Business & Finance: Salted

Up for election last week as New York Stock Exchange governors were 27 out & out reformers, a complete change from the "Old Guard" whose long rule reached a climax two months ago in the Richard Whitney scandal. This revolution in the most capitalistic organization in the U. S. drew 924 members to the polls, a record. Since the reform slate was unopposed, those die-hards who wished to show disapproval had only one way to do so: by scratching names off the ballots. The man whose name was scratched most—163 times—was shock-haired Broker Paul...

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