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Hon. Edward W. Brooke, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts
on behalf of Dr. James R. Killian and Erich Leinsdorf__
Hon. Everett McKinley Dirksen, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois,
letter dated February 26, 1968.

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Hon. Thomas J. Dodd, a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut, letter dated February 27, 1968..

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Hon. Henry M. Jackson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington, statement_

Hon. Jacob K. Javits, a U.S. Senator from the State of New York, on behalf of John D. Rockefeller and Robert S. Benjamin_

Letter dated March 5, 1968.

Hon. Edward M. Kennedy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts,
on behalf of Dr. James R. Killian, Jr., and Erich Leinsdorf, statement.
Hon. Robert F. Kennedy, a U.S. Senator from the State of New York,
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Hon. John O. Pastore, a U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode Island, letter dated February 29, 1968

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NOMINATIONS

FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1967 1

U.S. SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE,

Washington, D.C.

The committee met at 10 a.m. in room 5110, New Senate Office Building, the Honorable E. L. Bartlett presiding.

Senator BARTLETT. The committee will be in order.

To start with, this morning we shall take up the nominations of six Coast Guard officers to the grade of rear admiral. And then we will consider S.1060, a bill to authorize appropriations for procurement of vessels and aircraft, construction onshore and offshore establishments for the Coast Guard.

The following Coast Guard officers are being considered today for promotion to the grade of rear admiral: Capt. Paul G. Prins, Capt. Benjamin F. Engel, Capt. James W. Williams, Capt. Edward C. Allen, Jr., Capt. Arthur B. Engel, and Capt. Thomas R. Sargent III. The biographical sketches relating to these officers will be placed in the record at this point.

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CAPT. PAUL G. PRINS, U.S. COAST GUARD

Paul Geleff Prins was born November 20, 1913, in Maywood, Tilinois. After graduating from Nicholas High School in Chicago, he entered the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., on August 5, 1933.

Previously he had been 50 and 100-yard free style swimming champion of Chicago high schools. During his four years as a cadet at the Academy he was a member of the varsity swimming team and of the football squad, and was active in intramural boxing, rowing, and softball.

He was graduated from the Academy with a B.S. degree and a commission as ensign in the Coast Guard on September 20, 1937. Subsequently he advanced in rank to lieutenant (jg), September 20, 1940; lieutenant, June 20, 1942; lieut. commander, May 15, 1943; commander, February 20, 1950; captain, July 1, 1959. He served his first assignment as communications officer on board the CG cutter Unalga, based at San Juan, P.R. In the same capacity he served on board the cutter Comanche out of New York from September 1938 to October 1939. After a tour of duty as navigation officer on board the cutter Argo, based at Newport, R.I., he served as gunnery officer on board the cutter Ingham on North Atlantic patrol duty and on convoy escort duty between March 1941 and August 1942, during World War II.

While next assigned to the Coast Guard-manned attack troop transport U.S.S. Leonard Wood, he was regimental beachmaster in landings at Casablanca, French Morocco, and ship-to-shore officer and assistant operations officer in landings at Sicily. From September 1943 to June 1945, he was assistant training officer at the Coast Guard Academy. During the following year he commanded the destroyer escort U.S.S. Merrill (DE-392) and Escort Division 45, which had served in the Pacific, during the process of its deactivation at the close of the

war.

1 The nominations of the above date were inadvertently omitted from the final publication of 1967, Serial No. 90-58.

After a year of training at the Aircraft Maintenance School for officers a Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Ill., he served as Engineer Officer at the Coas Guard Air Station in Brooklyn, N.Y., from May 1948 to September 1950.

After completing another year of training in aeronautical engineering admin istration on a Master's Degree level at the Air Force Base Institute of Technolog, College of Industrial Administration, Dayton, O., in September 1951, he served four years as Executive Officer of the Coast Guard Aircraft Repair and Supply Base at Elizabeth City, N.C.

