.

Brothers & Co.

Prescott, Wright, Snider Co.
PESELL.

YONTS, JOHN

WILLIAM B.

Estes 8c Company, Inc., Topeka

City

National

Bank

&

Trust

Co.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Co.

ZAHNER, VICTOR H.

PRICE, EARL W.
E.

W.

Price

& Co.,

Inc.

Soden-Zahner Company

FINANCIAL INDUSTRIAL FUND, Inc.
Fund Shares
Cumulative Investment Certificates

Periodic Payment Plans

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Principal Underwriter

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interested in

our

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to

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we

extend greetings and

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£

G.

Ernest

F.

W.

Thornhill,

C.

Cassell

F,

&

Co.,

Charlottesville,

Va.;

Mark

>hillip J. Clark, Amos C. Sudler & Co., Denver; David H. Magid, Hill, Thompson
& Co., New York City; Jules Bean, Singer, Bean &
Mackie, New York City;
Richard Goodman, Shields & Company, New York City

Smith,

A.

Co., Richmond, Va.; Robert Dixon, McDaniel Lewis & Co.,

Craigie &

City

Greensboro, N. C.; Leonard Sullivan, Phelps, Fenn & Co., New York

New Orleans

Security Traders Association

BROWN,

KINGSBURY, J.

PERRY

WM.

Brown

Newman,

&

Co.,

Kingsbury

Inc.

BUCKNER, ERROL E.
The National

Bank of Commerce in New

John

LA

Weil

D.

WM.

Woolfolk

SMART,

MORSE,

The

N.

CHARLES

of

JOS.

B. Wheeler

Macrery

Shelby

Arthur

Friedrichs

J.

Keenan

T.

J.

T.

Friedrichs

and

Company.

•

& Co.
Delegates: Jackson A. Hawley, Equitable Securities Corp., Win.
Perry Brown, Newman, Brown & Co., Inc.
Alternates:
Joseph P. Minetree, Steiner, Rouse & Co.; Gilbert
Hattier, Jr., White, Hattier & Sanford.
Elected: October, 1949; Took Office: October, 1949; Term Ex¬

Secretary-Treasurer: Arthur J. Keenan, St. Denis J. Villere

Weil

JEFF

pires: October,

1950.

Whitney National Bank of New Orleans
VILLERE, ERNEST C.
St.

C.

Denis J.

&

of

Commerce

in

New

Well

WEIL,

Howard, Weil, Labouisse,
Company

Well

Arnold

Friedrichs and

&

8c

unless otherwise

New Orleans

Newman,

&

Indicated)

Howard, Weil, Labouisse,

Well

ROBERT D.

Brown

George

&

Co.,

Inc.

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Wheeler

Friedrichs and

Weil, Labouisse,

Howard,
Company

ALVIS, A.

Hattier

White,

&

Beer

Woolfolk,

&

Inc.

A.

RAPIER, EDWARD D.

Company

WILLIAMS,

B.

FRANK

The National Bank

Scharff

&

Jones,

Securities

Corp.

Newman, Brown & Co., Inc.

of Commerce

In

Orleans

Inc.

SANFORD, J. B.

JACKSON A.

A.

FRANK B.

M.

Smith-Wood

Co.

White, Hattier 8c Sanford

,

SCHARFF.
Scharff

WOOLFOLK, ROBERT M.

IKE D.
&

Jones,

SCHWEICKHARDT.

KERRIGAN, JOHN E.

Sanford

&

MICHEL

WILLEM,

RODDY, JAMES E.

HATTIER, Jr., GILBERT

KEENAN, ARTHUR J.

BOUCHE, LOUIS, J.

Woolfolk

Inc.
ERWIN

Shober

ZOLLINGER, Jr., JOHN J.

Schweickhardt, Landry & Co.

..

&

Scharff

8c

Jones.

Inc.

BREAUD, Jr., J. CHARLES

LESTER

Newman,

Kingsbury and Alvis, Jackson, Miss.

Brown

8c

Co.,

Inc.

SERVING

-

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GROWING

FAST

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S.

NATIONAL

DENVER 2,

BANK

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June 30, 1950

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&

Company

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Fisher Stores Co.

Potash Company of
Denver Tramway

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Mackinnie Oil
Mountain Fuel

Frontier

Mountain States Tel. &
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& Drilling

Supply Co.

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Golden

Tel. Co.

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Utah Southern Oil Co.

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Cycle Corp.

Canon

Oklahoma Oil

Argo Oil
Denver

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United States National Bank

Colorado Central Power Co.

Amos C. Sudler & Co.
First National Bank Bldg., Denver

cj

AND

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Securities

■

and

WHEELER, MACRERY B.

H.

OGDEN, FRED N.
Merrill

HAWLEY,

Arnold

&

Friedrichs

HARDY, FORD T.

St. Denis J. Vlllere 8c Co.
ALEXANDER,

Arnold

W.

Nusloch, Baudean & Smith

Company

H. WILSON

ARNOLD,

Arnold

ROSWELL J,

WOOD,

in

•

WEIL, Jr., WALTER H.

Co.

MORRIS

NUSLOCH,

GLAS, R. JEREMY

Equitable
(Members

Co.

8c

Company

NEWMAN.

White, Hattier 8c Sanford

ROSTER OF MEMBERS

Vlllere

WEIL, JOS. H.

NEWMAN, LEON

Feibleman & Company

&

New

Orleans

FRIEDRICHS, G. SHELBY

Glas

in

TIIIBODEAUX, PAUL J.

W.

P.

RICHARD

Kohlmeyer

Macrery B. Wheeler, Wheeler & Woolfolk, Inc.
Vice-President: G. Shelby Friedrichs, Howard, Weil, Labouisse,
President:

Bank

National

Kees

WALTER

FEIBLEMAN,

Hibernia

Orleans

New

NEWMAN, A. B.
DUNBAR,
G.

F.

Orleans

The National Bank

DUCOURNAU, JAC. P.

Shober

LAWRENCE

STOUSE, JAMES A.

Steiner, Rouse 8c Co.

Derbes

&

M.

American Bank

MINETREE,

CLAUDE

&

A.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane

Arnold

&

Newman, Brown & Co., Inc.
SHOBER, JOHN B.

CHARLES

MANION,

VERGNE, J. H.

Ducournau

Jr.,

National

Dane

Couturier

Miss.

Kingston & Co.

LOUQUE,

HAROLD

DERBES,

W.

LOB,

G. PRICE

&

Jackson,

Barrow, Leary 8c Co., Shreveport

DANE, JOHN
DE

"

LEARY,

CORRIGAN, Jr., CHARLES E.

DANE,

SCRANTON, JACK

Alvis,

KINGSTON, WALTER D.

Orleans

CRANE.

W.

and

3470 SO. BROADWAY

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Nashville Security

Jack

M.

