United States Ambassador to the United Nations George Ball, who took office June 26, resigned today, and President Johnson named in his place J. Russell Wiggins, editor of the Washington Post, a newspaper which recently has mounted a campaign opposing Phantom jets for Israel and urging Israeli concessions for peace.
Mr. Ball gave as his reason his desire to support the election of Hubert H. Humphrey. Mr. Johnson described Mr. Wiggins as “an advocate of peace.” White House sources said the selection of Mr. Wiggins was based on his appreciation of the President’s desire for detente with the Soviet Union. Mr. Wiggins, as editor of the Post, was in charge of the newspaper’s editorial policy.
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