His next tour of duty was as Assistant Chief, Aeronautical Engineering Division at Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C., from July 1954 to May 1958. That was followed by command posts in the rank of Captain at the Coast Guard Air Stations at Miami until August 1960, then at San Francisco until August 1962. He next commanded the Elizabeth City Aircraft Repair and Supply Base until August 1964, when he became the first Commanding Officer of the Air Base complex at Elizabeth City, combining the Repair and Supply Base with the Air Station. Captain Williams prepared the Master Development Plan for the base and was in charge of implementing the new organization.

Captain Williams' World War II campaign service medals and ribbons include the American Defense; American Area; European-African-Middle Eastern Area; and World War II Victory. He also has the Korean Service Medal, and the Expert Riflemen Medal.

He holds memberships in the American Helicopter Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, U.S. Naval Institute, and the Elks Club. He served for two years on the Board of Directors of the Elizabeth City Rotary Club, and served on the Board of Directors of the Pasquotank Wildlife Club in 1964. His hobbies are swimming, golf, boating, hunting, and fishing.

Captain Williams is married to the former Rosamond Sandoro of New London, Conn., a graduate of Williams Memorial Institute and the New London Business College. They have one daughter, Penelope, a student at Duke University. Durham, North Carolina.

CAPT. EDWARD C. ALLEN, JR., U.S. COAST GUARD

Edward Carlton Allen, Jr., was born on January 16, 1916, at Portsmouth, Va., where he graduated from Wilson High School in 1931. He attended the College of William and Mary at Norfolk for two years before entering the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., with an appointment as Cadet on July 1, 1934. He was graduated from the Academy with a B.S. degree and a commission as ensign on June 2, 1938.

His earlier assignments were served at sea on board the Coast Guard cutters Mendota and Sebago, both based at Norfolk, Va. He then served as assistant engineer on board the cutter Alexander Hamilton of Norfolk from July 1941 until that vessel was sunk off the coast of Iceland as a result of an enemy torpedo hit on January 29, 1942, during World War II.

During the remainder of the war period, he served as gunnery officer and navigator on board the attack troop transport Leonard Wood in the invasions of North Africa and Sicily, and in the Pacific invasions of the Gilberts, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Palau, Saipan, Leyte Gulf, and Lingayan Gulf. For this service he received the Bronze Star Medal, nine battle stars, and a Navy Unit Citation.

From June 1945 to September 1948, he served as Assistant Commandant of the Cadets at the Coast Guard Academy. During the following year he was Executive Officer of the cutter Duane, based at Boston, Mass. After 2 years of -study, he received a degree of "Juris Doctor" from the George Washington University Law School in October 1951. From there he was assigned to the Legal Division at Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C., until June 1952.

The next 2 years saw him as Legal Officer of the Fifth Coast Guard District. Portsmouth, Va. After next commanding the cutter Sebago in the gulf out of Mobile, Ala., from August 1954 to September 1955, he became Legal Officer of the Third Coast Guard District, New York. Detached from that post in May 1959, he commanded two cutters out of New York during the following two years the USCGC Rockaway first, then the USCGC Spencer-on ocean station patrol in the Atlantic.

From August 1961 to August 1962, he was Commanding Officer of the Mediterranean Section, Naples, Italy, following which he was stationed in London as Senior Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Detail Officer, Europe, for 2 years. He assumed his current assignment as Assistant Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy in August 1964.

Following is a résumé of Captain Allen's appointments in rank: ensign, June 2, 1938; lieutenant (jg), June 2, 1941; lieutenant, July 1, 1942; lieut. commander, August 1, 1943; commander, November 1, 1950; captain, January 1, 1960.

Captain Allen holds memberships in the District of Columbia Bar, the Bar of Military Court of Appeals, the Institute of Navigation of the United Kingdom, the Institute of Marine Engineering, United Kingdom, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, and the Order of the COIF, George Washington University Law School. He was a member of the staff of the Law Review while attending Law School, and was a Company Commander while a cadet at the Coast Guard Academy.

Captain Allen is married to the former Bernice L. Harrington of Endicott, N.Y. They have four children, Martha, Edward C., III, Roger, and Laurie.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Allen, are living at 8 Pinecroft Lane, Churchland, Portsmouth, Va.

