Evening star., 1925-01-11

Break Rumor secuted.
The suddenness of the announcement
Of the Hughes resignation accentuated
the rumors of a break with the White
House, which follow all designations from
the cabinet but none of these reports
appeared to carry the color of authen-
ticity. There have been many evil
dences that the President and his
Secretary of State not only were in
agreement on all major questions of
foreign policy, but that Mr.. Hughes
was consulted by his chief well
on many questions of domestic
policy.
The letter of resignation, made
public at the White House, was dated
five days ago, while the Presidents
response accepting the resignation
was under date of yesterday. A few
hours before the correspondence
was given out Secretary Hughes left
Washington for Atlanta to attend a
meeting of the executive committee
of the American Bar Association, of
which he is president. Neither his
office nor the White House would add
anything to the published letters be-
yond the announcement of Mr.. kel-
Iogg's selection as the new Secretary
of State.
Text of Resignation.
Secretary Hughes letter of resig-
nation and President Coolidge's reply
follow:
my Dear Mr.. President:
The period of service which was
in contemplation when 1 took off1ce Is
now drawing to close and, In ac-
cordance with the intention 1 nave
heretofore expressed, l beg leave TO
tender my resignation as Secretary OF
state to take effect on March 4. 1879.
1t will then be 20 years since un-
dertook public work in New York and
during that time, with the exception
of a little more than two years after
the armistice, I have been engaged
almost continuously in the discharge
Of public duties. l feel that / must
now ask to be relieved of official re-
sponsibility and to be permitted TO re-
turn to private life. AS foreign afairs
are perennial, / know of no more ap-
propriate time to do this than at the
end of the present administration.
Permit me again to express my
deep appreciation of the confidence
you have reposed and of the privi-
lege of serving under your leadership.
l shall have an abiding memory of
your unfailing kindness.
assuring you of my earnest sup
mort of your administration and of
my hope that, although out of office,
7 NAV still be able to be of service, l
am. my dear Mr.. President, with
highest esteem.
Faithfully yours,
CHARLES f. HUGHES"
Text of Coolidge Reply.
President Coolidge in his reply.
dated January 10, said:
MY Dear Mr.. Secretary:
Your favor of recent date advis-
ing me that you have irrevocably de-
cided to adopt your long-cherished in
tention of retiring on the fourth OF
March, l have received with much re-
gret / can we'll appreciate that you
are personally entitled, after 20 years
of public service, to seek some of the
satisfaction of private life. But / can
not refrain from expressing my feel
ing of personal loss at the prospect OF
your retirement, and also the loss
that must inevitably ensue when one
of your ability and experience goes
out of an office which he is SO well
qualified to fill.
II realize, however, that this is in
the nature of things, and so wish to
put my emphasis on the appreciation
that / feel for your loyalty at all
times to me. your many expressions
by word and deed of a friendship on
which / could not place too high a
value, and the exalted character and
disinterested nature of the important
public service that has come so con-
stantly under my observation. i trust
you may have a well merited repose
and that satisfaction which alone can
come from a consciousness that the