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United Nations
Senator Appointed
BY Gen. Eisenhower
To Succeed Austin

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sets to head the United States
mission to the United Nations.
In that position, Senator Lodge
will succeed Ambassador Warren
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r. Austin who has expressed de-
sire to retire after six years of
service.
The President-elect's intention
to name Senator Lodge as perma-
nent United States representative
and its representative in the Sc
curity Council was made known at
Eisenhower headquarters by John
Foster Dulles.
Mr.. Dulles. who will be Secre-
tary of State in the Eisenhower
cabinet. and Arthur E. Vanden-
burg. jr.. who will be secretary
to the President. conferred earlier
today with Gen. Eisenhower at
his Morningside drive residence
here.
Hughes Named Aide.
Eisenhower headquarters also
announced today that Emmett j.
Hughes, an editor of Life Maga-
zine and campaign speech-writ-
ing associate of Gen. Eisenhower.
will be appointed an administra-
tive assistant to the President. His
White House duties will include
preparation Of speeches and re-
ports Of the President.
He also will serve as liason in
special matters with the State De-
partment. Mr.. Hughes. a resident
of New York and a native of
New Jersey, was press attache to
the American Embassy in Madrid
from 1912 to 1916.
The appointment of Senator
Lodge, who was defeated for re-
election in Massachusetts this
year, came as no great surprise
because he was one of the first
prominent active workers in be-
half of Gen. Eisenhower's noni-
nation and election.
Dulles Statement.
Mr.. Dulles, in announcing the
President-elect's intention toI
nominate Mr.. Lodge subject to
Senate confirmation after Janu-
ary 20, stated:
He will succeed Ambassador
Warren r. Austin who has ex-
pressed his desire to retire after
six years of dedicated service in
the course of which he has made
an historic contribution toward
realizing the hopes and aspirations
which the American people and
indeed all humanity have placed
in the United Nations.
President elect Eisenhower,
aware as he is of the Importance
of this post. has selected as Am
bassador AuStin's successor one
whom he considers to have out
standing qualifications in the
realm of international problems
and foreign relations. Senator
Lodge, whose selection has the
hearty Endorsement of John Foster
Dulles, will in his new post be
one of the administrations prin-
cipal advisers and representatives
in the formulation and conduct
of foreign policy"
Senator Lodge has been Presi-
dent-elect Eisenhower's iaison to
the State, Defense and other de-
partments. Before and during the
Republican National Convention
last summer, he was campaign
manager for Gen. Eisenhower and
between the convention and the
election he was one of the gen.
erals principal advisers.
He will not be a stranger to
the United Nations, because in
1850 he served as United States
representative to the fifth session
of the General Assembly.
The sixth-f1oor Little White
House" in the Commodore Hotel
meanwhile was limp from a series
OF buildups and letdowns concern
ing indicated appointments of cab
met officers yesterday. Press Sec
retary James g. Hagerty and other
staff aides refused to COMMENT
on reports that the Eisenhower
high command has run into al
serious snag in trying to find al
Secretary of Labor appointee &C
ceptable to all concerned.
Only Two Appointments.
The only appointments that
finally came out yesterday were
those of Thomas E. Stephens to
be special counsel to the Presi-
dent, and DR.. Gabriel Hauge to
be administrative assistant to the
president.
Mr.. Stephens. who is 40, and DR..
Hauge, who is 38. are New York
ers. presidential campaign asso-
ciateS Of Gen. Eisenhower, and
even more closely identified with
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey.
While the appointments Of Mr..
Stephens and DR.. Hauge had moth
(See EISENHOWER, Page A-12.)