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FDR: I have been impelled to remove you for the following reasons: Openly making grave and libelous charges of dishonesty and…

On the recordMarch 24, 1938
I have been impelled to remove you for the following reasons: Openly making grave and libelous charges of dishonesty and want of integrity against your fellow directors without reasonable excuse or justification.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Transmittal to Congress of the Record of the Removal of the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority

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