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Receivers Named for Three Banks (Continued From Page 1) Hartford, Conn, Sept 13-(UP) -Attorney Samuel A. Mellitz, Bridgeport, today was appointed receiver for the West Side Bank and Trust Company, Bridgeport, by Superior Court Judge Newell Jen. nings. The state banking department and attorney general's office had urged the naming of the Bridgeport City Trust Company in that capacity. The appointment was made at a hearing on proposed receivership for three Bridgeport banks which failed two weeks ago. The other two, the Commercial Bank and Trust and American Bank and Trust, will be taken up during the afternoon session. The naming of Mellitz was urged by Attorney Joseph A. Shapiro, representing 75 per cent of the depositors who, he said, were of Hungarian extraction. Shapiro outlined the work of reorganization as planned by a depositors committee and two other groups and stated that Mellitz had the endorsement and confidence of all parties concerned. William Riddon, representing the minority depositors, and William P. Kirk, president of the bank, also spoke in behalf of Mellitz. Assistant Attorney General Raymond A. Johnson, who proposed, the bank as receiver, declared he was not opposed to Mellitz but believed a bank or officer of a bank should be in charge of the closed bank's affairs. Judge Jennings stated that while he had permitted two delays in his appointment, he now had a clearer picture of the situation and inasmuch as this was not an ordinary case and that Mellitz had the confidence of the depositors, he would so order his appointment. Among those attending to-day's hearing were Albert W. Tremaine, president of the other two banks, and Albert J. Endean, treasurer of the Commercial bank, and Louis Randall, treasurer of the American bank. Mellitz's bond was set at $50,000.
