Evening star., 1961-01-10
KENNEDY
President-EIect Conferring Today
With Johnson and Anderson

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portedly agreed to by MIR. Ken
nedy Is that of Henry H. Fow-
Ter, former defense mobilizer
for President Truman, to be
Undersecretary of the Treas
try, the second ranking post in
the department. Mr.. Fowler,
81. is q native Of Roanoke, Va,
and currently practices law in
Washington.
He met here this afternoon
with Treasury Secretary An
derson and Vice President-elect
johnson on the balance of pay
fnents problem, in which is in
volved the flow Of American
gold abroad.
:. Talks Set With Dillon
Immediately following his talks
with Mr.. Anderson, Mr.. Ken
nedy had q conference sched-
uled with Douglas Dillon,
Secretary Of State-deSignate in
his administration.
Mr.. Kennedy and the Vice
President-elect also arranged to
meet In Mr.. Johnson's Capitol
office with Dr.. jerome WieSner
OF the Massachusetts, Institute
Of Technology to receive from
him a report on the race to
conquer space.
Mr.. Moore, designated GSA
administrator. is 81. A 1926
graduate Of Villanova Univer-
sity. he served as regional GSA
Administrator for the area COW
ering Pennsylvania. Delaware,
New Jersey, Maryland, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and the
District OF Columbia in 1945-
so. He is a native Of Greeley,
Nebr.
Duties Outlined
He became vice president of
the University of Pennsylvania
in 1854. His duties include
personnel, labor relations, liai-
son with State and Federal
Governments. and urban plan
ming activities. He is a Demo-
crst.
Mr.. Boutin. 81, named deputy
GSA administrator, is a native
Of Belmont. N. H. He at
tended Catholic University in
Washington and was graduated
from st. Michael's College at
Winooski, VT.
A former Mayor of Laconia,
Mr.. Boutin was the unsuccess-
ful Democratic candidate for
Governor of New Hampshire
in 1858 and 1860. He served
as Democratic national COM
mitteeman from New Hamp-, +,
shire until he entered the race
for Governor last year.
Mr.. Sylvester, SO, a Princeton
graduate, has been chief of the
Newark News Washington bu-
reau since 1914. He had been
with the News for 20 years |
before that in a variety of
posts, serving as city editor
from 1886 to 1914. He lives at |
4600 Connecticut avenue NV.
Mr.. Kennedy set a high
standard for his adminiStra-
ton in a brief speech to a joint |
session Of the Massachusetts,
Legislature in Boston late yes
terday..
He said he wants his ad-
miniStration to be judged in
"the high court Of history" on
its demonstration of courage,
judgment, integrity and dedica-
ton.
Pledge Made
The President-elect pledged
that with Gods help" those
qualities will characterize our
Governments conduct in the
four stormy years that lie
ahead"
During a busy day in Boston
and nearby Cambridge, Mr..
Kennedy received a report on
tax policy from Harvard Law
School Prof. Stanley r. Surrey.
Keeping the substance Of the
tax report confidential, Mr..
Salinger said its recommenda-
tions included:
1. TAX measures designed |
to promote economic growth by |
stimulating a higher level of
private capital formation.
2. A program Of basic tax
reform with respect to income,
estate and gift taxes, aiming at |
"elimination or lessening of
existing tax preferences with
appropriate reductions in tax
rates."
Talks With Mrs. Roosevelt
The President-elect began his
day today with a breakfast con-
ference with Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt at his New York
headquarters in the Carlyle Ho-
tel.
After the meeting, Mrs. |
Roosevelt told reporters it was
"a purely personal and private |
meeting" >s |
He also conferred with Gov. |
John B. Swanson of Michigan |
about the States unemploy-
ment problems. and with Den
mis- Roberts, former Governor |
of Rhode Island, about a pos
sible post in the administra-
ton.