&

Bass

J.

Company

J.

S.
Bradford & Co.

HUDSON, TOM
Merrill Lynch,

Jack

Pierce,

MERVYN

M.

&

Bass

Beane

6c

Fenner

FILCHER,

J.

SHILLINGLAW,
Company,

J.

President: Fred K. Kirtland,

E. L, Kirkpatrick, Jr.

Key

Hermitage Securities Company, Inc.

street

&

Edward L. Kirkpatrick, Jr., Clark, Land-

Kirkpatrick, Inc.
Burkholder, Equitable Securi¬

Alternates:

Carr

Landstreet

Payne, Cumberland Securities Corp.;
III, Clark, Landstreet & Kirkpatrick, Inc.

Elected: October 19, 1949; Term

B.

W.

Expires: October 18, 1950.

Equitable Securities Corporation

Equitable Securities Corporation

Equitable Securities

Pierce,

Fenner

&

W.

Beane

Co.

THOMAS

Corporation

Conrad, Bruce Ac Co.

CHARLES B.

Blyth 6c Co., Inc.

H.

Securities

GEORGE G.

J. Barth 6c Co.

As

Corporation

HECHT, JR. JOHN C.
Blair, Rollins Ac Co Incorporated

Company, Inc.

HEFTER,

HENRY

Securities

MARTIN,
Temple

Third National Bank

Co.

M.

Cumberland

F.

Webster

Webster & Gibson

Securities

Corporation

ROBERT C.

WEBSTER,

As

First Caliiorma Company

HILL. Jr., HOUSTON
J.

S.

Strauss

MITCHELL,

WILEY, DAVID W.
Wiley Bros., Inc.

H.

T.

Cumberland

Securities

Corporation

NELSON, FINIS

Jack M.

Bank

National

Bass 6c

6c

Cumberland

Beane

F.

HOWARD. McBURNEY
The First Boston Corp.

G.
Company

WORKE, Jr., ROBERT H.
Fenner

Co.

ALANDER

Brush, Slocumb 6c Co.

WILEY, JAMES K.
Wiley Bros., Inc.
WILSON, BUFORD

American

&

Gibson
HOGLAND.

e.

Company

ALBERT A.

HEWITT,

WARTERFIELD, CHARLES W.

RAY G.
Securities Corporation

Trust

C.

JAMES

Securities

IMHOF, JAMES
Waldron

ISAACS,
Corporation

R.

and

Company

PAUL

E.

Sutro 6c Co.

JENKINS, ROBERT

San Francisco

Security Traders Association

First

California

Company

KAMMERER, GEORGE G.
J.

Strauss

S.

&

Co.

EASTON, PORTER L.
6c

Securities

Co.

ELKINS, O. C.
Mid-South Securities

Co.

Mid-South

Company

BELL, WALTER E.

Equitable Securities Corporation

BURKHOLDER, H. FRANK
Equitable Securities Corporation

CARRICO, CHARLES B.

EVANS, N. PEYTON
Cumberland Securities

KANE, CHARLES B.
Geyer & Co., Inc.
LAMPERTI, ANGELO

EVANS. JESSE H.

J.

GIANTI, RICHARD

MARION F.

Estes

N.

WARD,

DERRYBERRY, LOUIS
Hermitage Securities Company, Inc.

BA8S, JACK M.
Bass

Bradford &

DAVENPORT, C. EVAN

ANDERSON, Jr., WILLIAM J.

M.

C.

THOMAS,

NELSON, II, WILLIAM
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
ANDERSON, JOHN

JACK

Douglass Van Der Naillen 6c Co., Inc.

American

First

Jack

Co.

Mclaughlin, thos.
Wiley Bros.. Inc.

Corp.; Herbert Pettey, Equitable Securities Corp.

Hannaford 6c Talbot

HARKINS,

J.

C.

FAZACKERLY, KENNETH
Irving Lundborg 6c Co.

GUMBEL,

TEMPLE.
Temple

WILLIAM

FINNEGAN, JOHN FRANCIS

SMITH, H. LAIRD
Equitable Securities Corporation

National Bank

&

Mejia

Wulff, Hansen Ac Co.

STEMPFEL, ROBERT

Inc.

MADDEN, BERT F.

McDANIEL,

National Committeemen: H. Frank
ties

Bradford

Mid-South

Vice-President: Martin B. Key, J. C. Bradford & Co.

Secretary-Treasurer:

C.

LUSKY, IRA L.
Merrill Lynch,

RICHARD

Securities Co.

Mid-South

Inc.

Ac

FAULKNER.

Co.

ALFRED D.

Alfred D. Sharp As Company

Inc.

LEDYARD, QUITMAN R.
B.

B.

Da vies

Company

WILLIAM

FARRELL,

FORD,

LAUPER, RUDOLPH

Martin

MATTHEW.

Mid-South Securities

SHARP,

LANDSTREET, III, BEVERLY W.
Clark, Landstreet & Kirkpatrick,

Kirtland

PETTEY, HERBERT
Equitable Securities Corporation

Company

KIRTLAND, FRED K.
Hermitage Securities

Fred

Corporation

PHILLIPS. W. W.
Hermitage Securities Company, Inc.

KIRKPATRICK, Jr., EDWARD L.
Clark, Landstreet & Kirkpatrick,

First American

Securities

Cumberland

KEY, MARTIN B.
J. C. Bradford 6c Co.
KINGINS.

CARR

PAYNE,

ALBERT

C.

First C'alilornia

Bradford As Co.

C.

PAYNE, BRUCE
Cumberland Securities Corporation

HALE, Jr., R. WALTER
J. C. Bradford <5s Co.

HILL,

EGAN, JOHN F.

NICHOLS, R. H.

GOAR, Jr., FRANK R.

Traders Assocation

Thursday, October 19, 1050

C. Bradford

&

Co.

Lawson, Levy

Securities

Cumberland

LARZELERE, JOSEPH
H. Irving Lee Ac Co., San Jose, Calif.

Corporation

MACRAE, Jr., COLLINS L.
Wulff, Hansen 6c Co.

EVE, PAUL F.

CLARK, HAROLD W.
Clark, Landstreet & Kirkpatrick,

Paul

Inc.

Eve

6c

Co.

CLAYTON, EVERETT M.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Penner & Beane

MAY, J. EARLE
J. Earle May Ac Co., Palo Alto, Calif.

FARRAR, RUDOLPH S.
Temple Securities Corporation

CURREY, Jr., BROWNLEE O.

GIBSON, Jr., JO
Webster 6c Gibson

Equitable Securities Corporation

6c Williams

Corporation

McCLINTlCK, JAMES E.
Wells

Fargo

Bank & Union

Trust

Co.

