MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I fully endorse the James V. Day nomination to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner. Sincerely yours, MARGARET CHASE SMITH, U.S. Senator. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D.C., January 17, 1962. Hon. WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: It is my understanding that the President has appointed Mr. James V. Day of Kennebunk, Maine, as a member of the Federal Maritime Board. I wish to indicate to you my support of Mr. Day for this appointment and also my conviction that he has the ability and the experience to perform the duties of this position in an exemplary manner. Sincerely yours, Senator WARREN MAGNUSON, CLIFFORD G. MCINTIRE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DEAR SENATOR MAGNUSON: As you may know, President Kennedy has nominated Hon. James V. Day of Kennebunkport, Maine, as a member of the Federal Maritime Commission to fill one of the minority appointments. As a member of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and as a Congressman from Jim Day's home State of Maine, I thought it would be appropriate for me to write you. As I cannot think of a more competent man to fill this important position. a former director of public relations for the American Legion, Jim Day has made a host of friends throughout the Nation. His talents have been recognized in many ways in our own State of Maine. In my opinion he fulfills every requirement of membership for this appointment. Jim Day is a devoted family man and has always led an exemplary life. The State of Maine has always been a great maritime State and this appointment is a great honor for Maine at this time. I hope that the Senate will act favorable upon this nomination without delay. Sincerely yours, Hon. WARREN MAGNUSON, STANLEY R. TUPPER, Member of Congress, Maine. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D.C., February 5, 1962. DEAR SENATOR MAGNUSON: Recently President Kennedy nominated James V. Day as a minority member of the Federal Maritime Commission. It is my understanding that this nomination will come up for a hearing before your committee on February 8. It is my sincere hope that your committee will confirm Mr. Day's nomination without delay. I have known Jim personally for many years. His personal integrity and background make him highly qualified to serve as a member of the Maritime Commission. It goes without saying that the State of Maine would be highly honored to have one of its favorite sons serving on this Commission. Thanking you in advance for every consideration that I am sure you will give to Jim Day, I remain, Sincerely yours, PETER A. GARLAND, Member of Congress. FREDERICK G. PAYNE, Waldoboro, Maine, January 30, 1962. DEAR WARREN: It is my hope that you and all the members and staff of my old and favorite committee are in the best of health, and that you may enjoy a fine year in every way. May I also express a hope that you will not feel I am out of place in writing you concerning a long time friend who is to be before your committee for consideration shortly. Col. James Day of Kennebunk, Maine, has been nominated by President Kennedy as a member of the Maritime Commission. I have known "Jim" Day for a long period of time. He served as a colonel on my personal staff during my service as Governor of Maine. He has been active in business and public life in Maine, and enjoys a splendid reputation for integrity, as well as possessing a high degree of intelligence. Because of this high character of "Jim" Day and his long and outstanding devotion to the highest of ideals and principles, I am confident that he will make a highly valued member of the U.S. Maritime Commission, and through his energy and ability will, if approved by the committee and confirmed by the Senate, reflect great credit in his work. I therefore trust you will not feel me out of order in commending James Day for your full consideration and I trust a speedy confirmation. May I just say in closing that I do miss you and the work of the committee more than anything else, for you, the members and the staff made it just the most pleasant assignment I have ever had. My very best and sincere wish to all. Sincerely, "Fred," FREDERICK G. PAYNE. JOSEPH G. WEEDA, Washington, D.C., January 25, 1962. Hon. JOHN O. PASTORE, Washington, D.C. DEAR JOHN: It was gratifying to learn that the President recently nominated James V. Day as a member of the Federal Maritime Commission. I have personally known Mr. Day over a period of many years. He has great ability and is respected by all who know him. During my years of active association with the American Legion, and particularly during my term as the Department of the District of Columbia commander, I worked closely with Mr. Day on Legion matters of broad scope. During the past 5 years Mr. Day served as the public relations director of the National American Legion. In past years Mr. Day served as a national vice commander of the American Legion. The experience and knowledge gained by Mr. Day during his many years of service on the National Merchant Marine Committee of the National Security Commission, and as national vice chairman of the Merchant Marine Committee of the American Legion will be invaluable in his new position. I commend Mr. Day to you as a person of deep religious conviction, possessing moral and intellectual integrity, and one fully capable of performing intelligently and fairly the duties required of a