Show EX- EX TREASURY EX-TREASURY CHIEF IS DEAD William H. H Woodin Succumbs in New York to Throat Ailment NEW YORK Mo May 4 William P H. H Woodin the frail little secretary of the treasury who helped pilot the nation through the 1933 banking crisis is dead He succumbed Thursday night to complications which followed Q a throat infection He would have been 66 years old May l 27 The throat trouble developed last summer and forced him to leave the treasury post in November When told or of Mr Woodin's death President Roosevelt said oid at Washington Washing Washing- ton r I Gin em deeply shocked and distressed distressed dis- dis by the passing pa ing or of my dear friend Mr Woodin made a picturesque cabinet officer He liked to play the guitar and he did it well Postage stamps prints and objects of art all or of which he c collected o were vere other hobbies The national honking banking holiday prevailed pre pre- veiled from the our h he took office He worked at the job night and day After a few hours hours' sleep he was wa back at the White HoU house E morning always al- al ways smiling and cheerful talking over the next move with the dent There came a time when the name or of Woodin was mentioned on lists obtained obtained ob- ob from J. J P. P Morgan Co as among those offered stocks at preferred pre pre- erred prices A demand demend went up for fori his resignation He went to the president dent and o offered ered it Mr Roosevelt made clear his resignation res- res ignation was not desired When his health weakened Mr Woodin tried again to 10 resIgn President President dent Roosevelt Roose wouldn't listen But Mr Woodin's health did not improve sufficiently and he resigned January 1 Henry 1 Jr acting treasury secretary succeeded him |