Submitted November 22

Jerome W. Van Gorkom,

of Illinois, to be Under Secretary of State for Management, vice Richard T. Kennedy.

Submitted November 23

Paul E. Plunkett,

of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, vice James B. Parsons, retired.

John W. Bissell,

of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, vice Vincent P. Biunno, retired.

Frank X. Altimari,

of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, vice Edward R. Neaher, retired.

Frank W. Bullock, Jr.,

of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, vice Eugene A. Gordon, retired.

Sam H. Bell,

of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, vice Robert B. Krupansky, elevated.

Christine Cook Nettesheim,

of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Claims Court for a term of 15 years, vice David Schwartz, retired.

Submitted November 24

John Herbert Holdridge,

of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Indonesia.

Harry N. Walters,

of Virginia, to be Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, vice Robert P. Nimmo, resigned.

Geoffrey M. Alprin,

of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for a term of 15 years, vice Margaret A. Haywood, retired.

Virginia L. Riley,

of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of years prescribed by Public Law 91-358, as amended, vice Samuel B. Block, retired.

Submitted November 24-Continued
Donald L. Dotson,

of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of 5 years expiring December 16, 1987, vice John Harold Fanning, term expiring.

William Laurens Van Alen,

of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 1988, vice Geraldine Stutz, term expired. Submitted November 30

The following-named persons for the positions indicated, to which positions they were appointed during the last recess of the Senate:

Manuel H. Johnson, Jr.,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Paul Craig Roberts, resigned.

Orville G. Bentley,

of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agricul ture (new position).

Martin S. Feldstein,

of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice Murray L. Weidenbaum, resigned.

L. Clair Nelson,

of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of 6 years expiring August 30, 1988, vice Marian Pearlman Nease, resigned.

Caroline H. Hume,

of California, to be a member of the National Museum Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1985, vice Dorothy Graham-Wheeler.

Edward A. Knapp,

of New Mexico, to be Director of the National Science Foundation for a term of 6 years, vice John Brooks Slaughter, resigned.

Jean Broward Shevlin Gerard,

of New York, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the Fourth Extraordinary Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.

James Daniel Phillips,

of the District of Columbia, to be the Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Fourth Extraordinary Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.

Withdrawn November 30

Norman Terrell,

of California, to be an Assistant Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, vice Thomas D. Davies, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on January 28, 1982.

Submitted December 1

John Carl Miller,

of Ohio, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of 5 years, vice H. Stephan Gordon, resigned.

Submitted December 6

Paul D. Wolfowitz,

of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, vice John H. Holdridge.

James F. Merow,

of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Claims Court for a term of 15 years (reappointment).

Diane Kay Morales,

of Texas, to be a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board for the term of 6 years expiring December 31, 1988, vice George A. Dalley, term expiring.

Submitted December 7

W. Paul Thayer,

of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, vice Frank C. Carlucci, resigned.

Withdrawn December 8

The following-named persons to be members of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for the terms indicated:

For terms expiring July 13, 1983, to which positions they were appointed during the last adjournment sine die of the Senate, which were sent to the Senate on March 1, 1982: Harold R. DeMoss, Jr., of Texas, vice Steven L. Engelberg, term expired.

Clarence V. McKee, of the District of Columbia, vice Hillary Diane Rodham, term expired.

For a term expiring July 13, 1983, to which position she was appointed during the last adjournment sine die of the Senate, which was sent to the Senate on April 19, 1982: Annie Laurie Slaughter, of Missouri, vice Cecilia Denogean Esquer, term expired. For terms expiring July 13, 1984, to which positions they were appointed during the last

Withdrawn December 8—Continued

adjournment sine die of the Senate, which were sent to the Senate on March 1, 1982: Howard H. Dana, Jr., of Maine, vice Robert J. Kutak, term expired.

William F. Harvey, of Indiana, vice Howard R. Sacks, term expired.

William J. Olson, of Virginia, vice F. William McCalpin, term expired.

George E. Paras, of California, vice Michael Kantor, term expired.

Robert Sherwood Stubbs II, of Georgia, vice Ramona Toledo Shump, term expired.

For a term expiring July 13, 1984, which was sent to the Senate on March 1, 1982: William L. Earl, of Florida, vice David E. Satterfield III.

Submitted December 9

R. Richard Rubottom,

of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 1988, vice Alberto Ibargüen, term expired.

The following-named persons to be members of the Board for International Broadcasting for terms expiring April 28, 1985:

Thomas F. Ellis, of North Carolina, vice
Charles David Ablard, term expired.
Michael Novak, of the District of Columbia,
vice Thomas H. Quinn, term expired.

Richard Fairbanks,

of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador while serving as Special Adviser to the Secretary of State.

Submitted December 10

Carol McGrew Pavilack,

of Arizona, to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission for a term of 6 years, vice Dorothy Parker, resigned.

The following-named persons to be members of the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation:

Conrad M. Fredin, of Minnesota, vice William W. Knight, Jr., resigned.

L. Steven Reimers, of North Dakota, vice Miles F. McKee, resigned.

The following-named persons to be members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for terms expiring March 26, 1988:

Richard Brookhiser, of New York, vice Michael R. Kelley, term expired.

Karl Eller, of Arizona, vice Clyde M. Reed, term expired.