Woodrow Wilson to Herbert S. Eldridge
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Herbert S. Eldridge
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP19047
Date
1915 November 3
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
The White House,
Washington
My dear Mr. Eldridge,
Mr. Hoover, the Chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, has approached me with regard to difficulties which have arisen in the conduct of that great humanitarian work, in which he feels he needs the suppot of an enlarged committee of gentlemen of large experience to cooperate with him in settling and conducting the administration of the branch of the Commission in the United States.
I am so much impressed with the importance of this institution, on which the lives of so many people are dependent that I oventure to say to you thtat I would personally be very much gratified if you could see your way to join such a Committee.
The other gentlemen with whom I am communicating in this particular are Messrs. Alexadnder Hemphill, Otto T. Bannard, S. R. Bertron, Oscar Strauss, Melville E. Stone and John Beaver White. Of course, you may wish to add others to your number, either from the officers of the Commission or otherwise.
Cordially and sincerely yours
(sgd) Woodrow Wilson.
Washington
My dear Mr. Eldridge,
Mr. Hoover, the Chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, has approached me with regard to difficulties which have arisen in the conduct of that great humanitarian work, in which he feels he needs the suppot of an enlarged committee of gentlemen of large experience to cooperate with him in settling and conducting the administration of the branch of the Commission in the United States.
I am so much impressed with the importance of this institution, on which the lives of so many people are dependent that I oventure to say to you thtat I would personally be very much gratified if you could see your way to join such a Committee.
The other gentlemen with whom I am communicating in this particular are Messrs. Alexadnder Hemphill, Otto T. Bannard, S. R. Bertron, Oscar Strauss, Melville E. Stone and John Beaver White. Of course, you may wish to add others to your number, either from the officers of the Commission or otherwise.
Cordially and sincerely yours
(sgd) Woodrow Wilson.
Original Format
Letter
To
Eldridge, Herbert S.
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Herbert S. Eldridge,” 1915 November 3, WWP19047, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.