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FDR: I am deeply distressed by your letter of June 2 telling me of your retirement on July first from active service as Chief…

On the recordJune 1, 1941
I am deeply distressed by your letter of June 2 telling me of your retirement on July first from active service as Chief Justice of the United States.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Letters on the Retirement of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes

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