Evening star., 1946-04-25
58 Civilians 10 HeIp
Navy Make Service
Attractive 10 Youth

A committee of So civilians from
all walks of life, including Supreme
Court Justice Douglas, Father Flan-
agan of Boys Town. and Movie
Actor Robert Montgomery, today
were named by Secretary of the
Navy Forrestal to study ways of
making naval service a more attrac-
tive career to Americas youth.
The group, called the Navy's
Civilian Advisory Committee, will
meet with Mr.. Forrestal aboard the
aircraft carrier Tarawa in New York
tomorrow.
Presumably, the committee will
parallel the study recently COM
pletely by 1t. Gen. James H. Doo-
little and his group on the Army's
so-called "cast system"
Other members of the committee
are:
Mrs. Margaret Culkin Banning,
Duluth, Mimi; Bernie Bierman, di-
rector of athletics at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota; DR.. Frank L.
Boyden, headmaster Of Deerf1eld
(Mass.) Academy; Paul Buck, pro-
vost of Harvard University; James
Barron Carey, secretary-treasurer
of CIO headquarters here; DR..
Harry ]. Carman, dean of Columbia
College, Columbia University; Nor
man Chandler, publisher, Los An
geles Times; Dr. Arthur H. Comp
ton, president, Washington Univer-
sity, st. Louis; DR.. George r. Cow
gill, nutrition laboratory, Yale Uni
versity; Gardner Cowles, jr., prssi-
dent, Register and Tribune, Des
Moines; Merle Crowell, Readers Di-
gest; former Gov. Colgate w. Dar-
den. jr., of Virginia; Edward Dealey,
editor, Dallas CTex) News; Jona-
than Daniels, son of former Secre-
tary of the Navy Josephus Daniels;
Robert De Graft, president. Pocket
Books, New York City. and Or. A.
w. Dent, president, billiard Univer-
sity, New Orleans.
| Also Ferdinand Eberstadt, New
York City attorney; Richard A.
Feldon, president, National Comics
Groups, New York City; Raymond
B. Fosdick, president, Rockefeller
Foundation of New York; Julius
Gius, editor, the Bremerton wash
Sun; Lester B. Granger, Nationa.
Urban League; Dr< Rufus Carroltor
Harris, president, Tulane University
Andrew Heiskell, publisher, Time
and Life; Robert H. Hickey, vice
president, American Broadcastine
Co.; Mrs. Mildred McAfee Horton
president, Wellesley College, anc
former WAVES commandant; Pal.
mer Hoyt, publisher, the Denver
Post; Dr.. Elvin NJ Jellinek, pro.
fessor of applied physiology, Yal,
University; Charles F. Kettering
Dayton, Ohio; Robert H. j. Kiphuth
director of athletics, Yale Univer
sity; Walter Lippmann, columnist
Max Lohr, director, Museum O
Science and Industry, Chicago
Gene Markey, Goth Century Fox
DR.. James L. McConaughy, Corn
wall. Conn; George Meany. secre
tary-treasurer, American Fedora tic,
of Labor.
Also Samuel Meek, Greenwich
Conn; DR.. F.. A. Middlebush, presi
dent. University of Missouri: D1
Joseph E. Moore, Baltimore; Mrs
Grace M. Morley, director, Sal
Francisco Museum of Art: NeWbolt
Morris, New York City: DR.. John
son O'Connor, director, Human En-
gneerlns Laboratories, Stevens In
stitute of Technology, Hoboken: tn,
Rev. j. Hugh ODonnell, president
| Notre Dame University; Bishop G
Bromley Oman, New York City
Robert L. Parsons, executive direc.
tor, Associated American Artists
) New York. ..-..-
i Also Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver
Cleveland; Paul Smith, editor. Sar
Francisco Chronicle; Father Edward
V. Stanford, rector of Augustinia1
College here: Frank Stanton, presi
dent, Columbia Broadcasting Sys
tenn: Edward G. Steichen, Ridge
field, Conn: Francis H. Taylor, di
rector, Metropolitan Museum o
Art of New York; Niles Trammell
president, National Broadcastin
Co.; j. Raymond Walsh, radio sta
ton WMCA in New York; Alexan
der F. Whitney, Brotherhood o
Railroad Trainmen, Cleveland
Laurence Winship, editor, Bostol
Globe; DR.. Irving S. Wright, Ne,
York City, and Philip K. Wrigley
r Chicago.