Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1948 — Page 15

WEDNESDAY, APR. 7, 1948 — = THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES - — PAGE 15 Call Dyr ~Aoffman LOCAL LIVESTOCK - Bom mr rg iad pop TB Ea is i Columbia Club 8.63 ..... ase sl Super-Salesman and eat mt 5 ey ee : 1 rennin : # om 180: 200 pounds . 00 oKer riayer me 08 Rua = Sy : ; . 3e- ™ pounds .. d the ‘it Can Be Done, Asserts ERP Boss; Admits 300. 338 pounds - > thie Universal Mug. He's Always Out fo Win’; Self-Made Man Medium! Mt requested by ou By ALFRED PROWITT, Times Special Writer Ca a 3 " goUTH BEND, Apr. 7—Paul G. Hoffman, the dynamo named Tie 3% orid War IT having py President for the biggest job in the world, has a reputation that 300 330 e U. 8. Army p ms to fit the : 300. 400 tea wc As a proved leader in the Goat | Army president of Studebaker Corp. is known as =n fact that the home salesmen.” = sk, boss of the 350- 650 pounds rs Such as: thoge i Ame Hoffman tackles an as-8 manager. [ see or pear Shout signment t Re ante... assanpelCSSt iG halon i KINEAD AFCO BE \.euers cies 4 god boils; nt ben Dn ory ine tein J 3 Sverage 5 Read a ing x veto aug fl ET a rh y to go back to the He must 3% Sounds ... 19 corn, 82 new No. 2 oats. $L1T; yellow 'mogracy and at western Sy 1100-1300 on svar We soybeans, 14 per cent 8 The senior Senate on the D FIRST CAT WARD DONOR—Bozo, a cat who worries about |Mesteme 0 in, n. I "will: not support that Geom his less fortunate feline brothers, gives the first contribution to [1100-1300 pounds ............ 50 1% 350 Enroll at Institute ynless ‘it is showy a the best © a cat ward in the proposed ISPCA animal hospital and clinic, Re- | 00-1100 pounds ............ 30:00@3350 108 More than 350 students have Jerge az War." Mr, a human ceiving the check from the pet of Miss Charlotte Cathcart, 103 |, Heifers ~ 151 (registered for the sprifig term in re to eo py and E. Ninth St. is Dr. James Huckleberry, chairman of the special | soo- 300 pounds ............ [email protected]| Common 19% Purdue Technical Institute here. before you uction ra qifts committee. . oto sasensnacess [email protected] ww |New classes have been added in nt be to's wart oo Th Haltmas a. rohan at pods or: Jagnm : wo [technical report writing, job evalIt, if your neighbor their economic woes. : * ° 500-1000 pounds a —— American Loan ... uation, heating, ventilating her neighbors would - gnEWer 10 salesman 5 = | Common svivesssiees HOG INDIANAPOLIS CLEARING HOUSE [American Loan +. lair conditioning. Enrollment odie, Yuu, preia to is the aA Of sod wares. y ocial Minded at Donates 800 900 pounds ............ 190002000 Da. or ee veel Bastian Mord ** |deadline is noon May 14.

wn in 1915. The ¢fman is confident. He is|have six children’ —. five ‘sons T ISPCA Sh | F d 3: dismayed by the size of theand a daughter. All five_sons| 0 elter Fun delivery. ere licensed rs ore Wor . i hi expectsd elivery Bozo Aids Drive for Money fo Finance

. War II. All enlisted in the Army “It can be done,” he says. and tried for the Air Fo . a : : i He speaks with the confidence ee, Five New Clinic for City’s Roaming Felines Bozo, a cat with social consciousness, today become the first

were acce , but only two for of a man who has performediip, Ain Septed, 4 ank. © Why does he minor miracles and believes larg-| oor many years, Mr. Hoffman contributor to the fund to build a cat ward at the proposed ISPCA enner, I am ashamed, er miracles require only more| oo oe homes .- one|animal hospital and shelter. : ndfana elect a man effort. in South Bend, another at Union| * Bozo, pet of Miss Charlotte Cathcart, 103 E. 9th St., has been A salesman’s job. But a super-ipe.. wien on Lake Michigan| conscious of the lot of less fortunate felines since he was lost two salesman is going to handle It.\.,.. a0 nies northwest of South) Years ago. At that time he spent three days wandering around in

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3 ‘a joint session of strious Indiana Sen. Ig ready to go to & President's message, gly frank,” but let us tude,

id nobody could ever nember? = When war w men have records en, Meyers. His felhis praise. He was ced amazing results, ent overseas he was ed. With fanfare he | praised was heaped ceremony later when om him.) nies, it is conceivable tude for his family, 8 procurement officer, j~of-service. men who rtunes, Hé yielded to

was investigated he 38y. - Meyers declared pegoat to save their irned out to be me.” fuilty, few newspapers truggled through the s ‘side, put her arms

) commit a crime, one nd the other giving ary. people it would committed the crime

1s criminal while per§_1Hiegal rather than stripping Meyers

ke withholding from n, one-time-indispensable perjury, is in jail; the ivilian who committed Somer with a smile,

warning. Everybody, n ax to grind, is too affairs to get excited * there, This country pushed .to the brink y dynasty, The same the same system in tates and subsidized

ives no consideration, 'm is the only thing | prosperity for all.

