Evening star., 1961-01-08
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In 'Peoce Corps Report

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staff appointments, press Sec
retary Pierre Salinger said Mr..
Reardon. as administrative as
sistant. would continue to
serve Mr.. Kennedy in the
White House as he has in the
past ''in q number OF capaci-
ties"
A native of Summerfield,
Mass. and q 1898 Harvard
graduate. Mr.. Reardon worked
In a Boston advertising agency,
after getting out Of college and
in 194l became national .adver-
tising manager of the Lowell
(Mass.) Sun. He entered the
Army as a private in. 1912 and
emerged as an Air, Corps cap
tain In f946. ,."-... .
"Reorganisation Going On"
Mr.. DUNCAN. as special as
sistant to the President, will
assume some but not all Of the
duties now performed for Pres
ident. Eisenhower by Brig. Gen.
Andrew j. Goodpaster as White
House staff secretary, Mr.. Sal
niger said.
He added that it was hard
to tailor" the staff jobs in the
Kennedy administration to the
titles now prevailing In the
White House because some re-
organization is going on"
For one thing. he said, there
will be no secretary of the cab
met in the new administration.
He also said no one would be
named as appointments secre-
tary to the President for the
time being. at least. This func-
tion will be fulfilled by Kenneth
ODonnell as special assistant.
DUNCAN q PrincetOnian
Mr.. DUNCAN is a native Of
Philadelphia, a graduate Of St.
Joseph's College there. and
holds q masters degree from
Princeton. He was a Navy pilot
during World War II.
From 1852 until 1855 Mr..
DUNCAN worked in the Budget
Bureau. first in the ONCE Of
legislative reference. then as
assistant to the director. then
as examiner Of the foreign aid
program. In 1856 he became
legislative assistant to Senator
Kennedy. leaving that post in
1858 to become counsel of the
Senate Labor Subcommittee.
Mr.. Dutton, a native Of Colo
RADIO. was graduated from the
University of California at
Berkeley in l946 and from
Stanford University Law School
In 1949.
He served in 1856 as spe-
cial counsel to the California
State Senate Judiciary Com.
mittee, and in l957-5S as chief
assistant to the State AttUr-
! ney General. He became ex-
ecutive assistant to Gov. Brown
upon the latter's election In
1858.
The other Ave Labor
Department appointments an
nounced yesterday were:
James j. Reynolds, 81, q
Schenectady IN. " manage
ment consultant. recently a vice
president Of Alcoa Products,
Inc. and a member of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board
from 1946 to 1852, to be As
slstant Secretary Of Labor.
Jerry r. Holleman, Al, presi-
dent Of the Texas State AFL-
CIO. an electrician by trade, to
be Assistant Secretary Of Labor
Mrs. Esther Peterson. 81,
Legislative representative of the
AFL-CIO Industrial Union De-
ipartment. who lives at 626
South Twenty-Eighth street
Arlington. Va. to be assistant
to the Secretary and director
OF the Women's Bureau in the
Labor Department.
Weaver Special Assistant
George Leon-Paul Weaver
48. assistant to the president OF
the international Union OF
Electrical. Radio and Machine
Workers, who lives here at 38le
Twenty sixth street NE, a.
special assistant to the Secre-
! tary and to become Assistant
Secretary for International Al
fairs upon the resignation OF
George Lodge next summer
Charles Donahue, 48, of 30O5
Albemarle street NV, a law
yer and also research director
Of the United Association OF
Plumbers and Pipefitters since
1858. to be solicitor OF the
. Labor Department.
Kennedy Sees Play
Mr.. Kennedy went to see q
Broadway play tonight-"Crit-
les Choice"-a comedy starring
Henry Fonda.
He plans to fly to Boston
Sunday night to attend a Mon
day meeting OF the Harvard
University Board Of Overseers
receiving a special task force
report on tax policy and con-