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Show President Names New Shipping Board I REAR ADMIRAL 1 W. S. BENSON HEADS GROUP Four Democrats and Three Republicans on Board as Now Constituted CONGRESS EXPECTED TO MAKE SOME OBJECTION Seven Wiil Carry Out Provis ions of Merchant Marine Act; Salaries $12,000 I Washington. Nov. 13. Reappointment Reap-pointment of Bead Admiral V. S. B nson as chairman of the shipping 'board va.s announced today at the White House At the same time an- Inouncement was made of the appointment appoint-ment of six othr members of the new board authorised by the merchant m i- I rlne act. I The other six members are: Frederick L Thompson. Alabama, (Democrat t-rm of five years. Joseph N Teal, Oregon, Democrat, j term of four ye I r John a. Donald. New York, Demote Demo-te rat, term of three years Chester H, Bowel!, California, lie-I lie-I publican, term of two years-I years-I Guy D. Joff, W isconsin, BcpubliCSU, term of one year. Charles Suiter Missouri, Bepubli-Ican. Bepubli-Ican. term of one year. si i i MUST APPROVE, Admirj I Benson Is appointed from Ge5rgTa as a Demo, rat and his term Is for sb; years. The appointments are recess ones ind the nomlnutiona uider the law are subject to approval by the senate Admiral Benson and Ml. Donald are ithe Atlantic const representatives; Mr. I Rowel I and Mr. Teal are tin Pacific. j representatives. Mr. Thompson Is the I member from the gulf coast, Mr Goff the member from the Ureat l.-akes re-Iglon, re-Iglon, and Mr. Sutter the member from the interior This geographical '.'roup-llng '.'roup-llng of the members is requirtil under the merchant murine act- The chairman und Mr Donald ure reappointed from the present bourd. while tin- selection of Mr Thompson ami Mr. Teal was made some lime aipo, but was not announced because some of the members appointed then declined to serve. They included Theo-'dore Theo-'dore Marburg, of Baltimore) Gavin iMcNab, of San Francisco, and Martin iGillen of Wisconsin DIFFER IN POLITICS. Under the law not more than four members of the board can be of any onc political party Four Democrats and three Republicans have been appointed, ap-pointed, but In some Quarters today doubt was expressed whether the Be-j Be-j publican senate would approve this political lineup. The Republican ad- j ministration wil come Into power on next March 4th It was regarded as I possible that action on the league of nations would be held up until after March 4. Immediate reorganization of the ! new board is looked for as a number !of policies with respect to the government gov-ernment owned merchant marine laid I down by the merchant marine act cannot can-not function. Much of the preliminary I work, however, has been done bv the present board. Since congress failed to make a spe-Ictfle spe-Ictfle appropriation for the sularies oi (the members of the new board, thev are not expected to draw any pay un-til un-til congress at its next session has "made funds available. The salaries I fixed by law are $12,000 for each com-Imlaslpner com-Imlaslpner Members of the board must devote all their time to the duties du-ties of their office and they must divest di-vest themselves from any interest which they may have In the shipping Industry, |