Woodrow Wilson to Herbert Hoover
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Herbert Hoover
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP19179
Date
1917 September 4
Description
Woodrow Wilson proposes two other names that would be better suited to the position Herbert Hoover mentioned than Carter Harrison.
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
My dear Mr. Hoover
On the whole, I think that Mr. Carter Harrison of Chicago is rather too much of a politician to be entrusted with such matters as you had in mind when you wrote your letter of August thirty-first.
After you suggested a certain college president to me, I was thinking over the men available of that kind and two men occurred to me whom I think you would find satisfactory in every respect. One is President Meiklejohn of Amherst; the other, Professor Henry B. Fine of Princeton.
I wish I knew someone to suggest for the function you had in mind for Mr. Harrison. On the whole, I think for the present we had better leave the brewing trade alone until the situation develops more clearly.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
Woodrow Wilson
On the whole, I think that Mr. Carter Harrison of Chicago is rather too much of a politician to be entrusted with such matters as you had in mind when you wrote your letter of August thirty-first.
After you suggested a certain college president to me, I was thinking over the men available of that kind and two men occurred to me whom I think you would find satisfactory in every respect. One is President Meiklejohn of Amherst; the other, Professor Henry B. Fine of Princeton.
I wish I knew someone to suggest for the function you had in mind for Mr. Harrison. On the whole, I think for the present we had better leave the brewing trade alone until the situation develops more clearly.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
Woodrow Wilson
Original Format
Letter
To
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Files
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Herbert Hoover,” 1917 September 4, WWP19179, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.