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.
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
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.