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On the recordSeptember 3, 1931
I take this action with very sincere regret and cannot let the occasion pass without expressing my appreciation of your long and notable public service
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Letter Accepting the Resignation of Floyd R. Harrison as a Member of the Federal Farm Loan Board

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