Evening star., 1953-07-31
Ex-House Member
Gets Federal Trade
Commission Post
By the Associated Press

by tne ASSoctGteo FTeSS
John w. Gwynne of Waterloo,
Iowa, a former Republican mem
ber of the House, has been nom
mated by President Eisenhower
to be a member of the Federal
Trade Commission.
He will succeed Stephen j.
Spingarn, whose term is expir-
ing.
Mr.. Gwynne served in the 74th
to the 80th Congress and was
defeated in the 1948 primary.
Since then he has been prac-
tiCing law in Waterloo where he
once served as judge.
The President yesterday made
these other nominations:
Rear Admiral Wilson D. Leg
gett, jr., to be chief of the Navy's
Bureau of Ships.
Rear Admiral Edward w.
Claxton to be director of budget
and reports in the Navy Depart
ment.
To temporary rank of rear
admiral: Edwin T. Layton, Ches-
ter C. Smith, Harold o. Larson,
Thomas BurroweS, Donald C.
Varian, Albert E. FARRELL. Will
Lam G. Beecher. jr.. and Charles
H. Lyman, Sd.
Samuel C. Waugh of Lincoln,
Nebr., to be United States alter
nate governor of the Interna- |
tional Monetary Fund and the
International Bank for Recon- |
Struction and Development. He
is now an Assistant Secretary |
of State for economic affairs.
w. Rae Dempsey. jr., to be
collector of customs .at Balti-
more.
z. Gardiner of Mclean, Va, to
be representative of the United
Nations Advisory Commission on
the Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the
Near East.
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The Senate yesterday con-
f1rmed the following nomina-
tionS:
James w. Riddleberger of
Woodstock. Va. to be Ambas-
sador to Iugoslavia.
Philip Ray Rodgers of Silver
Spring. Md, to be member of
the National Labor Relations
Board.
Edwin R. Price of Wheel
wright. Ky. and Charles R.
Ferguson Of New Kensington.
Pa. to be members of the Fed
era Coal Mine Safety Board of
Review.
Charles Sparks Thomas of Los
Angeles and Donald Aubrey
Quarles of Englewood, N. j.. to
be Assistant Secretaries of De-
fenSe.
1t. Gen. Ch aries Lawrence
Bolte for appointment as COM
mandel in chief, United States
Army, Europe, with the rank of
general, and as general in
the Army of the United States.
Senate committees approved
the following nominations:
Henry Cabot Lodge, jr., former
Senator, to head the UN. dele
CATION which includes Gov.
James F.. Byrnes Of South Caro-
lima, Representative Frances Boil
ton Republican. of Ohio and
Representative Richards. Demo-
crat, of South Carolina and the
following alternates: Henry Ford
II of Detroit. Charles w. Mayo OF
Minnesota, Archibald j. Carey,
ir., of Chicago; James Davis
Zellerbach of California, and
Mrs. Oswald D. Lord of New !
York. /
Leste. P. Mallory Ambassador
to Jordan, Mai. Gen, William
j. Donovan Ambassador to Thai
land, ana Hugh S. Cummings.
IT,, Ambassador to IndoneSia.
Eric A. Johnston to be chair
man of an international advisory
commission.
Schneider Is Approved.
Walter R. Schreiber to be
member of the Tariff Commits
sion.
Dr.. Chester Scott Kecfer to be
special assistant on health and
medical affairs to the Secretary
of the Health. Education and
Welfare Department.
William D. Mitchell of Denver,
to be administrator of the new
Small Business Administration.
Walter w. McAlliSter Of San
Antonio. Tex, to the Home Loan
Bank Board.
Glen Edgerton of Washington.
to be managing director of the
Export Import Bank.
Lynn U. Stambaugh to be his
chief deputy.
Victor E. Cooley. of st. Louis,
to be deputy director of the Of
fee of Defense Mobilization.
Arthur F. Burns of New York,
to be a member of the Council
of Economic Advisers.
Kenneth H. Tuggle to be |
member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.