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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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President-elect Kennedy selected Arthur J. Goldberg, AFL-CIO special counsel and United Steel Workers Union general counsel, as Secretary of Labor. The announcement was made from Kennedy's Georgetown home, with Goldberg present and issuing a statement of acceptance.
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WASHINGTON (P) President-elect Kennedy today chose Arthur J. Goldberg AFL-CIO special counsel, as Secretary of Labor.
Goldberg, 52-year-old Democrat, also is general counsel to the United Steel Workers Union.
In the usual pattern, Kennedy personally announced his choice of Goldberg from the front porch of his Georgetown home.
The gray-haired Goldberg was at his side.
Kennedy referred to the labor attorney as one the country's leading experts in the field of labor management relations.
The President-elect added that Goldberg, a native of Chicago "has a singularly broad range of experience that befits him for this position of great responsibility."
Goldberg also read a statement saying he deems it a privilege to serve in the Kennedy Cabinet.
Goldberg noted the purposes for which the Labor Department was created by Congress, and went on to say:
"In this high office of Secretary of Labor, I will attempt to implement these purposes- a task to which I look forward in the administration of a president who is wholeheartedly dedicated to moving forward New Frontiers of human progress. . ."
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goldberg accepts the position and will serve in the kennedy cabinet.
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President-elect Kennedy chose Arthur J. Goldberg, 52-year-old Democrat, AFL-CIO special counsel, and general counsel to the United Steel Workers Union, as Secretary of Labor. Kennedy announced the choice personally from the front porch of his Georgetown home, with Goldberg at his side. Kennedy praised Goldberg as a leading expert in labor management relations with broad experience. Goldberg read a statement deeming it a privilege to serve and committing to implement the Labor Department's purposes in Kennedy's administration.