On the recordJanuary 1, 1931
Someone has offered him two or three times the pay the Government can afford, and he has responsibilities to his family that I cannot deny.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHerbert Hoover: “Someone has offered him two or three times the pay the Government can afford, and he has responsibilities to his family…”
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Statement About the Resignation of George E. Akerson as Secretary to the President
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