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AT LONG LAST 1 found «what people Who live in - glass houses should do. Grow chrysanthemums. ‘While I stood among chrysanthemums up to my k greenhouse, George Fiel, director of the Annu * Garfield Park » Chrysanthemum Show, said around me was the result, of a full year's work. Quite a result for the occupants of a glass house, *Come with me and I'll show you what we've done 86 far for our show and how much more we still have to'do,” Mr. Fie] said, The greenhouse was literally bursting at the. seams

« with ehrysanthemums. The Red Room was a mass of bert, a hand with the placing and arranging,” the

flowers ranging in color from a deep red to a light bronze. A small hill of hiige red mums made me want

to take off my shoes and run over them in my bare pot toters called. I was on my own so I followed the feet, men into the Pink Room. Mr. Schubert said they Mr. Fiel “jokingly” said that I'd probably take one needed flower carriers. I did an about, face.

step up that hill.

Arranged Like a. Garden ‘THE WHITE ROOM, arranged to look like a garden, was full of (sounds silly) white, chrysanthemums. Otto Kriese was putting the finishing touches around

MUM'S THE FLOWER—Time was at a remium yesterday in the Garfield Park greenfr The “annual chrysanthemum show opens tonight and Otto Kriese had a lot of mums to place. ‘

Pep Tonic NEW YORK, Nov. T—Any time I get to feeling real low, like my life isn't rich enough or-full enough or even firmly packed, I swipe mama's Vogue magagine and curl up in the corner with a glass of cold milk and my opium set. Before you can say Hattie Carnegie the blues are whisked away, the fog lifts," and I am as happy as if I had money. Vogue never lets you down. There is always something which leaves you feeling as if you'd stepped through the looking glass. This time it's a full color page. You see a gentleman's evening pump with a silk-clad male foot in it. There's a gold mesh evening bag which has spilled out, on the deck, the following: Cigaret case, cigaret holder and lighter, opera glasses, a watch, a crumpled cigaret, a pencil, some eyeglasses, a policeman’s whistle, an earring, a yellow capsule, a red capsule, a pink pill and a_ key. That's all there is to the picture. On the opposite page it says: “Portrait with sym« bols.” And: “This pretty disaster is a still-life giveaway—and we think we khow what" this certain pocket-losing Lucy is like. Can you guess why, for instance, ‘we suspect: That the accident happened during the first act intermission of an opening night? - That our lady is brunet, plausible; and has a prac- ° ticing sense of humor? That her fdce is long; that she {s perhaps rather nervous, and leads a busy life? Her taste is wide, concerns any era, any price? Like the rest of us,.she is a bit fallible? Reasoning: See Page 194"

Hunts for Secret FEELING LIKE A MAN who is on the brink of an eerie discovery, which might better remain locked away from mortal brain, I leafed through the uplift ads to page 194: Does Vogue, I wonder, khow some terrible secret? Are we about to revert to witchcraft? My hands shook as I read: “Clearly, the opera glasses mean the theater, and according to her watch (if it’s right) the time is first act intermission. The elegant bag implies elegant evening dress; chances are its opening night. “Our lady's hair is dark—one of her brunet hairpins . . . She is plausible and charming—she won his

. . "- . ” v a . Tough Row To Hoe By Frederick C. Othman hunter is allowed 10 birds per day his wife and children living with Photo Contest postmarked by mid- dianapol s chapter of the organizaA ——

WASHINGTON, Nov. T-—-Charles W, Perelle is a pink-cheeked young man looking a little owlish behind his thick-lensed eyeglasses. He spent 15 months earning $386,250 the hard way, room and board, plus five servants and an unwanted press agent included. You've probably- guessed it already. He worked for Howard Hughes, the Hollywood multimillionaire who built trick airplanes for the government with oné hand and produced with the other a movie starring the curvaceous Jane Russell. The flying machines and the picture both are a matter of controversy still, though Mr. Perelle tried not to have anything to do with that throbbing drama of sex on the prairie, “The Outlaw.” ‘His lack of interest in the art of the cinema seemed to be his undoing. Mr. Perelle, who told his story under oath before 8 Senate war investigating subcommittee, was the distinguished airplane engineer Hughes hired away from Consolidated-Vultee in 1944 at $75,000 a year, plus the pluses. These included the gift of a stock option he sold back to Mr. Hughes for $250,000 when he was fired, use of a mansion which rented for $900 a month, and food, drink, and the services of five servants, which set Mr. Hughes back another $29,000, If ever there was a well-paid engineer, Mr. Perelle was the one, He claimed he earned every cent in mental anguish.

