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85-P 11434amH DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON October 10, 1949 7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Appointments of Ernest A. Gross and Jack K. McFall. X w.c. There are transmitted herewith for your signature, in accordance with your oral approval, the nominations of the following-named persons: Ernest A. Gross - to be the Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the Security Council of the United Nations. Jack K. McFall - to be an Secretary of State. assistant carred. filed 10/10/49 20 In as much as a specific salary for the Deputy Representa- tive to the United Nations is not stipulated in the Act of 1949 amending the Participation Act of 1945, but rather that the salary be determined by the President, I recommend that Mr. Gross receive compensation at the rate of $20,000 per annum. 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 NATIONAL TRUMAN LIBRARY ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE U.S. GOVERNMENT JAMES E. WEBB x20 APPROVED HARRY S. TRUMAN nominations to Renate 10/11/49 any October 14, 1949 Enclosures: original memorandum returned any Nominations. to state 10/17/49