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My dear Mr. Cutting:
Mr. Hoover, the Chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, has approached me with regard to difficulties which have arisen in the conduct of that great humanitarian work, in which he feels he needs the support of an enlarged committee of gentlemen of large experience to cooperate with him in settling and conducting the administration of the branch of the Commission in the United States.I am so much impressed with the importance of this institution, on which the lives of so many people are dependent, that I venture to say to you that I would personally be very much gratified if you could see your way to join such a committee.The other gentlemen with whom I am communicating in this particular are Messrs. E. H. Gary, Frank Trumbull, Frank A. Vanderlip, C. A. Coffin and George McAneny.
Woodrow Wilson