Sidney J. Weinberg of New York, a former vice-chairman of the War Production Board, has been appointed special assistant to Charles E. Wilson, director of the new Office of Defense Mobilization.
A World War I navy veteran, Mr. Weinberg is on loave from the New York investment banking firm of Goldman, Sachs & Co. of which he has been a member since 1927. President Truman awarded him the Medal of Merit in 1946 for his services during World War II.
The Senate, by an overwhelming voicevote, has confirmed Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg as Assistant Secretary of Defense. The only Senator who voted against Mrs. Rosenberg was William Langor, Republican of North Dakota, who announced that he would vote against all Presidential nominations because no one from North Dakota had been appointed to high Federal office for 61 years.
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