Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., '38, will resign as Special Assistant to the President in approximately two months, but will almost certainly not be returning to Harvard.

The day after President Kennedy's assassination Schlesinger submitted his resignation to President Johnson, but he agreed at Johnson's urging to stay on until the transition period had ended. He apparently feels that the new President should be able to select his own White House staff.

The former professor of American History is reported to be considering a number of offers, including one from Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies. He has reportedly told friends that he does not want "to go back to Cambridge and spend the Spring reading doctoral dissertations."

To Continue Roosevelt Study

Schlesinger plans to continue work on his study of Franklin Roosevelt's administration and may also write a book about President Kennedy. But he apparently will not come to Cambridge to head up the Kennedy Memorial Library, as rumors had suggested.

During the first part of the Kennedy Administration, Schlesinger specialized in Latin American affairs, acting as one of several special Presidential advisers in the field.

He was also a personal friend of the late President, who liked to discuss books and ideas with Schlesinger.

Eric Goldman, professor of history at Princeton, will be coming to Washington as a Special Assistant to the President according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. The story said that Goldman would be appointed this spring.