McMAHON, J. B.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner 6c Beane

III

MORONEY, BEISSNER & CO.
Established 1919
i

Henry Hefter

Hill, Jr.

Emmet

Whitaker, Davis, Skaggs & Co.

K.

Houston Hill, Jr., J. S. Strauss &

Board

Paul E. Isaacs, Sutro

of Directors:

Co.

Henry Hefter, American Trust Company.

Secretary-Treasurer:

& Co.; Rudolph T.

Sandell, Shuman, Agnew & Co.; Walter Vicino, Blyth & Co.,
Inc.; J. B. McMahon, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane.

TEXAS MUNICIPALS

TEXAS CORPORATES

Elected:

1949; Took Office: December, 1949; Term

November 4,

Bell

Teletype—HO 94

Capitol 1282

located In

ABRAHAMSON,
Weeden

I

&

RICHARD

W.

Conrad, Bruce & Co.

Schwabacher Ac

American

Trust

Dean Witter Ac Co.

TEXAS SECURITIES

Co.

DAVIDSON,

BARKER, STEWART S.

PERENON, HENRY
William R. Staats Co.

PIKICH, EMIL

H.

Pont &

du

Co.

McAndrew

&

Incorporated

Co.,

QUINN,

JOHN J.
Stone & Youngberg

RABER, WILLIAM
Stewart, Scanlon

6c

Co.

RICH, LOUIS

BUICK, JOHN E.

FRED A.

RICHARD
Geyer Ac Co., Inc.

PAYNE.

PRICE, THOMAS W.

Brush, Slocumb 6c Co.

BOWYER, FRANK

I

Elworthy & Co.
(Honorary Member)
BAKER, Jr.,

BLUM, ERNEST E.

BOURNE, ROBERT K.

Co.

ACHARD, ELIZABETH

Co.

POWELL, JAMES
Harris, Upham 6c Co.

ROSTER OF MEMBERS
San Francisco
unless otherwise Indicated)

(Members

Denault 6c

PALMER, JACKSON H.
Conrad, Bruce 6c Co.

Francis I.

Expires: December, 1950.
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Walston, Hoffman Ac Goodwin
O'REILLY, JOHN J.

President:

Vice-President:

Underwriters and Distributors

Houston

Whitaker

K.

Emmet

Company

HODGE

Schwabacher

Ac

Co.

RICHMAN, ANTHONY J.
Davies 6c Mejla

Bailey Ac Davidson

Crocker First National Bank

SANDELL, RUDOLPH T.

ACTIVE TRADING MARKETS

Stone

Longhorn Portland Cement Co.
Argo Oil Corp.

Kirby Lumber Corp.

San Antonio Transit Co.

,

El Paso Electric Co., Common

Houston Natural Gas, Com. & Pfd.

De

BAUM, Jr., BENJAMIN J.
Ac

MARTINI,

LEONARD

DEMPSEY, TERRENCE M.

BELKNAP, WILLIAM F.

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Korea has,

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purposes
may
be detected and the military force of the United
States combined with such help
something be done about it.
I am lor an impregnable de¬ as we got from 55 other nations,
incidentally, was practi¬
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cally

fense every other way.

nothing.

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from page 7

Free

Thursday, October 19, 1950

that

10,000,000 people. Ul¬ they would have their property
had to win; but lei confiscated.
us not forget that it took quite a
England socialized steel and the
other day I read about their so¬
military effort to do that.
Suppose Russia should start an¬ cializing lawyers. That seems to
other sideline wars. She could do me a bad thing to do. Some peo¬
it tomorrow and she could do it ple naturally want to get in a
in
a
half dozen
places in the row and if you give them free
world; and in accordance with our lawyers, as the English Govern¬
commitments to fight with those ment now
proposes
to do, you
we
arm
(some of wnom haven't would have the courts of England
got the will to fight), suppose we cluttered up with lawsuits for
scatter

to

nave

five

we

forces

our

over

generations to

six different places as we
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a

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long period of time.
the

jubilation

in the

lose

that

successful

of the Korean

War,

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must not

we

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of

all

the

sight of the fact that it took

won

war.

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a softening of the free
enterprise
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have said, is the strength that we

do

commit

in

people

day

my

to

see

happening in England.
years

boasted

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that
no

his
one

castle

was

could enter

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as

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our

these

answer

why

Congress

pressure

If he is

questions.

socialism,

against

to

does
adopt

he
so¬

cialized medicine?
If the President does not realize

that

medicine

socialized

the

ex¬

medicine.

mate because when we get

Socialism

to

that he

in this

in

have

giving facts to
statement.
These

that

I have
17

over

a num¬

along

husbandry,

in

this

as

it

the

in

been

the

seen

way

years.

single

a

in

to

one

They all

these

seen

a

I have

go

We always

have.

$20 billion.
This statistician
in five

billion
to

never

I

or cur¬

$1 trillion.
can

At

campaign

socialism

than

says

years

that

I agree with that.

calculate that far,

50 times

is trillion of dollars piled up on top

it

of each other would extend
is

a

statement

a

man

in

000

2,096,-

miles, which would reach the

public life ought not make unless

moon

he

have enough left over to pay

can

sustain it; but I make it.

The President said recently that

was

advertisement, it is

an

insult

to

$20

will amount

verify his statements that one

to

coun¬

today.
That

a con¬

estimate, it would cost

forward; but $20 billion amounts to $1 trillion.
I have never I would like some of you experts

17 years,
better planned

state

to

here.

17

socialism start

stopped

start to pay the cost

birth, then to bury them, pay¬

servative

Senate

irrevocably commit this

try

you

.

here and there
I have seen the

bureaus established.
seen

'

know.

we

ing all the medicine costs to the
150 million people here, nobody
can figure
the cost of it because
we do things in a grandiose way

the road to socialism,

on

small

a

When
at

started

country, we don't stop half

you

way,

believes tnis

/>

years.

in Eng¬

name

land that unless they mended their

'

Road

facts, briefly, I will give to

tailed.

I used to sell

the

—

this

which

without

do.

J

they used to send me in¬
formation from time to time. In

Teletype

the

statement

a

law; but today if an English far¬
mer doesn't
obey the mandate of
bureaus as to how many chickens
he should raise or how many hogs

and

Bell

can

England in 1945 and he gave
Mr. Churchill charged socialism
delegation of Senators a sup¬
and Mr. Atlee admitted it. There
per.
He was confident of being was no
question about it at all.
elected. Yet he was defeated be¬
These statisticians that I have
cause the people
of England had
referred to have given me these
decided
to
try
the
socialistic
figures. I wouldn't vouch for the
change. They thought they could
accuracy.
I don't vouch for the
try it and then change it.
They
accuracy
of any statisticians.
I
thought they could stop it. If you
know this.
We are told it will
go so far, you can't retreat.
You
cost around $20 billion a year for
can't turn it off and on like a
this
socialized
medicine, and I
spigot of water.
think that is a conservative esti¬

A country is

English¬

an

fiscated.

