Conant Organizes Groups To Help Clarify War Issues

As a further step towards effecting the pledge of all Harvard resources in the war effort, President Conant announced yesterday the appointment of two University committees to aid in public understanding of war problems and one committee to assist in furthering hemispheric solidarity. These are officially titled the Committee on War Speakers, Committee on Wartime Public Opinion, and Committee on Pan-American Relations.

Professor Henry W. Holmes, former Dean of the Graduate School of Education, will head the Speakers Committee: Clarence H. Haring. Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin-American History and Economics, the Pan-American Relations Committee: and Robert Lasch, Nieman Fellow from the Omaha "World Herald," the Public Opinion Committee, which is composed entirely of Nieman Fellows.

Plans for action of the three committees will be more definitely outlined tomorrow at 3 o'clock when they meet with President Conant.