Aid and Physician to Reveal Secrets of Wilson’s Work
Title
Aid and Physician to Reveal Secrets of Wilson’s Work
Creator
Unknown
Identifier
WWP16338
Date
1921 April 6
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
(Special to The World.)
WASHINGTON.
—Two books are being prepared by Joseph P. Tumulty and Dr. Cary T. Grayson on former President Wilson. The one, to bear Mr. Tumulty’s name, will be entitled: “Face to Face With Woodrow Wilson for Eleven of the Most Interesting Years in All History,” or something to that effect, and the other, in the name of Dr. Grayson: “Woodrow Wilson at the Peace Conference.”
Asked about his plans by The World correspondent to-day, Mr. Tumulty said: “Yes, it is true that Dr. Grayson and I are collaborating on two books, one covering my experience and observations with Mr. Wilson as secretary to him while he was Governor of New Jersey and President of the United States, and the other, by Dr. Grayson, on his contact with him at the Peace Conference. We expect to bring them out within the next six months. Ten chapters of mine are already written.”
Will Recount His Work.
These books will tell the story of Mr. Wilson’s career as public servant. They will be full of interesting sidelights on the man, and give an accurate history of his work as President.
It is now understood that President Wilson will not write a book, telling of his efforts to keep the United States out of war, and later to democratize the world and form a great League of Nations to make future world wars impossible.
Mr. Tumulty is going to tell a plain, simple tale of his introduction to Woodrow Wilson, through the fortunes of politics, and what happened during the years after he first met him. His style is direct, easy-flowing and clear. From time to time he will confer with the ex-President and submit his manuscript for suggestions or corrections.
To Give Political Life.
He will show just how Mr. Wilson got into the political game, and how he remained there, sometimes bowling over men who had pushed him upward for selfish reasons. A great wealth of detail, giving names and places, will make the book substantial and interesting.Dr. Grayson was closer to the President at the Peace Conference than any other person. His part of the story will be of international interest, for he will fill it with important incidents that led up to the adoption of the League of Nations covenant.
Dr. Grayson is out of the city today and could not be seen for a confirmation of the statement that he would co-operate with Mr. Tumulty, but his plans are all made, and he will be ready for the printer by the time his collaborator is.
Mr. Tumulty was opposed to the launching of Woodrow Wilson, then a professor at Princeton, into New Jersey politics. He did not think much of converting school teachers into politicians. He and his friends put up a stiff fight against the party bosses, who calculated that Mr. Wilson would make a strong candidate—a vote-getter—the very thing they were looking for. But, when “the professor” or “the doctor,” for Mr. Wilson wore either title, was nominated and brought forward to make a speech he captured the young Irish ward leader, and never lost him for a moment from that day.
To Tell Harvey’s Part.
Col. George Harvey, now picked for Ambassador to Great Britain, played an important part in the “boosting” of the Wilson movement, and his activities were resented by Mr. Tumulty. All of these and other interesting things along the way from the New Jersey convention that gave Mr. Wilson its O. K. twelve years ago to March 4 of this year will be presented for the first time. Mr. Tumulty will describe how he met Mr. Wilson, and how he had fought him, how he came to like him, and how he became his devoted personal friend and his secretary.
Mr. Tumulty said to-day that he had wanted for a long time “to tell the country of the manner of man Woodrow Wilson really is,” and his task of preparing the matter for his book is a delightful one.
If Mr. Tumulty tells all he knows he can tell just why Col. House went to Paris to attend the conference of Prime Ministers instead of the head of the American State Department.
WASHINGTON.
—Two books are being prepared by Joseph P. Tumulty and Dr. Cary T. Grayson on former President Wilson. The one, to bear Mr. Tumulty’s name, will be entitled: “Face to Face With Woodrow Wilson for Eleven of the Most Interesting Years in All History,” or something to that effect, and the other, in the name of Dr. Grayson: “Woodrow Wilson at the Peace Conference.”
Asked about his plans by The World correspondent to-day, Mr. Tumulty said: “Yes, it is true that Dr. Grayson and I are collaborating on two books, one covering my experience and observations with Mr. Wilson as secretary to him while he was Governor of New Jersey and President of the United States, and the other, by Dr. Grayson, on his contact with him at the Peace Conference. We expect to bring them out within the next six months. Ten chapters of mine are already written.”
Will Recount His Work.
These books will tell the story of Mr. Wilson’s career as public servant. They will be full of interesting sidelights on the man, and give an accurate history of his work as President.
It is now understood that President Wilson will not write a book, telling of his efforts to keep the United States out of war, and later to democratize the world and form a great League of Nations to make future world wars impossible.
Mr. Tumulty is going to tell a plain, simple tale of his introduction to Woodrow Wilson, through the fortunes of politics, and what happened during the years after he first met him. His style is direct, easy-flowing and clear. From time to time he will confer with the ex-President and submit his manuscript for suggestions or corrections.
To Give Political Life.
He will show just how Mr. Wilson got into the political game, and how he remained there, sometimes bowling over men who had pushed him upward for selfish reasons. A great wealth of detail, giving names and places, will make the book substantial and interesting.Dr. Grayson was closer to the President at the Peace Conference than any other person. His part of the story will be of international interest, for he will fill it with important incidents that led up to the adoption of the League of Nations covenant.
Dr. Grayson is out of the city today and could not be seen for a confirmation of the statement that he would co-operate with Mr. Tumulty, but his plans are all made, and he will be ready for the printer by the time his collaborator is.
Mr. Tumulty was opposed to the launching of Woodrow Wilson, then a professor at Princeton, into New Jersey politics. He did not think much of converting school teachers into politicians. He and his friends put up a stiff fight against the party bosses, who calculated that Mr. Wilson would make a strong candidate—a vote-getter—the very thing they were looking for. But, when “the professor” or “the doctor,” for Mr. Wilson wore either title, was nominated and brought forward to make a speech he captured the young Irish ward leader, and never lost him for a moment from that day.
To Tell Harvey’s Part.
Col. George Harvey, now picked for Ambassador to Great Britain, played an important part in the “boosting” of the Wilson movement, and his activities were resented by Mr. Tumulty. All of these and other interesting things along the way from the New Jersey convention that gave Mr. Wilson its O. K. twelve years ago to March 4 of this year will be presented for the first time. Mr. Tumulty will describe how he met Mr. Wilson, and how he had fought him, how he came to like him, and how he became his devoted personal friend and his secretary.
Mr. Tumulty said to-day that he had wanted for a long time “to tell the country of the manner of man Woodrow Wilson really is,” and his task of preparing the matter for his book is a delightful one.
If Mr. Tumulty tells all he knows he can tell just why Col. House went to Paris to attend the conference of Prime Ministers instead of the head of the American State Department.
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Unknown, “Aid and Physician to Reveal Secrets of Wilson’s Work,” 1921 April 6, WWP16338, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.