In Full Charge, He Says MR. PERELLE said he was supposed to be in complete charge of Mr. Hughes’ Culver City factory, where he was building for the government the world's biggest airplane and an assortment of photo recon naissance machines, Complete charge, humpf, said Mr. P.* Everybody called the factory the Hughes country club and nobody wanted to pay any attention to the new boss. Mr. Perelle fired a lot of folks and along came a fellow name of Johnny Meyers, who threatened to fire him.

Studio Trouble

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 78 Another - suspension is cooking ‘on the front burner at 20th Century-Fox where Corriel Wilde and Gene Tierney landed in the doghouse ‘for turning down roles. Now it's blond June Haver who is kicking up her heels.

Feors Results JUNE DOESN'T. like what she says is an unimportant role in the picture, (“A Street With No Name.” She's telling pals: “After playing that role, I won't have any riame.” No actor in Hollywood takes his work more seriously than Sydney Greenstreet. He had to look much Iomgee for & scene im Prius to Night.” i ne

Mr. Fiel said there were 100 different varieties of So h ? 3s : ; . at chrysanthemums 'gnd 10,000 plants. gl : © “You can count the blooms if you want the exact ’ bh het ss

: ito what was going to be the Pink Room,

"wanted the pompons in the nine-inch pots, that was

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a bubbling: fountain in the center of the room. : The florist couldnt answer my question as to how many blooms he had in the White Room,

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figure,” said Mr. Fiel, “but I'd estimate we have 2500 blooms in this room.” Close enough. Men carrying potted flowers marched steadily “Boy, Tm going to have to ‘dive in there pretty = 0 m e ive soon and give our greenhouse supervisor, Frank Schu- "

head mum man remarked. “You're wanted on the phone, George, * one of the

Gun Is Loaded’ ke By WILLIAM PITTMAN | EN The annual invasion of the HooIt was easy to find where all the standard mums Sier hinterland begins again Monday were coming from. I just followed a trail of peat. |When the season opens for rabbit Joe Schowe was filling the tops of the pots with 8nd quail hunting. 5 peat. Earl Hager had the job of selécting the type As in the past this date will begin of mum Mr. Schubert or My. Fiel called for in the ® list of accidental deaths and front room. . Paul Wilhelm was busy trimming .and Serious injuries resulting from the cleaning the long, single-blossom chrysanthemums. |CAreless use of rifies and shotguns. © Before I could ask the standard question, “How, According to Charles E. Adams, i © you doing?” Mr, Schowe handed me a pot. Clarence 2835 W: 19th St, an authority on = Kastenbader and Bill Spreen nudged me toward the ballistics and shooting, these acci- ||

Pink Room.” Just like that I was a member of the dents are generally the lack of § totin' gang. (shooting knowledge and. could be 3

! | easily avoided. The Show Must Go On | Mr. Adams, who conducted The, NEEDLESS TO SAY my help was welcome. Every Times<Em-Roe Shooting School in little bit helps. T overheard Mr. Fiel say it would be 1936, teaches Indianapolis hunters about “11 tonight” to the men. The show has to be and would-be hunters the proper ready to open today at 7:30 p. m, {use and care of shotguns. Mr. Schubert had to go downtowrr, Mr. Fiel took . In the many years Mr. Adams has over, Mr. Kriese joined Louis Rieman in placing the conducted his classes, at times numpotted plants. The White Room WAS ready. . bering more than 30 persons, he has We of the strong backs would “carry Indianapolis never had a pupil fire an accidental Pinks for awhile and then switch to Pink Turners, shot. All according to Mr, Piel. When he decided ‘he nn x MR. ADAMS outlined a list of when I decided to become a floral arranger. It's a rules for hunters and those who lot more fun to use your head than your back: handle guns of any sort. Beginning “What are you going to do with all these flowers with an admonishment to “rememafter the show Monday?” ber that every gun is loaded,” Wey Between answers and orders I found out that are. the flowers will stay on display as long as the blos-| NEVER point a gun al anyone. soms last. After that—clip. Right at the base of the] Before shooting be sure the bar- | stem. That's the beginning of next vear's show. The rel is free of obstruction. new shoots will be trimmed and replanted. More = Carry the gun pointing either replantings will follow until they are large enough to, up or down, take up permanent residence in their “show” flower, Don't lean on the gun. | , pot. Never lean a gun against a con» |

