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Herbert Hoover: It is traditional for the principal directing heads of the Government whose appointments are at the pleasure of the…

On the recordMarch 7, 1929
It is traditional for the principal directing heads of the Government whose appointments are at the pleasure of the President, both at home and in foreign service, to tender their resignations with the advent of a new President.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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The President's News Conference

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