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Shipbuilders Council Elects J. S. Smith Jr. John S. Smith Jr., assistant to the president of Todd Shipyards Corporation, has been elected chairman of the Accident Preven-tion Committee of the Shipbuild-ers Council of America, it was an-nounced by the Council in Wash-ington, D.C. The new chairman succeeds Harry Howard of Beth-lehem Steel Corporation, Shipbuild-ing Division. J. A. Medernach Retires From Moore-McCormack After 39 Years Service Joseph A. Medernach After 39 active years with Moore-McCormack Lines, Joseph A. Me-dernach, vice-president and assist-ant to the president, retired as of June 30, under the company's man-datory retirement plan, according to an announcement by William T. Moore, chairman and president of the line. Mr. Medernach first joined the company in 1930, after graduating from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service with a degree in bachelor of science in foreign service and two years of port survey work in South Amer-ica. Moore-McCormack assigned him to Europe where he remained until the outbreak of World War II. During his European tour as the company's special representa-tive, he spent considerable time in Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Scandinavia. After evacuating from Europe with his wife, Mr. Medernach was assigned the task of heading up the com-pany's Trade Development Bureau, which took him to South America on an extended trip, where he as-sisted U.S. foreign traders in find-ing new sources of supply and out-lets for their products. This successful endeavor of the company was interrupted, follow-ing Pearl Harbor, when Mr. Me-dernach was called to Washington where he served for the duration as chief of the Air Transport Divi-sion of the Foreign Economic Ad-ministration. On his return to Moore-McCor-mack late in 1945, he reorganized the Trade Development Bureau which continues to be an important part of the company. He was appointed assistant to the president in 1954, elected as-sistant vice-president in 1957 when he was placed in charge of adver-tising and public relations. In 1961 he was elected a vice-president. Mr. Medernach has been active in the foreign trade community of the United States, including Inter-American affairs, and served on numerous international trade com-mittees. He was elected president of the Port of New York Propeller Club in 1965 and served in that capacity for three terms. Craig And Lloyd Named Vice-Presidents By Booth American Booth American Shipping Corp., 17 Battery Place, New York City, has named P. D. Craig and H. F. Lloyd as vice-presidents of the firm, according to an announce-ment by P. Hancock, president. Mr. Lloyd will be responsible for traffic and operations, and Mr. Craig, who is treasurer of the cor-poration, will administer accounts, insurance and claims. Henry B. Schacht Elected President Cummins Engine Co. Henry B. Schacht, group vice-president of Cummins Engine Company's international and sub-sidiary operations, and formerly vice-president-finance, has been elected president of the company and a member of the board of di-rectors, J. Irwin Miller, chairman, recently announced. Mr. Miller also announced that E. Don Tull, who started with Cummins in 1928 and who had been president since 1960, has been named chairman of the executive committee and that Richard B. Stoner, executive vice-president and corporate general manager, has been elected to a new position ?vice-chairman of the company. Vaughn L. Beals, vice-president and general manager of the domes-tic engine division, was elected to executive vice-president and a member of the board. In making the executive an-nouncements, Mr. Miller also said that Cummins' expansion plans call for the company to actively seek out new opportunities for growth in areas apart from the engine busi-ness. Cummins, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is the largest independent producer of diesel engines in the world, and Mr. Miller said, is "committed to becoming truly a world company without regard to national bound-aries." Cummins has manufactur-ing facilities and licensees in the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, India and Mexico as well as the U.S., and sales and service loca-tions in all free countries of the world. ca