President Eisenhower today announced the appointment of Murray Snyder, assistant White House press spokesman, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Mr. Snyder, Brooklyn-born Jew, served as a political reporter on the Brooklyn Eagle before joining the White House staff in 1953.
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