Quoted

socialistic

a

there

trenchment.

comes

now.

plant,
—

the

in

that home without due process of

Sold

to

us

which

say

that

the

On

what is

man

—

people to

realize

not

from

is

his home and

Bought

and 1

to you

say

say

insult to the intelligence of

American

I want to just mention a few
happening? I think it
is the most tragic thing that has things because it isn't a proper
ever
happened to a democratic thing for any public man to make

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periment in England is socialism,
People in this country he should inform himself from the
and
perhaps destroy us without seem to think you can turn so¬
debates that occurred in the last
firing a Russian gun or losing a cialism on and off like a spigot.
election in England.
All he has
Russian soldier because she can They thought that in England.
to do is read them. It was frankly
make her satellites over whom
Mr. Churchill spent a week in
admitted by the Labor Govern¬
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Russia's Strategy
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here
and
far.
giving it there, that
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are
when the time comes to cut it off, fought very slightly and when the
facing this peril.
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Anyway,
when
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the result we will have might be truth is told, did not fight prac¬ seems to me the Korean War, un¬ cialized steel, she took the final
at all
the losing of friendship of those tically
although we had fortunately for us, gives Russia step. There is no retreat now in
that you have given
formula
money
to armed them and had trained them. a
whereby
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population.

cost, Mr. Brannan said, '1
I couldn't attempt to

Of

it doesn't always
The former Labor
Food Commissioner, now the Seccourse,

work that way.

Continued

That is the

on

page

would

want

to

are

over our

heads

irrevocably

can

Edcerton, Wykoff & Co

com¬

socialism,

from

state

which there

impose

get these

we

be

no

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great merits of the Brannan Plan.
When he was asked how much it
would

coun¬

what has occurred

He has advo¬

if

food, and the roof

it.

was

you see

receive, after taxation, over
$16,800; only 67 Britons out of

socialized—health,

The farm granges are

of

free country, not

a

purpose
of socialism, to have a
leveling off of everybody in the
country; to take from those who
have, destroy the incentive for
profits, destroy the free enterprise
system, and then give it to those

Part of it has gone

now

so

it.

there when he explained the

lit¬

a

in England.

see

that

Housing

posed to socialism.

my

was

It

There

we

free, perhaps, as we have

as

they want to get something try, but
of the Treasury, if they be¬ there.

Plan.

Brannan

has

in

what

by

cated another extension of social¬

Farm

proved

in

I think we should benefit

tle

found

There may
up

been

and

farming.
operating

CIO's

no

which

when

particularly successful in
conducting the things they have
to
do
with, but certainly they
nothing

have

time,

not

There

farmers

groups of our citizens are bashful

promoted by the CIO, I am
The CIO, in my judgment,

know

the

on

they don't want.

breadth of the land talking against

is that he

cost

was

the

Bathing Suit Contest

said about the Brannan

only sincere tning that Mr.

Brannan

Plan

is

for tne govern¬

over

remain

and in private hands.

The

told.

Government,

Treasury, the taxpayer.

75

DEALERS

DISTRIBUTORS

pacific coast securities

BROKERS

don't know.

estimate the cost of it."

is

It

hard

in

Plan

simple
Plan

grower, as

I

has
the

am

never

this:

Brannan
apple

an

am

Government.

taken

salary; and

main in the

Established

tne

my

long

as

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I have

irom

except

cnecK

a

Government

Federal

but in

I have said. Neverthe¬
an apple grower that
taken a subsidy from

Federal

never

own

the
I

R. R. O'NEIL

Brannan

language;

language,

means

less,

put the

to

simple

as

I

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Serving Southern California since 1927

re¬

Senate of the United

LONG

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BEACH

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that which I receive in my
payment because I do not
believe that a
Senator 015 Con¬

cept

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who must vote oh these
of spreading these sub¬
the charity of the 150
people
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gressman
measures

sidies

and

million

should

themselves

be

626

beneficiar¬

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ies, because I think they are inter¬
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Here is what the Brannan Plan

I raise

means:

a

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50

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cents, but he would go to

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anyone

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a

bushel.

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the incentive of the private enter¬

system would

prise

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be removed.

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would get the guarantee by

You

the Federal Government of parity

payments on apples and every¬
thing else regardless of whether
you made any effort to put up a
good product* advertise it, sell it,
etc. That would apply to all the
farm

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purpose

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of that plan is to

give cheap food to the consumer
and
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give the farmer a good price
his

product.

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intelligent person that there is a

Oscar F. Kraft & Co.

big gap between the two, cheap
food and good prices to the farmer.

Somebody has got to pay for that
gap,

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products.

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76

Continued

from

Therefore, the Committee hasn't right to demand that the govern-

75

page

been

able

should

Free

Enterprise System—
Our Best Security!

retary of War, or whatever they
call

it

England, admitted

in

over

Communist. He said

was a

that

incomes

socialistic achievement,

a

Redistribution has gone farther

England than many people real-

ize;

the

have got before

we

now

so

know

all love England

is

Virginia

I

as

there,

the strongest

of

one

I

England.

of

example

you

My people came from

do.

pro-English states in all the Union
it

because

the

was

first state to

be settled.

against all these loans

voted

I

When I came up for

England.

for

it made quite

election,

these

I would be willing to

gifts.

give them

hump over the hill,

a

That is what

We

Senate.

this

made

be

would

we

to

England

further

no

they

we

there
in

trouble

the

before

loan

was

coming

cannot

it

made,

was

That is

simply

but

people,

what is non-es-

nothing to criticize

ing.

They

should

public works.

colleagues; but they say they

states are running into

for

dollars

of

Some

economy.

them

and

out

cut

these

billions of

other

America.

zen of

solution.

no

can't

You

If

charity.

giving

by

couldn't

bought

have

England. The

bble

.„

,

T

furnished

,

.,

.

,

All I have got to say is
to

seems

me

stupidest

world if

we

that

we

would

in

people

.,

.

all

be

the

don't recognize what

,

people; the peoples
.

„

descended

get

into

the

Spending

in this

must

to

He must sub-

time

the

me

come.

T

*

where

He didn't

say

two

a

We

have

and

know

are

to '

10

Hnpcn't

inrlnHp

nrmpd

thp

etc

i

A

dlsmissed' but mstead>

*he other day the P^sident said
e was g01r^* 0 a
'
CAA nn

,

,

1S going to have 2,500,000 because
election is coming on pretty

an

6

*

people

have

'

any

I

non-essential.

