Woodrow Wilson to Key Pittman
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Key Pittman
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP25443
Date
1918 November 12
Description
President Wilson needs Senator Pittman to stay in place working in the Senate.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
World War, 1914-1918--Peace
Contributor
Danna Faulds
Relation
WWP25441
WWP25442
WWP25444
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 Senator:
You put a hard question up to me in your letter of yesterday -- hard because I can see between the lines of your letter how eager you are to go with Hurley, and because I must say that I think that our full fighting force will be necessary here in the Senate in the few months that remain for the present Congress.
For one thing, there is going to be an effort on the part of some members on the Republican side to cut down the figures of the revenue bill, which would certainly bring bigger loans upon the country and very serious financial embarrassments, inasmuch as their thought that we can suddenly rapidly curtail expenditures is based upon ignorance and the failure to consider the enormous tasks of readjustment.
This is only a sample of the things that will be attempted, and I hope with all my heart you will stay on the firing line.
With warmest regard,
Cordially and faithfully yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Hon. Key Pittman,
United States Senate.
You put a hard question up to me in your letter of yesterday -- hard because I can see between the lines of your letter how eager you are to go with Hurley, and because I must say that I think that our full fighting force will be necessary here in the Senate in the few months that remain for the present Congress.
For one thing, there is going to be an effort on the part of some members on the Republican side to cut down the figures of the revenue bill, which would certainly bring bigger loans upon the country and very serious financial embarrassments, inasmuch as their thought that we can suddenly rapidly curtail expenditures is based upon ignorance and the failure to consider the enormous tasks of readjustment.
This is only a sample of the things that will be attempted, and I hope with all my heart you will stay on the firing line.
With warmest regard,
Cordially and faithfully yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Hon. Key Pittman,
United States Senate.
Original Format
Letter
To
Pittman, Key, 1872-1940
Files
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Key Pittman,” 1918 November 12, WWP25443, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.