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The Lincoln Times
Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina
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In Washington on Jan. 25, President Roosevelt refused Interior Secretary Harold Ickes' resignation, urging him to stay in the cabinet. He also rejected Labor Secretary Frances Perkins' resignation. Ickes praised Henry Wallace's nomination as Commerce Secretary succeeding Jesse Jones.
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Washington, Jan. 25. - Interior Secretary Ickes announced today that President Roosevelt had declined to accept his offered resignation, asking him to remain in the cabinet.
Ickes is one of the two original members of the President's cabinet. The other is Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, whose resignation the President also has rejected.
Ickes told a news conference he had received a letter from the White House in which the President said he hoped I would stay on.
Ickes described Henry Wallace's nomination as Secretary of Commerce to succeed Jesse Jones as "a good appointment."
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Washington
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Jan. 25
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president roosevelt declined ickes' resignation and asked him to remain; also rejected frances perkins' resignation; henry wallace nominated as secretary of commerce succeeding jesse jones, described as a good appointment.
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Interior Secretary Ickes announced that President Roosevelt declined his resignation and asked him to stay in the cabinet. Ickes, one of two original cabinet members along with Frances Perkins, received a letter from the White House expressing hope he would stay. Ickes commented positively on Henry Wallace's nomination to replace Jesse Jones as Secretary of Commerce.