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WILL TRY TO MAKE STOCKHOLDERS PAY Phila., State Official Seek To Aid Depositors Of Closed Banks to file suit in court in efforts to force stockholders of trust companies which business to help pay losses announced Friday by Deputy General Harold D Saylor. He said the suit would be against stockholders of the Susquehanna Title and Trust company of Philadelphia. Saylor pointed out that stockholders of National banks are amenable to pay an amount equal to the par value of their under Federal but that state statutes on the not clear The he said. brought cooperation Secretary Banking William D. who sent notices to stockholders of the Susquehanna Institution month ago asking them to pay amount equal to their holdings. the request been Gordon said. Should the state win, Saylor said millions of dollars on deposit closed and of stock. holders in such banks, would be affected.