Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19346
Date
1918 February 19
Description
Herbert Hoover writes to Woodrow Wilson about difficulty transporting foodstuffs to fulfill needs.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Shipping--International cooperation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
1-H-S
Dear Mr. President
I addressed you last on the 89th instant as to our domestic transportation of foodstuffs. Since that date, by a preference in the use of box cars for grain in the western territory, there has been some acceleration in the movement of some of the grains to the terminals. On the other hand the number of cars have not been sufficient to maintain the traffic from the west into the east and have not been sufficient to move Allies supplies of cereal and meat products. In consequence we are faced not only with a renewed failure in Allies shipments, but also our stocks of foodstuffs in the eastern states are steadily diminishing. The Allied Purchasing Committee reports to me that the situation has become now the most ciritical in which they have found themselves since the beginning of the war. There are still great number of box cars on the eastern lines which belong to the west and the movement in the eastern territory is still far below the necessities of the case.
I cannot but feel that we are approaching a very sharp and serious crisis and I feel greatly discouraged over the entire situation.
Yours faithfully,
[Herbert Hoover]
Dear Mr. President
I addressed you last on the 89th instant as to our domestic transportation of foodstuffs. Since that date, by a preference in the use of box cars for grain in the western territory, there has been some acceleration in the movement of some of the grains to the terminals. On the other hand the number of cars have not been sufficient to maintain the traffic from the west into the east and have not been sufficient to move Allies supplies of cereal and meat products. In consequence we are faced not only with a renewed failure in Allies shipments, but also our stocks of foodstuffs in the eastern states are steadily diminishing. The Allied Purchasing Committee reports to me that the situation has become now the most ciritical in which they have found themselves since the beginning of the war. There are still great number of box cars on the eastern lines which belong to the west and the movement in the eastern territory is still far below the necessities of the case.
I cannot but feel that we are approaching a very sharp and serious crisis and I feel greatly discouraged over the entire situation.
Yours faithfully,
[Herbert Hoover]
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 February 19, WWP19346, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.