Letter Accepting Resignation of Robert P. Patterson as Secretary of War.
07/17/1947
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Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as ame...
The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.
I feel it is necessary for me to exercise the final authority in the coal case.