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...will take over the chairmanship. Son of a well-to-do family (Demmler Brothers Co., distributors of sheet-metal products), Ralph Demmler attended Allegheny College and the University of Pittsburgh, was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1928, and became a specialist in corporate and banking law. No stranger to SEC procedure, Demmler worked with the commission on cases involving Pittsburgh's Mellon National Bank and Trust Co. and the Duquesne Light Co., handled all the legal matters for the Equitable Life Assurance Society's development of Pittsburgh's 23-acre Golden Triangle Gateway Center development...
That, the stranger replied, did not matter. He had a letter from the two boys. Said Georgescu: "Please come right away. I shall wait...
Moments later, the stranger turned up at the front door. He was a dark, personable man in his middle 30s. He had a soft face, a faint British accent and a confidently friendly...
...stranger stared at him, then brought forth a diplomatic identification card. Georgescu, describing the scene later at a Washington press conference, said he noted carefully that the card was made out in the name of Cristache Zambeti, signed by Secretary of State Dean Acheson, dated Nov. 5, 1951, and bore the title: "First Secretary to the Rumanian Popular Republic Legation in Washington...
...these brave words, the final decision was hard. That night Georgescu and his wife spent hours in anguished deliberation. The stranger had implied that if they forgot his visit, their children, "as far as he knew," would be no worse off than they were before. It seemed like a threat. But in the end, Georgescu decided that the only honorable hope was a desperate one-spread the story of Zambeti's infamous proposal and hope public opinion would protect the boys...