Milford chronicle., 1925-03-27
PRESIDENT PAYS
HIGH TRIBUTE TO
COLONEL MILLER
Office Force Presents Retiring Gus
tOdian With Fine Silver Service.
Guest At Banquet.

Guest AT banquet.
President Coolidge paid high trib
ute to Col. Thomas w. Miller, O
Delaware, retiring alien propert!
custodian, in a letter read at a ban
Quet in the Mayfower Hotel il
Washington, Thursday, March 18th
given by Col. Miller's Office staff il
his honor. Col. Miller sailed for Par.
is last Friday to resume his work as
head of the Fidac. Following is the
text of the Presidents letter:
"The White House.
washington,
March 19, 1925.
'My Dear Colonel Miller:-
Your formal resignation has been
p5eced in my hands and is accepted
to take effect when your successor
has been appointed and qualified.
81 wish to express to you on leav-
ing the public service my thanks for
all you have done in the way of
helping me. You were very active
in the conduct of the campaign of
1920, and, while your public duties
were such as to make your activities
less in 1924, know that I had your
cordial support.
"I want to congratulate you upon
being chosen to assume the duties of
the head of an international Veter-
ans association. You will certainly
find there an opportunity both for
satisfying your own desire for pub
lie activity and for promoting the
general welfare of the world. You
must take with you into this field my
thanks for all the efficient service
you have rendered in the past and
my best wishes for the future.
Cordially yours,
Calvin Coolidge.
"Hon. Thomas Miller,
"Alien Property Custodian,
washington, D. c."
Letter of Resignation
The Presidents letter was in reply
to Col. Miller's letter of resignation
to the President, dated March 16, the
text of which follows:
"Ofice of Alien Property Custodian. |
March 16, 1925.
"The President,
"The White House,
washington.
"Dear Mr.. President
"In our recent conference the re-
quest was renewed that you accept |
my resignation as alien property GUS
todian, to take effect as soon as con-
venient to you during the month Of
March. In September, 1924, you were
kind enough to consent to two
weeks leave of absence, so that I
might attend the fifth annual con-
gress in London of the Fidac, the In
ter-Allied Veterans Federation, at
which time I was elected president
of the Federation for the ensuing
year. In December last you again
granted me a five weeks leave of
absence. For these courtesies, Mr..
President, I desire to express the
appreciation of the veterans organ
izations of the nine Allied countries
which I have the honor to serve.
-Four years ago today I entered
Custodian; almost half of the inter-
Vening period has been service un-
der you. 1t has been a keen source
Of pleasure to have served in this ]
and even though the ser
vice to the Inter-Allied Veterans is ]
pleasant to contemplate, my sever
ance of official relations with you is :
none the less tinged with regret.
Respectfully yours,
Thomas W. Miller.
"Alien Property Custodian" {
HOnOred By Office Staff !
The alien property custodian's Of {
ice staff, which gave the dinner in I
honor of Col. Miller, presented him Y
With a handsome silver service as a
,urther token of the esteem.
Addresses were made by Senator ,
James E. Watson of Indiana, Con-
Royal C. johnson Of South
Dakota, who, while serving in Col.
.Iiller's division in the World War,
vas wounded; Congressman Robert
J. Houston of Delaware, Judge Dan
ell o. Hastings of Wilmington and A
JoI. Miller. W. w. Wilson, chief =
ounsel in the custodians Office, was -
About 100 persons were y
resent, including former Governor :,
,harles r. Miller of Wilmington, Col. y
filters father; former Congressman =
)scar Lewis of Indiana and other n
1en of note. Senator du Pont was
ot present, having been called to -
lew York on business following ad- D
1urnment of the Senate. u