Business: Cash

In the supersecrecy of their boardroom at No. 61 Broadway, Manhattan, the directors of Allied Chemical & Dye Corp. voted to retire their preferred stock at the call price of $120 per share, plus accrued dividends. Laconically the company announced it would pay off the entire issue out of its own treasury without benefit of bankers. Cash required: $41,760,000.

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