Woodrow Wilson to George E. Hale
Title
Woodrow Wilson to George E. Hale
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP25120
Date
1918 August 15
Description
President Wilson is interested in international science cooperation.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Science--International cooperation
World War, 1914-1918--United States
Contributor
Danna Faulds
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
My dear Dr. Hall:
Of course I am interested, and sympathetically interested as you know, in every effort to establish the most effective cooperation in scientific research, but I want to say very frankly that I do not think it would be wise for me to approve the Inter-Allied conference before it has taken place. The right course for me to pursue, it seems to me, is to wait until the conference occurs and then approve or disapprove (I assume that I should approve) the recommendations it makes.
We have already established methods of cooperation which seem to me to be working very satisfactorily indeed and with excellent results. I am at all times willing to consider further action in the matter, but I think it ought to be formulated first.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Dr. George E. Hale,
Pasadena, California.
Of course I am interested, and sympathetically interested as you know, in every effort to establish the most effective cooperation in scientific research, but I want to say very frankly that I do not think it would be wise for me to approve the Inter-Allied conference before it has taken place. The right course for me to pursue, it seems to me, is to wait until the conference occurs and then approve or disapprove (I assume that I should approve) the recommendations it makes.
We have already established methods of cooperation which seem to me to be working very satisfactorily indeed and with excellent results. I am at all times willing to consider further action in the matter, but I think it ought to be formulated first.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Dr. George E. Hale,
Pasadena, California.
Original Format
Letter
To
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
Files
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to George E. Hale,” 1918 August 15, WWP25120, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.