member of the Commission. His personal life is beyond reproach. I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Day and her wonderful family of six children. Mr. and Mrs. Day are a devoted couple and fulfilling in every manner their obligations of marriage and parenthood. I In the near future, Mr. Day shall appear before the Senate Commerce Committee, of which you are one of its distinguished members, for confirmation. urge you to vote for Mr. Day's confirmation which, I believe, shall serve the best interests of the Commission and the public. You may, if you so desire, submit this communication as part of the record of the confirmation hearing. With kindest personal regards, I am, Sincerely yours, Joe, The CHAIRMAN. Admiral Richmond, do you want to bring your admiral and the captains up? We have three nominations to be rear admirals in the Coast Guard, Capt. William D. Shields, Capt. Richard D. Schmidtman, and Capt. Willard J. Smith; and Rear Adm. Edwin J. Roland, to be assistant commandant with the rank of vice admiral, to fill the tour of duty formerly held by Admiral Hirshfield, who retired just recently, did he not? Admiral RICHMOND. That is correct. The CHAIRMAN. So, for the record, the tour of duty of Admiral Roland will be in the former shop of Adm. James A. Hirshfield. STATEMENT OF ADM. ALFRED C. RICHMOND, THE U.S. COAST GUARD The CHAIRMAN. Admiral, if you could tell us for the record if Captains Shields, Schmidtman, and Smith are confirmed to be rear admirals, what would be their tour of duty? Admiral RICHMOND. Captain Shields, presently the commanding officer of our receiving center or recruit training station at Cape May, will fill the billet or the number vacated by Admiral Hirshfield. The CHAIRMAN. Oh, then what will Roland do? Admiral RICHMOND. But Roland takes the particular job. But that immediately creates a vacancy. The CHAIRMAN. I see. Admiral RICHMOND. That creates a vacancy in the rank of rear admiral which Captain Shields will serve. The CHAIRMAN. And then Shields will fill that spot? Admiral RICHMOND. He will fill that vacancy, yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. That vacancy? Admiral RICHMOND. Yes. And Captain Schmidtman and Captain Smith will fill vacancies created by subsequent retirements in this fiscal year. The CHAIRMAN. And what will those billets consist of? Admiral RICHMOND. The probability is that Captain Schmidtman, who is presently the Assistant Chief of the Office of Operations, will, on promotion, move into the billet of Chief of the Office of Operations. And the assignment of Captain Smith has not been finally determined yet. The CHAIRMAN. Now, we have several questions we would like to ask the various captains. NOMINATION OF CAPT. WILLARD J. SMITH, U.S. COAST GUARD, TO RANK OF REAR ADMIRAL, U.S. COAST GUARD Admiral RICHMOND. May I say, Mr. Chairman, that all of the nominees are here today except Captain Smith, who is presently the operations officer in Seattle. The CHAIRMAN. Oh, yes; that is right. He is out there. Admiral RICHMOND. And we could not bring him here today, and I will speak for him. The CHAIRMAN. I will be out there next week, so I will quiz him out there. Admiral RICHMOND. Fine, sir. The CHAIRMAN. A lot of these questions are for the record, and they anticipate if these men are confirmed for rear admirals that this will be the field they will be in, generally. And I have some questions for Captain Shields. There is some biographical data, and we will put that all in the record. (The biographical sketches follow:) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MEMBERS OF U.S. COAST GUARD PUBLIC INFORMATION DIVISION REAR ADM. EDWIN JOHN ROLAND, USCG Edwin John Roland was born on February 11, 1905, at Buffalo, N.Y., where he was graduated from Canisius High School and attended Canisius College before entering the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., as a cadet in 1926. Graduated with a bachelor of science degree in engineering and commissioned ensign on May 15, 1929, he subsequently was promoted in rank as follows: Lieutenant (jg), May 15, 1931; lieutenant, May 15, 1933; lieutenant commander, January 1, 1942; commander, December 14, 1942; captain, August 5, 1949; and rear admiral, July 1, 1956. Out of the Academy, his first assignments were as gunnery officer aboard the destroyers Shaw in 1929-30, and the Wilkes in 1930-31 of the old Destroyer Force operated by the U.S. Coast Guard between 1924 and 1934 in suppression of smuggling. He won a commendation for being instrumental in capturing the trophy for the gunnery years of 1930-31 for both vessels. During 1929-31, he was captain of the Coast Guard football team which won the President's Cup in competition with the Army, Navy, and Marines in 1931. In 1932, he was in charge of target observation and repair for the Destroyer Force target practice in the Gulf of Mexico, and for cutter target practice off Norfolk. In September of that year he was ordered to the cutter Escanaba, Grand Haven, Mich., as navigation and gunnery officer. Detached in 1934, he spent the next 4 years at the Coast Guard Academy as instructor in physics and mathematics, and assistant coach in football, basketball, and baseball. During the summer cadet cruise of 1936 aboard the cutter Cayuga, he participated in the evacuation of refugees of Spain during that country's civil war (1936–39). He was assigned as executive officer of the patrol boat Nemesis at St. Petersburg, Fla., in September 1938, later assuming command. In