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By JOY FISHER (SUN Staff Writer) One of the worlds busiest men stopped briefly fit Las Vegas this week during a series of ?╟úvisitations?╟Ñ which will take him around the world and hack again during the next 11 months, Orville Findley Rush, imperial potentate of the Shrine of the World, chose Las Vegas for a meeting with 25 top interna- tional officials on the advisory, public relations and finance committees of the ultra?╜Masonic group. Discussions were to include plans for the 18 Shrine Hospitals for crippled children and three bums institutes for the young sponsored by the international organization. When Rush was elected imperial potentate at a San Francisco Shrine conference last July, he also became chair- man of the board of the hospi- tals and institutes^ Wearing the mantle of his re- sponsibilities lightly, the Ala- bama-born attorney named ex- perience as Ms greatest ally. ^Pve been in Washington (D. ?Θ╝.) more than 20 years,?╟Ñ Rush said. ?╟úI can pick up the phone and get something done in 10 minutes that a less expe- rienced man might fool around with for two or three days. It?╟╓s just a matter of experience.?╟Ñ ORVILLE RUSH Top Shriner Sandwiching his Las Vegas visit between a stop in Sacra- mento and one in Chattanooga, Tenn., the potentate referred to as ?╟úImperial Sir?╟Ñ by 850,000 Shriners, said he had no time for tourism on this trip. ?╟úMrs, Rush and I are always on the go, hut we rarely visit anyplace new,?╟Ñ The veteran traveller said he had been to Las Vegas six times before. During the coming year he will visit, among other places, Eu- rope, Asia, Africa, Hawaii, the Grand Bahamas and the Egyp- tian pyramids. The potentate called the Shriners a ?╟úformidable?╟Ñ organi- zation and cited statistics to back his claim. Only 32nd de- gree Masons may qualify for the ?╟úultra?╟Ñ organization, yet there are hundreds of thousands of members all over the world. Many of these are world lead- Among highly-placed Shriners Rush named Gen. Lyman Lem- nitzer, Supreme Allied Com- mander of NATO and J. Edgar Hoover, FBI chief. ?╟úI feel we can justifiably claim to be a real force in continental af* fairs,?╟Ñ Rush said. Millions of dollars yearly pass through the two Shriner coffers, one for the fraternal organiza- tions and one for the charitable works. Nearly $31 million was spent last year in operating and expansion costs for the 18 orthopedic hospitals alone. The hospitals and the newly- instituted hums institutes are operated on a non-sectrian, no- expense basis for needy children whose parents could not other- wise afford to pay for treat- ment. The first of three Shrine Bums Institutes has already been dedicated at Galveston^ Tex. Another in Cincinnati, Ohio, was begun in 1965 and will be completed in 1967, and a third is planned in k Boston. Shriners already have appropriated $10 million for the humanitarian ex- periments. Donations supporting the hos- pitals and institutes come in the form of bequests from Shriners and humanitarian-minded stran- gers alike, gifts, member assess- ments, and returns on Invest- mehts. Each year the proceeds from 42 national football games are donated to Shriner charities. The San Francisco East-West game nets a quarter million^dol- lars alone, the imperial poten- tate said, Rush named two objectives of the Shriher movement: 1) to have good clean fun; and 2) charity. Clubs and temples are established in many parts of the ^orl^for the first objec- tive, Presently only one tem- ple exists in Nevada, the Ke- rak Temple in Reno. Approximately 2,000 Shriners live in the Southern Nevada area and only 1,200 are needed to sign a petition requesting a temple. So far, however, Rush said he had not received such a petition. The Shriner chief was greet- ed fey local Shriner members upon Ms arrival at MeCarran Field and was scheduled to meet with them again during his brief visit.