U.S. AGRICULTURE
ADJUSTMENT ADMINISTRATION. MR PEEK RESIGNING. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 8.10 p.m.) New York, December 7. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times states that Mr George Peek, head of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, is preparing tonight to submit his resignation to the President following the President’s refusal to support him in the dispute with the Secretary for Agriculture, Mr Henry Wallace. It is understood that Mr Chester Davis, chief of the crop production section, will succeed Mr Peek.
It is also reported that Mr Peek is considering an offer from the President to assume a high post in the State Department, but will decline. It is known that Mr Peek holds himself in readiness to testify before a Congressional committee which is regarded as certain to investigate.
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Southland Times, Issue 22194, 9 December 1933, Page 7
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