cave surface, such as an automo- |

HERE'S HOW — Glen Burtt, 401 N. fliinois St. shows which end of the barrel to look through when | bile fender. | checking for obstructions. Notice he is doubly cautious,

THIS 1S THE. WAY — Charles E, Adams, 2835

| 9th. St., instructor, and Mr, Burtt demonstrate the

“We hope to have 100 more varieties next year,” Ei method to cross a fence. With muzzies aimed in

said Mr. Fiel. When I left the greenhouse there was still a tre-| When climbing a fence alone, | ‘mendous amount of work to be done. But, Mr. Fiel lean the gun through the fence having '‘broken" the gun, The season opens Monday. the air, neither risks danger of being’ shot. assured me that when the doors open tonight at 7:30! “Pointing--away from- you. When barrel; a blade of grass in front of deaths and 11. serious accidents by monishment to veterans and others| “Be leery,” he continued, “of any to the public, every mum will be in place. Just for there are two or more persons, [this can and will burst the guh,’ “shooting during the hunting season using foreign made guns. {gun or shetl with which you are not the fun of it, I'm going to check. hand the guns across the fence. Mr. Adams said. | This year with many more men in| “Be suie,” he said, “to see that it thoroughly familiar.” sa— After arriving home from a | “Too many hunters rely on the the field there is a possibility of a has been proof- -tested for American The hunting season offers good j Says Raine, se Sure the gun is safety catch. As far as I am con- greater number of accidents. If powder. On the most part, foreign sport to everyone who awns a shotunloaded and the cleaning rags cerned there is fio such thing, and hunters. will heed the few funda- guns are of excellent material and gun. If hunters follow the rules the By Robert C Ruark | | : =

are out of the barrel. ‘I teach my pupils so.” /mental don'ts they may bag their workmanship, but our powder is far season will not be marred by tragic

“A shotgun charge builds up five ® x =» game and live to enjoy it superjor, and the guns may burst | incidents except those that happen ; . - and a half tons of pressure in the LAST YEAR there were nine Mr. Adams offered a special ad- unless the.correct shell is used.” lo the hunted. whistle away from a policeman and puts its to good a 4 . use once in a while to call a taxi. ” “Her face is probably narrow. No roundfaced, Outdoors : :

APPiesheskoe Sy would wear completely lunar spec- hh facies, 3 Save We 10 tulle Bw 1b nok ina, Ra if, Quail and Partridge Season Opens Monday :

and cold pills are on the loose.) She is most certainly | fallible; she forgot to have her bag’s clasp fixed, has Record Number of Hunters Expected in Field; Minds of #nother without permis- gu gqy Hunting Safety | beneficial result when shown at

| probably lost her other earring, and wh | sion any meeting, adult or juvenile, and lipstick?” ng, Where is her, State Bars Open Period on Pheasants To use or possess a silencer while. With thousands of hunters headed might well be a part of the eduNow see here, Vogue magazine, this is the kind | By MARC G. WAGGENER hunting. | for the outdoors next week, armed cational programs sponsored in lo-

Te hunt on Sunday with fire- with every kind of firearm from & cal communities by conservation | arms. 492-caliber rifle to an automatic and related organizations.

