Evening star., 1947-05-12
|Acheson Quits,
Effective July |;
Ioyeft Named
Trumon Accepts With
Greet Regret, Praises
His Public Service
BY Gornett D. Horner

py SQIHSlt ". TiUfHSf
Undersecretary of State Dean
Acheson will quit Government
service July after spending sew
'erai weeks breaking in" Robert
A. Lovett, New York banker, as
his successor.
|. President Truman today accepted
with great regret" Mr.. Achesen's
resignation to be effective June 80.
A White House announcement
disclosed at the same time that Mr..
Lovett, a former Assistant Secretary
of War for Air, will be appointed as
the new Undersecretary.
The plan is for Mr., Lovett to enter
the State Department soon while
Mr.. Acheson remains until July to
work with him as he learns the ropes
of the job to which Secretary of
State Marshall has delegated more
authority than ever before in the
conduct of foreign policy.
Senate to Get Nomination Soon.
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said he was not
certain when the Lovett nomination
would be sent to the Senate, but
that it would be soon.
Mr.. Acheson has made no secret
for months of his desire to resign
and return to his private law prac-
tice here in which he can earn
much more than he is paid as Un-
dersecretary of State.
In accepting his resignation to-
day, Mr.. Truman wrote Mr.. Ache
son that he realized it had meant
great financial sacrifice for him
to remain in the State Department
as long as he has,
For the past two years my ap-
peals to your high sense of public
duty have kept you on the job de-
spite the personal sacrifice 1t has
meant to you," Mr.. Truman added.
in justice to you. therefore. the
time has come when must yield to
your wishes
President Praises Acheson.
The President described MIR. Ache
son as "the type of efficient public
servant whose withdrawal from pub
lie life at any time would be q
loss to the Nation"
Mr.. Truman's letter disclosed that
Mr.. Acheson first submitted his res.
ignation more than two years ago,
again In April, 1916. and again last
December, when it was agreed tenta-
lively that he would leave Office
January 10.
Mr.-Acheson was prevailed on then
to remain for another six months to
give Gen. Marshall, who succeeded
James F. Byrnes as Secretary of
State early this year, time to become
familiar with departmental opera
tions.
In his letter today Mr. Truman,
told Mr. Acheson that he appreci-
ated ."all the more your magnani-
nous action in standing at your
post in view of the great financial
sacrifice" involved in "all these de-
ferrals.
Text OF Truman Letter.
The text of the Presidents letter
follows: ~
Dean Dean:
1T Is with great regret that I
realize that I cannot again ask you
to put aside your desire to return
to private life> For the past two
years my appeals to your high sense
of public duty have kept you on
the job despite the personal sacri-
fee it has meant to you.
Il can easily appreciate the rea-
sons which impelled your desire to
return to private life as embodied
in your letter written as long ago
as April IT, 1916, and in another
letter the year before.
TN response to my urging in both
instances you held in allegiance your
plans to retire Again. when you
renewed last December your wish to
relinquish your post, we agreed ten
tatively that you should leave office
on January 10, 1947. Realizing that
all these deferrals have meant great
financial sacrifice, appreciate all
the more your magnanimous action
in standing at your post for another
six months.
Accepts in Justice to Acheson.
"In justice to you, therefore, the
time has come when / must yield to
your wishes. With great regret I
accept your resignation as the
Undersecretary of State, effective at
the close of business on June 30,
l947.
you have been the type OF eff
ficient public servant whose with
drawal from public life at any time
would be loss to the nation.
You brought to your duties in
the department of State. legal train
ing and experience; familiarity with
finance, particularly in its bearing
upon international relations; clear
cut Judgment and incisive powers
of reasoning. These, with your pro-
dfgious idustry, have been assets
upon which we could always rely
and we shall miss them In time to
come. ] shall like to think that
can, as need arises, call upon you
for advice
with deep regret that the time
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