Press Release, Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Edward Warner

IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 1945 The President has sent the following letter to the Honorable Edward Warner, accepting his resignation as a member of the Civil Aero- nautics Board: "September 13, 1945 Dear Mr. Warner: The reasons set forth in your letter of August seventeenth compel me to acquiesce in your wish. I therefore accept, effective at the close of business on September twentieth, your resignation as a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board. It has been your privilege to work as a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board and its forerunner, the Civil Aeronautics Authority, during an important transitional period in aeronautical history. In- deed in the light of developments which have taken place in the six years of your service you might well consider it a pioneering period. Your own contributions to the solution of the problems which the war raised have been invaluable and I desire to assure you of my apprecia- tion of all that you have done. I appreciate also your consideration in staying your depar- ture until you could give the Board the benefit of your help in solving certain technical problems under consideration. I feel that a rich opportunity for further constructive service is yours as you take up your new duties. I trust that you will find happiness and continued success in your work. Very sincerely yours, TRUNDID NARA HARRY S. TRUMAN" : Following is the text of Mr. Warner's letter of resignation: "August 17, 1945 Dear Mr. President: Having today been elected President of the Interim Council of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization, I have to resign my position as a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board. Although I feel it to be impossible for me to reject the opportunity which is now offered to me, it is with the most profound personal re- gret that I submit this resignation. During the period of little more than six years of which I have been a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board, and of its prede- cessor the Civil Aeronautics Authority, I have worked in the pleasantest surroundings and associations that anyone could possibly have. I have worked with colleagues in whose services I believe that the people of the United States are fortunate indeed, and it is with real distress that I terminate that association. I have been most grateful also for your consideration on the occasion of our most recent meeting, when I called upon you with other members of the Board at your invitation, and for the conviction that I have always felt of your personal interest in the Board's work and in the great field of commerce and technology to which it relates. (OVER)