Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19173
Date
1917 August 31
Description
Herbert Hoover writes to Woodrow Wilson about engaging public accountants to conduct an audit of the Food Administration Grain Corporation.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
Dear Mr. President
Mr. McAdoo has kindly furnished me a copy of the letter he addressed to you on the 30th instant with regard to the question of accounting for the funds of the Food Administration Grain Corporation.
As Mr. McAdoo does not see his way for the Treasury to make an audit, I am proposing to engage a firm of public accountants to make a monthly audit of the accounts in the form which they have to be filed with the Clerk of the House and Senate, by way of reinforcement of the very great accounting precautions already being taken by Mr. McGarrah, who is the treasurer of the corporation.
My one desire is to surround this operation with all of the safeguards of which we are capable.
I remain,
Your obedient servant
(Signed) HERBERT HOOVER
Mr. McAdoo has kindly furnished me a copy of the letter he addressed to you on the 30th instant with regard to the question of accounting for the funds of the Food Administration Grain Corporation.
As Mr. McAdoo does not see his way for the Treasury to make an audit, I am proposing to engage a firm of public accountants to make a monthly audit of the accounts in the form which they have to be filed with the Clerk of the House and Senate, by way of reinforcement of the very great accounting precautions already being taken by Mr. McGarrah, who is the treasurer of the corporation.
My one desire is to surround this operation with all of the safeguards of which we are capable.
I remain,
Your obedient servant
(Signed) HERBERT HOOVER
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson,” 1917 August 31, WWP19173, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.