Evening star., 1921-06-08
PRESIDENT NAMES
NEW SHIP BOARD,
HEADEDbY LASKER
T. v. O'Connor and Former
Senator Chamberlain Also
i Among New Members.
ADMIRAL BENSON GIVEN
TERM OF ANOTHER YEAR
Edward C. Plummer, Frederick L
Thompson and Meyer Lissner
Appointed to Body.

Formal announcement of the ap-
rointment of \. D. Lasker. 4 Chicago
advertising man. as chairman of the
Shipping Board was made today at
the White House.
Mr.. LaSker is appointed for term
cf six years as the representative of
the central portion of the country His
nomination and those of the other six
members were sent today to the Sen
ate.
The other members are:
T. V. O'Connor. republican. of Buff
falo. n. V. president o the 1nterna-
tional Longshoremen's Union. ap-
pointed for five years as representa-
tive of the great lakes region.
Former Senator George Il. Chamber
lain. democrat of Portland. Ore, ap-
pointed for four years as a repre-
sentative of the Pacific coast.
Edward G. Plummer, republican. OF
Eath. Maine, appointed for three
years as representative of the Allan
tic coast.
Frederick /. Thompson. democrat of
Mobile, Ala, reappointed for two
years as representative of the gulf
coast.
Meyer Lissner. republican. of Los
Angeles, appointed tor one year as
representative of the Pacific coast.
Rear Admiral William S Benson,
ed for one year. as representative OF
the atlantic coast district.
Lasker Outlines Plans.
In accepting the boards chairman
ship Mr. IaSker issued a statement
outlining his purpose to put the board
on a sound business basis and asking,
for the patience and confidence Ef
the public during the period of rejor-
EaniZation.
ha Of ha ica< 4
vertising man to head the board was
decided upon by President Harding
after several Intellectual atteynpts to
get an experienced shipping man to
accept the post. Mr.. Harding has in
dicated that he considers the.problems
ahead of the board among the most
serious public affairs ami has given
long consideration to the choice of a
board
1t was announced rat the White
House that as soon as members of
the board were confirmed President
Harding would CONFER with them re-
gardInS details of policy. 1t also was
announced by MT. .Iasker that John
Callan O'Laughlih. former Washing
ION newspaper correspondent who
now is an official of a New York
export company. would be appointed
assistant to the chairman.
AdverffsinE Agency OmciaI.
Mr.. LaSAer is an official OF the Lord
& Thomas Advertising Agency of Chi
caSo and part owner of the Chicago
National League base ball club. He
was a supporter of Hiram Johnson for
the republican presidential nomination
last year and on the eve of the con-
fantlon served as chairman of the
Iohnson-Borah mass meeting held in
the Auditorium Theater in Chicago.
MIR. Lissner. who is a lawyer, also
Ial1 -
and 1915 was member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the progressive
national committee. He has been act
I've in California politics since 1906.
when he organized the non-partisan n
CITY central committee of Los Angeles.
Mr.. Plummer has had wide expert
ence as an admiralty lawyer in the
shipping industry. Before the war he
was leader in the movement for a
ship subsidy.
Mr. O'Connor is international presi-
dent of the IIongshoremen's Union. He
was seriously considered at one time
FOR Secretary of Labor in President
Harding'S cabinet
Admiral Benson is native of Geor-
gia- Although his tenure as chairman
of the board expired automatically at
the end of the Wilson administrator
he has continued to carry on the
boards affairs at President Hariing's
request. He became chairman of the
board in the spring of 1920. after his
retirement from the Navy at the end
OF forty-seven years of active service.
During the war he was chief of naval
operations.
Another of Mr.. Harding's selections
who now is serving with the board is
MT Thompson. now holding the po-
SItion of the boards vice chairman
He is a newspaper publisher, having
served as editor of various publica-
tions. including the Memphis Com
mercial-Appeal and the Mobile Reg
lister and News-Item. He now is
chief owner and publisher of the two
latter named papers.
Ex-senator Chamberlain was war
time chairman of the Senate military
committee. and in that capacity at
tracted unusual attention by a SEN
'sational break with President Wilson
and Secretary Baker. He served two
terms in the Senate after long ex-
perience in Oregon state politics. and
was renominated last year, but de-
feated in the Harding landslide.