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President Harry 8. add up the crimes of this: along because he bebe reduced while nadefense is going to e out of taxes, not

funny position. They the debt. Now they ff as fast as possible. a, federal law against ould be abolished as 5, Only seven of the

a Permanent Fair nt “unfair” discrime eliminated on inter« al busses and street-

eral civil rights proto statehood, giving vote and admitting

For Mr. Hoffman, as a salesman, uses all the modern speed and efficiency that are usable. A rugged man, he flies. He dashes by streamliner. He gets there fast. He has always had a lot of places to reach quickly. His daily itineraries read like a smalltype train schedule. In his new job—if the Senate does the and approves his appointment—Mr. Hoffman will have much more of the world as sales territory. Billions at Command With billions of American dollars at his command, he'll try to stimulate Europe’s production so Europe and the globe will be prosperous. “It can be done,” Mr. Hoffman repeats. “Then we'll all be better off.” A foe of communism, a firm believer in d and the capitalistic system, Mr. Hoffman, doesn’t discount, however, the difficulty of stopping the spread of Red-ism. “To my mind it’s a gamble,” he has remarked. “But a good gamble.” Mr, Hoffman descends from an early Chicago family, which settled here more than 100 years ago. A forebearer, named Gray (from whom Mr. Hoffman derives his middle name) was a

Bend, and the third in Pasadena, Cal.

After the war so many of his children were attending the University of California in Los Angeles that he sold his South Bénd mansion to the University of Notre Dame. It has been turned into a home for novitiates.

Since then, Mr. Hoffman has lived mostly at the Union Pier home, while his family has alternated between there and Pasadena. Often he takes air jaunts to Pasadena for week-end visits. Enters Other Fields Despite all his activities, Mr. Hoffman has found time to engage in many other works of national and international importance. He has been chairman of the Committee for Economic Development, which he helped promote in wartime to study means for continuing full employment. He also served on a committee of experts urider Commerce Secretary Harriman to develop the Marshall Plan. He studied economic conditions in Japan for the government—a task from which he has just returned.

Praise Hoffman

and political life were quick to

with Mr. Hoffman on the Indiana

Trustee of University He is a trustee of the University

sewing machine salesman — a good one.

Father an Inventor Mr. Hoffman's father, George D., was an inventor who had trouble in selling his ideas but who kept trying. Paul G. Hoffman was born Apr. 26, 1891. He entered . the University of Chicago in 1908 with the intention of becoming a lawyer. But after a year of study, he decided that his heart lay in business, so he checked out. The lure of the new automobile industry .was his distraction. Road-going machines could carry you by their own power—without horses honest. Mr. Hoffman went to work for the Chicago distributor of the Halladay car— as a partner. He soon showed such ability that he became manager of the shop. Tries Salesmanship In time, the Halladay agency became the property of the Charles M. Hayes, who later organized the Chicago Motor Club. Mr. Hayes induced Mr. Hoffman to try his hand at salesmanship. Mr. Hoffman then was 19. At the time, the selling of the cars was in the hands of sportsmen and sons of rich men. It was a kind of clubby affair and most of the sales were transacted in

‘New York Life Insurance Co. United Air Lines, Encyclopedia Brittanica, Time-Life, Inc., Kenyon College, American’ Automobile Manufacturers Association, the Hoffman Specialty Co., Chicago Corp. Mr. Hoffman is a Mason and a Republican. He has been a mainstay of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. In politics, he has been so liberal that Democrats have considered him a Republican, and Republicans have considered him a Democrat. :

Good Poker Player Mr. Hoffman is a good golfer, poker player and story-teller. In his games, he admits that he’s always “out to win.” “It’s the old desire that makes you play hard,” he has said. “That's what makes the game.” In the biggest game of his life, his associates say, it can be depended on that Mr. Hoffman will be in there to win—and that he isn't going to toss aside any of | democracy’s good hands. As one said: “He knows how to play the cards.”

Fall Creek Flood Aid

the ritzy Southern bar among|Gets Committee OK

those who had lots of cash.

Mr. Hoffmdn decided that| A request for $1,624,000 to

wasn't his field. He went out into the small towns around Chicago and looked for sales among the common people. His sales exceeded those of all of Mr. Hayes’ other salesmen. * In 1910, the Hoffman family decided to move to Los Angeles. There, young Hoffman got a job with the Studebaker dealer. At 19, he was the youngest salesman in the place.

finance flood control projects along Fall Creek here has been approved by a Senate subcommittee, according to dispatches from Washington, D. C. The fund was passed by the House previously. . Other flood control money approved by the Senate Subcommittee last night included $50,000 for work in the Warfleigh district (far north Indianapolis).

