Woodrow Wilson to Herbert Hoover
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Herbert Hoover
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP19307
Date
1917 December 28
Description
Woodrow Wilson proposes Samuel Utermyer as a replacement for Judge Lindley, since he is someone who will be able to withstand the efforts of Senator Reed.
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
THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
My dear Mr. Hoover
In reply to your request for a suggestion as to a successor to Judge Lindley, I am going to take the liberty of suggesting Mr. Samuel Untermyer of New York. Of course, we now know that the man who is going to fight you until the war is over is Senator Reed of Missouri. Mr. Untermyer is one of the few men who can beat him. I believe it would stop many investigations of the type which Senator Reed is conducting if it could be understood that in the various departments there was some lawyer like Mr. Untermyer who is genuinely to be feared. We have nothing to fear from investigations conceived in the right spirit, and we have every right to defend ourselves agains the other sort.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON
washington
My dear Mr. Hoover
In reply to your request for a suggestion as to a successor to Judge Lindley, I am going to take the liberty of suggesting Mr. Samuel Untermyer of New York. Of course, we now know that the man who is going to fight you until the war is over is Senator Reed of Missouri. Mr. Untermyer is one of the few men who can beat him. I believe it would stop many investigations of the type which Senator Reed is conducting if it could be understood that in the various departments there was some lawyer like Mr. Untermyer who is genuinely to be feared. We have nothing to fear from investigations conceived in the right spirit, and we have every right to defend ourselves agains the other sort.
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 December 28, WWP19307, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.