Harry Truman

With best wishes for continued success and happiness in your work, Very sincerely yours, HARRY S. TRUMAN

Under your administration the farmers of the nation have performed miracles of production of foods and fibres which did so much to win the war in Europe and to place us on the road to victory in the Pacific.

During that time the agricultural output of the United States reached unprecedented levels.

It is an accomplishment of which you can be very proud.

I hope you will have continued happiness and success in your future work, and I trust that I may have the privilege of consulting you in the future when occasion arises.

As problems arise in the field of agriculture, I expect to call upon you for advice and assistance.

On behalf of our Government, I desire to thank you for your patriotic and devoted service.

With great personal regret I am accepting your resignation as Secretary of Agriculture to take effect on the appointment and qualification of your successor.

I think I can tell you why I thought Hitler was dead.

I am accepting the resignation of Miss Perkins as Secretary of Labor, and am appointing Judge Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Washington to be Secretary of Labor.

Dear Marvin: In view of your desire expressed to me last month to return to your place on the Court of Claims, I regretfully accept your resignation.

You have certainly carried out the principle of the basic act creating your office--'to promote the welfare of the wage earners of the United States'.

The rights of labor as a partner in the system of private enterprise in the United States have been more firmly established than ever before.

Dear Frances: I accept your resignation as Secretary of Labor with great regret and with deep appreciation for all of the untiring service which you have rendered to our country.

I am making your resignation effective July 1, 1945.

I should like to make your resignation effective July 1, 1945.

Mr. Biddle's resignation has been accepted, and Tom Clark of Texaswill be appointed in his place as Attorney General.

Russia is getting the lend-lease that she has contracted to receive during the month of May.

I can't do anything about that until we have an established government in Germany.

I don't know a thing about his death more than you do--only what I have seen in the papers.

Possession, control, and operation of any plant, facility, or transportation system, or any part thereof, or any real or personal property, taken under this order shall be terminated by the Director when he determines that such possession…

Let me express my own appreciation, and also the thanks of the people of the United States for the hard, conscientious and efficient work you have done as War Food Administrator.

It is to the everlasting credit of the War Food Administration that even after supplying the great demands made upon us from all over the world, the American people as a whole not only did not go hungry but actually enjoyed a better diet…

In accepting your resignation, I desire to express my appreciation of the patriotic services which you have rendered to your country during the war, and during the days when we were preparing for the war.

Mr. Wickard's resignation is being accepted, and he is being appointed REA Administrator; and Congressman Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico is being appointed Secretary of Agriculture.