Although I do so reluctantly and with deep regret, I acquiesce in your decision and accept, effective at the close of business this day, your resignation as Secretary of Agriculture.
On the recordMay 9, 1948
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Letter Accepting Resignation of Clinton P. Anderson as Secretary of Agriculture.
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