South Pacific Commission Appointment of U.S. Representative and Alternate Representatives.

The President today announced the appointment of the United States Representative and two Alternate Representatives to the South Pacific Commission. They are:

Representative WILLIAM BODDE, JR., U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, to the Kingdom of Tonga, and to Tuvalu.

Alternate Representatives VERNON A. MUND, of Seattle, Wash., who retired in 1975 after 38 years as a professor of economics at the University of Washington (reappointment). Mund has been a consultant on economics to a number of Government agencies.

MYRON B. THOMPSON, of Honolulu, Hawaii, trustee of the Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Trust. He was previously director of the Department of Social Services and Housing of the State of Hawaii and is a member of the North Mariana Islands Commission on Federal Laws.