Evening star., 1945-05-27
R. J. Wysor, Former
Republic Steel Head,
To Direct Reich Mills
~ the Associated Press.

PARIS. May 26.-R. ]. Wysor, until
recently president of the Republic
Steel Corp, was named today by the
Allied Control Council to supervise
metallurgical operations in Germany
and to see that the Reich's steel mills
are controlled, dismantled or moved
out Of Germany.
Mr.. Wysor, Clevelander, was
among group of leading American
civilians and Army officers appointed
to help carry out the policies of
United States and Allied authorities
In controlling Germany's economy.
Supreme headquarters said an eco
nomic intelligence division will make
sure that "Germany's war making
powers are eliminated in such a way
they cannot be revived in secret
preparations for another war"
DR.. Calvin B. Hoover of Durham,
N. c., dean of the Duke University
Graduate School, was named to
head the intelligence group for the
Allied Control Council, 1t. Gen
Lucius Clay. Gen. Eisenhower's rep
resentative on the council, an
nounced. Mr.. Hoover also will be
special advisor to Brig. Gen. William
H. Draper, chief of the economic
division
Will Destroy Plants.
plants which cannot be con-
verted to production of essential
civilian goods will be destroyed,
Gen. Clay said.
Other tasks confronting the group
will be destruction of German lab
oratories and research institutions
in which V-bombs, rocket planes
and other weapons were Matched
All future research will be carefully
controlled.
Mr.. Wysor was affiliated with Re
public Steel Corp, third largest steel
company in the United States, for
Is years.
Other experts named to the group
by Clay:
Edward S. Zdunek, formerly head
of General Motors at Antwerp, to
supervise the engineering section
Philip Gaethke of New York, to !
direct all mining operations in the
American occupation zone Mr..
Gaethke formerly was connected
with Anaconda Copper and was
manager of its smelters and mines
in Upper Silesia before the war.
Heads Oil Section.
Philip P. Clover of Socony Va
cuum, New York, as chief of the
oil section of the fuel and mining
branch. He formerly was Socony's
representative in Germany but
since the war has served the State
Department as petroleum attache in
Central and South America
DR.. w. o. Smelling of Allentown,
Pa, consulting chemical engineer.
He is an authority on explosives and
holds more than 100 patents on ex-
plosives and chemical products.
Laird Bell, Chicago lawyer, chief
counsel for the economic division.
Lloyd Steers, former agricultural
attache for the United States En-
bassy in Berlin and an authority on
German agricultural problems, to
be special adviser to Gen. Draper
on food and agriculture.
Col James Boyd of Denver, of the
Colorado School of Mines and a |
War Department adviser on WPB |
materials, to be chief of branch |
to control industrial production.
Deputy to Boyd.
Peter HOglund, on leave from Gem |
eral Motors and an expert on Ger
man production, to serve as Col. |
Boyd'S deputy.
Col. Maurice r. Seharff, former |
assistant director of the production |
division of the Army Service Forces,
to head the requirements and allo-
cations branch and to pass on raw
materials and components permit |
ted the Germans.
Mr.. Hoover, dean of the Duke |
Graduate School since 1898, has car
ried out number of important as
signments during the war for
President Roosevelt's Drought Re-
lief Committee and for the Office
of Strategic Service.
Gen. Clay said the Germans, un-
der the watchful eye of the Control |
Council, would be compelled to grow
and produce their own food. He said |
German cartels would be prohibited
and that exports would be under |
close control
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