National Affairs: Miscellaneous Mentions: Aug. 24, 1925

Andrew W. Mellon received the following letter:

I note in the press this day rumor of your resignation from Cabinet as Secretary of Treasury. Do hope this is true, as your resignation will relieve me of a conviction that has been on my mind for some time, and the reported speech of Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania recently intensified the conviction to all but the point of action, namely: To make it my life effort to assassinate you for good of the world, because of the aid and comfort you have given to the most...

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