Committee Official

A T THE second session of President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights held last month President John Sloan Dickey was named a vice-chairman of the group along with Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., by Chairman Charles E. Wilson.

Members of the committee were appointed to three subcommittees by Mr. Wilson at the same meeting: one, to study the adequacy of existing federal legislation and to recommend proposed new legislation; two, to consider the broader social, economic and educational aspects of promoting the cause of civil liberty throughout the country; three, to consider the work of private organizations whose activities affect civil rights. President Dickey was named to the first subcommittee.