Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-08-07
McGranery Expected
To Name R. |. Malone
To No. 7 Justice Post
By George Beveridee


Attorney General McGranery
was expected today to announce
the appointment Of Ross L. Ma
lone, prominent Roswell. N. NJ.
lawyer to succeed A. Dewitt Vanech
as No. 2 man in the Justice De-
partment.
At the same time, it was
learned, Mr.. McGranery is max
ing final plans or an extensive
survey Of the Departments pro-
cedures. The purpose Of the
study, to be made by q firm of
planning engineers, will be to
wipe out overlapping and to
streamline operations.
These two developments-re-
placement Of Mr.. Vanech and
plans for the survey-mark an i'm
portant step in an apparently we'll
developed program to re-vamp the
law enforcement agency.
Mr.. Vanech. 46-year-old career
employe announced his resignation
Monday to seek the Democratic
Senatorial nomination in Connec-
ticut to succeed the late Senator
Brien Mcmahon. He is the fifth
top-level Justice official to leave
since Attorney General McGrath
was swept out of Office earlier this
year.
Tough Assignment.
Mr.. Malone. meanwhile. will step
into one Of the departments
toughest jobs. AS Deputy Attorney
General, he will act as general
manager for the agency. One of
his major duties, it is expected,
will be to find high-caliber men to
fill the vacant top-level positions.
A 42-year-old 6-footer, Mr..
Malone was described by friends
as a leader of the younger element
of the American Bar Association.
He has served as a member Of the
associations board of governors.
A World War II Navy veteran, he
is graduate of Washington and
Lee University.
Acceptance of Mr.. Vanech's
resignation makes it apparent that
Attorney General McGranery has
decided a clean sweep Of top per-
sonnet is in the best interest of the
department. In this. developments
have brought out, Mr.. McGranery
sees eye to eye with leaders Of the
House judiciary subcommittee in
vestigating his department.
Members Of the subcommittee
are known to have suggested re-
placement Of top personnel in
lconferences with Mr.. McGranery
soon after he took Office in May.
Chairman Chef, Democrat of
Kentucky, said the Attorney
Generals actions in accepting
the designations have borne out
agreement Mr.. McGranery ex-
Ipressed earlier with the subcom-
'mittee's views. sag1 !
II don't want to detract from
the Attorney Generals actions"
Mr.. Chef said. But we. were
firm In our contention and recon-
imendation that there be new
faces to restore faith and conf
'dence In the Department.
I'VE are not alleging, and the
Attorney General is not alleging
that any one whose resignation
is accepted is in anywise tainted
with misfeasance or malfeasance
in office.
But we thought it was the one
thing that would convince the
American public that he meant
business and was sincere in doing
a cleanup job. Nothing speaks
\louder than action"
1t was understood. also, that
Mr.. McGranery has discussed the
administrative survey in detail
with the subcommittee. Mr.. Nc
Creamery was reported to have
taken up the survey idea with
President Truman already and to
have obtained a promise of enough
money to carry it out.
, Other Changes Possible.
In addition to Mr.. Vanech, those
who have resigned during the last
three months include Solicitor
General Philip B. Perlman, who
will leave on August Is; Assistant
Attorney General H.. Graham
Morrison, who headed the Anti
trust Division; Assistant Attorney
General William Amory Under
hill, who headed the Lands Di-
vision: Assistant Attorney General
Harold I. Boynton, who headed
the Office of Alien Property, and
Grace M. Stewart, executive as
sistant to the Attorney General,
who left to become Municipal
Court judge here.
Among the top-level personnel
left who served with Mr.. McGrath
are Assistant Attorney General