Samuel McCune Lindsay to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Samuel McCune Lindsay to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Lindsay, Samuel McCune, 1869-1960
Identifier
WWP25276
Date
1918 October 19
Description
Charities of the United War Work Campaign need to be able to get donations from national banks.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--United States
United War Work Campaign, Inc.
Contributor
Danna Faulds
Relation
WWP25277
WWP25278
WWP25279
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
818 Connecticut Avenue
October 19, 1918.
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President:
I am trying to assist Dr. John R. Mott and Mr. Raymond Fosdick in the preparation for the United War Work Campaign to raise 170 million dollars to finance for one year the work of the seven associations which have united their appeal for the week of November 11th, in accordance with your request. Dr. Mott told me that if absolutely necessary to secure legislation from Congress permitting national banks to contribute to this campaign, as they were permitted to contribute to the Red Cross, you would be willing to write a letter to the Chairman of the House Committee on Banking and Currency expressing the belief that this ought to be done. I drafted a joint resolution to accomplish this purpose and Senator Owen had it passed very promptly in the Senate. It is now in the Committee on Banking and Currency of the House. Mr. Glass has left for Europe and there is so much opposition in the House Committee to this measure that Mr. Glass told me it would probably be difficult to pass it without some direct help from you. I am sorry to have to trouble you with this matter, but knowing your keen interest and desire to see the United War Work Campaign made a success, I have ventured to draft a brief letter addressed to the Chairman of the House Committee on Banking and Currency which I hope you may be willing to send. I enclose with the letter a copy of Senate Joint Resolution 179 and the favorable report of the Senate Committee which contains your letter to Mr. Fosdick of September 3, 1918, some expressions of which I have put into the letter addressed to Mr. Glass.
Yours respectfully,
Samuel McCune Lindsay
Incl.
October 19, 1918.
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President:
I am trying to assist Dr. John R. Mott and Mr. Raymond Fosdick in the preparation for the United War Work Campaign to raise 170 million dollars to finance for one year the work of the seven associations which have united their appeal for the week of November 11th, in accordance with your request. Dr. Mott told me that if absolutely necessary to secure legislation from Congress permitting national banks to contribute to this campaign, as they were permitted to contribute to the Red Cross, you would be willing to write a letter to the Chairman of the House Committee on Banking and Currency expressing the belief that this ought to be done. I drafted a joint resolution to accomplish this purpose and Senator Owen had it passed very promptly in the Senate. It is now in the Committee on Banking and Currency of the House. Mr. Glass has left for Europe and there is so much opposition in the House Committee to this measure that Mr. Glass told me it would probably be difficult to pass it without some direct help from you. I am sorry to have to trouble you with this matter, but knowing your keen interest and desire to see the United War Work Campaign made a success, I have ventured to draft a brief letter addressed to the Chairman of the House Committee on Banking and Currency which I hope you may be willing to send. I enclose with the letter a copy of Senate Joint Resolution 179 and the favorable report of the Senate Committee which contains your letter to Mr. Fosdick of September 3, 1918, some expressions of which I have put into the letter addressed to Mr. Glass.
Yours respectfully,
Samuel McCune Lindsay
Incl.
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-192
Files
Collection
Citation
Lindsay, Samuel McCune, 1869-1960, “Samuel McCune Lindsay to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 October 19, WWP25276, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.