Communism here at home.
I
dont "ndeistand it at all. I know
from being on the Armed Serv"
ices Committee that 375 people
in high P°sltions were dismissed

Irom Ibe armed services because
ihey were poor security risks,
That doesn,t include the State DePa™ment.
How anyb°dy can reconcile the
fact that we are fighting Communism and our sons are dying on

so

such

strong

as

burdens as

to

that

all at one time,

don't

I

think

could

we

carry

the

just a little more of the same;
and then to put on top of that, to
try to carry the world at the same

of military exhave lost many

lives. The Korean casualties will
astonish many people. Suppose
we haVG undertaken more than
we can

accomplish. England tried

to police the world. She collapsed,

Sad to say, but England today
is a second-rate nation.
Suppose we fail. Who is going
to take the torch from us? What
nation or group of nations can
come in and say, "America, you
have done the best you could. You

the batUefields^ in Korea (We have exhausted yourself. We will

that?

Permitted Communists to be in There is not one single one. There
the public service- Tbe Bill was are only two really democratic
regarding the registration of Com- nations in the world today. One
mumsts*
is America, the greatest of all
Tbey would be willing to reg- nations, and one is little Switzerliter if they weren't ashamed It land.
s
y couldn t be ln the
we
shoulders
government service, yet Mr. Tru- more than we can bear, we will
man vetoed it:' Incidentally> he be Just like a man who defreus f°
only got 11 votes to sustain his be charitable and desires to help
his fe]Iowman; but we are not do-

vetQ

There is one thought I would
like

to

leave

with

Let

you>

us

recQgnize thig beiore it .g t0Q late
We must recognize that we can-

g

in8 the wise thing when we
undertake more than we can ac-

complish. You take a man in the
community that does help the

community Suppose he takes on
a burden that crushes him. Finally,
support and influence in
shoulders abroad and the New „iiv. his snnnort .and influence in
,

carry

on

our

me

worm

our

on

this

backs at home.

community

are

gone.

the

Stone & Youngberg
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Net Sales

been

are obllgated to flght Communism take the burdens."
a11 °ver
world) ye* we ^ave
What other nation can say

SAN FRANCISCO

Year

two

are killed fignting Communism billion, exclusive
lhen we.are not willing to fight penditures. We

Deal

think

RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Manufacturers of Steel

be-

time would bankrupt and destory
in any nation that does it for any
order to try to prevent the voting length of time,
on the President s veto. I was
We must strip off the luxury
one of those tnat stayed there be- 0f socialistic ventures and the bid
cause 1 wanted my vote registered for votes by spending money,
to over-ride the veto of the PresWe are trying to carry the torch
ident's Anti-Communistic Bill.
for democracy. We are making a
We go to Korea and our sons sincere effort. We have spent $35

®ffeat that ®00'®00 of t,he"1

™

^

are

just Federal employees.

'

Many of the Senators

expenditures

you

Our Committee made a report

II is called "The Com-

Congressmen don't think

Federal

million

That is

Those

ator McKellar are on this Com^

this

awful ,ot of people

an

George and Sen-

Senator

years.

for

reduce

spending.

empi0yees jn this country

services

Committee

the

seems

should

sacrifices

the

should

They

I think I say this with some auo£

crisis, it

money

thority because j have bfien chair_
man

of

government

sacri- nonessential

Government

ernment is permeated with waste That/

penditures.

conditions

Presi

show the way to the people of this

MamrftMy,0<s0naiA™

...

same

y0u

the United States Senate."

we

from, and try not

the

J £

yet he didn't say one word about

^

own

and

95

port

country

mittee.

is going on across the water from
going on across the water from

odier

mnvp

and extravagance.

that it

doesn't want

economy

J

coal fense spending to the extent that

did all this.

that he

wd;b

don>t get

the Pe°Ple-

They ficing anything.

the

money we

their government

were

item

reducedj ad ke kas t0 do is com-

mines, the utilities, the Bank of every single agency of this gov-

the

is interested in some par-

ticular

They word about reducing the non-de-

socialize.

get g6 senators and ev_

yQu

eryone

th®n there is no alternative but
®
support him on all
the destruction of democracy, and thpse'moves tha^ will prepare
that will come. We must not fool
~
.
f
th
* *
ourselves.
,
confronts us and for the prosecuThat is going to come unless we ^ion 0f thjs war or any other war
change the present trend. I think, tha^ we may get in or prevent any
in this day of great crisis> we are other war For this he has my
called uPon> as Mr- Truman said, m% COOperation and support,
in his "state of the Union" talk> regardless of how often he says
to make sacrifices on the part of that there are «too many Byrds in

Federal

to the days of the

be interested floor of the Senate at 3 a.m.

may

in.

.

If we haven't enough sense to
see such things as I have mentioned regarding socialism, then
we deserve to have our free enterprise system taken away. If you
are not willing to assert yourself against the march of socialism which the leaders of this
country are trying to force on us,

the

ever

carry

different

submit thing

man

back

ginning of civilization, no nation

that we must have economy; things. Furthermore, I am for the New Deal alone, certainly not
but it is always "economy but."
fighting Communism at home the Fair Deal, which I think is

.

I

In the history of the world, going

the has

These grants to the

my

intelligence of the average citi- somebody else

submit to controls.

problems of great nations

this money to

_

on

say

reduce their non-essential spend-

are

mit to tremendously greater taxes,

solve the

to

I

They should

r'tJrth^anintenigLce1Sofn the

He said the business

now.

our

agree

they

because

ment show the way.

our say

.

.

Non-Defense

in worse condition

are

su^

in much worse

were

trouble than

and

told that if

When

made, they

told in the

were

were

loan

England.

issue.

an

don't believe in

I did it because I

use

rapidly

are

Scotland, on Feb. 5 American

at Dundee,

last,

us

which
waY-

accomplish

sential.

what it

accomplish

to

They are not for that Particular just as well as fighting Communthat is before the Senate ism abroad.
when the election was held, that the strength of America and at that time. They are for some
Friday night a week ago, one
he regarded the leveling of the strength of a democracy is the other economy down the line that of the speakers collapsed on the

that he
that

in

Thursday, October 19, 1950

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Income Taxes

Net

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$39,268,335

$2,010,448

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2,625,862

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6 Mos. 1950

29,239,000

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THE

Convention Number

mustn't take

We
we

will

into

go

then this world

down,

go

down? I ask

American dollar goes

that in all seriousness.

the

remember

I

used

to

sell

to

England.

brother's

It

and

When we would get

English pound, we thought it

an

like

was

We

put them in a safety

would

deposit

Gibraltar.

of

Rock

the

in

and

box

they

time

two or three pounds,

would go up

price

it can't be sold for the

Now

payabl^solely1 ^rom revenue° received for services rendered and

it.

these

is

going

tonight

is

make

Thomas

they

as

me

Madison and John Marshall; those

tag that issueright of theirsecurihome
town to the
tax-exempt
ties be taken away?

and

of

Democratic,

vote

not

is

United

the

must vote Amer-

States Congress

lean,

what

answer

my
in

us

I

not

_

vote Republican;

the

What

does

to

amount

United

T

They

us

as

are

they were then.
,.

i

,

,

.

