Cary T. Grayson to Key Pittman
Title
Cary T. Grayson to Key Pittman
Creator
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Identifier
WWP15807
Date
1919 June 30
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Text
USS George Washington
Dear Senator
I showed your letter of April 28th to the President concerning the Philadelphia rally, and he was very much interested in reading it. He deeply appreciated your kindness. It is needless for me to say that he values very highly your friendship and your loyalty.
It is impossible for me to tell you in a letter of the trials and tribulations and handicaps that faced the President in Paris. Mentally and physically he has been taxed almost beyond superhuman endurance. It is simply wonderful how he has been able to hold his own in such adverse circumstances. The day he left Paris everybody was applauding and cheering and commending him. Men and women would rush up to him and say: “Thank you, Mr. Wilson, for the peace; but for you we could not have had it.” A tremendous ovation was given him on the night of our departure for Brest. Everybody was cheering: “Vive Wilson”. He really departed from France in a blaze of glory. The politicians fought him bitterly on all sides, but they were finally overcome by his honesty, fairness and sincerity—not to mention his great intellect and statesmanship. The people of France have always admired and loved and trusted him. They counted on getting a just peace through his efforts. To show you how the feeling has changed so far as the politicians are concerned, when I shook hands and said good-bye to Mr. Clemenceau at the railroad station in Paris, he said, in referring to the President: “I feel that I have just said good-bye to my best friend.”
I hope I may have the pleasure of seeing you very soon on my return to Washington. I am anxious to give you some of the inside information. Perhaps Senator Gerry has already told you some of the things. His visit to France was a great help to all.
You cannot imagine how glad I am to be homeward bound. It is a great satisfaction to know that the Treaty of Peace is signed and in the President’s trunk.
With warm regards, believe me,
Sincerely yours,
Hon. Key Pittman
United States Senate
Washington, DC
Dear Senator
I showed your letter of April 28th to the President concerning the Philadelphia rally, and he was very much interested in reading it. He deeply appreciated your kindness. It is needless for me to say that he values very highly your friendship and your loyalty.
It is impossible for me to tell you in a letter of the trials and tribulations and handicaps that faced the President in Paris. Mentally and physically he has been taxed almost beyond superhuman endurance. It is simply wonderful how he has been able to hold his own in such adverse circumstances. The day he left Paris everybody was applauding and cheering and commending him. Men and women would rush up to him and say: “Thank you, Mr. Wilson, for the peace; but for you we could not have had it.” A tremendous ovation was given him on the night of our departure for Brest. Everybody was cheering: “Vive Wilson”. He really departed from France in a blaze of glory. The politicians fought him bitterly on all sides, but they were finally overcome by his honesty, fairness and sincerity—not to mention his great intellect and statesmanship. The people of France have always admired and loved and trusted him. They counted on getting a just peace through his efforts. To show you how the feeling has changed so far as the politicians are concerned, when I shook hands and said good-bye to Mr. Clemenceau at the railroad station in Paris, he said, in referring to the President: “I feel that I have just said good-bye to my best friend.”
I hope I may have the pleasure of seeing you very soon on my return to Washington. I am anxious to give you some of the inside information. Perhaps Senator Gerry has already told you some of the things. His visit to France was a great help to all.
You cannot imagine how glad I am to be homeward bound. It is a great satisfaction to know that the Treaty of Peace is signed and in the President’s trunk.
With warm regards, believe me,
Sincerely yours,
Hon. Key Pittman
United States Senate
Washington, DC
Original Format
Letter
To
Key Pittman
Files
Collection
Citation
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938, “Cary T. Grayson to Key Pittman,” 1919 June 30, WWP15807, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.