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Ilen Quits as HeaJ Inforinafion Unit By FELIX BELAIS dr ;.spetJal to The New York T7mes. • ~ AUGUSTA, . Ga., Nov. 11- The resignation of George V. Allen as director of the ; . United States Information =L.Agency headed a list of de- partures from the Federal service announced by the White House•office here today. T$e White House also an- nounced that the first meet- • ing between the Assistant to %. the President, Wilton B. Per sons, and Clark Clifford, rep- resenting President-elect John F. Kennedy, would be held at the White House Monday morning. Suggested by President EI- senhower, the conference Is Intended to define the scope of participation by Mr. Ken- nedy's associates In top-level policy discussions during the Interim before the Kennedy Inauguration Jan. 20, Other resignations approved ALLEN QUITS POST AS HEAD OF U.S.I. Continued From Page 1, Col. 2] by the President-the begin- ning of an expected rising tide as. the Presidential term nears an end-included the following: Assistant Secretary of Labor Newell C. Brown, who Is to become manager of administra- tive services and labor relations of the Emhart Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Conn. Ambassador to Mexico Robert Hill„ who notified the President' that he planned to return to his home at Littleton;, N. H., to as-! sume his membership in the Legislature to which he was re• cently elected. Ambassador to Ghana Wilson C. Flake, whose letter of resig- nation to the President gave no! Feason for his decision to quit except that he had held that, post for the last three-and-a-I half years. Gets Tobacco Post I Mr. Allen who has direct'ed'. the operations of the nation'A foverseas propaganda during the last three years said his deci- sion to leave that post' was dic- tated by an opportunity to be- ~come president of the Tobacco lInstitute„ Inc. • The institute is composed of manufacturers of cigarettes, ontinuing smoking tobacco, chewing to-li"n his letter accepting his resig- bacco and snuff. Its principle ation. purposes are promoting a better,11 Thanks Are Expressed understanding of the tobacco 'ndustry and its place in the "The task of projReting abroad national economy, information concerning America In his letter accepting Mr. is of the most' profound impor- Allen's resignation, President tance to your great objectives Eisenhower expressed his "ap of peace with, justice, freedom; preciation of the effort you and, dignity," President Eisen- have devoted to bringing the hower wrote Mr. Allen. He vital work of the agency to the added: highest possible effectiveness." "At the same time, I express ! Mr. Allen's resignation round- our nation's gratitude to you for jed out thirty years in the For-lyour long and valuable service eign Service during which he served as an Assistant Secre- tary of State and as Ambassa- dor to India and Greece. The information agency has never been a favorite in Con-'ignation beeome effective at'the PresidenCs pleasure and he put the date at Dec 1. It was learned that the Presi-I dent had no Intention of naming a successor to Mr. Allen, pre- ferring to leave that to the in- coming Kennedy Administration. Ithe proper funct'ion of thei In announcing the resignation agency should be or how far ~itl pf Ivlr. Brown as Assistant gec- should go in discharging its job,retary of Labor for Employ- gress and has frequently come under heavy fire of House and Senate Appropriations Com- mitt'ees. Much of' this criticism has stemmed' from the fact that members of Congress have never been in agreement as to what ment and Manpower, James Hagerty, the White House press secretary, said he h'ad given ass his reason for quitting that he had been "offered an opportu- nity in private employment which is highly attractive to him and which could not wait." He added that "he has five ehil, dren." The President fixed Monday as the effective date of Mr. Brown's resignation. Expresses Appreciation " No date was set for the resig- nation of Mr. Hill as Ambas- sador to Mexico. In his letter pf acceptance of the resignation T'resident Eisenhower told Mr. Hill • "Your untiring efforts during the eight years you have served our country as Ambassador to " Costa Rica, El Salvadorr and ,' Mexico has meant much to the progress that has been made in " our relations with these coun- tries,, --You have done an excellent job and should take much satis- faction in the knowledge that what you have accomplished will continue." Mr. Flake, the retiring Am- bassador to Ghana, has been under some criticism in the State Department and from some other United States offi- cials returning from that coun- try because of the increasing influence of the Soviet Union there. The text of the President's letter to Mr. Flake was not' made public. But the press sec- ~'etary paraphrased it as saying ~.hat' "he had rendered distin- guished service as Ambassador and that Mr. Flake could take satisfaction in the knowledge that the contribution he has made to the country's relations with Ghana will be of lasting Walue." No date was fixed for • Mr. Flake's retirement. It was an- nounced, however, that he would be succeeded by Francis H. Russell of Maine„ a career For- eign Service officer now serving as Ambassador to New Zealand. Mr. Russell• is 56 years old and as an officer of the Foreign his appointment' will be his sec- Service, recognized in your at-lond assignment as Ambassador. tainment of the highest rank in i that service." Mr. Allen asked that his res-1 Assoclated Press. LEAVING GOVERNMENT: George V. Allen, head of U. S. Information Agency. of informing people abroad about the United States. However, Mr. Allen has had much less difficulty with Con- gress than his predecessors, pre- sumably because of his long ex- perience in the Foreign Service. The President's estimate of Mr. Allen's service of head of the information agency and of its task was expressed t