John B. White to Woodrow Wilson

I want to thank you most sincerely for yours of to-day accepting my resignation of June 28th.
Before receiving it, I had suggested to each member of the Shipping Board to join General Goethals in tendering you their resignation that you might have any possible personal embarrassment removed and a clean slate in your readjustment if you so desired.
I hope that my resignation has helped and I think some benefit will result even if there is no one appointed immediately for it will still require three for a majority and there can be only one person in the minority, and I trust and believe that whoever takes my place will be of greater help than I. Again I thank you.