Last week the following were news: Percy Avery Rockefeller, son of William Rockefeller, long considered a pillar of Manhattan's National City Bank (as his cousin John D. Jr. is of Chase National), was discovered to have resigned a month ago from the National City Board. Reason given: illness. Friends said he had not attended a directors' meeting for two years. But Wall Street was puzzled, not wholly convinced. Big backer of Charles E. Mitchell, Mr. Rockefeller was last week scheduled to be a witness at Mr. Mitchell's trial (see p. 46). His departure from...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In