Let

always remember, ladies

dom

America?

party is simply an incident

gentlmen, gift tohuman freethat man. It is
is not

achieyement

an

It

wag
,

...

,

t have never

meeting and don't

If you doubt that mu-

expect to.

nicipals will continue to be taxexempt, you had better buy yourRplf
* ' ' of thoafi now
self some of those now outstandmg, in as long maturities as pos-

though issueS) b t on tbe new
It has
be lost by if"™ be^ o ly a few months since
supineness; and I want to Congress passed the Housing Act

y vlglla"ee and struggle

14
and

of

tQ
.

_

empted the income from housing

.

.

which specifically ex-

1949

°£ BenJaminhjs country saves "He taxes from all Federal income
Hl11 o£ Georgia: all bonds
whQ
saves

but

who

he

lets

it is difficult enough to invest

his satisfactorily during

The country die, lets all things die and

in the all things dying shall curse him,"

normal times.

Municipal Bonds as Investments
In Present Inflation
power

of

a

on

the

vilian

production.

are

and

that parts

its

and

attempted to give you

to substantiate the tele¬
industry's position today,

future,

but frankly, gen¬

tlemen, television is so fantastic
ficient supply, a reasonable fore¬ in its potentiality, that I say you
cast is that the television industry can let your imagination run wild.
I am firmly of the belief, and
build from 4V2 to 5 million
and if Admiral I would believe practically any¬
can
maintain the percentage of thing
anybody
would
tell
me
the total production it reached about the possibility or possibili¬
this year, it will build 1,000,000 ties of fabulous
things that might
may

receivers in 1951;

receivers in

1951.

furnishing

happen electronically, in particu¬

component

parts for government

equipment,

Without

this

figure

do

the

of

5,000,000

lar

of

sets

our

share,

expanded

believe

was

remained

we

born

a

giant and

giant.

a

from

now

on,

Its force

educational,

an

as

entertainment and

news

enjoy.
One final forecast: When I

mention

later

I

Admiral

is

saved
one

the

for

that

to them in

the

I do not think yet

seas.

today

man

can

all of that which

I feel

their homes.

time, it will link countries

across

is

opportunity

forecast about which
secure.

it

In

I

both.

because

that provides me
a

people will have television

preparations available

making
mention

predict that in five years, 90%

of the

I told you I would
the

informa¬

tive medium.

spoke

about the FCC "freeze" and about
color television,

will

comprehend
come

That forecast television.

in the center of the mess.

After

earning

public body as on pri-

municipal

all,1 the successful investment of
money

Most

music.

particular character and suitabil-

an

of

but

tune,

without regard to its

is

only

play

artists

the

sounds

The

to

learn

can

made

^afbo^^makeP^
tP b,e "vmChonies to X

for ity as investment in a particular
lim- bank, it is indicative of the high

Trading Markets in

art and not a science.

us

a

CORPORATE

make
by the

ears

of

Stocks & Bonds

REAL ESTATE ISSUES OF

vately owned industry. Except
a

limited number of cases, no

the taxing power
scope of that power,
If values rise, the tax base rises,
and as an increasing number of

its

are

nor

placed

on

the

on

and municipalities

States

are

us-

ing one or more forms of income
or sales taxes, revenues rise auto-

matically

the cost of things the

as

public bodies have to buy rises.
In 1949, States and municipalities received 46.1% of their tax
revenue from other than property

'1,

.

,

'

.

..

,

.

.

quality and standing which these
state and municipal bonds are
securities as a class have and prime investments. They are iswhich no other except Govern- sued by public bodies which are

continuing entities. When once
man rule" established, cities cannot fold their
investment law for trustees in tents "like the Arabs, and as siNew York State recognizes the lently steal away.
They have to
unique position occupied by State stay on the job, and if they run
and municipal securities. It places int° trouble, w°rk out some way
no limit on those of municipals to pay their debts,

ments can boast.
The new "prudent

It's so easy to buy municipals,
and they are so satisfactory, we
taxes and licenses, compared with
population must be at least 10,000. must not let the hope of big profits
43.3% from property taxes alone. 0n bonus outside the State, pro- from equities cause us to omit
Sales taxes

produced over 30% of
for State

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portfolios at the present
and local governments.
The ten- and taxing power of the issuing time. They should be included by
dency is for the use of these taxes community.
This includes dis- all means,

the tax revenue last year

to

»

..

.

ment

increase.
While

sales

tax

revenue

may

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pledged for bond service,
it may be used to pay expenses
and
thereby free property tax
revenue for payment of principal
not

be

State

interest.

and

In view of

I think we are

justified in saying that State and
municipal bonds can be bought
with less investigation than can
are

Municipal Bonds

United States Government

Obligations

Incorporated

prudence of a

UNDERWRITERS

have

securi¬
national banks is note¬
No statutory limitations

affecting investment
of

been placed

of

the

amount

that

is

may

be held by a

by Congress on
these securities,

which
national bank.

general obligations,

While this

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ties

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intelligent man familiar with such
matters
is used.
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tions

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other form of investment we
considering,
provided only

that the

McAndrew & Co.

their magnificent rec¬

ord over the years,

any

and

legislation is not rec¬

ognized by banking authorities as
blanket approval of every single




OVER-THE-COUNTER

ISmtk of Atttmra
NATIONAL

SECURITIES

savings ASSOCIATION
Direct Private Wires to

Bond Investment

Department

San Francisco

G. A.

Saxton

of

will be felt throughout the world

un¬

that

distribution

paralleled

and

piece

sound

and

Television
has

with

me,

facilities

sight

a

equipment.

could go up, and we will

course,

absolutely

and

figures
vision

here

Assuming

and I have

materials will be available in suf¬

® brfd7tods ftselfT/'a

mess

industry's

receiver

Never before have financingcom¬
and
financial problems been so

from page 9

limitations

television

facilities will be available for ci¬

for

plex and difficult to solve.

same

the

H°w much more difficult is itin
we

Continued

a

sible. The chances are that taxes,
ined if they should be levied on this
income, will not be on the old

a

the bless him;

to

compared
of

as

the heard of such

into

them

language.

,

party things, and all things saved shall

political

any

as

States

American

of party lines
01 parry lines.

regardless
regaraiess

people
people

wrote

wise today

but vote for the

of

interests

best

English

.

