Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Appointment of Three Members.

The President today announced the appointment of three persons as members of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. This Commission was established by Congress last year to review the facts and circumstances surrounding the internment of Asian and Aleut civilians during World War II. The three persons appointed are:

JOAN Z. BERNSTEIN, of Chevy Chase, Md., General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, formerly General Counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency.

WILLIAM M. MARUTANI, of Philadelphia, Pa., judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the First Judicial District, active in the Japanese American Citizens League and a member of the American Civil Liberties Union's Advisory Committee on Minorities. As a teenager in 1942, he spent more than 6 months in internment camps in California.

ARTHUR S. FLEMMING, of Arlington, Va., Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.