Benjamin Strong Jr. to Carter Glass

Title

Benjamin Strong Jr. to Carter Glass

Creator

Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928

Identifier

WWP18792

Date

1922 February 15

Description

Benjamin Strong Jr. writes Carter Glass regarding a speech Glass delivered in the Senate.

Source

Benjamin Strong Jr. Papers, New York Federal Reserve Bank

Language

English

Text

My dear Senator:
Yesterday’s mail brought me in pamphlet form a copy of the speech which you delivered in the Senate on January 16 and 17. I had already read it when it appeared in the Congressional Record some time after it was delivered, and at once prepared a long letter to you expressing just what I felt about the speech, about your attitude, and explaining in more detail than I have ever had opportunity to do, some of the more personal aspects of these matters which are being so misrepresented.
Upon reflection I did not send the letter because it hardly seemed fair to inflict you with such a document when you are so busy, and I am to-day writing instead to express to you what a very deep feeling of pleasure and satisfaction it gave me to read your statement. I hope you will pardon my attempting to express, quite inadequately, the respect and admiration which I felt for you after reading it, and appreciating what it means to be able to present the truth in such vigorous and convincing fashion as you did to your colleagues in the Senate. In some ways I can not but feel that your speech is of service to the country second only in importance to the service which you originally performed when you secured the passage of the Federal Reserve Act.There were a few words at the end of what you said which caused me some distress. There was just a hint that you were feeling some anxiety about your own health. This is a subject which would naturally arouse my anxiety because of my own experience in past years. I sincerely trust that the anxieties and the arduous labor, of which I fear you make yourself the victim, are not proving too great a tax upon your strength.Some day soon when the business of the bank takes me to Washington, I hope that you will give me opportunity to say to you in person what I have not expressed so inadequately in this letter.
You will, I hope, understand my also saying that I feel that I recognize your own handwritting on the envelope which contained the pamphlet that reached me yesterday, and that indeed pleased me very much ats the evidence of your personal thoughtfulness in sending it to me.
With kindest regard, believe me,

Original Format

Letter

To

Glass, Carter, 1858-1946

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/D08415.pdf

Tags

Citation

Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928, “Benjamin Strong Jr. to Carter Glass,” 1922 February 15, WWP18792, Benjamin Strong Jr. Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.