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George F. Hoar: “How will such officials be likely to serve an Administration which they know does not trust them?”

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How will such officials be likely to serve an Administration which they know does not trust them?
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar reflects on the implications of distrust between a President and the officials he must work with.

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