CAPT. ARTHUR B. ENGEL, U.S. COAST GUARD

Arthur Bright Engel was born on May 1, 1914, at Grand Rapids, Mich., where he was graduated from Ottawa Hills High School in 1932, and attended Grand Rapids Junior College.

He, with his twin brother Benjamin, entered the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., with an appointment as Cadet on August 1, 1934. During his 4 years as cadet he was active in football and basketball.

After graduating from the Academy with a B.S. degree and a commission as ensign on June 2, 1938, he served for a year on board the Coast Guard cutter Chelan out of Boston, Mass. That duty included International Ice Patrol. In August 1939, he was assigned as deck officer on board the cutter Cayuga which also operated out of Boston.

From May 1941 to June 1943, during World War II, he served as deck watch officer on board the 327-ft. cutter Duane on North Atlantic convoy escort duty. During the remainder of the war, he was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received a masters degree in naval construction and engineering in June 1945.

His next tour of duty was as engineer officer on board the cutter Pontchartrain on North Atlantic patrol and search and rescue duty. That was followed by duty at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., as Chief, Machinery Section of the Naval Engineering Division from January 1947 to November 1951. He then served as Executive Officer of the Coast Guard icebreaker Mackinaw, based at Cheyboygan, Mich., which was specially built for the Great Lakes to assist shipping commerce.

From August 1953 to June 1957, he served as Design Superintendent in the Planning Department at the Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Md. During the next 2 years he was Chief of Naval Engineering at the 13th Coast Guard District office in Seattle, Wash. He commanded the cutter Klamath out of Seattle on search and rescue, ocean station weather patrol, and Bering Sea Patrol from July 1959 to July 1961.

He then served for 4 years as Head of the Department of Applied Science and Engineering at the Coast Guard Academy. Shortly after taking over that post he was responsible for putting into operation the Academy's newly installed subcritical nuclear reactor which geared the engineering curriculum up into modern times.

Captain Engel assumed his current assignment as Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Md., in July 1965.

His World War II campaign service medals and ribbons include the following: American Defense; American Area, European-African-Middle Eastern Area with one combat star; and World War II Victory.

Following is a résumé of his appointments in rank: Ensign, June 2, 1938; lieutenant (jg), June 2, 1941; lieutenant, June 15, 1942; lieut. commander, August 1, 1943; commander, December 6, 1950; captain, March 1, 1960.

He holds memberships in the American Society of Naval Engineers, and the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association.

Captain Engel is married to the former Edna K. Janzen of Pelham, N.Y. They have three children, Douglas B., Bruce J., and Elizabeth J.

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Hon. Edward W. Brooke, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts
on behalf of Dr. James R. Killian and Erich Leinsdorf__
Hon. Everett McKinley Dirksen, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois,
letter dated February 26, 1968-

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Hon. Thomas J. Dodd, a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut, letter dated February 27, 1968

Hon. Henry M. Jackson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington, statement__

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Hon. Jacob K. Javits, a U.S. Senator from the State of New York, on behalf of John D. Rockefeller and Robert S. Benjamin__

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Letter dated March 5, 1968.

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Hon. Edward M. Kennedy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts,
on behalf of Dr. James R. Killian, Jr., and Erich Leinsdorf, statement.
Hon. Robert F. Kennedy, a U.S. Senator from the State of New York,
Statement..

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Hon. Thomas H. Kuchel, a U.S. Senator from the State of California, letter dated March 6, 1968.

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Hon. George Murphy, a U.S. Senator from the State of California, letter dated March 5, 1968.

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Hon. John O. Pastore, a U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode Island, letter dated February 29, 1968..

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Hon. Claiborne Pell, a U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode Island-
Hon. Abraham A. Ribicoff, a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut,
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Hon. Richard B. Russell, a U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia, letter dated February 29, 1968

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Hon. Hugh Scott, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania.
Hon. Herman E. Talmadge, a U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia on
behalf of Carl E. Sanders:

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Letter dated February 23, 1968...

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Hon. Joseph D. Tydings, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland on behalf of Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower and Joseph A. Beirne..........

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