BOYD, DAY, HARLLEE, MCKEE, MURPHY, AND THOMAS

NOMINATIONS

MONDAY, JULY 12, 1965

U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, Washington, D.C.

The committee met at 12:15 p.m. in room 5110, New Senate Office Building, Hon. Warren G. Magnuson (chairman of the committee) presiding.

The CHAIRMAN. We have the nomination of James V. Day, of Maine, to be a member of the Federal Maritime Commission for a term expiring June 30, 1969.

We have the distinguished Senator from Maine, Margaret Smith, who would like to make a short statement on behalf of Mr. Day. Senator SMITH. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Senator Muskie, my distinguished colleague from Maine, has been here and was obliged to go back to his Public Works Committee. He wanted to speak in support of Mr. Day, and he asked that I have inserted in the record his remarks.

The CHAIRMAN. That will be placed in the record in full.

Senator SMITH. I would like to say that I am delighted with the reappointment of Mr. James V. Day to the Maritime Commission, and I am very happy to be here to express my support of his nomina

tion.

The CHAIRMAN. We thank you, Mrs. Smith. (The above-mentioned statement follows:)

STATEMENT BY SENATOR EDMUND S. MUSKIE AT THE HEARING ON JAMES V. DAY'S RENOMINATION TO THE FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION, BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JULY 12, 1965

President Johnson's renomination of James V. Day to a second term on the U.S. Martime Commission is a tribute to his record over the past 3 years and an expression of confidence in his ability to serve the Commission well in the future.

President Kennedy nominated Jim Day for appointment to the Commission in 1962. In so doing, the late President recognized both Mr. Day's personal worth and Maine's martime value to the Nation. Mr. Day's record as Commissioner has more than justified that recognition.

During his first term, Jim Day earned the respect and admiration of his fellow Commissioners, who elected him Vice Chairman of the agency. He has demonstrated an exceptional capacity to understand the problems of American waterborne commerce, and has worked tirelessly to bring greater prosperity to the maritime industry.

Jim Day is a native of Brewer, Maine, where he received his elementary and secondary education. He is a graduate of Washington State Teachers College in Machias, Maine, and a veteran of World War II.

Staff counsel assigned to this hearing: William C. Foster.

His leadership ability has been recognized in his every endeavor. Before enlisting in the Army in 1941, he supervised 212 sales division employees for the H. J. Heinz Co. During his Army career, he rose from the rank of private to that of first lieutenant, and served as an instructor at the Adjutant General's Staff College in Oglethorpe, Ga. After the war, he became a prominent and respected member of the American Legion, and has served that organization in an official capacity since 1949.

In 1951, Jim Day was elected Maine's youngest American Legion State commander. He was elected by acclamation to the post of national executive committeeman in 1953, and in 1955, at the Legion's National Convention in Miami, he was unanimously elected national vice commander.

His Legion service includes several terms as member and national vice chairman of the American Legion Maritime Committee. In 1956, he was appointed national director of public relations for the Legion, a post he held for 6 years. In tribute to his service, the American Legion Press Association gave Mr. Day its President's Merit Award in 1961. The preceding year, the award was presented to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

Mr. Day is a member of the National Press Club, the Public Relations Society of America, the National Aviation Club, the Washington Board of Trade, and Kappa Delta Phi fraternity.

He and his wife, the former Delma Irene McCormick, are the parents of six children, and residents of Bethesda, Md.

I am happy to endorse Jim Day's renomination to the Maritime Commission, and I am confident he will continue to display in his second term the vigor, intelligence, and mature judgment which he demonstrated in his first.

The CHAIRMAN. Are there any questions of Mrs. Smith from the members of the committee?

This is a reapportionment for a 4-year term, expiring June 30, 1969. Mr. Day is well known to the committee. We will put your biographical sketch in the record in full, together with a letter from Congressman Stanley R. Tupper.

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D.C., July 7, 1965.

Senator WARREN G. MAGNUSON,
Chairman, Senate Commerce Committee,

New Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Honorable James V. Day, Vice Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, will appear before your committee in the near future. Mr. Day was recently reappointed to the Federal Maritime Commission by President Johnson subject to confirmation by your committee and the Senate. Jim Day is a native of the State of Maine and has given outstanding service to the Maritime Commission. As a member of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries I have had occasion to work closely with Jim Day and have found him to be knowledgeable and capable.

Prior to his original appointment to the Federal Maritime Commission he was public relations director for the American Legion and made a host of friends throughout the Nation.

In my opinion, this is the type of man we should encourage to remain in Government service, for intelligent and dedicated individuals are not plentiful.

I would appreciate it if you would make this letter a part of the record of your proceedings.

Sincerely yours,

STANLEY R. TUPPER, Member of Congress, Maine.

BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES V. DAY

James Vincent Day was nominated to the Federal Maritime Commission by President Kennedy in 1962 for a term ending June 30, 1965. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 12, 1962. He has been renominated to the Commission by President Johnson for a successive term.

Long active in Maine's community affairs, service programs and political affairs, Mr. Day has held elective offices in civic and service organizations since his graduation from college in 1934.

