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‘gh During the period Mr. Fortas was in the New Haven, Connecticut, area he was on the faculty of Yale University. Abe Fortas In May, 1939, Mr. Fortas was employed as General Counsel with the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works in Washington, D. C. In July, 1939, he was employed as General Counsel with the National Bituminous Coal Commission, Department of the Interior, Washington, D C. Effective March, 1941, he was transferred as General Counsel of the National Power Policy Committee, and in July, 1941, he was reassigned as Acting Director and transferred to the office of the Secretary of the Division of Power. In November, 1941, he was reassigned as Director of the Division of Power. In June, 1942, he was reassigned as Under Secretary Of the Interior. He remained in that position until January, 1946, with the exception of the period from November 16, 1943, to January 5, 1944, when he was on military leave. During the time Mr. Fortas was associated with the Department of the Interior he also served on various boards and committees, including. the War Resources Council; Emergency Resources Committee of the National Resources Planning Board; Food Advisory Committee; Board of Legal Examiners; Committee on International Eiectric Power Matters; Civil Service Commission; Committee on Legal Personnel; and the Committee to Study Organic Law of Puerto Rico. He was also adviser to the United States delegation to the United Nations in San Francisco, California, in 1945, and in London, England, in 1946. In June, 1962, he was appointed a member of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces and in August, 1964, he was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Center for the sce SEDRET