Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Robert Lovett to President Harry S. Truman with Attachments

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85-J 7. DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON TXTXTXTX April 13, 1948 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Nominations of three United States Sent to Senate 4/14/48 Representatives and two Alternates to the Special Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. # There are transmitted herewith the nominations of three United States Representatives and two Alternate United States Representatives to the Special Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, to be held in New York, New York, beginning April 16, 1948. These nominations are in accordance with the pro- visions of Section 2 (c) of the United Nations Partici- pation Act of 1945, and the provisions of Articles 9 and 20 of the United Nations Charter. Biographical sketches of Messrs. Jessup, Rusk, and Ross are attached. Letters to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and to the appropriate Senators have been prepared and will be forwarded upon submission of the nominations to the Senate. HARRY TRUMAN Acting Secretary Enclosures: U.S. SERVICE LIBRARY Biographical x20 GOVERNMENT Sketches, Nominations.