To smoke, chop or dig furbear- shotgun and high-powered Army ing animals from dens. carbines, it will not be surprising Study Casting Team Plan

of snap judgment that alienates people and starts Monday is’ THE DAY for rabbit, quail and Hungarian partridge (no! wars. It is perfectly adaptable to the Commie smear Pheasants this year) hunters in Indiana. 5 technique, and I want you to think twice before you Monday is the opening day of the hunting season, the day when ever do it again. See what I.mean: an army of potentially a half-million Hoosiers move into the fields I have here a lady's handbag. Out of it tumbles With guns and dogs to search for the elusive bunnies and the fast-| To buy or sell any quail, Hun- if the’ hunting season is marked, Members ‘of the Indianapolis : a small pistol, loaded, a pint flask of bourbon, also flying quail and “hunkeys” This year there is” no open season on garian partridge, pheasant, wild With a series of fatalities and accl- | Casting Club are looking over a loaded, a hypodermic needle; a pair of brass“knuckles Pheasants in Indiank. — , eee | fUTK@Y, TUffed grouse, prairie chick- | dental shootings. {set of rules proposed to govern an and a squat vial of cyanide. There is a small dagger With Armistice Day being ob- a eee " the number of quail en or chukar partridge, or for any With rare exceptions these hunt- indoor league of casting teams and a paper full Sot ground glass. served as a general holiday, con- in some areas where they had been restaurant or hotel keeper to serve ing accidents are due to someone's which the club expects to have Incit T bl | servation officials are anticipating a numerous in the past. Hungarian the same as part of a meal. |carelessness and disregard to. the under way within a short time at ncites Jrouble ; record number of hunters in the partridge are found in various sec-| To hunt with or catch game by Maxim, “Never alm your gun al Tomlinson Hall. W. O. Tabor has YOU, VOGUE, with snap judgment and your itch field both Monday and Tuesday. tions of the state but not in such means of a ferret or any mechan- *NYihing you do not intend 10 been named chairman of the to Soden without Fesearely yous undoubtedly say ‘Weather conditions for hunting im» numbers as to make them as widely cal device, kill" |league and Don Carlisle is in tha e owner was a homicidal maniac’ who was proved during the past several days. ular as quail. The rabbit ula- charge of organizing teams. going to get drunk and shoot her husband, poison her The drop in and . Pop a par during yl last oe Snoit. gate birds oF avimals Safety Movie Available er or : the proposed lover, beat up her brother with the dusters and feed eral showers have brought iip the hunting season, is still low in most hous Upon. ‘or. ations wy Public Some of the common mistakes ; ghway. rules is a system of handicapping ground glass to the dog. {hopes of the bird hunter whose parts of the state and not suffi- lin handling firearms which result designed to place the amateur Well, you'd be wrong, see, and up to Vour decol- field dogs work best when days are ciently numerous in any area to be 10 hunt or shoot rabbits with in hunting tragedies are “effectively | tor on a competitive par with letage in a libel suit. It so happens that this bag be~ cool and the air slightly moist, regarded as a pest. or by means of an artificial light. pictured in a 16-mm. color and ooo. oo ooe caster, similar longs to a 15-year-old girl with. pigtails, a sunny dis- y |" To kill or ‘possess any wild bird sound film, “Trigger Happy Harry," =o 0 500 Jota in bowling. This position and an excellent family background. She is Hunting Season Dates Don’ t Forget 47 License except in the open season and in which is available for showing with- land 3 D proposed rules to govern . merely running errands for ‘mama—the bourbon to The rabbit Season which opens Hoosiers planning hunting trips such numbers as provided by law. out charge upon application to the the league will be threshed out at J) her poor sick grandma, and also the dagger and: Monday, continues til next Were reminded today that they are | English sparrows, starlings, crows, State Board of Health's Division he club 4 ti d the i brass knucks, because grandpa collects antiques: The | Jan 10. Under d ps 1 t nes required by state law to have a 1047 sharpshinned hawks, Cooper's of Health and Physical Education. | jie clubs i wn full hypodermic is for her ‘father, who is a doctor, and| yo of tHe Cone vat on ocen t ns hunting license, to carry it with hawks, goshawks and great horned | The film runs for approximately {officers are ng. Jon: 8 the poison is to be used in killing insects for his ine bag limit on rabbits Pay on them when hunting and exhibit it, Wis have been declared pests and one-half hour. attendance, ‘ research. The reason for the ground glass is that she o.oo ww co year. Now the hunter|upon request of a conservation are not protected by law. | This and similar Alms have a Trappers Wait

