Herbert Hoover actually said...

There is little need for me to express the gratitude which I know the whole country holds for this great service now added to a life of long devotion to public welfare.

Context

Letter Accepting the Resignation of Charles G. Dawes as a Director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

06/05/1932

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