U.S. APPOINTS NEW U.N. AMBASSADOR

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30809, 22 July 1965, Page 17

U.S. APPOINTS NEW U.N. AMBASSADOR

GV-Z. Press Assn. —Copyright) WASHINGTON, July 21 A Supreme Court judge, Arthur J. Goldberg, reluctantly . accepted President Johnson’s offer today to be the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Mr Goldberg, formerly one of the top labour lawyers in the United States, was all packed for a working holiday in the Virgin Islands when he was nominated to fill the position vacated by Mr Adlai Stevenson, who died in London last week. “I’d rather the President hadn’t asked me,” he said. “But I will do my best.” He added that the “simple explanation” of

why he accepted the President’s offer was that “I responded to a call of duty. . . .” Mr Goldberg’s nomina-

tion caused surprise in Washington diplomatic circles, mainly because the Supreme Court judiciary is a lifetime appointment. It was considered unlikely that anyone would give up a secure post for one from which the President could recall him at any time. Mr Bill Moyers, the White House spokesman, told a news conference that the President had considered up to 35 nominees some being suggested to him and some being his own idea. Mr Goldberg, who is aged 56, is the son of Russian ■ Jewish immigrants and served as Secretary of Labour in President Kennedy’s Administration.