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Show Sliipping Board Member Louis Titus Resigns Job WASHINGTON, March 8. Louis Titus pf San Francisco wrote President Presi-dent Wilson today asking that his nomination, nom-ination, as a member of the shipping board bo withdrawn "in view of the circumstances that have arisen in con-, nection with tho board's fuel supply." Mr. Titus recalled that the board's statement that fuel oil was too high and said ho had been an oil producer for many years "and therefore vitally interested in tho piico of oil.'' "Under these circumstances," he said, "It would not only embarrass me to. become a member of the board, but may readily bo tho causae of embarrassment embar-rassment to, as well as criticism, of the board itself." |