Changes of the Week

P:John V. Naish, 50, executive vice president of General Dynamics' Convair Division, moved up to president, succeeding General Joseph T. McNarney. 64, who is retiring (TIME, Jan. 20). Naish, brother of Cinemactor J. Carrol Naish, graduated from Fordham in '29, learned the industry from the bottom (he started as a mechanic) before he joined Convair in 1947, became executive vice president in 1952. P:Walter A. Haas Jr., 42, vice president of San Francisco's famed Levi Strauss & Co., stepped up to president, succeeding his uncle (by marriage), Daniel E. Koshland, 65. Haas represents the fourth generation of Strausses to run the 108-year-old firm that has made "Levi's" a synonym for all blue jeans. Son of Board Chairman Walter A. Haas, he graduated from Harvard Business School ('39), started as a $100-a-month factory worker. P:Stuart T. Saunders, 48, executive vice president of Norfolk & Western Railway Co., became president, succeeding retiring Robert H. Smith, 69. After graduating from Roanoke College ('30) and Harvard Law School ('34), Saunders practiced law in Washington, joined N. & W.'s legal department in 1939, moved up to general counsel in 1951.

P:Armand Hammer, 59, board chairman of Mutual Broadcasting System, stepped in as president, replacing Paul Roberts, 44. Hammer, an independent oilman, formed the syndicate that bought Mutual from RKO Teleradio Pictures, Inc. last August, installed Roberts, a Los Angeles radio executive, to pull /the money-losing network into the black. While Roberts' big stress on music and news brought MBS to the break-even point, he and Hammer reportedly disagreed on the future plans. Hammer said he would remain president only until he could get someone else.

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