White House Press Release, Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and J. W. Studebaker

1689 296 IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 29, 1948 The President yesterday sent the following letter to Dr. J. Studebaker, Commissioner of Education, accepting his resigna- tion: dear Dr. Studebaker: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of June twenty-first, in which you submit your resignation as Commissioner of Education, effective not later than July 15, 1948. The Federal Security Administrator, Mr. Oscar R. Eving, had previously advised me that you planned to resign because of the financial sacrifice which your continuing in government service involves. I regret that you are compelled to resign for this reason but I can fully understand the situation and am, accord- ingly, accepting your resignation effective at the close of business on July fifteenth next. I certainly congratulate you on your fourteen years as Commissioner of Education -- years filled with events that have had tromendous impact on education in America. During this time your office has made great contributions in the cause of education. Not the least of these contributions was its part in the training of some fourteen million men and women for war jobs. It was this program that broke the bottleneck caused by the lack of trained workers and made possible the vast production of planes, ships, tanks and guns which con- tributed so much to our victory. You and all others who helped make this program succeed deserve the everlasting gratitude of the American people. As you leave public office to resume private NARA pursuits, please be assured that I wish you every pos- sible success. With cordial regards, believe me, Very sincerely yours, (Sgd) HARRY S. TRUMAN" Dr. Studebaker's lotter of June twenty-first to the President follows: "My dear Mr. President: On June 4 last I wont to Administrator Oscar R. Ewing's office to notify him that I desired to leave the Government service. I found that he had left the city to be gone until June 14. On June 14 I did so notify him. Increasingly after I began my work as U. S. Commissioner of Education in 1934, it became clear that the position offered great opportunities, in cooperation with my colleagues and with citizens in general, to increase the strength and accelerate the progress of our country and to assist in the establishment and perpetua- tion of world peace. The position, therefore, was to me one of such fundamental importance as to re wire continuity of purpose and effort covering enough years to secure within the Office of Education three major results: (OVER)