Show id Merchants id d Organize Club From h From Point of Exclusiveness Than khan Any Other in N. N Y RK Jan 15 The Thc lib b of New York in the elusiveness is the Dia Dias 1 Just six months old I Irs ers rs are gentlemen who I on on the street downtown diamond h Ive I've got a customer them dealt exclusively cly t s all aU of them wholesale pleasure with withy ly y each other lunch in dub play checkers or orber orber ber or two of bridge I has stricter rules for or angers rangers A gen gentleman gh an iron grating If honest he conde conde- ok over credentials If II ll right he opens opens the thet t OUS MAN IAN kman kman is is executive secre secre- erkman is a nervous man and he doesn't think the general pub pub- I lie lic o ought to know much about a diamond diamond dia dia- dia mond club Not all the members are agreed on this point Now says Mr Berkman If If you ou want maybe to write about how diamonds diamonds dia dia- dia monds are coming back into vogue vogue- Excuse me please says another member let me tell No excuse please Mr Ginsburg says sas Mr Berkman Ill tell about tell about tho diamond trade How about this club chimes a third member Excuse me just one minute sa says s 's Mr Berkman there arc are 18 different different differ differ- ent shades of white in diamonds n Ex Excuse use me Mr Berkman Berkman- n Berkman-n Excuse me Mr Ginsburg Ginsburg- Excuse me me- me Excuse me me- me RETAILERS EXCLUDED Well anyway the club was organized organ six months ago by 50 wholesale diamond traders It now has a mem mem- of about including mans manufacturers man rs and cutters Retailers arc excluded Practically the whole of the diamond diamond dia dia- dia mond trade is controlled by the DeBeers De DeBeers DeBeers Beers syndicate and as Mr Berkman Berk man says in bad times one ono can take bucketfuls of money to the syndicate and yet be unable to buy a diamond In n the rough Only large diamonds are arc polished in the United States All small diamonds dia dla diamonds monds are imported This is because of high labor costs in this country Recently somebody ordered a diamond necklace |