,,

,

,

to people,

I eo around '

and

do

can

those

,

James zens meeting together and insist-

and

Jefferson,

But so

sets.

the expansion of

those fundaJust a word about the permamentals of the government handed fte^eh°frla3[ne3i?^,ptl^
down to us by the great men of constitutionally sound. State and
the past, some of whom were local government officials have
Virginians. Let me say to you banded together and fought to
that those principles are just as ^ tt
valid today as they were in the mand for
elimination. Did you
days
of
George
Washington, ever hear of an irate body of citi-

is

This

this:

what I give in answer
ask

that

plea

The

to

happen

to

things?

that

eligible

munici-

whereas that
s ls n0 linl

being
What

Industry

is that Admiral will be ready for

great has been
electronic manu¬ the second wave band and color
television
when
each comes.
I
While common stocks may be facturing facilities, because of the
can't give you the details for ob¬
that has given to us a prestige boughtunder that" law7 the^per- rise of television, that even though
military preparation should re¬ vious reasons. I can only tell you
and power that no nation in the centage of such holdings must be
quire as much production from that we see new opportunities in
world has ever yet achieved.
limited,
of
the electronic industry as it did both and mean to take full ad¬
for the last war,
only 25% of vantage of these opportunities.
Therefore, what we should be
today's present industry facilities
In conclusion, I know that you
concerned about is to preserve
Will Exemption Continue?
will be required.
Thus, 75% of men like to deal with figures,
000

standards;

highest living

the

us

,

who

The Television

Port of

great men who brought them into

government has fixed

the English
for

have

that

for those principles and

business

had agents all

We

Europe.

over

I

of my

part

was
my

years.

many

when

days

great many apples

a

of

made

principles

fundamental

government

under this new law.

anyone's currency if the

in

surprise some to learn that Reve-

interna- America the greatest nation in all not from taxes, such as
Who will have the world and that has given to New York Authority, are
of

era

an

darkness.

tional

faith

concerned about is to preserve

are

Continued from page 11

Furthermore, it may

What we tricts also.

of this nation.

welfare

the American those

America fail, should

dollar

than

more

on

discharge because should

can

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Angeles

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Thursday, October 19, 1950

Roster of Advertisers in NSTA Convention Issue
Page

Page

Colonial Stores
Courts

...........

Co

&

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64

66

McDowell (George A.)
Moreland & Co

Webber-Simpson & Co
Zippin & Company, Inc

Atlanta, Ga.

McDonald-Moore

Swift, Henke & Co

69

64

Straus & Blosser

Gerity-Michigan Corporation

66

55

Robinson-Humphrey (The) Co.,,.

54

Cohle

54

(H. B.) & Co

51

51

(Robert) & Sons........
begg (John C.) & Company

51

Stein Bros. &

51

Boyce

Madigan (J. E.) & Co., Inc
Thornburgh (The W. C.) Co......
Walter, Woody & Heimerdinger..

Cayne & Co

Incorporated

du

Estabrook & Co

Otis & Co

41

1
Co...'

(F. L.) & Co., Inc

57
56

Prescott &

38

Schultz (L. J.) & Company

58

59

41

Raymond & Co

68

(Francis 1.) & Co
Eastman, Dillon & Co

25

69

Eberstadt (F.) & Co., Inc

29

Emanuel, Deetjen & Co

26

Ernst & Co

34

Englewood, Colo.
Central

Power

Co

71

Coburn

&

Dallas, Texas

41
Central

Fahnestock

&

Co

Middlebrook, Incorpo¬

rated

47

(Joseph) & Co
First (The) Boston Corp
Fox (P. F.) & Co

England

Gas

&

Indianapolis, Ind.
Indianapolis Bond
Corporation

Share

and

67

36
26

34

Kansas City, Mo.
62

36

Brooke & Co

Co

Griffin, Kuipers & Co
Hardy & Co
..

63

Angeles, Calif.

Akin-Lambert Co., Inc..
Crowell, Weedon & Co.. J.
Edgerton, Wykoff & Co..
Gross, Rogers & Co....
Kraft (Oscar F.) & Co

78

75

26

75

75
75
75
75

Co

27

Hogle (J. A.) & Co....

35

Hunter

33

35

Co

Hutton

(W. E.) & Co
lngalls & Snyder

15
29

Association

Louisville, Ky.

73

Bankers (The) Bond Co., Inc

62
62

Lebenthal & Co

Corp

62

Cassell

(C. F.) & Company, Inc..

Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp

52

70

Allyn (A. C.) & Co
Barclay Investment Co

66

Des

65

Henderson (T.

Davis

2

Dayton & Gernon

(William A.) & Co........
Nongard
Sills, Fairman & Harris, Inc

Sincere and

Company

Baker, Simonds & Co.....

66

Buhl

64

Crouse & Co
First of Michigan

Building

2

49

(The) National Bank.

Minneapolis, Minn.
Company
Kalman & Company, Inc
Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood

67
67
67

Nashville, Tenn.
Equitable Securities Corporation.

49

La.
48

.......

J

Weil & Arnold

48

now

the second

population and first in percentage of gain.

Reflecting the all-time high earnings record of
this bank, the annual dividend has been in¬

$1.60 —the seventh dividend

increase within six
The

generous

bank's

22

Adler, Coleman & Co
Ames

13
12
11

Ashplant (F. B.) & Co

10
22

Company

(A. E.) & Co., Inc.
Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder, Inc...

25

Bacon, Stevenson & Co..
Batkin

36

Co.........

&

Blair, Rollins & Co., Incorporated
Blyth & Co., Inc..., 4f..

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Bonner & Gregory

years.

12

Canady (W. L.) & Co., Inc....

.

24
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16

32
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23

0'Kane, Jr. (John J.) & Co......

(W. C.) & Co., Inc
Registrar and Transfer Company.
Reynolds & Co

Roggenburg & Co

6

Company

19
22

&

30

Co

37
2
13

Tatro

(Edwin L.) Company
Troster, Currie & Summers......
Company of North America.
Union Securities Corporation....

Trust

Alstyne, Noel & Co
Vilas & Hickey
Van

18

31
18

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33

Vogell & Co., Inc

services commends this stock

to

&

Wheat

53

Co., Inc

Patterson

52
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(J. C.) & Co..

St. Louis,
Edwards

Mo.

(A. G.) & Sons

Jones

63

Scherck, Richter Company

63

San Antonio, Texas
Russ

&

Company, Inc

San Francisco, Calif.
Bank of America. N. T. & S. A...

77

First California

78

Company
McAndrew & Company, Incorpo¬
rated

77

Rheem

Manufacturing C»>
San Francisco Stock Exchange...
Stone & Youngberg
Strauss (J. S.) & Co...
Wulff, Hansen & Co

investors

76

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76

Seattle, Wash.
74

74

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74

Shreveport, La.

for

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Spartanburg, S. C.

