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Since July 1938, when eastern U. S. railroads wangled from ICC an increase from 2? to 2½? a mile for basic (coach) passenger fares, the weatherbeaten nose of Daniel Willard of Baltimore & Ohio has been out of joint. During his 60 years in railroading and 30 years as president of B. & O., Dan Willard has been a competitive spirit, and when he fought the increase (which was forced on B. & O.) he protested loudly that it was playing squarely into the hands of the bus lines...
...went before ICCommissioner Claude Rodman Porter for a continuation of the 2½? fare for more "trial" after its expiration date (March 24). In the sumptuous hearing room of ICC in Washington they found only B. & O. fighting for return of the 2? fare. Leading the fight was Dan Willard, who will be 79 before the month...
Tickets for the dinner may be bought for $2.50 each from the House Janitors, members of the Yard Police force, or from E. Willard Phippen at the Combridge Trust Company. There will be entertainment by professionals and students...
Broadway's press agents divide into four classes. There are those who work for one boss, as does portly John Peter Toohey for Sam H. Harris and courtly Claude P. Greneker for the Shuberts. There are smart free lances, such as Willard Keefe, Nat Dorfman, Karl Bernstein, eight or ten others. There are the in-&-outers (some on the way up, some on the way out). And there is Irish-tongued, Scotch-drinking Richard Maney, who is a whole industry in himself...
...chairmen of the dinner are William A. Laurence, of the Harvard Police, and E. WILLard Phippen, Vice-President of the Cambridge Trust Company...