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Show COMMITTEE FAVORS BLItLEW APPOINTMENT WASHINGTON, March 2 lm: The senate public lands committee com-mittee today voted to report favorably fa-vorably the nomination of Ebert K. Burlew to be first assistant secretary of interior. The committee overrode the opposition of Sen. Key Pittman, who has led a month-old inquiry into Burlew's qualifications, and confirmed Burlew's prom o t i o n from his present position as administrative ad-ministrative assistant to Secretary Secre-tary Harold L. Ickes. |