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the past, secretaries have resigned asserting that in their own judgment they were not competent to run the department. This statement would usually be followed by the assertion or implication that they believed no one could run it.
Abe Ribicoff resigned more or less on these grounds after being appointed to the office by President Kennedy.
John Gardner resigned under the Johnson Administration in near despair. He went on to build and direct Common Cause on the principle that every institution of government and politics could well be operated if the advice of Common Cause were heeded.
Of all of the recent directors of the department, only Wilbur Cohen,
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