Woodrow Wilson to Josephus Daniels
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Josephus Daniels
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP22613
Date
1918 November 16
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers, 1786-1957
Text
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
My dear Daniels
My dear Daniels
I am sure you know my own cordial personal feeling towards Mr. Bryan, but I would not dare, as public opinion stands at the present moment, excited and superheated and suspicious, appoint Mr. Bryan one of the Peace Commissioners, because it would be unjustly but certainly taken for granted that he would be too easy and that he would pursue some Eutopian scheme.
As I have said, this would be unjust, but I am sure you agree with me that it would be thought, and the establishment of confidence from the outset in the processes of the Peace Conference on the part of our people, now too much in love with force and retribution, is of the utmost importance.
Cordially and faithfully yours,
Woodrow Wilson
Hon. Josephus Daniels,
Secretary of the Navy.
To
Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Josephus Daniels,” 1918 November 16, WWP22613, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.