In 1956, Mr. Day was a candidate for Maine's First District congressional seat and lost in a close election to the incumbent who had served the district for 14 years.

Mr. Day has served the American Legion in an official capacity since 1949. In 1953, he was elected the youngest State commander in the 40-year history of Maine's American Legion. He served several terms as a member and as national vice chairman of the American Legion Maritime Committee. It is the responsibility of this committee to recommend and to implement the programs and policies of the nearly 3-million-member organization affecting the Nation's fourth arm of defense.

He was elected by acclamation as Maine's national executive committeeman in 1953 and at the national convention in Miami in 1955 was unanimously elected national vice commander.

Mr. Day was appointed national director of public relations of the American Legion in 1956. During the 6 years he served in this position he was responsible for the development and conduct of all Legion information activities and was the organization's spokesman before many audiences throughout the United States.

In tribute to his successful tenure, he was the recipient în 1961 of the President's Award of the American Legion Press Association for a better informed America.

With Mr. Day's resignation as national director of public relations for the American Legion, he received a resolution of appreciation from the national public relations commission which states, "under his guidance, presentation of the American Legion policies and programs to the public, the Nation over, has reached heights never before obtained."

A World War II Army veteran, Mr. Day served 41⁄2 years in military service enlisting as a private. He earned an officer's commission and was made 1st Army Corps personnel procedures officer. His last assignment, prior to his discharge in 1946, was a member of the staff and faculty of the Adjutant General's School at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.

An experienced business executive, Mr. Day was a sales official with the H. J. Heinz Co., covering the southeastern region from Newark, N.J., to Key West, Fla. Mr. Day was associated with his brother in the hotel business-Days' Hotel. Subsequent thereto, he served as president of Spillers, Inc., Kennebunk, Maine. Born in South Brewer, Maine, November 27, 1914, Mr. Day is a graduate of Brewer High School and Washington State Teachers College. He is a member of the National Press Club, the Public Relations Society of America, the National Aviation Club, the Washington Board of Trade, Kappa Delta Phi fraternity, and the Kenwood Golf & Country Club. In 1963 Mr. Day served as president of the Maine State Society in Washington and in 1965 received that society's "M" award for bringing credit to the State through his outstanding service and accomplishments.

Mr. Day is married to the former Delma Irene McCormick. They have six children and reside at 5524 Westbard Avenue, Bethesda, Md. They also have residences at Kennebunk and Ellsworth, Maine.

The CHAIRMAN. The chairman has to go, but I would like to ask you one question.

You heard all of the questions asked of Chairman Harllee. Would you in general agree "in general" I say with the answers he gave on some of these pressing problems?

Mr. DAY. Yes, Mr. Chairman; I would generally agree with the answers pertaining to the Maritime Commission and deeply appreciate the fact that he was complimentary regarding my tenure and the fact that I have been endorsed by Senator Margaret Chase Smith and Senator Muskie.

The CHAIRMAN. No one has taken more interest, prior to your appointment to the Board, than you have, in the American merchant marine. And that basically came from the fact that I recall you had even a better realization than a lot of people in Government of the necessity of an adequate merchant marine because of the defense posture necessary.

Mr. DAY. Yes; and still do, Senator.

The CHAIRMAN. Long before you even were appointed to this job. Mr. DAY. Yes, sir.

The CHAIRMAN. Senator Bartlett, will you take over for a minute or two?

Senator BARTLETT (presiding). Yes.

Mr. Day, how did you find yourself at Washington State Teachers College?

Mr. DAY. Well, Senator Bartlett, that is a college a short distance from my home in the State of Maine. It is from the name of the county there, Washington County, Maine.

Senator BARTLETT. This explains all.

Mr. DAY. Yes, sir. In 1934, Senator Bartlett, I couldn't afford to travel far from home so I went to a teacher's college in Maine.

Senator BARTLETT. Well, I am sure it is a good one. I thought maybe you had transplanted yourself out to the west coast.

Mr. DAY. No, sir; I have been out there and have a high regard for the west coast.

Senator BARTLETT. Mr. Day, I am not going to ask you any questions, because if I were to do so, they would be repetitive of those put to Admiral Harllee and you have expressed your opinion to Chairman Magnuson on the admiral's testimony.

I am going to be for you, as I am going to be for the admiral. I am going to be for you because you were endorsed by Senators Smith and Muskie, but principally I am going to be for you because I think you have done a good job down there and are deserving of confirmation. Mr. DAY. Thank you, sir.

Senator BARTLETT. Senator Lausche?

Senator LAUSCHE. Will the biography of Mr. Day be placed in the record?

Senator BARTLETT. Yes.

Senator LAUSCHE. Before you went on the Board, you were in business?

Mr. DAY. Yes, sir. Prior to serving as national director of public relations for the American Legion, I was president of my own business in Maine, and prior to that I was affiliated with my brother in a chain of hotels in the State of Maine, Senator.

Senator LAUSCHE. I have no further questions.

Senator BARTLETT. You got off easy, Mr. Day. Thank you.
Mr. DAY. Thank you.

(Whereupon, at 12:25 p.m., the committee proceeded to the consideration of other business.)