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17. He served under: Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy

Thu Apr 29, 2021, 02:28 PM

Apr 2021

As head of the Commission of Narcotics.

Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy could have gotten rid of him. He retired in 1962

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Hmm, I wonder why. demmiblue Apr 2021 #19