Woodrow Wilson to Herbert Hoover
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Herbert Hoover
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP19331
Date
1918 January 23
Description
Woodrow Wilson asks for Herbert Hoover to respond to MCAdoo’s suggestion that the Food Administration be representated at the Inter-Allied Council.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
United States Food Administration
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
My dear Mr. Hoover
I would be very much obliged if you would give your careful consideration to the enclosed and let me have your confidential advice. The Secretary of the Treasury is, I think, right in the position he takes. The financial problems we are now handling and are facing in the immediate future are of such magnitude that I believe it is absolutely essential that we should avoid every ounce of additional weight that can be avoided. Whether the representation of the Food Administration in the Inter-Allied Council will accomplish just what the Secretary of the Treasury has in mind or not, I am not clear, but that there should be co-ordination of this kind will, I am sure, be your judgment as it is mine.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
Woodrow Wilson
I would be very much obliged if you would give your careful consideration to the enclosed and let me have your confidential advice. The Secretary of the Treasury is, I think, right in the position he takes. The financial problems we are now handling and are facing in the immediate future are of such magnitude that I believe it is absolutely essential that we should avoid every ounce of additional weight that can be avoided. Whether the representation of the Food Administration in the Inter-Allied Council will accomplish just what the Secretary of the Treasury has in mind or not, I am not clear, but that there should be co-ordination of this kind will, I am sure, be your judgment as it is mine.
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,” 1918 January 23, WWP19331, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.