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Pacific Northwest Company

actively buy and sell this stock

SERVING

76

Communication

Ask for

OFFICES

72

Harper (Wm. P.) & Son & Co
Lewis (John R.), Inc

TELETYPES

23

63

Foster & Marshall

MEMBER-

300

2

(Edward D.) & Co
Newhard, Cook & Co

Barrow, Leary & Co

BANK

63

new

everywhere.
We

53
53

Fusz-Schmelzle & Co

T

Wertheim & Co

yield of around 6% plus the

enterprise in perfecting profitable

53

Miller

20

(J. Arthur) & Co., Inc...

Warner

Galleher &

27

(A. L.) & Co

Starkweather

53

17

(G. A.) & Co., Inc

Seligman, Lubetkin & Co
Stamm

Richmond, Va.

37
32

Rice, Jr. (J. K.) & Co

Shields &

2

Abbott, Proctor & Paine
Craigie (F. W.) &Co...

32
17

32
8
34
10
28
15

(Stanley) & Co
Pershing & Co
Pflugfelder & Rust.....

Saxton

Adams & Peck

& Company
Young & Co., Inc...

Scott & Stringfellow

Salomon Bros. & Hutzler

Asiel & Co

dynamic growth of California,

Pittsburgh, Pa.

37
27

& Research

Pitfield

48
48

&

National Securities

York.

Pelz

47

Newman, Brown & Co., Inc

Allen

National City Bank of New
National Quotation Bureau

Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis.

Conn.

W.) & Co

Scharff & Jones, Inc

(Laurence M.) & Co......

Corp

New York City

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22

Dane, John

Bank of America

(Henry B.) & Co., Inc....

46

McLaughlin, Reuss & Co..
Mitchell & Company
Model, Roland & Stone.........
Moore (Frank C.) & Co

Memphis, Tenn.

68

69

Warner

Thomas

35

New Orleans,

to

Morrissey (F. J.) & Co..........
45
Newburger & Co................
46
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Phillips (Samuel K.) & Co
45
Riecke (H. A.) & Co., Inc..
2
Sparks (J. W.) & Co
43
Stroud & Company, Incorporated
42
Taggart (Charles A.) & Co., Inc..
46
Tyson & Company, Inc
45

46

21

68

Corporation....

45

23

46

McGinnis & Company

New Haven,

creased

43

43

Reed, Lear & Co....

McDonnell & Co

Scranton (Chas.

state in

45

29

52

Allison-Williams

65

44
44

Fauset, Steele & Co

Strader, Taylor & Co., Inc

67

Detroit, Mich.

—

Sherrerd

Janney & Co
Miller (E. W. & R. C.) & Co
Morgan (W. L.) & Co

9

Marks

Moines, Iowa
C.) & Co

64

Ketcham &

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&

Caughlin (Edward J.) & Co......
Clark (E. W.) & Co...

23

52

First

64

Fuller

Butcher

44
44

Higginson Corp
Loeb (Carl M.), Rhoades & Co...
Lord, Abbett & Co

Scott, Horner & Mason, Inc

71

65

(Paul H.) &Co....

Lynchburg, Va.

71

65

Cruttenden & Co

70

.

...

(J. J. B.) & Son

70

Simpson (B. E.) & Company.....
Stone, Moore & Company
Sudler (Amos C.) & Co

Chicago, 111.

Wagenseller & Durst

Wagner, Reid & Ebinger, Inc....

Investment Service Corporation..
Mitton (Robert L.) Investments..

Charlottesville, Va.

Co

21

Company

Denver, Colo.

55

Morgan & Co

73

Charlotte, N. C.
Interstate Securities

42

&

Blizzard

34

Lee

72

73

Sanders & Newsom
38

45

Bioren

19

28

&

Philadelphia, Pa.

25
.

Heaney (Michael J.) & Co
Hill, Thomson & Co., Inc..
&

55

Aspden, Robinson & Co

30

Hirsch

Uhlmann & Latshaw

.

(Herbert H.) & Co
Boenning & Co

(Gordon) &

Haupt (Ira) & Co..
Hay, Fales & Co

Prugh, Combest & Land, Inc.....

Los

29

Graves

72

Geyer & Co., Inc

73

of

Rauscher, Pierce & Co

Electric

Orlando, Fla.
Leedy, Wheeler & Alleman, Inc..

Ginberg (Frank) & Co
Goodbody & Co

Schneider, Bernet & Hickman....

Company

Texas

New

52

34

Josephthal & Co
16
Kenney (D. Raymond) & Co
37
Kidder, Peabody & Co
|.
7
King (Charles) & Co
20
Kugel, Stone & Co., Inc
33
Laird, Bissell & Meeds..........
18

38

Cambridge, Mass.

52

Virginia Securities Company.....

14

Hilliard

Co.......

&

Norfolk, Va.

Grace National Bank^f New York

Houston, Texas

36

Ivey (C. L.) & Co

25

Southwestern Securities

Atherton

Schirmer,

Investment

8

31

24

Faroll

Hartford, Conn.

57

41

(H. D.) & Co

Maguire (J. B.) & Co., Inc.......
Putnam

39
40

Haigney (Dayton) & Co
Knox

61

(The) Company
58
Manufacturing Company...
59
First (The) Cleveland Corp......
58
Gottron, Russell & Co
2,58
Mericka (Wm. J.) & Co., Inc
57

40
...

Watling, Lerchen & Co..

Eaton

41

Pont, Homsey & Company.

11

36

.

16

60

Dobeckum

40

Day (Chas. A.) & Co., Inc
Draper, Sears & Co

ration

14

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Witter (Dean) & Co
Wood, Gundy & Co., Inc
Young (Theodore) & Co

23

du Pont

59

(The) Trust Company.
Company

Di-Noc

Wien (M.

69

61
60

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White, Weld & Co

28

69

Moroney, Beissner & Co...

Cleveland
Coffin & Burr,

68

33

68

Colorado

Cleveland, Ohio

Boston, Mass.

69

60

Kahn's (The E.) Sons Company..

55

& Co.....

Claybaugh (Blair F.) & Co.......
Cohon (Morris) & Co
Distributors Group, Inc
Dominion (The) Securities Corpo¬

O'Donnell (R. C.) & Co
Reid (Andrew C.) & Co

60

(Charles A.) & Company,

Birmingham, Ala.
Sterne, Agee & Leach.

68

59,61

Inc

50

Mead, Miller & Co

60

(Geo.) & Co
Hall (Clair S.) & Company
Hinsch

Baker, Watts & Co
Garrett

Co

Titus-Miller & Company

Eustis

Baltimore, Md.

&

Roney (Wm. C.) & Co

66

Cincinnati, Ohio

Southern (The) Company

Page

Page

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc

Adrian, Mich.

639 South
CALIFORNIA

end

NEVADA

Spring Street, Los Angeles 14, California

Jones

(Robert C.) & Co

50

Youngstown, Ohio
Butl?r, Wick & Co

2