Evening star., 1940-08-08
Farley 10 Quit
Cabinet Post
August 81
Roosevelt Accepts
Resignation With
Real Regret
By the Associated Press.

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. HYDE PARK, Aug. 8.-President
Roosevelt today accepted with real
regret" the resignation of James A.
Farley as Postmaster General, ef-
fective as of August 31-about two
weeks after Mr.. Farley steps out of
his post as chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee,
Mr.. Farley resigned his political
post after the Chicago convention
in July, giving as his reason a de-
sire to return to private life. There
have been persistent and apparently
well-founded reports that he would
head a syndicate buying the New
York Yankees baseball club.
Mr.. Roosevelt dictated a letter to
Mr.. Farley in which he said he ac-
cepted the resignation with real
regret" wished Mr.. Farley success in
private business and praised his ad-
ministration of the Post Office De-
partment.
Future Plans Arranged.
"All of us in the administration, ="
the President wrote, will miss YOU
deeply; we count on seeing you
often. I especially count on this
after all of our years of close per-
sonal association. Our friendship
will always continue"
MIR. Farley, political ally of the
Chief Executive of many years
standing, said in his letter of resig-
nation as Postmaster General, dated
yesterday, that he, too, felt sincere
regret at taking the step, listed ac-
complishments of the postal service,
and added:
Il know that it will please you TO
learn that I have made definite ar
rangements for my future in private
business where I know I shall be
very happy"
Text Of Farley Letter.
The text of Mr.. Farley's letter,
dated August 7, follows :
My Dear Mr.. President:
In accordance with my several
conversations with you wherein I
indicated the necessity for my re-
turning to private life, tender you,
with sincere regret, my resignation
as Postmaster General of the United
States, to become effective at rhe
close of business on August 81, 1910.
want you to know how much
appreciate the honor you conferred
upon me and the trust that you
placed in me when you appointed
me to this important position in
your cabinet, when you took ONCE
on March 4. 1888.
Whatever success I may have had
in the conduct of the affairs Of the
postal service is due in large meas
ure to the splendid assistance and
cooperation which I have received
not only from my associates in the
department here in Washington,
but also from postmasters and postal
employees in every branch of the
service throughout the country
Services Extended.
During my two terms as Post
master General we have succeeded
in placing the postal establishment
on a self-sustaining basis with re-
spect to that part of the service that
is rendered to the public for hire:
we have reduced the hours of labor
from A to 40 hours a week; we have
extended the airmail service by
thousands OF miles, including the in
auguration of the trans Atlantic and
trans-Pacific services; we have su-
pervised the erection of hundreds of
new postoff1ce buildings in every
State and congressional district in
the Nation; we have reduced postal
expenditures by several millions of
dollars while at the same time doing
q record business in both volume
and receipts, climaxed by new all
time high of $766, 100000 in the
matter of postal revenues, for the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1910.
We nave provided new and in
creased services, and we have like
wise performed several outstanding
services for other Government
agencies, such as the handling and
payment of the soldiers bonus, the
registration of workers under the
social security program, the taking
OF a census of the unemployed and
the sale of millions of dollars Of
United States savings bonds for the
Treasury Department.
Workers Morale High.
These are some of the outstanding
accomplishments of the postal serv-
ice during my period of service as
Postmaster General, but what has
pleased me more than anything else
is the manner in which the depart
ment's relations with its employees
in every branch of the service have
been carried on.
Through our cooperation with
the employees organizations we have
(See FARLEY, Page A-l2)