broke her specs, and t, from the or ul Being joes, sues » oe 8s) oan legally take only Bve Tevbhs Sloe. While the rabbit, qual and par One thing more. Here we have a copy of Vogue, per day and can have not more No change was made in the - Women to Form tridge seasons begin Monday, face down .on the floor, and the door stands afar.| than 10 rabbits in possession at any cense fee. It's still $150 for a resl- | | trappers must wait until Nov. 15 What is the name of the man who just fled screams °° Vile, . Sent of Idina snd 8% only Sues ota Counci to start after raccoon, opossum and ing into the street? One guess, Vogue. One guess. : The quail sefson also glaris; DE Ie calendar year. Tvery un ef, | The National Council of Negro other furbearing animals, The . | Monday, and closes on Satur- regardless of age or sex, is required fl 0 on es {Women will have a city-wide meet- shooting or taking of these animals |day, Dec. 20. There has been. no ot have a license, The only excep- ing at noon tomorrow in the Phyllis Defore that date is illegal and vio|change in the .bag limit, Each Hons are the owner of farm land, pres for The Times Amateur Wheatley YWCA to organize an In- lators are subject to stiff fines. Duck hunters must wait until Nov. J : pi night to tion. i8 for the opening of the season on and Jar iene, Ser Wives aud ’ night wi be judged for te Mrs. Bertie L. Derrick, national migratory waterfowl. In addition to oA yen y ns wh oe jege 14th week's awards. Those received g.|q representative of the council, their state hunting license they are except ons apply os y when hunting gfter that time will go into the 15th will speak and present a flim illus- required to have a federal “duck On thé Jatin Jan ued 9 upon weekly contest. trating the national program. stamp” which can be secured at has proven abundantly, but somebody else must have Non-residents of the state mist Anyone may enter if his chief Mrs. O. A. Johnson and members local postoffices upon payment of & approved his Rie Ponts. My. Perelle didn't. fee of $15.50 I source of income is not derived from °f her committee from the Woman's $1 fee; Duck hunting is governed by \ oe . . o hg. pay a fee $ for a license photographic work. Improvement Club will be hostesses. special regulations, established by He was trying to get those flying machines built, which 1s good only during the cal- oe ve The guests of honor include Mrs. the U, 8. Pish and Wildlife Service, to smooth over squabbles with Army Prochidment, [Prospects Not Too Goa { endar year, e picture judged best earns 85 [gna Ray, state president of the which must be observed. in addition

officers, and to keep Mr. Hughes away from the fae ‘ ’ for the photographer. Several get rndiana State Council of Women, to state | tory for a while, so the hired hands would revophize) Hunters taking to the fields Mon- Better Brush Up on Law honorable mention and all of the ;.4 other delegates to the con- Slate a:

the new boss. 90%: and during the succeeding days. It might he a good thing for the top selections are pyblished each yention of the International Council Fishing Outlook ‘Fair’ Things seemed to be looking up after about & = the open season will be starting nimrods planning hunting trips to Wednesday. of the Women of the World held re- Pishing waters over the state are year, when Mr, Hughes casually borrowed one of Mr. out under conditions that are not “brush up” ont some. of the laws Pictures may be on any subject cently in Philadelphia. reported as generally” clear with Perelle’s engineers to work on the advertising art, °° favorable, especially from the which govern their sport. For ex-and of any size. The prints must ‘anglers having fair results during which later resulted in the plastering of billboards “tAndpoint of game population. ple, it is unlawful in Indiana: be in black and white the week. Exceptions are several of

. On the across America with pictures of La Russell at ease | _Surveys earlier this y year indicated To hunt, _fsh or trap o on the back of each picture must be written 110 000 M stery’ the streams in the northern part on a haystack. Mr. Hughes neglected to mention iC B Di k TT “7 photographer's name, address, tele- | and some in the central area where arnival— Y ic Tuer

this to Mr. Perelle, who blew up, [phone number, type camera and the water is milky, He ‘wrote Mr. Hughes a letter, telling him to quit] 9 (Alm used, shutter speed, diaphragm Gri Ci Hall | Locally several of the streams and ning and type lightin | swiping airplane engineers for movie enterprises. A lopening ype lighing Geist Lake are milky but the fish- . while later Mr, Perelle got fired. Sen. Homer Fer- Mail or bring photos to: Ama- ing has been fair. Conservation offiguson, Mich. the chairman, asked why? teur Photo Contest. Indianapolis Search was continuing today for cers report that minnows, worms, Times, 214 W. Maryland St, Indi- & $10,000 job survey réport which crickets and artificial baits have Quit Talking to Hughes |anapoils 9. Democratic Colincilman William A. worked the best this week with “INSUBORDINATION, De told me,” Mr. Parelie —————— trent Brown said was missing yesterday catches including bass, bluegills, testified. “On .account of this movie thing, I from the City Hall. |crappies and catfish, pi I never did talk Re Hughes again.” Christian Scientists Mr, Brown said he asked Mayor op

