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Herbert Hoover: I intensely regret that your decision is irrevocable and that, in the circumstances, the duty devolves upon me to accept…

On the recordApril 30, 1929
I intensely regret that your decision is irrevocable and that, in the circumstances, the duty devolves upon me to accept your resignation.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Letter Accepting Resignation of Eugene Meyer as Federal Farm Loan Commissioner.

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