His competitors said: “But how| Appropriations for nine other

that fat little boy can move around.”

Leads in Car Sales

flood districts in Indiana also were approved by the committee, avditing final passage by the

For Mr. Hoffman ‘sold more| Senate.

cars and made more money than anyone else. In a national sales contest he wound up first. Mr, Hoffman didn’t stop there.

nesses on the side. For one thing,

Hoosier Leaders

New ERP Chief ‘Tops’

In Business World By HAROLD HARTLEY Hoosier leaders in indubtrial

commend the'.appointment of

Paul G. Hoffman, president of the Studebaker Corp. and chairman of the Committee for Economic Development, as administrator for the vast European Recovery Program, Joseph Cain, president of P. R. Mallory & Co., Inc, who served

CED said “Paul Hoffpran’s appointment gives those of us who know him and respect his ability great confidence that the program will be administered intelligently and

spring storms before he was found with the aid of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Donates Each Year Since that time, Bozo has given a substantial contribution each year to the SPCA. His contribution today, however, was a special one to the drive which the SPCA launched Apr. 1 for a $20,000 fund to build an up-to-date animal clinic and shelter. Bozo's contribution together with those of other cat lovers will go to build a special cat ward in the clinic. The ward will supply quarters for injured’ cats and cats awaiting placement, entirely separate from the dog kennels, : Seek Equipment The ward is to be equipped through “special gifts” from cat lovers. Persons may donate equipment items such as operating tables, runs, cages and feeding dishes. Such contributions will be marked with small plaques acknowledging the donor

name the gift is given.

ably.” ‘His Fine Personality’ Nicholas Noyes, vice president of the Eli Lilly Co., who serves with Mr, Hoffman on the Federal Reserve Board of Chicago and on the Business Advisory Council of the U. 8. Department of Commerce; said: # “Paul has a fine personality and great energy. He likes to.be going and doing. He is a good progressive, level-headed businessman. He was never a New Dealer and is a liberal Republican. I don’t ‘envy him his appointment. He's a top man. It would be difficult to find anyone more qualified who has the health and vitality at his age (56) to do the job.” Gov. Ralph Gates said he had sent a telegram of congratulation to Mr. Hoffman yesterday. “It is one of the finest appointments. the President has made,” the Governor said.

f ‘Good Administrator’

Clarence Jackson, - executive vice president of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, who worked with Mr. Hoffman on the Indiana CED, said. “His appointment has undoubtedly created a great deal of confidence, He has demonstrated repeatedly that he is a good business administrator.” Harvey Bradley of W. J. Holliday & Co. said, “I think Paul Hoffman is one of our leading industrialists. If the job can be done, no one can do it better.” William Book, executive vice president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, said, “It is a job far beyond my understanding, but Paul Hoffman is an extremely capable man.”

Recalls Tax Speech Neil Skinner, president of the Hoffman Specialty Co., who has been closely associated with Mr. Hoffman for about three years, recalled that Mr. Hoffman had talked before the Society for Advancement of Management and the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce on the tax program as related to European recovery. “We think a lot of Mr. Hoffman and his ability to’organize and administer the tremendous problems in ERP,” he said”

Trouble Reaches ‘Confining Point’

or the memory of a pet in whose|

For Family of 5 KENDALLVILLE, Apr. 7 (UE)

—Mrs. Bertha Greenwalt Schneider and her four sons-were all in trouble today. Prosecuting Attorney Porter D. Crowell filed charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor against Mrs. Schneider. ‘Two of her sons, 14 and 10, confessed to holding up a garage and filling station Saturday. At the same time Mr. Crowell filed a warrant for the arrest of John Greenwalt, 20, on charges of stealing the gun used by his 14-year-old brother in the holdup. Mrs. Schneider's 16-year-old son is in'the Noble County jail at Albion awaiting transfer to the State Boys School. He confessed an attempted burglary at a lumber company.

CIO Official to Speak At Meeting Here

Al Whitehouse, president of Kentucky State Industrial Union Council and international board member of the United Steelworkers of America (CIO), will address the Indianapolis Religious and Labor Fellowship at the luncheon at noon tomorrow at the YMCA. ’ Mr. Whitehouse will speak on “The Church and Labor.” He is director of the USA-CIO district 25, Cincinnati, O.

First Division Society To Meet for Election The Society of the First Division will meet at 8 p. m. tomorrow at 210 E, Ohio St. to elect officers for the coming year. Plans will also .be made for attending the national reunion at Philadelphia in September. The society is made up of former service men who were members of the First Infantry Division either in World War I or II. The division was engaged in eight compaigns in each war.

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