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| with a possession limit of 30 after Nem who are residents of Indiana,

three days of hunting. The open season on Hungarian partridge is the same as on quail No change has taken place in the {bag limit—five birds per day with ja limit of 10 for two days of hunt-

Who was Johnny? He was listed on the payroll as press agent, but he never seemed to do any work, | so Mr. Perelle severed him from the Hughes aircraft payroll. Johnny remained on the job, the evidence

WORD-A-DAY

o Hughes Tool Co. paid Mr. Perelle his wages, ‘Hear Elizabeth Scott [Denny for the report but the” “Christian Scientists are praying Mayor did not know where the)

slipped him the $250,000 for the stock option and then

handed him a chit for. $20,000, to take care of the survey report was nor did his sec-| By BACH food and the servants, Mr. Perelle wouldn't pay it: people - and Christian -Bclence ,q,ry, —————— said he lived in a guest house for Mr. Hughes’ offi- | teaches them how to pray effpctual-| The councilman. said he then cials and why should he pay the bills? ily,” Elisabeth Carroll Scott, C. 8. B,, | searched City Hall -for the big docuThe Hughes accountants put this down as a bad of Memphis, Tenn., told her audi- ment which recommetids pay scales debt on their tax returns, but Mr. Perelle insisted it ence last night in a lecture in the for various city jobs, but failed to wasn't. Told the senators he would have paid it, | find it. ve-at NOUN

Murat Theater. | “Since the taxpayers paid $10,000 “It teaches us how to pray with for this job survey it is public prop- | spiritual understanding, how to af- erty and should be on file at all {firm God's allness and from this témes,” he said, : | standpoint to deny evil, for evil can have no place in the infinitude of a ee, 175-Lb. Chest With $465 “As we pray according to this . Carried From Basement method we discover that the pres-'. Rose Hockett, 68, of “721 N. West | lence and power of God, divine St. told police some one carried a | | Principle, Love, are forever at hand wooden chest containing $465 cash ig | {to bless us in the measure that we from his basement last night while’ open our consciousness to receive he was away, the blessing. The. chest weighed 176 pounds, Mr. Hookets said.

if he felt he owed it. And indicated, without exactly saying so, that no amount of money could reimburse him for his sufferings in Culver City.

( ka've- A WARNING )

By Erskine Johnson

refused the help of a makeup man. He said: “If I, feel and act™ounger, I'll look younger. If I don't, no amount of makeup will help me” He played the scene minus makeup and studio executives say it's great.

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“The world has need of Godlike a | i MARGARET LISZY, great - granddaughter of men, those who know God and use Ty TT | =e SY hi 1. Franz Liszt, will be wk beni x tap ro. ” their knowledge “of Him; for only Present Fall Concert ! - ac. ~ 9 George Raft and Gail Robbins a twosome at the ‘those who know. God. only “those The K. of C. Columbians, Edward Lge Tul, 1 Biltmore Bowl, ‘who are themselves Godlike, can Krieger directing, will present thetr f 3 i : Max -Sherover wants to record an album of love : exercise dominion over the world's annual fall concert and dance at -~ Lf ~ J i scenes from famous plays with Lana Turner and Ty, ils, and lead mankind out of its 8:15 p. 'm, today in the K. of CH nif SD) Power. The pair can ple their own plays and name) "But Herkimer says it just has to be a short engagement, mother— |confusion, its perplexities, and its auditorium, 1308 N. Delaware 8t. N 4 ¥ UX ald Vetr own price. fo con 30 the sing ic fu he ouie mega ante {Robert W - Calipnd will be solos, AO en TB

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