Wilbur J. Carr to Benjamin Strong Jr.
Title
Wilbur J. Carr to Benjamin Strong Jr.
Creator
Wilbur J. Carr
Identifier
WWP18478
Date
1914 October 26
Description
Wilbur J. Carr writes Benjamin Strong Jr. regarding the American gold fund shipped to Europe.
Source
Benjamin Strong Jr. Papers, New York Federal Reserve Bank
Language
English
Text
address official communications to
the secretary of state
William Jennings Bryan,
washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Strong:
On the fifteenth of September you sent me a volume containing copies of correspondence, telegrams and messages relating to the gold fund shipped to Europe. The collection has proved of great interest and of real service in enabling me to understand many things which were never clear because my connection with the relief work in Europe did not begin until after many things had been done.
I am now returning the correspondence herewith and thank you for the courtesy you did me in letting me have the use of it for a time.
Now that the pressure of relief measures has somewhat subsided and I have a moment for a personal note I want to thank you for your encouraging message some time ago. It is most gratifying to have you say that I was of the least help in the task which you so generously undertook of guiding us through the work which was so suddenly thrown upon the Government. Without you I feel that the story of the Government relief measures would have been far less creditable and I personally feel deeply grateful for all that you were good enough to do and I am sure the Secretary has the same feeling of appreciation. My only regret is that we could not have profited to a greater degree by your advice and escaped some of the unnecessary work which you foresaw and which I fear will continue to plague us for some time to come. On the whole, however, everything has turned out rather well in view of all the difficulties that were encountered.
Permit me to offer a word of congratulation upon your selection as head of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. The Government is indeed fortunate in having been able to induce you to give your abilities to public instead of private interests. As I wrote Mr. Olds some days ago, it is encouraging that this administration should have been so unusally successful in obtaining the services of men so eminently fitted for the very important new work which it has undertaken.
With renewed thanks for your courtesy and assistance and with kindest regards, I am,
Director of the Consular Service.
Enclosure:
Correspondence relating to gold fund shipped to Europe.
the secretary of state
William Jennings Bryan,
washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Strong:
On the fifteenth of September you sent me a volume containing copies of correspondence, telegrams and messages relating to the gold fund shipped to Europe. The collection has proved of great interest and of real service in enabling me to understand many things which were never clear because my connection with the relief work in Europe did not begin until after many things had been done.
I am now returning the correspondence herewith and thank you for the courtesy you did me in letting me have the use of it for a time.
Now that the pressure of relief measures has somewhat subsided and I have a moment for a personal note I want to thank you for your encouraging message some time ago. It is most gratifying to have you say that I was of the least help in the task which you so generously undertook of guiding us through the work which was so suddenly thrown upon the Government. Without you I feel that the story of the Government relief measures would have been far less creditable and I personally feel deeply grateful for all that you were good enough to do and I am sure the Secretary has the same feeling of appreciation. My only regret is that we could not have profited to a greater degree by your advice and escaped some of the unnecessary work which you foresaw and which I fear will continue to plague us for some time to come. On the whole, however, everything has turned out rather well in view of all the difficulties that were encountered.
Permit me to offer a word of congratulation upon your selection as head of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. The Government is indeed fortunate in having been able to induce you to give your abilities to public instead of private interests. As I wrote Mr. Olds some days ago, it is encouraging that this administration should have been so unusally successful in obtaining the services of men so eminently fitted for the very important new work which it has undertaken.
With renewed thanks for your courtesy and assistance and with kindest regards, I am,
Director of the Consular Service.
Enclosure:
Correspondence relating to gold fund shipped to Europe.
Original Format
Letter
To
Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928
Files
Collection
Citation
Wilbur J. Carr, “Wilbur J. Carr to Benjamin Strong Jr.,” 1914 October 26, WWP18478, Benjamin Strong Jr. Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.