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TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, January 24, 1946. Letter to Isador Lubin of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in full: “I have your letter of January twenty-second. I fully appreciate the circumstances that lead you to retire to private life. In deference to your wish, therefore, I accept your resignation as United States Commissioner of Labor Statistics and as Associate United States Representative on the Allied Commission on Reparations, both effective at the close of business on January thirty-first next.
For thirteen years you have without hesitation given of your time and energy to the service of your government. You built up the Bureau of Labor Statistics into an institution that has commanded the respect of all recognized leaders in the field of economic and statistical science, as well as of labor and management throughout the country. As Associate United States Representative on the Allied Commission on Reparations you helped to bring a most vital and complicated undertaking to a successful conclusion.
Previously in your capacity as Special Statistical Assistant to President Roosevelt you performed an invaluable service in coordinating for his use the vast array of statistical information which was so essential to the formulation of effective federal policy.
I am accepting your resignation with reluctance. In doing so, however, it is only fair that you be warned that even though you are again assuming the role of a private citizen I shall continue to look upon you as a public servant whom I shall feel free to call upon whenever the occasion warrants.” In fine condition, with a couple of small stains, and toning from prior display.
Isador Lubin (1896–1978) was a prominent economist, New Deal official, and longtime Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, serving from 1933 to 1946. Beyond his leadership of the Bureau, Lubin maintained an office in the West Wing of the White House and served as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's special statistical adviser, assembling and interpreting the economic and production data that informed New Deal and wartime policy. Often associated with Roosevelt's ‘Brain Trust,’ he played an influential role in federal economic planning, labor policy, wartime production analysis, and postwar reparations efforts. In 1945, Roosevelt appointed him U.S. representative to the Allied Reparations Commission, and President Truman later praised his contributions to both the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the federal government.
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