Herbert Hoover to Rudolph Forster
Title
Herbert Hoover to Rudolph Forster
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19136
Date
1917 August 13
Description
Herbert Hoover sends a letter for Woodrow Wilson’s signature to Rudolph Foster and mentions sending a list of names to him of potential State Commissioners.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
United States Food Administration
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
Dear Mr. Foster:
Please find enclosed herewith letter addressed to the President which explains itself.
I went over these matters with the President on Saturday but we were unable to complete the execution of the documents then because of certain undetermined dates and names. They are now in final form, ready for signature, and I am extremely anxious to get them out today if possible.
Also I submitted to the President on Saturday a list of names of principals of staff and if the President has had time to look them over and give me his view thereupon, it would help enormously, because we can carry out but little machinery without having our men positively engaged, and a large number of the men for State Commissioners we have not approached, and we need their assistance before our machinery can be put into execution.
I would be greatly obliged if you could take these matters up with the President for me.
Yours faithfully,
[Hoover]
Please find enclosed herewith letter addressed to the President which explains itself.
I went over these matters with the President on Saturday but we were unable to complete the execution of the documents then because of certain undetermined dates and names. They are now in final form, ready for signature, and I am extremely anxious to get them out today if possible.
Also I submitted to the President on Saturday a list of names of principals of staff and if the President has had time to look them over and give me his view thereupon, it would help enormously, because we can carry out but little machinery without having our men positively engaged, and a large number of the men for State Commissioners we have not approached, and we need their assistance before our machinery can be put into execution.
I would be greatly obliged if you could take these matters up with the President for me.
Yours faithfully,
[Hoover]
Original Format
Letter
To
Forster, Rudolph, 1872-1943
Files
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Rudolph Forster,” 1917 August 13, WWP19136, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.