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British bankers have a reputation for being a stuffy lot. In the words of a Board of Trade commission, they run their banks "as a club for the benefit of members, not the public." They keep the most bankerish of bankers' hours, charge high rates for their services, and send their customers statements only once every three months. Small wonder that most adult Britons assiduously avoid checking accounts...
...massive maroon safe. Clerks work in a Dickensian atmosphere of mahogany panels, marble floors and gilded grillwork. Only the top six officers and one secretary are Russian; the other 133 employees are Britons-and everybody pauses for 4 o'clock tea. Says Doubonossov with a bankerish smile: "We observe the customs and conventions of the City of London." One closely observed custom is Narodny's refusal to divulge the names of its many British clients...
...handles about one-third of all Malayan transactions with the Red mainland. It has played its part in boosting overall trade between the two countries to a whopping $152 million, of which $100 million represents a favorable balance for the Communists. Bank of China also engages in such un-bankerish activities as the financing of trips of Malayan students and businessmen to China, the charging of minimal interest for unsecured loans to favored individuals, and the relaying home of economic, political and military information...
...Costello was not the only big shot who pooh-poohed the idea that bookies could be reached by law. The committee heard the same line from St. Louis' bland, bankerish James J. Carroll, the Mr. Big of betting, who announces winter book odds on the Kentucky Derby, and "lays off" (in effect, reinsures) all kinds of bets with gamblers across the nation. When he was asked what a bookie needed to operate, beyond the racing wire, he answered with one word: "Money...
...Bespectacled, bankerish Burt J. Craig, 57, named last week as treasurer and vice president, joined Ford as a bookkeeper in 1907, was made secretary and assistant treasurer in 1918, has carried most of the treasurer's load since. Quiet-spoken, unspectacular Craig administers Ford deposits in some 100 U.S. banks, never dabbles in production. Because of Henry Ford's complete non-interest in figures, even his own millions, Craig has devised a system which distills the empire resources in a few figures that can be scrawled on a paper, read at a glance...