Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938
Identifier
WWP25135
Date
1918 August 24
Description
House thinks that Solicitor General Davis would make a better replacement ambassador than Frank Cobb.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Cobb, Frank Irving, 1869-1923
Ambassadors--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
The President
The White House, Washington.
Dear Governor:
Now that the expected has happened and Page has actually resigned I would like to make another suggestion other than Frank Cobb-- that is, Solicitor General Davis.
I do not know Davis very well but those that do think very highly of him. He is one of the best friends that Lansing has-- perhaps the best-- which would insure very cordial working relations with the State Department. He has an income, I am told, of $12,000. or $15,000. This would be nearly sufficient during the war, and Cleve Dodge would doubtless be glad to supplement it as he did in the case of Page.
If Davis is what his friends claim, he is more of the ambassadorial type than Cobb. I do not know either Mrs. David or Mrs. Cobb. You probably know them both. Mrs. Cobb has done some translating for the Inquiry in both French and German, therefore, I take it, she is a woman of cultivation.
Affectionately yours,
EM House
Magnolia, Massachusetts.
The White House, Washington.
Dear Governor:
Now that the expected has happened and Page has actually resigned I would like to make another suggestion other than Frank Cobb-- that is, Solicitor General Davis.
I do not know Davis very well but those that do think very highly of him. He is one of the best friends that Lansing has-- perhaps the best-- which would insure very cordial working relations with the State Department. He has an income, I am told, of $12,000. or $15,000. This would be nearly sufficient during the war, and Cleve Dodge would doubtless be glad to supplement it as he did in the case of Page.
If Davis is what his friends claim, he is more of the ambassadorial type than Cobb. I do not know either Mrs. David or Mrs. Cobb. You probably know them both. Mrs. Cobb has done some translating for the Inquiry in both French and German, therefore, I take it, she is a woman of cultivation.
Affectionately yours,
EM House
Magnolia, Massachusetts.
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Collection
Citation
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938, “Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 August 24, WWP25135, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.