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August 2, 1949

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M'CLOY TO APPOINT A 10-MAN CABINET IN U.S. GERMAN ZONE; Staff Plan Will Take Effect When the New Western Government Is Set Up HOWLEY ASKS TO LEAVE Gen. Maxwell Taylor Is Seen in Line for Berlin Post -- Prestige Factor Cited SLATED FOR IMPORTANT POSTS IN GERMANY M'CLOY TO SET UP TEN-MAN CABINET

By Jack Raymondspecial To the New York Times

US High Comr McCloy outlines reorgn plans; seeks 10-man Cabinet; 3 top posts to be heads of pol, econ and new pub affairs divs; speculation; McCloy plans visit to US

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James Fallows

1949James Fallows, American journalist and author[†]

James Mackenzie Fallows is an American writer and journalist. He is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. His work has also appeared in Slate, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker and The American Prospect, among others. He is a former editor of U.S. News & World Report, and as President Jimmy Carter's chief speechwriter for two years was the youngest person ever to hold that job.

Bertalan Farkas

1949Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian general and cosmonaut[†]

Bertalan Farkas is the first Hungarian cosmonaut, space explorer and fighter pilot. Hungary became the seventh nation to be represented in space by him. Farkas is also the first Esperantist cosmonaut. He is currently the president of Airlines Service and Trade.