Rear-Admiral E. S, Land Will Succeed Mr. Kennedy Hyde Park, Feb. 18. President Roosevelt to-day ap~ Pointed Rear-Admiral Emory Land, Chief of the Bureau of Nav Construction and Repair, as new Chairman of the Federal Maritime! Commission. Admiral Land will s3c-joeed Mr. Joseph Kennedy who has been nominated new Ambassador to Britain, Mr, Morell Truitt, the Commis sion's general counsel, will fil the vacancy resulting from Mr. Kenmedy's resignation from the Com mission. Admiral Land had been a member of the Commission prior to his appointment to the chairmanship.
The speed with which President Roosevelt filled the chairmanship the Commission was interpreted ax indicating his concern over the met-chant shipping problem.—United Press.
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