Woodrow Wilson to David F. Houston

Title

Woodrow Wilson to David F. Houston

Creator

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Identifier

WWP25012

Date

1917 April 19

Source

Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence

Contributor

Morgan Willer

Language

English

Provenance

Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.

Text

My dear Mr. Secretary:

Mr. Hugh MacRae of North Carolina came in to see me yesterday with Senator Simmons and left with me the memorandum which I take the liberty of sending you with this. He prepared the memorandum before many things had been done and said which have recently been said and done and admits that many of his suggestions have already been acted upon.

I expressed the opinion to him, and ask your serious consideration of it, that it would be feasible for the Department of Agriculture...something similar to what Secretary Daniels did when he formed the Advisory Committee of which Mr. Thomas A. Edison has acted as chairman and which has done a very useful and extended work in bringing to the assistance of the Navy Department many of the best technical services of this country. Do you not think it would be feasible to work out some of Mr. MacRae’s suggestions in a similar way?

Cordially and faithfully yours,
Woodrow Wilson

enc.
Hon. David F. Houston,
Secretary of Agriculture.

Original Format

Letter

To

Houston, David Franklin, 1866-1940

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/WWI0081.pdf

Collection

Citation

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to David F. Houston,” 1917 April 19, WWP25012, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.