January 1940, he was transferred to the 8th Coast Guard District, New Orleans, La., as communications officer, and then went to Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C., to duty as Chief, Enlisted Personnel Division, a task he performed from May 1942 to October 1943 of World War II. At that time he was designated commander, Escort Division 45, with station aboard the destroyer escort U.S.S. Durant (DE-389), engaged as a unit of Task Force 60 in escorting convoys from the United States to Mediterranean ports. For meritorious performance of this duty during World War II, he received the Navy Commendation Ribbon. In December 1944, he became the first commanding officer of the newly commissioned cutter Mackinaw, the first heavy-duty U.S. icebreaker built specially for work on the Great Lakes. The Mackinaw was assigned a home port at the Cheybogan Base, Mich. His next assignment, in the postwar period April 1946 to June 1949, was as Chief of Staff and Chief, Operations Division, 9th Coast Guard District, Cleveland, Ohio. He then assumed command of the cutter Taney at San Francisco, Calif., remaining in that post until August 1950, when designated Commandant of Cadets at the Coast Guard Academy. Four years later he was selected to undergo 1 year's instruction at the National War College. Completing the course in June 1955, he was assigned to duties in the office of Chief of Staff at Coast Guard Headquarters, where on March 16, 1956, he relieved Rear Adm. Ira E. Eskridge, U.S. Coast Guard, as Deputy Chief of Staff. While in this post as a captain on July 1, 1956, with the approval of the President and confirmation by the Senate, he was appointed to the rank of permanent rear admiral. Following this promotion, Rear Admiral Roland was assigned as commander, 1st Coast Guard District, Boston, relieving Rear Adm. Roy L. Raney, U.S. Coast Guard on his retirement August 1, 1956. In January 1960, he received orders designating him as commander, 3d Coast Guard District and commander eastern area, effective as of July 1, 1960, succeeding retiring Rear Adm. Henry C. Perkins, U.S. Coast Guard. In addition to the Navy Commendation Ribbon, Rear Admiral Roland has the following World War II medals: American Defense Service, American Area, European-African-Middle Eastern Area, World War II Victory Medal. He also has the Expert Rifle, and Expert Pistol Medals. Rear Admiral Roland and his wife, the former Jane Dare Fitch, of New London, Conn., are the parents of three children, Janet D., William F., and Edwin Jr. CAPT. WILLIAM D. SHIELDS, U.S. COAST GUARD William Davis Shields was born on August 19, 1907, in Philadelphia, Pa., son of Dr. Edgar T. Shields, M.D., and Mrs. Elizabeth Davis Shields. He attended public schools in Lewisburg, Pa., and in Hollywood, Calif., and was graduated from Keystone Academy, Factoryville, Pa., in 1925. He entered the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., as a cadet in August 1925, and was graduated and commissioned an ensign on May 15, 1931. Subsequently he advanced in rank to lieutenant (jg.), May 15, 1934; lieutenant, May 15, 1936; lieutenant commander, June 15, 1942; commander, November 1, 1942; captain, August 6, 1951. While at the Academy he was a cadet battalion commander, president of the athletic association, and a member of the basketball squad. He served his earliest assignments aboard the destroyer Hunt (June 1931 to May 1933) and the patrol boat Galatea (to March 1934), both based on New York City. During the summer of 1933 he was temporarily assigned to the Coast Guard Rifle Team Detachment at Wakefield, Mass. From April 1934 to August 1935, he was assigned to flight training at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., and was designated a Coast Guard Aviator on May 20, 1935. He performed his first flight assignment at the Coast Guard Air Station, St. Petersburg, Fla., where he remained nearly 3 years. In January 1938, he was assigned as aviation officer to the cutter Bibb, based at Norfolk, Va. From October 1939 to May 1941, he served at the Coast Guard Air Station, Charleston, S.C., first as operations officer then as executive officer. He was next assigned as aviation officer aboard the cutter North Star on the Greenland patrol. On the east coast of Greenland, September 12, 1941, the North Star with Captain Shields aboard assisted in the capture of the Germancontrolled Norwegian trawler Buskoe, used to service hidden radio stations in Greenland. (The Coast Guard seizure of the Buskoe was the first naval capture of World War II, and occurred the day after the President warned Axis nations to stay out of American waters or take the consequences.) From January 1942 to January 1944 of World War II, he was executive officer of the Coast Guard Air Station at Miami. He commanded the Coast Guard Air Station at Biloxi, Miss., until October 1944, his first command, then became search and rescue officer at the 8th Coast Guard District office in New Orleans. From April 1945 to August 1948, he was Assistant Chief, Aviation Division, at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He next served 3 years as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Air Station in San Francisco, after which he returned to Coast Guard Headquarters in August 1951, to again serve as Assistant Chief, Aviation Division. In August 1955, he was stationed in Miami at the 7th Coast Guard District office where he first served as assistant chief of operations, then as chief of 91496-63- -3 |