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...element in the Board headed by Commissioners Benson, Haney and Thompson set out on this course some time ago. The President demanded the resignation of Mr. Haney, and Mr. Haney declined to resign (TIME, Sept. 14). Two weeks ago (Time, Oct. 12) the Board withdrew its delegation of powers to Admiral Palmer. Last week it removed...
...Haney, however, did not stop at snubs or defiance. He flatly contradicted the President. In recalling to Mr. Coolidge their discussion on the eve of his reappointment to the Board by the President (he had formerly been appointed by President Harding) Mr. Haney's letter continued...
...this phase of the situation which gave Mr. Haney a pretext to bandy words with the President, in his refusal to resign, as few would have dared. Mr. Haney's refusal, in part...
...There certainly was no express understanding [ i. e. arrived at between the President and Mr. Haney] concerning the continuance in office or the removal of President Palmer. . . I myself had definitely advised you that I could not accept a reappointment if any conditions whatever attached to that reappointment. . . I did not intend to lead you, directly or indirectly, Mr. President, to understand that I would be a party to continuing Mr. Palmer as President of the Fleet Corporation...
Said the Washington Post in commenting on this sharp questioning of veracity in high places: "Whether Mr. Haney is right or wrong in his attitude toward Admiral Palmer, he is palpably and indefensibly wrong in adopting a recalcitrant attitude toward President Coolidge. He should tender his resignation forthwith, and leave the responsibility for directing both the Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation to the President. If there is one principle that is thoroughly established in this government, it is the principle of the President's responsibility for the conduct of executive affairs...