Edward N. Hurley to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Edward N. Hurley to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Hurley, Edward N. (Edward Nash), 1864-1933
Identifier
WWP25068
Date
1918 July 9
Description
Letter to President Wilson from the chairman of the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
World War, 1914-1918
Contributor
Morgan Willer
Relation
WWP25069
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 Mr. President:
Sometime ago I suggested to you that if I were to advise the divisions, chiefs and officials of the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation that the result of their work was being reported to you, it would have a quickening and very beneficial effect.
It has been one of our strongest assets in our organization that you have taken such an interest in the shipbuilding end of the war program. I have told all the officials in our very extensive organization that I am sending to you twice a month a brief report of their activities. It would surprise you to know what a wholesome effect this has had.
Only the more important recent developments are reported for this brief memorandum. Necessarily this report gives but a few cross-sections of the shipbuilding and ship operating activities, but even these, I think, will help to keep you in touch with the progress that is being made.
Realizing the heavy exactions that are made upon you, I have taken pains to see that the semi-monthly report is made as brief as possible, with merely a few indications of current developments. Merely to have our organization know that we are sending this report to you is really sufficient.
Sincerely yours,
Edward N. Hurley
Chairman.
Sometime ago I suggested to you that if I were to advise the divisions, chiefs and officials of the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation that the result of their work was being reported to you, it would have a quickening and very beneficial effect.
It has been one of our strongest assets in our organization that you have taken such an interest in the shipbuilding end of the war program. I have told all the officials in our very extensive organization that I am sending to you twice a month a brief report of their activities. It would surprise you to know what a wholesome effect this has had.
Only the more important recent developments are reported for this brief memorandum. Necessarily this report gives but a few cross-sections of the shipbuilding and ship operating activities, but even these, I think, will help to keep you in touch with the progress that is being made.
Realizing the heavy exactions that are made upon you, I have taken pains to see that the semi-monthly report is made as brief as possible, with merely a few indications of current developments. Merely to have our organization know that we are sending this report to you is really sufficient.
Sincerely yours,
Edward N. Hurley
Chairman.
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Collection
Citation
Hurley, Edward N. (Edward Nash), 1864-1933, “Edward N. Hurley to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 July 9, WWP25068, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.