John Nevin Sayre to Woodrow Wilson

Title

John Nevin Sayre to Woodrow Wilson

Creator

Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977

Identifier

WWP25184

Date

1918 September 19

Description

Appreciation for a helpful conversation from President Wilson.

Source

Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

Freedom of the press
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

Dear Mr. President,

I want to thank you sincerely for the very helpful way you talked with me the other evening. We had a meeting of the editorial board of the World Tomorrow in New York yesterday, and I explained to the editors the substance of your views. During our meeting word came from the New York Post Office that the magazine was released. I cannot tell you how glad I am for aside from any personal reasons, I feel that suppression of the magazine would have done harm in creating the impression among our readers that the Government was unnecessarily restricting free speech. As the magazine is almost a cooperative venture, the subscribers know that its editors are not disloyal or unpatriotic, but that they are deeply religious, and speaking as preachers that which moral conviction impells them to say; that which they also believe will help our country and the world.

Since our talk I have a new appreciation of the stupendous work you are doing. May God guide and sustain you.

Your sincere admirer

John Nevin Sayre

P.S. Please remember me cordially to Mrs. Wilson and Miss Bones, and accept my thanks for your hospitality.

Original Format

Letter

To

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/WWI1180.pdf

Collection

Citation

Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977, “John Nevin Sayre to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 September 19, WWP25184, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.